Vin Diesel, yes, the guy from THE PACIFIER, is finally trying to break out of his children's PG movie mold by, get this- playing a ex-veteran mercenary who takes a dangerous job in which he must escort a gorgeous young woman from Mother Russia to Father China in a futuristic BLADE RUNNER-esque world. Strangely enough, the woman is special. No, she isn't the only pregnant female in a infertile population, she is actually host to an organism that a cult direly wants to produce it's own genetically engineered version of the Messiah. Wicked. So ya, the trailer is actually really fun and impressive and looks to be a great watch. Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, who I believe was in Spielberg's MUNICH, also directed the only film that has made Penelope Cruz look unattractive, GOTHIKA.
But this, BABYLON A.D. does look very...exciting. The trailer looks like a futuristic version of THE TRANSPORTER complete with bald headed protagonist, mixed with a CHILDREN OF MEN-ish plotline with REQUIEM FOR A DREAM soundtrack, yes it does look intense indeed. Don't take my word for it though, here's the trailer from IGN. Baw się dobrze.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Vin Diesel is the last action hero in BABYLON A.D.
American WANTED red band
Nothing new here. Refer to the Russian red band trailer which is still a bit more exciting but at least in the American one here, Morgan Freeman drops the F-bomb.
Still, give it a watch and anticipate WANTED which opens June 27th.
Monday, June 9, 2008
It's a WATCHMEN extravaganza !!
So, WatchmenMovie.com has been posting set visits and behind-the-scenes chronicles from WATCHMEN over the past few months since it went into production. WATCHMEN was originally a graphic novel written by the amazing Allan Moore and illustrated by equally amazing Dave Gibbons. I first read part of the graphic novel when I was younger, about 6 years ago, and was completely lost. When I finally revisited it about 3 years ago, I was blown away. There is a reason why the film has been through so many directors and writers. WATCHMEN is just...so much bigger than everything else. There are not many storylines and plots that I keep in my personal pantheon, but this is definitely up there. Head over to that official site and read a synopsis before heading to Barnes & Noble or Borders, or Amazon and to buy this because it's absolutely worth it.
Oh right, the post. Ok so, Zack Snyder, the man/director making the film adaptation a reality, has been doing his best to update the site with little tidbits from the set and that includes short Video Journals which will lead up to the film's release on March 6th, 2009. I bring you today, part 3 of the 12 part series which is respectively titled, "Stunts." Very cool stuff, very cool stuff indeed. Continue reading below for the first two entries in the Video Journal series as well as character photos and other photos. It's a WATCHMEN extravaganza. Enjoy.
Character portraits
DONKEY PUNCH: Lesser known brother of Rhino Jab
I remember seeing the poster for this film (see Figure 1a) almost a year ago I believe. I just recently saw the trailer for it and just thought others might enjoy, or not. DONKEY PUNCH finally opens wide in the UK July 18th, which would be completely disastrous if THE DARK KNIGHT also opened in the UK that day. The trailer is reminiscent of films like the Oscar-worthy I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and looks like a mash-up of SPEED 2:CRUISE CONTROL and THE HILLS HAVE EYES. Still, it looks fun and it's something I'll want to watch when it's out on DVD. Check out the trailer below and remember that "You don't have to do drugs to be dope."
VALKYRIE trailer
I really didn't want the title for this to be anything quirky because in truth, I have been very much looking forward to Bryan Singer's SUPERMAN RETURNS follow-up film, VALKYRIE. I've been out of town for a couple days and I'm back with an all new trailer for the film about the planned assassination of the leader of the Third Reich, dictator, and the man responsible for the death of over 40 million people, Adolf Hitler. Although Operation Valkyrie was a failure, Singer's film looks to be as much a dramatic performance capture as history lesson.
Say what you will about Tom Cruise, but when it comes to on-screen delivery, the man is among the best. The film includes an amazing cast with actors Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Christian Berkel, David Schofield, Terrence Stamp, Eddie Izzard and many more. After And here, is the trailer for VALKYRIE. The film opens June 27th. Genießen
Friday, June 6, 2008
TWILIGHT's Rob and Kristen MTV Movie Awards interview
MTV Movie Awards were a few nights ago and there are tons of great clips from it but since you can find those on tons of site all over the interweb, I'll save them for a W(what)T(the)V(video)?! post several months from now. What is hot topic no matter what day it is here on GreenHouseFilmReviews is TWILIGHT. I have two quick interview clips from pre-Awards show out on the Gold Carpet with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart who respectively play Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.
It's great to see them both promoting the film but, and I know that they are still fairly young actors, but aren't they just the worst at PR? I mean, watching Rob even in other interviews for TWILIGHT, the guy just says the wrong stuff...all the time. Oh well, as long as he has the acting talent, he'll be fine by me (if anything can be learned from Tom Cruise's escapades). Well, here's part one of the interview. Hit the jump below part two. Catch ya later Twilighters.
Is it just me or...would anyone else want Ellen Page to play Bella? How great would that be? Really great, that's how great.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
METAL GEAR Retrospective Part Four
Part Four of GameTrailer.com's METAL GEAR Retospective is here. If you've somehow managed to miss Part One, Part Two, and Part Three of this Retrospective, well then, shame on you. We have no time for chit chat right now, how about we just jump straight into the video for Part Four? Yes? Okay.
WTV=What The Video?!
I didn't want to have to start up a portion of the site called Video of the Day or anything, but I want there to be something under which I can post fun videos I find over the interweb. So today, I bring you a video form some guys, Payman and Sean, who I have been a fan of since they started up. There began as Awkward Pictures and have now started a skit comedy show called Comedy Gumbo which will be premiering on Sony's YouTube page, C-Spot, where you can subscribe and watch all sorts of great videos. Payman and Sean's Comedy Gumbo will premiere on June 20th so don't miss out.
Here is a brand new video from them parodying a Nintendo Wii commercial. It's fun but I encourage you all to visit their site and watch all of their other videos, you'll love them.
Breaking: Never before seen DARK KNIGHT trailer
I was just browsing the inter-waves and came across this never before seen DARK KNIGHT trailer with new footage on SlashFilm.com. So click the link below and ejoy, I know I did.
July 18th isn't that far away now, can you feel tension and shooting pains in your left arm? Oh, wait, it's just me. But seriously, July 18th, let's go see it in IMAX.
