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[x007AceOfSpades]

Legendary Pictures' Skull Island has been retitled Kong: Skull Island. Release date has been moved to March 10th, 2017 and will star Tom Hiddleston

 

in other news, the Spectre script has leaked. I'm not posting or linking anything to it or journalist websites as I don't want to jeopardize my account on here as well as others. If you choose to seek it out, you'll have to do some searching on your own.

[tdalton]

That looks seriously cool.

 

It looks good, but at the same time it, at least from the trailers, seems as though it lacks a certain spark that Mann's previous films, such as Heat and Collateral had.  On the flip side, though, it does seem as though Blackhat is larger in scale than what we're accustomed to seeing from Mann, so that could be interesting. 

[Agent 76]

Mann's movies always have terrific cinematography. Blackhat shouldn't be different. 

[DamnCoffee]

 

in other news, the Spectre script has leaked. I'm not posting or linking anything to it or journalist websites as I don't want to jeopardize my account on here as well as others. If you choose to seek it out, you'll have to do some searching on your own.

 

Wise move. Do you know which draft it is? First draft, or final shooting script? Or just a random revision? 

[x007AceOfSpades]

 

 

in other news, the Spectre script has leaked. I'm not posting or linking anything to it or journalist websites as I don't want to jeopardize my account on here as well as others. If you choose to seek it out, you'll have to do some searching on your own.

 

Wise move. Do you know which draft it is? First draft, or final shooting script? Or just a random revision? 

 

Between August and October and possibly parts of November.

[Iceskater101]

There are a lot of movies coming out that I have become interested in. I watched the new Terminator trailer and it looks pretty decent. I haven't watched Terminator ever (sorry don't hate me) I kind of want to now though. Just to prepare for this movie. I love a good science fiction/action movie so this looks interesting.

I am going to make a list of movies that I look forward to seeing.

[tdalton]

There are a lot of movies coming out that I have become interested in. I watched the new Terminator trailer and it looks pretty decent. I haven't watched Terminator ever (sorry don't hate me) I kind of want to now though. Just to prepare for this movie. I love a good science fiction/action movie so this looks interesting.

I am going to make a list of movies that I look forward to seeing.

 

Definitely watch The Terminator and T2: Judgment Day.  Those are, without question, the best two and two of the best sci-fi/action films ever (although The Terminator could, to some degree, border on being a horror film as well).  

 

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation are OK entries that serve as decent entertainment as long as the expectations are lowered.  They're certainly not bad enough to warrant the semi-reboot they're doing with Terminator Genisys.

[007jamesbond]

2015 is a good year for movies but there only a few big ones that people will want to watch 

[x007AceOfSpades]

Uh-oh. Sony hackers promise to deliver large Christmas gift.

 

At this point, who knows what will be leaked. All I can say is that if it is remotely related to Spectre, just stay away from it and don't post anything on the boards for the sake of yours and others accounts and such. This Sony hack has damn nearly spoiled all the fun of the Spectre speculation and caused enough problems. We don't need anymore, right chaps?

[S K Y F A L L]

Agreed with you there, although I've only read a few bullet points. Hope it isn't SPECTRE related.

[Hockey Mask]

I'm sure it is the SPECTRE script.

[tdalton]

Trailer for The Gunman:

[thecasinoroyale]

Those bloody Sony leaks...hate them and those behind it all.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Still Alice - 2014 - 3/5 - Directed by Richard Glatzer and  Wash Westmoreland - starring Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin

"It feels like my brain is f****** dying and everything I've worked for in my entire life is going!"

 

Still Alice is a rather decent film. There's a few shining moment's in it such as the acting, though it feels a little too average. Going by predictability and the usual thematics we've seen in similar films, there's not a whole lot of specialty in the film. However, that doesn't make it entirely bad. It's rather good, though I feel it could have been better. A standard Oscar-Bait type of film. Julianne Moore plays Alice Howland, a linguistics professor at Columbia University who is suffering from an early onset of Alzheimer's disease. The film follows her life as her memory slowly begins to deteriorate as she begins to forget anything from the small things to the big things. The film also looks at how it has an impact on family, those you love.

 

For starters I have to say that the acting in this film was absolutely stellar. All performances from top to bottom were very, very compelling. Julianne Moore's performance is very emotional, and at times painful to watch. Not because it's bad but because she's coming off as incredibly realistic as an Alzheimer's sufferer. She's great to watch as she just loses herself in this role as she really carries this film completely. The other performances that I thought was great was Kristen Stewart's as one of Alice's three daughters, Lydia. She's the sort of odd-ball or black sheep of the family. Didn't go to college, wants to do her own thing without having to rely heavily on family. She gives a great performance that is equally hers and displays great emotion throughout. Something I thought was going to be impossible to do, but she is great to watch.

 

It's well paced at ninety minutes or so, and channels her Alzheimer's rate very well. It doesn't need two hours like The Theory Of Everything needed. It gets the job done well, even if it crosses the border of being melodramatic at times. It doesn't go to fast as we see her forgetting simple things such as a time of appointment to forgetting the location of the bathroom and to forgetting how to overall communicate. It's well done. The direction is a mixed bag, as at times it can be very well, letting the actors and the emotions shine through the story without being to predictable or melodramatic, and then other times being completely melodramatic. I would've liked to see the film take a slightly different narrative approach, as I feel it plays it safe at times. I do liked how they showed that Alice wasn't the only one that was being affected, and showed that everyone is affected by it. It takes an emotional and psychological toll on everyone, and the film does a very well done job of displaying it.

 

In the end, Still Alice is a very good film, but that's just about it. It has it's moments as well as the great acting, but there's not enough of those fantastic moments throughout the entirety to make it truly something special. Still worth a watch, I'd say.

 

"We have to keep the important things in our life going, we have to try, or we're going to go crazy."

 

Camp X-Ray - 2014 - 3.5/5 - Directed by Peter Sattler - starring Kristen Stewart and Peyman Moaadi

"Do not let them get inside your head."

 

Well this turned out to be rather nice. It wasn't too overly political or melodramatic at all. It has a Kristen Stewart in the lead, which to some could be seen as iffy, but she really turns in a very good performances in Camp X-Ray. Stewart plays Amy Cole, Army private first class who has just been sent to Guantanamo Bay to be placed as guard. She's completely new to the environment and isn't sure of what to expect, which leads to some events happening to her such as being "cocktailed". But throughout the course of the film she strikes up a friendship with one of the fellow detainees, Ali Amir (Peyman Moaadi).

 

Camp X-Ray really follows Stewart's character and the layers we see her go through in the film, which I honestly never thought I would ever write about. That's due to those awful Twilight films that she was in, but post-Twilight, she's starting to really shape into a fine, young actress. While I think Pattinson is the far superior actor, there's no telling that if Stewart follows great roles like this, she can start building herself a nice career and eventually have distant from that franchise.

 

It was a different type of war/military film in which there virtually wasn't any sort of warfare going on at all, which was nice. It settles for a regular drama story, but it's told in a great manner that has great characterization throughout. There's no need for propaganda or biased views, since it's totally unnecessary. It's just about Cole and Ali's friendship that channels throughout the near two hour film in many aspects. Both high's and low's. It's hard to not see Cole's reasons for the friendship, as you can relate, as you can strangely to Ali. All around, Camp X-Ray turned out to be better than I initially thought it would be. I was actually surprised at how well Kristen Stewart was, as well the overall writing and direction. Very well made film.

 

"Welcome to Gitmo."

 

Horrible Bosses 2 - 2014 - 4/5 - Directed by Sean Anders - starring Jason Bateman and Charlie Day.

"I make new enemies everyday, it's called business."

 

I was a fan of the first Horrible Bosses film and found it to be extremely funny. After hearing the slight negative reception the sequel had garnered I was worried it would turn it out like most comedy sequels. However, while Horrible Bosses 2 may follow some of the same tropes of the first film, it does introduce some new things and still maintain freshness.

After the events of the first film, Nick, Dale, and Kurt (Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis, respectively) have decided to quit their jobs entirely after working for their bosses. They start their own company and develop a shower device called the shower buddy. They have issues trying to find investors until they meet Burt Hanson (Christoph Waltz), who agrees to hire them on to manufacture a hundred thousand units as part of their deal. However, when they complete their end, Bur reveals that he plans on taking the hundred thousand item inventory, re-branding the device and making more money altogether. The trio then devise a plan to kidnap Burt's son, Rex (Chris Pine) and hold him for ransom. Only problem is, Rex likes the idea and wants to help them come up with a fake kidnapping plan and get more money out of Burt.

 

While I think the first film is slightly better, there was still a whole lot to enjoy in Horrible Bosses 2 . It's pretty much on par with the first film, which surprised me because again, most comedy sequels that are actually good are rather rare nowadays. The three leads still have terrific chemistry together, as does the rest of the cast together. I thought it would probably get old and stale watching the trio get involved in serious stuff and just flat out bitch at one another, but it's still hilarious as they find new things to talk about and more mischief to get into. Jamie Foxx has more screen time as Motherfucker Jones and Jennifer Aniston is just as hilarious as the nymphomaniac boss, Julia. Chris Pine can actually do comedy very well (see Stretch) and really pulls off being a smug prick about as well as Christoph Waltz does.

 

I pretty much laughed from start to finish, but there were definitely some hilarious moments. The initial meeting with Kevin Spacey's character, Harkin, from the first film practically left me in tears with his speech about having no balls. Chris Pine "fight clubbing himself" was hysterical, and the sex addiction class was hilarious. There really were non-stop laughs throughout which again surprised me because it was a sequel. The cast play very well off of each other and get their respective time to shine. It's definitely got much more crazier scenes in it compared to the first such as a car chase with Motherf***** Jones for example. Where the first film really showed how much their bosses were a**holes, this is more of the trio being complete idiots, but it's still funny. I honestly don't know why this got horrible reviews, considering it was hysterical. I actually found it to be funnier than 22 Jump Street, which managed to get praise. In the end, I guess it's just preferences, but Horrible Bosses 2 is a sequel that rises to the equation and is just as good as the original.

 

"You wanna know why? Because you have no balls. And your fathers had no balls. You are all the products of generations of ball-less men who were either too weak or too frightened to stand up and take what was theirs. And one day you will pass on your empty, shriveled sacs to your own pitiful offspring."

 

Mr. Turner - 2014 - 2.5/5 - Directed by Mike Leigh - starring Timothy Spall and Dorothy Atkinson

Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner is a biography film about the life and career of Britain's most renowned painter, J.M.W. Turner (Timothy Spall). Taking place in the last years of his life, we get a hindsight on his accomplishments, failures, and look at his life. His strange relationships with his housekeeper and father and the fact that he refuses to acknowledge his children from mistresses. It focuses on the genius that is the fantastic painter of Turner as well as the slight anarchic side to him. Clocking in at 150 minutes, this film was just way too long for starters. I don't mind long films, provided that they actually are very engaging and highly interesting. While the character of J.M.W. Turner sounds interesting on paper, ultimately the actual film leaves something to be desired. While Timothy Spall turns in an excellent performance, the film has some serious pacing issues. Fifteen to twenty minutes could have easily been re-worked/re-tooled or even cut altogether. There just feels as if there's no seemingly end to Mr. Turner as it just continues to go on and on. Technically speaking, this film is outstanding, but again, there's something in the film that leaves you wanting much more than what you've got. In the end, Mr. Turner isn't a bad film, but it's rather disappointing. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this as I've had several things on my mind, bugging me, so maybe this wasn't the right time to sit down and watch a movie.

 

Goodbye To Language - 2014 - NO RATING - Directed by Jean-Luc Godard - starring Zoe Bruneau and Jessica Erickson

There's a reason why this review for Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye To Language has no rating, because I simply cannot rate this film. Not because it's worst than one or zero star rating or because I'm switching full time to no longer rating or anything of the sorts. No, it's simply 70 minutes of jarring "what the f***". This was the first film I had ever seen by Godard as well, so go ahead and pelt me with tomatoes, insults and pleb-calling. Did I expect better? Well, I don't know. The narrative structure to the film is absolutely jarring. It's split into three parts with added 3D. With head scratching cinematography (save for some actual nice shots), and some rather iffy editing as well as some random, nonchalant nudity. Goodbye To Language is a strange film. It's basically an experimental film in the long run. That's the way I look at it. I feel like I got tricked into watching some strange film. I can't entirely put my finger on it. At least I got to put my French to some good uses. Who in the world knows. Goodbye To Language is just strange. A different type of experimental film. Definitely stranger and weirder than those Soderbergh experiments I've seen in the past.

 

Horns - 2014 - 3.5/5 - Directed by Alexandre Aja - starring Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple

"You don't believe I'm capable of murder? Just put me in a room with the guy who killed her."

 

A romance film that turns into a whodunit all while being some supernatural, dark comedy. That's going to end well, right? Well strangely, it wasn't entirely. If there's one thing I know about Joe Hill is that he certainly is a hell of a writer and his stories are very well thought of and can be utterly fucking scary (see "NOS4A2). "Horns" is one that I haven't read by him, but nonetheless still decided to check it out. I'm still part of the few that fails to see Daniel Radcliffe as an actor and not as Harry Potter, but Horns really did make me a believer in good performances from the young wizard.

 

Ig Parrish (Daniel Radcliffe) is a twenty-something year old man who is madly in love with Merrin Williams (Juno Temple), and as been since childhood. However, Merrin was raped and subsequently killed and Ig is looked at as the prime suspect. With the media following him everywhere he goes and Merrin's father (David Morse) shunning him away, Ig wakes up one morning with two horns protruding from his head as finds people telling him their secrets and deepest of thoughts all while not noticing his horns. Ig decides to use this power he as to his advantage as a way to find out the truth about who killed Merrin and to clear his name.

 

Horns is a rather different type of film, and for the most part, wholly original. It mashes together genres but doesn't feel bogged down to the extreme. The first hour or so of the film is definitely one of the strongest points of the film. We follow this guilt and angst ridden, Ig, who just wants to know the truth about what happened to the woman he loved. Once the horns come in, then the film sort of kicks up a notch, heading into comedy territory. There's definitely funny moments, but it doesn't stray too far away from the original, serious and dark murder mystery tone the film has. What isn't great, is the flashbacks showing a young Ig and Merrin. While it gives us insight on the two, ultimately the tone is dropped and it becomes too romantic. I feel if they had been cut entirely, then the film would've stayed with a concurrent and consistent tone.

 

There's other issues present as well, as the film does lose it's steam quite often. With each knew clue and part of the mystery solved, it feels as if the film is going on a little too much. As well as the overall reveal of the killer, which you can sort of see before it happens, the more the film progresses. And some of the character's don't seem entirely developed enough and are just there as means to further advance Ig's story. However, there are positives. The acting throughout is very good, particularly from Daniel Radcliffe. I'm not a Harry Potter fan at all, I stopped caring after the fourth film and haven't looked back, and I absolutely hated The Woman In Black. Here in Horns he seems to be a strange, yet natural fit for the character. Watching him perform actually made me forget about Harry Potter, he was that good. There's also some nice effects present, though towards the end some shoddy CGI shows up.

 

As a whole, Horns is actually pretty entertaining when it keeps it's foot solid in the ground and doesn't stray too far off (there's a few moments of this). It has rather nice direction, appealing to the senses, and a terrific performance by Radcliffe. While the script is questionable, I cannot comment on that or possible similarities as I haven't read the original novel by Joe Hill.

 

"Vanity doesn't pay and it's gonna be a long time before you can look pretty again."

 

LOOKING FORWARD TO: (Most anticipated are highlighted in bold and red)

Inherent Vice

Exodus

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

American Sniper

HAVE SEEN:

RoboCop - 1/5

Need For Speed - 4/5

Sabotage - 1.5/5

Nymphomaniac - 4/5

300: Rise Of An Empire - 0/5

Takedown: The DNA Of GSP - 4/5

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 3/5

Neighbors - 0/5

Godzilla - 2.5/5

X-Men: Days Of Future Past - 5/5

The Raid 2 - 0/5

22 Jump Street - 4/5

Deliver Us From Evil - 4/5

Under The Skin - 5/5

Edge Of Tomorrow - 4.5/5

Non-Stop - 3/5

The Monuments Men - 1/5

Locke - 4/5

Enemy - 4.5/5

The Purge: Anarchy - 3.5/5

The Expendables 3 - 2/5

Lucy - 3.5/5

Joe - 4.5/5

Snowpiercer - 4.5/5

Noah - 2.5/5

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - 1.5/5

Guardians Of The Galaxy - 3.5/5

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - 3.5/5

Dom Hemingway - 3.5/5

Transcendence - 2.5/5

The Grand Budapest Hotel - 5/5

Chef - 4.5/5

The Signal - 3.5/5

3 Days To Kill - 1/5

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 0/5

I, Frankenstein - 0/5

Boyhood - 5/5

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For - 2/5

Houdini - 3/5

Maleficent - 1/5

Brick Mansions - 2/5

Into The Storm - 0/5

Let's Be Cops - 3.5

Gone Girl - 5/5

Wolf Creek - 3.5/5

Stretch - 4.5/5

Open Windows - 3/5

Dracula Untold - 2/5

Annabelle - 0/5

The Town That Dreaded Sundown - 4/5

Interstellar - 5/5

Nightcrawler - 5/5

A Most Wanted Man - 4.5/5

The Rover - 4.5/5

Fury - 3.5/5

The Salvation - 2.5/5

Sex Tape - 2/5

The Equalizer - 2/5

The Judge - 4/5

John Wick - 5/5

Ouija - 0/5

Hercules - 3/5

The Giver - 2.5/5

Maps To The Stars - 5/5

This Is Where I Leave You - 3/5

Automata - 1.5/5

Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction - 2/5

Left Behind - 0/5

Get On Up - 3.5/5

As Above, So Below - 3/5

The Guest - 4.5/5

The Zero Theorem - 2/5

Jersey Boys - 3.5/5

The Babadook - 1/5

The Theory Of Everything - 3/5

St. Vincent - 4/5

The Drop - 4.5/5

Tusk - 4.5/5

Predestination - 4/5

Still Alice - 3/5

Camp X-Ray - 3.5/5

Horrible Bosses 2 - 4/5

Mr. Turner - 2.5/5

Goodbye To Language

Horns - 3.5/5

[007jamesbond]

not only is the sony leak hurting Bond it hurt spider man as well with lead actor Andrew Garfield fired from the role........I just hope someone can stop the hacker from posting it 

[x007AceOfSpades]

Can't hate them too much. They've done good and bad these, blackhats. They've ruined the fun of discussing Spectre, but have also made it much more interesting in terms of how the finished product will turn out over the leaks. They also exposed several executives and some celebrities for what they really are.

not only is the sony leak hurting Bond it hurt spider man as well with lead actor Andrew Garfield fired from the role........I just hope someone can stop the hacker from posting it 

That's IF Marvel get's the rights. Currently they don't as they're still in talks with Sony.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Cyber-Terrorists threaten Sony and theatergoers with the release of The Interview

 

I think it's safe to say that the S*** has pretty much hit the fan now.

[S K Y F A L L]

[x007AceOfSpades]

Sony cancels planned December 25th release of The Interview. Shelved indefinitely

 

North Korea behind massive hack against Sony according to Feds.

[seawolfnyy]

Saw that, ace. This is bad Sony. Not only that, but North Korea basically admitted to threatening the United States. The government needs to step kn and take charge.

[x007AceOfSpades]

There's definitely going to be some tension now. The Government is making a statement today, so I'm very interested in what they have to say.

As for pulling the film, it was a smart move. North Korea threatened moviegoers with a 9/11-esque attack to those who would go and see it. If Sony let the film play two things.

1.) If there was an attack, it would be on Sony for letting the film play after being warned, and would definitely raise more problems on them then they already have.

2.) If they let the film play and there was no attack, thus North Korea was bluffing, Sony would be ridiculed for taking a gamble of such with lives potentially at stake.

By pulling the film, they eliminate all of that. Doesn't mean they are giving in to terrorism like these ignorant directors and actors are reporting. It's about the lives of people that matter more than letting a film play in hopes nothing happens, all while making a cool hundred million or so. They won't release it on digital download platforms, Netflix, VOD, or even straight-to-DVD due to being unable to recuperate losses. By shelving it indefinitely, they are backed by insurance, which will cover up what they potentially lose. By releasing it on other means (of which I listed) that too is a trick situation. It would no doubt make money as all the controversy surrounding the film will definitely make people buy it, but there's no telling how much it would actually make, compared to theater and theater inflation, per se.

 

The film looked okay, but I feel sorry for the entire crew as well as Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who produced and directed the film, so I could only imagine the time and money they poured into it. But at the same time, was it too much to create a fictional country ruled by a fictional dictator? I understand it's freedom of speech, but they should've known there was definitely going to be some backlash to this in some way. Either way, hopefully one day it gets released, as all the issues surrounding it have definitely peaked an interest in me now. Who knows, maybe North Korea can put it online to torrent. Doubtful.

[seawolfnyy]

Well, I'm sure there are ways to watch the film. It's been screened for reviewers and even had it's Los Angeles premiere. I understand that Sony Pictures had a duty to protect moviegoers, but I still don't agree with this one bit. I'm 99% positive North Korea is bluffing (as they always are), but freedom of expression and speech are two cornerstones of our culture and they must be protected. I believe the U.S. needs to take a firm stand in this fight, but that's a conversation for a different thread.

[tdalton]

Sony was absolutely correct to pull the film, but it was a shame that AMC, Regal, Cinemark, and Carmike had to make that decision, which Sony should have been able to reach on their own. 

[seawolfnyy]

Paramount Pictures has followed Sony's lead and pulled Team America: World Police from many theaters that were planning to show it in place of The Interview. Great job guys. Terrorists 2 Freedom of Speech 0.

[Iceskater101]

I agree with Ace's two points, Sony had to pull the picture. They couldn't risk lives for a movie, and if there would have been an attack, Sony would have been at fault

[Professor Pi]

Sony had to pull the picture just off the PR alone.  And Ace made a good point about insurance coverages.  But Sony execs have made a chain of bad decisions leading up to this, from greenlighting the film, to how they lost the Steve Jobs movie, to racist emails, to the Marvel-Spiderman-Garfield negotiations, and of course their cavalier negligence toward their cyber security.  They've done an amazing amount of damage to their employees, business partners, parent company and their brand. 

[S K Y F A L L]

I can't believe they gave in. The hackers must have still had really something embarrassing and incinerating.

[S K Y F A L L]

So THE INTERVIEW did get released...

 

Paramount has found a new director for STAR TREK 3!!

 

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69855

 

A Promo Still From Guy Ritchie’s MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Movie!!

 

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69853

 

Is Wahlberg Back For More TRANSFORMERS??

 

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69839

[Iceskater101]

Well that's good that they are moving forward with Star Trek. I never really had a problem with the new movies. I thought they were good but then again I'm not a huge trekkie.

[Professor Pi]

The first Star Trek reboot won me over.  I managed to avoid the John Harrison identity, and so was actually surprised by the twist in the second one, though I found the final 30 minutes derivative and disappointing.  They went Transformers instead of Trek.