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I finally got around to seeing Collateral on Saturday afternoon, and I really liked it. Tom Cruise was great, and he just might make my Top 25 favorite movie villians. Collateral gets four stars from me.

For those of you who enjoy my reviews, I'm working on new ones for The Butterfly Effect and the Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie. Target post date: whenever I feel like it.

Bravo's editing of Pulp Fiction needs some work. They completely erased the existance of the Gimp! Sure, I can understand them wanting to cut back on the homosexual rape, but completly erasing a character (even if he was only around for two or theee minutes) is nuts. They even cut Jules and Vincent deciding to go to Jimmy's after killing Marvin. It was bang, cut to black, "oh man, I shot Marvin in the face," then they're drinking coffee with Jimmy. Oh well, I guess I shouldn't get too worked up. I still have the full version on DVD and video.

The USA Network has been showing Escape From L.A. occasionally, and I can't complain. I love the Escape movies. Too bad there are only two, because there could be several. Maybe Escape From Miami, Escape From Philadelphia, or Escape From Houston. Maybe they could go international with Escape From Tijuana, Escape From London, or Escape From Moscow. I could live with two or three more Snake Plisskin movies. I guess it'd just come down to John Carpenter and Kurt Russell wanting to do it.

In recent horror/sci-fi news, it's been reported that the upcoming Godzilla: Final Wars (which is being made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Japan's favorite atomic dinosaur) will pit the original Godzilla from Japan against its American counterpart from the 1998 Matthew Broderick movie. That'd be one heck of a movie, and maybe Godzilla can kick the crap out of the American 'Zilla.

With the "versus" craze going on (like Freddy vs. Jason and Alien vs. Predator), there's only one other "versus" movie I can think of. If Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong is a hit next year, somebody should get around to remaking King Kong vs. Godzilla. Besides, Hollywood's going crazy with the remakes of Japanese movies.

All these Beavis & Butthead and Celebrity Deathmatch reruns on MTV2 make me want new episodes of both shows. And Beavis and Butthead watching "Real American" by Derringer is awesome.

"If you live in Butt Town, you gotta get down." Iggy Pop is a genius. Him and Sir Mix-A-Lot should get together and party.

Good news in the computer world: my monitor had been stuck at 640x480x16 for a few months, but somehow fixed itself today. I don't know how, but I don't care. It's fixed, so yay.

I read today that Kevin Smith is will begin filming on the Clerks sequel (titled The Passion of the Clerks) in January.

I want the new WWE "Day of Reckoning" video game. Somebody send me 50 bucks. :)

Decent episode of Raw tonight. The whole Diva Potentials Challenge... whoa. Too bad it wasn't on HBO, because bleeps suck. And Christian's back? I want a Edge/Christian/Jericho ladder match, and I want it now.

Okay, I have nothing else to say. Sutton out.

Werewolves At The Movies

Just a quick review to let everybody know that I finally have a new review up. This time, it's for Ginger Snaps 2, and you can read it here. You can also read my review for the original Ginger Snaps here.

That's all I've got for now. Sutton out.

Random Raw Thoughts, And More

Hey look, a post for no apparent reason!

Quick response to a comment from one Ms. Libby Lane. She asks, "What is Land of the Dead all about?" Well, Libby, here's your response, via ComingSoon.net: "In the film, the zombies have taken over the world and those left alive are confined to a walled-in city that keeps out the corpse corps. Anarchy rules the streets, with the wealthy insulated and living in fortified skyscrapers. The drama revolves around a group of scavengers who must thwart an attempt to overthrow the city while the dead are evolving from brainless slow-moving creatures into more advanced creatures." By "evolving," I assume they're gonna end up like Bub, the gun-slinging zombie from Day of the Dead. Either that, or Romero is gonna sell out to the recent trend and have the zombies run.

That Mountain Dew commercial with Steven Seagal is crazy. I guess the direct-to-video market wasn't doing so well. And what's next, Jean-Claude Van Damme in a Dr. Pepper commercial? Meanwhile, the guy from the Office Max commercial (you know, the guy that looks like Kevin Eubanks from The Tonight Show) still gets a laugh from me.

I caught the old Adam West Batman movie on the Fox Movie Channel last night, and no matter how many times I see it, it still rules. "Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb," indeed.

And now for some Random Raw Thoughts...

• It's about time Tracie got the boot. Why she was in there so long is beyond me.
• The Rock organizes a pie-eating contest... so Carmella smears a pie all over herself. Apparently, she doesn't know the difference between "eating" and "wearing." And then the redhead sat on one because her butt was hungry. Oy vey, I think these diva potentials are a tad stupid.
• Is it a rule that The Rock has to embarrass or beat up Coach every time he shows up on Raw?
• "There's fixin' to be a homicide up in this sumbitch." Oh my.
• Kane is a Billy Idol fan? I'd have never guessed.
• What was up with the ending of the Jericho/Edge match? Guys get dropped groin-first across the turnbuckle all the time, and nobody gets disqualified for that. Why is Jericho landing on the top rope any different? And is it just me, or was this the only match during the first hour?
• So if Randy Orton was kicked out of Evolution, why is he still entering to the Evolution theme music?
• On the topic of entrance music, Regal came out to Eugene's music and video. Doesn't he have his own music and video? His old "man's man" music is right there! They should break it out of mothballs just once. And the dueling brass knuckles made for a cool finish.
• Did anyone else see the ad for Sky Captain And The World For Tomorrow shown during Raw? That's the first I've seen of it, and it looks absolutely awful. I don't care how attractive Angelina Jolie may be, the movie still looks stupid. Believe me, I know stupid movies, and this certainly looks like one.
• Geez, only two matches on Raw? The episode with the Iron Man match only had two matches, but that's because one of them took up half of the show. When Heat and Velocity have more matches in an hour than Raw has in two, something's up.
• If J.R. says "wedding from hell" one more time, I'm gonna track him down and kick the living snot out of him. The cellist and pianist playing Kane's music when he entered was nothing short of brilliant. The montage set to "Having My Baby" was also brilliant. Also great was Trish's bridesmaid attire. And Matt getting slammed off the stage... poor guy.

That's all I've got for now. Sutton out.

No Linda Blair?

Yo.

Me and Mo caught Exorcist: The Beginning tonight. Having no real prior experience with the Exorcist movies (I've only seen bits and pieces of the original, none of the second, and half of the third), I was new to the Exorcist adventure. Overall, I'd give it three stars. It's never boring, and although some of the things it could have been improved upon, I can't complain.

They also showed a new trailer for Saw in front of the movie, and I want to see it even more now.

That's all I've really got for now. Sutton out.

Alien vs. Predator vs. Mediocrity

I did catch Alien vs. Predator today, and I'm torn. It was good for what it was, but it could have been so much more awesome. It wasn't the worst movie ever made like a lot of people act like it is, but there are better Alien and Predator movies out there. The PG-13 rating, the cheesy dialogue, and the extremely lame way of explaining the feud between the Aliens and the Predators really hindered it. I'll admit I haven't read the AvP comics or played the video games, so I don't know how they hooked up there, but here, it was just laughable. And why would it be rated PG-13? The Aliens and Predators have six movies between them, and every single one of them were rated R. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Two and a half stars for Alien vs. Predator. Maybe I can go see Collateral or Resident Evil: Apocalypse (when it comes out) to make up for the big waste of potential that was AvP.

Bloody-Disgusting.com, my main horror movie news source, reports that Universal will distribute George Romero's Land of the Dead with a release date of late 2005. Meanwhile, TheHorrorChannel.com reports that Dennis Hopper has been cast in Land of the Dead, making him the first well known actor to appear in one of Romero's "Dead" movies (as Romero's casts are usually comprised of relative unknowns).

Nothing else to report. Sutton out.

Camp Crystal Lake: Worst Camp Ever

Happy Friday the 13th, everybody. I hope you all have your hockey masks dusted off and your machetes sharpened. It's Friday the 13th, and there aren't any Friday The 13th movies on TV. Sure, I own them all on DVD, but when I was younger, I loved getting to watch two or three Friday movies on TV. I even remember Joe Bob Briggs doing an all-night marathon of the Paramount movies. All I know is that on June 13, 2005, I'll be going crazy! That is Jason's 25th birthday, after all.

Alien vs. Predator was released today, and I've heard some rather disappointing reviews, but it sounds like most of the critics are just bashing it because they dislike the director. I've honestly seen reviews that essentally said, "Mortal Kombat sucked, Event Horizon sucked, Resident Evil sucked, Alien vs. Predator sucks, and Paul Anderson can kiss my ass." So what if Paul Anderson's done some movies that were less than stellar? I haven't seen AvP yet, but it's a little unfair to judge it on the director's past work. I do plan on seeing the movie, and I'll tell you what I think of it when I do.

There's word that Warner Brothers will release a ten-disk box set of the Matrix trilogy in December. From the looks of it, each movie will get two disks, The Animatrix will get two, and there'll be an additional two for added special features. I'd think about getting it if there wasn't a $60 price tag. Then again, the Alien box set is upwards of 80 to 100 dollars and I'd get that if I could. So maybe I'm not the best judge of things.

Summerslam is on Sunday, and it's shaping up to be a good PPV. The whole Diva Dodgeball thing though... I'm torn on that. Sure, the Divas will be geting a PPV check, but the seven Potentials are awful. I really have no desire to see any of them waste valuable television time. These losers get all kinds of TV exposure doing useless crap, but Alexis Laree is wallowing in OVW's nearly non-existant women's division. It's sad, really.

All kinds of celebrities are dying lately. First Rick James, then Fay Wray and Julia Child. Why do the cool ones day? Can't the crappy celebrities die? I mean, Andy Dick is right there! Go get him, Grim Reaper!

I have nothing else today that is either relevant or true. Sutton out.

Rick James: Worst Death Ever

So I haven't updated in over a week. Blame that pesky writer's block.

Rick James died on Friday. I wish I had more hands, so I could give this death four thumbs down.

In "Blatant Movie Shilling" news, The Ring 2 and The Amityville Horror have new release dates. While I have no clue why The Amityville Horror was moved, Dreamworks pushed back Ring 2 due to lags in production. From what I hear, production has been moving slowly because they've been shooting around the schedule of Naomi Watts.

For those of you who haven't bought the Hellboy DVD yet and love extra features, wait a little while. Columbia Home Video announced that on October 19, they'll be releasing Guillermo Del Toro's 132-minute director's cut on a three-disc special edition.

Anyone who wants to hear the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack before it hits stores on August 31st can click here. If you haven't heard CKY or HIM and would like to, here's your chance!

Moviehole.net reports that Lions Gate is preparing to start Cabin Fever 2, aiming for a release sometime next year. No principal actors have been hired, but Robert Harris (who appeared in Cabin Fever as Old Man Caldwell) will return. No word yet on Eli Roth (Cabin Fever's writer/director) being involved.

I've been seeing these ads for Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid on TV lately, and whose idea was it to theatrically release this? Was Anaconda successful enough to warrant a sequel that was anything but direct to video? I guess they just didn't want to infringe on the Boa/Python "giant CGI snake" video market. Maybe Columbia can make some phone calls, and the epic Boa vs. Python vs. Anaconda can be made.

The talk about do-it-yourself DVD commentaries over at the New Hampshire Joyride makes me want to do one too. I don't know if I'm witty enough to do one by myself, but if I did do one, I'd totally geek it up like crazy, especially if it was a movie I was really into. I love DVD commentaries, so doing my own would be pretty rockin'. Or it might not be, I don't really know.

The Kentucky Horsemen beat the Sioux Falls Storm on Saturday (by a score of 59-38) to win the NIFL championship. It's about time a football team from Kentucky accomplished something.

That's all I've got. Sutton out.