Wesley Snipes, Jackie Chan, Nic Cage, And Milla Jovovich In Talks For EXPENDABLES 3
Liongate CEO Jon Feltheimer revealed Friday morning to Deadline that Wesley Snipes, Nicolas Cage, Jackie Chan, and Milla Jovovich have entered “advanced negotiations” for unspecified roles in THE EXPENDABLES 3. Filming is set to begin this August with Patrick Hughes (RED HILL) at the helm.
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Film Bites: Nic Cage Seeks JUSTICE
Here’s the new trailer for JUSTICE starring Nic Cage, January Jones and Guy Pearce. What? You’ve never heard of it? No worries, the original title for the flick was THE HUNGRY RABBIT JUMPS. That ring any bells? No? How about the second title SEEKING JUSTICE? Surely you remember it now, don’t you? No? You sure? You’re not screwing with me, are you? Because I surely thought at least one of the three titles would jog your memory. Guess I was wrong.
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TRESPASS Starring Nic Cage And Nicole Kidman Heading Direct-To-DVD
Not two days ago I found myself writing that the newest Bruce Willis actioner SET UP was heading direct-to-DVD and I wondered how something like that could happen. Willis, last time I checked, is still a major draw at the box office and surely any movie that has his face plastered on it can bring audiences in. I mean, this is the guy who starred in DIE HARD and RED. Like him or not, Willis is a star. And real stars–true box office titans–don’t do direct-to-DVD. That’s an honor reserved for the fallen ones like Steven Seagal and Val Kilmer.
So, that out of the way, what the hell happened to TRESPASS? No, not the Ice Cube/Ice T thriller from 1992. I’m talking about Joel Schumacher’s TRESPASS which stars Nic Cage and Nicole Kidman as a couple defending their home against a ruthless gangs of thugs led by Cam Gigandet. I’m talking about a movie that, with that pedigree and plot, should be receiving a full-blown theatrical run. After all if THE STRANGERS and a f**king remake of STRAW DOGS can make it into theaters, why shouldn’t this?
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First Look At GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE!
Empire, along with the previously posted DREDD pics, also scored a first look at GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE and…meh. Three measly pics and two of them are shots of Nic Cage and Idris Elba. Don’t get me wrong, I dig both actors–Elba more than Cage at this point–but when it comes to teasing a new RIDER flick (one that is supposedly a sequel that will ignore the events of the first film), I want pictures of Ghost Rider. Save the actors for the inevitable floating heads poster. I don’t think that is much to ask for.
And yes, I realize there is a single pic of the revamped Rider included here…but I don’t like it. Too grainy, a little out of focus and it’s far from a money shot. Almost looks like a statue of Rider was lit on fire and somebody snapped a shot. Very disappointing. Hope the marketing machine gets their act together and reveals some goodies soon, otherwise this might be a bigger debacle than the original was.
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Theatrical Review: DRIVE ANGRY
3D is a gimmick. Plain and simple. Any director/actor/fanboy who tells you that the purpose of 3D is to draw you into the picture and give the story more depth (both literal and visual) is full of it. I don’t care how much rationalizing you do for the format, 3D ultimately, unless employed in the realm of kid’s movies, exists for three reasons: bullets, blood and boobs.
In that respect, Patrick Lussier’s DRIVE ANGRY is one of the finest 3D movies to hit the big screen since…well, Patrick Lussier’s MY BLOODY VALENTINE. Forget James Cameron and George Lucas, Lussier is the true king of the 3D format and he should be acknowledged as such. Oh sure, his flicks may not be very classy or subtle. If we’re being straight up about things, both are above-average b-movies that somehow managed theatrical releases.
Thing is, both use 3D so well that it more than makes up for any story inconsistencies . Lussier knows that you come to 3D pics to see shit being thrown at the screen and he more than happily obliges your wants and desires. You want bullets zinging towards your face? Lussier delivers. You want muscle cars exploding off the screen and into the front rows of the theater? Look no further. And do you want buxom babes (for the men) and buff dudes (for the ladies) on-screen in 3D so good that you might need to apologize to your significant other because you feel you’re a co-star? This is the movie for you.
Now, if you’re into more arty pictures or the kind of stuff that wins Oscars and awards, you might not want to bother with this one. DRIVE ANGRY is the kind of picture that opens with Nic Cage escaping Hell in a 1964 Buick Riviera and ends with Cage drinking beer out of a man’s decapitated skull. This ain’t exactly Shakespeare, but as far as b-movie epics go, ANGRY is quite ambitious.
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DRIVE ANGRY
3D is a gimmick. Plain and simple. Any director/actor/fanboy who tells you that the purpose of 3D is to draw you into the picture and give the story more depth (both literal and visual) is full of it. I don’t care how much rationalizing you do for the format, 3D ultimately, unless employed in the realm of kid’s movies, exists for three reasons: bullets, blood and boobs.
In that respect, Patrick Lussier’s DRIVE ANGRY is one of the finest 3D movies to hit the big screen since…well, Patrick Lussier’s MY BLOODY VALENTINE. Forget James Cameron and George Lucas, Lussier is the true king of the 3D format and he should be acknowledged as such. Oh sure, his flicks may not be very classy or subtle. If we’re being straight up about things, both are above-average b-movies that somehow managed theatrical releases.
Thing is, both use 3D so well that it more than makes up for any story inconsistencies . Lussier knows that you come to 3D pics to see shit being thrown at the screen and he more than happily obliges your wants and desires. You want bullets zinging towards your face? Lussier delivers. You want muscle cars exploding off the screen and into the front rows of the theater? Look no further. And do you want buxom babes (for the men) and buff dudes (for the ladies) on-screen in 3D so good that you might need to apologize to your significant other because you feel you’re a co-star? This is the movie for you.
Now, if you’re into more arty pictures or the kind of stuff that wins Oscars and awards, you might not want to bother with this one. DRIVE ANGRY is the kind of picture that opens with Nic Cage escaping Hell in a 1964 Buick Riviera and ends with Cage drinking beer out of a man’s decapitated skull. This ain’t exactly Shakespeare, but as far as b-movie epics go, ANGRY is quite ambitious.
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SEASON OF THE WITCH JUMPS OFF THE MIA LIST, DELIVERS AN IMPRESSIVELY MEDIOCRE NEW TRAILER
Almost one year ago to the date, the very first trailer for the long-delayed SEASON OF THE WITCH starring Nic Cage popped up online. Though not the best trailer in the world, the brief glimpse offered up seemed to reveal a moderately interesting little gothic/adventure hybrid with Cage sporting another one of his legendary hairpieces. Not a great movie, mind you, but possibly a passable timewaster.
Then KICK-ASS happened. Reportedly, Lionsgate wasn’t interested in releasing WITCH (originally scheduled to late March 2010) so close to another Nic Cage flick (KICK-ASS opened early April) So, WITCH got the shaft and was shuffled to a TBA release date.
Thing is, WITCH seemed to disappear completely till today. Word has it that test audiences hated the movie, no one who worked on it seemed very proud of it and that Lionsgate wasn’t even interested in putting it out. Word of re-shoots hit the street and there was some word that the movie might never actually see the light of day. And before you say that there’s no way that a Nic Cage movie would never see the light of day, I need only remind you that Eddie Murphy’s A THOUSAND WORDS is still sitting on a shelf somewhere, complete and unreleasable.
And while I haven’t been able to find any confirmation that re-shoots did indeed occur and that any of the above was anything more than idle gossip, another trailer for WITCH has popped up online, nearly one year to the day of the release of the last trailer. And boy, what a difference a year makes. Click on the pic to read more and check out the new trailer for SEASON OF THE WITCH…
EARLY FX WORK FOR THE ABORTED TIM BURTON VERSION OF SUPERMAN REVEALS AN EPIC DISASTER
Once upon a time, Tim Burton almost directed a SUPERMAN movie.
Back in the late 90s, producer Jon Peters (he of the BATMAN franchise) tried his damndest to get the SUPERMAN franchise back up and flying. Well, scratch that, he didn’t exactly want Supes flying, but he did want the series back on the big screen. Director Kevin Smith has a funny story about how he wrote a early draft for this aborted Superman project and how Peters wanted only three things in the movie.
Long story short, Peters hated the fact that Superman could fly and wanted him grounded for entire movie. Peters also hated the red and blue suit (wait till you see the pics below) and he wanted Supes to fight a giant spider in the last act. Is it any shock that most of this insanity was coming from a studio that, at the time, was delivering superhero flicks like the nipple-tastic BATMAN AND ROBIN and the Shaq epic STEEL?
Needless to say, Kevin Smith didn’t stick around to long when Tim Burton was hired to direct. Burton had his own ideas about the project (most of which jived with what Peters wanted) and Smith was let go. And to make an even longer story shorter, Nic Cage was hired and paid to play Superman, a ton of pre-production work was done and the whole thing fell apart sometime around 2001.
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NIC CAGE ESCAPES HELL AND AMBER HEARD ROCKS SOME DAISY DUKES (IN 3D!) IN THE DRIVE ANGRY TRAILER
In my personal opinion, the 3D craze has yet to top the heights reached by MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D. Yeah, yeah, I can hear you screaming about AVATAR, but AVATAR was a movie that used 3D tech to provide depth to Cameron’s opus. VALENTINE, on the other hand, used 3D to shower the audience with blood and boobs. That, my friends, is what the format was designed for.
Which is why it pleases me to see that the duo that brought us VALENTINE (director Patrick Lussier and writer Todd Farmer) are bringing those sensibilities to their next effort, DRIVE ANGRY. Touted as having been “Shot in 3D”, as opposed to post-converted, ANGRY looks like a cross between a 70s muscle car flick and the long-forgotten show BRIMSTONE.
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TOP TEN CRAPPY MOVIES WITH GREAT ENDINGS
As much as I love lists, I hate them too. It seems like every single time that I come up with a cool idea for a list, someone else has beat me to the punch. And not only did they beat me, they did it better. Not only did they do it better, but in some cases they actually matched most of my choices movie-for-movie. That was the case with a recent list I was going to do called “Ten Great Movies With Crap Endings”.
A quick Google search discovered that not only had this list been done before, it’s been done by dozens of different websites. Matter of fact, it might be the most popular movie list out there (probably not, but it could be). Everybody seems to have an opinion about which great movies have crappy endings.
But right there in the middle of me fixing to cancel out that list, something occurred to me. What about the crappy movies that have great endings? You know what I’m talking about, an absolutely putrid piece of cinema that manages to completely fail non-stop for ninety minutes and then out of nowhere delivers an amazing finale. Ever seen one of those? I have, a good many of them and that’s why I’ve cobbled together this little list.
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Theatrical Reviews
- STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
- IRON MAN 3
- SINISTER
- PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4
- TAKEN 2
- PITCH PERFECT
- HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET
- DREDD 3D
- LOOPER
- RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION 3D
- THE EXPENDABLES 2
- TOTAL RECALL
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