Pacific Rim Sequel Announced

A sequel to the live action version of Rockin Sockem Robots has just been announced. Pacific Rim 2 is set for April 7th, 2017. Guillermo del Toro (Hell Boy, Pan's Labyrinth) is set to return to direct and write the sequel along with writer Zak Penn (The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk)

“The characters I love will return,” del Toro told BuzzFeed in an exclusive statement. “Raleigh, Mako, Newt, Gottlieb and who knows, maybe even Hannibal Chau – but we are taking them into a fresh territory that will display amazing sights and battles. The first film set the stage and now we’re ready to have a blast.”

An animated series and an add on to the Pacific Rim graphic novel are also in the works and should be released sometime before the film hits theaters.

Yo man, wrong movie.

You can check out the video announcement from del Toro below.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 REVIEW:

Hiccup and Toothless are back and better than ever in the second part of a planned trilogy of the films. The movie takes place five years after the events of the first film where the residents of Berk and dragons are coexisting peacefully, but trouble in paradise occurs after Hiccup, Jay Baruchel, (This is the End, Goon) is asked to take on the unwanted task of becoming the next chief of the tribe by his father and current Cheif Stoick, Gearld Butler (300, Olympus Has Fallen). Things become more complicated when Hiccup discovers that not only is his mother, Cate Blanchet (Lord of the Rings series) is still alive, but she is basically a dragon whisper. Oh, yeah and then there is also this guy named Drago, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) who has is eyes set on conquering the land with his dragon army. He's a real dick.

Not that Drago.

The film also stars America Ferrea as Hiccup's ass kicking girlfriend, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Craig Ferguson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kit Harrington trying to learn how to ride a dragon. (You know nothing Jon Snow.)

I'm not crying, you're crying!

Action packed and visually stunning, this film is even more emotionally powerful than the first. I heard quite a few cry/sniffs from the audience during a few scenes... and possibly from myself. New comer Cate Blanchet does an awesome job at portraying an accurate description of someone who has lived solo with dragons for 20 years only to then be reunited with her son. But the character that really steals the show is Toothless. All of your favorite scenes will involve him. He's like a cool loveable dog that just happens to be a fire breathing dragon.

WANT!

A third film is planned for a June 17th, 2016 release date even though the film is under performing at the box office compared to the first movie. No plot details have been released yet.

MANCHILD RATING: 4/5

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is now playing in theaters and you can see showtimes HERE.

Jersey Boys REVIEW:

Neither of Clint Eastwood’s last two films,  Hereafter (2010) and J. Edgar (2011), received much audience approval, so expectations weren't exactly high for his film adaptation of the Broadway show, Jersey Boys.

Clint, would you say that Hereafter was hokey and
disappointing despite its compelling premise?

It had a slow start but, like many of Eastwood’s films, it was an effective drama. The musical scenes were undeniably powerful. This is greatly due to the film’s leading man, John Lloyd Young, who also portrayed Frankie Valli on Broadway.

Keep your eyes peeled for Eastwood’s Hitchcock moment in the film.

3/5 Great music, great acting, could have been better, but still pretty good and a helluva lot better than Hereafter.

22 Jump Street REVIEW:

Jonah Hill proves an Oscar nomination (or two) doesn’t make him too cool for comedy as he returns  to Jump Street as “Schmidt” alongside Channing Tatum, aka “Jenko.”

Guess who's back!

The duo was joined by plenty of cameos and familiar faces from the first film. It was meta, self-mocking, and had scenes that were far too obvious in their parodying of buddy-cop films and rom-coms. Unfortunately, like all disappointing comedy sequels, the best scenes were featured in the theatrical trailer.

Nick Offerman, “Deputy Chief Hardy,” reveals one of the film’s plot lines, in its entirety, in the first ten minutes and the drug lord they’re hunting ends up being someone who should have been a suspect from the beginning. Stay for the credits, they were almost better than the actual movie.

3/5 Not as good as the first (surprise!) but still good for a few laughs.

We still can't get over the 

fact that this is our future Gambit...

Possible Lineup of Justice League Movies Leaked

News recently broke out of a leaked set list of films Warner Bros. had ready to schedule for their Justice League series. The first part of the series started off with 2013's Man of Steel. The rest is scheduled as follows:

1. MAY 6th, 2016: Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice
2. JULY 2016: Shazam
3. CHRISTMAS 2016: Sandman
4. MAY 2017: Justice League
5. JULY 2017: Wonder Woman
6. CHRISTMAS 2017: Flash/Green Lantern team-up
7. MAY 2018: Man of Steel 2

(Not a Court Drama as previously thought)

Batman V. Superman will be the main jumping off for the movie series to start introducing characters. Henry Cavill as Superman and Ben Affleck as Batman will be the main characters with Wonder Woman and Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) as Lex Luthor as minor/supporting characters.

This is NOT a confirmed list of films, but what definitely does seem likely is the Wonder Woman film happening sooner than later as Gal Gadot (Fast and Furious series) was already cast last year. Justice League coming out in May 2017 can really happen and I'm going to bet they start filming for it sometime in Spring/Summer 2015. If anything else, Comic-Con in July will surely bring us some answers and probably a confirmed scheduled with official casting... and possibly a turf war if both the panels of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Batman V. Superman are there.

(Don't fuck with his maritime laws)

Speaking of casting, on again/off again rumors of Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) having been cast in a roll have come back with a vengeance as it is being reported that Khal Drogo himself will play Aquaman in both Batman V. Superman and the Justice League film. 

(Yes, Shaq as a Genie actually happened)

Shazam, not to be confused with the music app or Shaq's Kazaam, is about a boy who is granted powers by an ancient Wizard named Shazam, to transform him into a Superman like hero named Captain Marvel. Rumors long ago had Dwayne Johnson circling the roll, but nothing has come up recently.

The Sandman title is probably lost on a good deal of you. I myself had to look up who this guy is. Basically he's the lord of Dreams and goes by the name of Morpheus and is pretty dark. This film will be part of the same universe as the Justice League films but won't be a direct link to them. Kind of like how the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy film is not a direct link to the Avengers. The film looks to have Joseph Gordon-Levitt (INCEPTION, 50/50) star, write, and direct in the production.

And finally just to touch on the Flash/Green Lantern team up, NO Ryan Reynolds will NOT be returning as Green Lantern. That movie is separate and will have nothing to do with these films.

Amazing Spider-Man 3 Pushed Back

Bad news for you Spider-Man fans. The Amazing Spider-Man 3 is being pushed back from

(Ain't nobody got time for push backs)

June 10th, 2016 to sometime in 2017. Rumor is though that the Sinister Six film is going to be bumped up into the June 2016 date to help set up ASM3. 

For those of you that don't know, The Sinister Six are six of Spider-Man's enemies who decided "Hey, why don't we just team up on Spider-Man?" and that's exactly what they did. The members of the Sinister Six movie appear to be Green Goblin (Played by Dane DeHaan), Kraven the Hunter, Doctor Octopus, The Rhino (Played by Paul Giamatti), The Vulture, and possibly Mysterio. All of this has been hinted throughout The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and especially in the post credit images below.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is now playing in theaters and has a ManChild Approved rating of 4/5!

(From top left: Green Goblin, Vulture, Doc Ock, Kraven, Rhino, Mysterio)

New Dumb and Dumber To Poster

A new poster for Dumb and Dumber To has just come online and the first trailer for the film will debut later today on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The sequel follows Harry, Jeff Daniels, (The Newsroom, Looper) and Lloyd, Jim Carrey (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective) as they head in search for one of their long lost children to hopefully gain a new kidney (Sounds like me in 15 years). The film is due out on November 14th.

Check out the trailer for the first movie HERE.

A Million Ways To Die In The West REVIEW:

In  A Million Ways to Die in the West. Albert Stark (Seth MacFarlane) is a cowardly sheep farmer who's girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) leaves him for a more capable and mustached man (Neil Patrick Harris). To help him win her back the new mysterious women in town (Charlize Theron) agrees to help him learn how to shoot. But little does Albert know that her husband, a notorious outlaw played by Liam Neeson, is about to head into town.

First off, this comedy/satire western is definitely geared toward Seth MacFarlane's audience that have enjoyed Family Guy, American Dad, and Ted. So if you are not up for offensive jokes about Indians, or quite a bit of people dying in absurd ways, or someone taking a shit into a hat (Yes, that does happen in the film) , then this is probably not the movie for you. Unfortunately, the film falls short of being any where close as good as his previous work. Though it is crass and funny at times, for every hysterical joke there is, there are quite a few that, much like Albert, really miss the mark. Which is a shame because both Theron and Seyfried turn out great funny performances, but they're just not enough to save the film from mediocre comedy that it unfortunately is.

(Hercules is not happy about the film)

In short, if you have already seen everything that has come out this summer and need to kill some time at the theater then go ahead and see it, but don't keep your expectations high. Otherwise, just wait it out for a Netflix rental if you're still curious to see it.

RATING: A Very Generous 3/5.