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!