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Cynema: It’s All About Me
Hyperbole OK, I watched this movie a billion times and everytime it gets better and better. One time I saw it 3 times in one day. I watched it in English then dubbed in French then in English. I am actually going to watch it now. THAT’S HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! — NetflixReview for Fargo The reviewer watched Fargo a “billion times.” The film runs 98 minutes. So 98 minutes times 1 billion…you get the point. Not only did this “reviewer” watch it three times in one day, they watched it in all the available dubbed languages and then continued to let us know that they are going to spend more time watching it right at the moment we are reading their review. Then to add emphasis, as if all of this were not enough, writes ALL IN CAPS HOW MUCH THEY LOVE FARGO! (as if we didn’t get it, the caps sure cleared things up.) Part of
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The Exorcism Of Molly Hartley Coming This October
Molly Hartley, played by Sarah Lind (Wolfcop), is now all grown up. The demon inside her lives on. It’s been six years since graduation, Molly is a suspect of a murder investigation and she has been admitted in into a mental hospital. Molly is wreaking supernatural chaos on the other patients and staff. It’s up to a priest (Devon Sawa) to rid her of the demon before she completes her transformation. Steven R. Monroe, who also directed ‘I Spit on Your Grave’, directed this supernatural sequel to the 2008 movie ‘The Haunting of Molly Hartley’. In the first movie Molly discovers that she is marked for the devil and will become his at the age of 18. ‘The Exorcism of Molly Hartley’ will be out on DVD and Blu-Ray on October 20, 2015.
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Outcast Announces Six New Cast Members
The supernatural series Outcast, from Robert Kirkman, the executive producer of The Walking Dead, has announced the addition of six new cast members. According to Deadline the new cast includes Melinda McGraw (Mad Men), David Denman (13 Hours), Grace Zabriskie (The Killing), Cathrine Dent (The Shield), Brent Spiner (Independence Day) and’ The Americans’ star Lee Tergesen. David Denman The series, based on the adaption of Kirkman’s graphic novel by the same name, will star Patrick Fugit as the main character Kyle Barnes, a young man in search of answers to why he has suffered from demonic possessions all of his life. Patrick Fugit The series also stars Pete Burris (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), Lacy Camp (Red Band Society), Julia Crockett (The Absence), Philip Glenister (Demons) and others. ‘Outcast’ will be directed by Adam Wingard. Robert Kirkman will be serving as a writer for the series, which will premier later this year on Cinemax.
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What Is Cynema?
What Is Cynema? For those of you wanting to be filmmakers, screenwriters or even actors, this blog is a way to address a trend that’s been gaining cultural power in the entertainment world. It is not column about how much you “love” or “hate” a movie. This will look at certain films that fit criteria called “Cynema” while other films examined will be those deserving of a second chance and look. Cynema: The cynical practice of contempt for an audience in the making of product that is devoid of creativity, passion, production value or respect while having the financial and creative means to do better. Some films in the following list are Cynema while others deserve a second look: Jaws 3D, Jaws The Revenge (aka Jaws 4), King Kong 1976, King Kong Lives, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Popeye, 1941, Waterworld, Gojira (1954), Godzilla 1998, The 4th Dimension, Psycho III, Alien 3, They Live, are examples of “Cynema” while
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When Filmmakers Strike Back
Keyboard Warriors A bane of social media is the “Inspirational Tweeter.” This is the person whose life is going so well, they feel the need to tell you how you too can find the happiness they have. They’re a digital Hallmark Card, the cyber chicken soup for the soul. It’s amazing how much annoyance can be packed into 140 characters. Another facet is the “Hipster Movie Reviewer.” These are the folks (usually male) with a blog or You Tube Channel who think they know about movies. Some are ballsy enough to take on real reviewers like Scott Weinberg and tell THEM how they’re wrong or “set them straight” especially when it comes to super hero or Adam Sandler films. These “reviewers” usually have little production value. Their videos are shot with no lighting or professional sound and while some have under 50 views they usually start their critiques with “Hey Everyone…” Everyone? You mean the 6 viewers minus the ones
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NOT A REBOOT. NOT A REMAKE. IT’S A REPACKAGING
The Summer of the Dinosaur Dinosaurs clobbered the combined super hero talents of The Avengers. They also handed Schwarzenegger his T-800 ass. Interestingly all three films are bred from the same cynical experiment that might have started in JJ Abrams’s lab…repackaging. Cynema has evolved or been upgraded much like Arnie’s T800 at the end of the latest Terminator franchise. My definition of Cynema says that a movie is made deliberately bad even if the filmmakers have the means to do it better. In the case of Jurassic World, Terminator Genysis and Star Trek: Into Darkness they are beautifully produced films, but all the more deceptive. These films all lack a central thing: a well done script. All three of these films are not unfolding stories, but rather set pieces stitched together with basic dialogue and character development to push things toward the next set piece. The argument could be made, that in a few years, the need for directors and
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Friday The 13th Series Coming To The CW
Mark Pedowitz, the network head of The CW, has confirmed that The CW in indeed developing a ‘Friday the 13th’ series based on the franchise. Deadline reported that Craig Van Sickle and Steve Mitchell, creators of ‘The Pretender’ series, will be writing the script for the new series. The new ‘Friday the 13th’ series that came about last year when Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, along with Crystal Lake Entertainment, signed a deal to produce the hour-long dramatic series based on the franchise’s characters and locations. Sean S. Cunningham, who was the head of the original 1980 movie, will be serving as executive producer of the show. There are few details about the possible plot, but it has been said that the series will delve into the characters background and relationships.
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Patient Zero Revealed In Fear The Walking Dead
We all know that if you’re bitten you turn into a walker, but who was ‘Patient Zero’ ? Fear the Walking Dead will be introducing us to the one who started it all. According ComicBook.com Patient Zero is a young woman named Gloria, played by Lexi Johnson. The exact details of how she came to be have not been released. Fear the Walking Dead premiers August 23! Pay attention to the video at the 0:50 mark. You will see Gloria (Lexi) in action.
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Comic Review: “Blood & Gourd” Issue #1
A bit about this book from it’s creators: It’s Devil’s Night in Olympia, WA – and out at Henderson Farms, the festivities are reaching a crescendo. Young and old have gathered to pick their own pumpkin, drink hot apple cider, and partake in the usual pumpkin farm fare. However, something has awakened from deep within the fertile soil. After years of abuse and humiliation, the pumpkins…are ready to pick us. You can Beg! You can plead! You can scream! But these hell’s lanterns are lit only with the burning desire to watch. You. Die! Through crowd-funding and sheer determination, the Dead Peasant team has successfully conjured up one of the most bizarre, offbeat, and exciting comic books in years. With its roots in the classics and its vines in the new, Blood & Gourd is like EC Comics meets ’70s/’80s cult horror in 2015. Murderous pumpkins and assorted Halloween horrors bring to the fore an all new set of myths
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Norman Reedus returns to video games in “The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land”
Norman Reedus A.K.A Daryl from “The Walking Dead” is making a return to the video game spectrum this year with Next Games “The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land”. Announced last year by AMC “No Man’s Land” is a mobile action adventure game with RPG and strategy elements. Set in “The Walking Dead” universe, it has you taking control of a group of survivors and you must help them survive the zombie apocalypse with the help of Daryl who will indeed be voiced by Norman Reedus. New game play was officially revealed today in a short trailer and from what I saw it’s easy to see that Next Games (the developers) are huge fans of “The Walking Dead” with even the CEO of Next Games Teemu Huutanen stating “We are very excited about the momentous opportunity to bring one of the most adored TV shows into the mobile realm in collaboration with our partner AMC, the creators of the TV series”.
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Cynema: It’s All About Me
Hyperbole OK, I watched this movie a billion times and everytime it gets better and better. One time I saw it 3 times in one day. I watched it in English then dubbed in French then in English. I am actually going to watch it now. THAT’S HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! — NetflixReview for Fargo The reviewer watched Fargo a “billion times.” The film runs 98 minutes. So 98 minutes times 1 billion…you get the point. Not only did this “reviewer” watch it three times in one day, they watched it in all the available dubbed languages and then continued to let us know that they are going to spend more time watching it right at the moment we are reading their review. Then to add emphasis, as if all of this were not enough, writes ALL IN CAPS HOW MUCH THEY LOVE FARGO! (as if we didn’t get it, the caps sure cleared things up.) Part of
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The Exorcism Of Molly Hartley Coming This October
Molly Hartley, played by Sarah Lind (Wolfcop), is now all grown up. The demon inside her lives on. It’s been six years since graduation, Molly is a suspect of a murder investigation and she has been admitted in into a mental hospital. Molly is wreaking supernatural chaos on the other patients and staff. It’s up to a priest (Devon Sawa) to rid her of the demon before she completes her transformation. Steven R. Monroe, who also directed ‘I Spit on Your Grave’, directed this supernatural sequel to the 2008 movie ‘The Haunting of Molly Hartley’. In the first movie Molly discovers that she is marked for the devil and will become his at the age of 18. ‘The Exorcism of Molly Hartley’ will be out on DVD and Blu-Ray on October 20, 2015.
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Outcast Announces Six New Cast Members
The supernatural series Outcast, from Robert Kirkman, the executive producer of The Walking Dead, has announced the addition of six new cast members. According to Deadline the new cast includes Melinda McGraw (Mad Men), David Denman (13 Hours), Grace Zabriskie (The Killing), Cathrine Dent (The Shield), Brent Spiner (Independence Day) and’ The Americans’ star Lee Tergesen. David Denman The series, based on the adaption of Kirkman’s graphic novel by the same name, will star Patrick Fugit as the main character Kyle Barnes, a young man in search of answers to why he has suffered from demonic possessions all of his life. Patrick Fugit The series also stars Pete Burris (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), Lacy Camp (Red Band Society), Julia Crockett (The Absence), Philip Glenister (Demons) and others. ‘Outcast’ will be directed by Adam Wingard. Robert Kirkman will be serving as a writer for the series, which will premier later this year on Cinemax.
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What Is Cynema?
What Is Cynema? For those of you wanting to be filmmakers, screenwriters or even actors, this blog is a way to address a trend that’s been gaining cultural power in the entertainment world. It is not column about how much you “love” or “hate” a movie. This will look at certain films that fit criteria called “Cynema” while other films examined will be those deserving of a second chance and look. Cynema: The cynical practice of contempt for an audience in the making of product that is devoid of creativity, passion, production value or respect while having the financial and creative means to do better. Some films in the following list are Cynema while others deserve a second look: Jaws 3D, Jaws The Revenge (aka Jaws 4), King Kong 1976, King Kong Lives, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Popeye, 1941, Waterworld, Gojira (1954), Godzilla 1998, The 4th Dimension, Psycho III, Alien 3, They Live, are examples of “Cynema” while
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When Filmmakers Strike Back
Keyboard Warriors A bane of social media is the “Inspirational Tweeter.” This is the person whose life is going so well, they feel the need to tell you how you too can find the happiness they have. They’re a digital Hallmark Card, the cyber chicken soup for the soul. It’s amazing how much annoyance can be packed into 140 characters. Another facet is the “Hipster Movie Reviewer.” These are the folks (usually male) with a blog or You Tube Channel who think they know about movies. Some are ballsy enough to take on real reviewers like Scott Weinberg and tell THEM how they’re wrong or “set them straight” especially when it comes to super hero or Adam Sandler films. These “reviewers” usually have little production value. Their videos are shot with no lighting or professional sound and while some have under 50 views they usually start their critiques with “Hey Everyone…” Everyone? You mean the 6 viewers minus the ones
Continue reading →
NOT A REBOOT. NOT A REMAKE. IT’S A REPACKAGING
The Summer of the Dinosaur Dinosaurs clobbered the combined super hero talents of The Avengers. They also handed Schwarzenegger his T-800 ass. Interestingly all three films are bred from the same cynical experiment that might have started in JJ Abrams’s lab…repackaging. Cynema has evolved or been upgraded much like Arnie’s T800 at the end of the latest Terminator franchise. My definition of Cynema says that a movie is made deliberately bad even if the filmmakers have the means to do it better. In the case of Jurassic World, Terminator Genysis and Star Trek: Into Darkness they are beautifully produced films, but all the more deceptive. These films all lack a central thing: a well done script. All three of these films are not unfolding stories, but rather set pieces stitched together with basic dialogue and character development to push things toward the next set piece. The argument could be made, that in a few years, the need for directors and
Continue reading →
Friday The 13th Series Coming To The CW
Mark Pedowitz, the network head of The CW, has confirmed that The CW in indeed developing a ‘Friday the 13th’ series based on the franchise. Deadline reported that Craig Van Sickle and Steve Mitchell, creators of ‘The Pretender’ series, will be writing the script for the new series. The new ‘Friday the 13th’ series that came about last year when Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, along with Crystal Lake Entertainment, signed a deal to produce the hour-long dramatic series based on the franchise’s characters and locations. Sean S. Cunningham, who was the head of the original 1980 movie, will be serving as executive producer of the show. There are few details about the possible plot, but it has been said that the series will delve into the characters background and relationships.
Continue reading →
Patient Zero Revealed In Fear The Walking Dead
We all know that if you’re bitten you turn into a walker, but who was ‘Patient Zero’ ? Fear the Walking Dead will be introducing us to the one who started it all. According ComicBook.com Patient Zero is a young woman named Gloria, played by Lexi Johnson. The exact details of how she came to be have not been released. Fear the Walking Dead premiers August 23! Pay attention to the video at the 0:50 mark. You will see Gloria (Lexi) in action.
Continue reading →
Comic Review: “Blood & Gourd” Issue #1
A bit about this book from it’s creators: It’s Devil’s Night in Olympia, WA – and out at Henderson Farms, the festivities are reaching a crescendo. Young and old have gathered to pick their own pumpkin, drink hot apple cider, and partake in the usual pumpkin farm fare. However, something has awakened from deep within the fertile soil. After years of abuse and humiliation, the pumpkins…are ready to pick us. You can Beg! You can plead! You can scream! But these hell’s lanterns are lit only with the burning desire to watch. You. Die! Through crowd-funding and sheer determination, the Dead Peasant team has successfully conjured up one of the most bizarre, offbeat, and exciting comic books in years. With its roots in the classics and its vines in the new, Blood & Gourd is like EC Comics meets ’70s/’80s cult horror in 2015. Murderous pumpkins and assorted Halloween horrors bring to the fore an all new set of myths
Continue reading →
Norman Reedus returns to video games in “The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land”
Norman Reedus A.K.A Daryl from “The Walking Dead” is making a return to the video game spectrum this year with Next Games “The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land”. Announced last year by AMC “No Man’s Land” is a mobile action adventure game with RPG and strategy elements. Set in “The Walking Dead” universe, it has you taking control of a group of survivors and you must help them survive the zombie apocalypse with the help of Daryl who will indeed be voiced by Norman Reedus. New game play was officially revealed today in a short trailer and from what I saw it’s easy to see that Next Games (the developers) are huge fans of “The Walking Dead” with even the CEO of Next Games Teemu Huutanen stating “We are very excited about the momentous opportunity to bring one of the most adored TV shows into the mobile realm in collaboration with our partner AMC, the creators of the TV series”.
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