SMAC - SHOWS, MOVIES & CHICKS

Okay, as promised I keep the DARKO goons posted.
The "official" trailer for the DONNIE DARKO sequel S.DARKO has been released.
And actually... I kind of like it.

You can watch the trailer on www.sdarko.com.

The folks over at IGN report about a possible big screen version of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. It's still a rumor as UNIVERSAL hasn't confirmed anything yet. The rumor though seems pretty detailed. Check it out. :

“We were informed that the film will be based on the original BSG series from 1978-79 rather than the recent reboot from Sci Fi Channel. The story followed a band of humans who were the only survivors of a devastating attack on their colonial home world by the vicious cybernetic race known as the Cylons. The survivors, led by Commander Adama, embark on a journey through space aboard the military vessel Battlestar Galactica to find refuge on a distant planet called Earth.”

I keep you posted on this one.

Beautiful AMY SMART. I think I fell in love with her when I first saw her on ROAD TRIP seducing BRECKIN MEYER. I fell in love again when I saw her in the great and underappreciated INTERSTATE 60. She did another roadtrip in the mediocre RAT RACE and it seems to me, that AMY is the kind of girl you just want to bunk and go on an adventure. She has the perfect mixture of sweetness and toughness. If you saw CRANK you'll know what I mean...

So where is AMY now?
Well besides of giving her voice to several ROBOT CHICKEN characters, we will see her in CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE. Also she just landed the lead in a new ABC pilot called "SEE CATE RUN", about a young attorney eventually running for President of the U.S.

EMPIRE released a set of pretty interesting INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS posters. Something tells me you won't see them like that in Germany...

The new teaser trailer for MICHAEL BAYS TRANSFORMERS sequel is out. Looks like a decent blockbuster. At least the blow up and crash a shitload of stuff. Like buildings, cars and bridges and buildings and cars and shit.
Check it out:


You can find in HD here.

Some lucky people in L.A. had the chance to watch a screening of the final cut of WATCHMEN yesterday. Lucky for us, some of them share their thoughts on Latinoreview.
Here is an excerpt:

2. The ending is different, no squid. I was one of the people who never really cared about squid/no squid, but I feel the ending will work better for mainstream audiences that have never read the book.

3. They do not imply a sequel anymore than the book does...

7. It was fantastically close to the book; even the framings of shots were lifted directly from the book.

8. Jackie Earl Halley is the shit in this. He IS Rorschach.

9. This movie is gory. I'm a gore hound and I was surprised at how graphic some scenes were. Really had people squirming.

10. NAKED Sally Jupiter. (CORRECTION NAKED Silk Spectre)

I have to say Snyder knocked this one out of the park. There is some gruesome, brutal stuff here that is hard to watch. The fight scenes are awesome, and, like in 300, Snyder continues the use of ramping the frame rate to accentuate the movements of the characters. I knew there was going to be some slo-mo, but I didn't think he overdid it. All in all, fans of the book are going to more than pleased with the film. For a book that was for years considered un-filmable, he certainly managed to hit almost every beat and did not compromise any of the material

I have to admit, that though the writer of the review sounds pretty amazed, I am kinda shocked, that ZACK SNYDER changed the ending... Let's just hope he didn't screw up!

Check the full review here.

EMPIRE MAGAZINE has a pretty interesting cover-story on their march issue that's on sale this friday. Here is a scoop:

Inside, we’ll tell you how the film finally became a reality after years languishing in tangled rights hell; why Peter Jackson stepped aside from directing; what might be contained in the mooted second movie; and just what director Guillermo del Toro has in store for the whole shebang.

Here’s a taster of our exclusive interview with del Toro:

“Whatever The Hobbit ends up being, it has to ultimately blend seamlessly into the first movie of the trilogy. We have to respect the cosmology and the canon established by the trilogy and follow it.”

Script is penned by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (WANTED) and the flick will be directed by no other than DAVID CRONENBERG (EASTERN PROMISES). The movie is an adaptation of ROBERT LUDLUMS (writer of the BOURNE TRILOGY) book by the same name. WASHINGTON and CRUISE are in talks not yet confirmed though.
Story is about two bitter enemy spies who, after spending two decades trying to kill each other, grudgingly team up against the Matarese, a powerful group at the root of a conspiracy.

This has blockbuster written all over it. More to come on this one...

This flick is a typical sort of "sequels no one needs". But since there are a lot of DONNIE DARKO fans out there, I guess it belongs here aswell. After all, there might be a small chance that it won't suck...
S. DARKO - A DONNIE DARKO TALE is basically the same story but now told through the eyes of Donnies sister Samantha. Of course no one that worked on DONNIE DARKO is involved in this straight to DVD release (meaning no JAKE GYLLENHAAL and no RICHARD KELLY). A real trailer is supposed to be shown at NYC ComicCon.
Anyhow, here goes the (fanmade-) teaser trailer:

Ok, without further ado. Click here to go straight to the BASTERDS trailer.

It's a wrap guys! That's right, QUENTIN TARANTINOS Nazi hunt INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS is in the can! Entertainment Tonight gave an exklusive first glimpse on the soon to be released BASTERDS trailer. (Check back soon, you'll find it here as soon as it hits the net!).
Check out the ET preview:

JASON STATHAM back on track. Check out the new poster for CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE!

And here goes another comic adaption: BRETT RATNER (of RUSH HOUR fame) will direct ROB LIEFELDS YOUNGBLOOD comic book. It's about a fictional superhero team that made its debut as a backup feature in the 1987 one-shot Megaton: Explosion before later appearing in its own ongoing series in 1992 as the flagship publication for Image Comics (SPAWN). Through out their publishing history, they were originally published by Image Comics, and later by Awesome Entertainment. In 1998, LIEFELD hired ALAN MOORE (WATCHMEN) to relaunch and revamp Youngblood.
No word about the plot of the movie and whether it takes on LIEFELD oder MOORES vision of the comic.

RATNER to VARIETY: “Most of the great graphic novels are gone, and ‘Youngblood’ is one of the few comicbooks left with tentpole potential. It was a real personal passion project for me, and a lot of people wanted (‘Youngblood’), but the amazing thing about the guys at Reliance is the speed with which they’re able to move.”

I guess by now you all heard about the infamous BALE OUT on the set of TERMINATOR: SALVATION. Looks like CHRISTIAN BALE is kinda the new STAR WARS KID. Probably as I am writing this, someone on the planet is uploading an new remix of BALES rant on youtube. Though I think it's funny and he kinda deserves to be mocked for being a cock, I still think he is a great actor and probably not half as much of an asshole, as the leaked audio suggests. I mean come on... I know a lot of people that have gone ballistic (or should I say "baleistic"?) over some shit and regretted it immediately. It's just human to sometimes lose your shit (pun intended). That's not an excuse and it doesn't make it right, but people should stop pointing fingers. If BALE wouldn't be a rich celebrity, no one would make a big deal out of it. But being famous does not change the fact, that you're still a human. And sometimes even an asshole.
That being said, CHRISTIAN BALE apologized on L.A.'s Kevin & Bean morning radio show on KROQ. Though you may still think he is a prick, I say cut the dude some slack and let bygones be bygones.
Listen to the apology here.
And besides all that: TERMINATOR: SALVATION will kick ass!

Since a lot of you guys write me and ask me what I think about this movie and that movie, I figured I could aswell post a short list of movies, that I watched recently and what I thought of them.
Since I don't have the time to write detailed reviews and sum up the storylines, I just give a rating from one to ten. One being pretty shitty and ten being on of my all-time favourites (hardly ever given).

If you don't know the movie, click the link and do some research for your own. You lazy ass!

Recently Watched:

The Fall: 8/10

Taken: 8/10

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist: 5/10

The Wrestler: 9/10

Frost/Nixon: 8/10

Let the right one in: 9/10

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 7/10

Slumdog Millionaire: 8/10

RocknRolla: 7/10

Gran Torino: 7/10

Ondskan (Evil): 7/10