Aquaman $500M Cross Over !

 New show this Saturday: Major reviews and Golden Globes and the Top 10 for the year.

One of my favorite shots from the movie above btw.

Update: Finally got to see Green Book and this deserves the Best Picture for the Oscar.  5 of 5.
As far as the Globes goes I'm still sticking with Poppins getting most of the awards but don't be surprise with Star is Born in the Drama section with Gaga and Malick for the Best Actor.

Mini-Reviews:
Mary Poppins: 4, If only the songs were a bit memorable but this deserves all the Globes nods.
The Mule: 3, If you liked Grand Tarino you will love this, other wise well, it's Eastwood !
BlackkKlansman: 4, Great cast but the ending was a cop out as a wrap up to some of the characters.

Update:
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/box-office-worldwide-record-2018-1203095807/#article-comments
Check out the comment section and this will give you a better picture on what this is all about.
Because of China which has beeen increasing it's theatre counts causing this record breaking numbers, theatre admissions are getting less. Only a few have broken the $1 Billion count.


Previously:
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/aquaman-china-extended-release-1203095812/
Thsi will help it tie with Venom for the top 5 of the year. What's so funny adding insult to injury is the theatre owners pulled Crazy Rich Asians from the cinemas when it DOA in one weekend and replaced it with Aquaman and extended its theatre counts. Now the extended the run. Ouch. Funny!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-aquaman-rules-christmas-eve-crosses-500m-globally-1171617
And the winner is Jason Momoa ! And is he's up there with our gal Gal Godat as DCU big winners.
The big surprise is that it was Poppins and Bumblebee fighting it out.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/domestic-box-office-record-2018-1203095448/
Again as mentioned in the last blog, here is Hollywood bragging about an all time high when in reality everything is tanking.

https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2464127/doctor-who-teases-the-return-of-an-iconic-villain-in-new-years-special
When all else fails bring out Plan B. Since the fans are crying foul with a female Doctor, it's time to pull out a favorite villain to save the day. Works with Batman and the Joker, right? The main problem with the show now is that the writers are not Sci-Fi writers. Whaaaaaa? What the hell were the producers were thinking of. Who wonder there's no imagination to the show. Yikes.

Golden Globes Predictions: Mary Poppins
Simple: Since Aquaman wasn't nominated and Black Panther is the most overrated Marvel of the year, (what happened to Avengers:IW? ) Mary Poppins is going to clean up.
And the rest? Half I didnt even hear of them until they got nominated.
So basically I'm going to watch but with a "Who the fuck cares" attitude. So there. lol.

Aquaman vs Mary Poppins Showdown

We have one more Live show on Dec. 29. Last weeks show now playing on YouTube.
As per request the mention in the beginning of the show about Queen's video is posted below.

Update:
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/movie-ticket-prices-around-the-world-1203094187/
Great article. Here's your answer as to why the audiences are staying home binge watching while box office numbers are going through the roof. Thats how you make up the gap. I mean $50 a ticket in London. And I thought NY was bad. lol.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/votd-the-predator-holiday-special-short/
Funny as heck for a short clip. And I love that nod to Aliens. Rated R for Clay animation violence lol.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-aquaman-mary-poppins-returns-lead-1170308
I said on the show that they would both be tied at the boxoffice but it looks like Aquaman will be the winner. While Aquaman hasn't been nominated, it's big win as it will break $500M Worldwide mark in less than 3 weeks thanks to China. And Poppins is going to walk away with all the awards. It's a win win for everyone. And even Bumblebee looks like it will do good.  It will be a long weekend thanks to the holidays.

Mini-reviews:
Roma: 2, What a depressing movie. Not a holiday movie when a family member dies. Sad.
Bumblebee: 3, Whats with RT? It wasn't all that. At least they got the Volkswagon right.
Aquaman: 4. Wan got this right. Bigtime! Besides a couple of glitches in the CGI area (undersea is difficult) and Pitbull's mess on Toto's Africa song, this is a great film from beginning to end.
Lots of action through out until they bring out the big guns at the end. Top 5 for the year.
SpiderVerse: 2. This was a mess and the animation drove me nuts. Even tho I liked Noir Spidey, Ij ust didnt get Anime girl and that stupid pig.
Mowgli: 4: Serkis did a great ob on this. Why the hate? Better than the last one, total crap.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/weekend-box-office-aquaman-crosses-260m-overseas-1169835
Wow, not even the studio saw this coming. It already out gross Wonder Woman in ticket sales in China and it just opened! This is doing huge business. They need to sign Wan for the sequels as the studio didn't have faith in him to begin with. Hope he clears a big paycheck he deserves it.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/peter-jackson-mortal-engines-box-office-flop-1203090907/
You figure is Jackson's name attached, audiences would be at least curious. How soon they forget this is the man who did LOTR. Also it come behind Fantastic Beasts which is not doing all that at the B.O. And isn't steampunk passe already?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/the-biggest-flops-hits-of-2018s-box-office/
Was anyone asking for Robin Hood anyways? The i biggest shame was Happy Time Murders.
Muppets gone bad, funny as hell. Maybe a cult classic on Netflix. The rest deserve to be on the shitlist.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/daredevil-axing-wasnt-about-ratings/
Nope. It's all about Disney being a total control freak. They're doing a good job at it too, lol.

As mentioned from the show:

Ralph Wrecks The Box Office

Well I'm back and the last show is Playing on YouTube. New show this weekend Dec. 1. 

Mini-Reviews: 1 to 5 being a hit.

Wreck It Ralph 2: 5, This gets our childhood videogames right where Radio Playing One got wrong.

Creed 2: 3, Actually it's Rocky 4 coming around for a full closer. But all that training, what a bore.

Christmas Chronicles: 4, Snake Slipskin singing a Santa song in a jail. Russell having a blast.

Outlaw King: 4, Where Braveheart left off. Great battle sequence at the end.

Detective Chinatown 2: 2. This was Huge internationally and is in the top 10 for 2018. I didn't get it. Filmed in NYC they skip locations like crazy. foot chase sequence in Wall St. they go thru some doors and then all of a sudden their in Grand Central. WTF. How wonder it wasn't released here in the U.S,

Articles:
https://deadline.com/2018/11/venom-crosses-800-million-ralph-breaks-the-internet-fantastic-beasts-grindelwald-global-china-international-box-office-1202508421/
Venom is killing it in China, Ralph taking over in other markets and while Beasts is doing great overseas, in the U.S. its already drop down to No. 4 at the box office. But looks like we're getting another Beasts sequel. Ugghh.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/apple-netflix-reshaping-studio-hierarchy-paramount-a24-deals-1163992
Well at least some studios know the end is near.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/the-lion-king-most-watched-trailer-in-24-hours-disney-1203035777/
Well looks like another hit here. But it does look rather cool. Hopefully it won't be like Jungle Book. Too damn dark compare to the original animation.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/robin-hood-is-2018s-biggest-blockbuster-bomb/
And who thought  this was a good idea to begin with. That's why studios are tanking.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/walking-dead-season-9-midseason-finale-ratings-1203037010/
From 15M down to 5M in viewers. And they're going to release 3 films with Rick. Are they kidding?
I know who cares. But the studio should really read the comments in this article. Ouch !

https://deadline.com/2018/11/cowboy-bebop-live-action-series-netflix-remake-cult-anime-tv-series-1202510110/
Animation to Live Action aka Lion King, Battle Angel and Live Action to Animation aka Pacific Rim down to Spiderman animation coming out Xmas while we wait for Avengers 4. Why not? Milk the old cow, there might be some drips left. BTW Bebop was already done live action, it was called Firefly. Remember that?

Venom Still Rules Overseas

I'm back in the city and will be on the next show Nov. 17 to finish the year.
With just for 4 shows left for 2018 we will continue withnew shows into January..
***This blog will be updated this week just before the show. Sorry about that.

Movie Mini-reviews:
Bohemian Rap: 3,  Malek nails it for a Golden Globe but  screwing with the timeline sinks the second half. Should've concentrated more on the music. Myers as a Record Executive funny as heck.
Hunter Killer: 3, Desert Island movie with Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide.
Nutcracker: 1, the most boring Holiday movie ever ! How can anyone screw this up. Oops Disney.

*Update: Stan Lee on Deadpool 2 trailer video. One of my favorites. Posted below links.
https://geektyrant.com/news/godzilla-vs-kong-synopsis-released-as-the-film-goes-into-production
Wait. Wasn't this the same exact scenrio that GZ14 had? But Actor Ken said "Let Them Fight"?
Also: New King G design sucks ! Too slim and skinny and the Wings should be bigger to hold 3 necks. Maybe just want to save on the plastic when making the action figure. So far I'm not impress.

Catching up on the lastest news and my 2 cents, lol:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stan-lee-dead-marvel-comics-real-life-superhero-was-95-721450
Included in the article is a video celebrating his career. Ironic Venom was not his idea.

https://deadline.com/2018/11/venom-china-box-office-opening-weekend-record-1202498939/
Venom kills it in China. Over $100m in one weekend. Sweet. Now bring on the sequels. In this case there's much more to explore especially the rap between ardy and Venom. And of course that Spidey V Venom film. Bring it on!

https://movieweb.com/star-wars-lucasfilm-purchase-disney-recoup-purchase/
Now Disney can relax and ruin the rest of the franchise at their leisurely pace. lol.

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1004873-bohemian-rhapsody-rocks-the-box-office-with-122-5-million-global-haul
Doing much bigger than anyone thought, but not surprise with the overseas market. They were always much bigger over there than the U.S. audiences so it figures.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-judith-grimes-explained-1158601
Sneaky twist putting the kid in center and Rick getting rescued with that stupid helicopter. But what a copout. Giving him his own movies. But whose going to watch those when the ratings are tanking big time. And enough with those time jumps. Just annoying..

Wow, look at all the prequels, sequels, reboots, remakes that no one is asking for:
https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/star-wars-diego-luna-1203023798/
Wow a prequel to a prequel as far as characters go. I'll be waiting for JJ Binks. He's gotta be in there somewhere. Had to throw that in there, lol. But seriously is there's one character that should come alive is Ahsoda Tano. She already has a fanbase that would help the series.

https://lrmonline.com/news/willy-wonka-film-confirmed-to-be-a-prequel/
Who cares? His character is suppose to be mysterious.

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/fede-alvarez-comments-on-dont-breathe-and-evil-dead-sequels
Don't Breathe, I was surprise how good this was (3 out of 5, dragged a bit in the 3rd act, Steve was great) but Evil Dead was terrible remake and we could do without.

https://movieweb.com/hitmans-wifes-bodyguard-samuel-l-jackson-ryan-reynolds/
These two actors were great together so this one gets a pass.

https://deadline.com/2018/11/will-smith-martin-lawrence-bad-boys-3-instagram-1202494257/
Last one sucked and its been to long for anyone to care.

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/11/gladiator-2-ridley-scott-sequel-russell-crowe-maximus-son-1202017318/
So the sons go head to head in revenge. Isn't that Creed 2?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/cruise-flying-air-force-jets-for-top-gun-2/
This is way too late for a sequel. Wait a second, he's actually going to fly a real jet and being the first actor to do so. OK you got me, I'm there.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2460869/shrek-is-getting-its-own-reboot
But its with the same cast. Why bother? Get some fresh blood if thats the case.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/netflix-plans-pacific-rim-carbon-anime/
Just like Loki and Scarlett Witch are getting their own shows now you have other franchises being kept alive throught other mediums.

Bonus link:
https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/documentaries-2018-wont-you-be-my-neighbor-1203020132/
Why Documentaries were big at the Box Office this year. Answer? Just look at the links above. Same crap over and over except for one or two exceptions.

Venom Still No. 1

*10/22/18, Looks like I'll be coming back in November in time for the Holiday movies. And yes,
I'm aware that Google Plus is shutting down, so we'll keep on going until then.
In the meantime here's another update since I didn't feel like doing another blog for the Halloween movie which just plain sucked.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/venom-international-box-office-a-star-is-born-hallowen-1202987678/
Both Venom and Star are doing great Box Office overseas. While looks like Venom will be on course with Deadpool heading to $700M range, Star is going to match Hugh Jackman's The Greatest Showman with close to $500M. Which means Mary Poppins is going to kill at Holiday season.
Well there should be room for Aguaman and Spidey. Bumblebee? Well........

Movie Reviews:
Halloween: 1, Boring as hell and way too long. If it wasn't for the music this would be a wipe out.
Venom: 3, this would have gotten a 4 if it wasn't so badly edited. Why did take so long to Venom to show up, where's the 40 minutes and what happen to the R rating. Hopefully all on the BR edition.
But Hardy nailed it and the humor between him and Venom was great. Venom 2 bring it on!
Star is Born: 4, great version this time. Golden Globes for everyone. Gaga nails it as Cooper doing double duty as Director and Actor. And this time the songs are finally better this time.
First Man: 1 !!! The 2nd most overrated movie of the year (that asian comedy gets the no. 1 spot).
Boring as FK and you couldn't care less about anyone in this flix. SFX total MEH.
Bad Times El Royale: 1, This tried so hard to be a Tarantino film that it forgot to be entertaining.
Over loaded with flashbacks even at the very end. And will someone tell Thor to keep his shirt on.

Updated News 10/19/18
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/tom-holland-swings-by-jimmy-kimmel-in-his-new-super-suit-616
So cool. Suit looks great and he wears it well. And loved that flip he did at the end. Extra cool.

https://lrmonline.com/news/jodie-whittakers-doctor-who-debut-is-most-watched-premiere-for-new-doctor/
You go Jodie! Another great mark for her. Now..better scripts. Better Scripts Please!

https://lrmonline.com/news/rating-continue-to-drop-for-the-walking-dead/
This is way too funny. It's beginning to be a bad joke now. More Zombies! Less annoying Characters!

News:
https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/venom-international-box-office-a-star-is-born-first-man-1202979763/
Venom doing great overseas and close to crossing the $400M mark in 2 weeks. That's so cool.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/gotham-producers-talk-the-batsuit/
Final episode? That's it? But at least we're getting a Batsuit instead of a "S" on a t-shirt. Burn lol.

Deadline: Pennysworth the Butler, Batman Prequel
Talk about going backwards, was anyone asking for this? Alfred gets his own series. Holy Batshit!
What good is it if you don't see any of the goons unless they young too. Wow that's bad.

https://movieweb.com/joker-movie-batmobile-60s-batman-tv-show/
And nobody expected this to come from outta left field. Well better than a damn butler show.
But the big mystery what does this have to do with the movie. And still my fav Batmobile.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-hits-premiere-low-doctor-who-starts-strong-1150517
Once the fans heard Lincoln leaving it was over. Actually once they killed Glen it was downhill from there. Now the second episode had even lower ratings. And the producers wanted spinoffs?
Jodie is perfect as the new Doctor. Just hope the scripts are better than Calpadi's run as the Doc.

https://deadline.com/2018/10/star-trek-season-2-trailer-spock-new-york-comic-con-alex-kurtzman-sonequa-martin-green-michelle-yeoh-1202477825/
Watch this one go in the dumper ratings aka Enterprise. Spock with a beard. Klingons with hair.
Gotta get that Picard show on the air as soon as possible. At least Orville will kick ass in the ratings.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/american-music-awards-ratings-2018-1202975298/
These award shows are so dead. And it's always the same winner. Swift Wins! Surprise. Boring.
Look out Oscars. Nominated movies that nobody sees. Not even when they show up on Netflix. Ouch

Best of September Blog

A little late posting this but hopefully October will be sooner. Mark will still be doing MNN solo until I get back whenever that is. But there will be a  repeat on Oct. 6 as Mark will be at comic con.

Smallfoot: 3, Cool songs with a message. Goat steals the picture  and "Curiosity killed the Yack" line.
House of Clock: 1, Burton meets Potter wannabe, this was boring as hell. And based on a book?
Predator: 2, Great Laboratory escape scene, then they introduced the dogs and the film went downhill from there. Besides the Predator universal translator there was nothing here. Man they blew it.
Peppermint: 3, There's a franchise here, besides Neeson is getting old or they could team up lol.
Kin: 2, Meh but a good surprise ending. If only this had a budget, but a good try tho.
Papillon: 2, Needless remake. But it did have an extra 5 minutes at the end showing the real Papillon.


News:
*update:
https://movieweb.com/venom-movie-40-minutes-deleted-scenes-tom-hardy/
Double dipping us even before we see the movie. Does that mean we should wait for BR?

Previously:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-pictures/fall-movie-preview-2018-from-oscar-hopefuls-to-big-name-blockbusters-713435/
No much here just like the summer. Wreck it Ralph sequel and Mary Poppins. That's about it.
Bumblebee and Aquaman? Umm aka Han Solo and Justice League. 2 wrecks for the winter.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/photo-jean-luc-picard-series-writers-room/
This is so funny. Now Disney is concentrating on Star Wars for TV. Talk about full circle when Trek was TV gone to the big screen. Guess that Rian trilogy might be on hold after all.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/kathleen-kennedy-lucasfilm-deal-2021-1202961551/
The job nobody wanted. Career suicide as they were calling it. That's how Kennedy kept her job.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/netflix-offers-choose-your-own-endings/
Sounds like fun. Now can we choose better scripts, acting and SFX (looking at you syfy).

http://www.darkhorizons.com/amc-plans-another-decade-of-walking-dead/
That's great but who is going to be watching. This season is going to be a wipe out once
Rick leaves. And why is Neegan still around? And why.......never mind, Fk this show.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/mcqueen-dont-watch-movies-on-laptops/
We don't. We watch them on our phones when we don't watch them on big ass flat screen tvs while going thru the Netflix menu. wow get with the program lol.

End of The Summer Blog

Our Live shows got renewed for the rest of the year and I should be back this October after taking care of family business this past summer. In the meantime Mark will continue to host the show. Besides this blog, my summer reviews will be mention on the live shows when the BR/DVDs come out this fall.

Update:
https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/academy-retreats-on-popular-oscar-category-for-now-1202930117/
Wow that was quick, lol.  Just eliminate it all together. It was a dumb idea to begin with.

Previous:
Crazy Asian: 1, The 1 is for respect for Michelle Yeoh what is the summers most overrated B.S. All the hype could not hide the fact this was boring as Fk and not funny at all. Talk about brainwash.
Happytime Murders: 4, The funniest completely incorrect movie of the year. Sorry Deadpool 2.
Alpha: 3 While the editing choices drove me nuts (some cuts didn't make sense), this did have a great double ending. Best part was the dog didn't die. Yeah big stickler on that.
Meg: 2 What happen to the corny parts? Cut along with the gory parts to get an PG13? While the budget was there at the beginning it looked like they ran out of money at the end. What a cop out.
Sharknado 6: 3 Time travel on a budget.. And it still works. It knows its dumb. Wish Meg knew it.
Mile 22: 1 Great idea badly done. Didn't that Bourne shaky vomit cam and cutting out of style. Biggest insult. This was Rhonda's film refitted for Mark. So no kicking ass, no lines and she dies midway holding grenades. Spoiler, I did you the favor if your a fan. She should fire her agent.
Puppet Master: 2 An update of sorts but way too much over the top gore and introduction of other silly windups took away from the originals. Even tho the flying puppet coptor was cool.

This is catching up on this past months news. All signs of despeartion from the studios and my 2 cents lol.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-summer-revenue-booms-attendance-still-lags-1137904
All this bragging about revenue and the truth is Netflix and home streaming is killing it. People are not showing up. Hell I didn't even show up for my live shows this summer. Nothing but seguels, remakes, reboots, and major franchises that were plain disappointing. Looking at you J World 2!

https://movieweb.com/star-wars-9-rewrites-jj-abrams-new-chewbacca-lando-scenes/
 Throw everything in there including the kitchen sink. Rumours Anakin and Darth Vadar making a comeback? Ghosts Jedis? Rens Knights? Then where's Jar Jar? Only the timey wimey Doctor knows for sure. They had to throw him in there too. Desperation at it's peek.

https://trekmovie.com/2018/09/03/photo-of-the-day-star-trek-the-next-generation-cast-reunified/
Does this picture look like their all kissing Stewarts ass to get on the new Trek. Nawww. Lets face it.
They won't admit it but Discovery was a really bad idea. Let's blame the guy we fired at the beginning. And let's put in different looking Klingons, again. Let's throw in another Spock,  bla bla bla. And if that doesn't work? Lets get Captain Picard ! You know Mcfallen has final laugh thanks to his Orville. But lets face it, who wouldn't want to see TNG again?
As far as Trek movie losing Thor and Kirk, it sure doesn't help things. I gotta admit this is so funny.
They should catch in as it probably be the last one.
And don't get me started on that Tarantino one. Interesting idea but with the studio interfering it's going to suck.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/oscars-popular-film-category-what-it-means-1202899599/
Means their desperate for ratings. And this is not gonna help at all. Waste of a category. But they still won't include Best Stunt of the year to acknowledge the stunt people who put their lives on the line.
PS look at the VMAs. Worst ratings ever. Music fans didn't care. Oscars going the same route.

https://movieweb.com/james-bond-25-death-007-daniel-craig-danny-boyle/
Yo Craig. Go back and slash your wrists. What a dumb idea.
Final Say: Tom Hardy as the new Bond as directed by Chris Nolan.
Spinoff: Edris as 009 who's introduced in the next 007 flix. Is that so hard?

The Big Summer Blog

Time to do some catching up. So here is the latest news from the past 2 weeks and my 2 cents on it.
Note: Due to time limits this blog will be updated in the next coming week.

Update 8/3/18
More Mini-reviews:
EQ2: 1, Denzal got it right the first time. This was a total bore. Where did the action go?
Hotel T3: 2,  liked the first 2 but this was a missed opportunity. Where did the humor go in this one?
Skyscraper: 1, 3 things missing: George the ape, Bruce Willis and token one liner: Yippy Ky Ay MF.
Mama Mia:2, Love Abba (always gad big bad crush on the blonde one) but not even Chere couldn't save this one. If you didn't know the catalog you were lost. Should have re-used the hits again.
Mini-reviews:
MI Fallout: 4, Seeing Cruise take on Superman gone bad was way cool even tho Rogue Nation is the best one out of all of them. So now how is he going to top this one?

Godzilla Trailer: 5, I don't review trailers. This is the exception. This gave me chills. And to be honest this was way better than most movies seen this year. Nothing but sequels. Ugh.

Godzilla Anime 2: 1, So friggin boring. GZ does nothing till the end. Thats it? All that build up for nothing. And talk of MechaGZ and that doesn't even show up for a showdown. What a waste.

https://hypebeast.com/2018/7/godzilla-king-of-monsters-1960-toho-retro-trailer
Old school at it's best. Including the original soundtrack from 1964 and to top it off, film scratches all over the original print. Total classic. Much more talk on Godzilla coming soon to this blog.

https://deadline.com/2018/07/mission-impossible-fallout-opening-weekend-mamma-mia-incredibles-2-global-international-box-office-1202435956/
Compare to other franchises, this should have opened bigger. Either way we're still going to get some more sequels on the way. But Bond producers should hire Cruise as a producer. He knows what kind of action the audience wants.action.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/johns-cavill-on-superman-bond-future/
He should go for the Bond franchise. He was on the list before so why not. Even tho I'm still for Tom Hardy since he could bring in Nolan since Nolan always covers him for work. Either one would be great. Craig is too old for it now anyways.  Time for fresh blood all around.

https://lrmonline.com/news/star-wars-episode-ix-mark-hamill-delighted-that-the-role-of-leia-will-not-be-recast/
Not to be a down head but all this reeks of desperation. Let's bring back everyone so the hardcore will stop bitching and show up. Lando anyone? At least the promised the end of the Skywalker plotline.
That has worned out it's welcome as soon as they mentioned Rey parents were just drunks, thats when everything out the window. Now about those tv versions......

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/disney-and-fox-shareholders-have-officially-approved-massive-merger-529-02
About time. Now we can get F4 and X-Men to join The Avengers. Have Wolverine join Deadpool sequel with a NC-17 rating. Body Count! And call Neil and Signourney about that Alien sequel.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/norman-reedus-andrew-lincoln-had-a-pact-to-leave-the-walking-dead-together-180
Or Plan B: Ratings tank and Andrew steps. They offer $20M to Norman whether shows survives or not. Done deal for both. Now that's a pack lol.

Ant-Man & Wasp Hit Big

New Live show on MNN hosted by Mark on July 14. Lots of reviews and Con coverage.

Mini-Reviews:
Ant-Man & Wasp: 3, Great SFX with lots of action to boot as set pieces but story itself is so Meh.
Sicario 2: 2, Didn't like the first one, didn't like this one. Great acting, boring script.
Gotti: 3, Travolta nails it for a Golden Globe but this deserves 3 hours on Netflix and not so rushed.

https://www.slashfilm.com/joaquin-phoenix-joker-movie/
What we don't need is another joker movie. They didn't get him right with Leno and now this? And Leno is still doing another one. The story is from The Killing Joke and I hated that movie. Last but not least talk about miscasting. Ok I'm done.

Previously:
https://lrmonline.com/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-hits-76-million-in-opening-weekend-incredibles-hits-amazing-milestone/
Compare to other Marvel titles this should have done better, but since nobody was actually asking for this, it's lucky it made what it did. But this will die quick since July does have Johnson and Cruise to contend with. And internationally? Well.......

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-billy-dee-williams-returning-as-lando-calrissian-xi-1125818
Wow, reeks of desperation. Way too late to save the trilogy that it won't matter. But it should be a cool cameo. Yep, cameo. Did anyone see him on Dancing with the Stars last year? He could barely stand up never mind trying to dance. Cue oxygen tank off screen. So KK still got a job? I'm surprised lol.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2401751/the-predator-reshoots-have-changed-most-of-the-third-act
There goes re-doing that third act gig again. Does anyone read these scripts? The more I hear about this movie the more disappointing it sounds like. They never got any of these right since the original even tho A vs P was the closest to the Dark Horse comics version. But that screamed of a budget of $150M at that time and was never made. So we got the watered down PG version of it.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/deadpool-2-to-hit-fans-with-super-duper-extended-cut-blu-ray-more-454-02
This and Avengers are the big titles to look forward to. Lots of great material here and hopefully Avengers not only have the extra footage but have a commentary with some of the actors included. Reynold did a great commentary on the first DP, which should set an example for the producers of Avengers to follow.

When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth

There will be a repeat on MNN this Saturday June 30. New shows with Mark will premiere in July.
This weeks blog has many movie reviews and backlogged articles to catch up on the past few weeks.
*Update: New articles posted Thursday 6/28/2018. See below after movie reviews.

Mini-reviews: 1-5, Bad to Great
JW Fallen Kingdom: 3, Mixed bag to say the least but mostly covering The Lost World including 2 Dinos grabbing a villain and play "lets make a wish" and splitting him in two. Zoo under the mansion was dumb for the second half but the showdown finale still works. JW1 was still way better.

Jurassic Games: 1, Hunger Games with Dinosaurs rippoff. At the end the corporation brings back a new improve game with Dinos carrying machine guns on their backs. Sound stupid? That was an idea Speilberg had after JP3 believe it or not and still mentioned in JW as a military plan. Now why do they think this is a cool plot to begin with? Yikes!

Incredibles 2: 3, way overrated. Jack the baby steals the picture but the rest was a big MEH. The main story just dragged on too long with a lame villain.  We don't need a 3rd sequel.

Oceans 8: 2, All that talent and this is the best they can come up with? Not fair to the talented ladies involved. I like the role reversal but the script really lets them down with most nothing to do. Shame.

Hereditary: 0 Yep ZERO!!! The worst picture of the year so far. This Horror is the new Bore! zzzzzz.

Escape Plan 2: 1, Stallone and Batista are hardly in it. This could have past for an Asylum picture since this had a next to nothing budget. After Guardians why did Batista do this anyway?

Update:
https://movieweb.com/star-wars-lucasfilm-fire-kathleen-kennedy-no-replacement/
"Don't let the door hit you on the way out". Wow, no one wants this position. If they get rid of someone who's been in the business like forever, whats going to happen to the second banana who takes over. One mistake and they're out. Nice business, eh?

https://movieweb.com/james-bond-26-tom-hardy-pierce-brosnan/
One more time: Specter Sucked big time and is one of the worst Bond films. So lets get the next one out of the way already, say goodbye to Craig and Hardy with Chris Nolan take over the franchise already. Whats ironic it's Brosnan giving the OK considering that he also had one of the worst films in the franchise. Even Halle Berry couldn't save that one. But it did have Madonna. How wonder it sucked.


Catching Up Articles:
https://movieweb.com/star-wars-9-obi-wan-kenobi-ewan-mcgregor/
Would somebody make up thier mind? Stand alones are cancelled or not. After Solo who cares? Even tho Obi-Wan should have been the first one to be made. But now it shows how nervous Disney is by bringing in force ghosts Obi-Wan and Luke. And Billy Dee Williams' Lando to make a cameo.  It shows you how afraid they are that No. 9 might get rejected aka Solo. The fans have spoken.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-devours-150m-us-debut-1122909
Already prdictions are going for the $1Billion mark. But it won't be from the U.S. box office. Incredibles 2 lost over 65% audience in the second week and JW2 will do the same once the fans start with the mix reviews. But that won't stop with JW3 from coming out.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/953697-disney-fox-acquisition
Man Disney really wants those Marvel titles don't they. They keep outbidding and outbidding lol.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-trek-tv-shows-cbs-discovery-alex-kurtzman-1202842335/
Finally, To boldly go ahead instead of going in the past with that crap Discovery. Like Star Wars 9 with those damn cameos (now I'm getting tired of hearing about in less than 24 hours) they bring out Capt Picard to launch a new series. Which is not a bad thing, just gimmicky. But revisit Wrath of Khan story. Jezz thats plain sad. Leave that alone already. Kelvin timeline buried that for good.
While they're at it cancel Discovery and just move forward. Something I've been crying for a long time.

Star Wars Solo Tanks !

Next show with Mark will be on June 1. This blog will be back in 2 weeks after getting on a plane.

Mini Review:
ST Solo: 3 out of 5:
Great action scenes, but what was the point of  introducing characters just to kill them off half way thru the film? Pushing the action figures again? The big miscast was Lando not Han. And that Darth angle at the end was so lame. A character from the worst entry of the series? Lazy Writing, courtesy of Deadpool screenwriting 101. lol.

Update:
https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/solo-box-office-star-wars-drops-second-weekend-1202828878/
Wow, where did all the hardcore fans go to save this? In the meantime a Studio Executive at the office is Praying: "Please Lord I don't want to lose my job" Lolol..

https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/deadpool-2-edges-out-solo-at-international-box-office-1202828951/
Ouch that's got to hurt Disney. A rated R movie out of all things, lol. And check out the comments and who they would like to see get fired. Yep that studio executive, lol.

Previously:
https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/solo-a-star-wars-story-memorial-day-weekend-box-office-deadpool-2-1202823444/
Lets face it. When your Disney and your franchise film opens at No. 3 in China, it's pretty much over.
At least it didn't buried DP2 which is the better movie anyways. But lets face it. Solo is just an iconic character that audience was not going to accept a young actor doing it. Simple as that.

https://lrmonline.com/news/solo-director-ron-howard-lobbied-hard-for-that-cameo-spoilers/
Now we know who to blame lol. The main problem wass the script. It's so lazy and hardly any imagination. AT least the action was great. But of course that cameo and Solo talking about Jabba the Hut deal for another sequel which at this time doesn't look it's going to happen.

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/948897-andrew-lincoln-could-be-exiting-amcs-walking-dead-season-9
"Low ratings? I'm outta here" Talk about jumping ship. Yeah give the lead to Norman, who's the fans favorite  anyways. But lets face it, that whole Neegan plot is burned out already, him and that stupid bat.

Update: It's James Marsden, former Cyclops and Westworld star who got he lead.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/paul-rudd-sought-for-sonic-movie-lead/
Thanks to Rampage doing huge overseas this gets a pass. But this could work. Yeah always was a sucker for the game.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/949041-paramount-developing-creepy-crawlers
Thanks to Jumanji now we get this? Sad this is the best Hollywood can come up with.

Avengers IW Top 5 Of All time

New show on MNN this Saturday May 19 at 5pm. I'll be back to Co-host the show this time.

Update:
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/deadpool-2-box-office-avengers-infinity-war-1202811416/
It would take another superhero movie to take out Avengers. At least it won't be a downer aka DCU.
Yeah I had to say it. Then we have Solo which is getting Goods reviews. Hopefully the hate won't be strong in this one, lol.

http://deadline.com/2018/05/avengers-infinity-war-china-opening-records-third-weekend-global-international-box-office-1202389774/
Wow, that was quick. Thanks so China, the land that shows no love to thre Star Wars Franchise. Now where in the top 5 will it land? It has to break the $2 Billion mark to compete with the Top 3 including Star Wars, Titanic and Avatar. While the Force and the Boat looks like a done deal, the Blue Monkeys looks like a stretch.

https://lrmonline.com/news/hugh-jackman-tells-ryan-reynolds-he-is-coming-on-too-strong/
Fan dream waiting to happen. While all the promo clips are on the money and no doubt DP2 will be huge while at the same time not taking away from IW, this just adds to another franchise waiting to happen with Hugha nd Ryan. Lets face it. All the fans want that first encounter to go away with the Woverine movie. Man how they got that wrong. If for any other reason is that to make it happen.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/ron-howard-ultimately-made-70-of-solo/
So is that the better part of the movie considering those have seen the preview says that 30% of it sucks.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/jon-favreau-confirms-star-wars-show-will-take-place-after-return-of-the-jedi-153-02
Well that makers sense. Where else can it be? They already did the Clone Wars and Rebels covered other ground. So thats a lot to play with. At least it's in good hands with Favreau. I'm not counting Jungle Book by the way. I completely ignore that one.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/rick-and-morty-renewed-adult-swim-1202805945/#article-comments
Best news of the year for us at home. But man that is alot seasons to watch. Then there is the repeats. How can you watch an episode with so much trivia and easter eggs in one episode. Bring back the Pickle !!!

http://www.darkhorizons.com/failed-tremors-pilot-trailer-goes-online/
"Who would want to see a bunch of creatures that can't see it's prey but can hear them instead?"
said the network executive who doesn't go to the movies. DUH!!!
It's an old premise that never gets tired. Just ask that husband and wife team with thier movie this past spring, lol. How some executives get thier positions is beyond me. God know theri cretively empty inside to begin with.

https://theplaylist.net/chris-evans-neill-blomkamp-greenland-20180513/
So lets see. No future Capt. America and no Alien sequel with Whipley. And this is so suppose to be good news about another disaster picture? Well I actually I like disaster pictures but this is kind of a bummer, lol.

Avengers IW Heading to Top 10 All Time

Next show on May 17, Saturday at 5 pm. Hopefully I can make it for the next show.
And by request this weeks blog will be short and sweet lol.

http://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/box-office-avengers-infinity-war-second-biggest-second-weekend-1202800624/
And more records will be broken. At this point all that it matters is where in the top 5 in the U.S. and top 10 World Wide10 in the all time charts its going to land. While the U.S. is given with the repeats, how is China going to figure in all this for the final countdown. Now the fun part begins.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/one-infinity-war-actor-bids-farewell-to-his-character-for-good-206
Well Agent 009 (aw c'com its gotta happen) is saying goodbye to one franchise. Gotta admit, he's come a long way since Thor 1. All he needs is his all franchise and he's good to go. PS Dark Tower doesn't count. Cue Bond music.

https://lrmonline.com/news/third-installment-of-sherlock-holmes-gets-a-release-date/
A movie nobody was asking for especially after the last boring one. Well RDJ got the remake of Dr. Doolittle coming up soon so I guess he's trying to fill up his plate after his stint with Avengers is done. Or is it? lol.

https://www.slashfilm.com/solo-sequels/
DUH! Worse kept secret since Disney brought the SW franchise. Well they are going to get their wish. Hardcores hated Last Jedi that they will make this a hit aka Rogue One regardless how miscast Solo is. Lets face it. Lando will be stealing the show anyways so who cares.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cannes-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-reteaming-bill-ted-3-1107419
This is so excellent! But who talks like that anymore. And while I love time travel wouldn' these guys kind of dated. And also.......aw screw it! bring it on. Great to see Keanu back to his comic roots.

https://lrmonline.com/news/disneys-live-action-mulan-to-have-ridiculously-high-budget/
Wow is this really necessary? The story is mostly about her hiding as a man. Did they see the original? There wasn't that much fighting going on to need a budget that high. Well guess Disney has a few coins to toss around after SW and Avengers, eh?

Avengers Infinity War Biggest Opening

Live Show premiere for the new season this coming Saturday May 5 at  5pm for our 30th year.
Note: No spoilers in this blog accept the one article mentioning who got killed off by ***

Mini-Review: 4 out 5
Great film. I agree it's sort of Marvel's Empire Strikes Back with that big cliff hanger. My only complaint and it's minor was the editing at the beginning with some of the action scenes. And the love story with Gomorra. I know, it was part of the story but it kind of dragged the middle of the movie. That's it. I can't believe some of the complaints from critics. Did they really see the movie?
More on the next live show this coming Saturday.

Update:
http://variety.com/video/avengers-infinity-war-cast-worst-marvel-costumes/
Cute video about the actors comlaining about thier customes. With those huge paychecks, really?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-avengers-infinity-war-passes-star-wars-land-record-250m-us-opening-1106777
Well at least it beat that train wreck of The Last Jedi for the top spot in the U.S. And out of all films with that stupid submarine Fast Furious. All without China! That will take care of the top 10 of all time internationally. Now all that matters if it's going to beat Avengers 1 for top 5. Well it comes down to repeats, repeats and repeats. This should be no problem at all it's worth it.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-infinity-war-box-office-what-fueled-movies-record-opening-1106875
This is an update with a video included on what took IW to beat all the competition so far.
$258M. Sweet lol. But the other big surprise was how Black Panther moved up back to the No. 5 at the box office. Another first not even Disney saw coming as mentioned in the article.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/ranking-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-films/
Mind you this is one persons opinion and you have to take it for what its worth BUT........
Main problem with this list? Iron Man 3. That is the worst. Manderin is an Actor? FK YOU!
Captain America Civil War should be in that place. Everything else? Well......

http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/all-the-actors-marvel-almost-cast-in-avengers-infinity-war.html
The one that blows my mind is the dude from The Office. No offense but he's a better Director than actor. Then again look where Chris Patt came from. And he's also fighting dinosuars. Go figure.
And poor Emily Blunt. But at least she's got Mary Poppins sequel and that will be HUGE!

***Note: minor spoilers on who died.
http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/who-dies-in-avengers-infinity-war-and-should-they-have.html
1. Nobody dies in these movies. Didn't Superman come back to life?
2. Practically everyone are signed up for sequels, so how the hell can they die to begin with?
3. ok I'm done.

Bonus: Early Thursday morning to pick up the tickets. Yeah kinda strange that only 2 out of 6 was reserve for Avengers.

Avengers Infinity War Preview

New show premiering May 3 for the summer season celebrating 30 years on the air.
In this blog I'm keeping it short and quick. Just too much typing, lol.

2nd Update:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ymBk6Vb04
The Cast singing the Marvel Bunch aka Brady Bunch on Jimmy Kimmel. Well at least RDJ can sing.

Update:
https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/avengers-infinity-war-opening-weekend-1202785330/
$225M record breaking opener beating Star Wars and Jurassic World? Why not? And it should.

https://movieweb.com/han-solo-alden-ehrenreich-3-movie-deal/
Really? That's a lot of greedy nerve if you ask me. If Alden succeeds no problem, if he doesn't watch them push the Lando character just to keep that timeline going and to keep the other self solo movies aka Boba Fett.

Previously:
https://movieweb.com/avengers-infinity-war-premiere-red-carpet-interviews-video/
This was fun seeing all this going down live. All two hours plus now being repeated.

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/james-cameron-slammed-online-avengers-criticism-kevin-feige-1201955913/
Could it be bacause Black Panther beat Titanic on the top 10 all time U.S. Box Office to take the No. 3 spot? Naaaaa..... Imagine what he would say if it beat Avatar? Oh wait thats for Avengers IW, lol.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/how-new-led-cinema-screen-could-change-filmmaking-moviegoing-1104745
It's not going to change crap if they keep giving us crap like sequels and reboots nobody is asking for.
Didn't they learn from 3D and how the theatres were dropping that this summer in favor of Imax?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/moviepass-poll-subscribers-see-far-more-films-go-alone-midweek-1104829
This article gives you some stats on what people want to see. Action and Comedy lead along with Superheroes. Some in the industry want to kill this which I think is stupid. TAke out Panther and no film has yet crossed the $150M mark this year. Heck even Female Ghostbusters last year crossed that and man did that get panned big time. Can't depend on Tentpoles all the time like Avengers and Solo. Especially when you have MEG for your mi summer fill. C'mon did that trailer looked bad or what?

Rampage Rocks

Repeat on MNN this Saturday and New Premiere Show for the new season on May 5.
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Update:
https://www.cbr.com/avengers-infinity-war-cast-hasnt-seen-movie/
Another article lost in the shuffle but still up to date as no one in the cast has seen Infinity Wars.
Talk about alot of faith in the material or what ever they read for their part. Dr. Stange looks like the lucky one who got to read the entire script. And for Spidey who can't keep his mouth shut? They finally learned not to tell him anything. This guy doesn't want to keep his job does he?

http://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/rampage-international-box-office-1202753585/
While it did decent business here, it could have done better considering how much publicity he did. Did you see his Instagram account? Surprising people at the theatres, which I thought was cool, was great publicity but een that goes so far. Well the hardcore fans aka Big Monsters have hope this will lead for a big box office for Godzilla vs. King Kong. At least Rampage did great business overseas especially in China. That can only be good for Godzilla. At least Johnson can brag for the next two weeks about since this and everything else on the market will be toast when Infinity Wars come out.

Rampage Mini-review: 3 out of 5.
Considering its based on a video game (which I owned a version on WII console) and usually don't work in movies, this was fun. But this really need 4 writers and showed badly in this. But I took it for what is was. Big monsters trashing shit. Good enough for me. And gotta admit they gave George a cool personality. But it was Lizzie that brought down the house. They could of done more with the fox. Well hell bring on the sequel. This time one writer please. Thank U.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/lost-in-space-s2-already-being-scripted/
I'm a huge fan of the original so this is a big deal for me. But after one episode I still have to warm up to the idea of a female Dr. Smith and a robot with no personality whats so ever. But like Star Trek Discovery this will take time to warm up to. But just the idea they are going ahead with a season 2 considering the backlash the first season is getting. Take about faith on Netflix part.

Some older news not posted on our last blog:
https://movieweb.com/box-office-domestic-ticket-sales-2017-23-year-low/
Like this year is going to be any different. Besides the big events like Panther and Avengers, Solo, Jurassic, is going to be another lame year. So far only one film has broken the $150M mark, guess who? And we're heading close to the half year mark and nothing as broken through big time. Lets see if Incredibles 2 and others will help the summer slump.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-adds-74m-subscribers-first-quarter-beating-expectations-1103153
So that's where everyone went. Back home. The stats don't lie. The studios don't want to admit it but with binge watching and the comfort of home, the theatres are dying a slow death. And more movies are going to straight to Netflix aka The Irishman meant for the theatres. But after that price tag the studio just dumped it unto Netflix. Ouch.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/cinema-3d-sales-are-slumping-big-time/
Well Dunkirk was the final nail in the coffin. As reported during the summer, theatres just pulled out 3D and put in more Max screens for Dunkirk and thats been the new norm since.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/amc-movie-theaters-saudi-arabia-1202743116/
Like Panther needs more money in its pocket as this being the first film shown in that country.rself
But it is good news for other movies not doing good here and to continue overseas with their franchises. Looking at you Godzilla, NOT looking at you Alien Covenenat or whatever the hell your going to call yourself next time. Why are these still being made?

Black Panther No. 3 All Time ?!!!

Note: I added my Instagram link to the right. Daily stuff. We will be back live at MNN on May 5.

Mini-review:
Quite Place: 4 out of 5: My beef was the opening, who leaves a little kid to bring up the rear? (relax, its in the trailer). In the animal kingdom the prey always looks for the smallest in the herd to attack. But the rest was great. Kraskinski is going to have a good future as a Director if he keeps this up. They should give him the Alien franchise. He got the horror sci-fi angle to the T.

http://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/a-quiet-place-box-office-anaylsis-john-krasinski-emily-blunt-1202746988/#article-comments
Here's my 2 cents: It kept my attention through out the film and it was only 90 minutes long! Not a bloated over 2 hours long of a film in love with itself. Know how to edit your film directors!  This one got it right.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/avengers-infinity-war-box-office-1202744814/
Now that Black Panther is No. 3 of all time U.S. boxoffice!??, a lot of pressure is on Marvel for Infinity War to hit the top 5 of all time. Panther beating Titanic is the big head scratcher of all time.
But in the meantime Quiet Place is going to enjoy its run while Rampage is screwed. Look at Pacific Rim 2 and how that's disappearing quick. Audiences are not into Big Giant things at the moment so good luck with that. And for that other 800 lb gorilla in the room........

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/solo-a-star-wars-story-second-trailer-drops-1100777
This don't look good at all. It doesn't matter to me either way. I'm there for the wookie and the ship.
Will this do good as Rogue One remains to be seen. But if this tanks, lol by Disney standards money wise, they will start thinking about all the other stand alone movies. Obi-wan is fine but a Boba Fett? No thanks.

Bonus:
I found this in the closet when I thought it got lost in the flood thanks to Hurricane Maria.
This IS the original model plastic kit released back in the 1980's never put together. The problem with the kit is that the back actually glowed but it needed big ass D Batteries to light up the back with LEDs. What happened was it tilted the model onto its ass cause it was heavy at the back end. When the model got released again for the Return of the Jedi they excluded that feature with no light or batteries. I never put it together for that reason little knowing that now I have a original kit. Yeah it's still inside the box lol.

Radio Player One is No. 1

This blog will be updated for the coming week. For now, reviews of RP One and Last Jedi Blu-ray. 

Another repeat on MNN this Saturday at 5pm. We will be back in May for a new season.

Update:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm

Black Panther is ready to take out Titanic as the 3rd biggest film of all time at the U.S. box office, with only Avatar and SW Force Awakens leading the pack. How the hell did that happened? WTF!?

Now Avengers IW has to beat this record to be the third biggest. Guaranteed top 10 but if there's no repeats they got a problem.

PS It did hit the top 10 World Wide. At least it beat Frozen for the top 10 spot.  

Mini-reviews:

Radio Player One: 3 out of 5.

King Kong, Batmobile chase and a Speed Racer Mach  cameo at the beginning? Check.

Iron Giant vs. Mechegodzilla and a don't Fck with Chuck cameo at the end? Check.

And the middle? Boring as hell. And that camera was all over the place to the point I couldn't even tell what was going on in the first place. And this needs $400M to break even? Article below.

Last Jedi BR: 3 for the film, 5 for the documentary and features.

As I said on the show, I liked the film for what it was. A big fking mess. It did have its moments aka Yoda scene while ignoring all the beats from Force Awakens. Rey parents were drunks? That's it?

For me I never liked the story arc to begin with. Lets kill Han in the first. Lets knock off Luke in the second. Oops no Liea for the third.  Just get this trilogy over with and be done with it.

While fans hated what Director Rian did with the story line, who gave him approval in the first place?  Exe. Producer Kennedy and company. Like they didn't know this was going to piss off the fans and give the next director, JJ,  a headache to fix these problems in the narrative. While it's obvious Rain can't direct his own script, they should have brought in Lawrence Kasden for a re-write or at least have JJ supervise it. They should have listened to Hamill. He was right in the first place. 

Great documentary. Can't believe all those sets were built to give the film a more realistic look. More practical effects than CGI even tho you couldn't even tell with some scenes. Good to see Andy Serkis doing his thing without the CG. Why they give him more credit as an actor is beyond me. And why did some of those scenes got cut? That elevator scene was funny and you got to see more creatures at the gambling casinos. And what was wrong with the caretakers village scene, too much aka Ewoks?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-why-ready-player-one-hasnt-won-game-1098859
So this needs to break $400M to break even to cover the $175M plus marketing costs. Yep desperation from the studios like the article states.

http://deadline.com/2018/03/steven-spielberg-netflix-oscars-tv-clear-and-present-danger-to-filmgoers-1202353123/
So he gave them the summer blockbuster with Jaws at Universal Studios. In returned they turn him down for Close Encounters 3K which he made at Columbia studios. Flash forward 30 years later they didn't want to release "Lincoln" in the theatres. So why is he still defending an old system that's on the way out anyways?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/rey-finn-team-again-in-episode-9/
Well this makes sense considering Princess Leia is out of the picture. And that idea of Meryl Streep being made as a replacement for Leia? Worst idea ever. But why was her name mentioned to begin with? Streep made a film called "Postcards from the Edge" based on a book written by Carrie Fisher based on her life. So that's the connection. They should leave it alone and have the opening scroll to SW9 mentioning her passing. Why not. They didn't even mention Han Solo's funeral in Jedi.

Pacific Rim 2 is No. 1

Included are over 15 movie reviews with Last Jedi BR will be covered in next weeks blog.

http://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/pacific-rim-uprising-leads-global-box-office-65-million-1202735872/
Great opening and if it continues like this in other countires then we'll get another sequel. Yes!
And finally it bumped Panther off the the No. 1 spot. And enough of Panther. No. 5 all time U.S. ?
Mini review: 3 out of 5
Yeah yeah, simple plot, lousy characters, bla bla bla. Who cares? I wanted more kickass robots and lots more more action and got it. Now the next one just needs more Kaigu through out the movie, not enough in this one even tho we got one hell of a big one to make up for that. (minor spoiler, lol).

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/pacific-rim-uprising-director-already-has-an-idea-for-the-third-movie-154
That's if this does huge in China. Remember they got tired of robots with the last Transformers. But this deserves another pass. PR2 was much simpler than the first and not as bloated, sorry Del Toro.
But they need to come up with cooler creatures next time around.

Speilberg pissed of at Netflix ( I shortened the link)
Look who's pissed of. I included the IMDB article instead of the original article so yo could read the comments on imdb. They give it to Speilberg good which I agree. He still in old school mode.
More on this when Radio Player One comes out and my review in the next blog. Really Steve?

Movie Reviews: Finally caught up with March releases: 1 - 5 = Bad to Worst.

Sherlock Gnomes: 4: If you like the first one...clever, funny and good mystery plus the songs.
Tomb Raider: 3: Lots of action but still in the shadow of an Indy ripoff.
Wrinkle in Time: 1: Wtf? Total misfire and a total bore. Reese as a Flying lettuce was cool tho.
Death Wish: 3: Great warmup for the next Die Hard. Decent remake with different ending.
Hurrican Heist:1: Syfy leftover. All heist in the gloomy rain. Only last 15 minutes is the poster. ripoff.
Annihilation: 1: Didn't add up to much. And the big mystery at the end? zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Red Sparrow: 1 for Jlaw nude. Please leave the spy genre to the British. One of the worst of the year.
Peter Rabbit: 2: Some funny then gets redundate. For fans of Paddinton Bear which was better.
Early Man: 2: Say it aint so Gromit.

Honorable mentions:
Atlantic Rim 2: 1: Worst knockoff than the first one. They didn't even try with this one lol.
Hellraiser Judgement Day: 1: Just tired old blood and those 3 chicks were disgusting. What a waste.
Hellraiser JD Commentary: 4: Great filmmaking 101. And on a budget of $350,000. Holy crap!
Ps there a lot more making of on Youtube about the film. Honest director thats for sure.
Cloverfield 3: 1 for the arm making me laugh. FK this franchise already. Hated it from day 1.
Ritual: 1: No big deal until the big reveal of a giant Moose looking creature with a dumb ending.
Death Race 4: 1: They have to stop with these. No imagination with the cars and the action.
Mom and Dad: 3: Nic Cage going nuts as usual. Crazy with a good premise on the plot.
Looking Glass: 1: Cage looks bored. Sexual Psycho thriller. Where? On the Lifetime channel?

At the local theatre:

Panther Beating Jedi And Avengers For Top 5

Black Panther to take out The Avengers for the No. 5 spot for the all time U.S. Box Office. WTF?
Next blog: Over 20 movie reviews for March.

Update: Sunday 3/25
http://www.slashfilm.com/black-panther-box-office-highest-grossing-superhero-movie/
Again, WTF? No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 3 after Avengers 1 and 2 world wide. Nobody predicted this, not even Disney. Avengers 3 has to take this out. Sorry but it wasn't all that compare to the gross amount. Well at least Panther beat Iron Man 3, the worst of the IM trilogy.

Previously:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/pacific-rim-can-it-support-own-cinematic-universe-1096495
What they do is stick to the books that the films are based on. And not do the Walking Dead and be all over the place with the storyline and make up half the crap that the show does. But there is still so mch potential to this franchise. Here's my mini-review:
PR2: 3 out of 5. Compare to PR1 its apples and oranges. Not as tight as the first one. But this gets the edge as most of the action takes place in daytime and not at night amoung rain storms and the action can be clearly seen and not with frantic editing aka Transformers especially in the second half where they go all out assault. PR3? Bring it on !

Panther is Hollywoods Worst Nightmare
Panther is just about to take over the top 5 of U.S. all time passing Last Jedi at No. 6 and beating
The Avengers of the number 5 position. This will be Marvels biggest picture ever in the U,.S. market.
How the hell did that happen? But it shouldn't last long. Avengers IW should beat that unless its the biggest turd this side of Justice League. But as the article states, besides Han Solo, the competition doesn't have a chance till the summer. And even that doesn't look good with more sequels, ugh.
PS They forgot to mention one comparison with Titanic. The big picture that took on the ship was James Bond Tomorrow Never Dies, the 2nd Pierce Brosnan. Man that got buried by the iceberg.

Well, while I like Panther (3 out of 5), this has to be the most overrated Marvel film since Iron Man 3 (Sucked!) and Avengers 2 (disappointing) to be a big Box Office hit at over $1B in ticket sales.  I just don't get it. Of course the fans are connecting the dots with the big action piece taking place at Wakanda for AIW so Panther is a must see for that alone I guess. When we go back live in May we'll have our take on the whole Marvel money machine. And how big will Solo be after all this?

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/pacific-rim-uprising-box-office-preview-black-panther-1202731544/
Whether it beats it or not is besides the point. Sure PR could be No. 1 for the weekend. But not a big deal when you have BP beat Avengers for that No. 5 spot.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmart-chinas-return-surging-box-office-growth-fuels-dealmaker-optimism-1095335
If you look at boxofficemojo.com you'll see in the top 5 world wide are films from China. And while Panther did huge opening weekend, they did the Last Jedi and killed it the 2nd week after bad word  of mouth shut down the box office. That hurt it from entering the top 10 all time. China does not play around, thats for sure.

http://variety.com/2018/film/asia/deadpool-china-premiere-at-beijing-festival-1202729650/
And for a complete contradiction, how is this happening considering the first one was banned. While it is a festival, why bother showing it if it's not going to get a major release to begin with.

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/jon-favreau-will-write-a-live-action-star-wars-series-on-disneys-streaming-service-and-more-movie-news/
They should have Favreau do the movie Trilogy. Lets face it. He got Iron Man 1 right. Never mind 2.
And everyone hates Rian Johnson for Last Jedi. He's already getting the blacklash and who knows what that story is about.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/steven-spielberg-confirms-indy-5-begins-shooting-april-2019-in-the-uk-210
Indy Jones and the Fountain of Youth. I always wanted The Lost city of Atlantis to be told but after The Crystal Shit Skull we don't need another Indy. Let this die already.