Super Bowl Trailers: Iron Man 3 and The Lone Ranger!

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The summer movie hype train is rolling hard, and we’ve got a new shipment of trailers fresh off the tracks. Here we’ve got some Iron Man 3 and The Lone Ranger. Eat it up, people, but savor the flavor, because these trailers will have to last you another month (or more) until the flicks come out.

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Review: Bullet to the Head

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Bullet to the Head, starring my main squeeze Sylvester Stallone, follows the typical action movie formula and ends up being a good, but not excellent, action flick (It hurts me to say that about anything with Stallone in it). Stallone’s a hitman who teams up with a cop (Sung Kang) to solve the murders of their respective partners. Love the cast! Gigantic, “I’m so sexy” Jason Momoa, plus the awesome, I’ll never be able to pronounce his name correctly, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and a blast from the past, Christian Slater, are each great in their roles. Stallone and Kang’s buddy cop vibe has a nice air of  “You’re an alright dude, but if you mess up I’ll take you out” to it.

Bonomo (Stallone) is like the essence of action movies distilled into a single character: all he wants is to cut through the crap and get to the point, which generally means fighting someone. He’s an uncomplicated (and unforgiving) person- violence has always gotten him results, so he turns to that first before trying anything else, which is why pairing him with Kwon (Kang) works so well. Kwon tries to be humane about things, arresting criminals instead of blowing them away, trying to interrogate someone by asking questions rather than torturing them immediately. Kwon is the classic “by the books” cop, and Bonomo is the audience’s id incarnate, acting out every evil little thought you ever had while watching a movie. Ever thought, “Just shoot him already,” or “Punch that sumbitch!” Then you’ll be pleased by Bonomo’s frequent shooting and fisticuffs.

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As advertised, Bullet to the Head features a lot of bullets to the head. I bet you never would’ve guessed that! With that, however, come a lot of smaller action scenes that end pretty quickly because of the bullet to the head being kind of instantly fatal. Still, there’s a nice stream of skirmishes throughout, helping it not fall into a dire phase of pointless talking. Stallone still has the skills, the muscles, and the raw swagger to fuel the action, and manages to inject his usual sense of charm and humor to the entire affair.

The humor can be hit or miss depending on you. There’s a lot of old man “I don’t understand the fancy world today” kind of humor about technology and very light racist jokes, which have  kind of been over done by now, but can still be amusing. Bullet to the Head is definitely one to watch, but not necessarily in theaters. It’ll provide a solid, a-okay fun time, especially for Stallone fans.

Film Review Bullet to the Head

Beware spoilers below!

Best Line: “Are we going to fight, or are you going to bore me to death?”

Best Kill: Bonomo goes to “have a chat” with the employer who set him up. They wrestle around like two bears fighting over honey, showing off Bonomo’s raw physical power. Eventually he gets his hands on the one gun, and as the other guy tries to make a deal, Bonomo puts a bullet to his head. The guy falls back into a pool, filling it with his blood and brains.

Best Explosion: Baddies have Bonomo’s house surrounded, shooting so many holes in the walls it could be a pasta strainer. Bonomo and Kwon break out of the house and swim to the shed across the way. With one push of a button, the house blows up, blasting debris to kingdom come and killing most of the baddies.

Action Rating: 3 Bullets to the Head, out of 5.

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Warcraft Movie Finds Enough Gold for a Director

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The Warcraft franchise is a giant at this point- in addition to a successful line of strategy games, the IP has had a stranglehold on the MMO world for closing in on a decade. Blizzard’s had so much success with their baby, in fact, that they decided to make film based on it, but it got caught up in development hell. Well, Warcraft has escaped hell and found a director: Duncan Jones, director of Source Code. Jones is an avid supporter of a Warcraft movie, and long ago said that a really great film could be made about the world of Azeroth, but a single lurking problem remains: most video game movies tend to suck. Will Jones gather enough resources to make a great flick? We’ll have to wait and see.

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Duncan Jones- a mighty man with a mighty beard.

 

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Coming Attraction: February 2013 Preview

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February looks to bring me tidings of joy thanks to a slew of action films from Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, and Sylvester Stallone. Woo hoo! Happy Valentine’s Day to me.

Pumped to see:

February 1: Warm Bodies

February 1: Bullet to the Head

February 14: A Good Day to Die Hard

February 22: Snitch

February 22: Dark Skies

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Neither Pumped Nor Pissed:

February 1: Stand Up Guys

February 1: The Gatekeepers

February 1: The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

February 1: Sound City

February 8: Identity Thief

February 8: Side Effects

February 15: Beautiful Creatures

February 15: Escape from Planet Earth

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No Thank You:

February 1: Koch

February 15: Safe Haven

February 15: A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

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The Lone Ranger Teaser Clip and Poster

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Hi-yo, Silver! Away! The Lone Ranger has made its rounds from radio, to a television series, to films, to a made for TV film, and now Disney’s taking their turn in the saddle by making a big budget film. Armie Hammer will play the role of John Reid, The Lone Ranger, and at his side will be no doubt show-stealing Tonto, Johnny Depp. People do love them some Johnny Depp- which is probably why he’s in full view in the poster and the Lone Ranger’s only 80% visible. A teaser clip has been released, and it’s chock full of Western-action goodness. The Lone Ranger rides into theaters July 3, 2013.

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Being Human 3-3: The Secret Ingredient to Looking Younger is…

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Anyone looking for the secret ingredient to looking younger has to look no further. Syfy’s Being Human episode this week, “The Teens They are a Changing,” gives us the recipe, free of charge. All you need is some witchcraft and a ghost. That should be easy, right? The roommates go on separate adventures this week, each having a big issue to deal with amongst their own species. Vampires Aidan and Henry deal with the undead AIDS epidemic, Sally finds a ghost to play with, and Josh and Nora adopt a young wolf.

Remember how the last episode ended on a cliffhanger as  to whether or not Nora was still alive? Well, that gets resolved immediately. This week episode opens with her and Liam talking on a bench about the same old stuff, getting revenge for dead sons and turning into werewolves, blah blah blah. She returns home to fill Josh in about the situation, but neither of them seems to think it’s important to tell Aidan- you know, the guy who actually killed Conner and who will be at the business end of Liam’s wolf teeth if he finds out. Instead they turn their attention to adopting a newly werewolf-ified teen girl who will turn when night hits. Does Boston have a higher number of full moons than everywhere else?

Nora and Josh’s different values are causing a rift between them- Josh has always only wanted to be normal, but Nora loves the wolf and wants to embrace it. When Erin, soon to be teen wolfie, shows up, their values are once again at odds. Josh considers putting Erin down like mangy mutt while Nora sees herself in the girl and wants to help her through her first change. They take to the woods when it’s changing time, and Josh packs some heat just in case Erin’s wolf gets out of control. She goes wild for a minute, but in a very anticlimactic scene, Wolf Nora and Teen Wolf hug it out, realizing they’re family now, while Josh watches impotently. Now that he’s not in the club anymore, will he deal with it, or will it cause him and Nora to splitski?

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Aidan continues his hunt for blood that won’t give him the flu aids. After each dead end, Henry becomes more unhinged and crazy from hunger. Aidan gives a lot of pep talks throughout the episode- just about every scene has Aidan telling Henry he’ll fix it and to stay strong. Aidan goes as far as to ask Josh to screen patients at the hospital for him. Josh finds the hungry vamps one guy who probably isn’t infected with the flu-AIDS, but it’s too late. Henry couldn’t hold out any longer, went on a binge, and now he’s infected. As his condition worsens, Aidan deals out more pep talks. Dude, just let it go already. Just like the audience, Henry’s tired of listening to Aidan blab on and takes to the street to die his way. I can’t say I blame you, Henry.

Sally freaks out about Trent’s death, and decides that she has to help Ghost Trent find his door. As it turns out, Trent has a fiancé whom he failed to mention while he was making out with Sally. If he can tell his fiancé about his Sally excursion and apologize, his conscience will be cleared, poofing his door into existence. Sally tells the fiancé at the memorial service, but it backfires- the fiancé is just relieved because she’s been cheating on Trent for over a year, a fact which makes Trent feel like dog poop. He tells Sally to get lost, but his door pops up anyways. When he walks through it though, he walks into Witchy-poo’s kitchen where she takes a butcher knife to him and turns him to ectoplasmic ashes. She then chows down on his remains and becomes revitalized, looking decades younger. Poor Trent, just when I was starting to like the guy he became witch food. How’s Sally going to feel if she ever finds out about this?

Things are looking rather grim for Sally and Aidan. Will Sally be able to live on in her body with Witchy-poo going behind her and eating the ghosts of people Sally’s killed? And Aidan! It seems there’s no hope for him finding clean blood unless he resorts to some unmentionable things like baby-drinking.

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Journey to the West Trailer (2013): WTF Monkey Madness!

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Stephen Chow has been in some pretty awesome flicks (Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer), but Journey to the West looks insane, even by his awesomely wacky standards! I…the monkey…it…what do you even say about a trailer so balls out wild as this one? How about “When can I see it?” Well, people, the film will be released in China next month, and we’ll just have to cross our fingers that it will come to the U.S. soon afterwards.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past Adds More X-Vets

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X-Men: Days of Future Past is shaping up to be quite the reunion for the cast of the previous X-films. Several months ago it was announced that Sir Ian McKellan and Sir Patrick Stewart were going to be joining the younger versions of themselves, and now its Rogue, Iceman, and Shadowcat’s turn. The Huffington Post reports a tweet from Bryan Singer, the director of Days of Future Past, welcoming Shawn Ashmore, Ellen Page, and Anna Paquin to the film. Hopefully we’ll get to see more of Shadowcat’s personality, which we got very little of in X-Men: The Last Stand, and Rogue and Iceman have always been some of my favorite X-peoples, so all in all this is very good news. Who else from previous films would you like to see join the new one?

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