Of all the un-necessary sequels Hollywood is churning out - we have been treated to a sequel to one of my favourite 80’s flicks as a young ‘un, Richard Donner’s ‘The Lost Boys‘.
Having re-watched it recently on DVD, I will admit that the first film hasn’t exactly aged the best. I bought the special edition of the DVD mainly to see exactly what “The Two Coreys” were up to nowadays. It turns out not much.. who’d have guessed?
Anyways, a sequel over 20 years in the making (not really.. looks like it was written, directed and shot in a weekend): The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. Oooooh.. doesn’t that title just instill you with nothing but confidence. And it may suprise you to find out it’s a straight-to-DVD release - shocking, I know!
And what’s more even suprising is the fact that they got back 3 of the stars of the original? Sam and The Frog Brothers (or Corey Haim, Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander respectively). OK, so Hollywood clearly isn’t beating down their doors for work but were they THIS desperate?
Trailer is below and I’ll be perfectly honest, I didn’t even finish watching it. It’s pretty damn horrific but hey, different strokes for different folks. It’ll be released in the Summer but the real question is, will anyone even notice?
I actually recently re-watched The Indiana Jones Trilogy as I hadn’t really sat down and watched them in years - probably since I was a young ‘un. But they’ve actually aged very well - I mainly think it was due to the fact that the Indy Trilogy never really relied on any real special effects (which were always susceptible to looking quite tame and at times cringe-worthy, compared to modern standards anyways).
Anyways, below is the trailer for the much-anticipated next film in the series: ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull‘ (which is being released almost 20 years after the last film in the series: ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade‘). It’s worth noting that when the newest film in the series was announced, it’s fair to say there was a lot of reluctance among fans in the film community with the firm focus being on Harrison Ford playing the role again at the impressive age of 65.
But it’s a relief to say that from this trailer, he looks more than capable of playing the role and it all looks very impressive and exciting. It’s actually more or less a teaser trailer as it gives practically no real information on the storyline (and the dialogue is quite sparse). Steven Spielberg seems to be bringing Indy into the era of CGI - not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing.
It still looks like it could be one of the films of the year though (along with ‘The Dark Knight‘ of course), and I will be one of the first in line at my local cinema to go see it.
Speaking of which, expect it in the UK & Ireland in the Summer (or the 22nd May to be precise).
From the looks of WALL-E, Pixar look like they’re back with a winning formula after the quite un-impressive Cars.
And keeping up Pixar’s tradition of making even the most bland thing adorable, the character of WALL-E is no exception. And no doubt those adorable eyes will result in plenty of kids screaming “I WANT IT, I WANT IT!” to their parents in their local toy store. As well as sending teenage (and older) girls weak at the knees. It will inevitably sell LOADS in merchandise. Alarm clocks, teddy bears, toys, clothes, school-bags etc. You name it - expect it to see it in stores this coming Summer.
Regardless, we have yet another trailer released for WALL-E but this time, it’s an actual trailer with a brief insight into the story (as opposed to the teasers we’ve got from Pixar so far).
But this does look great. Pixar have never fully won me back since 1995’s ‘Toy Story‘. I enjoyed a lot of their films (last year’s ‘Ratatouille‘ being my favourite of their recent efforts) but I think it was the fresh appearance of ‘Toy Story’ that has stuck with me. It was 1995 and we’d seen nothing like it - and everything looked so crisp, professional and fantastic. Now these CG-animated come a dime-a-dozen each year with the majority being utter dreck (’Barnyard‘ anyone?).
WALL-E looks very different.. and definitely the most i’ve been anticipating a Pixar release in a long time.
Morgan Spurlock is one of those people you can’t help but like. While most people just know him from ‘Super Size Me’, he actually produced and hosted a fantastic documentary series called ‘30 Days‘ which is just essential viewing:
“An unscripted, documentary-style program where an individual is inserted into a lifestyle that is completely different from his or her upbringing, beliefs, religion or profession for 30 days.”
He starred in 2 episodes in which he lived on the poverty line for 30 days and spent 30 days in a maximum security prison. The episodes with Morgan Spurlock had some shocking moments which were countered with humour (similar to ‘Super Size Me’) as Morgan Spurlock is a very funny guy.
Anyways, he follows up his Oscar nominated ‘Super Size Me‘ with ‘Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?‘ (which looks like more of the same Spurlock humour-documentary which made ‘Super Size Me’ so watchable) and the trailer for it is below.
