Too lazy to read all the wonderful news our insightful crew scours the globe to bring you every day? Too outmoded to have an MP3 player for the podcast? Shame on you all! However, being the generous lot we are, welcome to news:blended, your weekly guide to the most interesting stories reported on Cinema Blend over the last seven days.
SATURDAY
It’s not exploitation, it’s an homage.
Now, with even more Ben Stiller.
No matter how many other movies pretend to kick the summer off, nothing is really starting for me until The Dark Knight shows up. I’m just marking time with Indy and Tony and all the rest. I won’t be marking time with Tropic Thunder. It looks like crap, doesn’t it?
SUNDAY
What are you, like 80?
Now, with even more puma mauling.
To whet our appetite for the flood of Indy news for the week, Rafe Telsch wanted to let us all know that Harrison Ford was not too old for Indiana Jones. That’s probably true, since it’s the stunt men that have to be young and spry, not Ford. That’s not to say that Ford should do what the people in The Happening trailer are doing, cause that’s just wrong.
MONDAY
Now with more Soundwave.
He’s a Prince, just not of any real country.
CB Head Honcho Josh Tyler continues to be a huge Transformers fan despite the disaster that was the first movie. I mean, it wasn’t a disaster when compared to Michael Bay movies, just when compared to good movies. Still, if they say “Soundwave will be in Transformers 2, Josh gets excited. Lord knows why. Lord knows why Prince Caspian is so dang popular. Maybe it’s because people are trying to forget Speed Racer.
TUESDAY
Everything you want to know about Indiana…not the state.
Snakes, why did it have to be snakes.
Indy Week kicked into a high gear on Tuesday with our comprehensive Guide to Indiana Jones. This is one stop shopping for anyone interested in the movie, the character, the talent, or the imitators. It will also help counter the movie’s lackluster ad campaign. They don’t really seem to be doing many ads or tie-ins. We also came up with a cool poll about what is the best Indiana Jones moment. Somehow the best moment wasn’t even nominated. The guy, the boulder, the jumping through the cobwebs. Remember?
Everyone can sleep a little easier.
Bill Murray is your fantasy.
Awhile ago we told you that Matthew McConaughey was going to be Captain America in the upcoming Captain America movie about Captain America. That turned out to be not true. Rather than being upset at us for being wrong, people mostly seem relieved. No one is relieved at the Bill Murray fantasy movie, City of Ember. I can’t say anyone is very excited, either.
THURSDAY
We debate the most important issue since SALT II.
Patriot games without the cheaters.
The Great Debate went after George Lucas with both barrels, trying to decide where he let us down more. I think it was the movie where he had the most creative control. Is there anyone else out there who is beginning to think American Graffiti must be some sort of fluke? If the Jack Ryan character gets a familiar face back, it won’t be because of a fluke. It will be because he’s proven we’ll pay to see him kick ass no matter how ancient he gets.
FRIDAY
This might help us wash the Evan Almighty taste out of our mouths.
They’re like Lennon and McCartney.
Unless you are some sort of insane fuddy-duddy, you are probably looking forward to Steve Carell in Get Smart. That is, unless you saw Evan Almighty. The television adaptation could go either way, but some of the stills make me giggle a little. There is nothing giggle inducing about Righteous Kill. It’s all about killing righteously and reminding us of a time when DeNiro and Pacino made movies you wanted to see.
That’s all for another week of news blending. It’s like what you get at Jamba Juice, but cheaper and not quite as healthy. If you liked it or didn’t, leave some feedback.
