UNSEQUELIZED - Dick Tracy, The Rocketeer and Disney's Failure to Franchise Launch

In this episode of UNSEQUELIZED I talk about "Dick Tracy" and "The Rocketeer", two Disney films from the early '90s that wound up being franchise non-starters. But I still enjoy them...

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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES AND IHEARTSEQUELS - FINAL THOUGHTS ON BATMAN ON THE BIG SCREEN

This video contains my final "review" of "The Dark Knight Rises" along with a follow-up and my summary thoughts on the topic of BATMAN ON THE BIG SCREEN, which was the roundtable topic on my last post - http://iheartsequels.blogspot.com/2012/07/batman-on-big-screen-iheartsequels.html.

I HEART BATMAN and I HEART MOVIES. Enjoy!

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BATMAN ON THE BIG SCREEN - IHEARTSEQUELS' LUNCHTIME ROUNDTABLE

On this episode of the IHEARTSEQUELS LUNCHTIME ROUNDTABLE I sit down with two of my co-workers and talk about everything Batman on the Big Screen. From the 1960s Adam West film all the way to "The Dark Knight Rises", Christopher Nolan's conclusion to his epic Batman trilogy, it's all here. This is Bat-time on the IHEARTSEQUELS channel.

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FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER - I HEART SEQUELS' FAVE SEQUELS

Hey sequel-addicts, Happy Friday the 13th!!! To celebrate this rather ridiculous day, I've done a video about my favorite entry in the Friday the 13th/Jason Voorhees series of films -- FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER. CHECK IT OUT!!!

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DRIVE-IN DOUBLE FEATURE: The Amazing Spider-Man & Men in Black 3

This past weekend I hit up Vineland Drive-In in the City of Industry, CA for a double feature of The Amazing Spider-Man and Men in Black 3. What did I think of the latest iteration of your friendly neighborhood webhead and the further adventures of J and K? Watch the video to find out! Plus, BEWARE OF THE DREADED SPOILERS!

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I HEART SEQUELS - ROUNDTABLE: THE ALIEN QUADRILOGY

Our first ever I HEART SEQUELS roundtable is finally here... and I managed to squeeze myself out of the frame. Oops. It's always something; especially when you're just getting started. In any case, for this first episode I sit down with singer-songwriter John Atzberger, aka Olentangy John, and local artist Argee Geronca to talk about the ALIEN QUADRILOGY.

I also have an audio podcast version of this episode linked via SoundCloud. You can download the MP3 podcast!

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SOPHOMORE SLUMP - Sam Raimi's CRIMEWAVE

SOPHOMORE SLUMP is a feature where I discuss the follow-up failures of successful filmmakers; failures that don't often deserve such a reputation, in my opinion. In this first video episode I will talk about my discovery of CRIMEWAVE, the under-seen and over-thrashed second film by Sam Raimi. In fact, CRIMEWAVE was my first ever Raimi experience...

You can find more written articles from my SOPHOMORE SLUMP series on this blog.

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UNSEQUELIZED Video Episode 1 - Speed Racer, Friday the 13th 2009

For this very first video version of my ongoing feature I'll be talking about two fairly recent films: the Wachowski's "Speed Racer" and the 2009 Platinum Dunes update of "Friday the 13th".

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That joke's not funny any more - Rodriguez casts Charlie Sheen in "Machete Kills"

https://twitter.com/Rodriguez/status/215948334697938945

I've written at length about how disappointing "Machete" was. It's all the more disappointing because I still defend Rodriguez. Guy has skills. But "Machete" made for a pretty lame film and a lame hero to boot. Now, Rodriguez is casting the sequel "Machete Kills" (I like the title) and he's announced that Charlie Sheen will play the President of the U.S.A. Sigh. I understand that "Machete" was frontloaded with stunt casting. But I thought most of it worked. But not Lohan. And Sheen is in that wheelhouse. It's too arch and doesn't feel genuine. I posted the video above to remind us that Rodriguez is capable of making something where he doesn't have his tongue planted firmly in his cheek the whole time. Or maybe the joke is on me. Cue Bee Gees...

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James Cameron is going to take us back to Pandora at least three more times!

http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/06/26/james-cameron-will-film-three-avatar-sequels-at-the-same-time

At this point, three films, times the length of the average James Cameron film, is more than enough time for Cameron to explore the whole of Pandora. Shit, that's some Ken Burns-level immersion. In fact, the one thing I'd love to see is Cameron eventually evolve this film series into a hybrid of his commercial work and his doc work. Seriously. That would be the best thing. His narrative features are technically amazing, but laughably scripted. He's best at building worlds in the narrative. And he can create harrowing explorations in his docs. The end result is is clear; he needs to get lost... in Pandora.

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