SIGHTHOUND REVIEW: A SCENE BY SCENE STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS CRITIQUE

Legend has it that Alfred Hitchcock coined the term "Sandwich Moment" and used it to describe an event that would occur a day or so after watching a film of... questionable quality. He sometimes used the similar term, "Refrigerator Moment." It's kind of a funny, frustrating, revelation. It feels like you've had the wool pulled over your eyes and suddenly, after the fact, notice it. Like you witnessed a great slight of hand artist at work and just figured out his trick. In a flash, you feel respect for the skill involved, and amusement or entertainment on some level for the ingenuity of the trick, but primarily, you feel like you just got taken.

One of these dudes is an Asian Sikh with Mongol ancestry. Can you guess which one?

A SEQUEL I DIDN'T WANT LOOKS COOL DESPITE MY SCORN

When I heard that some unholy producers had decided to create a sequel to Korea's genre-bending "monster movie" THE HOST, I winced. Why wouldn't I? It would likely be an hollow, uninspired, reanimated corpse of the original, right? That's what usually happens when a second film fires up without any of the original creatives attached. It smelt like a cash grab. But then this test footage appeared online. The film may still turn out to be poop, but so far, it looks pretty great.

Sweet video and links after the break: 

CAT SHIT ONE IS THE BEST WAR SERIES STARRING RABBITS YOU WILL EVER SEE

Yes, the title is actually Cat Shit One. And despite being animated and despite featuring cute looking rabbits as soldiers, it really is quite authentic. It's also one of the best war story series of any kind once you settle in and get used to what you are looking at.

Video after the break

PAPER DOLL VERSION OF PROMETHEUS TRAILER RULES

Share this little piece of awesome with as many folks as you can. I absolutely love it. I was grinning through the whole thing and I'd be more than happy to sit through the feature length version too.

Click on the pic above to view at YouTube.com

LOHAN CHANNELS LIZ TAYLOR - SORT OF

The interwebs are abuzz with talk of how closely Lindsay Lohan resembles Liz Taylor in the first shots from her Lifetime Network TV movie, Liz and Dick. Personally I think the biggest difference between the two is that Liz Taylor wasn't a vacuous, self-absorbed attention whore, but I could be wrong.
No I'm not.

Here's a link to more pics on JoBlo.com

7 WEEKS OF RESHOOTS FOR WORLD WAR Z FILM

According to DailyMail.com, zombie blockbuster World War Z, starring Brad Pitt, based on the bestselling novel by Max Brooks is not in good shape and an additional seven weeks of reshoots have been scheduled to correct whatever horrible problems are ailing that project. An entire movie can be shot in that time, so I'm guessing that an early cut of the film has scared the living bejeesus out of whomever is in charge. They had already pushed the release date back from December 2012 to June 2013, so this shoot sounds like it's been deep in the weeds for a while. Here's hoping that after all the extra effort (and money!), they actually do that awesome book some justice.

FIRST (BLURRY) SHOT OF A KLINGON FROM STAR TREK 2!

So the good folks over at AintItCoolNews.com have scooped a leaked image from the new Trek Movie. Apparently J.J. Abrams visited MTV recently and some keen observer noticed this shot on a monitor behind the director's chair. Word is this is a helmeted Klingon and it's the first look at what the new film series is planning for the classic bad-guy aliens.

HALL OF ARMOR SHOT FROM IRON MAN 3

As a kid reading Iron Man comics, one of my favorite images from the books was the "Hall of Armor" which always featured Tony Stark walking by or choosing a suit from his many specialized suits of armour.

This first shot from the set of Iron Man 3 appears to be simply of all the suits used so far in the Marvel films, but here's hoping that at some point in the future we'll see the undersea armour, the space armour or even the Hulk-Buster armour all featured in the books. Looking forward to this film cleaning the bad taste of #2 (which it was) out of my mouth. Iron Man 3 is directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) this time around and that's got to be a good thing.

SIGHTHOUND REVIEW: VACANT STARE AND THE HUNTSMAN

The central concept behind Snow White and The Huntsman was more than worthy of all the effort and money thrown behind it, but unfortunately a lazy script and a dial-tone performance by one of the leads killed any hope of it being great.
Read my review after the break.

FIRST SHOTS OF LIAM NEESON IN TAKEN 2

 All I really want is the knowledge that somewhere out there Liam Neeson is snapping the necks of punks. It makes me feel secure that all is right in the universe. The first shots of Taken 2 have just been released, and I will now, officially sleep better tonight.

Two more shots after the break:

LEARN HOW TO TAIL ANOTHER CAR IN 1974

Thanks to this vintage two-part training video from the CIA called "Follow That Car",  the next time I find myself in 1974 trying to follow a "target" driving an awkward little British sedan, I'll be all over that goon like a bad suit.

Video after the break:

BEHOLD THE IRON, MAN!

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