Four Cool “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Posters
I am diggin’ this poster [as well as these other three] for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Source: IMPAwards.
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I am diggin’ this poster [as well as these other three] for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Source: IMPAwards.
If you like the poster to Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, you’re gonna love the trailer below…
I’ve never been a big Godzilla fan. Sure, I’ve seen the original with Perry Mason Raymond Burr in the starring role.
No, Burr didn’t play Godzilla. Okay, Burr in the co-starring role then.
I’ve seen the many sequels. The one I liked best was the 1998 version with Matthew Broderick and Leon Jean Reno. That one was okay.
So I wasn’t expecting much from the latest Godzilla remake. Boy, could I be wrong. Check out the trailer below. This version of Godzilla has potential.
The Pitch: “Hey, We could remake “The Mechanic” with Jason Statham in the Charles Bronson role and Ben Foster in the Jan-Michael Vincent role.”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “Someone has to fix the problems.” [Where was this person when this remake was made?]
The Overview: Jason Statham is Author Bishop aka The Mechanic. Bishop is a hit man — the best in the business and able to kill without leaving a clue. Often his hits look like fatal accidents. Bishop works alone, is precise, methodical and logical. When Bishop’s mentor is killed, Bishop takes on the mentor’s son as an apprentice. This will lead to the death of many including one or both of them.
*** Beware – minor spoilers can be found below ***
The Good:
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Rating: 2 out of 5
Jerry Gaylord aka The Franchize makes his fourth, but not his last appearance in my Stallone Sketch Gallery with his take on Sly as John Rambo.
I highly recommend Jerry to all sketch collectors. He quickly responds to e-mails, his turnaround time is quick and he packages the art to ensure it arrives safely.
To check out more of Jerry’s art, head here. – Craig
The Pitch: “Hey, Sly has a great action screenplay that he was gonna use for Rambo available. It’s based on a book by Chuck Hogan. Sly says Jason Statham is up for the lead.”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “How far would you go to protect your home?”
The Overview: Jason Statham plays Phil Broker, a retired under-cover DEA agent who moved to rural Louisiana to raise his 9 year old daughter after the death of his wife. When his daughter bloodies the nose of a class bully (who happens the be the child of the local meth dealer) things quickly escalate and Statham’s past as a DEA agent becomes known. Soon an outlaw motorcycle gang and local thugs are both looking for revenge.
*** Beware – minor spoilers can be found below ***
The Good:
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Rating: 4 out of 5
When movie fans talk about the films of Alfred Hitchock the first ones mentioned are usually, Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest, and Rear Window. Often the list goes on a bit more before Rope is mentioned. And that’s too bad because many folks never get around to seeing it.
Rope stars Jimmy Stewart in Hitchock’s adaptation of a play based on the infamous Leopold-Loeb murder case. (Another excellent movie based on the Leopold-Loeb murder case is Compulsion starring Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman.) It’s interesting to note that Hitchcock filmed Rope as if it was done with one continuous shot to keep the feel of a stage play!
The Pitch: “Hey, Jules Dassin the director behind American films such as “Brute Force” and “The Naked City” has been blacklisted in America. I bet we could get him on the cheap to make a low-budget heist film!”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “Rififi …means Trouble!”
The Overview: After returning home after a five-year stint in prison for a jewelry heist, Tony le Stéphanois is recruited by his old crime partners for a hit and run heist on a jewelry store. Tony declines, but later counters with a bigger plan… against all odds they’ll pull a robbery that will get them millions if they’re successful and dead if they’re not. Before it is over one of the crew will betray them. A child will be kidnapped and both the cops and gangsters will be after them.
The Good:
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Rating: 5 out of 5
The Pitch: “Hey, we could remake ‘Red Dawn’!”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “Welcome To the Home of the Brave”
The Overview: When North Korea invades the US, a group of high school resistance fighters [led by Thor on leave from the Special Forces] decide to become resistance fighters.
The Good:
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Rating: 2 out of 5
Tomer Hanuka created the piece above. The art, of Rocky Balboa in battle with Apollo Creed as Adrian looks on, appeared recently in The New Yorker accompanying a preview of Rocky on Broadway.
I liked Hanuka’s art a lot and decided to do a search. I discovered Mr. Hanuka’s website and spent a good amount of time checking out all the art he had on display. Hanuka not only shares his art, but often breaks down his process in creating a piece.
Recently my friends started e-mailing me links to the piece below. Tomer Hanuka created it as a limited edition silk screen print, for Mondo. The Rambo piece wasn’t at Tomer’s sitewhen I first checked, but it is now. What a beautiful poster!
Tomer Hanuka is an amazing artist and I look forward to seeing what he does next.
The Pitch: “Hey, I think Frankenstein is in the public domain. Let’s make a Frankenstein movie!”
“We can but Universal has a copyright on the look of the monster.”
“Oh well. Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “He’s never been more shocking! shocking! shocking!”
The Overview: Dr. Frankenstein is at it again. He creates a monster that he can’t control. So Frankenstein gets an assist from a carnival hypnotist. The sideshow mentalist hypnotizes the monster and then secretly sends it in to steal from the townspeople. This does not sit well with either the townspeople or Dr. Frankenstein.
The Good:
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Rating: 2 out of 5
One of my favorite sci-fi movies/monster movies is The Thing from Another World.
Jame Arness (who would later go to fame as Marshall Matt Dillon in the long-running western series Gunsmoke) played the Thing. Arness is seen in a rare photo above without full make-up as they prep him for a shot.
The photo below is Arness in full Thing make-up (and in a shot clearer than any ever seen in the movie)!
Source: Vic’s Movie Den and Classic Horror Movies.
The Pitch: “M. Night Shyamalan has an idea for a story about 5 people trapped in an elevator and one of them is not what they seem.”
“What is this person who isn’t what he/she seems?”
“Well, let’s just leave it at the movie will be called ‘Devil.'”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “Five strangers trapped. One of them is not what they seem.”
The Overview: Five people find themselves trapped in a high-rise elevator. Help is on the way, if they can live long enough for it to arrive.
The Good:
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Rating: 3 out of 5
Here’s a rare shot of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edward Furlong in a photo taken in preparation for Terminator 2. I can’t get over how young… Arnold looks!
Source: TheArnoldFans.com
Jerry Gaylord aka The Franchize makes his third, but not his last appearance in my Stallone Sketch Gallery with his take on Sly as Jack Carter.
I highly recommend Jerry to all sketch collectors. He quickly responds to e-mails, his turnaround time is quick and he packages the art to ensure it arrives safely.
To check out more of Jerry’s art, head here. – Craig