Movie Poster Wednesday

2012 Movies

I am nowhere near compiling my favorite films of 2011 because I have barely seen them all but I can give you a glimpse of things I am looking forward to in 2012.

I am really liking action man Liam Neeson.  Taken, The underrated A-Team, and Unknown have reinvented this guy.  Liam vs. a pack of wolves?  Bring it on.

I remember studying about the Tuskegee air men in high school and thought it was a really interesting story.  George Lucas is involved here so hopefully the screenplay is solid since we know the special effects will be good.

This should be a nice little horror pic from writer Joss Whedon (The Avengers) and stars Thor's Chris Hemsworth.  Five friends go out to a cabin in the woods and bad things happen.

Bullet to the Head-Sly gives us 2 flicks this year and we will get to the other one later.  Stallone stars as a hitman who joins up with a cop to take out their enemy together.

  Ridley Scott returns to the franchise he created with this Alien prequel.

Director Quentin Tarantino returns with a story about a slave turned bounty hunter(Jamie Foxx) that sets out to go get his wife back from the bad plantation owner. (Leo Decaprio)  Will Smith is a fool but he is a big fool for passing on this role.

Finally, we get Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, and everybody else in the biggest superhero movie yet.

Based on the popular book from a few years ago.  I can't wait to see Abe kickin' Vampire butt!

Stars Brad Pitt as a reporter who interviews people after the great Zombie War.  Send more cops!

Spidey gets the reboot as Raimi and Maguire were getting to expensive so what to do?  Start over.  Should be in good hands with director Marc Webb (5oo Days of Summer) and it stars the great Emma Stone!

Director Chris Nolan and star Christian Bale return one last time to finish this Batman trilogy with Bane and Catwoman taking on the hero.  I see Ryan Gosling stepping in this role next.

Sly and the whole team return along with Chuck Norris and Van Damme and run into a bunch of mayhem!

Bond is back.  That is all we need to know.

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln- Daniel Day Lewis stars as the famous president.  This should be a lot better than 'Our American Cousin'.

I have really tried to get into these movies so hopefully this prequel by Peter Jackson will entice me.

Enjoy!

This is the Cure

New Release Tuesday

I am a baseball nut and this is one of my favorite books.  I got this at the library in 2003 and read this in two nights, it was just that good.  Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane was running a losing team on a low payroll and needed to try something drastic to turn the club around.  In short the team switched to relying on computer stats for drafting and trading for players to get the best bang for their buck.  The results paid off as they went to the playoffs three out of five years.  Funny, no one never seems to mention they also had Mulder, Zito, and Hudson at this time too.

Jason Statham returns in  another "killer" action movie with a good supporting cast of Clive Owen and the check cashing Robert De Niro.

This seems to be a real popular show about gangsters during Prohibition.  It is nice to see great supporting actors Steve Buscemi and Michael Shannon lead a show.  I hear such good things about this that I may forgive HBO about Deadwood and give this a spin.

Watching Archer season 2 to get ready for season 3 on January 19.

Still quiet on the Ranger front as the Yu contract negotiations should start picking up anytime now.

Friday Night Videos

 

Season 3 starts January 17!

Movie Poster Wednesday

New Release Tuesday

FX just keeps churning out good shows and this is one of my faves.  Timothy Olyphant plays Marshal Raylan Givens and he was demoted back to his home state of Kentucky and has to deal not only with the local law breakers but also his family and old acquaintances.    Season 1 was more action oriented and this season shifted some dramatically as Raylan took up a relationship with his ex-wife to spice things up.  A new crime family led by the great Margo Martindale enters the picture this season and causes Raylan a whole lot of trouble.  Highly recommended.  Season 3 starts January 17.

 Director Guillermo Del Tor produces this TV remake from the 70s.  I remember the original starred Kim Darby (True Grit '69) and was not all that great but further research shows Del Toro watched this as a kid and loved it and has been trying to get this made for awhile.  Since Del Toro is involved then it has to be pretty good especially the creature effects involved.

TV watching is getting caught up with AMC's Hell on Wheels and watching Archer season 2 to be ready for season 3 on January 19.

Quiet on the Ranger front right now but word is Yu is in town checking out sushi joints.  This will heat up soon.