Films I want to see now - John Carter

John Carter of Mars is now John Carter.  But whatever Disney name the film it is still an interesting production.  With Disney being in charge I am afraid that the film will become a somewhat toothless (for toothless read no nudity and only stylized, bloodless, violence) movie.

Still Edgar Rice Burroughs hopefully wont be spinning in his grave when the final film comes out.

Here is the trailer for John Carter.

Films I want to see now - The Pirates...

Aardman animations produced Wallace and Gromit.  They are also responsible for Chicken Run and Flushed Away.

Now they have made a film about Pirates, hurrah!

In England it is called The Pirates: In an adventure with Scientists, but in America it seems to be called The Pirates! Band of Misfits.  I prefer the English title because it seems to be more whimsical which fits with Aardmans style.  But whatever this looks great.  I'm in.

This is the uk trailer (I think)...




This is the US trailer (again I think I have that the right way round)...

Films I want to see now - Contagion

Steven Soderbergh is an amazing director.  He is unafraid to push the limits of film and story and although his films don't always appeal to me there is always something in them that makes them worth watching.

Horror is my favourite genre of film and this trailer gives me shivers (even though I suspect that this doesn't quite count as an out and out horror film.)

Films I want to see now - The Iron Lady

I'm a bit of a Thatcherite at heart.  All of England's Prime Ministers since have seemed a bit... well wet.  Clearly she went a bit mental at the end of her reign but I am still fascinated by her and can't wait to see this.

Films I want to see now - A Dangerous Method.

Three people in my family have studied psychology to some degree at some point, me, my sister and my mother have all written about Freud and Jung for some lecturer or other.

So a film written by Christopher Hampton who wrote Dangerous Liasons (a personal favourite), directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley is going to spark some interest in my family at least.

The trailer looks good and I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Oh, I nearly forgot, Vincent Cassel is also in it and as he is a 27% er that makes the film fairly awesome already!!!

Films I want to see now - Killer Elite

Jason Statham and Clive Owen in what looks like a fun assassins film, you say?  Robert De Niro is in it too and he seems to be in bad ass mode?  They use 'Rock me like a Hurricane' in the trailer?

Hmm, go on then, you know I want to.  How about you?  Let me know what you think...

Films I want to see now - Rise of the planet of the apes, trailer 2

Now this looks good...

Obsequiousmelon found much to love in Super 8

Name of the Film: Super 8

Starring:  Joel Courtney, Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning.                

In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.

Or at least so says the official website.  Super 8 is somewhat of a dark horse for this summer.  Strange that, considering it is directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg.  But as usual J. J. Abrams projects are shrouded in secrecy and apart from the train wreck and the missing dogs the trailer gives us nothing much to work with.  This meant I went into the cinema slightly nervous of what was coming...

Obsequiousmelon has found a film that repulsed him - The Human Centipede.

Name of the Film: The Human Centipede

Starring:  Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie.                

I love horror films.  They are by far my most favourite genre of films ever since I watched A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors when I was eight.  That means I have been watching horror films for 23 years and never once have I been repulsed by one, but I was by The Human Centipede.

I mean, let me be clear, I have watched a film that I thought was gross before.  Like the Saw films for example.  But them being gross was part of the entertainment, inventive kills have become a part of horror films ever since the second slasher film was made, and have been integral to the genre ever since, as films try to outdo each other.

So where does that leave The Human Centipede?

Films I want to see now - Fright Night trailer 2

Ok so today is crap... I feel sick the internet isn't working properly, I've got a ton of work to do and then this little gem comes along to brighten my day.

The picture above is of David Tennant as Peter Vincent.

The Fright Night remake is starting to look like it might be fairly awesome!  Click read more to see the trailer...

X-men First Class review.

Name of the Film: X-Men First Class

Starring:  James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon                

It feels to me as though the X-men trilogy started by Bryan Singer and ended by Brett Ratner was in many ways responsible for kick starting the superhero craze we seem to have now.  It showed studios the comic book films didn’t have to be silly and that there was a market out there for superhero films that weren’t a Batman sequel, reboot, re-imagining thing.

It is then slightly ironic that this latest entry into the X-men cannon comes from the same creative team that directed the largely subversive but brilliant in every way Kick Ass, a film that turned the traditional comic book movie on it’s head in many ways.

Films I have to see now - Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer2

I'm still not super convinced about this film but I am getting more interested the more I see.  The idea still seems silly, even if there are several hundred apes in that lab how do they take over the world?  I don't get it but I find myself more inclined to find out after seeing this trailer.

Click, read more, to see the trailer.

What do you guys think?  Dumb or awesome?

Films I have to see now - Don't be Afraid of the Dark

Now this film I am very excited about.  I love classic horror films and it doesn't get more classic than a haunted house 'esque' story.  Guy Pierce plays the dad, Katie Holmes  is his girlfriend and Bailee Madison is the daughter.  I have to say that the trailer filled me with a growing sense of dread but that the final jump scare was a bit off and risked ruining the whole effect but I'm still totally excited by this.

Oh I nearly forgot... Alan Dale is the man!  A true 27% (the 27%ers) and here he gets to play the all knowing next door neighbor, perfect!  (At least I hope it will be!)

The trailer for the Guillermo Del Toro presented, Troy Nixey directed film, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.

Films I have to see now - Shark Night 3D

Ok so I'm  guessing your eyes rolled as much as mine did.  But there are enough good shark films out there to make me believe that this could be one more.  Let me be honest I'm not expecting Jaws.  Frankly I will be disappointed if it even tries to be that good.  Piranha 3D succeeded because it knew what it was and that's what I'm hoping for from this!

Obsequiousmelon enjoyed Fast Five

Name of the Film: Fast Five

Starring:  Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson and pretty much anyone that has ever been in any of the previous Fast and Furious films.    


              

Having bust Dom out of jail at the end of the fourth film the gang are on the run in Rio and running out of money.  When what seems to be an easy job goes badly wrong, the gang find themselves up against the local drug lord, the local police and a crusading marshal from America.

The Fast and the Furious franchise was all about car porn traditionally and although I love cars I need more from my films to maintain my interest and as the sequels started to increase in number I switched off by number three.  

Film news and tidbits!

I really wanted to stay clear of any The Dark Knight Rises news.  I am such a Nolan fan boy that I have complete faith in him when it comes to my favourite super hero.  I wanted to walk into the cinema knowing nothing but I have completely failed in that respect already so what the hell.

I have already reported that Tom Hardy has been cast as Bane and that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle (who may or not be Catwoman in this film, her character has only been announced as her alter ego so far!)

Well now we have this official picture of Bane... (God he's huge! How'd he pull that off?!?!?!)

Films I have to see now - Green With Envy

Jason Segel and Amy Adams, two of my favourite actors in a romantic comedy.  Just perfection ;-) lol.  Fantastic trailer check it out, we can chat afterwards, I don't want to ruin this for anyone...

Films I have to see now - Green Lantern new trailer

It's trailer day here on Films to date my sister by and I think I may have just found my favourite.  Green Lantern is looking better and better.  I'm genuinely excited to see this now.  See what you think...

I think it looks cool.

Films I have to see now - Transformers trailer 3

Transformers... I guess after that one word you are either on board or not!  Still there is a new trailer and it is very cool.  Everything seems epic and dark.

Film news and tidbits!

Stephen Fry is going to be in the Hobbit - AWESOME!  I love that man... Apparently he is going to play the Master of Laketown.  Was excited before and now I am still excited.  Stephen Fry makes everything he is in 37% better... Fact!








There is a film in production called The Curse of the Buxom Strumpet.  To me the title alone is enough for me to be first in line when it is released.  It is based on a comedy short called E'gad Zombies which also sounds brilliant.  Apparently Sir Ian McKellen is also on board and has filmed his scenes already.  Fantastic!

Obsequiousmelon loves The Shiznit.co.uk

The Shiznit is a film website in the UK (click the name to be whisked there now) and a lot of their stuff is very funny.  My favourite post at the moment are what the summer blockbuster posters would say if the studios told the truth.  These are my favourites but click the link to see some more.


Captain America: The First Avenger 

Films I want to see now - Tin Tin

I always enjoyed Tin Tin.  They were some of the earliest books I read as a child and the saturday morning cartoons that seemed to go nowhere (story wise) each episode, were cool.

Any film that is the result of Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg collaborating immediately has my interest so everything seems cool.

Follow the link to watch the trailer in glorious quicktime.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/theadventuresoftintin/

Films I want to see now - Fright Night

I like the original but I don't love it.  If I'm honest I think it looks a bit cheap and it is all a bit tongue in cheek, which is fine but I think that it is ok that it is being remade and this trailer looks like it could be fairly awesome!

I present for you, Fright Night

More Fright Night (2011) Videos

Obsequiousmelon found The Lost Bladesman.

Name of the Film: The Lost Bladesman

Starring:  Donnie Yen,  Wen Jiang                   

Having just started reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms and wanting to learn more about the four great classical novels of Chinese literature (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Great_Classical_Novels), I was excited to see this take on the very famous story of the legendary general Guan Yu.

I was expecting epic passions, complex characters having their motives questioned and their ambitions change, legendary fight scenes coupled with beautiful cinematography and set design.

And what did I get?

Films I want to see now - Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses is a comedy starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day (Charlie from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia... if you haven't seen this awesome show you should just to see Danny Devito scream 'Holy Shitballs!') Jason Sudeikis from Saturday Night Live and outlandish performances as the titular bosses from Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell (anyone else get a tom cruise in Tropic Thunder vibe, I love the large Marge comment, delightfully cruel), Kevin Spacey and Jaimie Foxx as a 'murder consultant'...

I don't need to say anything else right?  Your butt is already in the seat right?  If it isn't then you need to watch this trailer.  It's good in that it is amusing without (hopefully) showing the funniest moments.

The people involved are enough to make me want to see this now!

Films I want to see now - Real Steal

When I first heard about this I groaned, I'm still unsure but this trailer looks promising if cliched.
I present to you...

Real Steal.

Obsequiousmelon got Punished

Name of the Film: Punished

Starring:  Anthony Wong, Richie Ren, Janice Man

(This review contains spoilers!)

When a rich land owners daughter is found dead after a kidnapping, he sends his bodyguard out to get revenge, but will the cost of vengeance be too high?

I’m a big fan of Anthony Wong and so when I heard he had a new film coming out I was excited.  Then I read that it was a revenge thriller.  I love revenge films.  Raw emotion, bad ass action and just brutal cool are hall marks of the genre and I was very interested to see what Director Wing Cheong Law would do with the idea.

What results is a good film but definitely not a great one.  

Cool posters for iffy films 2

Remember the poster I showed you for Conan The Barbarian?  Well now they have released another, less cool but still awesome, poster.
The buggers wont let me embed it though so here is a link until I stop being thick and work out how to do it!

Exclusive Conan Poster Debut - Movies Preview at IGN

Films I want to see now - X - Men: First Class Character intros!

I've always loved X-Men even though my comic buying history is some what faddy.  I would always buy Batman comics but apart from that I would go through phases, it's true I was a comic whore, totally unfaithful.  Although 2000 AD (Judge Dredd), Spawn, The Hulk and The X-Men were the comics I was most faithful to after Batman.

I also really like Matthew Vaughn's films.  Kick Ass kicked ass and I am totally convinced that this will be awesome too.
So to whet your appetite even more Mtv have gotten hold of some little character spots that I thought you might like.  Beast is my favourite of the three, mainly 'cause he is one of my favourite characters, him and Colossus (shame he isn't in this one as they aren't sticking to the comic timeline anyway).  Awesome, both of them!

Films I have to see now - Conan

Remember I shared with you a cool poster for an iffy film?  Well now, said iffy film has a full trailer.  Behold Conan in all his rebooted glory.  Still not sold on this but my interest is at least a little piqued.  I have to say that it looks good but when the music kicks in half way through I get a faint vibe of an HBO original series advert which can be a good thing or a bad thing.  Still as ever I will give it the benefit of the doubt until I see it.

For your viewing pleasure, Conan.

Films I have to see now - Green Lantern

I'm getting very excited for this film.  Each thing I see makes me more interested. They have really done a good job of gradually building interest.  Some new stuff in this latest trailer, on the whole this looks pretty cool.

Enjoy.

Star Wars Blu Rays announced.

I think, as a film geek, there is no title in film that evokes both nostalgia and sadness.  I was born in 1980 and as I grew up the original Star Wars trilogy was one of the groups of films, in England, that was always shown at Christmas time along with things like The Great Escape, Mary Poppins, It's a Wonderful Life and Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang.

Obsequiousmelon wants to be worthy of the power of Thor!

Name of the Film: Thor

Starring:  Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman

When he defies his father’s decree and risks war with the frost giants, the powerful but arrogant young warrior, Thor, is cast out from his alien home of Asgard by his father Odin.  Finding himself on Earth, weakened and alone, he sets out to reclaim his hammer and his birthright.

Marvel have taken steady steps in creating their filmic universe.  I think it is important to separate the films made using Marvel’s characters and the films made by Marvel studios.  Spiderman and the X-Men movies were made by Sony and Fox respectively.  Where as Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk and now Thor were made by Marvel studios.  Now why is that important I hear you cry, well it is important because there is a continuity running through those films that is solely Marvel’s doing.  Those are the films where you get an end of credits scene linking into the next production.  Those are the films that look (from a production point of view at least) as though they exist in the same world.

Out of the films that Marvel has made so far I personally don’t think they have put a foot wrong (even though I know that there are many gripes about both Iron Man 2 and The Incredible Hulk out there on the internet).  I have found reasons to enjoy all their films so far.  

Films I want to see now - X - Men: First Class new trailer

I'll be honest this trailer is very similar to the previous one but it is cut together way better and gives us some more details to chew on.

I'm getting more and more excited by this film.

Movie Marathon 5 - Obsequiousmelon is an Old Boy.

Name of the Film: Old Boy

Starring:  Min - sik Choi, Ji - tae Yu, Hye - jeong Kang

This is the last review in my movie marathon and I am quite confident that I saved the best till last.

Dae - su Oh is abducted and held in a single room for 15 years.  On the same night his wife is viciously murdered.  When he is finally released he must find out who did this to him and what has happened to his daughter.

Directed by, the now legendary, Chan - wook Park, Old Boy was some what of a sensation when it was released.  The tale of extreme revenge and brutal violence deliberately invaded on what had, primarily been the territory of Japanese films and announced modern Korean cinema to the world.

Movie Marathon 4 - Obsequiousmelon witnessed Hitlers downfall.

Name of the Film:  Downfall

Starring:  Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara

Traudl Junge was the final secretary for Adolf Hitler.  Downfall tells the story of his last days in his Berlin bunker from her perspective.

The Nazi’s in the Eighties became some what of a comedy villain.  Indiana Jones movies saw to that but they cropped up in any number of horror movies as well.  Sometimes, in film terms, it is easy to forget what an insidious political movement Naziism was.

Movie Marathon 3 - Obsequiousmelon stared at goats!

Name of the Film: The Men Who Stare at Goats

Starring:  Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges   

When Bob Wilton, played by Ewan McGregor, is left by his wife he sets out to Iraq to find himself and the story of a lifetime.  When he gets there he meets Lyn Cassidy and what may turn out to be the strangest story he has ever heard!

The Men Who Stare at Goats is a difficult film to review.  It is in reality two stories.  One set in the aftermath of the vietnam war and one set in the early part of the Gulf War and the two stories converge toward the end of the film.  Both however are about men having some sort of break down.

Ewan McGregor is a man stuck but comfortable who has the rug pulled from under him when his wife leaves him for his editor.  Goerge Clooney plays Lyn Cassidy who was the shining star of the American armies Psychic Soldier programme but now is a washed up has been clinging to old dreams of ‘jedi’ super warriors even though it appears obvious that he doesn’t have any super powers to speak of.  Jeff Bridges plays Bill Django who goes in search of himself whilst clearly shell shocked from Vietnam, then returns to the army with a hippie inspired dream of creating a new army that practices non lethal techniques and gets in touch with their inner ‘being’.

Movie Marathon 2 - Obsequiousmelon travelled on his Luck Dragon through a never ending story.

Name of the Film: The Neverending Story

Starring:  Barret Oliver,  Noah Hathaway,  Gerald McRaney

The Never Ending Story, it’s a classic.  Every one loves it but is it as good as everyone remembers?

80’s kids movies are very cool.  E.T., The Goonies, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth and of course The Never Ending Story are all famous, beloved and rightly considered to be timeless.  The reasons for this are that the film makers working at the time (like Spielberg, Wolfgang Peterson, Jim Hensen) realised that children don’t need to be pandered to.  Not everything has to be shiny and perfect.  Those films were scary and at times dark, often they featured kids from broken homes, but they were also uplifting, joyous and the conclusions were real and rewarding because of the genuine threat that had come before.  Because the threats felt real, so did the story's resolutions.

The Never Ending Story is a great example of a kids film done well.  The story isn’t always happy,  Atreyu’s horse dies as a good example, indeed the whole world is destroyed at one point.  The swamp of sadness evokes genuine fear and we are unsure that Atreyu will survive and that makes what happens after that more valid and more rewarding as a story.

Movie Marathon 1 - Obsequiousmelon wants you to 'say hello to my little friend!'

Name of the Film: Scarface

Starring:  Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio    

Al Pacino plays Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant who wants the world and is more than prepared to take it.

Scarface to me is a classic example of cult cinema.  From its constant references on MTV cribs (every house shown has a copy!) to it’s endlessly quotable script (the two most famous being  “All I got in this world are my balls and my word and I don’t break them for no one!”  and “Say hello to my little friend!”)  

It has a place in popular culture now, and it is easy to see why.  Its a rags to riches story, a fairy tale for men.  Any man wants to be the guy in the room that everybody respects and the character Tony Montana is not afraid to take what he wants.  That idea combined with Al Pacino’s charismatic performance is enticing.

Films I have to see now - Rise of the Planet of the Apes

I know I'm about to commit heresy but I never really liked the Planet of the Apes films.  I'm glad they are remaking them and I am glad that they are using Weta to create the apes digitally.  The concept is a fairly stupid one so they just need to make the films cool and enjoyable for me to be onboard.  Silly science fiction escapism is what I'm looking for here.

Here is the trailor.

Obsequiousmelon's Movie Marathon

HMV are selling dvd's for 35 bucks a piece, so I went down to buy some and now I am going to watch them and review them back to back.

The films I bought are:

Scarface
Old Boy
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Downfall
The Never Ending Story


Watch for their reviews to come up over the next day or so...

Obsequiousmelon loved Rango

Name of the Film:  Rango

Starring:  Johnny Depp, Isla Fischer. 

Rango (Johnny Depp) is a lizard that lives in a tank, sheltered from the world but a keen thespian non the less.  When he falls out the back of the car (this happens a lot in american films, do they really not notice when their expensive aquarium/tank/cage falls out of their car and smashes all over the road?) he finds himself alone and must head out into the desert to find first water and then perhaps a life beyond what he already knows.

Rango is an odd mix of ideas.  It is a western, a fish out of water comedy, an uplifting journey of self discovery and a family animation film.  Like Pixar in top form it juggles all of these and it is also so much more, but this is much more quirky and off the wall than any other animated film I have seen for a while but it all works, wonderfully well.

Film news and tidbits!

Just a short one today.  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies sounds awesome (but I still haven’t got around to reading it yet), and now the film version has a director.

‘Drumroll please..............’

It’s Craig Gillespie!!!!!!!!

Who?  I hear you shout.  Well he directed Lars and the Real Girl, one of the more original films I have seen in the last five years and... Er... Mr Woodcock (that Sean William Scott movie you’ve probably forgotten about that was actually reasonably funny, in places... Sorta.)

Anyway he is also making the Fright Night remake which doesn’t exactly excite me.  Who knows, it might not suck.  I guess.

Films i have to see now - Cowboys & Aliens. (Update with embed)

Cowboys & Aliens is an oddity of a film.  It sounds like B-movie fare to me and I love that.  But the question is will it appeal to the wider world?  Well the new trailer looks promising.  I'm excited... follow the link below to go to Apple to watch the trailer in glorious Quicktime.

FIlms I have to see now! - Priest

Ok that title is slightly misleading.  Priest is a film that I have decidedly mixed feelings about.  I really want it to be awesome but Legion (same director, same star) sucked big fat donkey balls!  But like I said I want Priest to be awesome, after all the comics are cool.

So, Paul Bettany, Karl Urban and Maggie Q star in a film by Scott Charles Stewart.  It looks... formulaic if I'm honest but still, Brad Dourif is in it (admittedly in a small role apparently) and he is a guarantee of my ass in a seat.  I'm hoping for cheap summer fun at the least.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822847/

Obsequiousmelon explored his Source Code

Name of the Film:  Source Code

Starring:  Jake Gyllenhal, Michelle Monaghan. 

Source Code (directed by Duncan Jones who also directed the wonderful sci-fi flick Moon starring Sam Rockwell) is another high concept sci-fi film.  Colt Stevens (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) is sent back in time to take the place of a man on a train that will explode in eight minutes.  Can he find out who the bomber is and so help prevent the future, threatened attacks?

Just like his previous film, Moon, Duncan Jones has a film with a simple set up that is rife with possibilities.  This makes the film very unpredictable on some levels which fascinates me.  Going in, this film could be anything from a thought provoking study on the nature of man to a flashy effects laden summer blockbuster...

Obsequiousmelon feels Limitless.

Name of the Film:  Limitless

Starring:  Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel.

A wonder drug that opens up your mind to all of it’s possibilities.  A promise of the perfect you, the person you want to be and everything that comes with that.  Who wouldn’t take a gamble on that?  I would.

That is the intriguing concept that is proposed by Limitless.  Bradley cooper plays Eddie Morra a washed out looser who is stuck in perennial writers block.  Until, that is, he meets an old friend who happens to have a way to help him.  He is given the chance to excel, all he has to do is take the clear little pill.

Films I want to see now - Attack the Block

This film reminds me of some of the places near where I grew up.  Mottingham, Croydon and Penge to name a few.  Also I love genre mash ups.  This looks cool and doesn't feel forced (which is always a danger with very specific dialogue styles.)  Finally the film also features Nick Frost as a drug dealer, which is odd because he vaguely resembles a drug dealer that used to sell to some of the boys at my school.

Anyway, I present to you Attack the Block.

Green Lantern - I'm starting to get excited.

The publicity so far for Green Lantern has not really been hitting it's target.  The internet has been full of fan boys writing off the film before it has been released.  Now I try not to do this if I can.  I prefer to hold my judgement until I see the film but the trailer did leave me... well a little uninspired.  I mean the idea is cool and I want to see the film but I didn't really get excited about it till this morning when I saw the footage they showed at Wondercon.  Now you can colour me excited, now I want to buy back catalogues of comics to find out more about the world of the Green Lantern, now I will book my ticket.

Follow the link to apple to see the footage in glorious quicktime


http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/greenlantern/

Obsequiousmelon got Sucker Punched!

Name of the Film:  Sucker Punch

Starring:  Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jenna Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung

When a 20 year old girl accidently shoots her little sister, after the death of their mother, she is committed to an insane asylum.  Once there, her evil step father pays a corrupt orderly to send for a Doctor to come to give her a lobotomy in five days.  Can she use her imagination to block out the horror of her situation whilst trying to find a way for her and her new friends to escape?

What is Manga to you?  Ninjas, daemons, fantasy, school girls, sci- fi all wrapped up in nonsensical story lines?  Well, yes it is that, but it is so much more than that too.

And that is the same with this film.  You can dismiss it as eye candy with a silly plot but then, I think that is too easy.  I think that the film has some hidden depths to it.  To me it is live action Manga and I really liked it.

Films I want to see now - The Hangover part 2

The Hangover is awesome.  Fact!  However, comedy sequels tend to suck balls.  Also fact!  Still I am prepared to take a risk on The Hangover part II although this trailer looks like they are doing exactly the same things as before just a little different... e.g. a tattoo instead of loosing a tooth, loosing a little brother instead of loosing the groom, Zach Galifianakis being Zach Galifianakis (which isn't eccessarily a bad thing.)

It could work...

Obsequiousmelon wishes that the wolf had got Red Riding Hood before he had to see it!

Name of the Film:  Red riding hood

Starring:  Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman

Slightly awkward dialogue?  Check.  Unconvincing love triangle?  Check.  Supposedly edgy bad boy who actually is incredibly safe and non threatening?  Check.  Turning something that used to be really cool into something incredibly gay?  Check.  Stupid people declaring undying love when they are clearly too young to know their arse hole from their elbow?  Check.  Catherine Hardwicke directing?  Check... There we have it, it can only be the twilight of werewolf movies... Bugger!

God damn you Catherine Hardwicke... God damn you!

Films I have to see now - Transformers, Fast Five, Thor, Green Lantern, The Mechanic, Arthur.

It's a relatively slow day today.  I'm getting excited about going to see Sucker Punch tomorrow (expect the review soon after) and I figured I would share some trailers about films I want to see that are coming up in the next few months.

Film news and tidbits!

I’ve got to be honest, I don’t really like Superman, never have.  But I am interested to see what Zack Snyder (guided by Christopher Nolan and using a script written by Christopher and Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer) does with the whole concept.  Recent news has only increased my interest, apparently Amy Adams has been cast as Lois Lane.  I like her, she is good in everything I have seen her in.  She joins Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Clark Kent’s parents and Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent.  This is starting to look promising.

Films I want to see now - Captain America

I shared the Superbowl spot with you a few weeks back.  Well now we have a full trailer.  I give to you the first Captain America trailer.  I'm excited, how 'bout you?

Films I want to see now - TT3D

I love motorbikes.  It's a love affair that started when I was little after I heard tales of my mother riding around on a scooter when she was young.  It was then nurtured in my teens watching motor racing on tv, again with my mother.  In all that time I heard stories about the TT race on the Isle of Man.  It's one of those fabled races that England seems to produce, comparable in infamy to The Grand National Horse Race.
Here is the trailer for a new documentary TT3D, I don't know if it will be any good but, hell, I'm a sucker for fast bikes.

Obsequiousmelon had his world invaded and was a bit bored by it!

Name of the Film:  World Invasion / Battle LA (depending where you are from!  Why change the title because we are in Hong Kong????)

Starring:  Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez.

When meteorites are headed to the earth everyone stands in awe.  But as it becomes clear that the meteorites are slowing down before impact the army are put on alert and the whole planet becomes a war zone.

Aaron Eckhart is moved, from training future soldiers, back into active service with an already established unit.  Can they get over their personal differences to complete their rescue mission?

Can one unit of american soldiers save the world..?

Games I want to play now!- Duke Nukem Forever.

I know I said I wouldn't do this again but this is so delightfully awesome, silly and over the top that i have to share!

Films I want to see now - X - Men: First Class

Michael Vaughn is directing it... he directed kick ass... that'll do for me, I'm in!!!

Films I want to see now - Kill the Irishman

Kill the Irishman.  I don't care how crap the film turns out, this film looks brilliant from this trailer.  I love that Ray Stevenson gets to be bad ass and just look at the names in this!  It's got to be awesome surely...
Here is the trailer...

Film news and tidbits.

Some of you may know that I am genuinely excited about the new Danny McBride / James Franco fantasy comedy Your Highness.

Well, we are only a month away and the character one sheets have been released.

Here is my favourite but the James Franco and Natalie Portman ones are cool too.

Follow the link to see the others.

http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/03/14/your-highness-danny-mcbride-poster/

Obsequiousmelon got in a lift with the Devil.

Name of the Film:  Devil

Starring:  Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas and Bokeem Woodbine.   

When a group of people are trapped in a lift it soon becomes clear that there is something sinister at work...

Devil is the first film made by M Night Shyamalan’s production company The Night Chronicles, although I’m not sure that that would encourage many people to go and see it.

M Night Shyamalan clearly has some ability as a story teller but I can’t help but feel that his ego and initial success has long since damaged any initial promise he had.  Its a shame because I like the kind of movies he makes, the ideas are cool but the execution just seems too... pretentious.

So I like his stories but I don’t like his films.  Well then setting up a production company and letting young directors script and direct films based on his short stories seems at first glance like a good idea.

Obsequiousmelon entered into combat with Predators.

Name of the Film:  Predators 

Starring:  Adrien Brody, Lawrence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga.   

I first saw Predators at the cinema when it first came out.  Unfortunately I had been awake for a few days and was exhausted.  The dark cinema and the comfortable chairs meant that I fell asleep for about ten minutes.  So my opinion was not good but I was painfully aware that any view I had on the film was invalid because I probably missed something totally ninja right?

Well I like Robert Rodriguez films and I like both original Predator films (yes I accept that 2 isn’t in the same class as the first one but still I enjoy it) so I want Predators to be 54 flavours of awesome.

So I sat down to watch the dvd both nervous and excited.

Films I want to see now - Super

This one could go either way if I'm honest.  The trailer looks fun though.

I present to you... Super.  Directed by James Gunn who is responsible for Slither, a good movie with a bit of a non event ending.  Still this has Kevin Bacon in it and that means I am already going to see it!  Enjoy...

Film news and tidbits!

Does anyone care about Star Wars anymore?  Well if George Lucas becoming a money grabbing hack hasn’t totally irritated you by now then you can get excited about the 3D release date for The Phantom Menace - February 10 2012.  Yay... I guess!

How cool is this photo of the Red Skull from Captain America.

Thats Hugo Weaving under all that make up.  I'm so excited about this film.

Cool posters for iffy films.

The new Conan the barbarian film has a cool new poster.
I'm not sure about this film, I'll give it a chance but their isn't a big name attached to it and that makes me slightly nervous.
Still this poster is cool!

Film news and tidbits!

News round up for March 3rd.  Some cool stuff and some meh stuff!

Oscars!

Although I understand that many of you don't care, it is still 'the' award that everyone wants and I would be re-miss if I didn't post on it.

I will update as the day goes on.

Oh and I have highlighted the 'important ones'.

Film news and tidbits!

Ridley Scotts Prometheus... Is it an Alien prequel, isn’t it?  Who knows but apparently it does feature the alien in some form.  According to this article at bleeding cool ( http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/02/24/prometheus-rumours-unbound-how-the-alien-aliens-factor-in/ ) the film will feature the Alien creature (Xenomorph).  So I guess slowly this is becoming a little clearer as to what it is.  The film isn’t a proper prequel but it is set in the same univers prior to the events in Alien????? I think.  Ultimately who cares Ridley Scott + sci fi = my ass on a seat!

Oh and there is a new red band trailer for Paul out.  Strangely it isn’t as funny as the previous trailers but still much to look forward to.