“Creed 2” Trailer Breakdown
Chris Evangelista at /Film gives us the Creed 2 Trailer Breakdown.
“Sword of the Dead” Short is Here!
Stephen Vitale presents his short proof of concept for a planned feature called Sword of the Dead.
In feudal Japan a ronin returns home from exile to find the island he once knew plagued by a dark curse and overrun by the undead.
I’d be down for this as a feature film.
The “How It Ends” Poster and Trailer are Here!
I’m am diggin’ this poster and trailer for How It Ends! Can’t wait for July 13th!
“Reprisal” Poster and Trailer Starring Frank Grillo & Bruce Willis
Today we have the Reprisal poster and trailer starring Frank Grillo and Bruce Willis. I like the poster but the trailer leaves me feeling I’ve seen the whole movie.
Eduardo Risso’s Sin City / 100 Bullets Mash-up
Today we have Eduardo Risso’s take on a Sin City / 100 Bullets mash-up. What an amazing piece! In order to get the full effect of this beauty be sure to click on the image for a larger view!
The “Creed II” Poster and Trailer are Here!
The Creed II poster and trailer are here… and they rock!
Mignola & Golden’s Joe Golem: Occult Detective Returns!
Mike Mignola, best known as the creator of Hellboy, has teamed with best-selling novelist Christopher Golden and artist Peter Bergting for Joe Golem: Occult Detective – The Drowning City, a five issue mini-series premiering in September. This will be the third mini-series featuring Golem with the first two being Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead and Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Outer Dark.
Source: Paste.
RIP – Koko
Koko the gorillia known throughout the world for her ability to use sign language has passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 46. Koko was able to understand over 1,000 signs and approximately 2,000 words.
Koko was born at the San Francisco Zoo but lived most of her life in The Gorilla Foundation’s preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. Koko was a celebrity and made headlines for her love of kittens as well as her meetings with other celebrities such as Robin Williams, Betty White and Mr. Rogers.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Koko’s friends and fans throughout the world.
“Hap & Leonard” the TV Series – Down for the Count?
Hap & Leonard, the terrific show based on Joe Lansdale’s novel series, was recently cancelled. This was surprising because the show was well-received by critics and fans over the course of three seasons. I am hopeful it will be picked up by a smart network.
Action at Cemetery Beach!
Cemetery Beach sounds like something that readers of this site would enjoy. Created by writer Warren Ellis with art by co-creator Jason Howard, Cemetery Beach will be an action fan’s fix.
“Jason wanted to do an action book, so I wrote something that starts with a conversation in an interrogation room, ignites four pages later, and doesn’t stop until the end of the final issue—which he’s drawing right now, so when issue #1 comes out, the whole series will be in the can,” said Ellis. “It might be the most relentless action book I’ve ever written.”
For more information check out the Cemetery Beach press release from Image Comics.
How Do You Steal From Dracula? Stephan Franck Knows!
I’ve been singing the praises of Stephan Franck (writer & artist) since I discovered his Silver graphic novels which he describes as…
… an original universe built around Bram Stoker’s original Dracula, and it begins 40 years after the events of the novel, into the noir/pulp era of the 1930s. You meet James Finnigan, who is the most notorious conman/gentleman-thief of his day, as he teams up with Rosalynd “Sledge” Van Helsing (granddaughter of the original Van Helsing, and altogether the last of the Van Helsings), to steal a mystical treasure hidden in Dracula’s castle. Finn, of course, brings his known associates—a fun assortment of conmen and grifters of all kinds—as well as the kind of amoral attitude that puts him immediately at odds with Sledge. Lastly, the team enlists Tao Leu (or more accurately, he enlists himself), who is a 10-year-old boy with the gift of second sight and who might be the biggest scoundrel of them all.
10 Things You Might Not Know About Beetle Bailey
Jake Rossen and Mental Floss present 10 Things You Might Not Know About Beetle Bailey.
1. IT STARTED AS A COLLEGE CAMPUS COMEDY.
Walker’s initial idea for a strip didn’t feature any fatigues or military equipment. While drawing cartoons for The Saturday Evening Post, he decided to try creating a story around a university student named Spider who kept his hat pulled over his eyes and tried to navigate college life by doing as little as possible. Changing his name to Beetle Bailey—the surname was a nod to a supportive editor at the Post—Walker had him wander into an Army recruiting station. Inspired, he retrofitted the strip so that barracks would take the place of a dorm. (Walker himself had been drafted, serving four years during World War II.) Debuting in 1950, Beetle Bailey set a record for the longest continuous work by a comic strip artist: Walker worked on it for 68 years.
2. IT WAS BANNED BY THE U.S. MILITARY.
In the 1950s, Beetle Bailey took its place as a steady but otherwise unremarkable addition to the comics pages. Then Walker got an unexpected promotional boost. The U.S. military’s Stars and Stripes newspaper, which had been running the strip, banned it from its Tokyo editions over fears it might incite disrespect toward commanding officers. (Beetle was lazy and typically disinterested in following orders.) The prohibition lasted for a decade and was subjected to so much ridicule that Beetle became a recurring presence in newspaper headlines. The strip was eventually syndicated to more than 1800 papers.
10. THE STRIP WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE PENTAGON.
After 50 years of “service,” Beetle Bailey finally got a little acknowledgment from his higher-ups. The (real) Pentagon invited Walker and three of his costumed characters to a ceremony in May 2000 that honored the cartoonist for his work in supporting the military. Walker was presented with the Secretary of the Army’s Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service, the Army’s highest civilian honor. “I think finally the brass has learned how to laugh at themselves a little bit,” Walker said. “They’re not kicking me out of Stars and Stripes anymore like they did a couple of times.”
“Frankenstein” Rare Behind-the-Scenes of Karloff
Today we have a rare shot of Boris Karloff on a smoke break in between takes on the original Frankenstein. Karloff needs to be careful not to set his thumb on fire.
Source: Classicman Film.
Reviews That Resonate!
Recently Christopher McQuarrie sent out the following in a Tweet…
After 25 years of making them, I’ve learned to measure movies not in terms of quality, but of resonance. Some resonate with me. Others don’t. Some resonate with the masses, others don’t. I wasted years of creative energy arguing quality. I was wrong even when I was right.
That quote really, pardon the expression, resonated with me. So many times when I was reviewing a movie (book, tv show, etc.) and tried to grade it, the end result felt wrong. There are movies (books, tv shows, etc.) I absolutely love that fall short of being classics, but I don’t love them any less. At the other end of the spectrum there are movies (books, oh, you get what I mean) that are considered classics that I can’t stand.
Arguing the point with someone who felt differently was, ah, pointless. So I’ve decided to change up my ratings. The grades are gone. Now we have a simple number system that indicates how the movie resonated with me.
Your mileage may be different. And the cool thing is we’d both be right.
George Romero’s Tribute Statue Gets Perfect Location!
If you were going to decide on the perfect place for this bust of George Romero, the man who re-invented and re-invigorated the zombie movie genre, where would it be?
If you asked me (and no one did) I’d say the mall where the original Dawn of the Dead was filmed. Guess what?
The Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylania just got 1000% times more in touch with it’s creepshow roots. A large copper bust of indie horror director (and grandfather of the genre) George A. Romero was finally installed… in the very shopping center that served as the location for much of his ‘birth of the modern zombie’ classic, 1978’s Dawn of the Dead.
Source: SyFy Wire.
