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.
Don't forget my new Instagram link posted on the side. Follow !Thanks !

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.

Black Panther Top 10 U.S. All Time

WTF? Again? I take another break and all hell breaks loose with the MCU and the fish story wins the Oscar. So another catching up write up and the Oscars review will be in the bonus section.

Update:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/infinity-war-headed-for-235m-opening/
LOL, I dont get this at all. It's the same studio! They want to beat Last Jedi count and it's still Disney. It's like competiting against your own twin brother. "Mom likes you better!" 

http://www.darkhorizons.com/walking-dead-sinks-to-s1-level-ratings/
1. Stop knocking off fan favorites 2. Negan needs to be eaten by a Zombie already, so annoying.
3. Nobody count from Daryl! He needs at least  5 minutes every episode to get his freak on.
4. Highest ratings Sunday night? Low ratings + high budget = Cancelled!

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/avengers-infinity-war-release-date-moves-up-1202714656/
Wow, the studio really wants that acknowledge for biggest opening ever. And screw up everyone else schedule and as this Tuesday morning they moved up Rampage a week. Now this is funny. And lets face it, this wouldn't happened if Jumangi made so much money giving Johnson the right to pull this off. Studios, just like spoiled children. "He's got Ice Cream, I want Ice Cream!"

https://movieweb.com/marvel-mcu-10th-anniversary-character-posters/
With Black Panther being one of the biggest hits in the MCU, this is a great recap before going to the next phase at the same time keeping it new with their new looks and costumes. Just more gravy before the big premiere of Avengers IW.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-will-black-panther-conquer-china-1088437
This includes a video promo shown in China with RDJ which is pretty cool. Well after breaking the all time top 10 U.S.and the top 50 World Wide,  and on it's way to breaking the $ 1 Billion mark, how much can China help on top of that? And does it matter? Well to the studios it does. but lets face it. Superhero movies and Star Wars franchise do not clear $100M mark but Pacific Rim made over $200M did. Go figure.

Oscars Review: (dedicated to the few who saw this show, lol)
Shades of Water was the big shocker. It was suppose to be a showdown between 3 Billboards and Dunkirk but instead Dunkirk got the tech awards instead of Shades and Shades got the Oscar.  At least Billboards got some of the acting awards. But the best thing is we fantasy/sci-fi/horror fans got one in our corner. The last big one was Return of the King. Now the only thing Del Toro has to do is direct a Godzilla film. Done. Drop Mic.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-oscars-eye-new-low-early-numbers-1091636
Really? You nominate films that no one saw and leave Wonder Woman of the list when there was still a spot open to include one more film for a total of 10 films. So what audience is the Academy looking for? Either way they sure miss the boat.  On top of that the show was boring as hell.
Even tho Shades was the big surprise of the evening I was ok with most of the wins especially Roger Deakins finally winning for his camera work after 20 nods. It was about time. The rest? Meh...
But special shout out at the Memoriam Section, they included the first actor to play Godzilla. Now that was cool. And one of our members from our Godzilla community posted that on our page. Good to know I was not the only one watching the show.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/927583-meh-the-emoji-movie-named-worst-picture-at-the-razzie-awards
If any picture deserves to be trashed it's Transformers. Yeah Emoji  was a waste of time but, hell, there was a lot worse pictures that deserve to be on this list. Sure Baywatch was a waste of time but again, it plays better at home especially those Zac Efron jokes by Johnson. Those were funny. Have to give to Dwayne Johnson for Baywatch accepting his Razzie on Instagram. Well what else can he say? He's got 2 films coming out back to back, so he's gotta smile about it, lol.

Bonus:
So who thinks that Del Toro should direct a Godzilla movie?
My bet? Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. He did Kaiju and robots in Pacific Rim so why not?
Hmm that sounds like a poll for our Godzilla Community, lol.
Directed by Del Toro, listen to the Godzilla roar at the very beginning, right after the zombies.

The Black Panther Box Office

Note: Repeats now playing on MNN until we go back live in May for our 30th season.
More Oscars preview in our bonus section since 3 Billboards won at the Baftas, the British Oscars.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/black-panther-weekend-box-office-record-shattering-debut-1085932
Wow, nobody saw this coming besides Disney of course with all their marketing pull. Now the question is will this have legs for the rest of the month going into March. While a great looking film and a great cast, the hype couldn't compete with the story which was dragging all over the place. 2 big scenes, car chase and ending, and the rest was a total bore. And what was up with that damn train at the finale? And poor Andy Serkis. Another character setup from a previous film only to be wasted half way thru in the next. What's up with that?
Mini-review:  3 out of 5. Even tho Wankanda reminded me of Thor, they could have shown more of it. And yes the Bond influence was obvious, no problem there but can we get to Infinity War already?

http://collider.com/infinity-stones-explained/
But the Soul Stone was not mentioned in Black Panther so what gives there? But a good catching up article for those who got lost in the shuffle. Yeah I bookmarked this myself before Infinity Wars, lol.

https://movieweb.com/last-jedi-backlash-jj-abrams-fans-threatened-by-women/
LOLOL. the man who's back to directing the next Star Wars going full retard. Really J.J.? When was the last time you had coffee with James Cameron? Think he'll beg to differ. Ok, now the next Star Wars is in really big trouble with his attitude...

Oscar Preview:
The Force of Sound - Star Wars
30 minute of making of the sound for the Star Wars Franchise. Some of us know the tech behind it from previous editions aka dvd's etc, but this is the latest updated version of how this is produce which includes a lot from The Last Jedi, the film that everyone loves to hate on, lol.
Note: Star Wars always get nominated in this catagory for some reason more than others aka SFX.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/bafta-awards-2018-complete-winners-list-1202702940/
3 Billards is the major winner. I'm good with this and most of the awards. As this will tell who's going to win at the Oscars which works most of the time.
I finally caught up to all the films except for Mudbound. The last of the bunch to watch was
I, Tonya in which Allison Janney won for Suppt Actor. I mean she nailed it. She was funny as hell, even better than Margot Robbie. Scene with the shotgun "this never happened!" is a classic.
To be honest all the Suppt Actresses were just as good especially Spencer (Shape of Water) and Metcalf (Lady Bird, Sheldons mother lol)

http://www.darkhorizons.com/roger-deakins-wins-the-asc-top-honor/
Hopefully Oscar will wake up. 14 nods and still no win. WTF. Shame its on Blade Runner and not his previous efforts. Skyfall anyone? Don't matter he deserves it no matter the film.

The Big Catching Up Blog

Bonus: https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/marvel-class-photo-1920x1080.jpg
Awesome photo, now that's a wallpaper to show off. Link included for our own use.
Also see screen shot below of The Enterprise on ST: Discovery. Talk about surprises!

Now look what happens. I take a break and all hell breaks loose at Disney. Talk about bad timing lol.
So here are a few links for us to catch up on on the news. MNN shows are now being repeated.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/marvel-class-photo-10th-anniversary-celebration-1202692301/#article-comments
This is so cool. Shame DC can't match this on it's success. I know.. it hurts lol.
Imagine how the 20th and 25th anniversary is going to look.

Star Wars: aka WTF happened when I took a break. Holy crap. Did Disney go ballistic or what?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/game-thrones-creators-tackling-new-star-wars-films-1082388
Out of all people, didn't see this coming. So will this include naked female jedi's? Oh it's Disney. Never mind, why bother, lol.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-wars-tv-series-disney-developing-a-few-streaming-service-1082523
At one timne Lucas had over 20 scripts written for a tv series but it would've cost to much at that time, back in the 1900's I believe. So this is finally happening. As of more than one show, heck Star Trek had V, Ds9 and the movies so why not. Just have good writers like Rebels.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-what-happens-standalone-movies-1082512
If Solo sucks, say goodbye to these. But then again with a such a strong fanbase which Last Jedi proved as the movie was the most hated and the 2nd biggest SW money maker, I don't they are going to have a problem with this.
So in the long run, I can see Luke Skywalker with his cow saying:
"That's right I'm milking this like nobody's business, how do you like me now bitches."

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/george-lucas-helped-direct-a-small-scene-in-solo-a-star-wars-story-208-02
Big deal. Spielberg did that scene with Anakin and Obi-Wan at the Molton Lava scene and man did run for way too long. And you couldn't even tell by the style that Steven directed it. But it's a cute trick for the publicity department.

Other news:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/discovery-producer-on-that-trek-reveal/
Talk about goose bumps for an ending. So now, how are they gong to explain this as partof the canon without seeing Spock from the original time line. Got to admit, this got interesting.

http://deadline.com/2018/02/v-the-movie-coming-from-original-creator-kenneth-johnson-and-desilu-1202284944/
From the studio that brought you the original Star Trek. That's right Desi Arnez (cuban, latino) had faith in Rodenberry's dream and produced the show. And who ever the business man is, it's great he's continueing the tradition and bringing back another classic from the 80's. Less mention of that tv series spinoff the better. AND we don't talk about V the TV Reboot that starred Morena (what a shame and waste) but now is on Gotham to our benefit lol.

Bonus: 2 great screen shots for the day. Can't better than that. Is this an awesome shot or what?!

...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 !!!

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.

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?

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

Last Jedi To Cross $1B For New Years

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last Jedi Breaks $600M World Wide

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

 

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

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

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

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

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

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