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Repo The Genetic Opera – Theatrical Trailer 2
Repo The Genetic Opera – I’d heard a bit about this a few months back, but now that there’s a trailer… Wow… Looks very cool and creepy. I am not a fan of musicals by any streatch, but how can you go wrong when you’ve got a cast like this… Ogre from Skinny Puppy, Anthony Stewart Head (Giles from Buffy), Paul Sorvino, Sarah Brightman, that girl from the Spy kids movies, etc….. Looks like it’s been bumped back to November and will be limited release (which means no Cleveland I’m sure…). I’ll have to keep an eye out for the DVD…

I was checking out some clips from Mike Patton’s Soundtrack to the short Film “A Perfect Place” (which sounds fantastic by the way… and here’s a review of that album…), and “The Google” led me to this great interview he did with MovieWeb.com. It starts off dealing with the voiceover work Patton did in “I Am Legend” (which I haven’t seen and had no clue he did that…), and then tails into his label, doing soundtracks, past and present plans, and other latest bits of news… Read the full schpeel here…

After almost 80 years, one of the most famous films of German and in fact worldwide cinema may finally be restored! According to reports, the original version of Metropolis was 210 minutes or so long, but was severely cut when it went into worldwide release (by almost 25%).. Apparently a long lost copy from the early 1920′s has been in Buenos Aries all this time in the possesion of film collectors who where unaware of what they had in hand… Shamefully (having studied film in college, and even having taken a ‘silent cinema’ class), this is a film I’ve never seen! The article goes on to state how much of the cryptic plot and odd flow of the film has been restored and character development previously confusing now makes sense and the vision and tempo of the original film are brilliant… Read the article for more (it’s just a really cool story…)

Looks pretty guut!!!

Finally watched “Tenacious D – The Pick Of Destiny”… Great flick if you’re a fan of the “D”, but I was most impressed by Dave Grohl (reprising) his role as Satan…
“Yes this riff is f&$king tasty!!!”

This movie looks pretty hilarious. Too bad its not playing anywhere near here. Hafta wait for the DVD I s’pose… Quite an impressive cast. Looks like it could have the feel of ‘Best In Show’ or ‘Spinal Tap’, only the arena this time is the World of Poker… Quickie from the website synopsis… “The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker…. An eclectic cast brings together many of today’s top comedic actors; Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind and Chris Parnell. The film also stars award–winning comedian Ray Romano, the legendary German film director Werner Herzog and sitcom vet Gabe “Welcome Back Kotter” Kaplan.”

So we had a little father/daughter movie night last night and watched this recent DVD release. I gotta say, I actually thought it was pretty good. The effects were nice and the story was your typical heartwarming fare with an underlying message about the wonders of life (ya know, everything you’d expect from a popular kids flick…) Dustin Hoffman was a little creepy, but not enough to be too disturbing… My daughter was actually a little less impressed, but I’m not sure why… So if’n ya got a kid and need a decent rental this weekend, I recommend this…

Well, through the magic of Facebook, over the past week I’ve somehow become at least slightly re-acquainted with many persons from ‘back-in-the-day’… But that’s a tale for another post. Needless to say, today I heard from a friend whom I majored with back at BG. It was great to hear his successes, and he turned me on to this website (which he writes for) called popdose. I’ve only just gleaned the surface, but it looks like some interesting reading (especially to satiate the TV Geek in me)…

Earlier I posted a link to the website for Gondry’s new movie “Be Kind Rewind”… The plot: Movies get erased and these guys have to recreate the flicks to get by(well that’s the shortest synopsis I could come up with… I’m sure there’s more to it…). Anyway, Michel Gondry has now taken the trailer and “Sweded” it! Genius!

This new flick looks pretty hilarious. I’m a huge fan of anything Michele Gondry has done, and Jack Black and Mos Def a usually consistently great in whatever they’ve been in. The website has some cool stuff going on so check that out. Basically, the “internet” gets erased (much like the “movies” in the film, and the website is a nice flash recreation of google and some supporting links… Check out lots of trailers for all the ‘remade’ or ‘sweded’ films by Black & Def here…