We have a very special giveaway this week that includes not one but two movies on Blu-ray – a Studio Ghibli prize pack of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime classics ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’. If you haven’t seen these magical films, it’s time to rectify that problem immediately.
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I’m not quite sure why ‘The Hangover Part III’ was called ‘The Hangover Part III’. The first two films in this series actually dealt with four friends who had epic hangovers and crazy exploits and adventures. This third installment doesn’t even include a hangover, and oddly leaves a lot of the comedy at the front door to focus instead on violence, murdering animals and action sequences. I’m sure this will score a giant opening weekend box office reward, but bad word of mouth should prevent this third and final act from making any more money past the next couple of days.
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Rumors of a new ‘Poltergeist‘ project have been circulating for a while now. It appears that this undertaking has gained some steam recently and has brought some heavy hitters on board. Reportedly, it will be a reboot of the 1982 film, but also a sequel. Gil Kenan (‘Monster House‘) is attached to direct. More importantly, Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Roy Lee from the ‘Evil Dead‘ franchise will produce.
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Before we dive into the season finale of ‘Bates Motel’, we should take a moment to send kudos in the direction of creator Anthony Cipriano and executive producers/writers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin for reimagining Hitchcock’s classic movie in a way that both honors the original story and opens up the mythology for brand-new horror. There have been a handful of poor attempts to reboot ‘Psycho‘ over the years, but ‘Bates Motel’ is the first time anyone has gotten it right.
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Turnout for our ‘Texas Chainsaw’ contest was a little light last week. Did the prize not grab your interest, or did I just do a poor job of finding a funny photo for you to caption? (Admittedly, the options I found via Google were pretty limited.) Still, a number of our readers were game to compete. One of you will take home the prize today.
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After a hundred episodes of ups and downs (more downs than ups in the final season, unfortunately), ‘Fringe’ ended its run on the Fox network earlier this year. However, as with any cult property that still has a fan base, the show’s characters and themes will continue to live on in licensed spin-offs for as long as its rights-holders can continue to squeeze a buck out of them. To that end, author Christa Faust, who has experience with such things (having written books based on the ‘Final Destination’ and ‘Supernatural’ franchises, among others), was commissioned to write a trilogy of ‘Fringe’ prequel novels, all to be published this year. The first, called ‘The Zodiac Paradox’, is available now. If for no other reason than curiosity, I decided to give it a read.
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Of all the odd plotlines viewers have endured during the first season of ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’, none is more a stretch than this week’s ‘The Devil’, in which da Vinci faces off against Dracula himself!
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You are cordially invited to celebrate the wedding of Lord Tyrion Lannister and Lady Sansa Stark. The ceremony will be followed by a reception to feature much feasting and imbibing of spirits, but sadly very little merriment.
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Sadly, ‘Hannibal’ has not made NBC’s fall schedule. However, at the time of this writing, the network has not officially canceled the show yet, and even continues to advertise it in primetime, which is generally a sign that somebody there wants to give it a chance to find an audience. Although probably unlikely, there’s some small measure of hope that the series could be brought back as a mid-season replacement next year. I guess that’s something to look forward to. In the meantime, last Thursday brought us an interesting, if not entirely successful episode.
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This week, ‘Resident Evil’ makes a triumphant return to gaming consoles, while another classic heads the opposite direction to a handheld platform.
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