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  • HORROR SINKS TO NEW LOWS

    HORROR SINKS TO NEW LOWS

    FORBES: The Scary Future Of The Hollywood Horror Film »

    2014 has been a pretty lousy year for theatrical horror films. Is it merely a fluke of the calendar, or a sign of things to come?

    Maybe a sign of things to come if things to come don’t improve, moviewise.

    It’s been a bad year all around for films .. in general. Not just horror, but drama, action, family.. You know the genre and I’ll name the flop, or the film that underperformed at the box office. At least in the United States.

    There are a few cultural things happening. China and other nations increasing in wealth are fast becoming the target audience for many movie companies. That’s why China’s censors get such ability in choosing what should be cut from certain films. Even more than that, independent films are just better lately. More imaginative and fresh, less confined and restricted by the red tape and bureaucracy that Hollywood offers filmmakers.

    But .. as far as horror itself, Scott Mendelson is correct in his FORBES story.. Horror is taking a hit.

    There may be one external factor causing that..

    Over the past 12 or so years, movies have ramped up the blood and gore, almost making that the central point of a movie overtop of even the actors or dialogue. And with news headlines and real life events being a hell of a lot scarier than any fiction on the screen, people just aren’t buying it ..  What does sell, though, are paranormal tales of demon possession, haunted houses and haunted dolls. The CONJURING did well. I think ANNABELLE will, too..

    The audience is evolving, as it does every ten or so years.

    This may have becoming a tired saying on my part, but I argue that horror movies and professional wrestling speak volumes about our pop culture at any given time you look at it. In this instance, our world is violent and bloody. So gore doesn’t scare people much more anymore, they frankly are tired of seeing it. What does scare them? The idea that someone dark and sinister is present in the world.

    If movie makers can key in on that fear and create new and exciting movies, then it will be a hit.

    Finally, I’d dare say that if some movie maker out there created a big studio version of SLENDERMAN, a new series would be born.

    Until then… it’s no go for bad movies.

  • HOLLYWEIRD AND THE FOREVER MISSION

    HOLLYWEIRD AND THE FOREVER MISSION

    How to Live Forever: The (Mad?) Science Hollywood Is Using to “Cure” Death – Hollywood Reporter »

    The grim reaper may be knocking for a while in Hollywood, so as long as the ‘cure’ for death works out for all the wealthy stars willing to spend dollars on the quest to live forever..

    Forever.. Can you only imagine?

    The EMMYS would have to forego their yearly tradition of honoring the dead. There’d be no dead in Tinseltown!

    The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER talks about Sumner Redstone’s desire to inhabit the earth until the planet’s demise.. along with SLY .. And even the thighmaster master Suzanne Somers.

    It’s a mission for all the high and influential: They just enjoy life so much they don’t have any plans to meet thy maker.

    But life doesn’t take the normal turns and paths we assume.

    Perhaps an elitist’s health would be that of a young and viral 18-year-old. And then a boulder drops on their car, or an earthquake in the City of Angels takes their house..

    There may be some dark irony that this news is being reported on national suicide prevention day. We know stars sometimes take that path of least resistance as well.

    Humans want to live forever in general, I think. At least when the going is good. But when the tough get going, we all suddenly want to find an exit plan.

    I don’t condemn anyone who wants to pay science to find ways to extend human life. But I certainly don’t condone a future where only the rich and famous can continue their lifestyles of the rich and famous without limitation of a lifespan.

    But I think that’s still some time away..

    Right?

    OF course if you ever watched Tom Hanks in the GREEN MILE, or read the book, you’ll know of how lonely a life forever may truly be..

  • FINKE AND THE STINK

    FINKE AND THE STINK

    It’s inside baseball Hollywood style, but I am fascinated by the Nikki Finke/Deadline.com drama that has developed over the years.. if you don’t know Finke, she owns Hollywood with insults and exclusives.. she began DEADLINE.COM, and then someone came along and bought it.. she left and started her own site—nameed Nikkifinke.com of course..

    Then came a legal dispute.. and then this: Apparently, on Thursday much of the new website was taken after another website, “NikkieStink.com,” published rarely seen photos and videos of Finke. It promised to publish even more if Finke didn’t stop insulting people in Hollywood.. Finke has still maintained some activity on Twitter.

    Whoever owns NikkiStink.com also bought a .net and .org.

    NIKKISTINK reminded us of some of the ‘nasty’ comments that Finke has broadcast in the past. Among them (and try NOT to laugh):

    Nathan Fillion: “If he gets any fatter, he’s going to need his own channel”

    Kate Hudson: “Someone give Kate a cookie: I know the mags said she was fat 3 years ago, but jeez”

    Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: “both seeing the same plastic surgeon for frequent facelift discounts”

    Billy Crystal: “His face looks like it was ironed – and I swear I can still see the scorch marks”

    Dustin Hoffman: “Remember when (he) was funny?  Before Botox froze his features”

    John Travolta’s: “triple chin”

    As far as who owns the STINK version of Finke? The TIMES tells us that everyone in Tinseltown is a suspect..

    And all of this may lead to Finke returning to journalism and again working for other people.

    Cruel stuff.
    Read more all about it here from the Gray old Lady.

    Hollyweird indeed.

  • ‘MRS DOUBTFIRE’ BEING BLAMED

    ‘MRS DOUBTFIRE’ BEING BLAMED

    While media reports indicated that Robin Williams was near bankruptcy, another report surfaced today in the UK TELEGRAPH.. According to reporter Jose Ensor in an exclusive to the publication, a friend of Robin Williams, name not revealed, said that the now deceased star resented having to do another MRS DOUBTFIRE film..and even more, he was ‘dreading’ the film and it ‘brought out his demons.’

    Ensor reports that this unnamed friend and neighbor said Williams was being paid $165,000 per episode of the quickly canceled CBS comedy THE CRAZY ONES.. He was paying bills with the cash.. but it wasn’t enough.

    For several months, websites were abuzz with excitement (and mocking comments all the same) about the second MRS DOUBTFIRE film.. This Ensor report would suggest that, at least according the unnamed friend, Williams felt uncomfortable with the prospect of a return to the film over 20 years since its original release..

    But now the death of Williams has potentially cursed the atmosphere of a second MRS DOUBTFIRE film. Williams was set to reprise his role.. …now.. Chris Columbus issued a statement 24 hours prior to this TELEGRAPH article expressing emotion over Williams’ suicide.. but even more, the article goes on to ponder the potential dark cloud cast over the film due to the sudden and dramatic tragic turn of events.. The TELEGRAPH article pinning blame on MRS DOUBTFIRE certainly will not do anything to help the furtherance of the movie’s development..

  • Wednesday weirdness

    Wednesday weirdness

    Tales from the crypt.. the planet earth. The happenings of importance today (so far)


    Detroit flooding makes news.. Somehow ironic when so many in the city are being threatened by water companies to have their faucets turned off..


    This is the scene on Long Island this morning.. a commute to end all commutes as parts of the area are flooded after being hit by 14 feet waves and a Meso low..

    MONSANTO 2.0: Faced with tougher and more resistant weeds, corn and soybean farmers are anxiously awaiting government decisions on a new version of a popular herbicide – and on genetically modified seeds to grow crops designed to resist it..


    Uneasy night in Ferguson: Tear gas, rioting, and another police shooting..

    ISIS continues to threaten America..


    Edward Snowden embraces the AMERICAN flag for WIRED article.. The photo will make some tear up and others cringe and angry..


    Photos show strange UFOs over Houston Texas.. Something circular was floating in the skies over the city.


    WATER WATER NO WHERE. NOT A DROP TO DRINK..
    Las Vegas will go DRY if water levels drop 7% more.. Lake Mead is currently hitting record lows.. We need to grasp how dire of a situation this is: Las Vegas is going to go dry even though officials are drilling a new pipeline to keep drawing water from Lake Mead.. Maybe it’s time to stop watering golf courses in the MIDDLE OF A DESERT!?

    Farmers are bracing for the worst as America’s largest reservoir is going dry.. According to dire reports: There’s only enough water for big cities for about one more year. HEAR THAT?

    Another strange story about water, or the lack thereof: A Massachusetts town has been scratching its head as to where up to 24 percent of its water has gone..


    Slotloss: Newest casino in Atlantic City the latest to announce closure.. 3000 more without jobs..

    Retail and weep: A flat July and the worst sales in 6 months hit stores.. This economy is solidly bad. The climate is going to lead to big store closures after one final Christmas sweep..


    End of a golden era: Lauren Bacall dead..


    This has to be rough for her: Robin Williams’ daughter ZELDA quits social media due to bullying..


    Revealed: Megan Fox’ diet for NINJA TURTLES body..

    The scary invasion of privacy known as the Facebook messenger app..


    Japan’s creepy sex doll industry ‘reaches next level’ in creation of perfect artificial ‘Dutch Wife’ which comes with ‘realistic feeling skin’


    China’s latest weirdness: Simulate your own death in 4D..


    CONJURE THIS: Warner Bros. Pictures has slated two untitled New Line Cinema horror films for 2016, but have yet to reveal what those films could be

  • When the laughs die down..

    When the laughs die down..

    When the laughs die.. what are we left with? When cameras turn off, the lights go out.. the darkness enters.. 

    I was struck by how fast and overwhelming the internet response was to Robin Williams’ suicide today.. When the news hit the wire services, Drudge broke the suicide angle.. press reports blew across Twitter.. Facebook froze in shock, and then immediate posts from users proclaiming which movie was the ultimate Williams flick.. DEATH TO SMOOTHIE? ONE HOUR PHOTO? MRS DOUBTFIRE? …most likely viewings of those and DEAD POETS SOCIETY are taking place in a living room near tonight..

    We all seemingly grew up with Robin Williams. The outburst of emotion was so strong that it even caused Williams’ Wikipedia page to crash for a time..

    Whether your generation was young watching him play MORK, or his most recent return to television with THE CRAZY ONES, every one had some little part of Williams in their lives.. Every high school class of juniors since the early 1990s recited large portions of DPS and Mr. Keating’s eloquent lessons about seizing the day and making life extraordinary..

    And he did just that in real life..
    But deep inside his mind, when the lights of the cameras switched off, another side of Williams existed..

    Gossip rags that are too unmentionable to mention have been reporting something for a few weeks–and undoubtedly gossip rags always have some shred of truth to their tabloid papers: Robin Williams was suffering from depression..

    Many comedians do.. for some reason, so many people who can quickly fill a room with laughs and smiles are crying on the inside.. Williams was no different.

    But his suicide tonight was still unexpected in so many ways..

    Call me a little kooky–I am–but I believe in something call a collective consciousness..Frankly, I don’t know if a God exists, but I believe a certainly electricity does.. and it somehow binds us all together like the longest math problem ever recorded. On that note, today I felt something a bit off about the world.. I felt a deep sorrow.. I chalked it up to some personal issues taking place.. then contemplated that it possibly was work.. or maybe even a bigger issue like the tremendously horrid news flowing like flood waters from the Middle East.. And then around 6pm EDT time, news hit that Robin Williams was dead. And that sadness I felt throughout the day lifted.. as though a weight was taken off the shoulders of the planet.. Maybe we all felt the death of Robin Williams in some way before we knew about it..? Maybe his personality was so large, so momentous, and so important in the history of entertainment, that it touched our lives in some spiritual way..?

    I don’t know it that makes much sense..

    But what does make sense?
    Certainly not suicide..
    Certainly not extinguishing your own life..
    However I was not in Robin Williams’ mind, nor were any of us..

    My wife and I laughed during the runup to the CRAZY ONES television show.. Our three and a half year old innocent little son looks a bit like Robin Williams–he makes some faces that are down right scary in the resemblance. But then, suddenly, even despite some popularity, the CRAZY ONES got canceled by CBS.. I wonder how much this cancellation played into the suicide of Robin Williams? I understand it would be pure speculation to ponder..

    Come to think of it, any time someone commits suicide, it’s pure speculation on why they did. We ponder how a larger than life figure, someone who spanned decades in popularity, can just vanish from this realm..

    I read some comments tonight on several message boards or threads on news articles somewhat mocking Williams for his admitted addictions and his choice to end his life. It’s always easy for people to hide behind keyboards or smart phones, text the world their feeble and immature emotions, and add thoughtless thoughts to the internet.. But that’s fine. People have their right to express whatever opinion they’d like..

    Regardless of what anyone says, thinks, or does, Robin Williams is suddenly gone from the planet earth.. Sure, he does have some movies still coming and roles , most likely resulting in some amazing but still awkward audience reactions..

    But that’s it. The show is over.. Williams, a modern day king of comedy, is dead..

    The final summation of emotions of this day can best be seen in Clyde Lewis’ part on Facebook tonight:

    No words can express the sadness.. tell people you love them, assure them that you support them and that they mean something to you.

    Maybe it’s as simple as that..
    But so simple that few people ever do it.
    Robin Williams meant something to all of us..
    Now go and find those that mean something to you and let them know..

    -30-

     

    robinwilliams

  • ROBIN WILLIAMS, RIP

    ROBIN WILLIAMS, RIP


    ROBIN WILLIAMS DEAD

    Horrible and sad news tonight.. Robin Williams dead..
    It is being ruled a suicide..
    But that doesn’t matter..
    What matters is what this man did to cheer up the world—all the while he battled the sadness and depression of inner demons..

    May God, if he exists, take Mr. Williams to an amazing place..
    His time on this planet certainly amazed us, and made us smile when we were most down..

    Mr. Keating, oh captain.. rest in peace.

  • $97 mil later, NINJA TURTLES 2 gets a release date

    $97 mil later, NINJA TURTLES 2 gets a release date

    The buildup.. the virtually nude images of Megan Fox.. the thumbs..
    All of it culminated this weekend in a show of turtle power strength.. the heroes in a half shell weren’t supposed to do as good as they did.. but $65 mil domestic and $97 mil worldwide dollars later, the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES are partying like it’s still the 20th century..

    And now, with a successful weekend behind them, PARAMOUNT has announced that NINJA TURTLES 2 has a sequel and release date: June 3, 2016–less than two years from now..

    Michael Bay will return .. obviously no word on who will play April O’Neill, but if she was good enough to do it the first time, chances are Megan Fox will be asked again..

    That’s of course unless Fox decides to poke her thumb at Bay in the post-release era.. TRANSFORMERS behind them.. money talks. Mom Fox may not want to risk basking in the glow of April’s yellow in’16..

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  • TURTLES overperforms at box office

    TURTLES overperforms at box office

    Michael Bay is undoubtedly driving his former arch enemy Megan Fox to the bank this weekend.. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES captured a bigger audience than expected for its North American release..

    The NINJAS are expected to rake in $64 mil in box office numbers this weekend. It will finish as the number one film in America.. that in spite of tremendously negative reviews and even more negative ratings on fan sites.. The movie seemingly has captured an audience, though: Megan Fox brought in the teenage wasteland while the NINJA TURTLES brought in the 30 somethings crying out for their youth–this movie isn’t the same NINJA TURTLES experience they grew up on, but all things in life must change..

    The other films bringing in cash:

    GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY will finish second place..

    INTO THE STORM opens at third–I actually thought this weather disaster movie may have done better, but perhaps its premise is too close to how wild our reality in life is…

    THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY will be fourth.. LUCY is fifth–dropping a lot from previous weeks. As expected..

  • Sex comes back to haunt Megan Fox

    Sex comes back to haunt Megan Fox

    The roll out of the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is just about set for a momentous culmination.. the movie’s release will come after months —and many hardcore weeks—of Megan Fox headlines. She has cussed out haters, she said she’s sexy, and she dressed in attire that nearly didn’t cover the most sensual places on her body..

    But perhaps regret is starting to creep in. Film companies has used her body and her beauty—not her thumbs—for about a decade. Her roles have focused on the beauty and not the brains.. and isn’t that really a shame.

    USA TODAY reports this about her real attitude:

    Just, please, please, don’t call her a bombshell in front of her kids. Fox, who plays intrepid reporterApril O’Neil in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesreboot opening Friday, cringes visibly when she thinks about her two toddlers, Noah, almost 2, and Bodhi, 5 months, one day being confronted with images of their mother all sexed up.

    “I wanted to be a superhero for my children. They can’t really see Transformers, because it’s too sexualized for them to deal with their mother. That’s their mother bent over the car. We don’t need to go there — maybe ever,” says Fox, 28, referring to her breakout performance in Michael Bay’s 2007 cinematic explosion.

    Michael Bay’s use of Megan’s body in promos ..It has been apparent that TMNT spots are featuring her on purpose in order to attract a potential gender and age group.. And her outfits to the premieres? My oh my.. Little left to an imagination..

    Even more sex related news concerning Megan Fox: Apparently, Brian Austin Greene is not having sex with Megan.. We know that because of gossip rags and E!ONLINE reporting it..

    It’s bizarre to me—and always has been—to know the secret and sultry sex lives of Hollywood stars. People in grocery store lines have always eaten it up as much as the pastries surely in their grocery carts.. And now with the internet’s cheapening of gossip, now it’s even worse. The paparazzi would love to snap Fox and others in any position they could..
    But Megan has kids.
    And her body has been used for years..
    Up and until now..

    Regret perhaps? The uncomfortable fact that eventually her children will see films in which she’s bent overtop of a car with her scantily clad breasts hanging out? You can’t cover kids’ eyes forever.

    But it will be ‘mom’ .. and no one wants to look at ‘mom’ ..

    But Megan’s not just any mom.

     

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