Michael Parks RIP

To-day 10 May mr. Michael Parks left the movies and the planet. He was 77.
 Just saw the begininig of From Dusk Til Dawn on Netflix  a few days ago, I haven't seen it since it came out I guess, I was noticing Parks in the opening scene, and then now, opening the imdb, blam....:( A character actor par excelence, with way over 100 films on his resume, Parks was Tarantino and Kevin Smith's favourite bit player. Tusk, Red State, Django Unchained. Ambroice Bierce in From Dusk til Dawn 3, Texas Ranger Earl McGraw in Kill Bill and in the "Grindhouse" pictures. Also a country music performer. Also in Twin Peaks series.

Last film I've seen him in, Blood Father, last year in Cannes midnight screenings.
Article in USA Today with tribute from Robert Rodriguez.

Blade Runner 2049 -le trailer

‪#‎BladeRunner2049‬-6.10.17

Cel mai aștepat film al anului. În 1982  Ridley Scott a schimbat istoria cinematografului cu cel mai adult film SF, Blade Runner / Vînătorul de recompense (Odiseea spațială-2001 al lui Kubrick, e mai mult un eseu art-house, nu chiar film narativ). Deşi considerat sacrosant, s-a vorbit demult de un sequel. Odată anunţat canadianul Dennis Villeneuve (Sicario, Arrival) ca regizor am simţit că proiectul are şanse de reuşită. Ingrediente: Ridley Scott producător executiv, Harrison Ford prezent în distribuţie ca Dekkard, şi pe post de continuator  al rolului, Ryan Gosling-cel mai în vogă actor al lumii după La La Land, un director de imagine magistral: Roger Deakins şi Jóhann Jóhannsson pe post de Vangelis (in final l-au adus pe Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfish :().  Sper ca Harrison Ford să facă mai mult decât în Star Wars–The ForceAwakens. 

LE (later edit): ...shi n-au invins... :(((

Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 2

Guradians Vol. 2 is out ! and it's gonna sell a lot of records ! Or just make more people listen to some great songs ! loved the teaser poster in which they all look like a punk group esp. due to Michael Rooker (Tandu)'s electric mohawk ! actually I think it's a riff on the Ramones cover of Rocket to Russia !

 The film itself is funnier and more emotional than the 1st one (though overlong) and has the ELO song "Mr. Blue Sky" as the 1st one was supposed to have "living Thing". I'm glad Jeff Lyne is getting more consideration, after American Hustle where he actually had also original songs...then Sweet and Fleetwood Mac, Cheap Trick (more of a rocking approech) a and a very touchy Father and Son -Cat before he was Yusuf...better choice of songs than the 1st one !!!  Baby Groot dances exquisetly and Kurt Russell is great as EGO ! To be seen on the Big screen (IMAX if possible) ! We Are Groot !!!

00:00 1. Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky
05:08 2. Sweet - Fox On The Run
08:39 3. Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive
12:30 4. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
17:00 5. Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
19:46 6. Glen Campbell - Southern Nights
22:49 7. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
27:28 8. Looking Glass - Brandi
30:39 9. Jay & The Americans - Come A Little Bit Closer
33:25 10. Silver - Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang
36:59 11. Cheap Trick - Surrender
41:11 12. Cat Stevens - Father and Son
44:53 13. Flash Light - Parliament
50:41 14. The Sneepers - Guardians Inferno ft. David Hasselhoff

Replace (2017)

REPLACE
A new body horror in 1st film from German director Norbert Keil is my 1st movie at BIFFF 35 *(in competition}, a stylish dramatic viral love story that has to do with the fear and doom of aging. Richard Stanley (Hardwire, Dust Devil) contributes to creepy, slick script. Rebecca Forsythe is in the lead role, an amnesiac with a recurring mummyskinlike eczema that can be cured by new fresh skin and flesh.

trailer

Shades of Repulsion, Croneberg themes, N W Refn's Neon Demon, The Hunger,  photographic inspiration from Dario Argento by dop Tim Kuhn with a very low budget, atmospheric music reminiscent of John Carpenter's The Thing, Halloween, plus stylish piano works a la Hunger, Satie's Gimnosfere and Chopin.  Veteran horror queen Barbara Crampton (Re-animator)  is supporting as doctor Crober.
3 1/2

*hope you'll get to see this in Dracula Film Festival Competition this fall in Brasov, Transylvania