An intense green band V/H/S/2 trailer

Yeah, I know. The sequel to the rather good V/H/S was supposed to be called S-VHS. Now it's called V/H/S/2. Probably because no one remembers what S-VHS was. So changing the title made sense.

Enough boring talk. Watch this preview.



Pretty damn intense for a green-band trailer. Early buzz is this is awesome. As stated above, V/H/S was good, not as great as everyone made it out to be, but good. Hopefully this is an improvement, and not another tired entry in the rapidly dying found-footage horror subgenre.

V/H/S/2 is directed by Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Edúardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Evans, and Jason Eisener. It hits iTunes and VOD on June 6 before landing in theatres July 12.

Source: Horror-Movies.ca

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The Last Stand and Shawn.

Is Arnold back??  Well, I took in The Last Stand recently; I can say that he is. ISH.

Obviously I wasn’t expecting a muscle bound, violent ass kicker of an Arnold. Those days are far behind him. As he approaches senior citizen status, the role he played here, was very interesting.

It was as if every character he ever played was a part of this older, wiser and more frail, Arny (Sheriff Ray Owens).

He slid into this “aged” role very well. He kicked a lot of ass, (in an old man way) and glimmers of his golden era poked through his rougher, aged and more weathered exterior.

This wasn’t the greatest story ever told, but it was a very smooth ride and delivered the "stuff" where it needed to.

I enjoyed the movie as a non-thinking, good old action flick. Yeah, there were some dumb parts, but this IS an Arny movie. I wouldn’t expect any less.   

Of the returning old action stars hitting the big screen, (aside from Expendables) this has been one of my favourite ones. I’m giving it a Good, because like any Arny movie, a true Basementite can’t just watch it once.  

He said “He’d be back!”

I add the “ISH." Ha ha.

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Moon Nazis return in Iron Sky: The Coming Race

Best news I've heard all day, and I work in the news business.

Shawn and I loved the shit out of Iron Sky, a sci-fi/action/comedy about moon Nazis invading the earth. The film is one of the few that's ripe for sequel, and it sounds like that's going to happen!

There's not a lot of details at this point, but the first film's director, Timo Vuorensola, promises the follow up will be darker, crazier and more epic. Like the first one wasn't all of the above and then some. It was also fun!

Honestly, all we in The Basement care about is whether or not leading lady Julia Dietze (pictured above) returns. She better.

Crowd funding will play a big part in getting this project off the ground, as was the case with the first Iron Sky. I suggest you head on over to Indiegogo and lend a hand. And if you haven't seen Iron Sky yet, get on it, mofo!

Scope out the first teaser poster for Iron Sky: The Coming Race.

Source: Twitch

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A Good Day to Die Hard vs Shawn

Shawn here. I finally watched a movie. A Good Day to Die Hard. The fifth in the franchise. Spawned from a bad ass motherfucker of an original (Die Hard). Does it live up to the original or ANY of its predecessors? Yes and No. Let me explain.

"Sequels". They're a love/hate relationship with us here in The Basement. There are some movies that were simply intended to have sequels, prequels etc. They're being written that way. BUT . . . a lot of times, sequels are made just to cash in on the principle.

A Good Day to Die Hard felt like a "cashing in" movie.  While most of the action was insanely rad, sadly, the movie felt . . . "forced", awkward, disjointed and clumsy.

I'm hurting, because John McClane defines action, masculinity and blows stuff up real fucking good. Die Hard has molded our generation with smart "one liners" (if ever a thing existed) and I've enjoyed ALL of the Die Hard movies enough to watch multiple times . . .

This one just didn't feel right. I had a really hard time getting into the vibe that John McClane can bring. I felt disconnected from the Die Hard universe. I didn't enjoy the story much or the "spy" son.

I guess the main question is: would I watch it again? The answer is: No.

I would not go out of my way to watch it again. If it were on T.V. I might not change the channel, but I would NOT seek it out for multiple viewings.

In Basement language, that means, it gets a Bad. Good thing there are four others to really enjoy.

"Yippee-ki-yay, motherfuckers"

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Jason versus Seven Psychopaths

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu. 

And it must be pointed out that the screenwriter is an alcoholic. And Irish. I'm half Irish. And have oddball friends, write screenplays and enjoy the sauce. This is like my biopic.

Seriously, this is a fun fucking movie. Our 2nd Unit Podcast Network colleague Jon Cross summed it up best: Waits. Bunny rabbit. Walken. Two guns. Graveyard. Nuff said. Awesome. Seven Psychopaths is all this and more.

For one, Colin Farrell is brilliant here. The man rocks in ensemble pieces. Too bad he can't carry a movie on his own. Sam Rockwell is the true star though. He owns this. So does the God Who Walks As A Man, Christopher Walken. And Tom Waits. Hell, they're all good.

One complaint: the uber sexy Olga Kurylenko only gets about three minutes of screen time. This is bad.

Otherwise, Seven Psychopaths is a fun, violent and quirky time at the movies. I'd recommend it, and will watch it again. Good! I also have an unholy urge to go camping in the desert. 

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Psycho-thriller Rage of Innocence films this summer

We interrupt your long weekend for some news about a slick sounding psychological thriller that's scheduled to go before cameras this summer.

Veteran filmmaker Mark Pirro, writer/director of such cult classics as Deathrow Gameshow, Color-Blinded and the recent The God Complex, is ready to begin principal photography on Rage of Innocence.

The film centres on high school teacher Vincent Marsden (John McCafferty) as he begins a relationship with a female teacher only to discover her daughter Raven (Stef Dawson) is psychologically unbalanced. Raven's desire to stop Vincent from dating her mother escalates into a violent rage and dangerous web of lies and deceit that forces Vincent into a deadly game.

Think Fatal Attraction meets The Crush.

Sounds like a throwback to a type of horror flick we haven't seen in a while. And we in The Basement will be able to keep you in the loop as Rage of Innocence continues through production and distribution.

Wanna stay up to date on the flick? Check out its Facebook page and follow it on Twitter.

Source: Pirromount Pictures

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Girl's Eye View: Silver Linings Playbook

Allow me to quickly introduce myself: My name is Kara, and I live over at www.karaschatter.com . I have no experience in the movie industry, other than watching and appreciating them. I thought I would offer up my movie reviewing skills, or lack thereof, to The Basement to give readers a female perspective on movies, new, old, good, and bad.  

When I first saw the preview for Silver Linings Playbook, I wasn’t 100% sold on the film. I’m not too sure what it was, but I wasn’t immediately drawn to it. Eventually, I read the book - which I ended up loving - so I thought I’d give the Oscar-nominated film a go.

I was really looking forward to sitting down and enjoying the film. I don’t know if it was because the book really got my hopes up or something else, but the film was just “OK” for me.

For those of you who haven’t read the book, it’s kind of a downer. Not in the “It’s a bad book” way but in the, “It’s kind of depressing and will make you look at life a different way,” way. I went into the film kind of expecting the same thing, except it was very, VERY different.

The main character, Pat (played by the always chiseled Bradley Cooper), suffers from bi-polarism and his mom (played by Jacki Weaver) busts him out of the funny farm against doctors suggestions. 

In the book, the release brings some struggles between Pat and his father (played by the always amazing Robert de Niro). Pat Sr. has a hard time accepting his son, while in the film, he welcomes him with open arms. In the book, there’s a lot of focus on football. I’m certain the producers cut back on this for the film to gain a wider-range of viewers. Football doesn’t exactly scream, “WATCH ME!” to female audiences, and while I wouldn’t classify SLP as a chick-flick, I think females are more drawn to it than males. (I find that if a movie doesn’t have blood, guts, zombies, boobs, or Bruce Willis, guys easily shrug a movie off.)

Anyway, the film does keep some key elements from the book - The dance competition, Pat’s determination to reconcile with his estranged wife, and Pat Sr.’s superstitious love for the Philadelphia Eagles, but I didn’t love how much they changed in regards to those elements.

Don’t get me wrong, the actors all did a really amazing job and did deserve all of those awards nominations, and Jennifer Lawrence as Pat’s equally unstable counterpart Tiffany was superb.

In the end, I suggest you either watch the film OR read the book, but not both. You’ll most likely be slightly disappointed in either one, depending on the route you take. I’ve read on various review sites that book-first folks are disappointed in the movie and vise-versa.

I’m going to give Silver Lining Playbook a Good because it was; It was just different, that’s all.

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