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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.
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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,
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.
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
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
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