News 300414

Star Wars 7 casting revealed!

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/star-wars-5-1200596276/

In TV news...

Gwen Stefani replaces Christina Aguilera on The Voice...

http://www.eonline.com/news/536592/it-s-official-gwen-stefani-joins-the-voice-as-new-coach

Anddd... Fox cancels Almost Human...

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/fox-cancels-almost-human-1201167294/

News: American Idol

American Idol Top 10...

http://www.eonline.com/news/395541/american-idol-top-10-revealed-10-go-home-and-keith-urban-cries?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories

TV News: A new Walking Dead? Golden Boy moves into Vegas' timeslot...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ron-moore-drama-helix-lands-426775

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/cbs-shifts-vegas-fridays-make-room-golden-boy-80486

Casting News: Still big is the news about Star Wars' Luke, Leia and Han Solo... also Liam Neeson and Giovanni Ribisi might work with Seth MacFarlane... and Sofia Vergara might be in Heat... 

http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/lucas-says-fisher-hamill-ford-are-signed-on.html?mid=imdb

http://www.hitfix.com/news/liam-neeson-and-giovanni-ribisi-circling-seth-mcfarlanes-8-million-ways-to-die

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/03/07/casting-net-vergara-fonda/

News: Princess Leia

 

Melissa McCarthy hosting SNL again...

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/snl-melissa-mccarthy-host-second-426418

 

 Sam Mendes won't direct the next Bond movie...

 

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/03/06/sam-mendes-james-bond/

Casting: Keri Russell, Jeffrey Wright and Ed Norton...

http://www.hitfix.com/news/keri-russell-joins-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes

http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/jeffrey-wright-boardwalk-empire.html?mid=imdb

http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/edward-norton-joins-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritus-ensemble-comedy-birdman/

And finally, the biggest news in casting: No Princess Leia in the next Star Wars movie!!

http://www.accesshollywood.com/carrie-fishers-rep-she-was-joking-about-joining-cast-of-star-wars-vii_article_76470?__source=rss|imdb|latest-originals

News 060313

 The MTV Movie Awards will be held in April, with Rebel Wilson hosting... yay!! Django Unchained and Ted leading the nominations list...

http://my.news.yahoo.com/django-ted-lead-comedies-superheros-mtv-movie-awards-013659794.html

Casting news... Princess Leia will apparently show up in the new Star Wars movie and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's new movie cast...

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=36710

http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/m-keaton-stone-galifianakis-watts-to-co-star.html?mid=imdb

Lamb of God singer acquitted of fans death in the Czech Republic...

http://www.hitfix.com/news/lamb-of-gods-randy-blythe-acquitted-of-fans-death-in-czech-republic

And finally, Carly Rae Jepsen cancels concert because of homophobia... not hers...

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20679367,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent

Review - A Good Day to Die Hard

Bruce Willis is too old for this shit... and he mentioned it a few times in the movie... in fact, it's like there's a resurgence in older action stars these days, with The Expendables, and Tom Cruise... apparently, there are no younger stars who can carry a movie yet...

Anyway, A Good Day to Die Hard is the fifth installment of the Die Hard series... Willis returns as John McClane, the gung-ho New York cop who gets into trouble a lot...

The last Die Hard movie, Live Free or Die Hard, showed us McClane's daughter, Lucy (played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead). This time, it's his son, Jack (Jai Courtney), who gets the spotlight, working as an undercover CIA agent in Russia.

The movie's fine as an action movie. It even has a red herring or a surprise twist close to the end, which I almost figured out, right before it was revealed, so that's a good thing. :)

However, the movie has too much destruction, for destruction's sake. And there was just way too much shouting in the beginning. After a third of the movie went by, then it goes on to become a pretty decent movie. 

And don't get me started on the plot holes... the most glaring one would be the one involving Chernobyl and explosion... not gonna say what it is as it will spoil the scene/movie, but watch out for that... bugs the hell out of me...

Bruce Willis is in his element here, and is matched well with Jai Courtney. Hopefully the next Die Hard movie will allow the daughter to kick ass...

In other news, Bryan Singer donates money to USC...

http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/bryan-singer-donates-5m-usc-school-cinematic-arts-76686

 And... the guy responsible for Yoda has died...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/07/stuart-freeborn-yoda-maker-dies

News 070213

Top Chef is renewed! Yay! 

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/top-chef-renewed-11th-season-casting-kicks-feb-11-76526

Meanwhile, Smash might not be...

http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/smash-and-burn-nbcs-musical-tanked-last-night.html

And, ABC announces two new shows...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abc-familys-twisted-fosters-get-418689

Also, the new Star Wars stand-alones storylines...

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/02/06/star-wars-spin-offs-young-han-solo-movie-boba-fett/

In the meantime, Justin Timberlake reveals his new album...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/justin-timberlake-reveals-20-20-419087

News 060213

 2 Star Wars stand-alones before the next trilogy?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-standalone-films-lawrence-418421

Casting:

Kristen Wiig joins Anchorman 2...

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/kristen-wiig-officially-joins-anchorman-sequel-20130205

While Chris Pratt leads Guardian of the Galaxy...

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/02/05/chris-pratt-set-to-lead-guardians-of-the-galaxy/

And Paul Walker is the new Hitman...

http://www.hitfix.com/news/fast-and-furious-6-star-paul-walker-takes-lead-in-hitman-movie-reboot