New Walking Dead still and season 3 info

Rick holding it down in season 3

If you want to read the showrunner talking about Season 3 of The Walking Dead click here.

VHS Red Band Trailer

When it comes to horror movies I think the further out of the box you are willing to step the better. This has some creep factor and it's nice to give VHS a little modern love, MHB is going to keep an eye on this one.
Synopsis:

When a group of petty criminals is hired by a mysterious party to retrieve a rare piece of found footage from a rundown house in the middle of nowhere, they soon realize that the job isn’t going to be as easy as they thought. In the living room, a lifeless body holds court before a hub of old television sets, surrounded by stacks upon stacks of VHS tapes. As they search for the right one, they are treated to a seemingly endless number of horrifying videos, each stranger than the last.

Third (and final?) Dark Knight Rises trailer

Does this trailer make you willing to drop $100 to see this bad boy on opening night if you had to?

First image of Angelina Jolie as MALEFICENT

I have no problem admitting that growing up Maleficent creeped the shit out of me, she was so damn evil in Sleeping Beauty. I think this idea of Angelina Jolie playing the character in a live action feature has some potential. We shall see...

Unreleased scene from the movie, Elder Engineer?

Prometheus: My Official and Final Review....Maybe


I normally never get on blogs to discuss movies but I've felt compelled to visit some and defend a film I honestly thought was great sci-fi and a worthy prequel to such a classic. I love all kinds of movies but there's always been a special place in my heart for science fiction and for me it was definitely Star Wars that started it. But in high school I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey and it totally changed my perspective on what science fiction could deliver. Eventually I saw the movie Alien and it again made me think of the genre in a totally different light and I've loved it ever since. Its story had so much mystery which in turn gave it depth and like a book forced you to use your own imagination. When an artist or artists leave things to interpretation it can have a positive or negative effect. For me it was positive. But there's still a part of you that wants the artist to interpret for you and so this is how many prequels come about.

When I first heard that a prequel to Alien was in the works I got very excited because the image of the iconic space jockey immediately came to mind and I thought "Okay great, we're going to find out who these guys are.". Many months later the promotional websites and previews start fueling fan anticipation until finally the film hits theaters. I admittedly have let hype cloud my judgement when seeing certain movies like Revenge of The Sith which I loved at the theater and grew to hate after watching it enough on dvd. I've seen Prometheus twice at the theater and have enjoyed it each time. I can't say my opinion of it won't change in a few months time when I've watched it again on dvd but 'Revenge' was a finale and Prometheus is the beginning of what might be a whole new tangent in the universe of Alien.


Before I get into the microscopic negatives from other people who's expectations weren't met, I want to say what I liked about it. Story is number one, no doubt about it. But can you imagine Star Wars or Superman without music? I thought the soundtrack to Prometheus was good and it was a definite statement by Ridley Scott to use far more music in this one than he did in Alien or even his other sci-fi hit Blade Runner. Visually I think everyone who's seen it agree, whether they liked the story or not, that it was a beautiful picture. I always appreciate a balance of special effects and actual on-location footage. Acting wise, Fassbender was undoubtedly the star but I have to give props to Noomi Rapace. I haven't seen her in anything else but I thought her character by the end of it was pretty hardcore, an echo of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley. The story definitely tackles a lot of themes and even though the idea of challenging 200 hundred years of evolutionary discovery might seem foolish to pro-science people like me, its still interesting and entertaining to see both science and religion challenged as it was in Prometheus.

The growing consensus among the naysayers is that the acting is bland, the characters are boring and the plot has too many holes. I personally could not disagree more about the acting. The importance of some of the characters is questionable, particularly Charlie. But I don't agree that he gave a poor performance overall. As for the plot, the only holes that I consider relevant are ones that the sequel(s) will presumably answer. If there was only going to be this movie and nothing more, I would agree that it was lazy writing but its not. The most annoying complaint I've read thus far about the movie is that the xenomorph doesn't look like the others from the previous films. Pretty dumb considering none of them looked alike or did the same things. Whatever the engineers were engineering-making on LV-223 were obviously biologically diverse and there were several species. And speaking of biology, another complaint is around the character of the biologist and the geologist who get lost within the Engineer's pyramid and eventually get killed by a species resembling the face-hugger. To me this was nitpicking at its finest. Clearly these were meant to be expendable characters and this is after all a story about how an emotionless, remorseless, instinctual beast who hunts its prey one by one...is created.

No film is perfect, there are always going to be flaws, even in the story itself. You could take any story and pick it apart until all the potential enjoyment in seeing it is lost. If I could say anything to the naysayers of Prometheus it would be this: Wait until the rest of the movies are made before you totally tear this one apart. Alien had a lot of people asking questions too, but its still a masterpiece. I'm going to wait until I see the other movies being planned before I pretend I'm an accomplished director like Ridley Scott and pick away at a movie that is far from "terrible". Everyone's entitled to their opinion, sure, and this is mine.

Shamisoshea takes on Rock of Ages

6.5 Hypebeasts out of 10

 "So even if this ROSE has a few more THORNS than we'd like, never quite becomes a PARADISE CITY, and probably ultimately fails to HIT YOU WITH IT'S BEST SHOT, this reviewer JUST CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING ANYMORE. I liked this damn movie. 6.5 ypebeasts out of 10."
Full review after the jump

Mike Tyson one man Broadway Show directed by Spike Lee on the way

Ladies and Gentleman.. The Baddest Man on the Planet

Pretty sure the title says it all. Normally wouldn't post Broadway news on The Beast but for Iron Mike Tyson I'll make an exception. Is it weird that I actually would like to see this? Deets

Are you an 80s movie aficionado?

Would you pay $100 for TDKR IMAX??

According to this you may have to Scalping TDKR tickets??

Sweet Taken 2 Teaser Poster

 

Never get tired of Savages video

There's really not a lot more I can say about Savages at this point, it's a movie that people within the industry are excited for. Oliver Stone has had more misses than hits lately but when he's on his game you can end up with Platoon, JFK, or Any Given Sunday. When he's off you get Alexander. All indications are that he's back on his game for this and the way they are promoting the hell out of it you can tell the studio is hoping they have a sleeper big summer hit on their hands. Today they released a lot of cool trailers showcasing interactions between the characters.

Synopsis
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry—raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town…until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.

When the merciless head of the BC, Elena (Hayek), and her brutal enforcer, Lado (Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon—with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (Travolta)—wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.

 

Jonah Hill joins cast of Django Unchained

If this movie is trying to force me to get on my knees and blow it already it's getting close to sealing the deal.

The next Bridesmaids?

Final Expendables 2 poster attempts to fit all the bad ass into 27" by 40"

EW Prometheus Podcast

Should make for some decent listening on the treadmill or something. Haven't listensed yet but supposedly an in depth analysis of the movie. Click here to listen

Ain't It Cool News reviews ROA

By Billy the Kidd:

 "ROCK OF AGES is absolutely a guilty pleasure film, and, if you were to watch it and tell me that it flat-out sucks, I’d have no gripe with what the movie did for you. But, when I can sit for two hours (and yes, the movie starts to feel its length about halfway through) and listen to the hits of REO Speedwagon, Extreme, Twisted Sister, Foreigner and Whitesnake, even in these GLEE-d up versions (I’ve a fan of that show, too), it’s hard to not find some enjoyment in that."

Full review after the jump

Resident Evil Retribution Trailer

I don't know why I like these movies but I do. One of a million guilty pleasures I seem to have. Whatever. I like zombies and I enjoy seeing Alice find new ways to beat the shit out of them. Coming your way on September 14, 2012.

Oliver Stone interrogates cast of Savages in character.

Will Smith on why he passed on Django Unchained

Here's what he told Empire, "I came really close, it was one of the most amazing screenplays I had ever ever seen. I was in the middle of 'Men In Black 3' and [Tarantino] was ready to go, and I just couldn't sit with him and get through the issues, so I didn't want to hold him up. That thing's going to be ridiculous. It is a genius screenplay."

One of the most amazing screenplays he's ever seen and it was genius, but he passed it up? All I need to know about the guy.

Trailer for Sinister has potential

This poster is creepy. Well Done.