Category: Movies

Batman vs. Superman, Old School

Retro Batman Superman

Cinemash recently re-imagined the upcoming Batman versus Superman movie as being made with an old-school Superman (Christopher Reeve) and Batman (Adam West). While like everyone else I am eagerly anticipating Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) with Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck, it would be pretty cool to see the full movie version of this trailer too.

It is also interesting to contemplate how dark our superhero movies have become in the recent decade and why. Seeing this trailer really highlights the differences from an earlier time. Check out the trailer for Batman v Superman (Retro Version).

If you like spoilers, for a recently revealed synopsis of the real Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, head over to Collider.

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    Disney Recycled . . . Animation

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    Apparently even before most of us began recycling our garbage, Disney was recycling its animation. Of course, it makes sense when back in the old days animation took a long time. So, we see scenes from older Disney movies like Snow White (1937), The Jungle Book (1967), or Sleeping Beauty (1959) being reused in later movies like Robin Hood (1973) and Beauty and the Beast (1991).

    This new video from Movie Munchies highlights some of the way that Walt Disney recycles animation. [2024 Update: Unfortunately, the video is not currently avaialable].

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    Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace in ‘The End of the Tour’

    Segel as David Foster Wallace
    In a new trailer for “The End of the Tour,” actor Jason Segel portrays the brilliant writer David Foster Wallace. The film follows Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) traveling with Wallace for an interview not long after the publicatoin of Wallace’s 1996 novel Infinite Jest. James Ponsoldt directed the movie, which is based on a memoir by Lipsky called Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace.

    The trailer indicates Segel pulls off the serious role as the late Wallace very well and makes this one of the movies I am looking forward to seeing.

    The End of the Tour will hit theaters in a limited release on July 31.

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    Guy Clark to Be Focus of New Book and Documentary

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    Tamara Saviano, who produced the excellent tribute double-CD This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (2011), is making her directing debut with a documentary about Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark. According to the film’s Kickstarter page, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark will trace “the life of music pioneer Guy Clark, who, with his wife Susanna, shaped the contemporary folk and American roots music scene.”

    Saviano has spent seven years working on an upcoming definitive biography of Clark too, so her film about his life promises to be an in-depth look at one of the great writers of Texas music in the last century. The documentary includes coverage of Clark’s youth in Monahans, Texas and follows his life as he develops into a legendary singer-songwriter. Below is a promotional video for the film.

    Saviano’s Kickstarter campaign for the film is still seeking funds on Kickstarter until May 21, 2015. For more information, check out the Kickstarter page.

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