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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Spiderman Director Sam Raimi Returns To Horror Genre With "Drag Me To Hell".
Sam Raimi, director of all three Spiderman films returns to the genre he is best known for with "Drag Me To Hell". Raimi's claim to fame began with the cult classic "The Evil Dead". This film deals with the tale of a young woman's desperate quest to break an evil curse.
Trailer Addict gives this description of the movies plot:
Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home.
In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?
The trailer shows it to be a good old fashioned horror story that slowly draws you in and then bashes you on the head. It stars Alison Lohman and David Paymer and will be released on May 29, 2009.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Warren Report : 1964 CBS TV News Special (1964)
This is a historical documentary that I found at Internet Archives. With Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather, this is a look at the Warren Report almost a year after the Kennedy Assassination. Riveting for anyone who lived during that time and for anyone interested in that fateful day in Dallas in 1963 when our President was shot.
Classic Television "Hey Mulligan!" starring Mickey Rooney
I had no idea until I found this video at InternetArchives that Mickey Rooney starred in a TV show called "Hey Mulligan". It turns out that the show, It turns out that this show aired for 39 episodes during 1954 and 1955. And it turns out that he has had quite an extensive career not only in films, but television as well. The following information comes from Wikipedia:
Rooney made a successful transition to television and stage work. In 1961, he guest starred in the 13-week James Franciscus adventure-drama television series The Investigators on CBS. In 1963, he even entered The Twilight Zone, giving a one-man performance in the episode "The Last Night of a Jockey". In 1964, he launched a half-hour sitcom Mickey on ABC. The story line had "Mickey" operating a resort hotel in southern California. Son Tim Rooney appeared as Rooney's teenaged son on the program, and Emmaline Henry starred as Rooney's wife.
He won a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his role in 1981's Bill. Playing opposite Dennis Quaid, Rooney was a mentally challenged man attempting to live on his own after leaving an institution. He reprised his role in 1983's Bill: On His Own, earning an Emmy nomination for the role.[3]
Rooney did the voices for four Christmas TV animated/stop action specials: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970), The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979), and A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008)—always playing Santa Claus. In 1970, he was approached by television producer Norman Lear to consider taking on the role of Archie Bunker in the upcoming CBS series, All in the Family. Like Jackie Gleason before him, Mickey rejected the project. The role ultimately went to Carroll O'Connor.
So, enjoy the show and be sure to visit Internet Archives for thousands of films and TV shows that are part of the public domain.
Saturn Awards Nominees Announced: Dark Knight Garners 11 Noms
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The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed, who felt that films within those genres were never given the appreciation they deserved.
With eleven nominations, "The Dark Knight" leads the field of contenders for the 35th Annual Awards, after pretty much being snubbed by the highly predictable, dreadfully boring Academy Awards.
The blockbuster Batman movie will compete with "Changeling," "Gran Torino," "Quantum of Solace," "Traitor" and "Valkyrie" for best action/adventure/thriller film.
The nominees for the Saturn Awards are as follows.
FILM
Science Fiction Film
"The Day the Earth Stood Still"
"Eagle Eye"
"The Incredible Hulk"
"Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
"Iron Man"
"Jumper"
Fantasy Film
"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Hancock"
"The Spiderwick Chronicles"
"Twilight"
"Wanted"
Horror Film
"The Happening"
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"
"Quarantine"
"Splinter"
"The Strangers"
Action / Adventure / Thriller Film
"Changeling"
"The Dark Knight"
"Gran Torino"
"Quantum of Solace"
"Traitor"
"Valkyrie"
Actor
Christian Bale, "The Dark Knight"
Tom Cruise, "Valkyrie"
Robert Downey, Jr.. "Iron Man"
Harrison Ford, "Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Will Smith, "Hancock"
Actress
Cate Blanchett, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Dark Knight"
Angelina Jolie. "Changeling"
Julianne Moore, "Blindness"
Emily Mortimer, "Transsiberian"
Gwyneth Paltrow, "Iron Man"
Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges, "Iron Man"
Aaron Eckhart, "The Dark Knight"
Woody Harrelson, "Transsiberian"
Shia LaBeouf, "Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Bill Nighy, "Valkyrie"
Supporting Actress
Joan Allen, "Death Race"
Judi Dench, "Quantum of Solace"
Olga Kurylenko, "Quantum of Solace"
Tilda Swinton, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Charlize Theron, "Hancock"
Carice Van Houten, "Valkyrie"
Performance by a Younger Actor
Freddie Highmore, "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
Lina Leandersson, "Let the Right One In"
Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Jaden Christopher Smith, "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
Catinca Untaru, "The Fall"
Brandon Walters, "Australia"
Director
Clint Eastwood, "Changeling"
Jon Favreau, "Iron Man"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight"
Bryan Singer, "Valkyrie"
Steven Spielberg, "Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
Andrew Stanton, "Wall-E"
Writing
Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby ,Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, "Iron Man"
David Koepp, John Kamps, "Ghost Town"
John Ajvide Lindqvist, "Let the Right One In"
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight"
Eric Roth, "Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
J. Michael Straczynski, "Changeling"
TELEVISION
Network Television Series
"Fringe"
"Heroes"
"Life On Mars"
"Lost"
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
"Supernatural"
Syndicated / Cable Television Series
"Battlestar Galactica"
"The Closer"
"Dexter"
"Leverage"
"Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
"True Blood"
Presentation on Television
"24: Redemption"
"The Andromeda Strain"
"Breaking Bad"
"Jericho"
"The Last Templar"
"The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice"
Actor in Television
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Matthew Fox, "Lost"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Timothy Hutton, "Leverage"
Edward James Olmos, "Battlestar Galactica"
Noah Wiley, "The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice"
Actress in Television
Lena Headey, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
Jennifer Love Hewitt, "The Ghost Whisperer"
Evangeline Lilly, "Lost"
Mary McDonnell, "Battlestar Galactica"
Anna Paquin, "True Blood"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Anna Torv, "Fringe"
Supporting Actor in Television
Henry Ian Cusick, "Lost"
Thomas Dekker, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
Josh Holloway, "Lost"
Adrian Pasdar, "Heroes"
Milo Ventimiglia, "Heroes"
Supporting Actress in Television
Jennifer Carpenter, "Dexter"
Summer Glau, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
Yunjin Kim, "Lost"
Elizabeth Mitchell, "Lost"
Hayden Panettiere, "Heroes"
Katee Sackhoff, "Battlestar Galactica"
Guest Starring Role in a Television Series
Kristen Bell, "Heroes"
Alan Dale, "Lost"
Kevin Durand, "Lost"
Robert Forster, "Heroes"
Jimmy Smits, "Dexter"
Sonya Walger, "Lost"
For more nominations, see the Saturn Awards website.
"State Of Play" Is An Intriguing Thriller With Ben Affleck And Russell Crowe
This is the international trailer for State Of Play. Starring Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe, it is an intriguing thriller involving murder, politics, and sabotage.
The plot for the film, according to TrailerAddict.Com, is as follows:
The International Trailer for State of Play. The plot will be similar to that of the original six-hour program, retaining several main characters, but condensing and changing certain aspects to fit the two-hour format. The film is set in Washington, D.C. and tells of Stephen Collins (Affleck), a fast-rising United States Congressman with ambitions to become his party's presidential candidate. This goal is threatened after his mistress (a former research assistant) is found dead in suspicious circumstances, while right-wing opponents to Collins' campaign for social reform attempt to use the scandal to kill his political career. During a probe into a series of seemingly unrelated murders, Cal McCaffrey (Crowe), an investigative journalist and Collins' former campaign manager, finds himself tasked with solving the case, becoming romantically involved with the Congressman's estranged wife (Wright Penn) in the process.
Watch the latest trailer:
Monday, March 9, 2009
Alias Smith And Jones - Great TV From The 70's. Watch The Pilot Episode Here.
Alias Smith and Jones was loosely based on the 1969 hit movie Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. The pilot was sold to the ABC network and a series was commissioned. The series was a big hit with the youth audience and Duel became subject matter for teen magazines, gaining a loyal following. When news of his sudden death by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound was reported on TV and radio on December 31st 1971, it came as a shock to his family and friends. Early suspicion of foul play soon gave way to evidence pointing to death by suicide with depression and serious alcohol problems seen as contributing factors.
Duel was replaced by Roger Davis.
Hulu.Com currently has thirty-six episodes of the show available. Here is the pilot. Enjoy!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Jonas Brothers: Hyped By The Media But Dissed By The Fans.
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When you read articles or see stories on entertainment shows about the Jonas Brothers, you are usually led to believe that they are the most popular boys group since the Beatles. If the box office returns for the Jonas Brothers movie are any indication however, I think the press is exaggerating quite a bit.
The second weekend at the box office for their concert film took a 78 percent nosedive from last weeks disappointing opening week and landed the film in ninth place, where it is only downhill from there.
Like many artists before them, they are evidently just prefabricated tools of Disney and other companies just out to suck as much money from them in as little time as they can before they spit them out and move on to the next bubblegum star or starlet of the day.
Too bad that most of these young people don't grasp onto the notion of how fleeting fame really is. Perhaps all those who tried to get into show business and never succeeded are really the lucky ones.
New Movie Trailers Include "Up", "Star Trek", "Wolverine", And More. Watch Them Here.
I have been a little slack in the last few weeks of keeping up with the latest trailers online. Because of that, I've decided to go ahead and post several of them all in one shot. So, with the assistance of Trailer Addict.Com who is providing the trailers and their descriptions, enjoy these new looks of films you may be anticipating.
From Disney-Pixar comes Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 9-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. From the Academy Award-nominated director Pete Docter, Disney-Pixar's Up invites you on a hilarious journey into a lost world, with the least likely duo on Earth. Up will be presented in Disney Digital 3-D in select theaters.
By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip
From director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek, featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before.
Leading up to the events of X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Wolverine's epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe.
"Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince"
Trailer features new footage from the film with emphasis on young Tom Riddle, Narcissa Malfoy, Professor McGonagall and Luna Lovegood.
"Pandorum"
From the creators of the Resident Evil film franchise comes Pandorum, a terrifying thriller in which two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone -- and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
Sneak Peek Of "Sacred 2: Fallen Angel"
Here is another blog-o-rama game recommendation.
The title is "Sacred 2: Fallen Angel and it will be released on March 24.
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is an action-RPG unlike anything you’ve ever played! With a massive, hand-designed game world, hundreds of monsters, two distinct campaigns and six unique character classes, Sacred 2 will immerse you in a world of adventure and magic. Sacred 2 combines the best elements of hack ‘n slash gaming, roleplaying and an engrossing story about a magical world on next-generation consoles.
Key Features
- An epic adventure in a massive game world that guarantees countless hours of enjoyment across two amazing campaigns
- Six unique characters that you can customize with new skills, spells, equipment and loot
- Join your friends through seamless drop in cooperative and competitive play on the same console or online for up to four players
- Hundreds of monster types to challenge your character’s magical powers and fighting prowess
- Stunning graphics in true HD-quality
- A powerful soundtrack featuring music from renowned Heavy Metal act- Blind Guardian
PRESS
This is truly a go-anywhere non-linear open world. In fact, if you host a multiplayer game (even if you're playing solo), you'll begin near a dungeon with gates to various regions in the world, all with their quests intact, and almost all manageable thanks to enemies that scale to your character's level
http://fidgit.com/archives/2008/11/10-reasons-you-should-be-playi-4.php
When it comes to variety of environments the game never fails to impress, at various times running the gambit from forests, ice fields, deserts, and volcanic environments.
http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/208235/sacred-2-fallen-angel/
Thankfully Ascaron doesn't take these storyline rules too seriously, flouting them subtly to reassure gamers that playing Sacred 2isn't just an endurance test….Big games demand big choices, and for once you genuinely feel as though you're choosing to assail the five other races with whom you no longer wish to share the planet, rather than being goaded into epic battle.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/5474-Review-Sacred-2
[Sacred 2] has some quirkiness that steps outside the boundaries of trying to be immersive and instead focuses on having some fun. The game does not seem to take itself too seriously, and has enough elements to keep adventure fans happy.
http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r27793.htm
I did get a chance to play the Xbox 360 version at Gen Con last summer. I came away with the impression that the controls were great.
http://www.destructoid.com/sacred-2-xbox-360-screens-look-tasty-but-probably-taste-terrible-119497.phtml
The gameplay is really perfect for consoles....If they can manage to keep things moving fluidly and the multiplayer is as rich as it is on the PC, Sacred 2 could be one of the best multiplayer RPG experiences on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2009/01/sacred_2_fallen_angel_shines_on_the_360-2.html
OFFICIAL LINKS
http://cdvusa.com/sacred2preorder
www.Sacred2.com
http://www.cdvusa.com/games/view/61
Keep checking back here at the blog-o-rama for more videos, screenshots, and all of the latest info on Sacred 2.
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