Tuesday, January 23, 2018

...And The Winner Is....

Our MNN special is now playing on Youtube. This show and our Hano Solo show will start going into repeats for February and March. This blog will take a 2 week break as I am traveling to PR.

Mini-reviews:
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight:  4 out of 5. DC gets it right again for direct video.
12 Strong: 4 out of 5: While it drags in places the action in between and the ending make up for it.
Den of Thieves: 4 out of 5: great build up to an intense last half hour. While the twist at the end is a bit of a ripoff from another movie, you don't see it coming. Critics got this wrong of course, lol.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/915819-12-strong-and-den-of-thieves-cant-knock-jumanji-out-of-top-spot
2 great movies and they can't bump one of the worst movies of 2017. What an embarrasement. Again for me?  I'm looking forward to Avengers, Solo Star Wars, Jurassic World 2, and not much else.

Oscar Nods:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2018-complete-list-nominees-1067893/item/best-director-1068026
I'lllmake this short since I already hadve said this in the past:
Stop nominating 9-10 films. Go back to the original. 5 Best Pictures, 5 Best Directors. That's it.
Only 2 films belong on this list. Dunkirk and 3 Billboards.
And where the hell is Wonder Woman? There was a 10th spot open and they couldn't put it there?
So....
Now as much as I love Shape of Water, it's Del Toro's love letter to his childhood of monster movies from the past. I can't believe it got this many nods but it will get all the technical wins. But Del Toro should get the Director award. Now he should go direct a Godzilla movie and we're all good.
While I supported Dunkirk from the get go, 3 Billboards will probably get the Best Picture award.
 ...and I got no problem with that as all the acting in this was top notch. Both Woody and Sam betting supporting awards. But it would be nice to see Dafoe get his due, he was that good.
Finally...
Well Creature features, horror, Sci-fi and comics got their due even tho Wonder Woman got look over:
Shade of Water almost broke the rules as getting the most nods for a single picture.
Get Out got some nods, god knows why but still a plus.
Last Jedi, Apes and Kong, Guardians all got for VXF
Logan for Screenplay
Blade runner for cinematography, lets face it Roger Deakins never won considering how many times he's been nominated so it be great he gts his due. Shame its for a picture that just plain stunk.
And finally The Greatest Showman got its show tune nominated but Coco has this one.
Well that's it.
Final Tally:
Shape of Water, Director and all tech awards.
3 Billboards, Picture and acting nods except..
Best Actor: Gary Oldman

Well if you came this far down, just want to thank everyone for tuning in and supporting the show.
Remember, this is a non profit show/blog done for our fellow movie fans, and with that...
NO Nods for Wonder Woman...WTF !!!



Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Best and Worst of 2017


Lastest show now playing and we have the comment section open. Let us know what you think !
Our special is now playing on Youtube before it airs on MNN in February. Latest reviews (including Godzilla Monster Planet) and what films we are looking forward to in 2018, for our 30th year on the air. New blog this week after Oscar Nods announcements.

Update:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/the-2018-razzie-awards-nominations/
From the films of 2017. There is a lot missing on this list since last year really sucked ass! At least 50 Shades, Transformers, and Baywatch made the list. I would add more but I'm just glad we made it thru the year. Now we can look forward to more useless sequels, remakes, reboots and movies nobody are asking for. Oh well more time on the beach this summer it is.

Previously:
https://lrmonline.com/news/avengers-infinity-war-chris-hemsworth-says-there-are-actually-76-characters-in-the-film/
Ok that is a lot for one film but how much screen time can they have? If there's one film that deserves an extra running time it's this one. Over 2 hours? Hell yeah, bring them all on!

https://movieweb.com/infinity-war-40-marvel-superheroes-one-scene/
Over 40 just for one scene? Really? Hopefully it'll be a long ass scene to do it justice. Hell yeah.

Preview: My picks for 2018: Avengers, Solo, J World. More on the MNN Special.

For 2017:
Best: (no particular order)
Wonder Woman
Spiderman
Despicable Me 3
Coco
Dunkirk
3 Billboards
Kong Skull Island
Greatest Showman
Thor 3
Lego Batman

Worst: (one of the worst years ever) and to many to mention so here is:
The most overrated:
It
Get Out
Lady Bird
Downsizing
Mother
Beauty and Beast
Jumanji
Cars 3
War Planet of Apes
Transformers Knights
Blade Runner 2
Alien Covenant
...and way to many more.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Last Live Show For The Season

New Live Show this Saturday on MNN at 5 pm which will be out last for the season till May.
In the meantime there will be specials and repeats to fill in the gaps for the rest of the season.
Movie reviews on the live show and complete list on this blog next week.

Updated:
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/the-last-jedi-losing-92-of-showtimes-in-china-a-week-after-release-518-02
OUCH! China pulls the plug on thebox office. They didn't even give it another week. That kills its chance to enter the top  of all time when it can even clear $50M where both Pacific Rim and Coco clears $200M. The Force wasn't strong in the country, lol.

Previously:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/more-solo-reshoots-on-the-way/
More reshoots? Really? No matter how good this turns out, there's one country it's not matter either way. And that China who just pissed on Last Jedi. Opening Gross? It couldn't even clear $30M opening weekend which got beaten bya comedy made in China. Now that's sad. And because of that it killed Jedi at the all time Box Office. More on the show.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/lists-joblocoms-2018-preview
Lets face it. Most of these we can wait for Netflix or some other outlet. And how many more sequels and reboots?remakes do we need? Another Jungle Book, it's not even 5 years> Nobody was asking for this.

https://lrmonline.com/news/moviepass-breaks-1-5-million-subscribers/
While this is goods new the truth is this should have more subscribers. If you read the comments most people agree it's a great price but how many pictures are you willing to go out and see when most are just bleh to begin with.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/the-disc-sales-decline-surged-in-2017/
Streaming kill the dvd/br business. And all those perks and bonuses on the discs don't matter anymore. So much of that you can see on the internet. Well that takes care of that.

http://variety.com/2018/digital/news/kerry-washington-facebook-show-five-points-drama-1202658341/
Again what Hollywood doesn't get. Internationally countires are making their movies. Netflix is making their own pictures while saving Will Smith career. And the indies are hotter than ever making it better for anyone to do thier projects and they their feet in the door.

Award Shows:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8093379/hugh-jackman-zac-efron-zendaya-the-greatest-showman-hot-100
Hopefully The Oscars will notice this and nominated this for Best Score like they did with La La Land. Written by the same composers and this being a better soundtrack than La Land zzzzzzzzz.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1827189/the-5-funniest-moments-from-the-2018-golden-globes?story_page=1
What a depressing show. I thought I was watching an Italian funeral with all that black. (relax I'm
 half Italian) One thing I did like was watching a room full of hypocrites trying to make a statement when they know what's going on to begin with and what's been going on for how long. Jeez.
But the one thing I did hate was Lady Bird getting for Best Picture in the comedy/musical catagory.
Hatred leads to Anger, Anger leads to not recommending pile of crap to anyone.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/2018-bafta-film-award-nominations-1202656769/
My film 3 Billboards is getting all the rave. At least Lady Bird didn't get Best Picture Nod which it got at The Globes. One of the most overrated Picture of the year. What a Fking Yawner.
But our boy Del Toro's Shape of Water got the most nods, more than Dunkirk and Darkest Hour, both British productions. Wow, a mexican director honored by the British, talk about open minded.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/did-tommy-wiseau-direct-room-1073489
Funny about Tommy. Bullshit artist to the end. And now the truth comes out. But yeah who wants to admit you directed one of the best stinkers of all time?


Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Last Jedi Heading to Top 10 All Time Box Office

Now Playing on Youtube: Last Jedi extended Edition including a shout out to Godzillafan.
Next show will be Jan. 13. Golden Globe Predictions listed in the bonus section.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-box-office-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-1202652160/
Yep they pulled it off. Did all that hatred pushed this inot being the second biggest Star Wars movie. Itsure didn't hurt that's for sure. Well now it's just a matter of where its going to land in the top 10 World Wide. And it looks like it's going to break the top  in the U.S. Usually the second in a trilogy doesn't do as good as the first one. This one broke the rule.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/john-cho-would-return-as-sulu-for-tarantino-s-star-trek-159
At first I didn't think this would be a good idea as it might be too heavy dialogue driven then heavy cursing and over the top bloody violence. But after seeing Netflix series Black Mirror (see next article!!!) this would be the right direction to go. And I wouldnt mind seeing Sulu go ape shit with his sword and piled up up a nice body count.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/black-mirror-season-4-cristin-milioti-space-epic-uss-callister-1070670
 5 out of 5 !!! Seth McFarlane better watch out. If this gets it's own series this will be a huge hit. The series itself is like the Twilight Zone. A different story each episode with a totally new cast for each show. But this one episode called USS Callister is a kicker and a half. This had everything. Parody, self aware, mysterious, suspense, funny as hell with some salty language and a very cute Lead who goes up against a complete jerk. Perfect. Enuff some me. SEE IT!

https://www.thewrap.com/jodie-foster-says-studios-are-ruining-movies-with-big-budget-superhero-blockbusters/
Sounds like somebody is pissed off that their not in a superhero movie. Even tho Jodi has done some Sci-Fi, the big gig to get nowaways is being in a superhero movie. She should be made not being in a Sat Wars movie, she's earn it with a few under he belt.

Bonus:
Golden Globes Predictions (you know the part you couldn't give a shit about, lol)
Best Drama: Dunkirk
Best Actor Drama: Gary Oldman
Actress: Frances Mcdormand
Director: Chris Nolan
Comedy/musical: Greatest Showman
Actor Comedy/musical: Hugh Jackman
Actress: Judi Dench
Animation: Coco
Best song: This is me -TGS
Score: Zimmer - Dunkirk