The Last Exorcism: Part 2 - Preview

The Last Exorcism: Part 2

Updates released opening scene - To be honest a bit pointless

 






The Last Exorcism (2010) Was a great example of how the much hated documentary style "Found Footage" film can work well.  In it Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) an evangelical preacher with a sideline in fake exorcisms for cash takes a film crew follow to him on his final job.  A film with Eli Roth on the production credits its not going to be an easy ride for him.  For full Review Click 


Part 2 looks a completely different sort of movie.  Firstly its a proper film and not found footage and looks more of a standard demon possession horror.  The first poster was fucking awful (right)  hope it was a in joke and will disappear from any released material.

Which could be good but it was the very human not supernatural aspect that made the first one so good.  Hopefully it will still hold some of that.  Release Date March 13th 2013  
 


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4TH REICH Will it ever be made

No news is bad news 

Director: Shaun Robert Smith

Cast: Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee,
Jason Flemyng Tom Savini

Production Status:     In Pre-Production

The 4th Reich seemed like it was going to be a great addition to the Nazi Zombie sub-genre.  There were some decent actors attached including the ever reliable Sean Pertwee & zombie film legend Tom Savini.  In 2010 Sean Bean reveled he would also be involved and the film would be released in 2011.  It looked to have a Dog soldiers (2002) feel to the film from the teaser released (Which seems to have since disappeared from the internet) but it still doesn't look like appearing any time soon.  IMDB has moved to a 2013 release but AV productions who have the distribution rights have not updated anything since 2011

Will this film ever be seen any info please update

Till then we only have Shaun Robert Smith 2007 short film that got him the job.  Click on link below

Link to Film
    
           
     
Plot: Beset by a barrage of German gunfire Allied forces land on Normandy. In spite of the countless number of bodies strewn along the bloody beaches the manoeuvre is hailed a success in the Allied efforts to liberate France.

However there is no respite for war weary Corporal Roberts and Sergeant Major Gordon as they are assigned on a covert mission progressing deeper into occupied France. Led by the battle hardened Captain Bathurst, the small select infantry are tasked with a mission to take over from where a previous operation failed - to eliminate the notorious Oberleutnant Dirlewanger and destroy the secret research facility he and his SS division are guarding with their lives. With the mission's details being on a need to know basis, rumours amongst the infantry circulate about the Nazi's occultish experiments.

As they advance through war ravaged towns seeing off the last faithful members of Nazi resistance, Roberts discovers that the rumours may not be as far fetched as he believed. Finding the macabre corpses of the first operation, the disturbing reality that they were not simply the victims of battle begins to sink in.

Their suspicions prove justified as they explore the deserted research facility revealing the truly horrific implications of the Nazi experiments and discovering their successful trials to regenerate an indestructible 4th Reich from Dirlewanger's SS dead division. The soldiers are now faced with an undead evil for which even the extreme nightmares of war could not have prepared them. 

 Cast

    Sean Pertwee as Captain Bathurst
    Sean Bean as Sergeant Major Gordon
    Doug Bradley as SS-Hauptsturmführer Gast
    Tom Savini as SS-Standartenführer Dirlewanger
    Axelle Carolyn as French Girl
    Craig Conway as Private Smith
    Ian Virgo as Professor Davidson
    Jay Sutherland as Markham
    Johan Rudebeck as SS-Obersturmführer Dr. Turek
    Simon Bamford as SS-Unterscharführer Kraus
    Shaun Robert Smith as Ives
    Patrick Toomey as 2nd Lt. Thompson
    Clayton Fussell as Dexter
    Andreas Schnaas as Willhelm[2]

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IRON MAN 3 NEWS, COMPLAINTS & GENERAL MOANING

IRON MAN 3

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After the unexpected mega success of Iron Man (2008), lets face it without that The Avengers (2012) would never have been green lit for production.  

The overall turdness of  Iron man 2 (2010) was a big  let down so we are looking for a big improvement this time round. 

The signs are good, trailer looks smart but don't they all.  Shane Black Directing: (Lethal Weapon (1987) The Last Boy Scout (1991) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) ) So we can expect Shit loads of action and snappy dialog  (He may have had writing credit on IM2 but we will forget that) 

I Hate Iron Man

Guy Pearce & Ben Kingsley taking up the bad guy mantel  the acting level has been knocked up a notch, so Jr doesn't have to hold the fort on his own.  

Shows that the Type of villain is important with the 1st film you had Obadiah Stane who, even though the continuity had been changed, had a huge  story arc in the comic with one of the greatest ever Iron man stories ending with the Iron Monger battle in #200.  (Which I hope isn't worth any money as I dropped it in the toilet when I was a kid).  It helped that Jeff Bridges is a fucking great actor as well.  

Iron man 2 had a bloke with whip's, forget about it, it did have War Machine

This time round there's the Mandarin, basically Iron Mans Arch Nemesis (Fin Fan Foom is that's too daft a name for cinema) this means 100s of stories & years of character development available to write a convincing script around.  So roll on May (or April 26 as it has been reported to be released in UK week early???).

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MOVIE NEWS, COMPLAINTS & GENERAL MOANING

The laziness of Hollywood

So the Hollywood default button has been pressed & JJ.Abrams will direct the new Star Wars Episode VII.

Should anyone really complain about this as he is the most imaginative and creative Alist director of the moment.  Well unfortunately the moment doesn't last, you only have to look at George Lucas for that.  

 


With the might of Disney behind him Abrams will have more money to play with than your average middle eastern dictator, but he may not be able to fully use it as he would like.  He can have all the complete creative control clauses in his contract he likes (I'm sure that is why he's taken his time confirming and even publicly rejecting the offer last year) but this is Disney and you don't fuck with Mickeys brand.  
 I wouldn't be suprised to see him leave the "Project" early (He will take millions from them whatever the outcome so its Win/Win really)


I'm in no doubt we wont be bored shitless with trade embargoes and senate hearings like the appalling Phantom Menace and Star Trek was an awesome film.  

There are some things to consider. 

Although Star Trek was great it managed this from (lets face it) a brilliant move, to completely write off 40 years of Star trek by re-writing its history.  Time travel had been used frequently in the franchise but with one swift (Opening credits) move he made it possible to restart from scratch (Obviously with some boundaries). Virtually destroying the federation especially the Vulcan's and changing the dynamic between Kirk & Spock.  It was more than a reboot it was a recreation.  Errr it did also have a great story and cast as well I suppose.



With Star Wars VII he will not be able to just tweak already very established/well known characters he will truly have to start from scratch as we assume it will be set decades after Jedi so new characters will have to be created for the new range toys plus a long drawn out good Vs evil saga.    However with the new characters he will have to keep the feel of a Star Wars film.


Star Trek worked the first time but the true test will be  Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) it may just turn back to the same old shit.  This seems to have happened with James bond after a successful reboot with Casino Royale (2006) we had to put up with the dreadful Quantum of Solace (2008) and I may be on my own with this as it was the most successful film of 2012 but by the end of Skyfall (2012) we may as well be back in the 60s, the pointless banter with moneypenny, dodgy villains with blonde wigs and the new/old M. 

On a personal level I hated Mission: Impossible III (2006) it was pants.  I much preferred Ghost Protocol (2011) which he may have been involved with (producer) but he didn't Direct.  It seems he is still tied up with both the Star Trek & Mission Impossible franchises, even if this is to a lesser extent it will be at the same time 2014/15. 

Millennium Falcon Farts are deadly

Should Hollywood have given its golden goose to someone with this much work on his table.  Would it not have been better to choose someone who could invest their whole time building a new legacy. (As we know at the end of Jedi, the Empire had been defeated the Sith were dead leaving an army of clones with no leadership).  

He may be hollywoods golden boy but this doesn't guarantee success.  We've seen when shit like this goes wrong before look at when Andre Villas-Boas took over Chelsea or when Fernando Torres moved to Chelsea, oh wait that's football, how about when John Woo took over the Mission Impossible mantel.       

Its easy to slag of a choice but who should it have gone to.  To be honest Fuck knows, Ben Afflecks name was mentioned and although it makes me vomit a little when Ben Affleck & Star Wars is mentioned there is no doubt he has developed into a very good Director.  

Duncan Jones Moon (2009) was also in the frame (allegedly) but I think Guillermo del Toro was a good shout (He didn't want it but is that because they said "Do one.  We don't want any clock work shit in this movie").  Perhaps its time to hand over to a totally new generation to go down the Halo - Mass Effect route and leave it in their messed up hands (These are now the biggest franchises on the planet).  Ah forget it can't wait it will be awesome.

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