Fifty Shades Darker Trailer Dropped

For those that were entranced in the first installment of the “Fifty Shades” trilogy, you will be excited to know that “Fifty Shades Darker” the second installment will be released just before Valentines on February 10, 2017.

In this film emotions run deeper and darker as the title says.  Christian (Jamie Dornan) struggles with his inner demons, while Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) deals with her own envy and jealousy for the women Christian had before her. The young business man continues to use his power to control, by buying up the company Anastasia works for, freezes the accounts of her boss to prevent a business trip with his submissive, and even fires the man for attempting to seduce Ana.

Elena (the woman who introduced Christian to the BDSM lifestyle when he was just 15 years old) learns that Christian is beginning to see Anastasia more as a girlfriend and not just a submissive and becomes antagonistic toward her. In addition to Mrs. Robinson (Elena), Ana is faced challenges from prior submissives.

I expect this movie to be as intriguing as the first as the plot thickens. So, if you’re a couple that is looking for something new to surprise your partner with for Valentines next year, maybe you can plan something special and Fifty Shades Darker themed for a little excitement! Hmmmm….I might do the same! (wink) Until then I’ll leave you with the trailer, check it out!

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Will Ferrell Bails On Indie Film Days Before Filming BeginS

With just less than two weeks to begin filming the Indie film, “Captain Dad”, Will Ferrell decided to drop out and bail on this project. It’s been almost a week since he made this decision and still no one knows the reason why! Producers are currently looking for a replacement, but it still a challenge with Ferrell’s unexpected departure. It is unclear on how this will affect the filming schedule since they were due to begin principle shooting on Sept 26^th. However, this is not the first time that this comedic star has done this in the past year. Earlier this year in April, he backed out of a comedy film centered around Ronald Reagan’s battle with Alzheimer’s.

Now there will still be lots of opportunities for Will Ferrell fans to see him as you will be able to find him on both The Lego Movie sequel and Daddy’s Home two. I’m Malia Mercedes blogging for skatronixxx.com. You can also find me at maliamercedes.com where you’ll always find me boasting Loyal Bloodline!

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A Peek At Season 2 Legends Of Tomorrow

Hi Legendaries!

Iiiiiiiiiiiimm baaaaack!! to share  a look at the upcoming season of Legends of Tomorrow.  The show will return on October 13th (yay!!), on The CW.   Here’s a peek at the upcoming season.

First the Comic Con trailer:

And now the Official CW Teaser released on September 1:

The Queen of France??  Really, Sara?  You go girl!!

Vixen (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) and Citizen Steel (Nick Zano) will join heroes White Canary (Caity Lotz), Atom (Brandon Routh), Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell), Jax (Franz Dremeh), Professor Stein (Victor Garber) and our fearless leader Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) in their quest to fix time.  The season will also see cameo appearances starting with Oliver Queen aka The Green Arrow (Stephen Amell). Hmmmm…  Oliver does NOT look pleased to see Mick!

See you on the Waverider!

 

 

 

Movies With Mitch – ‘Blair Witch’ Review

Viral marketing and clever advertising saw The Blair Witch Project (1999) become the most successful independent horror film of its generation. Its blurred lines between reality and fiction popularised ‘the found footage’ genre, capitalizing on audiences who voyeuristically lapped up the struggles of Joshua Leonard, Michael Williams and Heather Donahue as they ran around screaming in the Black Hills Forest.

It would be reasonable to assume that no creative team would be able to recapture the lighting in a bottle that was the first. An assumption that was more than proven correct when the ill-conceived Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) failed to impressed anyone upon release. Putting any hope for further instalment on the back-burner indefinitely.

Until now.

Perhaps it would only have taken the unique eye of You’re Next’s (2011) Director Adam Wingard to bring Blair Witch kicking-and-screaming into the 21st century. And my-my is there a lot of screaming.

Blair Witch is simple in its execution, a bunch of 20-somthings enter the famed Black Hill’s woods in the hopes of finding protagonist James Donahue’s (James Allen McCune) sister alive. Of course this being a horror film nothing much goes to plan. I mean why would it, where would the fun be in that?

But to reveal much more would ruin the thrills that lurk in-between the trees.

What I can giveaway is how close this new flick sticks to the source material. In following the roadmap laid by the 90’s original brings a sense of nostalgia for fans of the hand-held original but does open Wingards sequel to easy criticism for lazy storytelling.

While the characters motivations make sense to a sequel – with James search for his sister proving powerful for an audience member familiar with Heather’s story – few characters truly land. Beyond James’ love interest Lisa (Callie Hernandez), who is documenting her would-be-boyfriend for her film class, the others seemingly amount to canon fonder as the scares mount and the intensity grows.

What differentiates the third instalment in the now growing franchise, is the intention behind the film. If the first was about being lost, the second … well … being bad. The third is about being pursued by an unseen threat – although we do get glimpses this time around – which utilises the cannon fodder characters to raise the stacks as survival becomes an ever illusive hope.

As the third instalment we appropriately get reminders of the lore that surrounds the Blair Witch as well new information that expands upon the established mythos, while also raising new questions throughout. It is also to Wingards credit that the film also retroactively brings closure to Project-fans wonderings such as where that spooky house came from and why the original Trio just couldn’t get out of the woods even though the followed that darn creek?

There is also a simple explanation as the shortening days that victims experience once they enter the forest that has a profound WTF moment right before the credits roll.

But Spoilers …

Blair Witch is unapologetically nostalgic for the original but isn’t afraid to put a fresh new gloss over the flakey paint of its predecessor. If you can overlook the fact that Wingard does tread familiar ground while borrowing a few of the old tricks at the same time. You will be rewarded by an engrossing thriller that once it gets started refuses to let up until the last camera rolls.

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The Fall Schedule: November and December Previews

We’ve got a lot of new and returning TV hitting the screens in September and October, but it’s not too early to think about the shows that are heading our way in November and December. There’s a few teasers being released, which I’ve collected for you here!

All details are correct for the USA at the time of writing. For your country, please check your TV guide.

Date	Show	Network	Season
5th Nov	The Crown	Netflix	1
15th Nov	Good Behaviour Sweet/Vicious	TNT MTV	1 1
17th Nov	Undercover	BBC America	1
20th Nov	Librarians The Affair	TNT Showtime	3 3
21st Nov	Search Party	TBS	1
25th Nov	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Netflix	8
30th Nov	Incorporated Vikings	Syfy History	1 4 (second part)
7th Dec	Shut Eye	Hulu	1
9th Dec	Fuller House	Netflix	2
11th Dec	The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses	PBS	Miniseries

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life premiers 25th November

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The Fall Schedule : October

The Fall Schedule if in full swing now, bringing together a host of old and new quality tv. I’ve put together the air dates for new and returning shows in October (September is available on a separate post) so you can make a note of when your favourite shows are back. Remember to keep an eye on Skatronixxx.com for reviews of all the best shows.

All details are correct for the USA at the time of writing. For your country, please check your TV guide.

Date	Show	Network	Season
2nd	Westworld Madam Secretary Shameless Elementary	HBO CBS Showtime CBS	1 3 7 5
3rd	Scorpion Conviction Timeless	CBS ABC NBC	3 1 1
4th	The Mindy Project The Flash No Tomorrow	Hulu The CW The CW	5 3 1
5th	Arrow Frequency	The CW The CW	5 1
9th	Divorce Insecure	HBO HBO	1 1
10th	Supergirl 2 Broke Girls	The CW CBS	2 6

The Flash season 3 premiers 4th October

Date	Show	Network	Season
11th	The Middle American Housewife Fresh Off the Boat The Real O’Neals Chicago Fire	ABC ABC ABC ABC NBC	8 1 3 2 5
13th	Legends of Tomorrow Supernatural Falling Water	The CW The CW USA	2 12 1
14th	Haters Back Off	Netflix	1
17th	Jane the Virgin The Odd Couple	The CW CBS	3 3

Supernatural season 12 premiers 13th October

Date	Show	Network	Season
19th	Chance	Hulu	1
21st	The Vampire Diaries Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	The CW The CW	8 2
23rd	The Walking Dead Comic Book Men	AMC AMC	7 6
24th	Man With A Plan	CBS	1
26th	Rectify	Sundance	4
27th	The Great Indoors Mom Life in Pieces Pure Genius	CBS CBS CBS CBS	1 4 2 1
29th	The Fall	Netflix	3
31st	People of Earth	TBS	1

The Walking Dead season 7 premiers 23rd October

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The Fall Schedule: September

Ok.. I know this is a little bit late! Really sorry! I’ve put together the air dates for new and returning shows in September (October is on a separate post) so you can catch up if you’ve missed any of your faves. Remember to keep an eye on Skatronixxx.com for reviews of all the best shows.

All details are correct for the USA at the time of writing. For your country, please check your TV guide.

Date	Show	Network	Season
6th	From Dust Til Dawn: The Series Atlanta	El Rey FX	3 1
8th	Better Things	FX	1
11th	Rob & Chyna Masters of Sex	E! Showtime	1 4
14th	Blindspot American Horror Story South Park Legends of Chamberlain Heights	NBC FX Comedy Central Comedy Central	2 6 20 1
16th	Z Nation High Maintenance	Syfy HBO	3 1
19th	Gotham The Big Bang Theory Kevin Can Wait Lucifer The Good Place	Fox CBS CBS Fox NBC	3 10 1 2 1

Gotham season 3 premiers 19th September

Date	Show	Network	Season
20th	NCIS Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl Bull Scream Queens This Is Us Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. NCIS: New Orleans	CBS Fox Fox CBS Fox NBC ABC CBS	14 4 6 1 2 1 4 3
21st	The Goldbergs Lethal Weapon Speechless Modern Family Empire Law & Order: SVU Black-ish Chicago PD Designated Survivor	ABC Fox ABC ABC Fox NBC ABC NBC ABC	4 1 1 8 3 18 3 4 1
22nd	Superstore Grey’s Anatomy Rosewood Notorious Chicago Med Pitch The Blacklist How To Get Away With Murder	NBC ABC Fox ABC NBC Fox NBC ABC	2 13 2 1 2 1 4 3

How To Get Away With Murder season 3 premiers 22nd September

Date	Show	Network	Season
23rd	Longmire Last Man Standing MacGyver Dr. Ken Shark Tank The Exorcist Hawaii Five-0 Blue Bloods Van Helsing Transparent	Netflix ABC CBS ABC ABC Fox CBS CBS Syfy Amazon	5 6 1 2 8 1 7 7 1 3
25th	Bob’s Burgers Once Upon a Time The Simpsons NCIS:LA Son of Zorn Secrets and Lies Family Guy Last Man on Earth Quantico	Fox ABC Fox CBS Fox ABC Fox Fox ABC	7 6 28 8 1 2 15 3 2

Last Man on Earth season 3 premiers on 25th September

Date	Show	Network	Season
26th	The Regular Show	Comedy Central	8
27th	Channel Zero: Candle Cove Aftermath Drunk History	Syfy Syfy Comedy Central	1 1 4
28th	Criminal Minds Code Black Younger Impastor	CBS CBS TV Land TV Land	12 2 3 2
30th	Luke Cage Crisis in Six Scenes	Netflix Amazon	1 1

Luke Cage season 1 premiers on 30th September

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MacGyver SN1 E1 – The Rising

Just a friendly warning…. this review may contain spoilers!!

I will admit that I went into this as a skeptic.  I mean, I was absolutely sure that there was no way that this reboot would be as good as the original.  In fact, I was completely pissed off that they would even dare to touch something that I loved so much as a kid.  But, then as time went on and I saw more and more promos and trailers for the show, I had to admit that they were wearing me down.  I was happy to learn that Lee David Zlotoff (the creator of the original series) and Henry Winkler (who was an executive producer on the original) were going to be involved with this version. That’s when I was willing to give it a fair shot.  In fact, I can tell you the exact moment that the scales were tipped in this reboot’s favor.  It was the moment I saw this trailer on CBS….

100% reason to remember the name indeed.

There were a few predictable moments.  In fact, when Nikki got shot, I totally said “She’s not really dead.  We’ll see her again.”  I have witnesses…and I was right.

There were a ton of nods to the original series, too.  Including the aforementioned Nikki.  Nikki Carpenter was a character in the original, although she didn’t turn out to be a back stabber in that one.  There were plenty of paper clip and duct tape moments to keep any fan of the original series smiling.  There were characters from the old show, like Bozer (played by Richard Donner in the original) is Mac’s room mate in this new version.  The biggest one actually made me chuckle in happiness.  Remember the iconic pic of Richard Dean Anderson’s MacGyver with the missile thrown over one shoulder?  Here I’ll help ya out….

We got a shot of Lucas Till in the same pose.  That may have been the best moment of the show for me.  But, I’m going to have to let this one grow on me.  George Eads was the best part of this show, and he’s not the title character… that says something about this reboot and it’s not good.  Maybe once I get used to Lucas Till as opposed to RDA as MacGyver, I’ll be a bigger fan.  I’m holding out hope that we’ll see a return of the original Mac’s biggest nemesis … Murdoc (played by Michael Des Barres in the classic version).

I will say that if you never watched the original and you like to see them blow stuff up… then you’ll love this show.  Me?  I’m still reserving judgement.

I just can’t help it.  Richard Dean Anderson was one of my first big crushes when I was a kid.  Don’t judge me!  So, it’s going to take more than Lucas Till wielding a paper clip and a Swiss Army Knife for me to consider him MacGyver.

But, I’ll give the kid a chance.

Scrubs Creator To Launch Space Comedy

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence is teaming up with his Undatables collaborator Adam Sztykiel for a new NBC single camera comedy. Spaced Out will be a workplace comedy (similar to Scrubs) but this time set in the not to distant future, where commercial space travel is available.

No cast are confirmed yet, however I’d put money on Lawrence’s wife Christa Miller popping up at some point. If Lawrence’s previous outings are anything to go by (as well as Scrubs and Undatables, Lawrence created Spin City and Cougar Town) he could be looking at another hit.

Space comedies appear to be in vogue at the moment, with Family Guy mastermind Seth McFarlane launching a space-based comedy drama on Fox next year.

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Imogen Poots Cast in I Kill Giants Movie

Toronto Film Festival gave us some great upcoming movie scoops this year- particularly for comic book fans. The Internet was awash with stories about the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film, and Variety has reported that rising star Imogen Poots (That Awkward Moment) has been cast in upcoming comic adaptation I Kill Giants. The film will also star GotG leading lady Zoe Salanda and teen sweetheart Madison Wolfe (True Detective).

The film is based on the 2008 Image comic by Joe Kelly (who also wrote the screenplay) and J. M. Ken Niimura. The story focuses on a geeky outsider called Barbara (Wolfe) who escapes into a world of fantasy. Barbara is a great young female protagonist, especially for people who don’t quite feel like they fit in.

Salanda will play Barbara’s school psychologist Ms Molle, and it has not yet been reported what role Poots will play. The film will be directed by award winning Danish film maker Anders Walter.

I Kill Giants is due to start filming in late September, and due for release in 2017.

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