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Biggs’ Cinema Scoop: Short and Sweet

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On March 18, 2013

In Cinema Scoop, Movies

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Statler: I guess all’s well that ends well.
Waldorf: Doesn’t matter to me, as long as it ends.

(New category of Biggs cortical cogitations – in these posts I am going to talk about some of the latest noteworthy minutiae in cinema. Movies are my second favorite pastime. I love the movie making process from acting to lighting, special effects, soundtrack and cinematography. If you like movies, I hope you find these tidbits interesting as well.)

Short and Sweet!

The Rock Possibly in Expendables 3. I think every guy has those badass, testosterone enduced movies or movie franchises. I’m ready to admit that Expendables is one of mine. Despite what others might think of him, I’m actually a bigger fan of Dwayne Johnson the movie actor then WWE superstar; so yea, I’d really like to see him in an Expendables movie. No confirmation yet, but I guess he and Sly are good friends.

Thirteen Wants to be Wonder Woman. Olivia Wilde (aka Thirteen from House) has expressed interest in playing Wonder Woman in the Justice League movie. Umm, Yes Please!!!! In addition to being hot, I think she is also an under-appreciated actor. The other films I’ve seen her in (ex: Tron Legacy), I thought she did a fantastic job. While I think sci-fi is more her forte, I think she could easily pull of a super hero.

Alan Cumming Will Reprise Nighcrawler. Despite some of the negative commentary from the peanut galleries, I’m still optimistic about the next X-Men movie. Day’s of Future Past was a very pivotal story arc in the X-Men comic series. I’m pretty excited to see how the movie pans out and so far I think its looking really good. Alan Cumming has been confirmed to come back as Nightcrawler and he did a great job portraying Nighcrawler previously in X2.

That’s a wrap!

Biggs’ Cinema Scoop: First!

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On March 6, 2013

In Cinema Scoop, Movies

at_the_movies(New category of Biggs cortical cogitations – in these posts I am going to talk about some of the latest noteworthy minutiae in cinema. Movies are my second favorite pastime. I love the movie making process from acting to lighting, special effects, soundtrack and cinematography. If you like movies, I hope you find these tidbits interesting as well.)

First!

This is going to be the most difficult post I think because there is so much movie news I’ve been reading that I don’t know what I want to talk about. I know that if I try to cram it all into a post I will bore you all to tears! I don’t want to do that, I want you to be interested enough to read everything and to come back and read future posts. I will try to limit it to only the most recent movie news I’ve heard.

Angelina Jolie Probably Not Lara Croft in Reboot – The rumor mill has churned out another tidbit; there is going to be a Tomb Raider reboot and it doesn’t look like Lara Croft will be reprized by Angelina Jolie. The producers want a younger Lara Croft and while I thought Jolie fit the profile, I think if they pick the right person I don’t see a problem. Many didn’t like the original movies so perhaps a reboot will be better, it worked a little bit for the Hulk movie (the one starring Eric Bana).

Christian Bale reprising Batman – No, this isn’t going to be another movie in the Dark Knight series. I believe its been confirmed that he will be playing Batman in the upcoming Justice League movie opposite Henry Cavill as Superman. Of all the actor’s that portrayed Batman (excluding Adam West because he’s in a class all his own) I’d say Christian Bale is probably my favorite if not tied with Michael Keaton. As long as the Justice League movie is done right, this will be awesome.

Hamill, Ford & Fisher Confirmed for Next Star Wars Film – Don’t get your Star Wars dungarees in a bunch, they won’t be the main characters of the next film. While nobody has officially confirmed anything, my belief is that they will play secondary roles. In fact the story of Episode VII will probably be focused on Han and Leia’s kids and, in my opinion, it makes sense that Fisher and Ford return to portray the parents, and Hamill as the Obi-Wan-like uncle to provide continuity with the previous films.

Harrison Ford Is Kind of a Big Deal! – Speaking of Harrison Ford, it looks like he has been cast to appear in the Anchorman sequel. I. Think. That’s. Awesome! I wonder if he is going to play the rival anchorman, which I heard was the plot of the sequel. I may be risking my man-card here, but I really liked him in the movie Morning Glory as the gruff, hard-nosed and washed-up news anchor forced to pander to a more lighthearted audience. “A hot pan makes the eggs fluffy.”

All right, folks, I’m going to stop there. Again I don’t want to overwhelm you with too much movie gossip. I hope to be able to keep doing this post so I would really appreciate some feedback.

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