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Nightmare on Elm St remake – Can’t Wait!

Joy Behar

Joy Behar

After watching the View’s, Joy Behar, fill in for vacationing Larry King on the CNN nightly gab fest Tuesday night, I must say I think she deserves consideration if or when King eventually steps down. She’s asks solid questions, she’s very likeable and she can control her surroundings very well. I look forward to seeing her fil in again.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Wesley Strick (Cape Fear) has been hired by Warner Bros New Line Cinema division to pen a script for its planned NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST remake. In my opinion, Wes Craven’s original 1984 film truly deserves the title of classic. It’s a great film in the horror genre. It’s already been noted that Robert England will not be playing the character he made famous, that of Freddy Krueger. There was talk a few months ago that Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor on TV’s Smallville, is being considered for the role. I really think he would be an interesting choice. Personally I think this is one property that a remake could actually do justice to, as long as the right people are involved. For the record, I also thought A Nightmare on Elm St: Dream Warriors and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare were terrific sequels in the franchise.      

Warner Bros, THE DARK KNIGHT, has now passed the 200 mill at the box office just 5 days in release. It’s actually good to see a high quality movie do these kind of numbers, unlike the cinematic garbage that was the last two PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequels which, in my opinion, were nothing more that CGI vomit projected on Celluloid! Hey just being honest!

July 23, 2008 Posted by Entertainment Today & Beyond | And Beyond - Trailers & News | , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Jim Carrey’s “Yes Man”

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Yes Man

Yes Man

Here’s a look at Jim Carrey newest YES MAN! Unlike the artsy “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” and the almost unwatchable suspense film, Number 23, this comedy is aimed right at his Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty crowd. I don’t know if it’s me but it just seems like Will Ferrell has taken the mantle over from Jim in terms of the silly comedy. Hopefully the film will be a return to form for those of us looking for big laughs Carrey style. Yes Man opens December 19th. HERE’s A LOOK

July 23, 2008 Posted by Entertainment Today & Beyond | And Beyond - Trailers & News, Reviews | , | Leave a Comment

Another Top Gun – really?! At the Movies replacements disappoint

Top Gun

Top Gun

The UK website, The Sun, is reporting that Tom Cruise has been asked by studio bosses to reprise his role of Maverick in a sequel to 1986 hit, TOP GUN. I think the story seems a bit farfetched although you never know. Personally I’d rather him explore the Jerry Mcguire character once again (my favorite Cruise film) or even his pool shark prodigy, Vincent Lauria, from The Color of Money in a third Hustler movie but that’s just me. Rocky Balboa was terrific so Sylvester Stallone certainly proved you can catch lighting in a bottle by dusting off a character from the past, but will anyone really care about a Top Gun sequel 22 years after the original. I doubt it!    

Although I found it pretty disappointing, I’m not surprised by Disney’s decision to appoint 26 year old Ben Lyons (E channel), and 41 year old Ben Mankiewicz (Turner movie classics), to the balcony as the new hosts of their At the Movies show, replacing the departed Richard Roeper and Michael Philips (who sat in for Roger Ebert due to an illness). Like everything else these days in the entertainment world, executives in charge are trying to appeal to a younger crowd. I personally think marketing a 33 year old television institution to the Access Hollywood audience is a like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Nothing against Lyons and Mankiewicz but I really hope Roeper and Philips take their act someplace else. I know I’ll be there to watch.

The early reviews posted on Rotten Tomatoes are very positive for the comedy STEP BROTHERS, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. It opens this Friday, July 25th.

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IRONMAN DVD and Shyamalan’s latest venture

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Iron Man

Iron Man

The first of the big summer movies, IRONMAN, will arrive on DVD Sept 30. There will be a two disc special edition being released in a standard and Blu–Ray format, plus a single disc edition. It’s become pretty clear that the window where movies go from their theatrical release to DVD is shrinking more and more. One of the reasons for this is the piracy issue which continues to grow, especially overseas. I don’t know when it will happen, but I think we will see the day when movies are released the same day both in theaters and on high definition pay-per view.

Unbreakable

Unbreakable

According to Variety, M. Night Shyamalan and Media Rights Capital have put together a partnership intended to produce one thriller per year for three years. Shyamalan will submit ideas and Produce but will not write or direct the material. Personally, I think this is a smart move considering the wheels have somewhat come off his success with the highly disappointing THE HAPPENING this summer and the perplexing fall in overall quality since his early work in The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs. In my opinion, Shyamalan is a unique voice in Hollywood; a product of the Rod Serling School of thinking. I hope by looking at things from a different angle over the next few years he can get his mojo back and create great films like The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable once again.

July 23, 2008 Posted by Entertainment Today & Beyond | And Beyond - Trailers & News | | 1 Comment