The Interview Is OK

There has been a lot of commotion over the new Seth Rogen/James Franco film The Interview since Sony had been supposedly hacked by North Koreans over the release of this film. Sony pictures originally cancelled the film’s release then they decided to release the film and they also released the film online. The Interview is essentially about Dave Skylark (Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapaport (Rogen) who wants to legitimize the show over a comment a producer from 60 Minutes had said to Rapaport. So, the duo decides that it is a good idea to travel to North Korea to interview the supreme leader Kim Jong-un (Randall Park) in order to legitimize the show which has already aired 1000 episodes. Meanwhile, the CIA wants the duo to assassinate the Supreme leader while they are there in North Korea. The film also stars Diana Bang (Guess Who’s Coming To Christmas) as Sook, Lizzy Caplan (Hot Tub Time Machine) as Agent Lacy, Timothy Simons (Veep) as Malcolm, Reese Alexander (Horns) as Agent Botwin, Dominique Lalonde (Lifeless) as Jackie, and the film was directed by Evan Goldberg (Pineapple Express) and Seth Rogen.

I had began to wonder if all of this was a publicity stunt to get us to want to see The Interview more than maybe we did before. To be perfectly honest, I was looking forward to seeing The Interview before this fiasco, but the fact that we thought our freedom was being challenged made me want to see it even more because who are they to mess with our freedom. The film has it moments where it shows signs of brilliance, but they overdue it at times on the sexual innuendos. The film is like one giant sex joke after another matched with scenes of total debauchery that it wasn’t as clever as This Is The End or other films they’ve done. When it’s good, it gets good, but there just isn’t enough of it in the film. It’s a good satire more than it is a comedy. I will say thought that the last part of the film is where it gets good with the interview and all the action provided in it as well. Download the film from XBox, Youtube, or Google Play if you want to see the film or catch it a theater where it might be playing around you. I am going to give the film a 6/10 for a final grade.

Film News 12/3/2014

Some big news for fans of DC Comics and the highly anticipated David Ayer directed Suicide Squad project was released yesterday that will surely leave mixed emotions across the scope. Jared Leto, the Oscar winning actor (for Dallas Buyers Club) has officially signed on to play The Joker in the new Suicide Squad film while Will Smith (Men In Black, Independence Day) has signed on to play Deadshot. Both of them are going to be joined by Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) who plays Rick Flagg and Margot Robbie (The Wolf Of Wall Street) who plays Harley Quinn. Those are the big names that are attached to the film, but they are joined by lesser known actors Jai Courtney (Divergent) who will play Captain Boomerang and supermodel Cara Delevingne will play Enchantress. The group have begun pre-production on the film and it’s set to film in and around Toronto from April to about September.

Warner Bros. Studios worldwide production boss Greg Sullivan had this to say in a statement regarding the film, “The Warner Bros. roots are deep on this one. David Ayer returns to the studio where he wrote ‘Training Day’ and brings his incredible ability to craft multidimensional villains to this iconic DC property with a cast of longtime Warner collaborators Will Smith and Tom Hardy, and other new and returning favorites.” Apparently, the studio is still looking for someone to play the pivotal role of Amanda Waller, the woman in charge and responsible for the Suicide Squad, but all signs are pointing to Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder) potentially having the role. Also, there is a good possibility that Jesse Eisenberg could be joining the cast to reprise his role as Lex Luthor after having shot Superman V. Batman. The film has a theatrical release date of August 5, 2016.

In other news, Kickboxer the remake apparently has it’s final star to get the cameras rolling. This is one of those films that I truly believe doesn’t need a remake because the first was so classic, but Hollywood calls the shots and this one is moving ahead with Jean Claude Van Damme, “The Muscles From Brussels”, is returning for the remake of the film, but not to take the role you think he is. Dennis Chan played the role of Xian Chow in the original Kickboxer film, but now Jean Claude is going to be playing him in the new film as he mentors Alain Moussi (White House Down) who now plays the role of Kurt Sloane to take on Tong Po who will now be played by WWE Superstar Dave Bautista (Guardians Of The Galaxy). They are also joined by George St. Pierre, Sam Medina, and T.J. Storm. According to The Hollywood Reporter Producer Ted Fields commented on JCVD joining the cast, “We are so excited to have Kickboxer roll into production and to have JCVD in the role of Master Chow, passing the torch to Alain, to have him lead the franchise to a new generation.” Tony Jaa was originally supposed to play the part of Master Chow, but due to scheduling conflicts, he had to drop out of the film.

It’s almost the end of 2014 which means that the best of lists are going to start rolling out and people re going to be thinking of what rocked or what sucked about 2014. Well, Mr. Skin has a list of his own that he is sharing with the whole world which is the top 10 nude scenes of 2014 and here is the list courtesy of Mr. Skin:

Alexandra Daddario

1. Alexandra Daddario in True Detective. “Alexandra wasn’t on anyone’s radar a year ago, but thanks to her fully nude debut- including some lip-smacking lower frontal…” Wow, I didn’t think I could be nauseous while picturing Alexandra D’addario, thanks, Mr. Skin.
2. Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin. “It was the nude debut everyone was waiting for, and absolutely no one thought it would end up being as spec-rack-ular as it was!”
3. Eva Green in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For; Eva Green in 300: Rise Of An Empire. “That topless turn caused more than an empire to rise!”; “Eva is certainly a dame to spill for!”
4. Stacy Martin in Nymphomaniac. “Our diagnosis is that Stacy is a Skinphomaniac!”
5. Olivia Wilde in Third Person. “Olivia attempts to seduce a married Liam Neeson by dropping her towel and showing off her glorious hoots and glutes! Hey, it’s not like her name is Olivia Mild!”
6. Lizzy Caplan in Masters of Sex. “Playing one half of the sex research team Masters and Johnson, Lizzy was tireless in showing T&A for science. It’ll have you Mastering your Johnson!”
7. Keri Russell in The Americans. “Check and see if Keri Russell’d up something in your pants!”
8. Nathalie Emmanuel in Game of Thrones. “Looks like she’s a member of House Stark… Stark Naked!”
9. Shailene Woodley in White Bird in a Blizzard. “Baring her beauties for the second time in as many years, Shailene showed off her sensational sweater pups while getting busy all over the house! Ms. Woodley always manages to give us a woody!”
10. Cameron Diaz in Sex Tape. “Once it was uploaded to the cloud, it was downloaded to guy’s hard drives all across the land!”