Hugh Jackman made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con today, busting out the trailer for Wolverine Origins. Apparently the trailer showed off somewhere around 30 villains, from Deadpool to The Blob to, er, Beak. Gambit was also revealed in the trailer. No word on whether Wolvie cries in the trailer, but you can read all the details over at Slashfilm!
Stan Winston passed away Sunday night. If you don’t recognize his name, you definitely know his work. He’s responsible for some of the greatest characters in film history. Here are just a few of the movies that Stan Winston made possible with his amazing FX work: Terminator, Terminator 2, Aliens, Jurassic Park, Predator. His makeup/practical effects are the reason people complain CG isn’t as good as the real thing. Thanks for all your movie magic, Mr. Winston.
Juno is a fantastic follow-up to Jason Reitman’s first film, Thank You For Smoking. I LOVE that movie, so I was excited to see Juno. I know the weird soundtrack and out of place dialogue will scare some people away, but it’s definitely worth your time. It’s well-acted, snappy, and has some really interesting character arcs. If that’s not enough, the prospect of an “Arrested Development” family reunion between Michael Bluth and son (Jason Bateman and Michael Cera) should have you signing in to Netflix immediately. To be fair, sadly, they don’t share a scene together, but just knowing they’re a few minutes of film apart is good enough for me.
VERDICT: RENT IT!
Predator is one of the greatest action/sci-fi movies of all time. Aliens is one of the greatest action/sci-fi movies of all time. Apparently, two positives equal a soul-sucking, Black Hole negative. As a nerd, I’ll see this, because the trailer did show a lot of heads exploding. I recommend everyone else stick to the classics.
VERDICT: TAKE TWO TVs, PLACE THEM SIDE BY SIDE, PUT PREDATOR ON ONE TV, ALIENS ON THE OTHER, AND CROSS YOUR EYES.
Hey, look! Movies that I previewed on Sticky Floor Friday are starting to come out on DVD! I didn’t want to see this back then, and I don’t want to see it now. Not even a healthy dose of unshaven Statham can convince me. By the way, I’m taking those flames at the bottom of the DVD as a go-ahead to torch all copies of this movie.
VERDICT: RUN! IT’S UWE BOLL!!
Happy Easter Everyone. I hope you’re enjoying some ham and, if you’re lucky, the torturous screams of Jesus in Passion Of The Christ. (although I prefer Last Temptation)
I know one thing Roger Clemens isn’t getting for Valentine’s Day: Laid. The Rocket fired his wife under the bus during today’s congressional hearing about his alleged use of steroids. While Andy Pettitte claims he and Clemens had a conversation about Clemens’ H.G.H. use, Roger said Pettite ‘misremembers’ (my new favorite word) the conversation. You see, he was actually talking about his wife, who apparently loves the ‘roids.
Way to deflect accusations by using your wife as a human shield. You stay classy, Roger Clemens.
