After my last article about Bryan Singer, you might be asking yourself, “Well Mark, how would you do the X-Men franchise?” And I’d respond with, “First, I would tell Fox to take a break from X-Men and let five years go by so that the previous films can be somewhat a distant memory. Second, sit your lethargic fanboy ass down (as if you weren’t) and let me shoot an idea to you.” 6. X-Men: Hope The first installment of a two-part trilogy would start off with the mutants and X-Men fully established in the world. After the events of House…
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Senior Editor, Writer Lifelong film fanatic, Mark Salcido was discovered frozen in carbonite by C.H.U.Ds. He was released to the surface level to spread his rants and opinions on anything of film and digital. Batman calls him for advice.
Lots of trailers to get to in this week’s trailer roundup: Collide Haven’t had enough of Nicholas Hoult? Well, Open Road Films has got the fix for you. Collide follows him as he does whatever he can to save the life of his ill girlfriend played by Felicity Jones. Hoult must return to the criminal underworld he left behind a long time ago in order to find quick cash for Jones’ treatment. But when Hoult crosses the path of a dangerous gangster, played by Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jones is now put in danger and it’s Hoult’s mission to save her.…
Here we go again. Another X-Men film is upon us for the 9th time around. Singer in the director’s chair for the 4th time and Kinberg for his 2nd, or 3rd if you count Last Stand. This time, a new set of actors are placed in familiar roles, along with a new villain but still bringing in the cast from the two previous X-Men films. And frankly, I am sick and f**king tired of Singer. The story has the omega level mutant known as Apocalypse awoken in the 80’s to gather a new set of Horsemen to rein havoc and…
The X-Men franchise has been a part of American pop culture for decades. When created in 1963 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the group was used as an allegory for change and the Civil Rights Movement. As time passed, the group has grown with us like a family of misfits wanting to belong. With Charles Xavier playing a surrogate father to so many of his students, you can’t help but want to be part of the team just to hear the man’s words of knowledge and guidance. After so many failed attempts to bring the X-Men to the big…
There are a few movie trailers but mainly a lot of TV show trailers that were released. The nostalgia is strong with this one. So go forth and relive your days of “on the edge TV watching” like you did in high school or in college. Enjoy. Lethal Weapon They’re back! Well, sort of. It is not a 5th movie with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. Being that their last movie in the franchise came out nearly 20 years ago, they’re a bit old to reprise their roles anyway. It’s a reboot as a television series on the FOX…
Shane Black is and has been a force to be reckoned with since the mid to late 80’s. After writing many classic action films like Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad and The Last Boy Scout, Black decided to take a stab at directing with Kiss Kiss Bang. After the box office hit of Iron Man 3, Black came back to his first love of action and comedy with The Nice Guys bringing together Crowe and Gosling. Will this be another hit under Black’s belt in his ever growing resume as Director? Let’s find out. And don’t worry; spoilers will be…
Modeling Demons, Swiss Army Men, a movie about a book, a movie based on a video game, Kevin Smith’s next attempt at a stoner laced horror film and lots more in this week’s Trailer Round Up. You’ve been warned. The Neon Demon (Red Band Trailer) Ellie Fanning definitely shows her acting chops in this horror thriller written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. In the trailer, it shows a hopeful Jesse (Fanning) interviewing with someone at a modeling agency in Los Angeles. It is clear that she has beauty and talent, and some of the other girls she encounters…
Another week and another set of trailers for your eyeballs to enjoy. They range from sharks, to a couple of “DICKS” in the 1970s to the world of illegal drugs. Sounds like a Nicolas Cage film? Well, we have him too. Enjoy. Urge Jerry Stahl writes this alluring story about a group of friends looking for a good time that gets caught up in the sexy, wild side of drugs. Having wrote a memoir about this subject, Permanent Midnight, who better to sell a fictional story of this nature? The short look into the film this trailer provides has…
Rumbles around Hollywood were showing that the candidates for a young Han Solo were on the horizon and now it’s official, thanks to Hollywood Reporter. The website tells us that Alden Ehrenreich, who came on the scene with The Cohen Brothers’ latest film Hail, Cesar!, has been chosen to play the young version of everybody’s favorite space smuggler. The actor pretty much stole the film as Hobie Doyle and has the characteristics that would be needed as a young solo. We got our lead and we got directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller at the helm. Now, all we need is…
There were quite a few trailers released recently. We decided to rummage through the pile and select a few that you might want to check out. Here they are: X-Men: Apocalypse (Final Trailer) So, Fox has released the final, final trailer to their comic book franchise. In it, we get more of the action and better shots of the character. Along with more effects integrated in the trailer, we now know a bit more of the scope of the film. It took this many trailers to make me even mildly interested. I’m glad they finally decided to bring out…