Blog Detour Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series James Schumacher, January 23, 2019December 9, 2021 Detour Update – 4k Restoration and Bluray Way back when I had the idea of presenting reviews and analysis of all the major gold film reels of actual Noir titles featured in the game L.A. Noire. Life has a way of changing plans, so the project never got very far…. Continue Reading
Star Wars 7 from Disney!?!? Wow James Schumacher, October 30, 2012November 25, 2012 Disney buys Lucasfilm, plans to release ‘Star Wars: Episode 7’ in 2015 The purchase that has set the internet on fire. Disney has purchased Lucasfilm and all of it sub companies, including gaming with LucasArts as well as effect in Industrial Light and Magic. My brain leaps towards Jedi Academy… Continue Reading
Is Nothing Sacred? Ernest Rebooted James Schumacher, October 16, 2012October 19, 2012 Jim Varney’s corpse to get punked in ‘Son of Ernest’ Look, you’ll never hear from me that Ernest or his movies is high-brow top-notch film-making (or television back in the day). What I will tell you is that Jim Varney entertained me greatly as a child and as I aged… Continue Reading
Scott Discusses Blade Runner and Prometheus Sequels James Schumacher, October 11, 2012October 12, 2012 Scott Discusses Blade Runner and Prometheus Sequels Ridley Scott Talks Prometheus And Blade Runner Sequels Ridley Scott confirms preliminary work on a Blade Runner sequel (in which he reaffirms that Deckart was indeed a replicant) and also discusses what a sequel to Prometheus would entail. Blade Runner is one of… Continue Reading
Interview with Walken and Rockwell – Just as Awesome as it Sounds James Schumacher, October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 Interview with Walken and Rockwell – Just as Awesome as it Sounds Christopher Walken. Sam Rockwell. In a Room with Nerdist Two amazing actors, one from the old-school and one from the new. Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell sit down the Nerdist to talking about their new film, the amazing-looking… Continue Reading
Mandy Patinkin Reflects on Princess Bride James Schumacher, October 7, 2012October 7, 2012 Mandy Patinkin Reflects on Princess Bride Mandy Patinkin: 25 Years After ‘The Princess Bride,’ He’s Not Tired Of That Line : NPR Mandy Pantikin does an audio interview with interview, talking about The Princess Bride which is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. He seems to genuinely cherish his memories of… Continue Reading
Metro 2033 Optioned for Film James Schumacher, September 15, 2012September 15, 2012 Metro 2033 Optioned for Film Metro 2033 Film Rights Picked Up By MGM Metro 2033 was a pleasant surprise, a gloomy, moody Russian apocalyptic setting with creepy enemies made for a tense and good looking game. For my money it out-stalkered STALKER as far as setting. Apparently it came from… Continue Reading
Wreck-It-Ralph For Gamers and their Kids James Schumacher, September 12, 2012September 12, 2012 Wreck-It-Ralph For Gamers and their Kids Wreck-It-Ralph Really Looks Like It Might Be Toy Story for Video Games Will most definitely be taking the nieces to see this one. A new animated film featuring characters from the games I have played throughout my childhood and up to the present. Yeah,… Continue Reading
You had me at Robot Apocalypse James Schumacher, September 12, 2012September 12, 2012 You had me at Robot Apocalypse Zombieland Writers Sell Sci-Fi Script Epsilon To Sony I absolutely loved Zombieland. I’m a sucker for a good horror comedy cross-over, the seeds first planted by Ghostbusters in 84-85 and fully-realized once discovering Army of Darkness and working backwards through the Evil Dead trilogy…. Continue Reading
Looper Soundtrack from Found Sounds James Schumacher, September 3, 2012October 14, 2013 Looper Soundtrack from Found Sounds Looper Soundtrack Making Of New Looper poster, details on the film’s unique score – FLIXIST I’ve had my eye on Looper for quite some time. I try to watch anything with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in it. His acting is top-notch; such a long way from his… Continue Reading
Lawrence of Arabia Better than Ever James Schumacher, August 31, 2012August 31, 2012 Lawrence of Arabia Better than Ever Watch The New Trailer For The Lawrence Of Arabia 4K Restoration Lawrence of Arabia is coming back into to theaters and better than ever. The film is getting a full restoration at huge 4K resolution. The 4k resolution print will be showing at selected… Continue Reading
Treasure Island 1990 DVD Review James Schumacher, September 27, 2011November 13, 2012 I’ve been waiting for this for quite awhile. Since 97-98 when I bought my first DVD player and in truth as far back as the early 90s when I could find no VHS copy to replace my taped off the television version. Some of this is ground I’ve already covered… Continue Reading