Reacher season 3 will be reaching the Prime Video streaming service very soon, with the first three episodes of the new season dropping on February 20th and the remaining episodes airing every Thursday until March 27th. With that three episode premiere date right around the corner, a trailer for Reacher season 3 has made its way online and can be seen in the embed above.
Here’s the official logline: In the third season of the action-packed series, Reacher (Alan Ritchson) hurtles into the dark heart of a vast criminal enterprise when trying to rescue an undercover DEA informant whose time is running out. There he finds a world of secrecy and violence—and confronts some unfinished business from his own past.
Series star Alan Ritchson is joined in the cast by Anthony Michael Hall as Zachary Beck, Sonya Cassidy as Susan Duffy, Brian Tee as Quinn, Johnny Berchtold as Richard Beck, Robert Montesinos as Guillermo Villanueva, Olivier Richters as Paulie, and Daniel David Stewart as Steven Elliot. As you can see in the trailer, Maria Sten is also back as Frances Neagley, a character who is getting her own spin-off series.
Prime Video‘s Reacher series is based on a series of novels written by Lee Child. The first season of the show was based on Killing Floor, the first Reacher novel Child ever wrote. The second season jumped ahead to the eleventh book, Bad Luck and Trouble. Reacher season 3 is based on the seventh book, Persuader. The ninth book, One Shot, and the eighteenth book, Never Go Back, were previously turned into feature films starring Tom Cruise.
Reacher is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Skydance Television, and CBS Studios. The show is written for television by Emmy-nominated writer Nick Santora (FUBAR,Prison Break), who also executive produces and serves as showrunner. In addition to Santora and Child, Ritchson serves as an executive producer, along with Don Granger, Scott Sullivan, Mick Betancourt, and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell for Skydance. Carolyn Harris and Kenny Madrid are the executives-in-charge of the series for Skydance Television.
Will you be watching Reacher season 3? Check out the trailer and let us know by leaving a comment below – and if you’re wondering, yes, Prime Video has already renewed the show for a fourth season.
Back in 2015, we heard that Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) was in talks to star in the George R.R. Martin adaptation In the Lost Lands, which at the time was set to be written and directed by Constantin Werner (The Pagan Queen). That version of In the Lost Lands never made it off the ground – but seven years later, the project was revived, with Jovovich still in the lead and her husband Paul W.S. Anderson (Event Horizon) taking over as director. Two years after we heard that In the Lost Lands was back on, it was announced that Vertical had picked up the distribution rights to the finished film. Vertical is planning to give In the Lost Lands a theatrical release on February 28th – and with that date swiftly approaching, a trailer has now arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.
Scripted by Anderson and Werner, the film centers on a queen who, desperate to fulfill her love, makes a daring play: she hires the sorceress Gray Alys, a woman as feared as she is powerful. Sent to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands, Alys and her guide, the drifter Boyce, must outwit and outfight man and demon in this fable that explores the nature of good and evil, debt and fulfillment, love and loss.
Jovovich plays Gray Alys and is joined in the cast by Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) as Boyce.
This adaptation of In the Lost Lands was produced by Anderson, Jovovich, Bautista, and Werner, along with Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, and Jonathan Meisner.
“With In the Lost Lands, we’ve created a movie with a completely unique visual style and storytelling that uses cutting-edge technology to bring the story to life like never before,” Anderson said in a statement. “So, it was always important to me that it be seen on the big screen. That’s why I couldn’t be more thrilled that Vertical is bringing In the Lost Lands to American theaters.“
When asked if the characters played by Jovovich and Bautista would be fighting each other, Anderson told Variety, “Oh yeah, I mean you can’t have Milla and Dave in a movie and not have them have a go at it. It’s an adaptation of a George R.R. Martin story so you know it’s going to be dark and twisted and have wonderful characters. Because that’s what George does.“
What did you think of the In the Lost Lands trailer? Will you be catching this movie on the big screen next month? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
heap of skulls. Apocalypse and hell concept. 3d rendering.
The shocking and sudden passing of Chadwick Boseman shook up the MCU fanbase as the actor was coming of a big run in the universe with his debut in Captain America: Civil War, fighting alongside other superheroes in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, and of course, establishing himself in the solo franchise of Black Panther. When it came time to follow up Black Panther with a sequel, the creatives had an incredibly tough assignment. One thing’s for certain: Kevin Feige wasn’t ready to recast T’Challa, as he said, “It just felt like it was much too soon to recast. Stan Lee always said that Marvel represents the world outside your window. And we had talked about how, as extraordinary and fantastical as our characters and stories are, there’s a relatable and human element to everything we do. The world is still processing the loss of Chad. And Ryan poured that into the story.”
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Shuri would take up the mantle as the new Black Panther, but CBR reports that there might now be talk of Marvel Studios recasting T’Challa using the “multiverse” plot device. The Direct recently spoke to industry insider Jeff Sneider, and he tells through the grapevine that Marvel is currently looking at new actors for the role. He explains, “With Marvel reshuffling the deck in advance of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, and Robert Downey Jr. coming back, not as Iron Man, but as Doctor Doom, I’m told that the door is firmly open for T’Challa to be recast via the magic of the multiverse.”
He continued to say, “I heard that an actor was actually offered the role this past fall, a couple of months after Downey’s big reveal at Comic-Con, but they turned it down, not wanting to jeopardize their career momentum by stepping into Boseman’s gigantic shoes, which may be too big to fill, even for Hollywood’s most talented Black actors.” Sneider believes the new multiverse T’Challa is being planned to lead in the third Black Panther, so this may become a subplot in one of the upcoming Avengers or possibly another MCU movie.
The only thing known about the upcoming sequel is Denzel Washington accidentally letting it spill that Ryan Coogler is writing a role for him. Washington felt so bad about casually dropping that tidbit that he reached out to Coogler to apologize, “I called him the other day. I forgot what it was about — no, I called him to apologize. That’s right. I called him. I said, ‘I’m sorry, man.’ He’s like, ‘No, man, it’s all good.’ I FaceTimed, and right there next to him was his lady. They were editing. They were hanging out.”
We had heard that director Rhys Frake-Waterfield and producer Scott Jeffrey Chambers were planning to create a cinematic universe with the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey films and other horror movies inspired by children’s stories, like Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, Bambi: The Reckoning, and Pinocchio Unstrung. Then, Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios officially announced that this cinematic universe, which is being referred to as The Twisted Childhood Universe, is building up to the crossover movie Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, which will be released in 2025. Now, in an interview with ComicBook.com, Chambers has teased that Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, and the Mad Hatter will be “the worst of the worst” when it comes to the children’s story-inspired villains in the film.
Frake-Waterfield will be directing Poohniverse from a screenplay he wrote with Chambers. It was previously confirmed that the cast will include Chambers as Christopher Robin, Megan Plactio as Wendy Darling, Roxanne Mckee as Xana, Lewis Santer as Tigger, and Martin Portlock as Peter Pan. Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare and Bambi: The Reckoning are set to receive theatrical releases in the first quarter of 2025, with Pinocchio Unstrung likely to follow later in the year, so we’ll be introduced to those horrific characters well before Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble makes it to screens.
Frake-Waterfield explains, “It will be complete carnage. We are heavily influenced by Freddy vs. Jason and The Avengers. We would love to see a horror movie where the villains group together and are going after their survivors. We have some incredible set pieces in mind and some sequences I think will truly shock people. The movies we are working on now as stand alones are all building towards Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.“
Chambers added, “Similar to The Avengers, we will follow Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, The Mad Hatter, Peter Pan, and Tinkerbell joining forces to wreak havoc. We are working with a larger scale budget on this one and are excited for what the future will hold. When you see the stand alone movies you will see the easter eggs hinting toward the crossover. Some of the villains also will not see eye to eye, which will allow for some carnage within the group in some epic sequences of monster vs. monster.“
Speaking with ComicBook.com, Chambers said that Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare is “incredibly dark” because “I need you to feel a certain way about Peter Pan. By the time we get to Poohniverse, because I need you to just not like him, I need you to be against him from the get-go. Because when he goes into the arena with, for example, Pooh, I need you to look at Pooh like, ‘He’s not all too bad.’ I’ve not really spoken much about this yet, but Mary Poppins will be in it, and she’s going to be a kiddy snatcher as well. So I’m sure her and Peter Pan are going to get on like a house on fire. And then there’s also the Mad Hatter. I think those three are going to be the worst of the worst. We’ve introduced Peter and later down the line we will introduce the other two in their own films.“
Our introduction to the evil Peter Pan will come when Iconic Events Releasing brings Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare to theatres for three days only this month, from January 13th through the 15th.
Are you interested in Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble? What do you think of Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, and the Mad Hatter being the worst of the villains? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
In today’s episode of WTF Happened to this Movie, we’re going to take a retrospective look at the revolutionary film Sin City. We’ll talk a bit about the highs and some lows, the stacked cast of Hollywood alumni, and, of course, the efforts made behind the camera to create this pop-culture cinematic staple. Let’s begin…
Director Robert Rodriguez has had his share of hits and misses over his multi-decade-long career. To think that the director of Shark Boy and Lava Girl is the same visionary filmmaker that brought us The Mexico Trilogy and Alita Battle Angel is somewhat of a strange thought, but then again, when you own your own studio as a true independent filmmaker- you can pretty much make whatever you want.
Lucky for us, in 2005, Rodriguez and Frank Miller joined forces to adapt Miller’s masterpiece graphic novel series Sin City into a theatrical film. Fans of the Sin City books are aware of Miller’s unique semi-monochromatic panels with only a few bold pops of color for certain scenes and images. And much like Zach Snyder’s 300, Rodriguez set out to deliver a movie that would be a direct visual translation of the original artwork. As you can imagine, this was going to be a daunting task that would require mass amounts of creativity, imagination, inspiration, and of course… money.
Between Dimension Films and Rodriguez’ own Troublemaker Studios- the film got a budget of $40M USD which was considered cheap for a comic book fim, let alone a comic book film with this level of visual intrigue. But of course, the world of Sin City deserved its best shot at being brought to life, so Rodriguez called on Frank Miller from the very beginning to co-direct the project and act as a level of quality control. After all, according to Robert Rodriguez, when discussing the making of the movie:
“ It’s less of an adaptation and more of a translation”
Ya see, from the beginning- this movie’s goal was to take the darkly noir imagery from the Miller books and put A-list actors in the place of the characters to read the words exactly as they were written. And, how did it go?
Sin City is the kind of movie that, since its release in 2005, has been imitated but never successfully duplicated. Despite receiving a sequel nearly a decade later, this movie and Rodriquez’ intense grindhouse noir style seem to have caught lightning in a bottle regarding the magic of Sin City. Containing an all-star lineup of actors ranging from personal friends and collaborators like Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, and Carla Gugino- to other recognizable stars like Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, and Clive Owens. The film is an anthology that catalogues the life and times of some of Sin City’s underbelly residents. This includes adaptations of The Yellow Bastard, where Bruce Willis plays a nearly retired detective who embarks on an 8-year mission to rescue Nancy (Jessica Alba) from the clutches of a serial rapist and murderer. Then, The Customer is Always Right, a quick one that showcases what’s essentially two scenes of Josh Hartnett doing his thing. Then, my personal favorite, The Hard Goodbye, in which Mickey Rourke plays Marv, a rough street brawler with brain damage who wakes up next to a friendly escort to find that she’s been murdered. He then scraps and kills his way up the chain of crime until he avenges the murder of his only friend. It’s a tragic ending for this one, by the way- but that’s the case for pretty much all of these. All except for the final story, The Hard Goodbye. This one features yet another trip into Sin City to follow a local tough guy who both starts and ends a war between the police, the mob, and a neighbourhood full of prostitutes that, trust me, fellas, you do NOT want to f*ck with.
These stories all have the same visual style, as well as the same noir writing style that calls back to 1950s detective stories. Since the movie wouldn’t be deviating from the original source material, the actors had their work cut for them in terms of learning their lines- but the incredible amount of augmentation done to some of the film’s more memorable characters like Marv and, of course, the yellow bastard himself. Rodriguez and Troublemaker Studios always seem to be at the forefront of technology when it comes to what’s possible for filmmakers on a budget. And when it comes to things like makeup and effects, what better way to pinch those pennies than to make it all in-house? Troublemaker Studios in Austin, TX, is an incredible workshop/film studio/film set. I’ve actually toured this place and taken selfies with some of the costumes worn in this movie. Mickey Rourke’s facial prosthetics and wig rendered the man nearly unrecognizable if not for that wonderful gruff voice.
As far as the impact this movie had on cinema, the box office lit up with excitement and cold hard cash reaching over $150M on a budget of just 1/3 of that. Miller and Rodriguez had a certified hit. The film would receive praise from general audiences who found the bizarre style of the film to be refreshing from other comic book fare, while also providing a detailed and visually pleasing world to get sucked into for these twisted tales. And of course, fans of the books who eagerly awaited this release also seemed to really enjoy it- which helped to propel the film to a highly successful physical release. Shortly proceeding this film, we’d see the rise of certain imitators like the dreadful Max Payne starring Mark Wahlberg, and even Frank Miller’s The Spirit which makes similar attempts to capture the style but without Rodriguez to really bring it home.
For the most part, this movie holds up well as a slice of movie history that stands out from others of its kind. It sports one of the greatest casts in a comic book film (or any film for that matter), it pays homage to gritty noir thrillers while delivering on all the blood and guts you want from a grindhouse outing, and above all- it’s an extension of something that was created out of passion by one of the greatest minds in comic book history. It was a risk to make, and specifically a risk to make in the way they did. But if you ask me, this one was special and remains important. And that’s what happened to Sin City.
Natalie Dormer of Game of Thrones and Assaad Bouab of Call My Agent are set to star in the thriller series Minotaur, a six-part Welsh/French show created, written, and directed by Celyn Jones, who previously co-wrote and co-directed the 2022 psychological drama The Almond and the Seahorse, starring Rebel Wilson. Mad As Birds, the production company Jones runs with Sean Marley, is producing the series, and some episodes will be directed by Charles Sturridge (Marcella).
Unfortunately, it doesn’t like Minotaur will actually deal with the part man / part bull creature from Greek mythology that it gets its name from. Instead, the story follows Luc (Bouab), a cold-blooded killer who escapes Paris’s criminal underbelly for the more prosaic North Wales. There he meets Angel (Dormer) who lives in a struggling community she feels she can never belong to, raising her son Joe alone. Whilst fighting addiction, Angel gravitates towards the mysterious Luc. But as an initial attraction grows stronger and promises a fresh start for both, the past looks determined to drag Luc back into a dangerous underworld. Where does all the evil go? Know your shadows and beware the Minotaur.
Filming on the series will take place in Paris and Wales later this year. Marley is producing with Nadia Jaynes, while Fields Park Productions and Picnik Entertainment’s Nicola Pearcey executive produce.
Jones provided the following statement to Variety: “I have always admired Natalie Dormer and the work she creates, a brilliant, intelligent firebrand that will add so much depth to the role and series. It is a thrill to work together and the pairing of her and Assaad Bouab has the hallmarks of an iconic screen duo. This story has been swimming around my dreams for a long time, A Welsh/French noir thriller with an international appeal, so you can imagine how strong it is for me to watch it materialise with this incredible team… I think audiences are going to love it.“
Does Minotaur sound interesting to you? Share your thoughts on this Celyn Jones / Natalie Dormer / Assaad Bouab thriller series by leaving a comment below.
Warner Bros. has revealed that the cult film from Shane Black, The Nice Guys, is getting a brand-spankin’ new ultra-high-definition 4K transfer to physical media. While its a shame that movie isn’t getting a sequel, which is highly requested from fans, it’s good to see that the comedy isn’t fading into obscurity, and while the movie has been streaming on Netflix and other platforms, perhaps it can still find some new viewers. Blu-ray.com has reported that the new home video release hits retailers on February 11.
The film stars Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer and Margaret Qualley. The description reads, “Set in 1970s Los Angeles, down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. During their investigation, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power.”
There currently haven’t been details reported of special features, but the technical specs can be seen below:
Video Codec: HEVC / H.265 Resolution: Upscaled 4K (2160p) HDR: HDR10 Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Discs 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Single disc (1 BD-100)
Playback 4K Blu-ray: Region free 2K Blu-ray: Region A
Russell Crowe has professed how much he loved making the movie, even giving co-star Ryan Gosling credit for doing the impossible and making him break during filming. Crowe explained, “People f***ing love that movie. I loved making that movie. Ryan Gosling, Jesus Christ.” He continued, “Trying to work with that kid. I’m famous for not breaking character no matter what – Ridley used to laugh about it. The Colosseum could be collapsing behind me and I’d still be doing my stuff. There’s a thing in acting called corpsing – laughing inappropriately. That little motherf***er gets me every time.“
Although there’s been talk of a Nice Guyssequel from time to time, it doesn’t seem likely. Gosling said that the sequel’s fate was sealed when The Nice Guys got destroyed by The Angry Birds Movie at the box office. “So much of a sequel, I think, is decided by the opening weekend of a movie, and we opened up against Angry Birds,” Gosling said. “So Angry Birds just destroyed us. Angry Birds got a sequel.” The Nice Guys grossed $11.3 million during its opening weekend, while The Angry Birds Movie grossed $39 million. At the end of its run, The Nice Guys had grossed just $62.8 million on a budget of $50 million.
I mention a lot in these video essays about remakes and how they sometimes work but often times don’t. One of the biggest issues I have is that many of the remakes we get are really not needed. I like them but did we really need an updated version of Friday the 13th, Halloween, or Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Of course not, these are classics for a reason. Those are just the ones that work too, there’s plenty like Jacob’s Ladder, Nightmare on Elm Street, or Poltergeist that run the gamut from boring as hell to offensively bad. Well, in 2024 I’m kind of getting my wish. While something like Fade to Black could get a wonderful update 44 years later and be able to say something new and different, I’m curious what a Street Trash remake will bring to the table. The original is one that was a 42nd Street staple and as gross and straightforward as the title suggests. It’s shockingly competently made with a lot of fun to be had and it’s time to get a revisit of its own.
Street Trash is one of those movies that I saw black and white photos of in horror reference books. For the longest time, I thought it was a Troma movie and while it sure as hell shares a lot of what that studio offers, it was a one-off production of Lightning Pictures, which would eventually be absorbed by the infamous Vestron. Back when I was fresh out of high school but still working at Blockbuster, I didn’t have a lot to spend my money on. Thankfully there was a store on Beach Blvd in Huntington Beach called DVD Planet. The website still exists but this was like finding a lost city. Just aisles and aisles of DVD and maybe some early Blu-ray and HD-DVD if you remember that short lived platform. I picked up movies sight unseen all the time from foreign classics that id only heard about to stuff that Blockbuster wouldn’t carry. I bought Salo and Cannibal Holocaust as my exposure to those and then one day I saw the 2005 Synapse release of Street Trash and the memories of those pictures came flooding back.
I bought it and went immediately home to watch it. It was pretty much exactly what I thought it would be and simultaneously like nothing I’d ever seen before. Even though I kept the DVD I’d bought, I didn’t watch it again for almost 15 years when Joe Bob Briggs hosted it on The Last Drive In. It still holds up. It’s vile, low budget, dumb as hell but also shot nicely with some really cool takes, has fantastic gore effects, and its stupidity makes it infinitely watchable when you just want to turn your brain off. Like the movies of Frank Henenlotter where this would fit nicely in a movie marathon with, many of the actors are only known for this. In fact, if you look on their imdb pages, their pictures are just stills from this frickin movie. That being said, the performances of Bill the cop looking to solve the murders and the delightfully unhinged homeless veteran that owns a scrap heap as his kingdom named Bronson are delightful. Bill Chepil, who plays the cop was an actual police officer before and Vic Noto who plays Bronson was hired 12 hours before shooting began and claims he never read the script. It’s a cool story that I’m actually half inclined to believe.
The main star of the story is Tenafly Viper, the old wine that a liquor store owner finds in a crate buried in the wall and decides to sell it to his homeless vagrants for a buck. The wine has gone bad, REAL bad, and when people start drinking it, they melt or explode or both! The writer of the movie made a short film first which was a lot smaller, we will get to the added plot points aplenty later and was able to get it made into a feature later. This writer named Roy Frumkes is also famous for doing a famous horror documentary called Document of the Dead that follows Romero’s first two Dead films. He did some other stuff too like being an executive producer on the remake and as an actor in this movie as a businessman who suffers from melt collateral damage.
The director of the movie who was also the lead camera guy is named J. Michael Muro, and that name may not jump out to you, but you’ve seen his work. Not as a director probably, though he did do a lot of TV work after this, but no, the dude is a legend behind the camera. A regular surgeon with it. Specifically, as a steady cam operator, director of photography, and cinematographer. His list includes Horizon: An American Saga from this year, Heat, Casino, and Jason Takes Manhattan. These two men combined made a hell of a trashy picture and it is also purportedly based on the writer watching Dodeskaden, ya know, a Kurosawa movie, which is about as far from Street Trash as it gets.
The movie does technically have a story, or multiple stories actually. You have the inciting incident with the liquor store getting the Viper drink and one of our two main homeless guys getting ahold of it. You have the main star of the show with the Viper itself turning the homeless population into melty goo, the cop who is assuming these deaths are murders and investigating, the mob boss’s girlfriend getting attacked and consequences from his group, the auto yard hosting the junkyard, and the aforementioned Vietnam vet slum lord psychopath who rules with a femur hammer. The movie doesn’t really have a story which tracks as it came from a short film and its really a series of short vignettes that are loosely connected by a few characters and geography. Does that matter? Not at all because the movie has charm.
Some of the shots are deliriously fun like when Bronson pulls a poor guy out of a car and swings him onto his own trunk, and we see a cool shot from his or at least his glasses point of view. Another fun early shot is when the main homeless guy enters the liquor store, and it switches to a fast-moving camera of his excitement. There’s an all-out brawl between Bronson and the cop that is outrageous and fun in a similar way that the They Live fight is. The acting isn’t good or even acting for the most part and the only actor that I’ve even seen anywhere else is the owner of the junkyard who also happens to be the slimy mayor from The Toxic Avenger. See, it’s all coming around. While the movie doesn’t have a lot of information on it online, there’s a wealth of info and behind the scenes stuff on the DVD release including Meltdown Memoirs which is a documentary by the same creator as the movie.
Fred, who is about as much of a protagonist as we are going to get, almost dies from Viper intake multiple times until he figures out what exactly it is and actually weaponizes it. The near misses don’t really create any tension but instead act almost like slapstick or even silent movie gags. My favorite part of the movie is the fact that the Viper concoction doesn’t kill anyone the same way twice. It melts some, implodes others, and one bum even explodes after drinking it. You’d think that the main villain of the movie Bronson would go out using Viper, but he doesn’t. the Viper itself could have ended up being an end of the world type drink that had commentary on New York in the mid 80s and used to clean it up but its made more of a side story with how ridiculous and over the top the Bronson junkyard angle is.
The music, sound effects, visual effects, and direction/camera work more than make up for what Street Trash lacks. Its elevated above shot on video stuff like Things or Sledgehammer and I would argue its better made than a lot of Troma stuff that seems to be shoveled out in the same vein as Roger Corman movies. It wasn’t a big studio movie or even one that got lost with a dozen other releases in the same year as it might have with a Full Moon. It played in midnight shows and across the grimy theaters of LA and New York but doesn’t have the same popularity as a Basket Case or Toxic Avenger. Those that have seen it are big fans and without a big release from Scream Factory, Vinegar Syndrome, or Severin Films, it remains somewhat obscure. Even With the Joebob episode shining a light on it, that has been lost in the shuffle with The Last Drive In having over 100 episodes.
The tone is always consistently silly, but some scenes jump out. How can a Vietnam flashback and exploding winos be in the same movie as gassy and fart noises, a love story between a homeless guy and a shop worker, and a murder case. They can’t and shouldn’t be, but it works. Everything culminates when a couple of the story lines, and I use that term very loosely, come together with Freds brother Kevin and Wendy being chased by Bronson for….reasons. Bronson has become a full-blown slasher villain now using a bone from the cop as his new weapon. Remember when I said that Bronson doesn’t meet his end via Viper? That’s because the brothers use an air canister to decapitate him like he’s a final boss at the end of a resident evil game.
I know this review has been all over the place and that’s ok, so is the movie. There really is no coherent plot to break down or even follow. You aren’t watching Street Trash for the story. You are watching and rewatching it because its absurd and fun and dumb. Its gore was more popular overseas, but it’s found its niche and is a pass along title that those who have seen get to initiate others into the club. I don’t care if the new movie has a more coherent story or if it wants to say something important. I just hope it has fun and tries to out do the gore of the original movie. It doesn’t matter if its bad or good though because the original will always hold a special place in horror fans hearts.
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A while back, we shared a Best Movie You Never Saw video on the action thriller Sniper, which was given a theatrical release in 1993 and spawned a direct-to-video franchise that is continuing to this day. In fact, a trailer for the eleventh film in the franchise, Sniper: The Last Stand, has just arrived online and can be seen in the embed above. The film is set to receive a digital release on January 21st.
Tom Berenger took on the lead role of sniper Thomas Beckett in the original film, and came back for Sniper 2 (2002) and Sniper 3 (2004). As of 2011’s Sniper: Reloaded, Thomas’s son Brandon, played by Chad Michael Collins, became the lead character in the franchise, and his story has continued through Sniper: Legacy (2014), Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016), Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017), Sniper: Assassin’s End (2020), Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022), Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team (2023), and now Sniper: The Last Stand. Berenger returned for appearances in Legacy, Ultimate Kill, and Assassin’s End, while Billy Zane, his co-star in the first movie, showed up in Reloaded, Ghost Shooter, and Ultimate Kill. Neither Berenger nor Zane seem to be in The Last Stand.
Directed by Danishka Esterhazy, whose credits include The Banana Splits Movie and the Slumber Party Massacre remake, from a screenplay by Sean Wathen (Escape the Field), Sniper: The Last Stand has the following synopsis: To stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, the Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to lead a group of elite soldiers in Costa Verde. Taking an untested sniper under his wing, Beckett faces his newest challenge: giving orders instead of receiving them. With time and ammo running low, they must overcome all odds just to survive.
Chad Michael Collins is joined in the cast by Ryan Robbins, who has been co-starring in these films as Agent Zero since Assassin’s End, as well as Sharon Taylor, Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, and Arnold Vosloo.
Are you a fan of the Sniper franchise, and will you be watching Sniper: The Last Stand when Sony releases it later this month? Check out the trailer, then let us know by leaving a comment below. I have been following this series from the start, and will definitely be watching this new addition.
The third season of HBO’s hit controversial show Euphoria has been delayed due to a bevy of reasons, but HBO boss Casey Bloys said last month that the series should commence very soon. “We are shooting Euphoria,” Bloys said. “I think we have a start date, mid to late January. Nothing’s changed. Somebody said something online, and then this whole thing started. We are shooting the season. I have read the scripts. We’re happy. We’re moving ahead. All of the actors are in the show.“
Very little is known about this season. Apparently, even one of the show’s breakout stars, Colman Domingo, hasn’t yet seen a script, but he has been hyped about returning ever since discussing it with the series creator, who is coming off of the equally controversial HBO series The Idol. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Domingo appeared on an episode of the U.K.’s Table Manners podcast with Jessie and Lennie Ware and shared his excitement about this upcoming season. When talking about what he has coming up, Domingo said,
I go back to my show Euphoria — I haven’t read [the script] but [creator Sam Levinson] told me some of it, and it’s going to be groundbreaking.”
That’s not the only thing the actor has on his plate. Domingo is getting into the director’s chair for the first time for Scandalous. The movie will come from Miramax and has been fast-tracked to start production. Domingo is planning to start filming after completing season 3 of Euphoria and he’ll be bringing along his co-star Sydney Sweeney along for the film. Sweeney is also on board as producer and will be active in its development. The plot of the drama is about the clandestine love affair between film star Kim Novak and singer/dancer and film star Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957. Sydney Sweeney will play Novak, and David Jonsson will play Davis Jr.
On the acting front for Domingo, he reportedly joined Steven Spielberg’s newest top-secret UFO event movie. Domingo’s castmates include Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), and Eve Hewson (Hedda). As for the project itself, we don’t know much about it, only that it’s said to be a UFO movie based on Spielberg’s own original idea, with David Koepp (Jurassic Park) writing the screenplay. Universal Pictures has already slated the project for a May 15, 2026release.
Domingo has been enjoying a hell of a run over the last year. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his role in Rustin and has won praise for his work on Sing Sing and The Color Purple. He’s also playing Joe Jackson in the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua which will be released on April 18, 2025.
