I’d like to thank a recent G-S-T reader/commenter for the inspiration and advent of this post. After writing a post on “Nostalgia”, I got quite a lot of flack for saying I just don’t get Blade Runner. I also got some (actually far more than I imagined) agreement and a good number of readers concurred with me. But where as my post was asking “Does Nostalgia make a movie better than it is?“, I believe this post can branch out (thanks to the suggestion from Stuart) and explore how going back to something we one loved as a kid but now find it is nothing like (or worse) what we remembered.…
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Pulitzer Be Damned!! Kreativ Blogger you say?? I'll take it!!
Gifted writer, movie lover and fellow Cowboy Bebop fanatic at Cut the Crap Movie Reviews has nominated we humble 3 at G-S-T for the coveted Kreativ Blogger Award! Our thanks and hats are off to you kind sir! Thanks for the complimentary words and the fact that you think of us even when not frequenting our site…you filthy little frequenter:P As with anything you receive (chain letters, Christmas cards, a title loan) there’s hefty work in return for getting something so heartfelt and special. 1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award. (Mr. Redmond, we’ve reviewed your file and it seems you’ve been leading two lives: one is a college…
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Sweet (teaser) Trailer…'The Company Men'
Last year we wrote about the upcoming Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Affleck film The Company Men. Honestly I forgot about it and thanks to this teaser, it’s back on my radar. Well I wouldn’t even call it a teaser because aside from the SD quality, I don’t think it looks official in any way shape or form. Even the music (which I really really like as it sounds like something from E.S. Posthumus) doesn’t make me feel like this is a real movie as it looks nothing more than some fan made trailer. My guess is that this is what the production company is using to sell to a distributor.…
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Sweet Trailer…'Kick-Ass'
Oh now this is good news to start the week off!! The 2nd Kick-Ass trailer debuted on Friday and all I have to say is that I may have another film now running neck and neck with The Expendables and Robin Hood for most anticipated film of 2010. I think everyone, by now, should already be aware of and excited for this movie so I won’t take up any more time writing about it. For now, feast on this… I like that this trailer (and the others released before now) shows new and different footage, as most trailers out there show the same content with very minor variation…oh, and this one…
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LOST: Season 6 Promo
While I kind of hate watching LOST on TV (those pesky commercials really get in the way, don’t they?) I’m excited for the upcoming 6th and final season. Many friends I talk to about the show tell me they lost interest somewhere in the middle of Season 3. One of the reasons being, and I quote “the story line got all trippy and my favorite characters kept dying“. To me, that’s where it started to get better if you ask me. But then again, I like my stories complicated because it makes me feel smarter when I watch. One great thing about the creators of LOST is they know they…
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Sweet Trailer…’A-Team’ (lo-rez)
For all you eager fans out there, have a look at the first <leaked> trailer for the new ‘A-Team‘ movie. Sorry for the low quality resolution, but its all that’s out now (before it gets yanked by YouTube). Have a look and let me know what you think… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjvkS0bqx70 For not being a fan of the show, I’d say it looks entertaining. What say you??
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Hugh Laurie and ‘House M.D.’ are the People’s Choice!!
Since I refused to watch the People’s Choice Awards, I happily came running in like a little kid when my fiance yelled, “House is up for an award!”. I’ve said it before, I love House, can’t get enough House, refuse to admit Season 4 of House actually happened, but I love love love love love House. Anyway, now that I got that out of my system, I’d like to let you all know (if you didn’t watch last night) that Hugh Laurie won the People’s Choice Award for “Favorite TV Drama Actor” Wow!!! If you want to see the build up and the other nominees (umm, nope), watch this clip from…
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‘G.I. JOE’ Sequel Gets Some Writers
While I think I am only one of a handful of people who actually enjoyed the Stephen Sommers’ G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, I probably sit in a group of a lot fewer who are excited about a sequel. Pity. But hell, I was the only one sitting in the theater for the first movie and I didn’t mind, so I actually welcome that same setting for the sequel…especially if it has more Snake Eyes. Anyway, as is common practice for studios who do moderately well on a property, the knee jerk reaction (if the movie isn’t a dud) is to immediately think “sequel”. When news hit last August that…
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What is Sam Mendes' role in the next "Bond" film??
There are times that movie news makes me smile and today is one of them. FirstShowing.net is reporting that Sam Mendes, the man behind American Beauty and Road to Perdition (which I just love), just might helm the upcoming Bond 23. For more on this, here’s an excerpt from FS.net: MGM first announced (via Heat Vision) that Oscar winning British filmmaker Sam Mendes, of American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, and Away We Go, has been hired to direct the upcoming 23rd James Bond movie. Despite recent concerns that the production was temporarily on hold, MGM is on track to release Bond 23 in late 2011. Bond regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade…
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Sweet Trailer…’Repo Men’
I know I’m pretty late to post this but I have to say that because when I first saw it, I wasn’t blown away. Yet as I watched it again, I found it quite interesting and entertaining. For those of you who know about this film, have a second look. For the rest of you oblivious to this project, I hope this is up your alley. Enjoy… After watching it the second time, did some investigating and I read some of the comments on other movie sites. It seems this is a big budget (and non-musical) remake of Repo! The Genetic Opera. Now I haven’t seen Repo! so I was none the…