25th Anniversary of Back to The Future, Thriller Movie Buzz, and the Batman 3 title!

UPDATE: Mel Gibson will no longer be making a cameo appearance in The Hangover 2! According to E! Online, Gibson's scene was cut due to lack of support by the rest of the cast and crew. I guess Mel won't be making his comeback anytime soon.

In other news, the 1985 movie Back To The Future celebrated its 25th anniversary this past week! This is a movie I consider to be a must-see. If you haven't seen this movie, then you've been living under a rock for about 20 years! Sure, it came out way before my time, but I still love this movie for all the pop-culture references and quotable lines. When I first saw it, some of the '80's pop culture references flew over my head, so I was constantly bothering my parents with questions about what the '80's were like. In celebration of the movie's 25th anniversary, the complete trilogy has been re-released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

A Thriller movie? Say what?

According to EmpireOnline, several studios are already competing to turn Michael Jackson's memorable music video into a full-length feature film. I consider myself to be a big Michael Jackson, but I'm not really sure what to make of this. I don't know whether to be excited to dread it. I really hate it when people mess up MJ tributes (Chris Brown). What will this movie even be like? Will it be a musical? Will it actually be a scary movie? And most importantly, what will the plot be? It seems like it would be hard making a storyline from a music video. I just hope that whoever directs it (rumor says Kenny Ortega, which I pray does not come true), does the original MJ masterpiece justice.

The Dark Knight Sequel has a title!!
The L.A. Times broke the big news that the long awaited sequel to The Dark Knight now has a title: The Dark Knight Rises. The plot and the new villain still remain shrouded in secrecy. The revelation of a title is progress enough for me, because it kind of sets the tone of what the movie will be like.


So, as you can probably tell, there is a lot happening (or not happening in Mel Gibson's case) in Hollywood. There are a lot of movies and projects to look forward to, such as the final Harry Potter movie and The Dark Knight Rises. I would have to rank these two movies as the ones I anticipate seeing the most! I'm still iffy on the Thriller project, but Hollywood is constantly changing, so we shall just have to wait and see. 

Mel Gibson: Should we forgive him?

   News leaked today that Mel Gibson will be making a cameo appearance in "The Hangover 2". Now, why they would make a sequel to this movie and potentially taint the entire franchise is beyond me. But the real issue here figuring out what Mel's motives are for taking this cameo. My guess is that he is doing this cameo on a comedy movie with the hope that this will make people forget/forgive him for his racist and misogynistic rants that were caught on tape.

Mel Gibson has had a very rough year, and it didn't help that a year or so ago, he was also caught saying some anti-Semitic things. When the tapes of conversations between Gibson and his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva leaked, things got even worse. I think it's safe to say many people ran out of patience with Mel after that. "Misogynist" was synonymous with Mel Gibson for a while.
   In an interview on Extra, actress Jodie Foster called Gibson the "most loved man" in Hollywood. Really, Jodie? She might be alone on that one.
   So, what do you think? Should we forget about all the bad things Mel Gibson has said/done in the past year? Share your thoughts! :)
-Liz

My First Post!

Hello world! This will be my first official post as a blogger! I'm new to this whole blogger thing, but I will try my best to be a good entertainment news blogger :)
  So, as stated by the subtitle, this is a blog about anything pertaining to entertainment news or film in general. Film has always been at the center of my interests, so I like finding interesting stories in that field.
  Before I get to an actual entertainment story, I think it's only appropriate that I share with y'all a little bit of information on my favorite movie (I have many but I narrowed it down to the best one), Pulp Fiction!

Oh, what more is there to say? I've seen this movie so many times, I know practically all the lines! I credit my father for introducing me to this movie. I was only 11 years old when I first saw Pulp Fiction, which is very young for the Tarantino audience. Once I saw it, I immediately loved it, much to my mother's dismay. The main thing I love about this movie is the dialogue! It's so witty and quirky, it kind of makes me wish people talked like that in real life...
   Now, on to the entertainment news! Coming from screenrant.com: According to the director for the new Jason Bourne movie, Tony Gillory, Matt Damon will not be returning as super awesome spy Jason Bourne for "The Bourne Legacy". Well, now I know for sure I won't be seeing this movie! What's a Bourne movie without Matt Damon in it? I'll tell you what it is, bad! Apparently Damon dropped out when Paul Greengrass, the director for the other Bourne movies, dropped out of the project due to lack of interest.
   I'm interested to see how this movie will work with a completely new actor playing the title role. A lot of times, that doesn't work out so well at the box office.
  That's all for now! I hope you all enjoyed my first post! :)