WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB! Look what’s coming to Blu-ray in a 31 episode box set Feb 12! Also some cool
#RickAndMorty
@HotTopic
Nesting Dolls from
@EntEarth
!
This is a big one! I found David Lynch’s unfinished script for DUNE 2, and wrote all about it for
@WIRED
with the help of
@DuneScholar
,
@DuneInfo
, and Stilgar himself Everett McGill!
Experienced
#ZackSnydersJusticeLeague
and -as someone who defended theatrical cut as a more fun direction for
@DCComics
films- am happy to report most of the things I liked were
@ZackSnyder
’s. His new cut is an auteur driven superhero epic with wild imaginative swings. Bravo!
April Fools’,
#Transformers
style! I was sent an actual, factual VHS copy of
#Bumblebee
from
@ParamountPics
complete with an 80’s era retailer promo packet! Not available in stores, but you CAN get the movie on physical media when the Blu-ray and 4K copies drop TOMORROW, April 2!
I dunno if it’s because of the way she’s portrayed in
#DunePartTwo
or if Alicia Witt is just a badass, but the audience at yesterday’s Dune ‘84 screening was straight up cheering at ALIA! Almost every scene she’s in… scary precocious magic!
@ScottWamplerBMD
My favorite press conference memory was for The Happening. Someone asked Zooey Deschanel, “Why was your character such a ditz?” With no irony and a look of genuine concern, Zooey responds, “She was supposed to be a doctor.”
Shyamalan’s
#Glass
is far better than reviews suggest. Is it 2hrs of Willis/McAvoy punching each other? Nope. It DOES unite the worlds of Unbreakable & Split, adding new dimensions to both. It also has bold moves and big ideas the average corporate superhero movie wouldn’t dare.
BIG NEWS!!!
@heyitsMattCaron
& myself got the opportunity to restore this never-before-seen deleted scene from Lynch's
#Dune
featuring Alia! You can check out the scene as well as a video on the restoration at
@nerdist
right now:
Ang Lee’s
#GeminiMan
is a huge breakthrough for 120FPS presentation. Action sequences are breathtaking in the format. Will Smith’s winning performance shows the level of scrutiny a real movie star can stand up to. If you don’t see it in theaters you’re missing a true experience.
Not using hyperbole:
#FarFromHome
is the best superhero movie of 2019. Yes, including
#Endgame
. Like
#Homecoming
the characters are funny/delightful, themes are very right now & it throws many a curveball at both Peter & the audience. 3rd act set piece is ingenious! Also
#Cameos
!
One of my childhood favs is coming to Blu-ray on July 28 from
@WBHomeEnt
! The fabulous
@RealLyndaCarter
as
#WonderWoman
in all 59 eps plus the pilot movie on 10 discs! The nostalgia factor is off the charts!!!
ORDER HERE:
Saw
#AlitaBattleAngel
, a sci-fi genre landmark offering an immersive glimpse into a future world of haves and have-nots, with Rosa Salazar’s cyborg as its powerful avenging angel. Her photoreal CG performance is amazingly nuanced. Only complaint is the film left me wanting more.
For those who want to see more Alia, I helped with a restoration of a never-before-seen deleted scene from Lynch's
#Dune
that you can see on Nerdist right now...
Thanks to
@CBSHE
for sending me the COMPLETE
#BradyBunch
set with the whole series and all the movies on DVD plus a
@OriginalFunko
Pop! The Brady-est box set of all drops on June 4!
Just got out of
#SHAZAM
, which is a joyful wish fulfillment fantasy in the “Big” tradition that has just enough edge and a perfect helping of self-aware humor. Great fun! Certain former DC movie directors can learn a thing or two about how to stage a superhero battle from this...
Thrilled that my book on David Lynch’s
#Dune
is heading to book stores on September 5 from
@1984Prods
. I spent the last 2 years talking to dozens of the cast & crew to clear up the mystery of why this movie is so gosh darn weird (& great). PRE-ORDER HERE:
Sony’s
#IntoTheSpiderVerse
ups the potential of an established screen superhero & has loads of fun with sci-fi multiverse themes. The comic book aesthetic never overwhelms, older down & out Peter Parker shines & Miles Morales has more heart and complexity than any screen Spidey.
Got to speak with well-mannered Canadian Denis Villeneuve for
@DenofGeekUS
about a little movie he made called
#DUNEPARTTWO
as well as the difference between his and Lynch’s vision of DUNE. Also, he hasn’t read my book yet but says he will someday…
Those predicting
#InfinityWar
will beat
#BlackPanther
at the box office... doubtful. Rewatchability factor not even close to Coogler’s movie. It’ll be super front-loaded. It’s not a full meal, so audiences will likely have their fill of it until Part 4 resolves all next year.
Thanks
@cartoonnetwork
for this
#StevenUniverse
movie set, complete with
@CrosleyRadio
mini turntable and “True Kinda Love” single. The Steven Universe Movie is now available on DVD, and the full vinyl soundtrack drops tomorrow, with the deluxe version containing all 37 tracks!
Incredible footage! Old school Star Wars vibe, lots of action, frontier/western vibe. Jawas, dewbacks, storm troopers, a floating space station and so much more! Cannot wait!
#TheMandalorian
Being something of an authority on the subject, I’m happy to say two truths:
#DunePartTwo
is fantastic and in many ways truer to Herbert’s intent, yet does not diminish
#LynchDune
at all! The 84 film &
#Villeneuve
duet are a wonderful contrast, wildly/wonderfully different takes!
After 13-years with the site, I will be taking over as Managing Editor of
@comingsoonnet
from my pal
@TheSpencerPerry
. As with the previous departure of site founder
@mirkoplus
, I will miss Spence enormously, and hope my ComingSoon will live up to theirs... 'cause theirs ROCKED.
Well, at least now when my daughter gets a little older we’ll have one show we can agree on. Thanks to
@cartoonnetwork
for sending along the COMPLETE
#AdventureTime
on DVD as well as the coffee table book for the “Come Along With Me” video. The 22-disc box set comes out April 30!
Proud to now be a part of the
@Wikipedia
page for David Lynch’s
#Dune
! What an honor to be a couple of tiny footnotes in the movie’s history. LONG LIVE THE WIKIPEDIA!!!
The man
@DavidKHarbour
just mentioned
@TheSpencerPerry
and
@carlylane
’s potential Hellboy-officiated wedding ceremony onstage. He really wants to get ordained. It is now imperative we get those retweets going...
You’re gonna want to own this for the “America’s ass” scene alone.
#AvengersEndgame
, a.k.a. the biggest movie of all-time, is now available on Digital HD and arrives on Blu-ray and 4K August 13!
Thank you to everyone who came to
@GalaxyConRVA
to get a book signed or see the panel today! And thank you to
@inglorioustrek
for making it happen! Next stops:
@DarkDel
in Burbank on March 28th, then
@WonderCon
panel on the 29th.
BREAKING:
@ZackSnyder
to release Black & White, 4-hour-long, $70-million-dollar
@hbomax
#JusticeLeague
recut exclusively as series of View-Master slides!
Doctor Strange emerges as a truly fascinating character. He contains multitudes... literally. Cumberbatch is now in firm command of that character’s gravitas, and delivers the one action and single line that everyone will be discussing and debating for the next year.
#InfinityWar
Motherless Brooklyn just might be the best movie of the year. Ed Norton is phenomenal as a Tourette's detective, and his direction is noir perfection. Alec Baldwin absolutely destroys, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw owns. The kind of classy movie for grown-ups you rarely see anymore.
.
@GodzillaVsKong
delivers the goods! Gleefully tosses the Monarch garbage to the side for kaiju carnage of the highest magnitude. The humans are exactly as they should be... incidental. Kong was never more soulful/badass. Took 2 decades+ but the US finally did one of these right!
Big ups to
@UniversalEnt
for sending along this
#GlassMovie
trilogy viewing package, including popcorn, all three of
@MNightShyamalan
’s terrific films, multiple personality toothbrushes, an Overseer rain slicker, secret society tattoos and more!
Very sad to hear of the passing of
#PeterBogdanovich
, whose brilliant, semi-tragic and ultimately resilient career as both filmmaker and scholar was incredible. Proud I got to sit down with him for this great interview a few years ago...
When I was a kid I was obsessed with RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 2’s cover art (left) at video stores, but I never got to see the movie. That’s all about to change thanks to
@Scream_Factory
!
Watched 3 eps of
@MarvelStudios
’
@wandavision
! I love that rather than doing a 3hr MCU movie they’re exploring TV as a medium. So far it’s a fun head trip, Olsen & Bettany make a surprisingly able comedy team. Layering in LOTS of Easter Eggs & clues. Kathryn Hahn steals the show!
Big thank you to
@mattzollerseitz
&
@texastheatre
for allowing me my first opportunity to see Lynch’s
#Dune
on the big screen… so many details I’d never caught (saw the mouse shadow on the second moon)!!! Signed a LOT of copies of A MASTERPIECE IN DISARRAY, met some cool people!
Extra huge applause for Kelly Marie Tran... suck it haters! JJ says that he was grateful to
@rianjohnson
for many of the things he did, the greatest of which was casting Kelly.
#EpisodeIX
Some Sunday fun for ya! Following up my Frank Herbert
#Dune
screenplay article for Wired, here's another taste of the madness as I go through 10 strange scenes from that script for the fine folks at
@inversedotcom
...
So
@Hasbro
sent along a package of
#AvengerEndgame
toys large enough to hold an airplane tire. (Dollar bill shown for scale.) Thanks Hasbro! This toy line has now launched globally!
#HasbroToyPic
So
#Deadpool2
just rocked the f**kin’ house! Loads and reloads of fun, just as anarchic and eager to please as the first one and then some.
@VancityReynolds
knows what people love about Deadpool, and I hope he makes ten more of these things.
Saw
#Endgame
...
PLUSES: Curveballs! Surprisingly emotional! The MCU’s satisfying meta tribute to itself! Great needle drops!
MINUSES: So much fan service my genitals are bleeding. The loop-de-loop graphs people will make to explain the plot will look like Al Hirschfeld drawings.
Big thanks to
@UniversalPics
for sending along this awesome
@1917
mailer in a lovely tin, including a leather bound notebook, photos and a branded wood compass/clock!
#1917Movie
is now out on Digital HD, and arrives on 4K/Blu-Ray/DVD on March 24!
Thank you to
#DisneyPlus
for the swell
#WANDAVISION
swag box, including TV tray and TV Guide! The show (which is a tribute to many shows of era’s past) debuts this Friday, January 15!
Thanks to
@Criterion
for sending along their gorgeous new Blu-ray for Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, as opulent and baroque as the film itself! The disc hits shelves on April 28, a must-have for devoted Andersonians.
One of the biggest DC Comics movies of all-time is going to be a must-own for 2020!
#Joker
is now available on Digital HD, and will arrive on 4K, Blu-ray & DVD on January 7!
Will add that those expecting
#ZackSnydersJusticeLeague
to be vastly different than theatrical will be disappointed. 75% of theatrical was Zack’s, albeit run through a blender. Most of what was added was to clarify/simplify, and most of what was deleted was good but not crucial.
It’s happening! Going on at 8:30 tonight for a nearly sold-out 35mm showing of Lynch’s
#Dune
! Will be signing/selling books before and after at Brooklyn’s
@nitehawkcinema
in Park Slope, gonna be a blast…
Be sure to catch me on
@NeverMadeFilm
podcast (one of my favs!) talking with
@DuneInfo
,
@JoshMillerLite
&
@StephenScarlata
about that lost (and found, by me) DUNE II script by David Lynch from 1984. Hear us discussing floating/exploding dogs, men with breasts, and so much more!!!
Looks like my
#PagingCaptainMarvel
paid off! Check out these awesome new
#CaptainMarvel
figures and dolls I got from
@Hasbro
, including Talos, Yon-Rogg, Goose the cat, a badass 90’s Sam Jackson and -of course- the Cap herself!
Enjoyed
#BadBoysForLife
in 4DX! This movie knew it could never top the Baysanity of the 2nd one, so it focused on the characters. Something other sequels should note. Luckily Smith & Lawrence have aged into the characters easily & gracefully. OH! Big ups to that Wedding MC cameo!
At
@ParamountPics
where I just saw some mind blowing 🤯 footage from
#GeminiMan
with Will Smith, Ang Lee and Jerry Bruckheimer present! Check out
@comingsoonnet
on Thursday for the full rundown of the action and INCREDIBLE effects work!
Loving these new
#RiseofSkywalker
toys
@Hasbro
sent me, especially the ones with the retro OT
#StarWars
packaging! Who here is willing to bet D-O steals the show in the movie?
This is a big one! I personally reconstructed David Lynch's original SURREAL ending for
#Dune
from discarded production storyboards. Check out the new video and my interview with
@DenofGeekUS
below...
Put your nostalgia hats on for these old school
@Hasbro
figures celebrating
#Marvel80
, including a super cool set honoring Wolverine’s first appearance in Incredible Hulk issue 181!
#HasbroToyPic
Got to chat with the great
@TerryGilliam
today, and he signed the page in his autobiography Gilliamesque that has a photo I took. Guess that means even if an anvil falls on my head later this was still officially a good day.
As a
#PhysicalMedia
guy this is one very necessary addition to the shelf! Can’t wait to see that Skywalker Legacy doc everyone is raving about.
#TheRiseOfSkywalker
brings the
#StarWars
Skywalker Saga to a close on Digital HD NOW and on 4K/Blu-ray/DVD on March 31!!!
This Saturday, May 5
@SonyPictures
are distributing 2,500 of these limited
#Venom
art prints signed by artist Dan LuVisi to shops participating in
#FreeComicBookDay
, as well as 30 special test prints signed by actor
#TomHardy
!