Kevin's Korner

Are you finding it hard to keep up with the movie news of the week? Are you terrified by a spook, specter or ghost? Well if you are, click on Kevin's Korner, where we can help with one of those! This week, we have Amanda Bynes, Joan Rivers, and Mr. Olyfantastic and so much more! Plus, a look at the new Green Hornet!

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Kevin's Korner

Well, there is another Kevin's Korner this week, wrapping up some of the big movie news of the week. There is some interesting news I think you will like. I always try to put the stuff in that, when I read it, I feel like I have to tell someone. While it isn't always the news that rocks Hollywood, it's often the news that rocks me, which is far more important.

That being said, I feel like the ol' Korner is missing something this week. There is a hilarious "Editor's Note" that cracked me up, but I still think something is missing. What do you guys think? Any Suggestions?

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Kevin's Korer - all the movie news you could ever ask for

...All in one easy click! Enticing, huh? This week's Kevin's Korner, we have a celebrity death, news on the newest Scream movie, a Star Trek member gets SIRious, I have a look at the new Captain America and there is a really good Scott Pilgrim vs. The World trailer on there too, along with a ton more, with a side of snark!


Welcome to another week of crazy movie news, casting bits, some great images of the new Captain America and the wonderful trailer of the week … it’s Kevin’s Korner! This week was a busy one as the Interwebs blew up with movie news, and the Creative Loafing team nabbed some exclusives as well (we’re on the forefront of the movie world) — so read on, and thanks for being in my Korner ......

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Kevin's Korner - Week ending May 23

Kevin’s Korner is your weekly wrap-up of all things Hollywood. There was plenty of news this week, including casting changes, 3-D updates, a LeBeouf mea culpa and so much more. I also have your box office report and a great trailer of the week. So, let’s get started with the news, and add a side of snark!

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Kevin's Korner is back!

In case you forgot about Kevin's Korner, it's back, baby! Kevin's Korner (yes, I know it's spelled wrong, it's meant to be comical) is a weekly-ish column wrapping up the weeks news, review, and box office chatter. This week, we had a couple of movie reviews, some news about James Cameron, and a really cool trailer of the week.

So, it's on Creative Loafing's site, check it out HERE!

Kevin's Korner

Ladies, gentleman and movie geeks, Kevin’s Korner is back, and better than ever. This week, I wrap up some great news that was found floating around the Interwebs, along with some box office news *cough Zombieland cough* what’s out on DVD, along with a mild rant and the trailer of the week. So, let’s get going with the good stuff, shall we?

Movie News

A Pryor Engagement – You see what I did there? Cause the story is about a Richard Pryor biopic…ok, fine, enough of the puns. So, it was announced that Eddie Murphy was going to portray Richard Pryor in a biopic entitled Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? for Paramount. Now, unfortunately, Paramount and Eddie Murphy have backed out because they don’t like each other. So, the show must go on, but now Happy Madison (Adam Sandler’s production company) is now backing the film with Marlon Wayans as the star. Despite Wayans doing a good job in G.I. Joe, I simply don’t see him as a lead in a movie like this, but, I guess we’ll see.

Lost in La Mancha no more - Recently, director Terry Gilliam told Empire the famed flop Man of La Mancha is back up and running, with a reworked script that is finally theirs again, along with a possible lead, although Gilliam is mum on who it is. You’ll remember the last time Gilliam tried to tackle this project; his subsequent failure and loss of the rights and scripts were turned into a documentary that was absolutely tragic. Hopefully, Gilliam will have more success this time around.

Venom gets legs – Variety is reporting Gary Ross (Pleasantville) will be writing and directing a Venom spin-off after helping with the Spiderman 4 script. There are some rumors going around about a possible crossover between the two characters, which Marvel seems really keen on lately. There is no word on Topher Grace coming back as Eddie Brock, but I would think it would be someone else inside the black ooze.

On Stranger Tides IS based off a book – When Disney announced the title to the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, somewhere, there was someone saying “timeout, there is a book with the same name.” The book, now confirmed as the source material for the story was written by Tim Powers and features a pirate on a quest for the fountain of youth. The books main character hardly resembles Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow, uhh, sorry, Captain Jack Sparrow, but the quest is probably what Disney was after.

The Griswalds are back – Yes, you heard me correctly. It was announced this week that National Lampoon, now owned by WB is hiring David Dobkin to head a new Vacation movie. This time, the adventures will center around Rusty Griswald, Chevy Chase’s son, who is now head of his own family as they … well, they go on vacation. I know what you’re thinking; National Lampoon hasn’t put out anything good in twenty years, and your right!

Predators remake got some actors – Adrian Brody and Topher Grace have joined Danny Trejo and Oleg Taktarov in a Predator reboot helmed by Robert Rodriguez. Apparently, the idea is that predators capture some of the most skilled hunters and assassins on earth and take them to their crib from a duel to the death. I just really don’t see Topher Grace or Adrian Brody lasting that long against a predator.


Box Office Report

1. Zombieland: $24,733,155
2. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: $15,809,039
3. Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (3D): $12,491,789
4. Surrogates: $7,241,054
5. The Invention of Lying: $7,027,472
6. Whip It: $4,650,812
7. Fame: $4,626,952
8. Capitalism: A Love Story: $4,447,378
9. The Informant!: $3,689,235
10. Love Happens: $2,749,025

Opening This Week

Couples Retreat
Good Hair
An Education
St. Trinian's
Trucker

New DVDs This Week

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Year One
My Life in Ruins
Trick 'r Treat
Bones: Season 4

My Rant –

Well, I was scratching my head as to what topic to choose; I mean, there are so many, the Roman Polanski topic came to mind, but I decided to go in a different direction. So, this week, I chose Torture Porn, and why it should die.

Torture Porn is a term for a style of a movie, in my opinion, made popular by Saw, where it graphically shows someone getting mutilated in some fashion, generally the more grotesque, the better. This technique generally pushes the limits of the R rating to the extreme and seems to drive crazy amounts of teenagers into theaters.

I have never been a fan of torture porn, not because of a week stomach, or because it looks like they use General Tsao’s chicken for some guys leg, but because it just feels like a cheap way to get a reaction. Movies like Blair Witch, The Ring, Paranormal Activity, Jaws, and Alien all made great movies without pushing the gross factor. The idea is that what is not seen is generally made more terrifying by the persons imagination, far better than some cheesy special effects and sheep’s blood. With Paranormal Activity, there was almost nothing of a scary monster actually seen, and no blood, and it was incredibly terrifying.

So, remember, filmmakers, next time you think about trying to remake Saw or Hostile, remember less is more.

Trailer of the week –
This week, is a bit of tribute to Woody Harrelson after his amazingly entertaining performance in Zombieland. This week’s trailer is for The Messenger, a complete switch from Harrelson’s last performance. The movie also stars Ben Foster who is one of the more underrated stars in Hollywood. So, check it out!




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Kevin's Korner Wk. 8

Welcome to the somber edition of Kevin’s Korner, as we take a look at movie news, a bit of business copycat, the trailer of the week, and a bit of ranting by yours truly. Before we jump into all the wonderful news, I want to take a moment to remember the tragedies of 8 years ago….I don’t get into politics and the like in a movie column, but it’s fair to say the events touched all aspects of our lives, so it counts.

And now, onto the movie news….

Movie News

Timothy Dalton in Toy Story 3 – The plot has been revealed and a voice has been added to what is described as a more adult Toy Story movie. Mr. Bond, himself, Timothy Dalton is to voice a porcupine in a story revolving around the kid going off to college, and leaving everything but Woody to a daycare. I loved the first and second movie, and look forward to a conclusion with this movie.


They’re back – Hancock 2 has been moving forward for a little while now, but its official, Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman will all return for the second movie. I think they stumbled a bit in the first movie, but with the back story, and all it’s absurdity out of the way, the second movie could be good; either way, it’s still going to make boatloads of money.

Point Break 2 is dead in the water – If you wanted to know what would happen to Johnny Utah, and the rest after the events of Point Break, well, tough, because the project has been stopped and all the actors have been given the release for other projects. I’m sure, part of this has to do with actor Patrick Swayze’s failing health, and Keanu Reeves not wanting to say “dude.”

A-Team is coming together nicely – The cast for the A-Team, based off of the classic TV show is coming together with a big announcement this week, District 9’s Sharlto Copley will play Murdock, the crazy pilot. Copley joins Liam Neeson as Hannibal, Bradley Cooper will play Face, and Quinten “Rampage” Jackson will play B.A. Baracus. I pitty the fool who isn’t excited about that.

DC Entertainment Inc. copies Marvel – WB and DC have created a company called DC Entertainment Inc. to compete with Marvel, and hopefully, start working on producing movies for DC. This way, instead of competing with other WB properties like 17 Again, movies like Green Arrow, and Superman can get full attention. It seems to work well for Marvel, who has been taking the theaters by storm.

Reboot of Resident Evil – Despite a fourth film, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, and starring the incredibly hot Milla Jovovich, there is talk about a reboot, without Jovovich, and centering around a military team facing off against a computer gone bad (is there any other kind?) and hordes of flesh-eating zombies. I just don’t know how you can reboot something when the series isn’t even dead yet; granted the last movie was terrible, but they are giving it another shot. I do think that adjusting the story away from Alice isn’t a bad idea, but cutting Jovovich out just feels all kinds of wrong.

Box Office Report –
1. The Final Destination: $15,295,069
2. Inglourious Basterds: $14,950,489
3. All About Steve: $14,058,106
4. Gamer: $11,203,761
5. District 9: $9,114,591
6. Julie & Julia: $7,077,574
7. Halloween II: $6,872,800
8. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $6,705,288
9. Extract: $5,513,634
10. The Time Traveler's Wife: $5,465,925

DVDs this week:

Criminal Minds: Season 4
Crank 2: High Voltage
The Office: Season 5
Fringe: Season 1
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Opening This Week
9
Sorority Row
I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Whiteout
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The September Issue

Kevin’s Rant –

This is a feature I may keep, if I hear some good feedback, but I want to take an issue and quickly go over it and express my side, and encourage you to express yours.

This week’s rant is all about the Mouse, and Disney’s takeover of Marvel. I know I covered it last week, but there is still crazy talk online about how this supposed empire just expanded, and how the end is near. What I don’t understand is why anyone would look at this as anything but a positive. Marvel, a company that has been struggling to get to its feet, after releasing a great movie in Iron Man 2, just got huge amounts of tools and funding to continue doing what they are doing, and that’s a good thing.

As for Disney, and the evil empire, I couldn’t agree more. Disney has truly been in a slump, and most of the material released lately has been based off material originated back in the ‘90’s or earlier. Between Pixar and Marvel, Disney has the ability to truly put out original material children of all ages can enjoy. I also think the evil part is way off, I mean, when is it evil to try to have your company make money? Last time I checked, that is the mission of all for-profit companies, and rightfully so. So, the fact they are trying to make means the company is trying to succeed in a market where few others are, which is admirable.

So, that’s my rant, do you agree? If not, let me know what you think!

Kevin's Movie Blog comes to Creative Loafing

So, everyone who reads this blog knows I am now contributing to Creative Loafings Website.
So, in an attempt to bring a bit of Kevin's Movie Blog to Creative Loafing, I created a column called Kevin's Korner.

I figured that brings the essence of this blog to Loafing. I mean, it's got...well, its got Kevin...and its got bad spelling...oh, and there will be movie news, trailers, and box office reports, and maybe an extra goodie or two. So, I would apprecaite it if you check it out, and let me know what else I could put in there, and anything else you'd like to see.

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