Movie Of The Week: Army Of Darkness (1992)

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Army Of Darkness (1992)


Synopsis:  A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.

Released  February 19, 1993 Premiered In 1992 At A Film FEstival
Director:  Sam Raimi
Domestic Box Office Gross:  $21.5 Million

Running Time:  1 Hours 21 Minutes
Starring: Bruce Campbell & Dead Guys

Why You Should Watch It: It's about as cult classic as you get.  For years everyone was hoping for a sequel, but now we are getting a remake of the original Evil Dead, which will probably suck, so for now watch this piece of cinema gold!

Movie Of The Week: Alien (1979)

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Alien (1979)


Synopsis:  A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.

Released  May 25, 1979
Director:  Ridley Scott
Domestic Box Office Gross:  $78.9 Million

Running Time:  1 Hours 57 Minutes
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, & John Hurt

Why You Should Watch It: First off it's a classic.  Second, the Prometheus trailer just hit which is a prequel to this movie, so why not revisit where it all began.

Movie Of The Week: Planet Of The Apes (1968)

 

Welcome to a brand new  Movie Of The Week, a new weekly feature at the Blog!  How does this differ from Trailer Park, well one it is weekly and two I hope to get interaction from YOU, the Comicpalooza fans.  I want you to email me a pick for Movie Of The Week, and I will use them and post those picks as the weeks go by!  Email me your picks at comicpaloozablog@yahoo.com!  Start thinking of your Movie Of The Week and send it to me!

Planet Of The Apes (1968) 


Synopsis:  An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

Released  April 3, 1968
Director:  Franklin J. Schaffner
Domestic Box Office Gross:  $32.6 Million
Running Time:  1 Hours 52 Minutes
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, and Kim Hunter

Why You Should Watch It: The new reboot/prequel hits DVD/Blu-Ray on Tuesday, so why not revisit the original classic film now and see where the phenomenon all began!

Movie Of The Week: Die Hard (1988)

 

 Welcome to a brand new  Movie Of The Week, a new weekly feature at the Blog!  How does this differ from Trailer Park, well one it is weekly and two I hope to get interaction from YOU, the Comicpalooza fans.  I want you to email me a pick for Movie Of The Week, and I will use them and post those picks as the weeks go by!  Email me your picks at comicpaloozablog@yahoo.com!  Start thinking of your Movie Of The Week and send it to me!

Die Hard (1988)

Synopsis:  New York cop John McClane gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building.

Released  July 15, 1988
Director:  John McTiernan
Domestic Box Office Gross:  $83Million
Running Time:  2 Hours 1 Minutes
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, and Paul Gleason

Why You Should Watch It: Chances are you've seen it and with the announcement of A Good Day To Die Hard, the 5th film in the franchise, it's a good time to revisit the original classic.  This is the best film in the series and still holds up today with modern action films.  Plus Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman are awesome in this.

Movie Of The Week - October 26, 2011: Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

 

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Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

Synopsis:  A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse. .

Released  October 1, 1968
Director:  George A. Romero
Domestic Box Office Gross:  $30 Million (Worldwide)
Running Time:  1 Hour 36 Minutes
Starring: Duane Jones & Judith O'Dea  

Why You Should Watch It:  This is the movie that made zombies cool!  28 Days Later, Dawn Of The Dead, The Walking Dead....all are inspired by this black and white classic!  It still stands up today in the genre as a horrifying and gritty look at just what if the dead came back to life!

Movie Of The Week: October 17, 2011: The Thing (1982)

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The Thing (1982)

Synopsis:  Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.

Released  June 25, 1982
Director:  John Carpenter
Domestic Box Office Gross:  $19.6 Million
Running Time:  1 Hour 49 Minutes
Starring: Kurt Russel, Keith David, and Wilford Brimley

Why You Should Watch It:  With the prequel/remake in theaters now, maybe it's time to revisit the classic 1982 film.  There's also the 1951 film The Thing From Another World.  Either way you will be watching a solid science fiction film that may just scare the hell out of you in the process!

Movie Of The Week: October 3, 2011 - The NeverEnding Story (1984)

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The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Synopsis: A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.

Released July 20, 1984
Director: Wolfgang Peterson
Domestic Box Office Gross: $20 Million
Running Time: 1 Hour 32 Minutes
Starring: Noah Hathaway

Why You Should Watch It: Chances are you have already seen it, and for a lot of us, it's one of those great child hood memory movies.  It might not be as good as it was when you were a kid, but there's still a lot to enjoy about this pretty good and fun fantasy flick.  Just stay away from the awful sequels, and enjoy this before Hollywood remakes it also.  

Movie Of THe Week September 16, 2011: 28 Days Later (2002)

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 28 Days Later (2002)

Synopsis: Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.

Released June 27, 2003 in the U.S.
Director: Danny Boyle
Domestic Box Office Gross:$45 Million
Running Time: 1 Hour 43 Minutes
Starring Cillian Murphy

Why You Should Watch It: Before Danny Boyle was an Oscar winning director, he made this visual sci-fi horror film starring a young Cillian Murphy.  The movie took the idea of "zombie" survival and modernized it using the idea of a virus to cause the horror.  And horror it did cause, as this movie scared the hell out of people when it was released.

Movie Of The Week September 9, 2011: The Rocketeer (1991)

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The Rocketeer (1991)

Synopsis: A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high flying masked hero.

Released June 21, 1991
Director: Joe Johnston
Domestic Box Office Gross: $46 Million
Running Time:  1 Hour 48 Minutes
Starring: Billy Campbell & Jennifer Connelly

Why You Should Watch It:  First off, it's actually really good!  It's directed by Joe Johnston before he ever thought of making a Captain America film 20 years later, and it's a fun throwback to old fashioned super hero action films!  The film is hitting Blu-Ray soon too so more the reason to watch it now

Movie Of The Week September 2, 2011: Mortal Kombat (1995)

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Mortal Kombat (1995)

Synopsis: Three unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world.Yes, it really is that simple.

Released August 18, 1995
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Domestic Box Office Gross: $70.4 Million
Running Time: 1 Hour 41 Minutes
Starring Christopher Lambert (The guy from the original Highlander) and a bunch of relatively unknowns

Why You Should Watch It:  Because for most of us, Mortal Kombat was a big part of our generation of playing video games.  That and the movie is a lot of good cheesy fun.  Maybe it's even the Flash Gordon of the 1990's!  Plus doesn't hearing MORTAL KOMBAT make you want to go kick ass!

Close Ups Of The Costume From The Man Of Steel

As Zach Snyder's Man Of Steel films in Plano, Illinois, set pictures are popping up everywhere.  Here are several closeups of star Henry Cavill in the Superman suit.  I know the changes he made to the suit are subtle, but why jack with it at all.  This Superman looks like he's from a what if futuristic story.  I totally understand modernizing it, but I dunno I think it's a bit much, maybe you disagree!  I really really want to like this movie and hope for the best, and it's hard to judge on early set pictures, but so far - not impressed.  The Man Of Steel opens in theaters in 2013.

Movie Of The Week August 24, 2011: Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger (1977)

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Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger (1977)

Synopsis: Sinbad must deliver a prince transformed into a monkey to the lands of the Ademaspai to restore him to his human form in time for his coronation. On the way he must contend with the evil witch Zenobia, her son and their magic, and several nasty-looking Ray Harryhausen beasties

Released:August 12, 1977 but very limited distribution in the United States.  The film played in more theaters over seas!
Domestic Box Office Gross: Unknown
Director: Sam Wanamaker
Starring: Patrick Wayne & Jane Seymour
Running Time: 1 Hour 53 Minutes

Why You Should Watch It:  First off it's a Ray Harryhausen special effects film, the man behind the original Clash Of The Titans film.  Second, it's one of the most captivating pieces of classic "cheesy" fantasy film you will ever watch and the stop motion effects are amazing for their time!

Thanks to Richard Haufe for this weeks pick!

Movie Of The Week August 17, 2011: Conan The Barbarian (1982)

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Conan The Barbarian

From IMDB: The epic tale of child sold into slavery who grows into a man who seeks revenge against the warlord who massacred his tribe.

Released: May 14, 1982
Domestic Box Office Gross:  $39.5 Million
Starring:  Arnold Schwarzenegger
Running Time: 2 Hours 9 Minutes

Why You Should Watch It: It's one of Arnold's first big films he starred in and it's barbarian awesomeness at it's best.  Sure the remake hits theaters this weekend but nothing beats this classic original!  Plus James Earl Jones is in it and there's giant snakes!