Trailer of the Day: The Flash

A TV show centered around scientist Barry Allen, who suffers a freak accident that turns him into a superhero with the power of incredible speed.
– IMDb

A TV show centered around scientist Barry Allen, who suffers a freak accident that turns him into a superhero with the power of incredible speed.
– IMDb

There are times when you are watching a TV show and you realize that an actor is doing something that is destined to be award worthy. I noticed it the first time Jessica Lange strolled onscreen in AMERICAN HORROR STORY’s first episode and proceeded to swallow Connie Britton whole. I noticed it the second Matthew McConoughey sat down to be interrogated on TRUE DETECTIVE. And I noticed it when Peter Dinklage’s Tyrion Lannister couldn’t take it anymore and lashed out at pretty much everyone during his farce of a trial on last night’s episode of GAME OF THRONES.
Continue reading “Game of Thrones Season 4 Scene of the Week: And The Emmy Goes To…Peter Dinklage!”

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 70% (Critics) / 90% (Audience)
Directed By: Ti West
Written By: Ti West
Starring: Kentucker Audley, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen and Gene Jones
Studio: Magnet Releasing
Synopsis: A fashion photographer is traveling to meet his sister at Eden Parish. Once there, his friends begin to film interviews with the Eden Parish inhabitants, all of whom speak of the commune in glowing terms. However, they soon discover that there is a sinister edge to the commune that belies the seemingly peaceful setting. – (Source)

A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
– IMDb

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 28% (Critics) / 42% (Audience)
Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson
Written By: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler and Michael Robert Johnson
Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Kiefer Sutherland
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him. – (Source)

I came across this week’s cosplay while perusing Reddit…it is not the Ash and Misty that I recall my nephew watching on weekdays after school that is for sure.
Continue reading “Rule 63 Cosplay of the Week: Pokemon Edition”

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / NA (Audience)
Directed By: Harrison Smith
Written By: Harrison Smith
Starring: Eric Roberts, Felissa Rose and Danielle Harris
Studio: RLJ/Image Entertainment
Synopsis: The “Summer Camp” horror trilogy was one of the most popular franchises of the 1980s. However, the decade ended and so did director Julian Barrett’s career. Now Barrett plans to resurrect his gory series via a modern reboot patterned after reality filmmaking. With his former leading lady and an eclectic group of 10 young “contestants,” Barrett returns to the same locale where his old splatter-fests were filmed. When one of the campers is found savagely murdered, they realize there’s more at stake than just fame and fortune. Each of them is in a fight for their lives as they realize summer is over – forever. – (Source)

Too bad that Jawzilla poster is no longer in print because it rocks. Anyhoo, the folks at the Indie Toolbox mashed up the sounds from the upcoming GODZILLA movie trailer with footage from JAWS and it is amazing how well the two things synched up together.

In one of the more bizarre bits of movie cross-promotion comes the snack food item that no one has been waiting for in the form of X-Men: Days of Future Past Twinkies! The demented minds at Hostess have presumably seen fit to blast some of their classic snack cakes with radioactive goo to create a spongy mutated monstrosity with creamy filling in Blue Raspberry and Strawberry flavors!
Continue reading “These X-Men Twinkies Will Fatten Up A World That Should Hate And Fear Them”

Don’t make Hodor angry. You wouldn’t like Hodor when he’s angry. Especially not if he is under the mental control of an angry crippled kid whose entire existence has been yanked away from him.
Continue reading “Game of Thrones Season 4 Scene of the Week: Hodor Smash!”

The origin story behind Commissioner James Gordon’s rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman’s arrival. – IMDb
We all know about the current fortunes of prominent 1980s teen movie babes like Jamie Gertz, poor Kim Richards or (the above pictured) Lea Thompson but what about some of the other ladies from that era who haven’t kept that high a profile? Well I have wondered about several of them even if you folks haven’t and behind the cut is my update on 5 of my favorite ladies from some of my favorite teen movies from the 80s.
Continue reading “Whatever Happened To…These 80’s Teen Movie Actresses”