Two recent trailers for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus broke and we have the entire set, as well as Snow White and the Huntsman, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and finally Chernobyl Diaries, from Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli.
If every film were a safe pick, what would movie history look like today? Truth of the matter is some of the greatest films of all time began as leaps of faith. With Disney’s John Carter aiming high, let’s look back at some other films that dared to be great.
At PlayerAffinity TV, we cover a variety of shows, but it is fair to say we have a soft spot for a specific category. As I write, TV dramas we review on a weekly basis from that category include Alcatraz, Fringe, Person of Interest, and Supernatural. Science fiction shows (and those trying to pass themselves off as such) dominate the list, but if you thought it were a sign of brighter times for sci-fi series, you would be wrong. For many years now, among this broad category of “non-realistic” series, fantasy shows have been much more successful, and 2012 is likely to reinforce that.
Winter Soldier has arrived, and it captures the same magic present when Ed Brubaker began his acclaimed Captain America run. Brubaker and artist Butch Guice expertly pull off an espionage thriller set within a world populated by superheroes and supervillains. It’s tense and grounded. But it has a gorilla with a .50 caliber machine gun. Does this review even need to continue?
Fine.
I haven’t quite enjoyed the latest relaunch of Captain America as much as I did the previous installment. It seems to now lean more toward standard superhero action, leaving me wondering where the elements of espionage and political intrigue had gone. I’ve found it. It’s all packed into Winter Soldier. This book reads more like a continuation of Brubaker’s original Captain America volume than the current Captain America title does. It may lack Steve Rogers, but readers will find more familiar story threads and atmosphere here.
Many classic novels have been adapted into film over the years, some better then others. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is considered a classic movie in its own right. Now for its 50th Anniversary, the literary adaptation is coming onto DVD and Blu-ray for your enjoyment.
Here’s you’re last chance to get in your DVD and Blu-ray shopping before Christmas! Our Recommendation of the Week is the Mixed Martial Arts sports movie Warrior. This critical hit comes with the usual set of commentaries, documentaries and deleted scenes for your viewing pleasure.
With Christmas fast approaching, there’s no shortage of DVD and Blu-ray newcomers. This week’s Recommendation of the Week is the surprisingly excellent prequel Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The disc features include writer and director commentaries, documentaries and deleted scenes.
Sweden has produced a number of great movies over the years, from The Seventh Seal to Let the Right One In. There is also a growing literary scene in that nation and The Millennium Trilogy is one of the most successful. Now all three Swedish movies are coming out on Blu-ray in their extended forms and are Player Affinity’s Recommendation of the Week.
There are a number of big releases this week, the biggest being The Help, a surprise hit and one of biggest crowd pleasers of the year. There is also the release of the comic book adaptation Cowboys and Aliens, the comedy hit The Hangover Part II and the spy thriller The Debt. Being re-release this week is the Mission Impossible Trilogy for all you action nuts, Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and the classic war movie Tora! Tora! Tora!
It makes the world go
round, some people got to have it and you can buy a new car, caviar – a four
star daydream. Sometimes however – as is the case with this weekends new
release In Time – value can be linked
far more closely to life and death than cool coins in your pocket. In honour of
that sci-fi thriller, in which actual time is the currency of the future,
Player Affinity will look at how that green manifests itself in some other
futuristic adaptations.
Isn’t it great when old friends get back together? You bet — especially when those friends are the ones you laughed at and with through the early 2000s. Our featured clip this week is the long-coming fourth installment of the “American Pie” franchise, American Reunion, which finds the original cast back to their gross-out ways.
