Whaddup Cinema Reconists! Today, courtesy of People, we get our first look at Anthony Hopkins in the upcoming film Hitchcock!
Which Hitch is which?!?
One of my all time favorite actors playing one of my all time favorite directors? Yes please! The biopic will center around Alfred Hitchcock’s production of the 1960 classic Psycho. While growing up, I became very familiar with and fond of Hitchcock’s work through my mom, a huge fan herself (The Birds is one of our favorite films of all time). She was the original family horror/thriller aficionado. While many of my childhood friends were not allowed to watch such things, my mother was always willing let me watch ANY horror movie I pleased with her (just as long as there was no nudity… because, while monsters, murderers, and mayhem are clearly acceptable, bare breasts apparently send young children into a frenzy of mind melting chaos). Like her, I was immune to the scares and simply became fascinated with the entire genre, which then led to my current state of horror-loving fanaticism.
Maybe I can convince Condog (Connie, my mom, to people who aren’t down with the lingo) to come along with Cinema Recon when Hitchcock hits theaters in 2013…
Today on the show, we laugh our asses off and scream in terror like little girls! No, it’s not another viewing of The Three Musketeers, it’s the Cinema Recon review of The Cabin in the Woods! (10:15)
Also, we break out the defibrillators and inject ourselves with 250 CCs of raw adrenaline! It’s the CR review of The Raid: Redemption! (49:15)
In the news… (1:29:55)
Did you see The Three Stooges this weekend? Shame on you!!
It only took 7 years, but Dimension Films has announced the sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For!
Brad and Angelina find a babysitter and may star in The Counsel!
Short Circuit reboot? Johnny 5 is Alive! …and will either be very “menacing” or a teen heart throb!
Jake approvesAnchorman 2 plot details. Carry on, Mr. Ferrell.
Last minute additional Avengers scene to be shot before the film is released!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt eats gravel and sounds just like Bruce Willis!
Warning: NSFW due to some harsh, yet hilarious language
In a special, massive edition of Cinema Recon, we recorded LIVE from SXSW 2012 in Austin, TX! You can listen to the epic buffet of interviews, reviews, and banter (remember to take bathroom breaks), or you can also listen to individual interviews by visiting our SXSW section.
Since we are live from the Wild & Only Ones event at the Sahara Lounge, a multitude of awesome bands and musicians stopped by to talk with us! Check out the lineup below and click for each artist’s website! A huge thanks to each band for providing the awesome music you’re hearing on this show!
Prior to the interview, you’ll hear Give Me the Ball and following the interview, you’ll hear Angles and Arches, both off of Heypenny’s album A Jillion Kicks!
Prior to the interview, you’ll hear My Dreams and following the interview, you’ll hear Do It For Sara, both off of Black Forest Fire’s album Transit Of Venus!
And of course, movie reviews! We witness millions upon millions of dollars evaporate in a matter of 132 minutes! It’s the Cinema Recon review of John Carter! (22:40)
Also, we are anything but quiet during our review of the indie horror flick Silent House! (2:26:15)
Listen below:
Download Here (by right clicking, then “save as”): CR: SXSW Day 1
If there is one person on this Earth that deserves their own Truman-esque reality show, its Arnold Schwarzenegger. The man can’t finish a sentence without making me laugh, whether its calling my state “Caleeforniah” or telling me to “Get My Ass To Mars!”
“I would love to do another ‘Twins,'” Schwarzenegger said when asked if there were any past characters he’d like to revist. “As a matter of fact, we’ve been talking about doing one and it’s called ‘Triplets.’ I’d find somebody like Eddie Murphy or someone that people would say, ‘How does that happen, medically speaking?’ and, ‘Physically, there’s no way!’ Then, somehow, we would explain it. That would be hilarious with what we know about someone like him.”
“I can see a poster,” the actor continued. “A billboard with us three. ‘They found another one!’ ‘Triplets!’ ‘Only their mother can tell them apart!’ I would do that in two seconds, because that’s real entertainment. You come out with that movie for Christmas, like December 5th or something like that, and you’re home free.”
Gold. I could listen to him read the instructions on the back of a Monopoly box, and I guarantee it would be better than any episode of Two and a Half Men. Better yet, give him a cooking show! OH! Baseball play-by-play announcer! “Striiiike threeeeeeAhhh!” Just get this guy on TV somehow where he has to talk NON STOP, and as no other character but himself. Shit, make this a 24 hour Arnold only channel.
Arnold has just got this certain charm about him…a certain “say what I see” humor that can’t really be pulled off by any human being. Its as if you’ve been cornered by your little cousin and now you must listen to him describe each of his GI Joe action figures down to the most minute, insignificant detail…oh, but your little cousin was also the Terminator.
As has been mentioned from time to time on the show, if you’ve never had the joy of listening to a DVD commentary by Quaid himself, 1) Get an Arnold DVD, 2) Find some friends, and 3) Stop laughing so much, you’re laughing far too loudly, and it is annoying the elderly neighbors. Just listen to the following “Greatest Hits!” from his Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ramblings. Some of my favorite lines include:
The Marble wall was two inch thick Marble…that I punched through with ease
If this world deals with big breasts, then so be it, I’m just gonna have bigger breasts
Oh my god, did you see Schwarzenegger naked? They showed his butt! I even saw something in front!
Today on the show, all the prayers in the world won’t save this movie from the wrath of Cinema Recon! Its our review of Wrath of the Titans! (10:24)
CR also wants to hear your best Liam Neeson impression! (listen to the show, we promise it will make sense) Send us your best “Release the Kraken!!” impression (is there any other Liam Neeson one liner??) and we will send one lucky fan a Cinema Recon T-Shirt!
In the news…
The legacy of Steve Jobs is to be portrayed by the man responsible for Punk’d! (52:05)
Liam Neeson will do his best Liam Neeson impression in The Dark Knight Rises! (56:45)
Chuck Norris proclaims “Earmuffs!” as Expendables 2 keeps its R rating?! (1:00:40)
Ron Burgundy himself, without the use of cue cards, just made this announcement on Conan:
For so long it seemed a no-brainer that a sequel would be made to the 2004 hit Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. After much stalling however, it had turned into a buried and dead project. Will Ferrell, a long time champion of the character and film, seems to finally have talked Paramount Studios into … for just one more movie … being co-people.
A teaser trailer for the trailer for theTotal Recall reboot was released today (via Comingsoon.net, via Columbia Pictures). You can watch the preview of a preview of a reboot here:
Not that trailers for trailers are anything terribly new, but it always makes me laugh. How plugged in to the hype-machine are we nowadays? It certainly makes me long for when the first way I would hear about a film would be by wandering through the local movie theater halls and seeing it in poster form…
Look for the full length trailer on Sunday, April 1 (Game of Thrones Season 2 also begins Sunday, btw!) during the NBA Celtics/Heat match up. Shortly after the debut trailer, an extended trailer (so does that make the above a pre-pre-tease??) will then be released to the masses via http://www.apple.com/trailers, copies upon copies on Youtube, and carrier pigeon.
Total Recall will be released in theaters nationwide on August 3, 2012, sans Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Today on the show, Paul, Jake, and Cassie are locked in an all-out battle to the DEATH, using only their wits and some face paint to survive! It’s the Cinema Recon review of The Hunger Games! (07:25)
In the news…
The Hunger Games is apparently feasting on everyone’s wallets at the box office! (1:27:20)
“Winter is coming”…so bundle up for Season 2 of Game of Thrones! (1:33:05)
Michael Bay says get ready for the Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles! (1:44:00)
Eddie Murphy scores a perfect “0” on the Tomometer(c)! (2:00:00)
To absolutely no one’s surprise, Tom Cruise will sprint in yet another Mission Impossible! (2:05:10)
Paul and Jake repeatedly endure head explosions during the newest Prometheus trailer! (2:09:50)
The Cinema Recon Studios have been extremely busy as of late. Now that we are back from Austin, TX, we have nearly 20 hours of content to pour over and prepare for pod-pressing. As we have been mentioning through Tweets, FaceSpaces, and posts to the website, we have many excellent movie reviews and interviews with bands from the 2012 SXSW event! Look for some very special CR podcasts to land on the internets very soon…
In the meantime, business is back to normal for us in terms of show scheduling. You may have heard of a little film called The Hunger Games, yes? Well, the film earned a paltry $155 million this weekend, which was enough to crown it the 3rd biggest weekend opening of all time. You can count Jake, Cassie, and myself as contributors to that giant pile of money, and we have the newest episode of Cinema Recon to prove it!
In the latest and greatest episode, you will hear:
Our review of The Hunger Games, with Cassie returning as guest!
How Lionsgate is celebrating the huge success of its latest release
An official photo of Disney’s upcoming action/adventure film The Lone Ranger was released yesterday. The remake of the 1950’s classic television show stars Armie Hammer as the Ranger himself, while Johnny Depp is his Native American sidekick Tonto:
My hat is hungry, Armie
I’m really starting to believe Johnny Depp will only do a movie if any of the following criteria are met:
Tim Burton is involved
Helena Bonham Carter appears
Depp gets to wear an elaborate costume of some kind
Depp gets to utter “Where’s the RUM!” at some point
Truly we are a podcast divided when it comes to Johnny Depp: I am a fan, Jake not so much. I can absolutely understand why one would be turned away by him. His loud, over the top, larger than life characters (especially lately) are spectacles that demand an audience’s attention. If you are of the camp that believes less is more, you are certainly going to be annoyed while sitting through Pirates of the Caribbean.
But this is exactly why I enjoy Johnny Depp movies. His is a craft that is not easily defined…something different every time he appears onscreen. He has been at the point of A-list status for so long, he can choose any role he wants. In doing so, he chooses some very bizarre characters. To me, this truly embodies thespianism at its best. Yes, I love and appreciate a strong, dramatic performance in a more grounded environment, but sometimes I’d rather get lost in a story that leaves realism at the door. I welcome the fantastical set pieces, the whimsical plot lines, and the scene-chewing of characters like the one’s Depp has the luxury of portraying.
So I am of the opinion that this pic of Tonto is awesome. Its ridiculous, overdone, and he has a goddamn bird on his head. Fine with me. Johnny Depp will take this wackiness and run with it, just as he does in every movie he’s in. And at the end of the day, even if the movie is a flop, having Depp in the role will ensure a Tonto that is memorable and fun to watch. Depp is quite good at his craft…whatever the hell that may be.
Does anyone even know what Johnny Depp actually looks like in person??
Cinema Recon 
Arnold Schwarzenegger: World’s Greatest Comedian
Paul, I signed your diploma
If there is one person on this Earth that deserves their own Truman-esque reality show, its Arnold Schwarzenegger. The man can’t finish a sentence without making me laugh, whether its calling my state “Caleeforniah” or telling me to “Get My Ass To Mars!”
Just read this quote from Comingsoon.net, where Arnold confirms and comments on the planned Twins sequel, Triplets:
“I would love to do another ‘Twins,'” Schwarzenegger said when asked if there were any past characters he’d like to revist. “As a matter of fact, we’ve been talking about doing one and it’s called ‘Triplets.’ I’d find somebody like Eddie Murphy or someone that people would say, ‘How does that happen, medically speaking?’ and, ‘Physically, there’s no way!’ Then, somehow, we would explain it. That would be hilarious with what we know about someone like him.”
“I can see a poster,” the actor continued. “A billboard with us three. ‘They found another one!’ ‘Triplets!’ ‘Only their mother can tell them apart!’ I would do that in two seconds, because that’s real entertainment. You come out with that movie for Christmas, like December 5th or something like that, and you’re home free.”
Gold. I could listen to him read the instructions on the back of a Monopoly box, and I guarantee it would be better than any episode of Two and a Half Men. Better yet, give him a cooking show! OH! Baseball play-by-play announcer! “Striiiike threeeeeeAhhh!” Just get this guy on TV somehow where he has to talk NON STOP, and as no other character but himself. Shit, make this a 24 hour Arnold only channel.
Arnold has just got this certain charm about him…a certain “say what I see” humor that can’t really be pulled off by any human being. Its as if you’ve been cornered by your little cousin and now you must listen to him describe each of his GI Joe action figures down to the most minute, insignificant detail…oh, but your little cousin was also the Terminator.
As has been mentioned from time to time on the show, if you’ve never had the joy of listening to a DVD commentary by Quaid himself, 1) Get an Arnold DVD, 2) Find some friends, and 3) Stop laughing so much, you’re laughing far too loudly, and it is annoying the elderly neighbors. Just listen to the following “Greatest Hits!” from his Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ramblings. Some of my favorite lines include:
The Marble wall was two inch thick Marble…that I punched through with ease
If this world deals with big breasts, then so be it, I’m just gonna have bigger breasts
Oh my god, did you see Schwarzenegger naked? They showed his butt! I even saw something in front!
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