La Horde (2009) - US limited theatrical release August 2010
Zombies have been around for a long time. Every once in awhile we get a refreshing twist on the zombie genre in the way of a deeper story or making them movie faster. “La Horde” manages to touch on something new: This is the angriest zombie movie this author has ever seen.
Whenever the apocalypse begins in a zombie movie, the cast is thrown into a situation that defies reality, confuses, confounds and horrifies those who survive the first round of destruction. “La Horde” gives us an angry group of survivors, cops and criminals, who beat the shit out of the undead that threaten their lives. Some techniques prove better than others, but creativity is never far behind. One character starts off administering a fair beating, but nothing says “I love you” like a dropping a refrigerator on someone.
Rec 2 Lookout
Spanish horror directors Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró return to the scene of the crime in “Rec 2” the continuation to their 2007 hit “Rec”(remade as “Quarantine” in 2008). “Rec” was a turbulent house of horrors, a real time video nightmare that gets under your skin. So for the second film, why just not pick up where the last one left off?
That’s were we find a new cast of desperate SWAT officers trying to make sense of the carnage they face in the unholy infested Barcelonan condominium. Good luck with that, or buena suerte, since by the looks of it, these guys will end up munching on each other much like the ill-fated protagonists from the first film. However, in one of the trailers we get a peak at Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco), the original film’s intrepid journalist. This time, instead of carrying a microphone, she holds a shotgun. Oh, nothing like a zombie onslaught to change a person!
Splice (2009) (to be released 2010)
“Splice” popped up on the Bitter Balcony grid a few months ago and its first teaser caught our interest. Apparently, after screening at the Sundance Film Festival, a bidding war began between Apparition, The Weinstein Company, Newmarket Films, First Look Studios and Samuel Goldwyn Films. Ultimately, "Splice" was purchased by Dark Castle Entertainment. Warner Bros. will distribute the film’s wide release on June 4. With quite the mishmash of entertainment heavyweights clamoring over this genetic mutation, we hope the movie is actually good.
Super 8
J.J Abrams is a master of tease. Abrams, like his produced “Cloverfield”, brings an enticing trailer for his upcoming “Super 8” that fills us out with curiosity. This movie has none other than Steven Spielberg as a producer, so we can expect good things from this one. This is the best “Super 8” trailer we could find thus far, straight outta Chinatown. The story seems to take place on a remote island… (Nah!).
P.S: Here's more from "Super 8"
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Lookout: Iron Man 2
Well, there isn’t much to say about this one, but for our Bitter Balcony comic week bonanza, we can’t think of a bigger film for 2010. By now, all you guys have seen and more than likely anticipate the return of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in “Iron Man 2”. By the looks of the trailer, this movie has all we can ask for: the bad-ass faux Russian accent heel Whiplash (Mickey Rourke), a faux Russian accent major babe Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and some pretty cool new armor suits for Iron Man and War Machine (Don Cheadle). |
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Lookout presents The Runaways
“Twilight” sirens Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning find better stuff to do than become enamored by personality deficient vampires in “The Runaways”, a rock bio based on the group by the title name that featured legendary rockers Cherie Currie(Fanning), Joan Jett(Stewart) and Lita Ford(Scout Taylor-Compton from the “Halloween” remakes). Directed by longtime video maker Floria Sigismondi, “The Runaways” made a big splash at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Why wouldn’t it, the stars of the era’s biggest romance fall the all too old mantra of sex, drugs and Rock and Roll(it’s a rather easy sell, if you ask us). |
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Solomon Kane
Bitter Balcony spotted this trailer for “Solomon Kane”, a medieval fantasy adventure based on the works by the late Conan creator Robert E. Howard. Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) is a warrior who is bound to lose his soul to the man downstairs. To avoid the Mephisto Waltz, Kane vows a life of peace, wondering the battle infested world like a monk. In his travels, Kane bonds with a family (Pete Postlethwaite of “The Usual Suspects” is the patriarch) who captures the heart of the former mercenary. |
