TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

Celery, I saw a promo for your buddy's flic.  "Self/Less."

On the one hand I saw it on FXM, which is a nothing channel.  On the other hand most movies don't seem to get any paid publicity these days.

A propos of this, I just saw this article:

http://adage.com/article/media/popcorn-flic/299309/

Movie dollars are keeping the networks fat and happy this summer, and while a number of potential blockbusters have yet to hit your local multiplex, thus far Warner Bros. has emerged as TV's biggest booster.
According to iSpot.tv data, the three summer releases that currently account for the biggest TV spend are all Warner titles. "Mad Max: Fury Road" leads the way with a total TV investment of $41.9 million, followed by "Entourage" ($40.7 million) and "San Andreas" ($39.4 million).
A good chunk of the "Mad Max" TV buy was allocated to NBA games on TNT and ABC and across CBS and the Turner networks' coverage of the NCAA Div. I Men's Basketball Tournament. "Entourage" and "San Andreas" also targeted pro hoops, as teasers for both movies appeared during ABC's presentation of the NBA Finals.
All told, the three Warner flicks accounted for $122 million in network and cable TV spend. Toss in the $27.9 million the studio has spent on the doggie drama "Max" and the studio's four-picture summer TV investment is a hair shy of $150 million.
While Warner's TV budget is nothing to sneeze at, the studio generally appears to have gotten its money's worth. To date, "Mad Max" has taken in $147.3 million in stateside box office receipts, while "San Andreas" is hot on its heels with a $142.7 million haul. Only "Entourage" failed to pay off, shifting just $31.5 million in ticket sales, or $9.2 million shy of what Warner spent on the TV portion of its marketing campaign.
Universal has also done a deep TV dive, laying down $32.2 million to promote the $506.9 million smash "Jurassic World" and another $27.6 million on "Pitch Perfect 2," which has generated $181.3 million in ticket sales since its May 15 premiere. Even "Ted 2," the sequel to that movie about the foul-mouthed Masshole teddy bear, has made good on its TV spend, grossing $37.2 million against an outlay of $23.2 million.
Other studios that have seen a sound return on their TV investment include Disney/Pixar, which has ponied up $30.9 million to promote the $192.1 million "Inside Out;" Twentieth Century Fox, which dropped $31.4 million on the $89.4 million Melissa McCarthy vehicle "Spy" and Marvel, which laid down $27 million in TV spend to hype its $452.7 million box office hit "The Avengers: Age of Ultron."
Among the films that have yet to be released but are already in high gear are Paramount's "Terminator: GeniSys" ($28.5 million), Universal's "Minions" ($15.1 million), Marvel's "Ant-Man" ($13.5 million) and Paramount's "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" ($12.2 million).

[The Brain]

I think The Cell and The Fall are OK.

[garbon]

I am going to see Magic Mike XXL as part of my new tradition for 4th of July.  The cinema I am going to is going to have a male stripper pre-show to the movie. My lawd!

[viper37]

I am going to see Magic Mike XXL as part of my new tradition for 4th of July.  The cinema I am going to is going to have a male stripper pre-show to the movie. My lawd!

I'm trying to imagine the newspaper headlines if there was a girl stripper pre-show to a movie.

[The Brain]

Is Ninja Apocalypse any good?

[Liep]

Is Ninja Apocalypse any good?

That franchise took a turn for the worse after Gay Ninjas Get Right to Marriage.

[Duque de Bragança]

Is Ninja Apocalypse any good?

It has Carey Hiroyuki-Tagawa, of Showdown in Little Tokyo and Bridge of Dragons fame.

[The Brain]

SOLD

[crazy canuck]

I watched Kingsman on pay per view.  I think that is the best movie I didn't know anything about before watching it.

[garbon]

I am going to see Magic Mike XXL as part of my new tradition for 4th of July.  The cinema I am going to is going to have a male stripper pre-show to the movie. My lawd!

I'm trying to imagine the newspaper headlines if there was a girl stripper pre-show to a movie.

That's a rather different animal and you know it.

[Duque de Bragança]

SOLD

[spoiler]Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa is pretty good as always but he does not appear in a significant part of the movie. This is vague on purpose to be even less of a spoiler[/spoiler]

OTOH, ninjas and zombies 

[Darth Wagtaros]

I recommend not watching Terminator Genesys. 

[crazy canuck]

I recommend not watching Terminator Genesys.

The reviewer I heard this morning was of the same opinion. 

[Savonarola]

The Valley of the Gwangi (1969)

This is "The Lost World" set in the old west .  The lovely (and overdubbed) Gila Golan works for a struggling wild west show near the US-Mexican border.  She meets her ex, James Franciscus, who wants to buy her horse.  Initially she is cold to his advances, but soon the sparks start to fly.  Then Franciscus and British Paleontologist, Laurence Naismith, discover that Gila has a miniature horse, a remnant from the dinosaur age.  They track the horse back to "The Forbidden Valley," but a blind Mexican gypsy woman warns them they will be cursed.  They discover the lost world in the forbidden valley and, after a padded out fight sequence they bring back an allosaurus.  What would you do if you had an allosaurus?  That's right, they put him in the circus for the viewing pleasure of the Mexican public.  At ten pesos a person soon they'll have enough to buy a hacienda complete with burros; but what if the gypsy-woman was right all along?

There isn't enough enough story here to justify the length of the film; but it's worth seeing for the  Ray Harryhausen dinosaurs.  The battle between the allosaur and an elephant is particularly impressive.

[Tonitrus]

The Valley of the Gwangi (1969)

This is "The Lost World" set in the old west .  The lovely (and overdubbed) Gila Golan works for a struggling wild west show near the US-Mexican border.  She meets her ex, James Franciscus, who wants to buy her horse.  Initially she is cold to his advances, but soon the sparks start to fly.  Then Franciscus and British Paleontologist, Laurence Naismith, discover that Gila has a miniature horse, a remnant from the dinosaur age.  They track the horse back to "The Forbidden Valley," but a blind Mexican gypsy woman warns them they will be cursed.  They discover the lost world in the forbidden valley and, after a padded out fight sequence they bring back an allosaurus.  What would you do if you had an allosaurus?  That's right, they put him in the circus for the viewing pleasure of the Mexican public.  At ten pesos a person soon they'll have enough to buy a hacienda complete with burros; but what if the gypsy-woman was right all along?

There isn't enough enough story here to justify the length of the film; but it's worth seeing for the  Ray Harryhausen dinosaurs.  The battle between the allosaur and an elephant is particularly impressive.

So Michael Crichton stole the story.