Movie Marketing Monday

The Three Musketeers

Is it just me? Or is this film trying really hard to cash in on the success of Pirates of the Caribbean. There is something about the look of the film that feels more like Pirates and less like Musketeers.




13 Assassins

Although already on demand in certain markets, Takashi Miike’s latest film hits theatres at the end of April. I tried to get tickets for this at last year’s TIFF, but the film sold out quickly. Needless to say this is high on my list of films to see in 2011

Movie Marketing Monday

Kill the Irishman

Ray Stevenson as the Irishman who just will not die! This mafia flick looks to be influenced more by seventies exploitation films than it is by the Godfather, Goodfellas, etc. Kill the Irishman gets bonus points in my books for the hilarious moustache that Stevenson is rocking in this film.




Rio

So after two films this year featured talking owls, Hollywood has moved on to macaws. Sadly pigeons continue to get the shaft. Keep the hope alive Goodfeathers, your day will come.

Whatever Happened To?

Granted today’s selection has been working steadily, in straight-to-DVD releases, for a few years now. Yet when was the last time you saw Val Kilmer in a lead role on the big screen? I know he has a bad reputation for being a bit of a diva on set, but I think Kilmer has paid his dues in B-movie purgatory. It is time for him to jumpstart his career again like John Travolta did back in the 90’s.

Val Kilmer

Career Highlights: Top Gun (1986), Willow (1988), Heat (1995), Top Secret (1984), Tombstone (1993), The Doors (1991), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2004), The Salton Sea (2002)

Low Points: Mindhunters (2004), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), Red Planet (2000), Alexander (2004), At First Sight (1999), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), The Real McCoy (1993)

Last Seen: The Bad Lieutenant: The Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Where You Will See Him Again: The SNL-inspired comedy MacGruber; and The Irishmen with Ray Stevenson