Satoshi Kon, The creator of some very excellent anime films, has died. In a genre that has become very cookie-cutter, Kon’s work was always original and different. His vision will be missed.
Suggested viewing:
- Perfect Blue
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Paprika
Ever since Sense & Sensibility & Zombies, it has been apparent that gawdawefully dull Jane Austen books can actually be made interesting with the addition of a heaping helping of something awesome. Jane Austen’s Fight Club seems to prove the theory. Though to be fair, I’m not sure there is anything so boring that a little Fight Club wouldn’t make it watchable.
Remember that “Machete” trailer I posted a couple months ago? Well now there’s another one, and it turns the badass up to 11. Maybe even 11.5. (via IGN)
The Chive collects 50 pics of toys, movies and memories from growing up in the 80s. Some really good stuff here, mostly taken from I’m Remembering! (another great site). (via Digg)
Reboots of old franchises seem to be the hip thing these days. Most of them are just a half-hearted attempt to squeeze a few more bucks out of a series that has become a joke from endless terrible sequels.
This is different. Mortal Kombat was sort of a joke to begin with. Even the first movie in the series was ridiculous. This reboot seems like an attempt to do for MK what Tim Burton originally did for Batman - take a campy spoof-of-itself and make a legitimate action movie out of it. It’s not scheduled for release until 2013, but this nearly 8 minute trailer leads me to believe that the new Mortal Kombat might actually be good, brutal fun.
They say celebrity deaths come in threes. Well, “they” are mostly idiots, but we did have three celebrities die in the last few days. First was Art Linkletter, who I am too young to care about one way or the other. Next was Gary Coleman, who had it so rough that even I can’t bring myself to make a midget joke about him. Then today, Dennis Hopper died after a battle with cancer.
The dude made a lot of great films (and quite a few stinkers), but I will always remember this scene from True Romance - one of the single best scenes in any movie, ever.
SEX AND THE CITY 2: Yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap YAP bock bock yap yap hee haw zzzzzzzz.
The best movie review in the history of criticism has just been written about the worst movie in the history of cinema. I know I have a tendency to abuse superlatives, but in this case, it is totally warranted. Sex and the City 2 really is that bad, and this review really is that good. Click the annoying cunts in the desert to read it.
Seriously though, can’t wait for this to get Rifftraxed.
Just when you thought that there were only two movies vying for the title of “badassest film of the year” (Kick Ass and The Expendables), a third horse enters the race. Machete’s timing couldn’t be better - set in Arizona and revolving around the war on illegal immigration, this oldschool mexploitation flick looks destined for glory. Damn, I can’t wait to see this. (via Ain’t it Cool News)
