Archive for March 11th, 2009
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Mar
2009
Must Buy: Let the Right One In on DVD/Blu-Ray
This is on the MUST BUY list for me this week. I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in). It’s out on DVD or Blu-Ray and available everywhere, so what are you waiting for?!
Hopefully I’ll have a review up by the weekend. Until then, enjoy the red band trailer!
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11
Mar
2009
Manga Review: Priest Vol. 1
Priest, Vol. 1: A Prelude to the Deceased
Publisher: TokyoPop
Author: Min-Woo Hyung
Rating: 
Synopsis:
In the frontier of the American west, a veil of evil threatens to engulf humanity. Servants of the fallen archangel Temozarela are paving the way for their dark lord’s resurrection.
One man stands in the way of the apocalypse—Ivan Isaacs—a fallen priest who sold his soul to the devil Belial for the power to fight evil. Armed with a wicked blade and silver bullets, Ivan will give the heretics a baptism of blood in his pilgrimage for humanity’s redemption.
Review:
I’ll admit it, this is my first venture into Manga. I’ve read the complete Akira manga series but never got into any more Manga. The most experience I have with this medium is through the Anime versions of some of these stories. I’m a huge fan of Anime, but for some reason never picked up a Manga to check out. Well, it’s official, Min-Woo Hyung’s Priest has me hooked.
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11
Mar
2009
Sam Raimi Goes Back to Horror Roots with Drag Me to Hell!
Sam Raimi is responsible for my favorite Horror series of all time: The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness. He hasn’t been back to the Horror realm since 1992’s Army of Darkness, and that was more of a comedy than horror. So, welcome back Sam! It’s nice to see him diving back to his roots with Drag Me to Hell.
Drag Me to Hell opens everywhere on May 29.
Plot Synopsis:
A loan officer (Alison Lohman) ordered to evict an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse, who turns her life into a living hell. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point. (IMDB)
[Source: Slashfilm]
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11
Mar
2009
geekArticle! A Lesson Learned: Fans Want Familiarity
“The average fan won’t likely admit it, but they wanted more Fantastic Four and less of a thinker’s film. They wanted something they knew.”
[A Lesson Learned: Fans Want Familiarity by Adam Sweeney, Film School Rejects]
Adam Sweeney of the site Film School Rejects has a great opinion piece on why Watchmen wasn’t widely embraced by mainstream audiences. While people like me who are familiar with the source material were satisfied with the film, many people saw the marketing as just another superhero movie. Therefore many people were let down by Watchmen based on their expectations. Watchmen is a thinking person’s Superhero Movie and I’m not suprised by the mainstream audience reactions.
Head over to Film School Rejects to read the article.
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11
Mar
2009
geekVault Reviews: Maniac Cop
Rating:
Directed By: William Lustig
Starring: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Robert Z’Dar
Plot Synopsis:
In New York, a man in a cop’s uniform starts killing people for no apparent reason. (IMDB)
Review:
The tag line (“You have the right to remain silent. Forever!”) pretty much sums up Maniac Cop. There are no suprises or twists here. We have a maniac cop murdering innocent people for no reason. And it’s up to Tom Atkins (Night of the Creeps) and Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) to stop him!
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11
Mar
2009
Watchmen Screenwriter Asks Fans to Re-Visit Watchmen
Watchmen screenwriter David Hayter urges fans to head out this weekend to re-visit Watchmen.
“If the film made you think. Or argue with your friends. If it inspired a debate about the nature of man, or vigilante justice, or the horror of Nixon abolishing term limits. If you laughed at Bowie hanging with Adrian at Studio 54, or the Silhouette kissing that nurse. Please go see the movie again next weekend. You have to understand, everyone is watching to see how the film will do in its second week.
If you care about movies that have a brain, or balls, (and this film’s got both, literally), or true adaptations — And if you’re thinking of seeing it again anyway, please go back this weekend, Friday or Saturday night. Demonstrate the power of the fans, because it’ll help let the people who pay for these movies know what we’d like to see. Because if it drops off the radar after the first weekend, they will never allow a film like this to be made again.”
I’ve never heard of someone attached to a film urging fans to re-visit a film before. But, I do agree. If you want movies like this mass produced, studios only look at numbers. I’m going to be re-visiting the movie at some point. Hopefully if they bring the Director’s cut to a screen near me.
Read the full letter at HardcoreNerdity.
[Source: Slashfilm, HardcoreNerdity]
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