In The Worx.....

It's that time! Here's some rumors and news on whats up and coming.....

Marvel's Eternals has officially wrapped production and is set to hit theaters November 6, 2020

Elijah Wood is rumored to be making an attempt to revive the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

Director Sam Raimi (Original Spiderman Trilogy, Evil Dead franchise) is in talks to return to Marvel and helm the sequel to Doctor Strange.

Bill and Ted Face the Music is currently set to hit theaters August 21.

Taron Egerton (Rocketman, The Kingsmen) is in talks to play the lead role in a remake of Little Shop of Horrors.

Ron Howard is set to direct a film with Paramount based on the assassination of Fidel Castro.

Following a competitive bidding war over the iconic superhero property, Amasia Entertainment has acquired the feature film rights to The Green Hornet.

Keanu Reeves has begun filming The Matrix 4 and will also be filming John Wick 4, both set to hit theaters on May 21, 2021.


Stay tuned! More Movies News to come!

Upcoming Madness

Here's a look at what's slated to hit theaters for the next couple of months.......



2/14- Sonic the Hedgehog, Downhill, Fantasy Island, Photograph, The Kindness of Strangers

2/21- Impractical Jokers: The Movie, The Call of the Wild, Standing Up Falling Down

2/28- The Invisible Man, Guns Akimbo

3/6- The Way Back, Disney/Pixar's Onward, Run This Town

3/13- Bloodshot, I Still Believe, My Spy

3/20- A Quiet Place Part 2

3/27- Mulan



Stay tuned! More news to come!

Marriage Story

Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson play Charlie and Nicole Barber, a young couple struggling through divorce while trying decide what's best for their son Henry. It is nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Movie, Best Actor and Best Actress.


This is an AMAZING movie! It will definitely tug at your heartstrings, especially if you've ever dealt with divorce. Driver and Johansson are spectacular. Their character portrayals bring the film to life. We begin with a young couple on the brink of, what appears to be, an amicable divorce. As the film progresses, things get worse. Lawyers, court, mud slinging, family evaluations, custody battles, money and possessions, everything is torn apart and fought over. The biggest hook that keeps you watching is the slight glimpses of the love they still have for each other. Will they be able to work things out? If you’ve been through divorce or have even dealt with it indirectly, this film will hit home. The character portrayals feel so real that you may argue with yourself about who’s side to take or to even take a side at all.

Our two main characters are joined by a start-studded cast such as Laura Dern (nominated for Best Supporting Actress) Ray Liotta, Alan Alda and many more familiar faces. This movie is available on Netflix but I still give it a T-W rating(Theater Worthy). Go watch it! Warning: it is a tear jerker (honestly.......cried like 5 times).

Return of the Blake!

It’s been a while (a loooooooong while) but stay tuned! New reviews coming soon!

The Avengers

Marvel's superheroes: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow must band together to save the world from total destruction brought about by Loki, the god of mischief.

I loved the individual hero movies!  To have one big superhero sandwich of a movie is every comic book nerds dream!!!!  It was awesome!

Rating - CW

The Dark Knight Rises

By far, this is the review I have been waiting to write! Plot: Its been eight years since the battle with the Joker. Batman has disappeared with the death of Harvey Dent being blamed on him. Gotham is at peace until a new threat rises named Bane. Bane seeks to finish the job the the League of Shadows left behind.....the destruction of Gotham City. Bruce Wayne must come out from the shadows, dawn the cape and cowl once more and protect Gotham from evil!

Kudos Mr. Nolan. The story line was AMAZING! And thank you for redeeming the character of Bane from Joel Schumacher's brainless and idiotic version (Batman and Robin, 1997). The comic book version of Bane was intelligent, artistic and brilliantly cruel. The plot twist throughout the end were jaw dropping as well! I didn't think this would top Heath Ledger's Joker or the stroy line of "The Dark Knight" but it very well did!

Rating - CW: Not just collection worthy, but this one goes straight to the front of the collection!

Ted

One word....HILARIOUS!!!!!! If you are a fan of Seth McFarlene's "Family Guy" or "American Dad" you will LOVE this movie!!! A young boy's wish that his teddy bear will come to life and be his best friend forever comes true. But as the bond between boy and bear is tested over time, the results are shocking, suspenseful and side-splittingly funny! This movie stars Mark Wahlburg, Mila Kunis and Seth McFarlene as the voice of Ted. CW - Definitely Collection worthy!!!!!

Tyler Perry an action star???????

Rob Cohen (Fast and Furious) is directer the adaptation of James Patterson's best selling character in the new mnovie "Alex Cross" with Tyler Perry playing the title role.

Back in Action!!!!!

Sorry about the awkward silence there folks!!!  Let's get right back at it!!!!  Here's a little bit to tease your interest......

Robocop 3 adds Hugh Laurie as the main villian....
Hans Zimmer has agreed to do the score for Man of Steel
Here's the first look at Angelina Jolie as "Maleficent"... http://www.comingsoon.net/imageGallery/Maleficent/large/hr_Maleficent_1.jpg
And new set photos of Karl Urban's "Dredd" have been released...
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/171189-new-dredd-set-photos

First Look at Anthony Hopkins as Albert Hitchcock

Fox Searchlight Pictures has revealed a first look at Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in director Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, which recently started filming and co-stars Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson
Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie "Psycho."

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Angelina Jolie is set to play Maleficent, the story of the evil sorceress that curses Princess Aurora in the Disney classic, "Sleeping Beauty." The film will tell the origin of character.

Seth Grahame-Smith and Tim Burton are teaming up to write the sequel to the Burton original Beetlejuice. The duo has recently finished production of "Dark Shadows" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."

Ben Kingsley is rumored to be the villian in the upcoming "Iron Man 3." The third installment in the Marvel tale will once again star Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow.

For all you fellow Simon Pegg fans......

Simon Pegg has given this first look on Twitter at the trailer for A Fantastic Fear of Everything, in which he co-stars with Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Sheridan Smith and Alan Drake.

In the psycho comedy, Pegg plays a children's author turned crime novelist whose research into the lives of Victorian serial killers turns him into a paranoid wreck, especially when a Hollywood executive decides he wants to make a film out of his findings.

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Nicole Kidman is reportedly going to take on a portrayal of Grace Kelly in the Olivier Dahan  directed "Grace of Monaco."

An Xmen First Class sequel is set to start shooting in January.

A sequel to "Captain America" is set to be released in 2014 that will be pick up where "The Avengers" leaves off.

Dark Shadows Trailer

Upcoming Madness.....

July 13 - Ted: Seth McFarlane breaks into the big screen with a story about a teddy bear
                coming to life.  Also starring Mark Wahlberg

August 8 - Total Recall: Colin Farrell takes on the remake of the Schwartzenegger hit inspired
                   by the short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale."

November 9 - Sky Fall: The new 007 flick.  Daniel Craig returns as James Bond with Javier Bardem
                       as the villian.

First look at The Lone Ranger and Tonto

Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp as the Lone Ranger and Tonto...

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

This is where the critic in me comes out and throws a hissy-fit.....

This is the "sequel" to the 2007 "Ghost Rider" starring Nicholas Cage.  I put it as "sequel" because its really NOT.  Sequels are supposed to be a continueance of the original.  They are not supposed to alter plot lines, characters and basically change the story and expecte veiwer to redefine their knowledge of the story.

The original story:  Johnny Blaze, a daredevil stunt-cycle rider, makes a deal with Mephistopholes (the devil) to cure his father of lung cancer.  After "miraculously" being cured, his father dies in the middle of a motorcycle stunt the next day.  Having sold his soul to the devil, Johnny is now forced to do his work as "The Rider," Satan's loan shark.

Sequel story:  Johnny Blaze, "The Ghost Rider" must protect a young boy from Roarke (the devil).  The young boy just so happens to be the illegitimate child of Roarke and is prophesied to be the new vessel of the devil incarnate and will conquer the world.

I also might add, Nicholas Cage's acting in the first one was ok.  It was horrible in this one.  And Peter Fonda as the devil in #1 was methodical and brilliant.  Cirian Hinds as the devil in #2, weak and pansy-ish!

As a fan of comic book adaptations, I probably would have liked it better if they had just done a full-blown reboot with a new main actor.  Even still, the plot of this movie was dry, but was somewhat saved by a little humor.

BlakeBuster rating: DT-I, pushing a RB-I

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Big news for children of the 80's.....Tom Cruise will be reprising the role of Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the sequel to the blockbuster "Top Gun".  Peter Craig (The Town) is penning the script for the highly anticipated sequel about a young navy pilot, determined to be the "Best of the Best."

New Avengers Trailer

Newly released trailer for "The Avengers" coming May 4....

In The Worx

So far, I've introduced you to my rating system and the "Upcoming Madness" segment.  Its time now for a new segment I call "In The Worx."  This is where you can find news on whats recently started production, what new movies are being planned and rumors of what could be.  So lets get started....

Gore Verbinski has recently started principal photography for "The Lone Ranger" starring Johnny Depp.  The release date is slated for May 31 2013.

Filming has started on the Untitled "Star Trek" sequel.  The cast from the first JJ Abrams film are returning with Benedict Cumberbatch to play the new villian.

Dan Aykroyd has confirmed that Bill Murray will NOT be reprising his role as Dr. Peter Venkman in a 3rd Ghostbusters.  Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis and Aykroyd are planning a 3rd film, but have yet to write a script due to Murray's absence from the film.

Robert Downey Jr is set to take on the role of "Perry Mason."  A script for the adaptation is in the works.

Some other films set for a 2013 release....

Iron Man 3
Fast and Furious 6
The Hangover 3
A Good Day To Die Hard
Percy Jackson: The Sea Monsters
Tyler Perry Presents "We The Peeples"
Despicable Me 2
Grown Ups 2