I am simultaneously intrigued and cynical about this.
Bee Season and What Maisie Knew directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel are set to write and direct a female-centric film version of the iconic 1954 William Golding novel Lord of the Flies for Warner Bros., according to Deadline. The duo will reportedly stay true to the novel, except that the children who are stranded on the island will be girls.
Continue reading So they want to do a girl-only version of Lord of the Flies.
First, this.
Lucy met Mannix in one of the most unlikely TV crossovers: https://t.co/Ni7Pa1AjRR pic.twitter.com/ZQM7KhH12X
— MeTV (@MeTV) August 30, 2017
Continue reading Tweet of the Day, Lucille Ball Was A Bit Of A Overwhelming Media Force edition.
…Well.
It’s a Schwarzenegger movie that’s about a step and a half above direct-to-video. But it’s apparently being done in documentary(?) form? Either that, or it’s routinely breaking the fourth wall. I’m going to assume documentary, or maybe reality TV show.
Which admittedly makes all it more interesting than I expected it to be. Or perhaps ‘quirky.’ Quirky pseudo-documentaries operate under their own rules.
This… is something to consider. Subtitled, of course. Yes, I’m afraid that I’m a bit of a snob about that sort of thing.
LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO https://t.co/XI4wbgf2nK #fathomevents via @fathomevents
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) August 29, 2017
This was one of the first anime I’d ever seen, and it triggered a bit of a paradigm shift in my opinion of animated films. I’m not an otaku or anything like that, but I will happily sit down and watch Miyazaki’s stuff. So I may very well go see this in theaters. I’m glad that said theaters have realized that events like this are an opportunity to get more butts in seats, too…
I rather badly want this movie to not suck. I mean, I REALLY want this movie not to suck. IT is maybe the best Stephen King book I’ve ever read.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10gfbsXSf2k
But it could suck. And that’s what worries me. The casting looks good, but the entire first movie is literally about children being menaced and threatened, which is pretty raw stuff for modern audiences (even if they take out That Scene From The Book). But if the movie hesitates on putting those kids through the wringer, it’s going to suck. Horribly.
Please God, don’t let it suck.
Best known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, probably: but my two favorite Tobe Hooper movies are Lifeforce and Poltergeist. I should note that the latter absolutely scared the [expletive deleted] out of me when I saw it for the first time, which I believe was exactly what Mr. Hooper was trying to do with that movie. He also directed “Dancing With Myself,” in case you were wondering what tonight’s music video was.
Rest in peace, Tobe. My prayers and good wishes for his family and loved ones.
The Hitman’s Bodyguard suffers from a pretty stark dichotomy on Rotten Tomatoes: the critics hated it, the audiences enjoyed it. Who’s right? I ask because my August movie watching schedule kind of crashed and burned, along with the last three movies that I was planning to see. Although I might still try to catch a night showing of Atomic Blonde tomorrow. I haven’t decided yet.
Anyway, did the movie suck?
And God help me, but I’ll probably watch it.
The Jay and Silent Bob Reboot will start filming this fall, Kevin Smith himself has revealed. The movie will unite Smith with Jason Mewes, serving as a belated sequel to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The plot will see Jay and Bob on a mission to Hollywood once more: this time, they’re aiming to halt the production of Bluntman Vs Chronic, a dark and gritty reboot that will pit their superhero doppelgangers against one another.
It is absolutely a New Jersey thing, yes. And yes, Kevin Smith movies have been pretty bad lately. But they also largely weren’t Jay and Silent Bob movies, either. I’m pretty much stuck here; there are cultural obligations in place.
No, I guess that I honestly don’t expect any of this to make any sense to anybody reading this, either.
Even if it’s now streaming on Amazon. I am NOT. I am going to bed.
I admit: I only dimly remember this comic. Then again, I also only dimly remembered Star-Lord, which didn’t stop Marvel Comics from giggling like a loon as all the lovely money came pouring in. So get ready for the next Great Harvesting Of The Back Issues:
Writer and director James Gunn is not only returning to direct Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and executive producing Avengers: Infinity War, but he’s also helping plan out the long-term future of the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or at least, the next 10-20 years worth! And for you Nova fans out there, yes, he and Marvel Studios are indeed considering introducing the “real” Nova, Richard Rider.
