Archive for December, 2008

Weather Girl

Partly cloudy with a 90% chance of total meltdown.


Wendy and Lucy

A woman’s life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. When her car breaks down, and her dog is taken to the pound, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she is led through a series of increasingly dire economic decisions.


Gomorrah

An inside look at Italy’s modern-day crime families. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano.


9

A post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened.


Monsters vs. Aliens

When a meteorite from outer space hits a young girl and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years.


Taking Chance

Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl (Bacon), a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.


Push

The action packed sci-fi thriller involves a group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency. They must utilize their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever.


Gilligan’s Island Remake

From /Film:

Sherwood Schwartz and his son Lloyd Schwartz have signed a deal to bring Gilligan’s Island to the big screen. I loved Gilligan’s Island as a kid, and am not against the idea of a re-imagining of the series… But it seems to me that LOST is our generation’s version of the 1960’s television series, and anything closer to the source material would just be too silly (I’m imagining something like The Flintstones movie… ewww).

Schwartz broke the news at the Beverly Hills induction ceremony of Television Academy’s Hall of Fame on December 9th, where he told TV Guide that he wants Michael Cera to play Gilligan and Beyonce Knowles to play Ginger. It just seems like a bad idea. But if they could sucessfully update the series for the big screen, Cera might be perfect for the role of Gilligan. But I’m pretty sure if a movie makes it to theaters, it won’t be good.


Cold Souls

Cold Souls, a dark comedy starring Paul Giamatt, will be premiering at Sundance.

In the film, Giamatti (ironically) plays himself, an actor that during an existential crisis decides to explore “soul extraction” as a relief from the burdens of daily life.


Batman Death

I know its hard to believe…but Batman will be dying. Just like the Superman death a decade ago. And just like that there will be a battle to take up the mantle of Batman.

So here is the teaser for the upcoming series.

And for the Identification of all the Batmen:

  • Tim “Robin” Drake, as indicated by the bo staff, wearing a ’70s-ish Batcostume with the New Look chest symbol.
  • Dick “Nightwing” Grayson, as indicated by the chest-bat most resembling the Nightwing symbol.
  • Harvey “Two-Face” Dent, wearing a color-modified version of the Golden Age Batman suit.
  • Bandolier Batman there is the remaining one of the three cops who were tapped to replace Batman if he died (it was in the beginning part of Morrison’s run on Batman, and a reference to a Silver Age story); this is guy who, wearing the Suit of Sorrows, will become the new Azrael.
  • Thomas “Hush” Eliott (who, if you’ve been reading Dini’s Detective, you’ll know had himself surgically altered to resemble Bruce Wayne), as indicated by the bandage.

Now it starts to get trickier. Our supporting characters are:

  • Harley Quinn?
  • Alfred Pennyworth.
  • Batwoman
  • Damien Head, Bruce’s supposed child by Talia.
  • A corpse in a box marked Wayne Enterprises. A very small box. A box way too small to hold the corpse of any normal man, let alone Bruce Wayne. A corpse with a suspiciously feminine arm. Madame Van Dusen, LOL?

What ever happened to the classics of one comic one mystery? Why does everyone die?

Or does it simply mirror the current environment we live in today?