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TCM Remembers 2008

// January 5th, 2009 // No Comments » // Movies

Turner Classic Movies has created a great montage of all the actors, actresses, writers, directors and etc. that passed away in 2008. A similar montage is always one of the best parts of the Oscars every year, but this one is better. It includes many more people than the Academy Award montage typically does.

Don LaFontaine Tribute

// September 2nd, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

You man not recognize the name, but I know you will recognize the voice. Movie voice-over legend Don LaFontaine has passed away at the age of 68.

The Road – Preview Images

// August 7th, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

The first images from The Road based on the book by Cormac McCarthy have hit the web. Check them out over at /Film. Awesome looking, can’t wait to see this.

Star Wars SPIKE TV Spots

// July 17th, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

Hilarious, these SPIKE TV Spots for Star Wars are.

AICN Tribute to Stan Winston

// June 17th, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

Legendary creature creator Stan Winston has died. The man responsible for more movie creature than you can imagine has passed away at the age of 62.

Winston won Academy awards for his work on Aliens, Jurassic Park, and Terminator 2. He was also worked on films ranging from The Monster Squad to Iron Man. Just take a look at his IMDB entry.

Be sure to check out Ain’t It Cool News and their tribute to Stan Winston. Over the next few days they’ll be posting various comments from industry people that Stan worked with over the years.

I think this quote from him easily sums up his work

“If I can dazzle myself, I’m pretty sure I can dazzle you.”

Star Wars – New and Old

// June 10th, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

In a few years, I will make it to Disney World in Florida for the Star Wars weekend. I can’t wait to take “the boys” (Carter and Riley) when Riley is old enough.

When we visited Disney/MGM last year, Carter wasn’t quite tall enough to ride the Star Wars ride, so we had to make do with the large AT-AT and Speeder Bike on display. We did manage to catch the parade at MGM (which I highly recommend) and the appearance of Darth Vader, R2, and C3-PO were his highlights for the day. A full Star Wars takeover of Disney would be a blast.

View more photos from the Star Wars Disney weekend on Flickr.

While in a Star Wars mood, check out the photos on the Growing Up Star Wars Flickr Photo Pool. Featuring all vintage photos of Star Wars memorabilia, there are lots of photos like the one above. Somewhere in the Duncan archives, there’s a photo me wearing that Yoda costume.

R2-D2 Video Projector

// May 1st, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

This R2-D2 Video Projector is insanely priced ($2995), but it’s still very cool looking and functional. Click the image above to watch a nice demo video and visit the StarWarsShop if you want to order one for yourself (or if you want to order me one).

MEG Movie Resurfaces

// April 11th, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

Author Steve Alten’s MEG series of books have been a guilty pleasure of mine. The first was a great and unique read. Imagine a prehistoric shark the size of a bus roaming the seas in the world today. It was Jaws (favorite movie), only dinosaur sized. That’s a combination that all boys are predisposed to like.

The book was a great success and it spawned to sequels (a third is due Summer of 2009). The first sequel The Trench was a great continuation of the story. but are still tremendous fun. The second sequel–Meg: Primal Waters–was an adrenaline filled, MTV style sequel that went for action over science. It was fun, but not as good as the first two books.

It’s a perfect idea for a movie and there have been many attempts. The most recent was a 2 year plus attempt by now defunct studio New Line. For a full history of the cinematic trials and tribulations of MEG you can read a great story recently posted by the LA Times. Hopefully, someone will get a the giant shark on film.

Film Titles Collection

// March 31st, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

Be careful if you visit Forget the Film, Watch the Titles. You might find yourself watching all of the great collections of film title sequences they have.

Split into categories, such as: Animation, Motion Graphics, Mixed Media and 3D, the site offers up tons of content one place. It’s a worthy and eclectic collection and not focused on classic films. Many films in the gallery are bad, but as the site professes, a bad film can still have a great title sequence.

Benicio Del Toro and Wolfman Nards

// March 20th, 2008 // No Comments » // Movies

Wow! Very cool. I’m so glad that Rick Baker and the studio decided to go with a traditional looking werewolf for the 2009 remake of the Universal Classic, The Wolfman. Entertainment Weekly has the first pictures and they look great.

Very traditional looking, but much more threatening looking when compared to the tame looking version from the 1941 original (above). The only redesign that kept the more human appearance that looked interesting since then was the Wolfman from The Monster Squad in 1987. That movie (one of my favorites) produced the famous line: