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Archive for May, 2009
New Image From Jim Carrey’s “A Christmas Carol”
John CampeaNews ChatYou know, I'm as skeptical as as anyone about this new Robert Zemeckis 3D motion capture animated film "A Christmas Carol" which follows in the footsteps of his other efforts such as Polar Express and...
Bradley Cooper Is Face In A-Team
John CampeaNews ChatA-Team is going to be a very difficult project to bring to the big screen in a way that will keep most people happy. You can't just make a movie version of the TV show. An action adventure where no ...
Terminator Salvations Gets All Time Widest Release In Middle East
John CampeaNews ChatYou know, I could only mention a few films off the top of my head that I thought could be a candidate for getting the widest release ever in the middle east. Terminator: Salvation would not be one of...
Star Trek Nearly Beats Angels And Demons
John CampeaNews ChatWell I knew it would be close. The other days I put up a post suggesting it was possible that Star Trek, in its second week could beat out Angels and Demons at the box office this past weekend. I di...
This Changes Everything: AMC And Now Regal Will Be All 4K Digial Projectors
John CampeaNews ChatThe future is here my friends. Sony Digital has just singed a deal with Regal Cinemas (they had already recently signed a deal with AMC Theaters) to install 4k (far beyond "high Def") digital project...
Kirk’s Dad Is Thor
John CampeaNews ChatFor those of you who haven't heard the news yet, yesterday it broke that actor Chris Hemsworth (who can be seen in theaters right now in "Star Trek" playing James T. Kirk's dad, George Kirk) has been ...
Video Blog: The Biggest Weakness Of The New Star Trek
John CampeaNews ChatFor those of you who have seen the new Star Trek movie (please don't watch this if you haven't seen the movie yet... there are spoilers). ...
Kevin Smith Making A Hockey Movie
John CampeaNews ChatTo all of my dear America friends, repeat after me: "Hockey is the greatest and more pure expression of athleticism and sports that mankind has ever, or will ever, conceive of." There, don't you fe...
Jason Statham Joins “The Killer Elite”
John CampeaNews ChatThere aren't many around these days. Legitimate action stars. Back in the 80's there were a whole bunch of them thrilling us on screen... these days there are MAYBE 2 or 3. Jason Statham is one of t...
The Road Trailer is Online
RodneyNews ChatThe Road is a movie based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. Esquire Magazine calls the movie "the Most Important Film of the Year" and I can't help but be moved by it. /Film describe...
Could Johnny Depp be playing Sinatra?
RodneyNews ChatJust after we discovered that Martin Scorsese would be directing the biopic of Frank Sinatra's life we now find out that Scorsese wants to use his favourite actor, Leonardo DiCaprio to star, but the s...
Gilliam Finally Returns to Quixote
RodneyNews ChatThe story of The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha is two fold. On one hand it is a classic 17th Century novel. On the other, it is a thorn in Terry Gilliam's side for the last 9 years since...
Toy Story 3 Trailer to be shown ahead of Up!
RodneyNews ChatAs if I had any other reason to see Pixar's Up! but now we get news that they will be showing the Trailer for Toy Story 3! I just got off the phone with John Ratzenberger and he told me that not o...
Bruce Campbell to appear at FanExpo 2009 Rue Morgue
RodneyNews ChatMy annual geek fest every year starts with the summer blockbuster season with one giant event right in the last month of it. FanExpo 2009 in Toronto, Canada. Its like the SanDiego Comic Con, but not...
Toy Story 3 Star Cameo in Up! Have we found it?
RodneyNews ChatPixar films have long since had a tradition of dropping Easter Eggs into their movies showing cameos of characters from their other films, sometimes before they even come out. The Pizza Planet Truc...
My Favourite SciFi Film: Star Wars Vs Star Trek
RodneyNews ChatThere seems to be a disturbance in the Force. Long time Star Wars fans became enbittered when the prequels came out, but clearly that set of movies was intended to draw in a whole new audience. And ...
Deborah Gibson talks Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopuss Sequel?
RodneyNews ChatWe talked about Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus the other day and since then, others have been yacking it up too. In fact the film is gaining popularity based on its absurd concept and campy effects that...
Lindsay Lohan joins The Other Side
RodneyNews ChatI used to be a big fan of Lindsay Lohan. She did a lot of fun fluffy teen comedy/romance movies and I was sure she was going to be a huge star. She showed some glimmers of real dramatic talent in a ...
New Inglourious Basterds Set and Cast Images
RodneyNews ChatMost of the images and teasers we are seeing about Inglourious Basterds seem to revolve around the heavy violence and the all star beefcake cast. But as rumours are passed around there is a concern t...
Glenn Morshower Returns For Transformers 2
John CampeaNews ChatYou've all seen Glenn Morshower. He's the only character to appear in every single season of "24" other than Sutherland... and he was the Colonel in command of the US military base that was attacked ...
Martin Scorsese To Direct Frank Sinatra Biopic
John CampeaNews ChatQuite frankly I'm stunned that a full motion picture biopic on the life of Frank Sinatra hasn't been made up to this point. The man's life is so damn interesting... so damn influential... so damn con...
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
John CampeaNews ChatThere are some ideas for movies that are so far out there that you can't decide if they're sheer genius, or just plain stupid as hell. The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break is one of those concepts. ...
First Christmas Carol Poster With Jim Carrey
John CampeaNews ChatRobert Zemeckis really loves his 3D motion capture animation. I wasn't all that big a fan of Polar Express, but I was floored by his rendition of Beowulf, which was not only amazing to look at... it w...
Dreamworks Doing Fright Night Remake
John CampeaNews ChatI only got around to seeing the original Fright Night almost 2 years ago when a friend of mine (who just loves the film) insisted I come over and watch it. I'm glad I did. The movie is flat out hila...
50 Cent And Forest Whitaker Are Jekyll and Hyde
John CampeaNews ChatCan someone please just shoot me? I feel like after the title of this post... and the first sentence I just wrote, I really shouldn't have to write any more. In an age where there are 10,000 really ...
Cliffhanger Reboot
John CampeaNews ChatI'm actually a pretty big fan of the old 1993 Sylvester Stallone flick "Cliffhanger". It was fun, had a terrific bad guy (John Lithgow), a solid supporting cast (like Michael Rooker) and that opening...
Van Damme and Vinnie Jones join Weapon
RodneyNews ChatJean Claude Van Damme and Vinnie Jones will be pairing up in Weapon, an action flick that will have the two as rival assassins. MovieWeb says: The film will center on Van Damme and Jones, who will ...
Getting Closer to Vin Diesel in xXx 3:The Return of Xander Cage
RodneyNews ChatIf you make a Vin Deisel film, you can't sequel it without Vin Diesel. Despite his shakey career and poor movie choices, it seems the only salvation left for Vin would be the franchises that made him...
American Gladiators Movie is a Go!
RodneyNews ChatI have always been fascinated by the American Gladiators TV Show. Those average joe athlete wannabes facing off against carefully marketed beefy defenders and mostly feminine amazons. I think it pla...
Possible Conan Directors Line Up
John CampeaNews ChatIt was with great joy that many people heard the news Brett Ratner was officially off as director of the new Conan movie. This let a void in the director's chair. Who would step in and direct the mi...
He-Man Still Alive But Sounds Like Crap
John CampeaNews ChatThere are some movie ideas where you think to yourself "man, it would probably be bad, but I'd love to see it 10 times if they ever made it". Another He-Man would be one of those projects for me. Fo...
Thor Casting In Final Stages
John CampeaNews ChatI'm not all that pumped about the upcoming "Thor" movie. I'll admit I was never taken with him much as a comic book character and I don't have much hope for seeing a screen adaptation. HOWEVER... ke...
UP Already Getting “Best Picture” Buzz
John CampeaNews ChatTwo years in a row Pixar has produced the #1 critically rated films of the year (Ratatouille and Wall-E) and two years in a row those films failed to get nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. I w...
Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopuss Trailer Online
RodneyNews ChatThis is just awesome. I can't imagine just how this got made, but I imagine that I could name off a few religious figures to thank. Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus looks like it will be SO BAD that ...
McG Admits Terminator Leaked Ending Changes
John CampeaNews ChatThere are potential spoilers in this post regarding Terminator: Salvation, so if you don't want to read them, don't go on. There have been a bunch of minor "controversies" surrounding the new Termi...
Will Star Trek Beat Angels & Demons To Stay At #1?
John CampeaNews ChatThe life span of movies these days has radically changed from 10 years ago. With so many new releases now, and with more and more people running out to see anticipated movies earlier and earlier in t...
Gamer Trailer
John CampeaNews ChatThe new Gamer trailer is now online. The new film from our friends Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank, Crank 2). Most people seem to have either a love or hate relationship with their movies. T...
Star Trek More Than Doubles Previous Best Star Trek Opening Weekend
John CampeaNews ChatGosh... do you think people have been hungry for a change of pace to the Star Trek universe? I've been saying for years that Star Trek was a dead franchise. DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD. Its movies bomb, th...
First Prince Of Persia Footage
John CampeaNews ChatAll video game movie suck. Tis a Universal law. Hey, don't hate the weatherman... hate the weather. But I've always expressed some mild optimism in a Prince of Persia project. There is a vast worl...
New Halloween 2 Poster Online
RodneyNews ChatA new poster has hit the net for Rob Zombie's Halloween sequel H2. I like the gritty darkness of the poster and the black and white illustration style. Doesn't make me all juicy to see the fil...
