Wednesday 21 November 2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Cast
Kristen Stewart
Robert Pattinson
Taylor Lautner
Peter Facinelli
Dakota Fanning
Maggie Grace
Michael Sheen
Jamie Campbell-Bower
Ashley Greene
Kellan Lutz
Nikki Reed
Elizabeth Reaser
Mackenzie Foy
Screenwriter
Melissa Rosenberg
Director
Bill Condon
Running Time
115 minutes

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.[Metacritic]

I went in with low expectations. Having seen the others, only really liking the first, I thought I might as well see the last one and I was surprised how much I did enjoy it.

Sunday 18 November 2012

February Comics

CBR has the new Dark Horse, DC, Marvel and Image solicitations for February.

This is the stuff I'm thinking about in addition to my regular pull list.




FEARLESS DEFENDERS #1
CULLEN BUNN (W) • Will Sliney (A)
Cover by Mark Brooks
Variant Cover by MIKE DEODATO
Variant Cover by MILO MANARA
Sketch Variant by MILO MANARA
Blank Cover Also Available
NEW TEAM! NEW VILLAINS! NEW CREATORS! Valkyrie and Misty Knight are the Fearless Defenders and not since Power Man and Iron Fist has an unlikely duo kicked this much—well, you know. Writer Cullen Bunn (Venom, Sixth Gun, The Fearless) and new-to-Marvel artist Will Sliney (MacGyver, Star Wars) bring you the book everyone is going to be talking about on Thursday morning.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

Not sure about the art but maybe.



SNAPSHOT 1 (of 4)
story ANDY DIGGLE
art / cover JOCK
FEBRUARY 6
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
Jake Dobson is your typical nerd; works at the Near-Mint Rhino comic-book store in San Francisco. But when he finds a lost cell phone, he's horrified to discover it's full of snapshots of a murder victim. Suddenly he finds himself hunted by a vengeful hitman who wants his phone back... and Jake in a body bag! And then things start to get *really* complicated...
Don't miss the first ever creator-owned thriller from the team behind THE LOSERS and GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE!

The Scalped covers that Jock did were great so interested in this.



SON OF MERLIN 1
story ROBERT NAPTON
art ZID
cover A ZID
cover B STJEPAN SEJIC
FEBRUARY 6
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$0.99
THE BATTLE BEGINS ANEW
Simon Ambrose is a brilliant young professor at MIT. Always somewhat out of sync with the rest of the world, Simon is a man of science and does not put much stock in faith. When he discovers that he is the bastard son of the world's greatest wizard Merlin, he is forced to put his skepticism aside and embrace a world of magic and the mayhem it embodies.
Science and magic collide in this introductory priced first issue! For $1, you can't afford to miss this next step in a battle that has been waged for ages!

The price is great and the art looks good.

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Argo

Cast
Ben Affleck
Alan Arkin
John Goodman
Bryan Cranston
Rory Cochrane
Scoot McNairy
Clea DuVall
Tate Donovan
Kerry Bishé
Screenwriter
Chris Terrio
Director
Ben Affleck
Running Time
120 minutes

Based on true events, “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis—the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist named Tony Mendez comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies. (Warner Bros.)

Tense, funny and exciting although the airport stuff becomes a little too 'Keystone cops'.

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Rust And Bone

Cast
Marion Cotillard
Matthias Schoenaerts
Armand Verdure
Céline Sallette
Screenwriters
Jacques Audiard
Thomas Bidegain
Director
Jacques Audiard
Running Time
120 minutes

Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

Engrossing with great performances but unfocused and sprawling in the way it tells the story. The injury of Cotillard's character was very well done.