Fw:Fw:Re:Fw:Fw: God's Not Dead

January 10, 2014ByTars Tarkas

That was Nelson Mandela that died, you idiots!

Straight from dad’s email to your movie screen, God’s Not Dead will be the final word on that story about how a random kid in class totally owned a smug atheist professor who declared God was not real, by saying he was. What happened next is usually the professor breaks his chalk and storms off, never to be seen again. Or he dies (YIKES!) There is also the hilarious version where the professor demands God punch him, and then a Marine punches the professor because “MARINES SEMPER FI!”

If you troll right wing forums like I used to do you’ve probably run across this a million times. I’ve also had it forwarded to me by several relatives. The tale is popular enough that someone finally is making it into a film. Will this be the future of all email forwards? Because that means we’ll have a lot of Nigerian prince movies very shortly…

“God’s Not Dead” is a new Christian film about faith and the limits one young man will go to in order to defend his belief in God. The movie stars Kevin Sorbo (Hercules, Andromeda, Soul Surfer), Shane Harper (Good Luck Charlie, High School Musical 2), and features a concert appearance by Gold Record award-winning and Christian super-band Newsboys. The movie also stars Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) and David A. R. White (Evening Shade, The Moment After 1 and 2, Jerusalem Countdown).

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Free screenings of this are starting to blanket my feeds, so if anyone wants to check it out and report back, that would be cool!

UPDATE: I have just been informed the producers are leeching off the Duck Dynasty controversy and painting their film as a free speech issue! You might recall the Duck Dynasty patriarch made comments against gays (and might not recall his racist comments since no one bothered to mention them!) and then A&E decided a non-punishment was totally justifiable because they love getting that sweet sweet Duck Dynasty money. Sorry blacks and gays!

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Gulaab Gang is a pink flurry of awesome!

January 9, 2014ByTars Tarkas

Women in pink saris being the crap out of harassing idiots? Count me in! Gulaab Gang is the semi-true story of the Gulabi Gang.

The Gulabi Gang was founded by Sampat Pal Devi in 2006 as a way to deal with spousal abuse, rape, and force marriages/child brides. The organization has since expanded its social justice role to taking on corrupt government officials and police. They wear pink saris and are often armed with lathis (a bamboo stick), though most of their action is support for victims, demonstrations, and public humiliation.

“Nobody comes to our help in these parts. The officials and the police are corrupt and anti-poor. So sometimes we have to take the law in our hands. At other times, we prefer to shame the wrongdoers,” says Sampat Pal Devi, between teaching a “gang” member on how to use a lathi (traditional Indian stick) in self defence.

Gulaab Gang is not based on Sampat Pal Devi’s life, but goes its own way with an original tale inspired by the Gulabi Gang. Gulaab Gang stars Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla, two actresses who were big in the 80s and 90s but have not been getting as many roles lately, nor have they ever acted together before. And neither will be playing characters similar to what made them famous. Madhuri Dixit is more physical as the heroine in the story, even doing her own fighting stunts. Juhi Chawla becomes a force of pure evil, and part of the fun will be seeing these icons in completely different roles.

This is Soumik Sen’s first directorial job, he has been writing films since the mid-00s.

It’s time to witness the power of pink! This Women’s Day, two icons of Indian cinema come together on the big screen to create a revolution… are you joining Gulaab Gang?

Here’s presenting the trailer of Gulaab Gang, presented by Bharat Shah, produced by Anubhav Sinha and directed by Soumik Sen, starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla in never-seen-before avatars. Releasing 7th Mar 2014.

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More info on the real Gulabi Gang –
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Story at AsiaSociety
There was a 2010 documentary film
and also a 2012 documentary

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The Muppets show how to make a proper Twitter trailer!

January 8, 2014ByTars Tarkas

Muppets Most Wanted breaks out everyone’s favorite recent staple, a trailer with Twitter quotes. But unlike all the rest of the commercials, the Muppets own this phenomenon. The delightful twitter quotes will make you want to rush to the theaters now and get in line to watch Muppets Most Wanted when it comes out March 21 hashtag YOLO sideways winky face.

In Muppets Most Wanted, Kermit is replaced by a master criminal with a weird accent, who is planning nefarious deeds, and the Muppets are caught in the middle.

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Lifetime Channel owns January – Flowers in the Attic, Lizzie Borden, and Tiger Eyes!

January 8, 2014ByTars Tarkas

Lifetime is on a spree of interesting new made for tv movies, including two high profile January events, and one that’s not as high profile just because the other two are so much bigger.

January 11th will give us Tiger Eyes – yes, based on the book by Judy Blume! Don’t tell me you didn’t read it as a kid. Tiger Eyes stars Willa Holland, Amy Jo Johnson, and Cynthia Stevenson .

17-year-old Davey’s life has been ripped apart by the sudden loss of her father. Uprooted by her mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, she meets the mysterious Wolf and sets out on a journey from heartbreak and confusion to life and love after tragedy. Based on the classic novel, “Tiger Eyes” by Judy Blume.

In addition to some live-action Judy Blume, don’t forget January 18th brings us Flowers in the Attic! We posted a trailer in our last Lifetime update.

Based on V.C. Andrews’ controversial book that quickly became a cult classic, the Lifetime Original Movie “Flowers in the Attic” weaves the twisted story of the Dollanganger kids who, after the unexpected death of their father, are convinced by their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) to stay hidden in the attic of their wealthy grandparents’ mansion so she can reclaim the family fortune. But as her visits begin to wane after she becomes involved with a new husband (Dylan Bruce), the children endure unimaginable treatment at the hands of their ruthless grandmother Olivia Foxworth (Ellen Burstyn). As years go by and the eldest children Cathy (Kiernan Shipka) and Christopher (Mason Dye) come of age, both emotionally and physically, their family’s sordid past entraps them further as they look to each other for comfort.

Then break out your grinding stones, because January 25th is the premiere of Lizzie Borden Took an Axe! Christina Ricci plays the titular character.

The nursery rhyme “Lizzie Borden took an ax…and gave her mother forty whacks…when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one” has been folklore for generations. But, in fact, it was Lizzie Borden — one of the most legendary figures in American history — who first whetted the public’s voracious interest in scandalous crimes in the 1800s with her own gruesome story involving the brutal murder of her parents. Starring Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award nominee Christina Ricci (Monster), Golden Globe® Nominee Billy Campbell (The Killing) and Screen Actors Guild Award® winner Clea DuVall (Argo), the Lifetime Original Movie Lizzie Borden Took An Ax premieres January 25, 2014, at 8pm ET/PT.

January is the Month of Lifetime, and since SyFy can’t get their act together to premiere more cool creature features, Lifetime is now the biggest network in original movies.

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Hey, there are no tigers here!

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Apocalypse Pompeii – Asylum decides to destroy Pompeii their way!

January 7, 2014ByTars Tarkas

One of the biggest destruction porn spectacles of 2014 will be Pompeii. And while Pompeii looks like boring garbage, disaster movies play well on the DTV market. Enter Asylum, and their mockbusters Apocalypse Pompeii!

Apocalypse Pompeii (aka Obsidian) might be one of those interesting Asylum films that’s better than the film it is biting off. But the truth won’t be known until next month, as the DVD/BluRay drops February 18th.

The plot:

When a former Special Ops commando visits Pompeii, his wife and daughter are trapped as Mt. Vesuvius erupts with massive force. While his family fights to survive the deadly onslaught of heat and lava, he enlists his former teammates in a daring operation beneath the ruins of the city of Pompeii.

Special forces team vs. Volcano! Adrian Paul stars along with John Rhys-Davies. It’s directed by Ben Demaree, who has done camera/director of photography work on a ton of genre films (Jersey Shore Shark Attack, Bigfoot, something called Wolf Man vs Piranha Man: Howl of the Piranha that I never knew existed and now need to track down), this is his first full length directorial job.

But if you like seeing stuff get blowed up, people get lavaed, and special forces people running around while shouting “Move move move!”, then Apocalypse Pompeii should fill your needs nicely!

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