Courtesy of Wondercon, four minutes of new Green Lantern footage. This may be the closest thing we will ever get to seeing Doc E E Smith’s Grey Lensman books done as a movie, which I always thought was the inspiration for the Green Lantern comic book series. The film hits the big screens on June 17th, and I am seriously looking forward to it.
Pick of the week would have to be Source Code, about a soldier who is part of an anti-terrorist task force, and who keeps getting shoved back through time so he can gather intelligence about who planted the bomb, so they can be arrested. But that is not good enough for him; he knows that the true task is to save the victims on the train from the bomb. The problem is doing so would lead to some serious causality loops, possibly as severe as an actual paradox, and that threatens the very existence of the task force, and maybe even the planet. This one is worthy of Philip K. Dick in its twisty recursiveness, and is another win for Duncan Jones.
Also out this week, Super is the story of a man who turns himself into a costumed vigilante after loosing his girlfriend to a drug dealer. The Crimson Bolt may not have any super powers, but he does have attitude and a serious wrench as well as some great actors involved with project. For the younger crowd, the animated Hop shows what happens when the Easter Bunny gets run over by a distracted driver.
Finally, in a bid for the Batshit Crazy award we have Rubber, a film about a telekinetic tire which goes on a killing spree. This one is so outside the box it has a shot at cult status if the quality holds up.
The new trailer for Dreamworks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 gives us the basic plot line as well as making it obvious the quality of the animation is every bit as good as we have come to expect from that production house. The target date for this one is May 26th.
I have been waiting for, and blogging about, Sucker Punch for close to two years now. The wait is over, because it hits the big screen this weekend, and I will guaranteed be there.This animated short, The Trenches, is a bit of a spin-off from the project. There is also a movie coming out this weekend called The 5th Quarter, but sadly it is not based on the book written by Tanya Huff.
The new Simon Pegg and Nick Frost movie Paul will be on the big screen tomorrow (or possibly midnight tonight, depending on where you live), and they have been all over the place promoting it this week. This is one of the things they got up to while filming the program; an impromptu parody of a classic scene from the original Star Wars movie. Thanks to e folka College Humor for this one.
The new Super 8 trailer gives you a taste of what to expect from this collaboration between J. J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg. The film itself will hit the big screen on June 10th. To almost no-ones surprise, once more J.J. buried some clues in the video, including a link to the Super 8 Editing Room. Once there you can turn on the projector and watch the few clips already posted, although it looks like they intend to add a bunch more over time until you get a small little self contained movie. If you have a video editor that allows you to step through the trailer a frame at a time you will find some interesting still photos at the end of it as well.