31 Days of Halloween: Nightmare City
31 Days of Halloween
Nightmare City (1980)
Directed by: Umberto Lenzi
Written by: Antonio Cesare Corti, Luis María Delgado and Piero Regnoli
Starring: Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter and Maria...
31 Days of Halloween: Red State
31 Days of Halloween
Red State (2011)
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Written by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Michael Parks, Melissa Leo and John Goodman
Religion can be scary. In that sense, Kevin...
31 Days of Halloween: The Beyond
31 Days of Halloween
The Beyond (1981)
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Written by: Dardano Sacchetti
Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck and Cinzia Monreale
Ah, Fulci gore. Just what I...
31 Days of Halloween: Scream 4
31 Days of Halloween
Scream 4 (2011)
Directed by: Wes Craven
Written by: Kevin Williamson
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette
What's happened to Wes Craven?!
The...
31 Days of Halloween: Paranormal Activity 2
31 Days of Halloween
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Directed by: Tod Williams
Written by: Michael R. Perry, Christopher B. Landon
Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat and Molly Ephraim
The...
Stallone is bringing it like it’s 1985 with his new homage to 80′s action flicks, The Expendables. Here’s the awesomely ridiculous extended trailer of machismo.
Watch it. Love it. I’m going to do me some sit ups.
The Expendables is currently slated to hit theaters on August 20, 2010.
More badass photos from Stallone’s The Expendables makes me want to immediately start doing crunches in my cubicle. Can I fit a weight set in there?
The Expendables is pretty close to wrapping principle photography and the images we’ve been getting have been awesome. 80′s macho heavy weights like Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren team up with a handful of other machismo actors like Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham and Eric Roberts. Van Damme, what did you turn a role down in this?!?!?! There are even rumors of Schwarzenegger making an appearance.
Here are the pics. The Expendables is scheduled to hit theatres on April 23rd, 2010.
Sylvester Stallone is plugging away at his action opus The Expendables with a smorgasbord of B-list action stars (“Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Dolph Lungren, Eric Roberts, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke just to name a handful). I’m really looking forward to a resurgence of dumb fun action, and The Expendables looks really promising (sans the PG-13 rating).
Here’s a new photo of Sly Stallone attempting to board a sea plane.
Back in the late ’80s, Randy “The Ram Robinson” (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey.
Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show and the adoration of his fans. However, a heart attack forces him into retirement. As his sense of identity starts to slip away, he begins to evaluate the state of his life — trying to reconnect with his daughter, and strikes up a blossoming romance with an aging stripper (Marisa Tomei). Yet all this cannot compare to the allure of the ring and passion for his art, which threatens to pull Randy “The Ram” back into his world of wrestling.
Director Darren Aronofsky presents a powerful portrait of a battered dreamer, who despite himself and the odds stacked against him, lives to be a hero once again in the only place he considers home inside the ring. [TrailerAddict]
Review:
5 or 10 years from now, when we think back to the movies of 2008, not many will be remembered. Sure, Sean Penn won an Oscar for his performance in Milk. Kate Winslet got naked and sexed up a minor in the Holocaust film, The Reader. Let’s face it, the “Oscar Bait” films got their best actor/actress awards. But when you think back, what will be the iconic images you’ll remember? Probably Heath Ledger’s Joker. Maybe Robert Downey Jr.’s rise back to the top. One thing is certain: Mickey Rourke‘s captivating performance, combined with the heart wrenching story of The Wrestler, is destined to be one of the most iconic performances of 2008, and maybe even the past decade.
I’m a big fan of dumb 80s action flicks. Sylvester Stallone has just began filming The Expendables he’s touting it as “…a 1980s movie with today’s technology.” I’m really looking forward to this flick (even though it’s going to be a PG-13 action flick). The Expendables is starring, written, directed and produced by Sly himself.
The other actors involved are: Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Giselle Itié, Charisma Carpenter, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Eric Roberts, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, and Jet Li.
Collider was able to make it to a Press Conference, head over there to read what Sly has to say about the flick. Also, Spoilertv has pictures from the first day of shooting. You can see a few of them above. Stallone is one ripped old dude. Makes me want to head to the gym.
These are more of my most anticipated movies of 2009.
X-Men Orgins: Wolverine
After Brett Ratner ran X-men into the ground with X-men 3, hopefully this will breathe new life into what we all loved about the first 2 X-men flicks.
Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar – as the fierce fighting machine who possesses amazing healing powers, retractable claws and a primal fury. Leading up to the events of X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Wolverine’s epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe whose appearances in the film series have long been anticipated.
The Wrestler
This is in Limited Release this month, but will be released wide in January. Can’t believe Mickey Rourke may be up for an Oscar!
Back in the late ’80s, Randy “The Ram Robinson” (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey.
Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show and the adoration of his fans. However, a heart attack forces him into retirement. As his sense of identity starts to slip away, he begins to evaluate the state of his life — trying to reconnect with his daughter, and strikes up a blossoming romance with an aging stripper (Marisa Tomei). Yet all this cannot compare to the allure of the ring and passion for his art, which threatens to pull Randy “The Ram” back into his world of wrestling.
Director Darren Aronofsky presents a powerful portrait of a battered dreamer, who despite himself and the odds stacked against him, lives to be a hero once again in the only place he considers home inside the ring.
The Unborn
This movie looks messed up, but interesting. Nothing like scary, evil ghost kids.
Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit.
And sometimes it actually succeeds.
Writer/director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.
Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spiritual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop.
With Sendak’s help, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany—a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born.
Dead Snow (aka Død Snø)
Nothing like a Norweigan horror flick about Nazi Zombies!
A group of eight friends drives to a cabin in northern Norway where German troops where slaughtered by angry locals living there in 1945. Now the undead zombie Nazi soldiers feast on whoever comes there way.