Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Now that the first season of The Walking Dead has concluded [with the highest ratings of any drama on cable], Robert Kirkman sat down for an interview with the fine folks at CBR.com. You can read part one here and then come back tomorrow for part two.
I was like most kids in that for a period of time I was really into magic. And like most kids who got into magic, I thought that Harry Houdini was the coolest magician to ever take the stage. And like most kids I outgrew my obsession with magic. Teller [of Penn & ] never did age out of his love of magic or Harry Houdini. He explains here why Houdini matters.
Well, said Teller. Well said.
Eric Powell, the writer/artist/creator of The Goon, has an eight page Goon story running in the pages of the USAToday. You can read it here… well part one is up today and you’ll have to go back tomorrow for part two.
That’s Hugh Freeman’s quick sketch of Sly as Jack Carter. I discovered Hugh’s art at his Deviant Art site, but you can also see more of Hugh’s art at his website. Nice work, huh?
Last night SPIKE TV aired UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter season finale. Let’s check out my predictions and the results:
Kendall Grove vs. Demian Maia.
Prediction: Maia via decision.
Result: Maia won via unanimous decision.
Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson for the title of The Season’s Ultimate Fighter.
Prediction: Bookins via submission stoppage.
Result: Bookins won via unanimous decision.
Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac
Prediction: Bonnar via decision.
Result: Bonnar won vian unanimous decision.
Although there were only 3 fights I predicted, I went 3 and 0. It’s not often I get 100% of the fights right… guess I should have bet a buck or two. ; )
Tonight at 9pm EST, SPIKE TV will air free UFC fights. There are three that interest me and here are my predictions:
Kendall Grove vs. Demian Maia.
Prediction: Maia via decision.
Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson for the title of The Season’s Ultimate Fighter.
Prediction: Bookins via submission stoppage.
Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac
Prediction: Bonnar via decision.
I’ll post the results tomorrow.
E!OnLine has a great little interview with Kurt Sutter, the man who created Sons of Anarchy. Sutter talks about the past season, the things fans hated, loved and where the show goes from here. It’s definitely worth a read.
IMPAwards.com scored a look at two posters for Jason Statham’s remake of the Charles Bronson classic, The Mechanic. You can see a larger version of my favorite of the two, the one posted above, here… as well as the second one here.
I like this poster a lot. It makes me want to learn more about the movie and since I don’t know much about “I am Number Four” I’m going to have to do just that. I hope what I learn leads me to believe that the movie is going to be as good as the poster. [Via IMPAwards.com]
I’m a huge fan of Eduardo Risso’s art. I’d buy nearly any comic that he draws. When I learned that Risso would be pencilling and inking Jonah Hex #62, I was down for a preorder faster than Hex could draw-down on a man. If you need to know a bit more about the issue, here’s what the tease says…
And thanks to the nice folks at Newsarama and DC Comics, here’s a free five page preview.
The art above was created by my brother from another mother, John Beatty at our second annual Black “Stallone” Friday. Last year Big Beatty decided to create a new piece for my Stallone art collection live on U-Stream. This allowed Stallone fans as well as fans of John’s art to watch and interact with us live as John created the piece. We called it “Black Stallone Friday” and had a blast.
This year, John decided to sweeten the pot with a free, Expendables Blu-Ray giveaway. We fired up the Beattytron and began broadcasting from the beautiful JBI Studio in downtown Holly Hill a little before 2pm. The show ran until 9pm — and John still had more to do on the piece. Along the way we were joined by Shana, Sophie, Mike aka Killer Karl Krupp, Royce, Rob Smith Jr., The Mad Pirate, Husky Courdoroy, and others. Shana was the lucky winner of the DVD set.
I can’t thank John enough for the art. As great as it looks on screen, it is even more impressive in person. John set the bar high and surpassed all expectations.
If you subscribe to Entertainment Weekly, then you’ve probably already received your copy of The Walking Dead issue. If you don’t sub, then you might want to look for a copy which hits stands on November 29th. If you’re a fan of the show, then you’ll want a copy because Entertainment Weekly goes behind the scenes to talk to…
“…all the key players, including comic creator Robert Kirkman, executive producers Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd, and star Andrew Lincoln…” and others.
EW.com recently posted an interesting article by Clark Collis titled, “Night of the Living Dead: How a 42-Year-Old Zombie Movie Refuses to Die.” If you’re a George Romero, Night of the Living Dead, The Walking Dead, zombie fan or if you just want to know how the zombie craze was kickstarted, then you should give it a read.
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A few weeks ago, EW.com posted their choices for the 20 Scariest Movies of All Time. Using just their picks here are my top five:
5. CARRIE (1976): I saw this at a midnight showing during it’s initial theatrical release. I thought that Carrie [Sissy Spacek] was creepy, but her mom [Piper Laurie] was terrifying. And I’m man enough to admit that the ending made me jump out of my seat.
4. JAWS (1975): I went with the family and saw Jaws in a sold out theater. Everything about this movie worked: the cast, the direction, the story, the music and the mechanical shark that appeared, oh so, real. And I’m man enough to admit that at one point I jumped so high in my seat that I thought I was going to go over the back. [Hey, I’m starting to see a pattern about me jumping during scary movies…]
3. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968): I first saw NOTLD on a small tv using a VHS machine. [Yes, I’m that old.] I’d already seen “Dawn of the Dead” in a theater, but found NOTLD to be much scarier. It was easy to see how this classic spawned a new genre of zombie movies.
2. 28 DAYS LATER (2003): I saw this during it’s initial theatrical release with my oldest son. There are so many great scares… the priest banging on the door and then coming down the hall; the church full of what appear to be dead bodies, and then one turns his head; being chased up the stairwell; the car getting a flat tire in the tunnel and so many more. Just writing about the movie makes me want to watch it again!
1. THE EXORCIST (1973): Although I did get to see The Exorcist in a theater, it wasn’t until it was re-released in 1979. I went with my future wife and best buddy. Without a doubt, this is the creepiest/scariest movie I’ve ever seen. A lot of people talk up the gross/shocking scenes with the vomit spewing, cursing possessed child. To me, the scariest stuff were the subtler scenes: grandma walking up the steps and then turning and walking back down, the marks appearing on the child with no explanation, and so on. This is the one movie that stayed with me long after I saw it… and continued to creep me out.
