Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Maybe A Rush Hour 4?
Even though Jackie Chan has announced that he's retiring from action movies, his Rush Hour costar Chris Tucker is pretty confident that they'll make a fourth installment of their hit comedy franchise."It's going to be a lot of fun," Tucker said the night at the Silver Linings Playbook screening in L.A. "I hope it happens. We need to do one more."The first Rush Hour hit theaters in 1998 followed by a second in 2001 and the last one in 2007. Brett Ratner directed all three."I just want us to be free and do our thing," Tucker said. "I love working with Jackie, being around Jackie. Stuff just happens when we're together."Chan said in May that after 100 films, Chinese Zodiac would be his last because he was getting too old for the action stunts and wasn't happy how violent movies have become.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Breaking Dawn Part 2- The Reviews Are In!
Before any movie is release to the public, movie critics get to see the movie and review for the public. The final installment of the Twilight Saga series seems to be quite a hit with the critics:
The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy said "The final installment of the immortal Bella/Edward romance will give its breathlessly awaiting international audience just what it wants."
Baz Bamigboye from the Daily Mail wrote, "I can't deny that I didn't care very much for the four other movies. For the most part they were poorly made and badly acted. Also, all that girl falls in love with a soppy vampire then a second suitor turns up who turns into a werewolf got on my nerves. But somehow the final film has stuff to say about love, friendship and loyalty that works."
With Bella reborn as a bloodthirsty, butt-kicking vampire mama, this . . . clears a low bar to stand easily as the franchise's most eventful and exciting entry. Admittedly, much of the credit should go to a jaw-dropping extended climax that will give fans something to chew on . . . -- not that a movie this commercially invincible requires too many talking points," Variety's Justin Chang said, and also added, that, "it'll be interesting to monitor reactions beyond author Stephenie Meyer's distaff fanbase, this being perhaps the first Twilight picture that some men in the audience might find themselves actually enjoying."
There were many other positive response to the movie by other critics as well. Most of them had mentioned that they really did not like the first other movies but very much enjoyed the last one.
If these reviews got to you, you should go watch the movie!
The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy said "The final installment of the immortal Bella/Edward romance will give its breathlessly awaiting international audience just what it wants."
Baz Bamigboye from the Daily Mail wrote, "I can't deny that I didn't care very much for the four other movies. For the most part they were poorly made and badly acted. Also, all that girl falls in love with a soppy vampire then a second suitor turns up who turns into a werewolf got on my nerves. But somehow the final film has stuff to say about love, friendship and loyalty that works."With Bella reborn as a bloodthirsty, butt-kicking vampire mama, this . . . clears a low bar to stand easily as the franchise's most eventful and exciting entry. Admittedly, much of the credit should go to a jaw-dropping extended climax that will give fans something to chew on . . . -- not that a movie this commercially invincible requires too many talking points," Variety's Justin Chang said, and also added, that, "it'll be interesting to monitor reactions beyond author Stephenie Meyer's distaff fanbase, this being perhaps the first Twilight picture that some men in the audience might find themselves actually enjoying."
There were many other positive response to the movie by other critics as well. Most of them had mentioned that they really did not like the first other movies but very much enjoyed the last one.
If these reviews got to you, you should go watch the movie!
Monday, November 5, 2012
Marlee Matlin of ABC Family's Switched at Birth Slams SNL Parody
Marlee Matlin of the hit ABC Family show Switched at Birth recently slammed the comedy skit show SNL (Saturday Night Live) for their "dumb" spoof of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sign language interpreter, Lydia Callis, and her extremely animated signing during the former's Hurricane Sandy press conferences. She tweeted "Millions of deaf people use sign. Why poke fun/fake it? Poke fun at ME but not the language. Would they do that to Spanish or Chinese? FAIL." Well, being Hispanic myself, I've seem my share of people making fun of my language, and I don't really care about because it doesn't mean anything; it's just a joke. But Matlin, who's deaf and is an outspoken member of the National Association of the Deaf, was unhappy about it and explained why."I'm referring to sign language parodies. Sign is not mime; it is a legit language. That's why I developed an App #MarleeSigns to teach it," she wrote in a follow-up post. "As I've said, I don't mind fun poked at me, as I poke back. But at the language that millions use? It feels childish and insulting." Again she added, "Here's my point. Deaf people HAVE a sense of humor. Ever see me on Family Guy or Seinfeld? But faking signs that we use isn't the same. Imagine if a show started making fun of Spanish (using fake Spanish) or Japanese. Do you think they'd actually get away with it? Uh, no." Well, Matlin, they do all the time! They always get away with it because its not supposed to be discrimatory, just funny!
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