A couple new set pictures have been released from Ridley Scott’s upcoming Film Robin Hood. (check more out here)

Robin Hood stars Russell Crowe (in his 5th collaboration with Scott) as Mr R. Hood, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, William Hurt and Danny Hudson also feature.

To be honest I’m too sure about this, I really like Russell Crowe for me he is one of the best actors living actors, he has shown a number of times he can play this sort of roll brilliantly, I am also impressed by his dedication to this role and the supporting cast (Mark Strong is one the most underrated actors of our generation) is quality. The main problem I have is that another non British actor is playing another British icon (not to mention the rest of the cast being very non British), I believe over the last 2 decades this country has produced enough quality actors to play roles such as Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes, there are a number of British actors that would be great as Robin Hood – Christian Bale(maybe Batman, John Connor and Robin Hood would be pushing it), Tom Hardy, Toby Kebbell (he’s from Nottingham!), Paddy Considine, Dominic West, Daniel Craig, Jim Sturgess and Tim Roth to name a few.

I’m probably being a little unfair, Imagine Entertainment in this current financial climate are spending  over $130 million on this film, they want to at least know they’ve got a bankable Oscar winner in Russell Crowe. Also Ridley Scott is a GREAT Director who obviously knows a lot more about creating classic films than me – this is the man who brought the world Alien, Blade Runner and American Gangster! I guess we’ll have to wait and see, the teaser trailer should be released late December/January and the Film is due for release on May 14, 2010

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A number of sources online are reporting that Werner Herzog’s new film Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans will only receive a very limited release in the US late November then released to DVD/Blu-Ray Febuary 23rd 2010.

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans has been my surprise highlight of the London Film Festival (along with The Road), hands down it is the most entertaining film I’ve seen this year. Every time you think the film is taking you somewhere it takes you in a whole other direction completely, Nicolas Cage gives his best performance in years as a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs – while playing fast and loose with the law, wielding his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way.

The movie is hilarious due to it being so zany and off the wall, the tripped out scene with the iguanas, the dancing soul scene, random alligator point of view shots, the whoa scene and when the ‘pipe’ gets verified the audience were in stitches, I can definitely see this film having a cult in years to come, I hope it gets the wide release it deserves in the UK.

Distributor: First Look Pictures
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Alvin “Xzibit” Joiner, Eva Mendes, Fairuza Balk, Shawn Hatosy, Jennifer Coolidge, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Michael Shannon
Director: Werner Herzog
Screenwriter: William Finklestein
Producers: Edward R. Pressman, Nicolas Cage, Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky, Stephen Belafonte and John Thompson
Genre: Police Drama
Rating: TBD
Running time: 122 min.

Above is the new poster for Sherlock Homes. I’m really looking forward to this,  a lot of people are hating on the film – mainly due to the fact the trailers not very Sherlock Holmes-esque and English people hating the fact that an American is playing an iconic English character. Trailers have to be taken with a pinch of salt nowadays, the distributor wants to SELL the film the best way it can, trailers often misrepresent films – perfectly shown with The Road and Watchmen.

I’ve enjoyed Guy Ritchies previous films (apart from Swept Away and Revolver,  I class those two in the Madonna years category,  she’s accountable). Also Robert Downie Jnr is a G and I have a soft spot for Rachel McAdams so I’m sold.

Where does your fascination of the underworld come from?

Guy Ritchie: I think it’s the most efficient polarization of humans, you can get to the good and the bad, the grey, the black and white much more efficiently. I’m not obsessed with the underworld I’m just obsessed with humans and how we act I think we all are, which is why we go cinema.

We’re all guilty of judging things before we see them, a lot of people would label this as a typical Guy Ritchie film, do you think that benefits or limits it?

Guy Ritchie: If your explicit that this is a Guy Ritchie film I have no problem with that, it`s become sort of a brand and I think there`s positives with that because of peoples reactions to Snatch and Lock Stock, but I think there`s gonna be films that are gonna be under the brand but then there`s gonna be films that are not gonna be under the brand. My theory is that you bring my name out of the equation with films that aren`t in Rocknrolla`s and Snatch`s genre, so with Sherlock Holmes I`d rather just see it as Sherlock Holmes in which it`s directed by Guy Ritchie.

What other film genre`s would you like work with?

Guy Ritchie: A World War 2 movie, comedy, I like kids movies, the list could go on. I see this as the beginning of my career to be honest you know, I’m looking forward to making as many different films as I can over the next 10 years,

Sherlock Homes is in cinemas Boxing Day

Through the history of cinema no sub genre has been rinsed more than Vampire films. Lately they have been bastardized by some poor Films, TV shows(Buffy The Vampire) and the extremely gay Twilight. Just as soon as I totally lose faith I can thank the vampire heavens for Daybreaker! Daybreaker looks like the first vampire film in a long time that has a badass and inventive concept. The concept behind Daybreakers is similar to the book I Am Legend (not the movie with Will Smith that was some watered down BS if you’ve read the book). Edward Dalton is a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race (Daybreakers). Starring Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill and Willem Dafoe

Daybreakers is in cinemas January 8th 2010

Got a bunch of interviews I’ve done and press conferences I’ve transcribed that are to go up on the site this week. These include

Tamer Hussan, 50 Cent and Brenda Blethyn for Dead Man Running

Charlyne Yi for Paper Heart

Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Jon Ronson for The Men Who Stair At Goats

Clive Owen for The Boys Are Back

MORE TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The film stars Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, an almost unrecognisable Liam Neeson as Col John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Sharlto Copley as Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock, and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as Sgt Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus aka Mr T. The film is currently in production and set to be in cinemas June 11th 2010. Joe Carnahan is set to direct and Ridley and Tony Scott are set to produce. The plot will involves a shift from Vietnam to the Middle East, and both Jules Daly and series creator Stephen J. Cannell are involved in the project.

To be honest I’ve never been much of a fan of James Bond movies, I do prefer the new Daniel Craig incarnation, I really enjoyed Casino Royal (not so much Quantum Of Solace) but still this article hits the nail on the head for me.

In just about every Bond movie, the bad guys capture James, tie him up to a chair, point a gun to his head, threaten to pull the trigger for 10 minutes, talk to him about how much Bond sucks now, and the bad guy will tell Bond that his wife can score good, and then both Bond and the villian will talk for another 15 minutes that the villians wife is good in bed. And you know what? This gives time for Bond’s hero to come in, save the day for Bond, and Bond ends up finding a way to escape and the bad guys smack themselve’s in the face later on, wondering how Bond escaped so quickly! I mean…dumbass…YOU HAD THE GUN POINTED TO HIS HEAD! YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO KILL HIM, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU WAIT FOR THE GOOD GUY TO COME AND SAVE THE DAY, WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO?

In the video below Daniel Craig reveals that Bond 23 will, “start end of next year.” The video features Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, signing autographs for fans after the Broadway production “A Steady Rain,”

The Clipse upcoming album Til The Casket Drops is one of my most anticipated album’s of this year. Their last two albums Hell Hath No Fury and Lord Willin are two of my favorite Hip Hop albums of the last decade. For me Pusha T is the most underated rapper out right now.

Check out the latest track to be leaked from Til The Casket Drops featuring Camron – tracks SERIOUS!

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Til The Casket Drops Tracklist

1. Speak of Freedom (Produced By Sean C & LV)
2. Popular Demand (Popeyes) feat. Cam’ron (Produced By The Neptunes)
3. Kinda Like a Big Deal feat. Kanye West (Produced By DJ Khalil)
4. Showin’ Out feat. Yo Gotti Produced By The Neptunes)
5. I’m Good feat. Pharrell (Produced By The Neptunes)
6. There Was A Murder (Produced By DJ Khalil)
7. Door Man (Produced By The Neptunes)
8. Never Will It Stop feat. Ab-Liva (Produced By Sean C & LV)
9. Eyes On Me feat. Keri Hilson (Produced By The Neptunes)
10. Counseling (Produced By The Neptunes)
11. Champion (Produced By The Neptunes)
12. Footsteps (Produced By DJ Khalil)
13. Life Change (Produced By The Neptunes)
*BONUS* I’m Good (Remix) feat. Rick Ross

Til The Casket Drops is released December 8, 2009