Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Last Jedi To Cross $1B For New Years


 This Saturday: New Live Show on MNN: December 30, 2017. Past shows now posted on Youttube.
This will include Jedi wrapup, massive movie reviews and some news.
Bonus section: Pictures of me on the set of The Greatest Showman.

Update:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bright-nielsen-says-11-million-have-watched-panned-netflix-flick-1070605
Here is another example of a big divide between fans and critics. But ti does show that there's an audience at home for this and they are going for a sequel. I actually like this film except that extra long ending aka Suicide Squard, Kill the villian already! It's Alien Nation meets for LOTR for sure.
Will Smith as back. 4 outta 5.

Mini-reviews:
The Greatest Showman: 4 outta 5. The film needs love at the boxoffice. Jackman works hard as do the cast and the songs were great. I'm in the movie, watcha think I say? lol.
Jumanji: 1: Cast was good but completely wasted. Video games as movies still suck.
Downsize: 1:  Only for the speech at the end which was the only funny thing. Saw the trailer? You saw the movie. A complete ripoff. See Honey I Shrunk the Kids instead.

Previously:
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/911297-the-last-jedi-reaches-844m-globally-jumanji-is-up-to-89-1m-domestically#/slide/1
Like I said before the contraversy didn't hurt but helped this picture? Well the jury is still out.
This is one for the books, never saw this happened with a franchise like this. But for the record I hope it beats Beauty and the Beast for the No. 1 spot for 2017, U.S. that is as it stands as No. 2 for now.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mark-hamill-regrets-criticizing-last-jedi-version-luke-skywalker-1070418
AW C'mon make up your mind! Talk about not getting the memo:
"You know you can come back as a Ghost Jedi" "I can?" "If you change your tune" "oohhh"

https://www.wired.com/2017/12/geeks-guide-last-jedi/
Is anyone buying this shit? A whole article making excuses on why things turn out the way they did.
But there is one paragraph stating JJ is going to save the day by having the Rebels winning, First Order destroyed and everyone goes home happy. As far as their concern they failed this trilogy. Time for a reboot and leave the friggin Skywalker family out of it. The most dysfunctional family in outer space.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1751519/pixars-coco-is-putting-up-some-absolutely-ridiculous-numbers-in-china
Nobody saw this coming. The highest money maker than all the other Pixar combined. So DUH?!
Even the stupid article states no one knows what China and a Mexican story have in common. Well?
Ghosts and Spirits. Simple as that. China is huge on that which is why Coco is so well embraced. Now Disney is looking at this and wondering why China doesn't give the same love to Star Wars. Which by the way will do OK...zzzzzzzzzz as in no love for TFA. Now thats funny.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/what-would-get-you-back-to-cinemas/
Me? Better movies that are not reboots, remakes, sequels, prequels, retreads, franchises and especially making movies our of video games..looking at you Jumanji, you piece of crap.
Hello Netflix.......

https://lrmonline.com/news/fans-petition-to-shut-down-rotten-tomatoes/
Welll it didn't work for Last Jedi with critics saying it's one of the best then having the hardcore fans trashing it beyond belief. Look at how many times this site has been sold and look whoowns it now, Comcast out of all corporations. What you think now? Besides it's always been about the fans and now paid critics anyways.

https://www.thewrap.com/doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-13th-time-lord-regeneration-video/
What a great intro to the new Doctor and  hopefully she'll put some much needed energy to the show. No offense to Peter Capladi who was great as the Doctor but even he looked tired from the lame scripts that the show was given.

Rehearsal with one the Academy Award composers of the soundtrack. They won for La La Land.

The sequence that made the final cut into the movie. While chalk outlines me on the upper left.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Last Jedi Breaks $600M World Wide


Our past shows are now downloaded on Youtube including our Jeid special.
 Next show is on 12/30/17. Happy Holidays and may the force be with you.

Mini-review: Last Jedi: 4 outta 5: Yeah it's a mess but mind you I never liked the plot for this trilogy to begin with. Action scenes were great and that big cameo from ESB got me. But story still sucks.

Update:
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-box-office-600-million-1202647192/
For a film thats getting a lot of hates this is doing huge business considering the 2nd film of the trilogies don't have that Wow factor. Even with ESB when first release. But what gets me is this has hardly adropoff as most films usually can have a 25-50 Percent audience drop off. And a lot of fans are going to back for the repeats. So much for the hate. But I will saythis on their behalf:
3 things are annoyed the shit out of me: Luke throwing the lite sable over his shoulder. WTF?
Note getting to know the Supreme Snoke. Who the hell was he anyways? Cut in half was cool tho.
Rey has drunk parents who sold her off for the booze? Man talk about bad parenting lol.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-mangold-greatest-showman-re-shoots-1202646576/
While a lot of films are going thruthis process, what gets me is the Director was cool and a cucumber. I worked on this film over 1 days thrua 3month period and never saw him freak out. More on the show. And yes I did shake hands with Hugh Jackman at the end of the shoot. Real cool guy.
Final note: While in 3rd place behind SW and Jumanji, this will do great overseas as they love Hugh no matter what he does. Les Miserables is proof racking in over $400M.

Previously:
https://lrmonline.com/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-breaks-536m-worldwide/
While the film is doing great all over, it's agreed that this one will not be up there in the record books with TFW. That great divide is hurting the box office especially when it's own fans got so much hatred against the film. Guess they joined the darkside after all. LOL.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-last-jedi-toy-shipments-down-sharply-force-awakens-1069479
While some might laugh at this, Disney takes this very serious as also Warners DC. This is how they make and break thier business. And if they can't sell the toys aka JL then plan B takes affect.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/gallery/14-cameos-you-probably-missed-while-watching-star-wars-the-last-jedi/ss-BBGZrh1?ocid=ientp
That's a lot of cameos considering most of them are to quick to notice. What a waste.

https://lrmonline.com/news/why-the-disney-fox-deal-is-bad-for-hollywood/
We've been saying this for years. And it's mentioned in the article. Like the record business ignored Napster and it crumbled the industry is exactly what is happening to the studios. They don't want to adapt to the new model and it's sinking fast. Disney was on top of it while the others are still under a rock. Idiots. As far as losing jobs, many are going to streaming shows which is expanding like crazy. Again crying and bitching about the new model replacing the old.

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

 

New show this Saturday: Live on MNN with The Last Jedi coverage plus other news.
BEWARE! There is a review from Variety Magazine. DO NOT READ IT! Major Spoilers!
Note: This blog is in progress until we go live on Saturday so stay tune.

http://deadline.com/2017/12/star-wars-the-last-jedi-london-premiere-prince-harry-william-1202225955/
So the two royals have cameos as Stormtroopers, just like Daniel Craig did in Force Awakens. And according to IMDB Tom Hardy is also playing a Stormtrooperc. Tthe reviews have been great except that stupid one by Variety. What a Grinch! By all estimates the film will gross about $500M world wide opening weekend. The only hold out? China which won't be until Jan. 5,  not that they matter anyways since the Force was never strong with them anyways lol.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/2018-golden-globe-nominations-snubs-surprises-wonder-woman-greta-gerwig-1202635491/
Wonder Woman getting completely shut out is the biggest bullshit ever. Also Logan but at least Hugh Jackan got recognized for The Greatest Showman. And Del Toro is finally getting his due for Shape of Water. But the nominations are a total mess. Biggest Gripe:? Get Out the most overrated movie of the year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/golden-globes/10-movies-that-completely-dont-deserve-their-golden-globe-nominations-%e2%80%94-sorry/ss-BBGAX0f?ocid=ientp
More of my beef but this article pretty much says it all. It saves me all this typing of why this year really sucks. More on the show.

http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/disney-21st-century-fox-comcast-sale-out-1202636618/
The article is kind of a yawner. But in the long run it means the big mouse will own X-Men with Fantastic Four and of course the original Star Wars will get a new release. It's all good.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/dc-films-justice-league-1202632214/
Translation: Your Fired! Clean slate coming in January with "What you didnt get the memo?"
Major reboot all accross the board. More on the show.

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Justice League Doing Great Overseas But......


New Live on MNN show this Saturday. Complete Justice League Box Office update plus more.

Update:
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/906499-avengers-infinity-war-now-the-most-watched-trailer-of-all-time#/slide/1
Well it figures after all the comic books fans were disappointed by JL. They are so hungry for a good film which Marvel has proben time and time again. You know what they said at  my job?
The trailer was better than the JL movie. OUCH!

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/more-light-shed-on-the-missteps-which-led-to-cobbled-together-justice-league-185
So Zack was about to get fired before he even started the movie. So for once the studio heads had the right idea. Shame they had to the "death in the family" route so remoive him. Remember when I said that didn't sound right to begin with. Why wait a few weeks then leave filming because of death. Now it make sense. What a bunch of coat throats.

Previously:
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/905697-avengers-infinity-war-trailer#/slide/1
Wow talk about insult to injury. First the talk of Jedi goiing to have a huge opening and then putting this our. Justice League can't get a break after Coco kicking JL ass in it's second weekend. Talk about a beat down. But the good news the more positive reviews from fans is helping JL doing far from worse and Internationall it's getting the love it deserves with more countries still need to open up aka Japan. But once Jedi opens its pretty much over. Now that matters if it can catch up with Wonder Womans B.O and at least tie with Thor 3. If only JL didn't cost so damn much. Hell even I saw it twice?!?! yep yours truly did. Like I said about Suicide Squad, "there's a great movie in there somewhere"

http://www.darkhorizons.com/new-details-on-justice-league-moustache-gate/
Kind of old news by now but posted anyways as we are going to reference this on the show.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/justice-league-fx-reel-funnier-opening-talk/
This one too, any reference. But it does show how editing can affect the tone of  a movie.

https://www.thewrap.com/national-board-of-review-the-post-best-film/
Ok the award season is around the corner and no one gives a crap. But the surprise here is that Logan made the list which is great but no Dunkirk. What the hell is that about. Del Toro got dissed but Baby Driver made the cut. Not a bad movie at all. And the Franco scored with The Disaster Artist. Guess directing all those indy films paid off after all.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Justice League Tanks !

Note: Due to a tech problem our last Live show still needs to be updated. Stay Tune.
Holy Wipe out at the box office. Many articles all dedicated to JL, blog still in progress.

Mini-Review:
JL 3 out of 5: It wasn't that bad. Different tones to be expected due to 2 different directors. Way better than BvsS. My main problem that the whole film was too damn dark. Budget couldn't afford light bulbs? But this had many good moments and the whole cast shined considering all the damn cuts.
Please read the following articles for my take on tidbits on what went wrong.

Update:
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/905115-star-wars-the-last-jedi-tracking-for-a-200-million-opening#/slide/1
Talk about insult to injury. DCU is hoping that the box office will pick up for JL for Thanksgiving weekend. And already SW is bragging how much it will clear for their opening. Ouch.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/justice-league-cinematographer-is-hoping-for-a-director-s-cut-as-well-585-02
You know it's bad when one of the crew jumps in and wants to see a Directors cut. Wait after this weekend then we are going to see what happens with the DC universe. If they can't get JL off teh ground and Wonder Woman is their biggest hit of the year, somebody is getting fired big time.

Previously:
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/estimates-claim-justice-league-could-lose-between-50-100-million-237
This is just plain embarrassing. So what happened? Fans are getting tired of being burned with reshoots and recuts. BvsS, SS, Rogue One, rumours of the Han solo movie,. seeing a trailer and half the scenes are  missing from the movie. Again Rogue One is still the biggest sin, that Tie Fighter scene. More below but what does this mean for JL2 ? Well the title is poison that's for sure. Another version from the Comics is Flashpoint, and that should be the right direction. And never mind that post credit scene. We don't need Eisenberg's Luthor back. Totally miscast. Shame about Deathstroke.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/a-closer-look-at-justice-league-cut-scenes/
It's amazing how they can get this wrong. Too many cooks in the kitchen. Now ind you Director Weadon was hired to fix this but again tere was interfering from the studio aka micro management. Tha's what happened with Avengers Ultron and Weadon had to take the blame. Notice a pattern here?

https://theplaylist.net/petition-zack-snyder-cut-justice-league-20171120/
They did it BvsS so why not. All that deleted footage is all over the internet so why not spend that extra money and give the fans what they want. For me BvsS they should have taken out more footage as most of it was unwanted crap. But like I said with Suicide Squad there is a good movie in there somewhere. So this needs to be rescued one way or another.

Other News:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/star-trek-discovery-s2-to-solve-canon-issues/
Why just admit it and say it's an alternate universe and that will solve that canon mess.
Spores, Ugly Klingons, and a chick name Mike. No thank you: Orville: The Next Next Generation.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/fox-puts-sequel-to-murder-on-the-orient-express-into-development-298
While I have to admit Director Branagh did a great job on directing and starring in the Express, even tho it didn't need a remake, I'm surprise about the sequel. The original Death on a Nile was a total bore so maybe Kenneth could bring some life to that story. So this should be a notch better.




Thursday, November 09, 2017

Thor 3 Crossing $500M World Wide

New Live Show this weekend Nove 18: Justice League Review plus Disney take over.
Due to workload I just updated this blog. Gotham pix added in bonus sertion. More on the show.

Update:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/justice-league-headed-for-325m-weekend/
Amazing. Both Thor and JL are doing great at the box office.Thor is crossing the $700M this weekend. JL has opened in 9 different countries this week, Wednesday out of days, and is doing major B.O. already. Damn the critics!

Previously:
https://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-rian-johnson-to-create-all-new-trilogy-set-in-different-galaxy/
It figures. But giving Johnson a whole trilogy to himself is one big leap of faith. And Last Jedi hasn't even come out yet. But no surprise that is milking this franchise for all its worth is to be expected. But at the speed they are going is way to fast with all the solo projects lined up aka Solo movie.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/disney-confirms-new-star-wars-live-action-series/
And now we get this. Wasn't this what Lucas had in mind when he comissioned 2 seasons worth of scripts for his show, but couldn't produce it at the time as the CGI wasn't advance enough and would have cost a fortune. Well not anymore. But what ever did happened to those scripts as it sounds like they are creating this from the ground up. Of course they can ST Discovery for this as that is a big hit in streaming and Disney of course is following that.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/villeneuve-putting-dune-over-next-bond/
Oh hell no! We already got a boring dragged out bloated Bond film. It was Spectre. And didn't we learn from Blade Runner 2? Still an over rated director. Well us Dune fans can kiss this remake goodbye.

Previously:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/dont-expect-a-longer-thor-ragnarok-cut/
Bullshit. This is a huge international hit. Release the basic no frills BR/DVD aka BvsS then release the directors cut. (yeah still looking at you Disney Rogue One, you greedy mouse). So either way they be dumb not to cash in. They know the fans are there. Look at ST Discovey, the fans are there no matter how bad the show is.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/justice-league-two-hour-runtime-was-mandated/
The one thing I'm looking thing I'mlooking forward to< a short running time. Short? Hell yeah after all these movies having a bloated running time of over 2 hours. (look at you Blade Ruuner 2).
But there is one thing missing in JL. No, not Superman as he will show up at the end, maybe, or they are saving him for JL2. But lets face it, Green Lantern is sorely missing this but that's just me.

http://lrmonline.com/news/20th-century-fox-walks-away-from-deal-with-the-russo-brothers/
And this is why Disney wants to take over. Um, lets see. Russo Brothers made 2 films that have gross over $1Billion each. And you walk away from that. Yeah right. Great Business Management decision. I should know, I worked a Wall Street for over 20 years and look what happen there.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/901667-is-universals-dark-universe-dead-kurtzman-and-morgan-depart#/slide/1
Now that's funny, talk about jumping ship. Can't anyone get it together back in Hollywood? Notice the pattern. Everyone is so scare about thier positions. There's a movie here but they hate to talk about themselves.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/fox-disney-merger-talks-already-dead/
Not so fast. Some in the industry will not let this die. To much at stake. But what happened to begin with. Easy, Disney was cheap in giving what Fox thinks it deserves. And thier right. Look what Disney would be getting, all those franchises. So why so cheap? Thye got spoiled when they screwed Lucas at getting Star Wars francise at a cheap price. But if this does happen what would happen next?
That's right they will go after the gold mine. Warners DCU. Oh no. They got Spidy for thier MCU.
Anything is possible. More on our next Live Show.

http://lrmonline.com/news/doctor-who-jodie-whitakers-costume-as-the-doctor-revealed/
In this article they complain about Doc #9 leather jacket which I thought was cool but they ok with this? Besides the long coat they rest looks stupid. Rainbow t-shirt and suspenders?!!!. I wore suspenders for The Greatest Showman and hated it. She deserves better.

Bonus: Gotham Pix
 Riddler dressed up as Penguin releases the 2 little kids in the ring. Upper right hand side above the rope.
I'm right above Monica's shoulder on the catwalk. This was the 3rd day clocking in at 14 hrs.



Friday, November 03, 2017

Thor 3 - A Big Hit !

We're back Live on MNN this Saturday at 5pm on MNN.ORG: Thor, Gotham and News N Reviews!

Mini-Reviews:
Thor: 4: Solid fun even tho a bit over the top with the action and a bit silly. But Hulk talks. Great!
Saw 8: 2: Been there and don't that. Not much imagination in the traps either.
Foreigner, 4: Jackie Chan was great in this along with Brosnan. It had both: Characters and action.
Happy Death Day, 3: Great idea even tho it gets redundant in the second half but the film recognizes that as the main character goes silly near at the end: "What again, lol" And a surprise twist. Cool.
Geostorm, 1: Top 10 Worst picture of the year. Only disaster is the script. This was a conspiracy thriller all involving that stupid space station. Only the last 20 minutes had disaster snippets !!!

http://www.darkhorizons.com/thor-ragnarok-to-hit-400m-by-end-of-weekend/
This is going to clear both Thor 1 & 2 in box office reciepts. Hopefully this gets the respect that it deserves and be big as Wonder Woman and Spiderman. JL well that's another story.

http://lrmonline.com/news/taika-waititis-thinking-mans-hulk-in-thor-ragnarok-explained/
No Lou Ferrigno voice over? It's a shame but it is about time Ruffalo takes over the voice here.

http://lrmonline.com/news/why-mark-hamill-returned-to-star-wars-no-the-answer-is-not-just-money/
Money. Simple as that. But I do like how he describes Ford the way he is. Now that is funny.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/solo-a-star-wars-story-was-fully-reshot/
Umm, lets see. An Oscar winning director doing a complete reshoot?.Hell I met Opi, nicest guy in the world. Who am I to complain. Now is this going to happen with all the other movies. Hopefully there's no trend happening here.

http://lrmonline.com/news/the-trailer-for-scooby-doo-batman-the-brave-and-the-bold-hits/
Fro those who were not interested in the 1966 TV series DC is on a roll. The last couple of movies based on the '66 have been all a hit in sales. That's why they keep making these.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/blade-runner-2049-editor-talks-cut-scenes/
You mean this was going to be longer with a 4 hr script? Hell there was nothing for a 90 minute movie to begin with. Another gimmick for a directors cut box set even tho the director denies it.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/new-trailer-godzilla-planet-of-the-monsters/
While I dont' like his structure aka Shin Godzilla, lets face it, anything Godzilla is better than no Godzilla. And nother way to keep selling the merchandise. "Collect them all!"

http://movieweb.com/regal-cinemas-dynamic-ticket-pricing-plan/
Wow is this really desperate or really sad. Anything to get you in the theatres, right?

Bonus:
This is the episode that I spent 3 days at the studios playing a bookie. I'm actually in 2 spots at 00:6 and 00:12 seconds but it was so damn dark you can hardly see me. I'm mostly up on top by the cakewalk. Anyways it was a great experience. More on the live show.







Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Star Wars 8 Trailer


New Live on MNN will premiere on October 21. with more show dates in November and December.

Update: 10/19: Due to busy schedule I had no time for a new blog. But in the meantime...
The Foreigner: 4: Both Chan and Brosnan were great. More of a thriller with twists than expected.
Lego Ninja: 3: Not as strong as previous, too much with father/son crap but Chan was funny.
Batman Vs TwoFace: 4: Great Old School aka "66 series. But why are fans pissed off on this?

Mini Movie Reviews: 5= Great, 1= Sucks. It's not fun anymore.
Blade Runner: 2: Too bloated and Ford only shows up in the last third, really? See article below.
Mother: 0: Total Bullshit. Artsy fartsy crap. Guess Lawrence can't even save a movie anymore.
Kingsman 2: 3: Over the top, silly but it had Elton John, lol. And love those music fights. Prince?!!!
Justice League Dark: 3: Glad it had other characters usually not seen even tho I never did like Constantine. Good for Halloween. In the meantime back at DC we're getting another Joker. Meh.
Cult of Chucky 3: Slow build up tho the last third act was cool. But strictly for Chucky fans. but it was too late. Time to retired.

http://lrmonline.com/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-did-you-see-darth-vader-in-that-latest-poster/
Ok we all saw the trailer, no reason to repost. But I figure post this again. Are fans reading into this a little bit to much. Even tho it's a stretch I can see why they would jump on the bandwagon.

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/shoot/roger-deakins-and-blade-runner-2049-beauty-brutalism/619497
Deakins is the genius behind this film. The jury is still out on Director Villeneuve (not crazy about any of his films and Arrival did not deserve that Oscar nod). Way too long and bloated considering it was just a mystery. And it took four writers for this? And I didn't see that huge budget on the screen. Final nail in the coffin? That music was horrible! But I do appreciate the nods to the first film which I love by the way. But not enough. More on the next live show. (Oct. 21).

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/martin-scorsese-speaks-out-on-rotten-tomatoes-cinemascore-more-210
Yo Marty, you give these sites to much credit. Example: Blade Runner 2. All those raves and the film tanks given its budget. Bloated running time and Harrison Ford shows up in the last act even tho he is co- headliner in the poster. Instant killer when fans start posting among themselves. Simple as that.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/scott-next-alien-to-explore-more-a-i/
Are you kidding me? That is the main problem with this new franchise. No one likes this character and you continue with this theme? Again Hollywood with its head up its ass. Complete denial. They dont' want to admit that Sigorney version was the way to go. At this point its just too sad.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/sylvester-stallone-says-he-s-directing-creed-2-121-02
Back to the one who started it all. Why not? BTW I loved Stallone playing himself in "This Is Us"
Great episode and Director Ron Howard cameo was pretty cool.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

The Big September Movie Review Blog


What is old is new, and what is new is old. An old motto that I've been saying for the past 29 years live on the air. Hence the angle of this blog aka T2, Star Trek, Stephen King.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/stephen-king-teases-new-adaptations-of-the-stand-and-salem-s-lot-782
Too obvious to mention. We all know the previous adaptions were less than perfect so of course once "IT" is a hit the studios are going to milk the back catalogue. Actually I can't blame them. Everything else they are touching is turning to crap anyways. But do they think these remakes are going to be better? "IT" is the worst remake of the year. The TV series was way better. Even with the poor SFX considering the time period. But Tim Curry was the ultimate evil clown.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/terminator-6-release-date-linda-hamilton-arnold-schwarzenegger-1202574416/
It's all about keeping the franchises alive. But this was a storyline  that should have continued as was\
Fans won't even acknowledge T3. So maybe the Alien franchise can take a hint and ignore that stupid storyline about David and the Engineeers and bring Signorney back along with her daughter.

Movie Reviews:
Ratings: 1 = sucked, 5 = great
"IT":0 : Most overrated movie of the year. Too long, too boring too much CGI clown. Done.

American Assassin: 3: Weak plot but lots of action. Micheal is great as always and even tho too much CG it had a great ending at the ocean. PS: check Keaton out in The Founder, the Mcdonalds story guy solid 5 out of 5 and he and the movie should have been nominated to Oscar last yr.

Killing Gunther: 2: Arnold only shows up at the last 20 minutes of the movie but he was great considering it's film in docu style which really sucked. But that 3 cam shot at the end was cool.

Lucky Logan: 2: Daniel Craig was a snap as a southerner and that cameo by Seth was cool but this was so flat and boring, by the end I couldn't care less if they got away with it or not.

Wolf Warrior: 3: Can't believe this is in the top 5 World Wide at the box office this year. Lots of action but I couldn't get into this plot whatsoever. Way overrated for such a money payoff.

Cable/Tv/Livestream Reviews:
Star Trek Discovery Parts 1&2: 3 Not as bad as I thought but I look at this as a different timeline. My main problem? Those are not Klingons! And why is everything so dark. Love the actors tho.

Orville: 4:  Dramedy? Seth needs to have a better balance with this But remember this. ST:TNG Season 1 was so off centered that it took S2 to get it right and Seth did the Screenwriters room on the BR release of ST:TNG. And the parodies on his show. He's doing it better than Discovery. Ouch!

Batman & Harley: 4: This pays homage to the '66 tv series which I grew up with. Along with the music,  graphic balloons (ah my balls!) and Harley was great! Hate the tv series? You'll hate this.

Rough Night: 2: Love the girls but where was the humour? I have no problem with Weekend At Bernies with an all female cast aka Ghostbusters. But did someone forget the laughs?






Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Gotham Preview Special Edition

The Police Precinct, on the set of Gotham. More on the Live Show when it premieres in October.
More photos below in the bonus section. Repeat of Live on MNN this Saturday.

Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/linda-hamilton-set-return-terminator-franchise-1040948
Now this is more like it even that story of [passing the baton to a young 18 reeks aka Star Wars:TFW but heck that worked out pretty good. over $1B pretty good, lol. So why not, the original gang is back, something TFW did screw up on, and thats what counts.

Previously:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/gotham-s4-dark-band-extended-trailer/
Well it looks like they tying in to the first Noland film with Scarcrow and Ghul making their debuts in this season. (yes Ghul made a cameo in the last ep last season).

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-mother-it-american-assassin-1202561464/
So Lawrence has another dud on her resume. Gee I thought she was a powerhouse at the box office. Well so much for an overpaid paycheck. But what gets to me is how "IT" is killing it at the B.O..
Man I was bored like hell. So overrated. Still prefer the Time Curry version. Yeah the sfx was poor but at least it was not overkill like the new version.

http://movieweb.com/man-of-steel-2-feel-good-superman-movie-matthew-vaughn/
Now this is what we are talking about. Superman with dark issue means a very boring superhero.
Actually why Vaughn isn't hired for thenext Bond movie is beyond me. He be perfect. But in the meantime he be perfect for directing Sups.

http://www.darkhorizons.comhttp://www.darkhorizons.com/donners-superman-gets-extended-on-blu-ray//donners-superman-gets-extended-on-blu-ray/
They couldn't do this the first time around when the released the big steel box set a few years ago?
Another double dip. Well most of that material can be seen on YT anyways but I do have to admit it would be nice to see it in on one big showcase.

Bonus:
The Live on MNN show was suppose to be in repeats but apparently some people didn't get the memo and it went live, some were pissed off that I wasn't there, lol. Glad to know you support the show and care.
Below are some pix of Gotham on location near where I live at City Hall. This was a day I was not working on a show so I was free to take pics. I did three days on Gotham last week and was not allowed to take pics on the set. Somebody did take a video on the first day and after posting it hell broke lose. Hence the warning do not take pics/video on the set.
The main photo above I was allowed to take a pic as that set was used for holding the backgrond actors to rest and no filming was done there. That is the Police Precinct on Stage 9, since it wasn't used most of the lights wee shut off hence why it was kind of dark.
The experience? One of the best shows I worked on beside the fact it was also one of the longest shoots per day as the last day (Friday) I clocked in over 16 hours. Worth it ! as I got to work with The Riddler, most of the girls and a surprise guest. Signed a waiver that I can't talk about the scenes but when the show premieres, EP 7, in November, then I will talk about it on the Live show.

Note: Look at that very small sign in yellow exactly in the middle on. the floor. Ok now look up at the guy in the white shirt: Jim Gorden folks lol.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

JJ Is Back For Star Wars 9

This weeks blog is short as my workload on Gotham is longer than I thought. Those hours.....
Live on MNN will be back in October for our Halloween Special.


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jj-abrams-replace-colin-trevorrow-as-star-wars-episode-ix-writer-director-1037933
Will someone make up their mind? Actually JJ should have directed all three. Not that the first one was great, the script was also blame on that one. But he did direct in real time instead of Lucas depending on blue screen for everything. And  JJ is also a writer so this should be in good hands finally.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/patty-jenkins-wonder-woman-sequel-director-1202548413/
Well there you have it. The highest paid female director and she gets a backend deal to top it off!
And I'm glad they are not playing musical chairs with that position. Warners finally got something right, not counting the Nolan's Batman Trilogy.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/hear-the-star-trek-discovery-theme/
Kind of weak but it does include the original theme and it has NO Singing...
"It's been a long time...." ugghhh how wonder the show got cancel. Same for ST Beyond with Rhianna song at the end. Again...No Singing!

http://www.darkhorizons.com/liam-neeson-is-retiring-from-action-movies/
Yo Liam, take the money! You earn it! Oscar nominated and all. Hey you got stuntmen, quick editing, and CG to cover up those aching bones. Hell you got Rockers at 70 all over the stage. Sir Paul, Sir Mick, Bob Seger and they on the stage for 2 hours plus and nobody covers their ass!

Bonus:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/the-70-most-influential-vfx-movies-ever/
I got a beef with this list but I'll make it short cause only one Superhero movie made the list. WTF!
Snow White was a cartoon, Mary Poppins also had had a cartoon sequence, King Kong '75 was a guy in a suit (not that's a bad thing) and that blue screen was awful at the end, Jaws was a robotic shark (looked great tho), 300 had massive overkill with the blue screen...
SO only Superman '78 made the cut. How about the first Avengers movie. That didn't bring it up a level or two?

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Bond For Sale

Live on MNN will be doing repeats on MNN until sometime in October with new shows.
Also included in the Bonus section is a screen shot of my cameo on HBO's The Deuce.

Update:
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/star-wars-marvel-movies-disney-streaming-service-1202549993/
Now this is funny, Disney stocks actually drops after the announcement and Netflix rises after losing Disney & Marvel. Again once Netflix put in its bid to own a franchise aka Bond, all eyes are on them. Not another company starting its own streaming. How many of these are we going to subscribe to anyways.
Previously:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/apple-amazon-join-race-james-bond-film-rights-1035539
Wow, it's amazing how greed can make things run amok. Not only the franchise but all the spinoffs, tv, and everything they can get their grubby little hands on. Bond should be only the big screen. Remember they did a b & w pilot and that was not the place for it. It's on Youtube by the way.

http://www.thewrap.com/wonder-woman-joins-top-5-highest-grossing-superhero-films-time/
Well she joins Batman and The Avengers, no small feat that's for sure. But there real be a backlash when Justice League. While the hype of having WW in the film will help the boxoffice clean up but will it last all the months like WW if th fans cry foul and the films sucks there go the repeats and fall short aka BvsS which should have crossed the $1B mark.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-episode-ix-will-director-colin-trevorrows-exit-change-franchises-future-1035545
Great Q & A on Star Wara. My take, Disney is obviously a control freak on its properties. But also management really don't know how to handle these franchises. Look at Affleck. His gangster film tanked and lost the directors gig for Batman. That Bookk of Henry (didn't see it) really burn Trevorrows and now here's out. And let's not start with Zack, lol.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/shia-labeouf-will-not-be-in-indiana-jones-5-249
There's going to be a No. 5? Ford is just too old. Never mind about Shia. Just get a up and coming actor if they want to continue or retire it all together. Of course Hollywood is in denial. So much for that.

http://lrmonline.com/news/watch-kong-skull-island-director-jordan-vogt-roberts-bash-his-own-movie-in-new-honest-trailer/
Well that takes a lot of guts and it is funny. Either way I like to him direct another Kong feature or something with the GZ/KK franchise.

Bonus: Guess who made the final cut on HBO The Deuce. As mentioned on our last show, the word was some of us were edited out. As it turns out I'm in 4 scenes in the pilot episode. For those who haven't seen it this all take place at the 50-60 minute mark. And too think I Waited 2 years for this.





Wednesday, August 30, 2017

End Of Summer Wrapup


Live on MNN now playing on Youtube. This last show will be repeated thru September on MNN.
OK boys and girls: Today's pass word is "Clue" as "They don't have a friggin clue"


Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/movie-theater-chain-stocks-collapse-dismal-summer-1034001
Wow worse than we thought. Amc theatres lost 45% and Regal lost 28% attendance. If I was working with any of these chains I'll be looking for a new job. Yikes, talk about the writing on the wall.

Previously:
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/summer-box-office-4-billion-1202541885/
Adn the numbers are still going down the tubes compare to the past. The whole spectrum is changing and Hollywood refuses to listen. Aren't they watching Game of Thornes. Now those are numbers.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/it-was-the-worst-box-office-in-sixteen-years/
Other details on what is happening at the Box Office. It's pretty obvious that not only the studio doesn't have a clue but when they do get a hint that something is wrong they are in denial. Great management.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/ratings/game-of-thrones-season-7-finale-ratings-2-1202540601/
Adn they wonder why the Movie Experience is dying a slow death. So many options and built in stay home audiences it's no wonder that Studios still don't have a clue.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/warner-bros-joker-movies-dc-comics-1202541249/
Another bad decision. This is so sad in desperation that their trying to catching up with Marvel. Now that they got that Wonder Woman they think they can't fail. This is even worse with their arrogance and killing DC as it is.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/fantastic-four-second-reboot-goes-kiddie/
As mentioned on the Live show, this just reeks of desperation. But I could see this on the cartoon network or Disney channel on cable. But on the big screen? Really?

http://variety.com/2017/tv/features/star-trek-discovery-preview-cbs-all-access-sonequa-martin-green-1202540540/
They are really pushing this aren't they. Guess they afford to fall flat on thier face if this tanks. But lets face, fans like me will tune in, give it shot but will we take it for a few years. Remember Enterprise tanked after 4 years. While I love the cast and the SFX is greater than ever will that be enough?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/beyonce-rumored-for-next-bond-song/
Who cares. Just make a good Bond to make up for the last one. That whole thing stunk. And one of the worse thing was the song which got an Oscar. Not even the British recognized that song!


Monday, August 21, 2017

Wonder Woman: The Big Summer Winner


New Live on MNN this Saturday. This will be the last show of the summer. Promise. lol

New Update:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/cameron-wonder-woman-is-a-step-backwards/
Wow, kind of mean ain't it. I like the last paragraph about the "5 time married" Cameron. Funny.

Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/joker-movie-batman-fans-angry-idea-1031887
This is a really bad idea. And it doesn't matter who's behind this. Jared Leto was totally miscast and made a poor Joker. Hence why his part was cut. Let's face it the best part of Squad was Harley Quinn.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/eisenbergs-luthor-cut-from-justice-league/
What abummer. No actor wants to be cut from a film. But then again here was another wasted part.
Problem is this movie has been cut to smithereens who knows what we are going to get.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/881911-adam-wingard-teases-returning-characters-rugged-kong-for-godzilla-vs-kong
So these pictures are interacting with each other which is kind of cool. But now we know that Kong was still growing in Skull Island, he can match up with Godzilla in size. Man that's huge.

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1694429/one-animated-franchise-is-now-the-highest-grossing-in-the-world-and-its-surprising
These guys are close to the $1B mark. Even took the studio by surprise. Yet we are getting another DM$ and Minions. If I was one the fimmakers on this I'd be thinking or retirement in a few years, lol.

Previously:
http://movieweb.com/wonder-woman-box-office-worldwide-800-million/
The one picture nobody predicted for her own solo movie. And as far as the numbers go, mega titles have fallen short aka BvsS which should have crossed the $1B mark and fell short. But if anything it puts pressure on future releases for DC. Both Bats and Justice are sitting ducks now. And only DC has itself to blame.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-lewis-dead-nutty-professor-bellboy-star-was-91-721408
A legend that I grew up with on TV. My favorite was The FamilyJewels in which he played mutiple chracters all related to one another. Why this was never remade is beyond me. But Eddie Murphy was smart in picking the Nutty Professor. A great remake of a classic. Something very rare nowadays.

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1694429/one-animated-franchise-is-now-the-highest-grossing-in-the-world-and-its-surprising
My co-host Mark didn't see what the big deal was with this franchise and hated thelast one. Me on the other hand I was like BOSS! But never mind that. According to the article the only other franchise to compete is Shrek which is by Dreamworks. Long story short. Disney is Pissed cause they are out of the loop. And how did that happened? lol.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/godzilla-vs-kong-is-a-monster-brawl/
AS far as the original goes it was a draw. You see Kong swimming away leaving viewers thinking that Godzilla lost. But Godzilla is a sea creature to begin with, so he just swam away from the fight.
"Geez, I'm king of the monsters and I'm fighting an over size Gorilla? Really? I'm outta here."

http://www.darkhorizons.com/jabba-the-hutt-spin-off-being-considered/
Another one? Wasn't his background and family covered in the CloneWars already? And was anyone asking for this to begin with? Sign of desperation from Disney or are they just happy to milk the merchandising as much as they could?

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

007 Bond is Back

One more Live show on Aug. 25 before we take a break in September. Latest show on YT.
New Godzilla talk in the bonus section below links. Movie reviews coming soon.

Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-film-planned-director-talks-1030505
So finally the rumour is true. Here is my thing. No Mcgregor no deal. He is already playing a young Obi-wan, not the old hermit in the original Star Wars. And CG can fix his appearance anyways. Make thing is having another young actoris too distracting aka Han Solo movie. If Ron Howard was not at the helm fixing this, it would have tanked.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/daniel-craig-confirms-return-james-bond-role-1030056
Finally he's made if official. Also it helped his 2 year contract for that series was put on hold until he does Bond so looks like he had no other choice. Look lets face it, its huge bucks. Who wouldn't do it? Lazenby (OHMSS) doesn't count. Funny he made this announcement on Colberts show and not any of the others as Colberts ratings are going thru the roof thanks to the politics going on in this country.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-affleck-not-returning-as-batman-says-brother-casey-1030107
Guess who's not coming back, lol. Talk about pushing your own brother under a bus. Damn. The thing was if Afflecks gangster film was not a bust things would be different. Then comes Director Reeves who throws Afflecks script out the window after he boots Affleck out of the director's chair. Affleck was the best choice for a new solo Batman. He should leave and tell them good friggin luck. Lets not forget, Reeves Last Ape film tanked at the box office which earn less then the other films. Did the studio forget that? And that filmed sucked big time.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-wolf-warrior-2-wins-third-weekend-marches-700m-1029113
And talk about the studios need to wake up. This film is clearing over $700M in China ALONE!
AS mentioned in the article only 2 other films can claim clearing over $800 & $900 in the U.S. alone and that is Star Wars and Avatar. China is not fking around that's for sure.


http://lrmonline.com/news/mission-impossible-6-delays-production-director-explains-tom-cruises-injury
Cruise, Deadpool, Walking Dead. For crying out loud, where's the safety concerns lately? Um doesn't seem right with all this going on. Just saying. Shame.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/moviepass-has-cut-the-cost-of-its-servie-to-9-95-a-month-amc-is-not-happy-401
Stop the bitching. If Hollywood made better movies instead of depending on rehashing franchises this wouldn't happen. But we know this, how come the studios don't.

Bonus Section: Godzilla Talk
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/879299-mike-dougherty%e2%80%8f-teases-connection-to-the-original-godzilla-for-2019-sequel#/slide/1
This can go so many different ways. My take is that the Oxygen Destroyer can actually meant for King G. He is to big for the trio of GZ, Rodan and Mothra to take on. Hint: leading to more sequels. And to think it's meant to kill GZ is kind of killing the franchise to begin with. Remember: Garth wanted Mechagodzilla to be next and took that walk. And we still have Kong and that Easter egg of Gamera.  There is too many in the canon not to be ignored for this new franchise.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/879971-the-full-godzilla-anime-trailer-reveals-a-monster-planet#/slide/1
Godzilla in the future . Ok studio copycats, how about Star Trek going into the future instead of backwards. Let Godzilla lead the way for that franchise is the way to go. It came up with the Monach angle and Universal Monsters is trying to do the same thing and that rumour about Bond characters getting their own solo pics. Thanks to Godzilla. So there.

Bonus 2:
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/jordan-vogt-roberts-takes-on-cinemasins-criticisms-of-kong-skull-island-109
Talk about missing the joke Mr. Sensitive. That's their angle. And like any movie there are mistakes that can't be helped but you still enjoy the movie.  I've been trashing crap for over 29 years and still working in this business. Wow lighten up dude. One of the highlights in the video "GAme over man" Funny!

Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Games of Thrones Big Dragon Hit


Live on MNN this Saturday at 5pm for the summer. I included a new link for mnn.org.
just go to that page on the day of the show to see it on livestream.

Mini-reviews:1 to 5
Sharknado: 3; Yes silly and dumb but a lot more fun then most summer movies this year.
Emoji Movie: 2; where were the jokes? and not enough of Capt. Poop, the only reason to see it.
Atomic Blonde: 1; besides one or two fight scenes, it was just a total bore. no sequel please.
Kidnap: 3: Halle pulls it off to keep your attention even tho there was quite a few WTF?

Bonus:
http://movieweb.com/godzilla-actor-haruo-nakajima-dead-dies/
The first actor to play Godzilla. My other favorite character he played was one of the Gargantuas in War of the Gargantuas along with King Kong Escapes and Frankenstein vs. Baragon. I met him once at a G-fan con. Very gracious and friendly. A meeting I will never forget.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-dark-tower-tops-sluggish-weekend-detroit-collapses-1027121
Surprsingly Tower beats Dunkirk for the weekend but it won't even come close to getting the big International Box Office that Dunkirk is getting. Lets face it, most fans were watching  GOT and Sharknado instead of going to the cinama.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/game-of-thrones-loot-train-battle-1202518106/
2 articles with different points on the making of the episode from the director. Just seeing the Dragon burn everything in site was a highlite of the show. Took long enough to get to the end tho.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-director-dealing-death-sky-stunning-dragon-scene-1027255
They cover a lot so I decided to include both of them. Heck the episode earned it. Dragons!!!'

http://movieweb.com/despicable-me-franchise-highest-grossing-animated-series-box-office/
Banana ! or just thisis nuts! who figured but those little guys did me proud. And at least shut out Shrek as the biggest animantion money maker. Man I hated that franchise. So overrated.

http://movieweb.com/sharknado-5-ian-ziering-paycheck-wonder-woman-gal-gadot/
It's easy to compare the saleries due to the properties, but one is cable and the other is cinema and at the end it's who gets the better back (extra goodies) end is the one who really is the winner.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/craig-rumored-for-two-new-bond-films/
While this is getting to be tired news, the idea of remaking On Her Secret Majestrys Secret Service sounds great. As that is the only Bond film to feature a One Shot Actor in the role. So at least it can be part of the Craig franchise. Wasn't Spectre a low key remake of You OnlyLive Twice and a bad one at that.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/transformers-all-star-writer-s-room-led-by-akiva-goldsman-disbanded-121
All those writers and the best they could come up with was that train wreck. Actually after the failure it was decided that plan didn't work out. They should of hired that monkey and his typewriter.

http://movieweb.com/ash-vs-freddy-vs-jason-death-story-details/
A blown opportunity. At least Campbell had final laugh with is own Ash series. Both the Freddy and Friday reboots failed big time. And again theyare going ahead with those Chainsaw and Halloween franchises this October. They just don't learn.

Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Wonder Woman For The Oscar?


New Live On MNN now playing on You Tube. One more show for the summer and that's it until September which will be one show per month for the rest of the year.

Update:
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/875995-star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-35th-anniversary-screenings-announced
Another one to see in the theatres. While this trend is picking up speed with these re-releases aka TErminator, Close Encounters, etc at least theyare putting classics that are meant to be seen on the big screen. And another way for the studios to fill those empty seats after this years disasters of sequel, reboots etc. I saw Blazing Saddles last year and brought back memories of having a gret crowd laughing along to an old classic like when I saw it in my younger years. Watch Disney re-release Star Wars in 4K for more Kaching!

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/rumor-nicholas-meyer-s-secret-star-trek-project-may-be-a-khan-mini-series-690
BAd idea. Does anyone remember a book written about 15 years ago that told this stroy already about Khan. But it was told from Kirks point of view. Barely remember it along with the title but it was about that.
There's a lot of books about Treks past they need to go into the future. Helloooooooo....

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/wonder-woman-oscars-patty-jenkins-gal-gadot-comic-book-1202509132/
Already the Oscar push, this and Dunkirk. But remember this makes sense. Dark Knight got like 7 nominations the first time for a superhero movie so why not WW? Dunkirk is this generations Saving Private Ryan, amovie that deserved to win for Best Picture but lost to Shakespeare in Love. Remember that one? Yep the one with Ben Affleck. Wow that hurts.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-dunkirk-marches-past-emoji-movie-281m-1025260
Well that was close. Emoji was beating Dunkirk on last Friday. But that burned out quick. Even surprised it even had a chance after all those bad reviews. Nope didn't get to see that one yet.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/meyer-planning-wrath-of-khan-prequel/
There was actually a book about Khan stranded on the planet, and Kirk wanted to know what happen on that time period leading up to the Wrath. But then again here is another copy cat about exploring different points of the history of Trek aka Transformers, Universal Monsters, Bond etc..

http://www.slashfilm.com/imax-3d-phasing-out/
Dunkirk proved to be a big success in Nolan's choice of filming in 70MM Imax hence in making close to $12M at Imax thetres. What they fail to mention that Transformers 4 was in filmed in 3D Imax and was a total trainwreck.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/weta-digitals-work-on-avatar-sequels-begins/
But it doesn't answer the question. Will it be in 3D now that Imax says its cutting back. See related article.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/is-4dx-worth-the-upcharge-we-checked-out-the-potential-successor-to-3d-302-02
Yep another gimmick. Maybe for a Star Wars movie but I would rather go to an amusement park for my thrill rides.


Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Dunkirk No. 1, JL Costly Reshoots


New Live on MNN this coming Saturday. Previous show now playing on You tube.

Mini-Reviews:
Dunkirk: 4 out of 5: Nearly perfect except for some editing choices bur that's just me. Nolan and company will get Oscar nods all around. And that boy band kid to my surprise, can act!
Apes: 2 out of 5: Boring, too long, animal abuse, but Serkis still should get recognized for his work

Update:
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/justice-league-reshoots-1202502433/
More details on the reshoot process. Having Superman walking around with a moustache is funny as shit fro some reason. But how bad is it that they have to spend $25M to fix this? Then again they did the same with Rouge ONe and that turn out okay. If it's for the better no matter the cost then do it.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/wonder-woman-director-patty-jenkins-not-signed-sequel-1010845
Would someone make up thier mind? Besides Jenkins people holding out for more money the real trick is will she ba able to make other DC films like the deal Snyder had. That's the main question.

Previously:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-dunkirk-conquers-competition-505m-debut-valerian-bombs-1023700
While Dunkirk is the first Oscar contender so far this year, Valerian is this years biggest turkey for sure. This is going to need that foreign cash for sure to rescue this. Oh well.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-rethinks-key-movie-franchises-a-mixed-summer-at-box-office-1022322
If anyone saw our last show and my meltdown with these movies in the past 3 months, imagine what the studios are goin through trying to save their jobs. Bad lazy decisions is what happens.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/apparently-the-justice-league-reshoots-have-been-long-and-expensive-182-02
Wow that's a lot of money for reshoots. Is is that bad that it needs reshoots? And that mustache is hysterical.

http://www.thewrap.com/wonder-woman-warner-bros/
Finally we get the official sequel news. Director comes back and Gal hopefully gets a big paycheck.

http://www.slashfilm.com/kevin-feige-at-comic-con-mcu-captain-marvel/
More woman power. But the film itself will have a lot of new things from the MCU that we haven't seen yet that will keep it fresh. As far as fatigue goes Marvel is doing a great job with all that is happening

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/black-panther-thor-casts-unite-first-marvel-family-photo-1023873
This is such a great photo that I had to post it. That's all, lol.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/ben-affleck-batman-rumors-denied-justice-league-comic-con-1202503649/
Guess he needs the paycheck. They turned down his Directing chops, got rid of the script he wrote and he came close to getting the boot. But when a studio gets rid of a top director just to be replaced by a even better director (you know the stories), an actor never knows when he can be easily replaced.

http://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/doctor-who-pearl-mackie-bill-exit-christmas-episode-1201859058/
Well that was quick gig. Guess the the show really wants a clean slate with a new cast. But that trailer looks wicked. The first original Doctor with Capaldi. That's going to be a fun Xmas show.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Apes Win Over Spiderman

Blog posted late due to workload. New Live on MNN now playing on Youtube.

Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-dunkirk-heads-45m-50m-us-debut-valerian-bombing-1023378
Both Dunkirk and Girls are doing better than expected. And Valerian tanking worse than they thought. Ouch. Co-host Mark saw Valerian and gave it a 1 out of 5. Enough said, lol.

Previously:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-war-planet-apes-scares-spider-man-homecoming-565m-1021569
While Apes should have taken a bigger cut of about $75 is not the news here. That Spidey lost over 60 percent is the news. Again sequel fatigue and it doens't help people got burn with the last Spidey.
What helps here is both will have a great box office overseas.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/dunkirk-box-office-girls-trip-valerian-1202500556/
The first serious film of the summer and one that doesn't clock over 2 hours! Why all these movies so bloated to begin with? And Apes looks like another film not to stay at No. 1 for 2 weeks in a row. And of course there's that Nolan and the Oscar talk and that doesn't hurt at all. This will have legs as it won't have a huge opening but with no competition, A bubble Rhinna doesn't help matters, this will play out thru August.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/spider-man-homecoming-sequel-director-jon-watts-1202500068/
So while they started introducing new villians and Vulture finally made it to the big screen where are the iconic ones like Mysterio (who almost made it even they did Raimis; number 4, and Kraven the Hunter? At least there's no mention of Goblin. That's enough of that.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/luc-besson-risks-valerian-time-james-cameron-took-me-a-moron-1019897
Interesting interview on Besson. While I love his films and this one looks interesting, it's greating trashed big time on RT. Well that goes that franchise. lol.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/bbc-responds-to-doctor-who-complaints/
Get over it. This show needs a good kick in the ass. While Capaldi was great in the role as the doctor the show itself was weak, tired and completely out of ideas. And that budget did not help. Did people forget that most Doctors were older then when it came back with a younger Doc thanks to Eccleston that people were up in arms with that, then we got nothing but younger ones. Does that make sense?

Monday, July 10, 2017

Spiderman Brings It Home



Live on MNN this Saturday: Spidey and WW coverage and sequel wrap up. Radio show soon.

Spidey mini-review: 4 out o 5. Nearly perfect. Just needed to cut out about 10 minutes or the pacing and that ending with Tony Stark was kind of dragged out. Did we really need to see Pepper? But that extra end credit sequence about being patient was hysterical. Audience loved it and stay for that too!
And we finally got Vulture after both Ben Kingsley and John Malkovitch costumed fitted for the role but it never happened. Well at least Kingsley got a chance to be in a Spidey film for a forgettable role as Manderin an actor? WTF?!!! 

Update:
Spoilers if you haven't seen the movie yet. Wait a second, what are you waiting for? lol.

Previous:
Article filler. Only No. 5 is what really counts.  And I said this for years and got ridiculed big time that Sony would never deal with Marvel. Even Producer Ava said on the commentary on AS2 that he owned it and that's that. Money talks and with the success of this film good ole Spidey proved me right.

http://variety.com/gallery/spider-man-movies-ranked-worst-best/
Actually it should be #2 with Doc Oct, #1 with Goblin then Homecoming with AS with The Lizard to wrap it up. Both with Venom and Electro in their reboots sucked big time.

http://variety.com/2017/film/asia/china-box-office-despicable-me-3-opening-franchise-best-1202490631/
Those little guys did it again. Even tho it's going strong it's doubtful that it's going to break the $1B mark with all the fatigue going one with sequels. Hope doesn't effect a Minions 2, but that's just me.
I didn't know Jackie Chan did a sci-fi movie. Well how about that. Still going strong. But Sci-fi?

Mendez was great on Skyfall but Spectre sucked and he was a fan. Nolan might be a fan but his action sequences are dull. Maybe Dunkirk might change all that. As far as Craig coming back he is getting too old. They avoid that oldest Bond thing like Moore who is my second fav next to Connery. But this series also needs fresh blood. No reboot necessary, just pick up like Spiderman. Bond just reports to M first thing in the morning and get his assignment. Jeez why do they over think this shit?
Trvia: OHMSS Opening sequence: "Why this never happened to the other guy" Get it?

They're actually taking this joke serioulys. I can hear it now. Fast 9 From Out of Space. Let the jokes begin. But really where else can they take this. Aha! Another Bond idea: Undersea! 
See: The Spy Who Loved Me and the Atlantis underwater station. They had submarines right? lol.