New Release Tuesday

In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.  I have not see this yet but it looks like Robocop but just full on robot.  I have enjoyed director Neil Blomkamp's stuff so far so I hope this is on par with the rest of his work.  Scored the steelbook at Target.

Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire, who wants Mike to pay for the death of his own son.  This has action man Liam Neeson and a stellar cast so this should be good.

Oh yeah, some classic Chuck.  Chuck plays Sean Kane as he is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.  It's been awhile since I have seen this, nice to have it on blu.

Chuck plays Danny O'Brien as he is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-highhandedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has started killing women again, and O'Brien is the only man who can stop him. 

Jaws at The Alamo!

Tomorrow night I get to cross another movie off the big screen wish list with the Alamo's showing of Jaws.  I was the ripe old age of one when this was first released and I am pretty sure I did not see it upon its several re-releases.  This is one of my favorite movies and it will be quite a treat to see this movie the right way.  "That's some bad hat Harry."  See you there!

Movie Poster Monday- Southern Comfort

Digging Up the Marrow

I love director Adam Green and his work.  The dude has his own studio, has to date directed or produced nine movies, writes, created and stars and in his own TV series, does original shorts and series on his studio’s website, and hosts a fantastic podcast.  I may have missed some stuff but in short the guy does it all.  Digging Up the Marrow has been a project Green has been working on the last four years.  I am not too sure what the genre of this movie is and according to Green himself he is not sure either but mockumentary describes it best for me, with of course a touch of horror.

The movie explores genre based monster art then it takes an odd turn when Adam Green is contacted by a man who claims he can prove that the monsters are indeed real.  Everyone you see in the movie plays themselves except for the man who calls Green and that character is William Dekker played by the great Ray Wise (Robocop, Twin Peaks).   You get to follow Green in his day to day life and get to see inside the very cool looking Ariescope Pictures studio as he researches Dekker’s claims and consults with his employees and fellow filmmakers if there is a movie to be made here. 

Green finally decides to take Dekker up on his offer so they, along with cameraman Will Barratt, head out to the forest where Dekker says the monsters are and they wait at night for them to show themselves.  After a few nights they find something.  What is it?  Give this movie a spin to find out.  This is an awesome movie with a little bit of everything in it.  It has tons of horror cameos and features spectacular monsters inspired by the art of Alex Pardee.  You can really tell this was a passion project for Green and it shows as this is a well-crafted movie that comes highly recommended.  Pick up an autographed copy for yourself over at Adam Green’s site: http://ariescope.com

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Zombeavers

The title alone sells this really good horror comedy.  Horror DTV movies come out in droves and sadly most of them are not very good but Zombeavers is one of the rare exceptions.  This movie starts out like Return of the Living Dead as two dopey guys delivering some toxic chemicals lose one of the toxic barrels from their truck and it of course gets deposited into the nearby lake that is heavily populated by big, furry beavers (Sure, pun intended.) and the chemicals go all over the beaver dams.

 

Three college girls are on a trip to a cousin’s lake house and it is supposed to be a get away from the boys as one of the girls has found out her boyfriend is cheating on her.  They get to the house, meet the neighbors, find they have no cell service but they do have something called a land line, and they get bored and decide to go swimming.  While on the dock in the lake they see a beaver dam and decide to go check it and meet one of the locals which leads up to the greatest exchange of words in the movie.

Later that night the boyfriends decide to show up as well as a beaver in the house but they dispose of it and throw it in a bag on the front porch.  The next morning while heading out to the lake they notice the bag with the supposed dead beaver is empty.  How is that so?  Give it a spin and find out for yourself.  This is a well-made movie as the production values look really good, the effects are great, and it does not take itself too serious as it winks to many past horror movies and even Die Hard.  This movie is a lot of fun and is highly recommended if you are looking for a horror comedy.  This is one dam good movie.

New Release Tuesday

A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.  This is a good looking action flick from director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class).  See next week's Target ad and score this for really cheap.

This was a great first season from co-creator Guillermo Del Toro about a thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.  Only bad thing about this show is the wig Eph wears.  This has already been released but this is sweet, new packaging.

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.  This is a great Blaxploitation movie, you should also check out Coffey and Jackie Brown if you like this.

A dock worker becomes a prizefighter, but gets mixed up with a crooked manager. A sympathetic L.A. detective tries to set him straight, but he won't listen. His manager, who is also a drug dealer, tells him that he has to take a dive during an important fight, and to ensure his cooperation, his girlfriend is kidnapped.