At long last, it is finally time for Iron Man 3! Rumor is the teaser at the end of the credits this time will be for Avengers 2, another film that can’t come along soon enough to suit me as well. And a link to the official Iron Man 3 for those who don’t use FaceSpace.
Day six of recovery, and focusing on comedies this time, starting with Earth Girls Are Easy, one of the absolute classics. Starring Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans as the aliens, and Geena Davis, Michael McKean, Julie Brown, and Charles Rocket as the humans, this is one of those movies I have watched a dozen times or more and loved with every reviewing. The same is true for The 5th Element, a Luc Besson comedy starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovitch among others, which I have probably already watched two dozen times. The third for obvious reasons has to be the 1986 version of the Little Shop Of Horrors with Steve Martin as the demented dentist. Yes, all of these are very old movies, but they are all serious (OK, not actually serious, not a single one of these movies was serious, more silly really) favorites of mine which I can watch again and again with complete enjoyment each time. If you have missed even one of these, trust me when I say you need to track them down and watch them as soon as you can. Most of them are available on the free streaming services or come with your various streaming/cable accounts.
R.I.P.D, the Rest In Peace Department, looks like it’s going to be the funniest action/adventure movie about lawmen in the afterlife ever made. Based on the Dark Horse graphic novel of the same name, I linked to them since I wasn’t able to find its stand alone home page quite yet. This should be hitting the big screen on June 28th.
I know the movie I will be attending this week: Tai Chi Hero, part two of the story of Yang Luchan, who founded the most popular Tai Chi school in the world in the 19th century. This Steampunk story adventure started with the film Ti Chi Zero last year, and has one more film episode to go to complete it. From the creators of IP Man and Detective Dee, this one should really not be missed.
But that is not all; on Thursday, the 25th Fathom Events is cranking out Star Trek The Next Generation: The Best of Both Worlds, on the big screen, in resolution well beyond HD. So I think I will have to attend two film events this weekend, both of them quite tasty.
I have gathered together a few favorite films to keep me distracted during recovery for the next few days, starting with 2009’s Fish Story. This excellent Japanese Sci-Fi tale covers multiple decades and generations, showing how a punk rock song saved the world through a series of circumstances that don’t at first glance appear to be related. Luc Besson’s Angel-A is also in the collection, a French film about an angel who has fallen to Earth to save the heart and soul of a petty criminal. And then there is Iron Sky, about the Nazi’s who fled to the Moon at the end of WWII and are now returning to invade the Earth, from the Finnish film making team that brought us Star Wreck. That last one even has an English sound track, so I won’t have to read the subtitles, hurrah! If you have missed seeing any of these amazing films you can watch them on many VOD or Streaming services, such as Netflix, and I recommend dong so soonest!
The new Lone Ranger trailer is out, and I gotta say I am now expecting two thirds of the film to take place on trains. They obviously have assembled a great team for this project, and everything I have seen so far is excellent. Now I just need to be patient enough to wait until it is actually released in July so I can attend the IMAX 3D version (at least I hope it is being released in that format).