JACKASS 3D trailer is a lean, mean laughter machine
Aug 06
There’s something beautiful about watching a man’s face get slapped with a wet fish in slow motion. It reminds me of the slow-motion opening sequence of Zombieland, and how simultaneously beautiful and hilarious that was. I bet it looks even better in 3D.
I’ve been worried ever since news broke that Jackass 3D was being made that the boys had run out of stunts. This trailer simultaneously proves just how unfounded my fears were, and makes one wonder why they haven’t surfed a falling tree into the snow (dressed as Santa Claus) already. Genius.
Jackass 3D slingshots poo into cinemas on 15 October 2010 in the US.
New YOGI BEAR poster is inappropriate, hilarious
Aug 06
They couldn’t have put the bears’ faces on an angle, no. They couldn’t have toned down the expressions on their faces. And they sure as heck couldn’t have changed the tagline, no sir.
Good luck explaining to your innocent offspring why you’ve burst into spontaneous laughter when you walk past this one at the local cinema.
Yogi Bear goes toe-to-toe with Tron Legacy on 17 December 2010 in the States; the innuendo will, of course, be in 3D.
Alan Tudyk reveals that TRANSFORMERS 3 will have pointless comic relief just like the first two
Aug 05
Alan Tudyk, from cult favourites like Serenity and Death At A Funeral (the, er, white version) is set to appear in Transformers. Literally dozens of people all over the world were holding their collective breath in anticipation, wondering when his role in the picture would be revealed. Survivors may now exhale, for the horse has spoken:
“I’m a fellow agent of [Agent Simmons', played by John Turturro], that is sort of his assistant and weapons expert, computer hacker, cyber sleuth.”
Agent Simmons was one of many, many, varied and numerous characters introduced in Transformers (the first) that served little to no purpose: he goes right alongside that Australian girl and her loud American friend, whatever the hell character Jon Voight was supposed to be playing, Bernie Mac‘s character, Sam Witwicky’s parents, Jazz the Autobot, most of the Decepticons, and all those army dudes led by Josh Duhamel; he’ll will fit nicely with all the other superfluous characters introduced in the sequel, too: that Australian girl with the tail, Sam’s obnoxious college buddy, that really old cranky Decepticon, and — yes, I’m gonna go there — the Twins. Simmons is obnoxious enough as it is, does he really need someone to back his inanity up?
Sometimes I think DreamWorks needs to hire someone to look over Michael Bay‘s shoulder and stop him every time he goes to introduce a new character to the franchise, possibly murming “Sir, there are already more than a dozen central characters, and dozens more with speaking roles; you don’t need one more.” Enough is never enough for Michael Bay.
Transformers The Third will be born some time in Winter next year (1 July 2011, to be precise) in all three perceptible dimensions.
New TRON LEGACY international poster
Aug 04
There’s no doubt Disney are on to a good thing with their highly anticipated sequel Tron Legacy starring Jeff Bridges. They’ve been trickling promotional media across the internet for a while now, gearing up for the film’s December release. So much so, Comic-Con 2010 was nicknamed Comic-Tron. Geddit? It’s a 3D film that I’m actually highly anticipating. If ever 3D suited a film, a Tron sequel would be it.
Anyway, here’s a look at a cool new international poster they released today, showing Kevin Flynn (Bridges) holding an identity disc.
Tron Legacy opens 16 December in Australia, the States and Canada get it the day after that.
Len Wiseman will get your ass to Mars in the TOTAL RECALL reboot
Aug 02
With Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium, Ultraviolet) on board to write, and Len Wiseman (Underworld, Die Hard 4.0) now officially announced to direct, can things possibly get any worse for the Total Recall reboot? Well, it’ll probably be in 3D, so, yeah, I guess they can.
The original is only 20 years old, and it showcases Arnold at the peak of his sci-fi / action career; it’s laced with Paul Verhoeven’s subversive violence and knowing satire. You wouldn’t reboot Goodfellas (would you?), so why does Total Recall deserve a 21st-century re-telling?
The full press release, including an exhaustive biography of Wiseman’s involvement in the art departments of such classic films as Godzilla and Stargate, can be found here.
OPINIONS COUNT