Bang and Burn 3/29

Welcome to the new Bang and Burn series. Where every week I'll be rounding up the best movie news and rumors and throwing in some commentary to boot.

The Wolverine gets it's first full trailer

The trailer looks great. I like the short hair look for Logan, and the tone and feel of the film is definitely different from the rest of the entries in the series. I like that we're left with a lot of questions, and no real antagonist shown. It looks to be more of a character study. And with director Mangold saying it's a japanese noir, and using Chinatown as an influence, hopes are high. And the bullet train sequence looks interesting.

McConaughey goes Interstellar

If you haven't heard, Matthew McConaughey is in the midst of a career renaissance that has him over the moon at the moment. After a decade without a good film, McConaughey has rattled off Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike, and Lincoln Lawyer and is working with Scorcese in Wolf of Wall Street, and what could be an Oscar role in Dallas Buyer's Club, and working with Jeff Nichols on Mud. And Paperboy, he was the best thing about that movie. Short story is holy hell is he back with a vengeance. Now, he could be getting his biggest role of all time with the lead in a Nolan film. I've always been a McConaughey defender, and although he has limitations as an actor, he's still damn fine. And Nolan is known for bringing out the best in his leading men, so this seems like a great pairing. Interstellar sounds like it's going to be a head trip of a film, full of action and hard science. Also with time travel and multiple dimensions, get ready for the Nolan bros to go full fledged on their beloved cross-cutting while writing the script.

Escape from New York Remake

Tom Hardy and Jason Statham are reportedly duking it out over who will get to be Snake. Snake is one of my favorite characters of all time. I can only hope Hardy gets it. Statham will just be Statham as Snake, Hardy is an exciting and inventive actor. And do you remember what Statham looks like with long hair?

Like a child molester...

Disney makes Cars spinoff "Planes" without Pixar.

As if Cars 2 wasn't bad enough we have this. And the main character is voiced by the ever-aggravating Dane Cook. On the bright side, Val Kilmer is voicing a plane with Anthony Edwards, so a Top Gun reunion is happening. 

My film to see this week is Place Beyond the Pines. The new multi-generational crime drama from Blue Valentine writer/director and starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper.

And here is my Val Kilmer fun of the week...