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Friday, January 4, 2013

How awful does this sound

Who wouldn't want to see a movie with the tagline:
 "The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff. " and "Retirement is for sissies"

The film in question is none other than The Last Stand by Korean director Jea-Woon Kim of one of my all-time favorite movies- I Saw The Devil http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/

Unfortunately, neither the tagline nor the mash-up of random actors simply doesn't get me excited...
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forrest Whitaker (whom I'm a fan of), Genesis Rodriguez, Peter Stormare, Johny Knoxville, Luis Guzman.
They should have thrown in Sir Ben Kingsley to really throw off viewers

They are calling this a Neo Western,
My guess is the term Neo Western is coined when you make a film with a bunch of Mexican actors, American actors and throw in a random Austrian ex-bodybuilder.

For the sake of everyone involved in this movie, I am hoping that its somewhat comedic in nature.
I fear that it may actually take itself seriously.

New releases to get excited about


What to expect from early Q1 movie releases (I apologize for the corporate lingo).

Normally January is the hangover month of the movie industry.
After a tsunami of December blockbusters, expectations are lessened for films released fresh in the new year.
Here's a short list of what is being released.
I will skip over discussing ill-timed (it isn't hallow e'en yet) and unnecessary releases such as Chainsaw Massacre 3D... I love me some slasher film but not when I'm still replaying Peanuts Christmas for my 4 year old.

Films I'm excited about are:

All Superheroes must die
Gangster Squad &
Mama

Films that might get some people going to theaters are
Broken City &
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunter

 

January 4
-
All Superheroes Must Die (limited)
-
Texas Chainsaw 3D

January 11
-
A Haunted House

- Gangster Squad


January 18

-
Broken City
-
The Last Stand - Mama


January 25


-
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (3D/2D theaters and IMAX)
-
John Dies at the End (limited)