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Iron Man 2
I have to admit, after the fun that was Iron Man, I was a tad nervous about
where the sequel would be going, especially with all the casting 'issues'.
Appears I shouldn't have lost that 1 minute of sleep over it.
Iron Man 2
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District 9
Lined myself up with a couple of good theatrical releases this weekend. Managing to squeeze in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds and check out this District 9 I have been hearing buzzed about. A great promo campaign too using the alien posters from the films everywhere, putting them on buses and subways which read humans only. They got my attention and freaked out a kid at the bus stop I was at who wondered what else might be on the bus, but he was only about five years old so that's understandable. Read More |
Final Destination 4: The Final Destination
I have to admit I was a little surprised, the film wasn't getting a huge push from the studio...hell, I only saw the first trailer for the flick the week before it came out in theatres. And it still took the number one spot at the box office with just over $22 million. And then it repeated the feat the second weekend with another $15 million.
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Inglorious Basterds
I wasn't a huge fan of the Death Proof side of Grindhouse so was a little worried when I saw how normally slowly methodical Tarantino cranked this flick out (despite having the script in his head for over ten years). So, it was nice to be pleasantly surprised. Read More |
Up
I didn't cry.
Just going to point that out in the first sentence. Not a single tear.
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Roy Disney
Roy Disney - Dead at 79
Ok, quick run-down here on lineage. Roy Disney is the son of Roy O. Disney, Walt's brother, making this Roy his nephew. Sure you can call it nepotism but this guy helped preserve the animation department of Disney when Michael Esiner and others turned their back on what made the company into an (some might say, evil) Empire.
Anyway, the guy also helped shepherd Fantasia 2000 off the dusty drawing boards and onto the silver screen. That says more about a love of animation than the bottom line.
One quick weird note though...in 2007 Roy divorced his wife Patty Daily after 52 years of marriage. He even remarried in 2008...he is survived by his wife of one year Leslie DeMeuse-Disney and his four kids from Patty: Tim Disney, Roy Patrick Disney, Abigail Disney and Susan Disney Lord.
At least he lived to see Disney's cel animation return to the big screen with the success of The Princess Frog.
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Val Kilmer
Governor Iceman - Real Genius
Val Kilmer is an interesting man, an interesting actor who never makes the more obvious choice it seems.
Here's a not-so-obvious choice for him to make. Candidate for U.S. state governor in New Mexico.
While I hesitate about any celebrity taking a spot in office, something about Governor Batman amuses me.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hoffman to play the Penguin?
Ok, in my eyes P.S.H. is one of those guys you can hire to play any role including an aged, diseased ridden mongoose with a lisp and I would believe his portrayal.
Still...
I am just not sure how keen I am to see anyone playing The Penguin in the next Batman movie. It's just that he's sucha clunky character that both Hoffman and director/writer Christopher Nolan would have to find a unique anggle to make him interesting and believable in this rendition of the series.
Still...
If anyone could pull it off...but currently the whole concept still lies in the early stages of rumour as Nolan hasn't even committed to a third film in the series.
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Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton To Voice Ken?
The Rumour du jour right now is a little tid-bit about Toy Story 3 which fills me with hope despite a movie title followed by the number 3.
Toy Story 2 is one of the few sequels out there that surpasses the first one so a third film has a lot of potential of giving us a kick in the teeth but the little bits I have been able to dig out keep me interested. First, the storyline is supposed to feature all the toys having been abandoned by Andy as he heads off to College (we will see, though this seems quite likely after the events of the second film) and now news that Michael Keaton is signing on to voice Ken, the love interest of Mattel's Barbie...it is doubtful Mattel would allow him to be a villian but how awesome would that be?
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Bill Murray
Ghostbusters 3?
Time heals all wounds?
Everything old is new again?
I don't know what tired adage is more apt, but I do know that despite the pain that still lingers in the mind of a young male who sat through Ghostbusters 2..I am also willing to love Peter venkman again.
Don't tease me Bill...I've been hurt before...You know they are planning on making a fifth Indiana Jones? The hurt of the Crystal Skull still lingers, don't make me too bitter Bill...that's all I ask.
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