Burton vs. Walhberg at the Box Office.

Extra video included in our bonus section. New Radio show coming next week.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-deepwater-horizon-tim-burton-miss-peregrine-1201872902/
Check out the 4th paragraph: "Nobody seems to be in the mood to go to the movies". Well with all the new tv/cable shows premiering and binging habits that come with that, its hard for movies to compete. Especially after a crappy summer, its hard to have bi numbers at the box office. Lets face it, besides the next Star Wars, is there anything else to run to the cinema to see?

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/justin-lin-hot-wheels-1201873091/
What, no Star Trek sequel? lol, well at least he won't get his hands on that franchise again. While a fun film those camera angles got me sick. But no word if there will be a ST 4 and with the TV show being push back, the franchise remains in the air.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/lion-king-live-action-remake-jon-favreau-1201872663/
Another classic ruined. While I'm glad Favreau has got another hit, just the idea of making these live action doesn't work for me. Jungle Book was a total bore compare to the animation and is so overrated. How the hell did it make that much money is beyond my guess.

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/771261-molly-parker-to-star-in-netflixs-lost-in-space
This is a strange looking cast so far. For a family nobody looks alike what so ever. But forget that. Who is going to be Dr. Smith and what about that robot? Let's not forget, who have people behind the camera who produced and directed, Godzilla, Pacific Rim and Games of Thrones. A lot is riding on this.

http://theplaylist.net/johnny-depp-michelle-pfeiffer-reportedly-eyed-kenneth-branaghs-murder-orient-express-20160928/
2 actors who won't make a dent at the box office. Depp needs Pirates and Michelle goes back to Catwoman. Ouch. While Branagh is a great director, do we need a remake on this. Director Sidney Lumet did right the first time. See Youtube video on the making of the Lumet's movie from our website below in the bonus section. Also our last live show is also posted there.

Bonus:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squad-get-china-release-917206
It's an old article but I waited for a follow up to this and if Squad hasn't open ip by now then it's all over. Squad needed that extra $100M from China to beat Deadpool, which wasn't release in
China and still landed at No. 7 and BvsS which landed at No. 5 which was released in China. So Squad will remain at No. 8 until Rogue One comes out and move all the movies down a notch. But who knows where that's going to land since even the studio doesn't have high hopes for Star Wars.

Oouch.

Magnificent 7 is No. 1

Live on MNN video included below links. New Fall Preview radio show now playing. Fall preview part 2 coming soon. Magnificent 7 review coming soon on the radio show. 4 out of 5 without spoilers.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-magnificent-seven-gallops-$35m-932339
As I said on the Live show, Mag 7 is The biggest opening western of all time. Contrary to the article which states that Rango with Cowboy & Aliens are the two leading openers, Rango is an animated picture with a Gekko as the leading character in a western setting. Not a official western. And anything with Aliens is automatically a Sci-Fi flix. western setting or not. So Congrats to Denzal for having the biggest western opener of all time. So there....

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/jai-courtney-is-down-like-a-clown-for-a-suicide-squad-sequel-with-david-ayer-232
While not one of the best superhero movies, we all know there's a great movie in there somewhere until they butchered the movie in the editing process. What a mess. 6 different versions no less. While we have to wait what we get when it gets a home release, they should go ahead with a sequel> How can it be worst. Hmn but then again with studios....But Harley gets the green light before Squad So what does that tell you.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/stan-lee-has-already-shot-four-more-cameos/
Wow, they're not taking any chances considering his age it seems. But the one cameo he should have done is Infinity War but there will come a time there will be no more cameos. That's life. But if one thing they could wrap up is the multi-endinsg with the end credits. Who waits for them anymore? These movies are long enough as it is.

http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/770105-herschell-gordon-lewis-1929-2016
I remember watching his films when I was young and they were way out there.. Now a days they just remind you how much Eli Roth and others just try to do out do him by filming over the top scenes for schock. But he was the first one to push the envelope in horror movies and the others followed through the years.

Note: We are usually kicked out at 5:30 so the next show can go live. This time we got a break and stayed in the studio for an extra 10 minutes for more movie talk. If you saw the show you can fast forward 25 minutes into it. And thanks for watching.

Magnificent 7 Rides The Box Office

Live on MNN this Saturday at 5pm. Click mnn.org ...New Blog Talk Radio show now playing!

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/magnificent-seven-box-office-storks-1201865893/
7 and The Storks will this weekend. Well Sully had a good run but let's see if people want to see another remake and of course most of the animated films this year had a good run, but Storks has been mostly a low profile with the advertisements and marketing. Well at least we can say goodbye that Blair Witch crap which earns the title of the Worst Picture of the Year.
Mini-Review: Blair Witch: 0 Zero!!! out of 5. Nothing good to say about this waste of time.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/star-wars-rogue-one-vs-force-awakens-bob-iger-1201866852/
"Won't be as successful as The Force Awakens"  This is the last thing you say to the public if you want a hit. It's obvious that their not happy with the final product and preparing themselves for a wipe out. And this is Disney we're talking about.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/warner-bros-chief-says-dc-movies-have-room-for-improvement-639
No shit. Again the studio talking to investors (kissing their ass) to save their jobs by promising better movies and lighter ones. Well maybe if they did their job right the first time this wouldn't happen, you think? And how much do these suits get paid to begin with?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/fresnadillo-fired-from-haunted-project/
This is my favorite one for the day. Writer and Director change the script so much it effected the budget and everything else. So what does Executive Producer Spielberg do? Fire the fuckers and start from scratch. Now that's funny.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/monster-trucks-gets-a-115m-writedown/
This one gets written off even before being released, Doesn't help matters that the film is already 2 years old. You notice a pattern here with the above articles. Maybe the studios are better off having the patients run the Asylum. Headless suits making very bad decisions and their wondering why their jobs are on the line.


http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/768311-toby-stephens-maxwell-jenkins-join-netflixs-lost-in-space-remake
As a hard core fan of the original series, I still don't see this casting as the right one. But no matter, it all comes down to the role of Dr. Smith and that damn lovable Robot B9.(Danger Danger Will Robinson). But here is the kicker, what demons are we talking about...aka stated in next article?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/toby-stephens-to-lead-lost-in-space-remake/
"Their own personal demons" ??? Holy crap!!! That is what sank the movie remake! They are supposed to be the perfect team to go into space..

Sully Vs Mag 7 For Next Weekend.

I did manage to do a new test run for Blog Talk Radio. Hopefully a new radio show this week.
Then back to Live on MNN this Saturday.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-bridget-jones-bombs-sully-snowden-929980
Surprised? Not a bit. This includes a video with trivia on the box office take. Now the question is will Denzal and Western remake take on Sully for a win? Ironic: Would a remake beat Clint at a genre that made him famous in the first place.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/was-bazs-get-down-a-ratings-flop-for-netflix/
Wow that's an expense price tag for a show. And all these music shows are tanking big time like Vinyl, Roadies and others. But check out the numbers of other shows in the fourth paragraph. Mind boggling.

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/767469-taylor-russell-joins-netflixs-lost-in-space-as-judy-robinson
AS some of you know I grew up with this show. And while I think the movie remake just plain suck to hell, I'm glad this is going back to tv/cable/internet/whatever. And while Russell is cute as cheeks shouldn't they have started with the parents and have the rest of the family match the looks? NOt a big deal, as I'm looking forward to this any which way.

Emmy Awards Bonus:
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/emmy-awards-2016-donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-1201864596/
This had some funny momments and Kimmel was good at doing this. Damon coming out and dissing Kimmel was that highlight if you follow the feud they have on Kimmels show. But it doesn't look like he's coming back......

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tv-ratings-emmys-2016-sunday-night-football-case-of-jonbenet-ramsey-1201864896/
Never go up against football. You don't see that happening with the Oscars then, of course football is over by then. What a coincidence. But it's too predictable. What Thrones win again? Naaaaaaaaa..

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-2016-maggie-smith-accepts-jimmy-kimmel-joke-930834
Total class with a sense of humour added to it. Way to go Dame Maggie.

Sully No. 1 For Another Weekend?

I did a test tun earlier and it just didn't play. Sorry about. Hopefully we'll get it up and running by next week. No other shows are scheduled for this weekend.

Mini-Review: Sully: 4 out of 5. Good start for the fall season. Hanks should get an Oscar nod for this one. Clint pulls off an interesting story considering we know how everything turns out. And for 90 minutes this packs a lot of info and never a dull minute instead of those other long ass films. Yoou which ones, lol.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-projections-bridget-jones-929152
So who is going to beat Sully? No one.With sequels that nobody asked for and who's that dude Snowden, Hanks and Clint should have no problem staying No. 1. But then again Horror has had a good year so it might be close.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/star-trek-discovery-good-wife-spinoff-cbs-all-access-premiere-date-1201860613/
Wait a second. We have to wait till May because of the Special Effects are not ready. How many times have we heard that, meaning we have to go back and fix things cause the product sucks the way it is. How are they kidding. And they need to hook it up with Good Wife to get a ratings jump. Who the hell ask for a spin off to that show anyways. It this shows CBS has no faith in the show. Not a good sign.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/suicide_squad/harley-quinn-suicide-squad-spin-off-moving-forward-at-warner-bros-a145184
While this is great news, something they should have done in the pirst place, what happened to Suicide Squad 2? No mention what so ever. Again the studio has no faith in the franchise. While it is grossing over $700M the overblown budget was of no help. And it still has to open in China where it was good to F7 and Pacific Rim and not to Star Wars and BvsS. Umm..

http://www.darkhorizons.com/cailee-spaeny-scores-pacific-rim-maelstrom-lead/
Speaking of which...Great news that this is going ahead while other projects are on hold for not even mention aka Squad and X-Men (TV series don't count, lol).

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/766857-gotham-season-3-premiere-photos-and-clips-released#/slide/1
And speaking of tv, lol...Great clips featuring the individual characters. Sorry this is more interesting than AGents of Shield by a mile. And surprisely that show is still on.

Sully No. 1 For The Week

Live on MNN now playing, new radio show on the next blog set for Thursday.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-sully-bough-wild-life-1201857439/
$35M plus is a great start for a September film. Question is will it hang in there for next weekend.
And all bets are for Hanks to get an Oscar nod. He should have gotten one for Captain Philips.

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/jurassic-world-2-director-j-a-bayona-reaffirms-trilogy-plans-colin-trevorrow-still-actively-involved/
What cracks me up is that even the last JW made so much money, it still has it haters. But what makes the difference? The story is just a setup to see the dinosaurs in action and people worry about the scripts all suck. Really? Does it matter by this point?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/those-wild-bond-payday-rumors-debunked/
The big deal is not with Craig but with MGM deal with Sony to release Bond films is over. Now any other studio could take over the franchise. This is what to watch for, who the next Bond film at this point could be anyone. And with Sony's track record lately maybe The Mouse is paying attention, lol.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/conrad-vernon-toxic-avenger-remake-sausage-party-1201858192/
They've been talking about this for years and finally their getting someone to do this. But another remake? Uncle Lloyd (Kaufman) got quite a bashing from Troma fans about this, and while I liked Sausage Party, it was just way over the top with nasty language for the sake of nasty language. This is what Toxie does not need. Hm did I just sound like a Troma fan?

Note: Due to workload again this week, just another blog will be posted this week. Sorry about that.

Happy 50th Anniversary To Star Trek

Live on MNN this Saturday 5pm, This blog will return next week on a daily basis.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-sully-bough-breaks-926496
Looks like Sully is going to do gret for strting the Fall season. Now how about the rest of the films until Rogue One. I mean this had to be one of the toughest summers to review considering much of the films added to a "MEH" at best.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/star-trek-anniversary-favorite-episodes-50-years-1201853965/
From fans to people who worked on  the show pick their favorite episodes. My list will be on a new radio show coming soon.

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/star-trek-at-50-how-the-sci-fi-tv-show-changed-everything-w438090?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=090816_12
Great coverage on the 50 years of Trek. Most of this is old news to us Trekkers but a good read anyways. But there is a stinger to TN with an apology to Patrick Stewart. Whats up with that?Included is a one minute animated video from Shatner and his friendship with Nimoy. Short but very cool.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/geoff-johns-confirms-that-joe-manganiello-will-be-play-deathstroke-205
Finally he nails a superhero part after getting turn down for Superman and Suicide Squad. Because of Will Smith roll getting bigger, both Joe and Tom Hardy quit.

http://lrmonline.com/news/cameron-calls-avatar-sequels-a-family-saga-talks-release-schedule-and-hollywood
The big question mark here is will Avatar will go up against Star Wars for Christmas release or go back to summer release instead.



Below:
Last Saturday's special presentation at AMC Theatres, NYC in memory for Gene Wilder's picture. Willy Wonka was also playing, but we chose this instead. A lot funnier. And the crowd was great!

End of Summer Wrap Up

Live on MNN: Suicide Squad review Pt. 2, the lost episode now playing on Youtube.
Taking a break due to heavy workload but a new Radio show will premiere next week after labor day with tributes to Gene Wilder, Star Trek Con and World Wide Box Office, how will Squad do?

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gene-wilder-dead-dies-willie-wonka-young-frankenstein-1201846745/
The first time I saw Wilder was Wonka which played as a double feature with Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. What a billing. And those Loompas eh? But of course hewent thru Blazing Saddles and his masterpiece Young Frankenstein. And of course the films with Richard Pryor, now there was a team.
Much more on the radio show. But my thing is, who is that out there to replace these legends? Jonah Hill? I couldn't even remember his name on the Live show. But that's another story.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/summer-box-office-wrap-why-923601
So many excuses and they dont' get it. And I'm tired of repeating myself with this. You give the audience what they don't want and they won't show up. Don't these guys watch Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and the rest? That's where their audience is. Give them something original.

http://www.thewrap.com/why-warcraft-2-may-never-play-in-us-theaters/
And this is what Hollywood has to worry about. Being left out of the equation. China is already producing movies here like the superhero movie that was film at Wall st. this past summer. They used american union staff but China is funding is leaving the U.S. studios as distributor only. Meaning less cash and profit for them for amercian studios. Well that's what happens when you don't listen to he audience.

http://www.thewrap.com/deathstroke-will-be-main-villain-in-ben-afflecks-batman-movie-exclusive/
With Affleck behind this, how can this fail? Remember when Affleck took over SvsB nad said the film will fail and he turn out to be the best thing about it. And a brand new villain to boot. A win win on both ends.

End of August Special Edition

Today's blog extended from last week. New Blog coming tomorrow along with a new radio show.
Live on MNN now playing on Youtube.

Monday Update:
http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/box-office-dont-breathe-1201846087/
While Breath made $26M all the others made less than $7M. A total wipeout with so many movies out there and they couldn't get the audience to the theatres. Read the very last paragraph, that says it all: reboots and sequels, Not!

Mini-Reviews:
War Dogs: 3 out of 5. This should be called a dramedy at best. Not a comedy like the trailer suggests. The actors are good, it starts off great then the film lacks punch at the last third act.  This would have been handled better with a more dramatic director at the helm. But what would expect from the director of Hangover, one of the worst R rated comedies of all ticharactersme.

The Mechanic 2: 3 out of 5. Way better than the first one is why this gets a 3.  Jason uses his swimming skills really good here. Alba cute as ever with still no acting skill what so ever. But who the hell cares? She's CUTE! Good for Netflix or two for Tuesday. Standard script tho. For Jason fans only.

Hologram for the King: 2 out of 5: Made last year but finally released this year. No wonder. Really surprise for Hanks to have a C movie here after all this time. He's always good but the film fails him big time. You just don't care about anything in this movie. What did he see in the script? For Hank fans only, (I don't know about that one, but I did see it didn't I, lol)).

Sausage Party: 3 out of 5: Funny as hell at the beginning but then it starts losing steam fast. But it does give a new outlook on what a Food Orgy is. Wya over the top at the end. And again Rogen starts questioning one believe's in heaven and all that like "Paul" the film where he played an alien.

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/box-office-dont-breathe-mechanic-southside-suicide-squad-1201845484/
Breath to take out Squad bu then again everyone is getting to the beach or barbeque so this last two weekends really don't add up to much. That's why every publication out there is already putting out theri fall lists of movies to see. Thye just gave up on the summer

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/upcoming-movies-2016-fall-most-anticipated-trailers-922763
I'll make this simple: Star Wars Rogue One. There's not much to go out of my way then to wait and see it on Netflix. Even Dr.Strange, not one of my favorite comics.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/is-the-fast-8-feud-just-a-wrestlemania-stunt/
What's cooking in da house? Smackdown! Then again ain't Hollywood one big stunt gone bad?

More updates later this weekend....

Squad and Sausages Both 1 and 2 at the B.O.

New radio show later this week. Also Live on MNN this Saturday at 5pm.

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/ben-hur-box-office-flops-suicide-squad-1201841769/
Maybe now they've learned their lesson? Nope, they'll think of something else to trash all over again.
Look at the link below on some of the worst remakes that were done.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/ben-hur-box-office-bomb-1201841796/
Excuses and more excuses. 5 reason without the most obvious not mentioned. Yeesh:
"You do not remake a movie that won 11 Oscars including Best Picture. Like its going to be better?"

http://variety.com/gallery/worst-movie-remakes/
While some of these were not necessary, not all of them were that bad. Pink Panther being one of them. His french accent alone being a highlight. There is a lot worst than some these but there's not enough space on this blog that list.  I'll leave that up to you guys what should be on the list.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/martin-scorseses-new-film-silence-currently-clocks-in-at-195-minutes-139
A classic in the making? I agree that today's movies have gone way out of hand with these running times. 3 hours for a comic book? Really? Someone said at least your getting your moneys worth. Not if your ass falls asleep and your looking at the clock on your phone. But times are changing and when it comes to epic films, cable is where they should l

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-avengers-infinity-war-vin-diesel-1201841294/
They are going for full throttle already for the promo even tho is not official but it's obvious the studio don't want you to forget with all the Squad news lately.

Bonus:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-accounting-statistics-never-reveal-921391
Behind the scenes about the box office and how they mess with the numbers. And Squad is mentionted here even tho it doensn't mention why does it need to make $800M to break even.

Ben Hur To Out Tank Them All

"Hold On! We're going to crash.....Big Time!

Due to heavy workload this blog will be extended thru the weekend. But nothing new really, Squad and Sausages will claim the No. 1 and 2 spot beating all new comers with Ben Hur taking the big summer beating. Next week new radio show with Saugages review. Seeing that this weekend.

Update:
http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/toho-godzilla-animation-movie-1201840714/
Toho is now on a roll. Another missed opportunity from Hollywood. All good as long as they don't have Godzooky. Just saying that name makes me cringed.

Previously:
http://www.thewrap.com/ben-hur-biggest-box-office-bomb-summer-paramount-2016/
$100M plus marekting costs out the window. Well what were thinking to begin with when the  original won 11 Oscars including Best Picture and for Actor Charlton Heston (It's a mad house, a mad house!). Maybe they learn their lesson after this? Probably not. See the article below.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-analysis-suicide-squad-steep-drop-summer-919425
Even they can't tell what happen this summer. Simple: audience had enough of B-movie material.
And these are the experts.

http://movieweb.com/deadpool-2-cable-liam-neeson/
Wow, he sure made that list quick. But it does make sense. Guess Fox has the budget now cause he don't come cheap, lol.

http://movieweb.com/batman-return-caped-crusaders-trailer-adam-west-burt-ward/
For us die hard fans of the original tv series. Yes we do exists and proud to say it. Which either way it's got to be better than Killing Joke. Less said the better on that.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/an-enormous-middle-earth-blu-raydvd-box-set-will-soon-be-upon-us-219
Wow, talk about double dipping again. So what happens to all the previous editions that the fans brought? But I have to admit this set does look great. Depends how good my Xmas bonus is this year.

Note: Workload meaning working on Orange is the New Black: Catching a 5 AM bus to New Jersey working a 12 hour day and getting back home by 10 pm. A very short day.

Suicide Squad Still No. 1

Giant Cardboard Poster in Lobby at AMC Lincoln Square, NYC. Youtube show to be posted tomorrow.

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/box-office-suicide-squad-sausage-party-1201837146/
While they were both neck and neck on Friday, Squad wins the weekend but man that was close.
This week will see the Squad break the $500M mark and there are still markets that it hasn't open up yet. And as far as the rest of the month it has no competition besides Ben Hur and Stathams's Mechanic.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/seth-rogen-says-sausage-party-sequel-would-be-inspried-by-this-80s-classic-145
Well that was quick decision. But heck bring it on. All these movies are getting boring with being so politically correct that we need something to rough the edges, families be damn. Here that Disney?
Only kidding Disney, like I need Stormtroopers knocking down my door.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/cavills-superman-to-get-a-black-outfit-in-league/
Just a snippet. How about the full outfit. What a tease, like it's going to make a difference. This one will need to break big time to break even as this will be the most expensive out of the DC movies.

http://www.startrek.com/article/bryan-fuller-reveals-discovery-details
Fascinating: While some Trekkers are so glad that Trek is back on TV, there are some Trekkies who have a problem that it's set before 10 years before The Original Series. Like "Enterprise" wasn't all that welcomed to begin with. Some would have liked the show to be continued from The Next Generation and Voyager. I wonder who some of those are. cough cough.......

Squad Battles To Stay At No. 1

Live on MNN this Saturday at 5 pm. click on  mnn.org New radio show now playing: Squad review.

Look at the articles posted today and this is what's wrong with Hollywood nowadays. The people in charge are making all crazy money for making poor decisions. And they wonder where did the audiences go. I didn't even realize myself until I put this blog together. Jeez what a mess.

Saturday Update:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-sausage-party-suicide-squad-petes-dragon-florence-foster-jenkins-1201837045/
The Sausages are beating the Squad to take the top spot. Harley andf riends are looking at a 67% drop! Yikes. Ultimate edition, here we come.

Update:
http://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/weekend-box-office-suicide-squad-petes-dragon-sausage-party-1201715495/
$300M total costs for Squad? Check out third paragraph (2 below picture). That's insane and they still couldn't get it right.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rogue-one-trailer-2-examined-919088
Shows 7 key moments with pics. Love the last one: "mic drop moment" oh yeah.

Previously:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-sausage-party-petes-dragon-chase-suicide-squad-weekend-predictions-918797
Squad to fight talking sausages, a big dragon and a singing diva. Well at least it makes for an interesting weekend not that it has that much of great competition. This is  the weekend which signals not only if the Squad has legs or not but how much will the other films bite out of it's box office take. Remember that drop? Ouch.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/suicide-squad-had-six-different-cuts/
Are you kidding me? How wonder the film is a mess. This is just plain lousy film making. It should never get this out of hand. But damn 6 cuts? Really

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-joker-scenes-were-cut-from-suicide-squad-accor/1100-6442510/
The only film to do it right with Flashbacks was "The Godfather 2". But when a film has this many flashbacks of course it's going to be confusing to the audience. It just takes them out of the movie itself. And as Robbie said herself, it doesn't push the movie forward.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/suicide-squad-fan-suing-studio-false-advertising-lack-of-joker-scenes-jared-leto-warner-bros-a7180231.html
Well this is different and hysterical. Have to admit, there was so many things in the trailer that didn't make the final cut fo the movie and some scenes got changed like Will Smith "Are we good?" funny in the trailer, completely doa in the movie. Hope the fan wins, lol.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ghostbusters-heading-70m-loss-sequel-918515
Is anyone surprised? This not being released in China was the final nail in the coffin. This should be a big reason to reconsider these "female" reboots. See below. But Hollywood is one deaf fck.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oceans-8-splash-rocketeer-scoundrels-918725/item/scoundrels-gender-bending-reboots-918723
They didn't learn from Ghostbusters did they? The problem here is that it's too much in your face "Gimmicky". So plain obvious as the only reason to make the remake to begin with.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedy classic mainly because of the complete opposites of Micheal Caine and Steve Martin. And Martin plays it to the hilt without coming off silly. Rebel? Silly.
Splash: Magic Mike is a merman. Skip. Big time. Can it get any dumber?
The Rocketeer: Yes you can't get  any dumber than this.
Ocean Eleven: Clooneys remakes weren't all that to begin with So this is going to be better?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-discovery-woman-captain-916866
Why does sound like a re-visit of Voyager and Enterprise. Another female captain been there done that and a gay crew member which was rumoured to be the british guy on Enterprise. Klingon commander? Something Worf should have had status with in the movies. Oh whatever..

http://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/news/755627-star-wars-the-force-awakens-3d-collectors-edition-coming-in-november#/slide/1
And in another part of the galaxy, it's double dipping time again. So there goes JJs commentary. More deleted scenes, what no room on the previous release and so on and so one. What makes me mad I know I'm going to pick this up no matter how many times I say "What a rip-off!" Man, they see me coming.

Bonus: I put this here as this is a real long article if you time to read this.
http://variety.com/2016/film/features/new-ben-hur-movie-1201834198/
This is one huge big mistake. You do not do a remake when the previous film got 11 Oscars including Best Picture of the year. And whose idea was this. Maybe in Europe it will do OK since it's part of their history but here as far as "sand and sandels" spectables this is going to tank over here.

Squad Breaks August Record

New Radio Show coming this week before Live on MNN including Squad review. 3 out of 5.
Thanks to this film it gives today's blog quite a few articles. Ultimate edition? You bet.

Update: Due to workload yesterday's blog will extend till Thursday.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/harley-croc-grundy-coming-to-gotham/
Why not? But it will be strange to see Harley without the Joker as his character has not come fully into play on the show.

Previously:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/suicide-squad-box-office-will-smith-1201832158/
While breaking records the fans had final laugh on their favorite Squad. But check out the 10th paragraph as to explain why the movie needs to clear $800M to break even. How much more of "10 of millions" was spent on reshoots besides the already budget of $175.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/suicide-squad-box-office-analysis-saturday-drop-917872
Poor word of mouth. Not the Olympics? lol. Wow they just don't have a clue do they. So called experts, ugh? The mistake they made was the trailer. You expect all the fun and laughs aka Deadpool but instead they got that same dark tone like previous DC films which is getting very tired. So they lied with their trailer and it bi them in the ass. What did they expect?

http://collider.com/suicide-squad-deleted-scenes-jared-leto-david-ayer/
If you read between the lines,  the director looks like he's trying to talk his way out of this one.
Directors cut indeed. More like studio intervention more than anything else.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/rumored-suicide-squad-cut-scene-list-hits/
Wow, that is a lot of deleted scenes, most of which deserve to be cut but it did leave the the film a bit of a mess. And those flashbacks were annoying but in this case I could see why it was necessary to pull the film along. Either way here comes that Ultimate edition down the line.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/dc-said-to-be-actively-developing-a-man-of-steel-sequel-287
So it took Squad to be a hit to give a go ahead for the Sups sequel. Another reason why Warners got it;s head up its own ass.  But I do like the idea of giving Sups another round WITH a different director. It needs new blood. Snyder has to give it a rest.

http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/japan-box-office-shin-godzilla-second-weekend-win-1201832574/
The Big G still has it at the box office. Toho should have thought about releasing this worldwide. Even they didn't think it would get this big of an audience.

Suicide Squad Heading to No. 1

No Live on MNN this weekend. New radio show coming soon. Today's blog will be extended for the weekend.

Sunday:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-suicide-squad-opens-917863
41% drop already from Friday to Saturday? Now it stands at $135 take. STill not bad. Either way we have to wait till Monday for the final tally. But that is strange for that drop. Watch the studio blame the Olympics, lol.

Saturday:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-suicide-squad-opening-weekend-will-smith-margot-robbie-1201831471/
This one claims the movie will clear $140M. Damn that's great.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-suicide-squad-eyes-917819
This one is claiming over $150M. Even better.!!! Rotten tomatoes be damn. Now that site seems useles as ever. I would be looking for another job if I was working for them by the way, lol.

Warning Minor Spoilers (Robin is mentioned here). Your on your own on this one:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squad-4-things-were-917658
The one that surprised me is Jai Courtney was good in this movie. That guy can't get a break.

Friday Update:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4213&p=.htm
Third biggest opening for a superhero movie? Talk about confidence in it's numbers. But will it have legs meaning repeats or are the fans going to be disappointed. It's the fans that going to save this one,not the critics.

Previously:
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/star-wars-tv-series-abc-1201830573/
Finally they're getting around to that tv series that Lucas mention oh so long ago. But on ABC out of all channels, sure they're still own by the disney channel bu you figure they would put this cable like what their doing with Star Trek which will eventually go on Netflix. Whatever just get the damn thing made already.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squad-ticking-clock-is-917111
Wow, talk about no mercy. The movie hasn't been nationally released yet and already they're burying this. But lets face it. Warner's just don't have a clue. Just because they own these doesn't mean they are the experts on making these.

http://lrmonline.com/news/there-were-a-lot-of-joker-scenes-cut-out-of-suicide-squad-says-jared-leto
Well get ready to double dip. That mean Directors cut or Ultimate edition. But is that going to make a difference considering that he doesn't have a lot of screen time to begin with. Read the comments for spoilers on this.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rogue-one-drama-writer-tony-916695
More drama relating to the movie. What is funny like Suicide Squad is they are completely ignoring stories about the reshoots aka the Star Wars Con and the Squad premiere featuring the cast ensemble.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/a-look-at-the-u-wing-from-rogue-one/
Cool looking ship from this great 10 minute video. Lots of info including self made Rancor Creature. I love the idea that these ships can be reconfigured  like the B-wing, another favorite of mind.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/stan-winstons-pumpkinhead-will-be-the-next-horror-franchise-to-get-rebooted-238
Here is another  one nobody is asking for. The original is a cult classic and surely they will find a way to screw this up. The only film to be directed by Legendary Stan Winston. Included below is from our Youtube sister channel Apollomovieguy. Lots of making of videos including behind the scenes with Stan Winston and look out for an interview with Stan Lee.

Mixed Reviews For Suicide Squad?

Due to work on Blue Bloods next blog will be on Thursday along with a new radio show.

Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squads-secret-drama-rushed-916693
Great article on behind the scenes about the troubled production. But the last paragraph takes the cake. $800M to break even? Are they friggin kidding me? Good friggin luck. They cannot all be Deadpool.

http://lrmonline.com/news/the-early-reviews-for-suicide-squad-are-inand-theyre-not-good
Well so did Bvs S but that didn't stop a great opening weekend. And this has a Deadpool feel and we all how good that did. Never mind the critics, it depends on repeats from the fans meaning the film has legs. And if Boring Bourne can make $60M this has to do better.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/752777-suicide-squad-press-conference#/slide/1
30 min video with over 100 pics included. Well this kept me busy for a while, lol.

http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/japan-box-office-shin-godzilla-1201828401/
Meanwhile on the other side of the planet out pal Godzilla is doing great at the box office in Japan.
Considering the mix reviews this si getting from the fans. I haven't seen this. Looks like I might to have wait for the U.S. release in November. Nudge nudge wink wink hee hee.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/752815-the-secret-life-of-pets-2-officially-set-for-2018#/slide/1
For the guys behind Minions this should be no surprise.  But what about Keven Hart's Snowball?
And his "happy" ending? For those who have seen it know what I mean..

http://www.darkhorizons.com/star-trek-discovery-set-pre-tos/
Why can't they get this right. Just pick up after The Next Generation and move it forward. All this messing around is what screws up the show to begin with.

Suicide Squad Vs. Bourne, Really?

Latest show playing: Reviews of Killing Joke & Bvs S Ult Edition plus Godzilla news. A New Radio show is coming later his week. Latest Live on MNN clip is posted below links. PS Sharknado 4 review coming soon. Like you like or you don't right?

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jason-bourne-box-office-matt-damon-1201827267/
While Bourne was the No. 1 film this past weekend it won't have a chance against The Squad. That's what it gets for beating Star Trek for the top spot, considering how boring Bourne was. Another sequel we don't need for this Bourne franchise. More on the radio show this week. Bourne: 1 out of 5.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-analysis-why-bad-915961
So what's up with the comedies at the Box Office? Simple. Why pay $15 (NY Prices) for one lame comedy when there are dozens on cable tv on a given weekend. "Movie Comedies" need to have a grand slam dunk of a funny script to succeed. Simple as that no matter who the stars are. While it helped to have Hart and Johnson for Central Intelligence, look at Ghostbusters and nobody cared weather females or not.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/44402/stunning-batman-v-superman-concept-art
This is some great stuff here if you follow the link in the third paragraph. But my question is: How come this wasn't on the BR edition. If you got the kitchen lying around somewhere then put it on damn it!

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/44404/writers-talk-next-two-avengers-scripts
I like the very last paragraph where it states that the Galactus reference was a joke since 20th Century Fox still have the rights, well.....If Disney can get a hold of Spiderman for Civil anything goes. And Sony Stock is down (meaning the shareholders are pissed) and just let go of 100 employees, Disny is on the sidelines just being very patient, hee hee.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/splash-remake-channing-tatum-jillian-bell-1201827697/
Wow this is sad. Didn't they learn from Ghostbusters? If anything is a one note idea. Tatum playing the mermanbut then where do you gowith this? I met Tom Hanks and Ron Howard who gave me an autograph when they were filming the chase scene  at Wall St. Both were so cool. I even ask Hankds who was actually driving the car who was the girl sitting next to him. He reply Daryl Hannah. Who? Then the movie came out and the rest was history. More on the radio show.

Bonus: Our live show from this past Saturday.

Bourne Vs Trek At The Box Office

New radio show now playing: Killing Joke and BvsS plus Godzilla news. Live on MNN this Saturday at 5pm. Click here mnn.org .
Note: This blog will be extended for the weekend. Notice Damon pic below the links on the set of Bourne 3.

Saturday:
http://www.thewrap.com/marvel-surprise-avengers-infinity-war-wont-be-split-into-2-movies/
"Sequel Fatigue" No shit. Now they're finally listening. And getting their due. Really what did they expect? Nothing lasts forever, lol.

Previously:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/44341/-jason-bourne-aims-for-a-60m-opening
With mixed reviews and the audience getting tired of sequels will it beat Trek for the No. 1 spot. While trek does have great reviews it is still behind with the numbers compared to Trek 2 Darkness.
While I like the Bourne series and Met Damon on the set of Bourne (last one) and was very nice I still have to behind Trek. Ain't that what Trekkies do? lol.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/27/12294300/star-trek-beyond-simon-pegg-justin-lin-interview
They talk about the writing process and why the first meeting took 16 hours! to bring ideas to the table. Guess which one didn't go over well. Yep blowing up the enterprise in the first half of the movie.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/705737-the-great-wall-trailer#/slide/1
Riding on the tails of the Bourne movie in case this tanks? And yet another movie filmed in China. It will be just a matter of time when that country takes over Hollywood as a major source for movies.

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/batman-v-superman-shoots-to-top-of-disc-charts-1201825810/
Holy Blu-ray Batman! One of the biggest debut sellers of all time. Not bad at all. Right behind Star Wars Force which is the all time champ. Sorry but the first half film is still bloated and now it takes forever to get to the better second half. More on the radio and live show.

http://lrmonline.com/news/michael-bay-takes-fans-behind-the-scenes-of-transformers-the-last-knight-with-his-selfie-stick
Interesting look on being on an actual set filming a scene. Cool 10 minute video even tho the hand near the hand on the lenses was annoying, lol. Now you know what I see when I worked on these shows & movies.

This was taken at The South Sreet Seaport on the set of Bourne 3 the end of the chase scene. Which was filmed during the winter but above was filmed during April spring as the scene was completed on time. Look carefully at the scene at the very end he shoots the guy in the car, there is no snow in the scene while through out the chase there's snow all over. More on the radio show.

Star Trek Beyond Wins Big

This is a special edition posted Sunday and updated today. A new blog will be posted tomorrow.

Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-2016-winners-losers-914000
This is their take from comic con.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/best-comic-con-panel-2016-the-walking-dead-marvel-tv-game-of-thrones-1201822098/
And this has the hits and misses from the con.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-star-trek-beyond-914002
Trek did better than expected but deserves to do better as I thought it was better than the first two.
Anyways Pets won again for No. 2 while the other animation Ice Age did horrible. Time for the franchise to go to Disney channel. And it's pretty much over for Ghostbusters landing at No. 3 for the Second Weekend? Ouch. What a shame, I thought the women did a great job. At least It was better than GB No. 2 with the original cast. Wow that sucked!
More on a new Radio coming before Live on MNN next Saturday.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/comic-con-dc-vs-marvel-1201821713/
Whatever. We all know who stole the show was Wonder Woman. And the trailer looked so cool. This has to work. Maybe DC has a chance. Still haven't see seen the Directors cut  but I did see the bonus features, good stuff. More on the next radio this week

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-trek-saga-how-starship-913891
Areal life size Enterprise in Vegas? If you read the article the one in charge didn't think this would work but flash forward they have a Vegas presentation and now  a ST:TNG exhibit at NYC Intrepid Museum. DOH!

http://www.japanesepod101.com/japanese-vocabulary-lists/must-know-words-phrases-for-star-trek-beyond#
Just some fun stuff to check out. Just in cast you want to know how to say Beam Me Up in Japanese.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/704813-fast-8-set-video-features-lots-of-vehicular-mayhem#/slide/1
Cool one minute video. More  to say on the radio show.

Star Trek Beyond Big Weekend

New Mini-review Radio show now playing. Tomorrow a special edition of this blog will be posted due to heavy workload on Monday. Trek 5 out 5, Pets - 4, Green Room (with Yelkin and Patrick Stewart, 3 out of 5) Ghostbusters -3, Ice Age -2, this franchise needs to retire.  More on the Radio show coming very soon.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-star-trek-beyond-ice-age-pets-lights-out-1201821137/
Trek deserves better. They finally got it right. Great writing  with some clever plot twists ! How wonder the trailer sucked. They couldn't show anything. But there's a new trailer that shows has a big spoiler, try to avoid it if you can. Because that is the big reveal so it's a big spoiler.
5 out of 5. So much to say but can't without spoiling anything. But lots of nudge nudge wink wink to the tv and the original cast movies (Shatner, Nimoy, not TNG) with one to hold back the tears.
Only complaint is some of the camera moves by Lin as it got me a little dizzy at points but it was essential for some of the scenes involving the Enterprise. But Link does pull a rabbit out of the hat and has a Fast & the Furious stunt near the end of the movie. See if you can tell what it is. (Hint:FF6)
Note: Stay for the end credits that shows different planets while Micheal music play in the background. The fade to black. Tribute to Nimoy and Yelchin plays out. Then fade to black again.
Normal credits play while Rhianna song plays.  I never saw a place clear out that fast in my life. You go girl. LOL.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-star-trek-912604
$60M is a good opener considering the lame trailers, the Sulu thing and that friggin song. It won't open big like that last one with $75 but at least it won't be DOA in a week or so like so many other movies this summer. It won't have to worry about Ghostbusters since that's tanking thanks to the Pets movie and Ice Age is getting really bad reviews. Yep to boldly to indeed, especially with another sequel announced this week. Review coming this Saturday.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/comic-con-jj-abrams-cast-912932
Well this is kind of sad for a premiere but at least both Yelchin and Nimoy get the respect they deserve. But at least J.J. won't be replacing Chekov in future movies. Just let it be and remember that Trek animation the Chekov character was replace with an alien anyway. So that would fit.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/divergent-series-ascendant-1201818694/
Wow what a slap in the face and trying to save the franchise with a tv show. No shame. Like anyone is asking for this. These did lousy overseas so why did they bother. Well something else for me not to waste my time to see. So that's a good thing, hee hee.

http://www.thewrap.com/the-tick-first-look-photos-blue-whoopi-amazon/
It took them that long to get this back on the air especially since the Superhero craze hit so many yeats ago. Same with Pixar with The Incredibles. I mean wake up suits. No craze lasts forever.
Shame that Patrick Warburton is not back as the main character. He really added something to the role.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/garry-marshall-dead-dies-pretty-woman-happy-days-1201817964/
I grew up with Marshall tv show like Happy Days and Mork & Minday among other shows along with films like Pretty Woman. But his last films were kind of hard to put up with especially with the Holiday Trilogy which includes Mothers Day. (2 out of 5) All that talent and it added up to so little.
But there's no denying his earlier work is legend of course.

Those Pets Win Again

New Radio show coming this week covering Star Wars that we didn't cover on the MNN show which is posted below as a bonus.

http://theplaylist.net/rian-johnson-talks-star-wars-episode-viii-fate-finn-teased-carrie-fisher-lets-spoiler-slip-20160717/
Did anyone notice there was hardly any mention of all those reshoots not being mentioned?
And I still have a problem with that poster. It just reminded of Gilligan's Island with those damn palm trees. But hell whatever works and still looking forward to it. Especially those AT-At, one of my favorite from the franchise. But is a Funeral for Han solo necessary?

http://theplaylist.net/sony-exec-says-theres-no-doubt-will-ghostbusters-sequel-ivan-reitman-talks-channing-tatum-version-20160718/
Bullshit. Sony is trying to save face from the fact that this is not doing good. Pets won or first place and Trek is getting great reviews (man am I glad on that one) and Bourne is up next. This will never catch up and that thing with China didn't help. Note: Remember when Green Lantern was release to a lousy opening weekend and the studio was trying to drum up business by saying it's going ahead with a sequel. Same ploy here. They even repeated an Ellen episode featuring Hillary Clinton and the Ghostbuster girls. Man, Sony is trying hard. And with all the news with Star Wars and Trek this weekend it's lucky it made as much as it did.


http://variety.com/2016/film/news/paramount-fourth-star-trek-chris-pine-chris-hemsworth-1201816258/
Of course this annoucement didn't help the Ghostbuster cause at all. Of course Sony had to say something after Trek did. Now that's funny. Man the desperation. But for us Trekkers/trekkies this is great news. Of course I was bitching last week thanks to that damn trailer and song but damn we want this to work so bad. So far no Pegg as Writer and Lin as director but if this goes thru the roof they'll be the first one to be offered the job.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-all-access-star-trek-911872
Translation: This will even be easier for bit torrent sites to post this once it goes to Netflix.
Yep all access indeed. hee hee.

Bonus:
Our latest show from this past weekend. Star Wars talk is near the end. And premiere of the music site.

Pets Vs. Ghostbusters Weekend

Live on MNN this Saturday at 5 pm. Click here: mnn.org on Satuday.
Thursday's blog will be extended for the weekend.:

Saturday Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-ghostbusters-wins-friday-911348
But Pets should win the weekend. But will Ghostbusters have legs and repeats? Not with the good reviews on Star Trek and Bourne around the corner wither way it don't look good for the franchise.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/ghostbusters-director-ivan-reitman-making-911408
For you Ghostbuster fans of the original. Some great behind the scenes info ont he making of the film. I wonder how John Belushi would have looked in this.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/star-wars-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-london-episode-viii-1201815149/
Includes Live stream from the London Con. Read the 4th paragraph. Moaned? Nope it was more like: WTF! Less than 5 minutes screen time still kind of pisses me off.

Previously:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-secret-life-of-pets-ghostbusters-1201812934/
It's going to be tight between these two considering reviews of  Ghostbusters have not been that bad. Actually Ghostbusters needs to be gangbusters more than anything else if they want a franchise out o it. See what happen below.

http://lrmonline.com/news/china-denies-ghostbusters-release
This picture is so screwed. This has to be huge stateside (maybe) and do great in the european market. Remember both Japan and India nixed STar Wars a heavy SFX driven movie. So who knows.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/702381-suicide-squad-tracking-for-a-125-million-debut#/slide/1
This is more of marketing pushing this idea than anything else no matter who they have in thier pocket. The only reason this would make that much is there's no competition and fans themselves are looking forward to this DC title after the disappointment of BvsS.

http://lrmonline.com/news/new-jason-bourne-featurette-shows-you-how-they-mess-up-las-vegas
Looks like fun but are people looking forward to seeing this after all these other sequels have tanked. How many times can you tell this story anyways?

Pets Rule The Box Office

I ain't afraid of no Ghosts, bring it on !

Note: Todays blog will be extended for the week due to working on Blue Bloods and Shades of Blue. Live on MNN this Saturday along with new mini-review radio show later this week.

Tuesday Update:
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/marvel-fox-series-matt-nix-pilot-commmitment-1201812851/
Translation: X-Men Apocalypse didn't even clear $600M so lets have a back up. And all comments on the internet say the aame thing: Agents of shield sucked and like this is going to be better? I agree, another desperate move to keep a franchise going.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/spider-man-swings-into-action-with-new-set-photos-and-video-206
Is it me or does the costume look a bit cheesy. But who cares. If they can finally get this right that would be good enough for us die hards. Well can it be any worse than F4.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/701741-mark-ruffalo-wears-the-biggest-pair-of-hulk-hands-in-thor-ragnarok-set-video#/slide/1
4 second video but still funny. For an actor who has been nominated so many times for Oscars, Golden Globes, Baftas and so many other, it's great to see him having a good sense of humor doing this.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/javier-bardem-frankenstein-universal-monster-universe-1201799612/
When Variety magazine reports this then it's a big deal. This is how serious Universal is about their Monster franchise. Interesting casting even tho Bardem was a bit of a freak in 007 Skyfall.

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/box-office-secret-life-of-pets-1201811443/
Huge $103M opening. Not even the studios saw this coming. So much for the expects, again.
Now this is the film that Ghostbusters should be afraid of, never those ghosts. Actually the reviews are coming in and it doesn't look good for the ladies. In the meantime Dory has taken out Civil War for the big win of the year which will last until Star Wars Rogue One comes out at the end of the year. Let's face it, the rest of the year is going to be one lame duck. And final note, Dory has taken out Toy Story 3. Wow animation is ruling and most others are tanking. What a year.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/new-ghostbusters-franchise-will-be-endless-738
Really? Not if China has a say so. They got their own ghosts stories. And this is what this franchise needs, China. REviews are in and while they say the picture is not that bad will it have repeats? No. Are people going to scream for more Sequels? Prob not. What arrogance. Ghosts beating cute little white bunnies and a blue fish, both who came first and second. Let's see. I love these girls but remember Grown Us 2? All those comedians and I laughed once.

Slow news day, more to be posted later on tonight.

Pets Will Rule The Box Office

New Blog Talk Radio Show now playing: Mini-Reviews of Tarzan & The BFG and Trek talk.

Saturday Update:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-secret-life-pets-finding-dory-mike-and-dave-dory-1201811195/
$96 MIllion??? Wow nobody saw that coming. By the makers of Despicable Me and Minions. Daddy's proud. By the way, Mike and Dave need box office. Wedding Dates? Dumb friggin title.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-secret-life-pets-dory-mike-and-dave-1201808792/
With Dory killing the competition on 4th of July weekend that has pretty much run it's course. So of course Pets will do huge. Even tho Tarzan did better than expected that was a one shot deal. Everyone else is going to go including Trek, Bourne, Ice Age until we get to Suicide Squad. Will that be the big surprise of the summer aka Deadpool back in winter. And as mentioned on our live show, guess that big giant thing is getting worn out fast as both the Alien Queen and BFG did horrible at the box office.
Mini Review: The BFG: 3 out of 5. Regardless of reviews (aka IMDB) the biggest problem was the length of the film. This should have been no more than 80 minutes long. It dragged on way to long with a snail pace that put it dead in it's track. Other than that it had Speilberg doing his magic from the 1980's, low key charm, Good CGI, etc. Again waaaaay too long for it's own good.

Catching up news:
http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/700427-star-trek-50th-anniversary#/slide/1
A little late with this  news but look at this list. Shame if the movie really does blah this summer.
Lame trailers, Blowing up the Enterprise, Spock and Uhura (let it go already), introduction of another species (guess their short on that), Sulu is gay bla bla bla and that damn song! Another 007 theme that does not match the movie. Shame they can't sue over song titles or Peter Gabriel would be rich. (10x better song by the way).

http://lrmonline.com/news/new-addition-to-justice-league-cast-refers-to-it-as-most-expensive-film-ever-made
No if Cameron has his way but he gets away with it. There's no reason for this to cost a fortune. Just bad business all around.
Read the comments on this: My favorite when you scroll down: When did Green Screens get expensive? LOL.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/43926/captain-america-to-get-a-statue-in-brooklyn
Out of all places, lol. But it makes sense since the character comes there. Hey I was born there so that makes it pretty cool to be shared a birth place with a superhero. A damn good one at that too.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/43934/kevin-smith-to-return-for-the-flash-s3
Cool, and if that works out then give hi the damn movie. You can get a lot worst to direct, remember Green Lantern?. And it keeps Smith from making those awful horror movies. That Walrus movie, uugh.

Updated Bonus:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/steven-spielberg-amblin-alien-invasion-thriller-1201810361/
Wow whose idea was this? ID2 tanked and BFG bombed. So let's make another Alien attack movie with the director of giants with the same storyline from another alien 2005 flick which I hated. Hollywood doesn't get it does it? This one boogles the mind.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-takei-reacts-gay-sulu-909154
Now this one bites. Takei rejects this idea from Simon Pegg himself. They sure didn't expect his negative reaction. Even tho it's a different timeline it just smacks as an angle for the film. What gets me is Pegg is the ultimate fanboy for liking both Star Trek and Star Wars. Even I say those quotes on the shows which pisses of die hards of both franchises. But this one is a head scratcher. I hope Pegg knows what's he doing. Talk about Fanboy check out his movie "Paul" alien movie with Seth Rogen doing the voice of the alien. With a Spielberg cameo voice over to boot.

Finding Dory Wins July 4th Weekend

Live on MNN video posted below links. Radio show: July Preview now playing. New one later this week.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-finding-dory-sinks-908224
Check out this video with the top 5 countdown with trivia. Cool stuff. And Tarzan wasn't so bad after all. Yep it was a date movie for me after all. I figure, what the heck, apes kicking ass, yeah let me get drag to this. While it had a lot going for it the thing that bothered with me was those damn flashbacks, way to many and the apes did look a little cheesy. 3 out of 5. More on the radio show.

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/why-did-steven-spielbergs-the-bfg-flop-20160705?utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=070516_16&utm_medium=email
More excuses on the poor performances of these movies. This one is simple no matter how many excuses you can come up with: "What the fck is a B.F.G.?" Enough said.

http://theplaylist.net/russo-brothers-come-play-creating-warriors-tv-series-hulu-20160705/
How can they make this a series. Every week the Warriors are being chased by a different gang?
I grew up with that movie and it is a cult favorite for everyone who grew up in that time period but for a tv series? But considering who is behind this I'm all for it. It should be fun to see how they pull this off.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/star-trek-comic-con-panel-hall-h-new-show-enterprise-voyager-1201808685/
Shatner leading an all star cast for the 50th Anniversary. Hopefully the movie won't be so bad to celebrate this. But damn those trailers are so bad. Either way I wish could make this event. Well we still have out NY date in September.