Actor Leslie Nielsen Dead

When I first read of Leslie Nielsen's death on the Huffington Post last night, I was intrigued. It seems the star of such parodies as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series was once a dramatic actor. It's hard to believe that a man who fell on the Queen of England, knocked Barbara Bush off a balcony, and politely asked not to be called Shirley could look or say anything remotely serious. But it turns out that he starred in the 1956 science fiction film  "Forbidden Planet" and in many serious television shows. Even more surprising is what he did before acting. Nielsen was born and raised in Canada and his father was a Canadian Monty. After graduating high school he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. I find it very hard to believe that a man could serve for the Air Force and eventually become a famous actor, always associated with absurd and stupid humor. Another irony in Nielsen's life is that he starred in the first disaster movie "The Poseidon Adventure" and then was later cast in the first film to parody disaster movies, "Airplane". I can't tell if I happy or disappointed that Nielsen left dramatic acting for absurd humor. I really enjoyed "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun", but they started a new genre of movie that would lead to crap that is "Scary Movie" and "Meet the Spartans." Either way, Nielsen's career is a great and prolific one, and I will miss the movies that he can't continue to make. -Alex

The full article can be found here.

Buffy Movie Remake

The movie poster for the original Buffy movie.

When I first heard about a Buffy movie remake, I didn't really know what to feel. On one hand, I'm so tired of remakes and sequels. To me, you can only make a movie series if it's based on a book, or has a clear way to continue without becoming boring. On the other hand, after finishing the real Buffy movie, all 7 seasons, all 5 seasons of Angel, and the Buffy comic books (out so far) I'm kind of ready for something else. And also, the original Buffy movie sucked, so you can only move forward from that.

DVD cover for the first season of the TV series.

But at the same time, Joss Whedon wouldn't be involved in the movie. At all. The main reason people (including myself) believe that the movie was the worst thing that came out of the Buffy phenomenon, was because Joss Whedon wrote it, but he wasn't involved in producing, casting, directing or even acting in it. For every thing after the movie, he was involved in many ways, including all of the ones above. So if your not even going to have Joss Whedon write it, your not going to have him directing, your not even going to have him anywhere near it, then how could it be any better than the original? Also, the chances of getting all of the actors back are very slim. And if you don't get the actors from the T.V. series (God forbid they get them from the original movie) then how could it be any amount of success? When Joss Whedon later said that what they where doing was a sad reflection of current trends the movie industry seems to be fallowing, I had to agree. Unless they pull off all of it, getting the actors, getting Joss, and probably getting other people who where very involved in the series, then they could probably make it pretty successful. But that's probably not going to happen, so why even try?

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~Jessica

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Leonardo DiCaprio: "The Devil in the White City"

Leonardo DiCaprio's latest acting job is "The Devil in the White City," a movie based off of a non-fiction book about  "one of the first documented American serial killers" who possibly murdered 27 to 200 people in 1893. I myself love to read books and watch anime about serial killers. I don't particularly like the gore-filled anime, but serial killers are very interesting to me. The motives, skills, and trickery which lie within almost all serial killers draw me into the book, anime, or movie.
One particular movie I have watched is the Japanese movie called ,"Maou." It is about a lawyer named Naruse Ryou who is seen to the public as angel-like and never loses a case. In truth, he is actually a "murderer" (he's technically not the one killing people) who seeks revenge for his dead brother, Naruse Hideo. Hideo was killed when he was in middle school by one of his classmates, Serizawa Naoto, who bullied his friend. While protecting his friend, Hideo was stabbed by the Naoto. Using tarot cards and other objects  such as a tear-gas spray gun or teddy bears, Ryou manipulates those who are close to Naoto, or have relations with him, to kill Naoto's close friends who had helped him bully others. This causes Naoto to suffer from the losses of his friends from middle school. In the end, Ryou had planned to kill Naoto too. Watching how Ryou managed to manipulate others was very interesting to me. Although killing is not a justified way of doing things, I am interested in how DiCaprio will portray a serial killer. Serial killers have such twisted ways of killing people, which grab the attention of some.

Here is the link to more information on "The Devil in the White City."    

--Ellen--

Spy Kids 4, New actors, new premise

Before Austin director Robert Rodriguez begins working on Sin City 2, he has to break his chain of violent, gory movies with a kid friendly Spy Kids reboot. Now that the previous spy children Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara
are grown up, production will have to find two new kids, new parents, and a new villain. The film will revolve around a new parent, played by Jessica Alba. She is a former spy of the fictional OSS, and after marrying into a family with two new stepchildren, she is called back to undercover work. The two new stepkids will be portrayed by Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook, two newcomers to the franchise. The two new children will obviously be caught into the spy action to somehow stop the new villain, The Time Keeper, a man intent on stopping time. Jeremy Piven has been cast as the baddie, and will star alongside Joel McHale of Community and returning actors Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, and Danny Trejo. The movie will be titled Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World and will be released August 19, 2011. This entry seems like a cheap way to make money. I don't expect good things from this film, especially because of Rodriguez's most recent forays into kids film. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl and Spy Kids 3D: Game Over were some of the worst films I've seen. This should have been expected; Rodriguez's films' only saving grace is the gratuitous violence and gore. These will obviously be absent from the new Spy Kids so my expectations are horribly low.-Alex

3 full articles on the film can be found here and 1 can be found here.

Rumors of 'Thriller' Based Film Are Adressed

It had been rumored that Kenny Ortega was going to make a film inspired by the Michael Jackson music video for the song Thriller. Kenny Ortega is the director of High School Musical, and This Is It, and is experienced in working with music in movies. When contacted about making a movie based on Thriller, kenny Ortega said that it was in a very early stage, and nothing was solid on it so far. He said that if the movie was done, the Jackson estate would have to sign off on it. He did say that if it did happen, he thinks it would take place in the next few years. Ortega, who said that he was "very good friends" with Jackson, say that he would never do anything to ruin one of Michael Jackson's creations or his memory. Whether or not this movie will be as relevant if it is released in a couple of years is yet to be seen. Some may claim that Michael Jackson was so big that he will be timeless, but there have been few musicians who's popularity has lived out past they're death. While icons like Elvis Presley have lived well past their death, they where still fairly popular and well know, where as Michael Jackson's popularity was already fading. With his last tour in 1997 and last album in 2001, the only thing he had recently done was his movie 'This Is It', but even that was released after his death. In the end, only time will tell how the movie will turn out.

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~Jessica