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Tag: 80s

  • Ready Player One

    From the dystopian source novel by Ernest Cline and the 80s pop culture master director Steven Speilberg, Ready Player One is a futuristic dash through all things nerd, set in an encompassing virtual world known as the Oasis. When James Halliday, the ‘Willy Wonka’/Creator of the Oasis passes away, a scavenger hunt to locate three keys and the chance to control all of the virtual worlds. Will Parzival, the avatar of Wade Watts, be the rightful heir to the Oasis – or will the corrupt practices of competing company IOI ruin virtual reality for everyone?

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  • Atomic Blonde

    Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is an MI6 agent tasked with recovering top secret KGB intel in East Berlin before the wall falls in the waning days of the Cold War. Can she navigate the coldest city before the heat gets turned up?

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  • The NEW A-Team?

    new-a-team
    Is this reality, or just a fantasy…? Please be a dream! AAAH!

    The new A-Team consists of:
    Bradley Cooper
    Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson
    Sharlto Copley
    Liam Neeson

    Float or sink? Since it’s a remake, I’m wary of the results…these new age directors don’t do the 80s justice. Why can’t anyone create something remotely new? Please?

    Hollywood: Quit messing with my 80s!

  • First Look: Lethal Weapon 5

    Mel Gison and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon
    Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon

    If you have not heard this already, it’s pretty big news! (To fans of the series at the very least!)

    Word is that a new sequel (the fifth) to the fantastic action/crime-fighting series, Lethal Weapon, has been finished as a screenplay. The original star duo of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover is being sought out to reappear in the sequel, and if they accept, the film will be set for production. According to IMDB, the film is set to be released in 2010.

    I love the Lethal Weapon series, and I really have high hopes for the film to be successful if Gibson and Glover are on board. If they aren’t in it, then it doesn’t even need to be made.

    It’s a continuity issue more than ever these days in Hollywood – you revive a 20-year old series and the executive staff is too oblivious to realize that the actors that embodied the original series may not want to be in a new sequel years after their retirement! The real problem is  if you can’t get the original actors to star in the sequel. If that’s the case, then you are better off not filming, because you are literally going to kill the entire franchise over one massive flop of a film. Batman and Robin, anyone?

    There is a bunch of information out there, ask the Google machine!

    Do you think that Lethal Weapon will be a go? I sure hope so! =)

    This issue (of remakes and revivals in Hollywood) is also going to lead to a SquidFlicks editorial (someday). This is also the debut of the First Look category. New movie sequels and other films will be highlighted in this category!