Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Another movie that I’m really looking forward to is Troy.It’s a classic story that I loved as a kid and recently re-discovered as I helped my son with some Greek mythology assignments.
Wolfgang Peterson is the director. Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom star. Sounds like a team that could put some people in the seats.
Still not convinced? Check out the trailer and then tell me what ya think!
Van Helsing is a movie that has a lot of potential. Any movie that has Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and Dracula has to be pretty good, right?
Right.
If. like me, you’re really looking forward to the release of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, then you’ll probably really enjoy this on set visit and interview with producer Jon Avnet from the good folks at Chud.com.
The buzz on the Halle Berry “Catwoman” movie has been bad.
After seeing Halle‘s Catwoman outfit I can understand why.
It just doesn’t look right. Note I didn’t say “good.”
Halle Berry could make a burlap sack look good.
Chud.com has a nice little interview with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. Mike talks about a lot of different projects with an emphasis on the soon to be released Hellboy movie.If you’re wondering how close the movie will follow the comic, wonder no more.
Mike says, “The fact that it’s as close to the comic as it is and the fact that the personality of the main character is so close to the comic, it’s beyond anything I ever imagined.”
That’s just great news for Hellboy fans everywhere.
Dark Horizons reported today that “French director Jean-Francois Richet will helm the remake of the John Carpenter classic… Assault on Precinct 13… which starts filming April. Assault on Precinct 13 is one of my favorite John Carpenter films. I don’t know much about Jean-Francois Richet, but as long as he doesn’t stray from Carpenter‘s screenplay and they don’t screw it up in casting, it can’t go wrong.
Nominations for the 76th Academy Awards were announced today. Here are the nominees for the major categories and my predictions on who will win… Best Picture: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” / “Lost in Translation” / “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” / “Mystic River” / “Seabiscuit”
My prediction: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Animated Feature: “Brother Bear” / “Finding Nemo” / “The Triplets of Belleville”
My prediction: Finding Nemo
Leading Actor: Johnny Depp in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” / Ben Kingsley in “House of Sand and Fog” / Jude Law in “Cold Mountain”/ Bill Murray in “Lost in Translation” / Sean Penn in “Mystic River”
My prediction: Bill Murray
Leading Actress: Keisha Castle-Hughes in “Whale Rider” / Diane Keaton in “Something’s Gotta Give” / Samantha Morton in “In America” / Charlize Theron in “Monster” / Naomi Watts in “21 Grams”
My prediction: Charlize Theron
Directing: “City of God” Fernando Meirelles / “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” Peter Jackson / “Lost in Translation” Sofia Coppola / “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” Peter Weir / “Mystic River” Clint Eastwood
My prediction: Peter Jackson
Best Supporting Actor: Alec Baldwin “The Cooler” / Benicio Del Toro “21 Grams” / Djimon Hounsou “In America” / Tim Robbins “Mystic River” / Ken Watanabe “The Last Samurai”
My prediction: Tim Robbins
Best Supporting Actress: Shohreh Aghdashloo “House of Sand and Fog” / Patricia Clarkson “Pieces of April” / Marcia Gay Harden “Mystic River” / Holly Hunter “Thirteen” / Renée Zellweger “Cold Mountain”
My prediction: Renée Zellweger
Original Screenplay: The Barbarian Invasions” Denys Arcand / “Dirty Pretty Things” Steven Knight / “Finding Nemo” Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds Original Story by Andrew Stanton / “In America” Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan / “Lost in Translation” Sofia Coppola
My prediction: Sofia Coppola
As I said, these are just my predictions and not in every case the person that I would like to see win. The Academy Awards will be presented on February 29th… tune in and find out who wins and how good of a guesser I really am!
The Day After Tomorrow is one of those movies that is tough to judge based on advance materials.The trailer makes it look good… but then maybe we’re seeing all of the best parts that the movie has to offer. I hope not.
Blade 3 Trinity has a 50-50 chance of being really good. I say this partly because I didn’t care for Blade, but loved Blade 2. This will be the third director for the third movie.
At least Wesley Snipes keeps coming back. Chud.com has a couple of new pics from Blade 3.
After seeing the pics I think Blade 3‘s odds have risen to 55 – 45. ; )
I love it when a movie comes out of left field and surprises me. It doesn’t happen all that often, but The Reckoning just may do it.
I really hadn’t heard anything about this movie which stars Willem DaFoe, but if it is as good as the trailer, then we just may be on to something.
Although the new trailer doesn’t have me as excited as the trailer for Kill Bill Volume 1 did, I must admit that I like it a lot.
A whole lot.
Check it out… you may find that you like it too.
Here are some random thoughts on Movies Coming Out This Year…
Ok, I admit it. I was wrong.I thought that The Rock starring in a remake of Walking Tall was a bad idea.
The Rock was, pardon the expression, on a roll.
Think about it… great reviews for his small role in “The Mummy Returns.” Then a prequel about his character “The Scorpion King.” And then The Rock totally wows everyone with the very good and very underrated “The Rundown.”
But The Rock starring as a backwater sheriff who carries a two-by-four to fight Southern Mobsters?
No way that could work. Right? Wrong.
The trailer looks good and they’ve updated and changed the story to fit The Rock. And with his charisma, I think it’ll work.
Check out the trailer and let me know…
… am I wrong?
If you’re excited about the re-make of “Dawn of the Dead, you’re really going to love this… Steve Niles [30 Days of Night] and Chee [Wake the Dead] are teaming up for a three issue comic adaptation of the original “Dawn of the Dead” to be released in April.
Niles says the only liberties that he’s taking will be where the film makers were hampered by budget constraints.
Niles said that when he was asked about doing the adaptation, there was no trepidation. “I’m so excited that I’ve been asked to do this. This was such an important movie in my life.”
If you’re a fan of Niles‘ comics and novels, then you know that’s true… and will serve to make the adaptation even better. The the “Dawn of the Dead” mini-series starts in April.
In fact I enjoyed all his “… of the Dead” series [“Dawn of the Dead” “Day of the Dead”], including the remake of “Night of the Living Dead” that he didn’t direct.
While none were near the classic level of the first, they were all still a lot of fun.
That’s why I’m looking forward to the “Dawn of the Dead” remake starring Ving Rhames. The trailer was pretty cool and the poster is as well. And I’m thinking that while it may not be a classic, I’ll bet it’s a lot of fun.
