Dead Man Down (release date: 3/8/2013)

 

A couple of days ago we were finally blessed with the trailer for Dead Man Down. I have been looking forward to this one for quite awhile, because honestly--how could you not be looking forward to this movie? The trailer is sweet (and how could it not be? I am calling this one very modern noir, folks). You just can not go wrong with your basic revenge theme--it ALWAYS works.

　

Its got a great director in Niels Arden Oplev. (And if you don't know who he is then shame on you, cause I am revoking your movie viewing rights!)

And then there is Dom (along with his sure to be famous purple underpants), as the right hand man to the right hand man (which would be Colin Farrell).

Of course in the trailer, there is only a blink and you will miss it appearance by Dom. People, really, you show us only 2 milliseconds of Dom running in an over 2 1/2 minute trailer but nothing else. You could have at least given us a peek at his purple underpants.

Seriously, if the straight guys can have Noomi in her sexay lingerie/underwear ensemble, then you can show the rest of us some love too!


Oh, the lack of humanity on the part of the trailer maker people.

Again, I digress...

Save this photo becaus I am sure that you will NOT see this in the movie.

Official Site

And two more photos, cause I am cool like that:

 

 

Cropped Version of the 1st Photo. So, sue me; I like this one!

 

 

 



The Post Wherein Dominic Dances (and air sings)

Going by the opinion of the good folks over at the drama school LAMDA, Dominic apparently can not dance. They considered his hoofing talents so bad that he was banned from taking part in the musical they held one year.

It seems though this bit of criticism has not stopped Dominic from getting his groove on with both Rosamund Pike and some chick whose name I do not know, as seen in the photos below (if you want more go to zimbio).

 
Even the lady in the photo below seems sorta bemused with his kung fu fighting style.

So, can you dance or can't you? I hereby challenge you, Dominic Cooper, to a dance off the next time you are in Ohio--purely in the name of scientific research of course.

Dead in the Water: Darkness Falls and The Cure

I will never make secret of the fact that there is no genre of film that I love more than horror. I was weaned on classics like Jaws and the original Friday the 13th and a good time for me is a Dawn of the Dead/Fright Night/Kairo marathon. So, you could have imagined my delight when, about a year and a half ago, Dom was attached not one, but *two* horror movies.

The first was to have been Darkness Falls. I was quite keen on the fact that it was to be made by the 2006 winners of the Sundance Film Festival. And really, Imogen Poots and Julie Christie (otherwise known to me as the chick who got to sorta kinda bump parts with Donald Sutherland once) as co stars? Yeah, those two proudly reign as two of my few girl crushes so bingo bango bitzo, I would have been sooo there if it had been filmed.

Imogen Poots

Julie Christie

Screendaily.com's synopsis was:
Cooper is being lined up to play a tough, handsome, working class vampire who cruises the pubs of Newcastle, England on a Saturday night to feed on drunken young women, then returns to his faithful aging hemophiliac wife (Julie Christie). But his status quo changes when he falls in love with an upper-class science student (Imogen Poots).



So yea, Dom playing a vampire (for what would have been the first time)? Love it. No word on the film since 2010 so it is probably safe to say this one is going to remain in its coffin.

Liv Tyler

Then we have The Cure. First heard about this one when Liv Tyler (or as I lovingly call her, Steven Tyler Jr.) was in talks to play the Mrs. to Dom's Mr.--or as ShocktilYouDrop put it:

Liv Tyler and Dominic Cooper may be close to joining The Cure, a thriller directed by The Last House on the Left helmer Dennis Iliadis that has been in different stages of development since 2009.

Captain America co-star Dominic Cooper would play a man who takes drastic measures when searching for a cure for his ailing wife (Tyler). He turns his spouse over to a bizarre doctor, and the "cure" that’s administered turns the wife into a blood-thirsty savage.

The Cure would work off of a script by Beau Thorne, who penned Mark Wahlberg’s video game adaptation Max Payne. It would mark Tyler’s return to horror after 2008’s The Strangers (She’s even attached to a Strangers sequel.) She also has a fondness for fantasy thrillers, starring in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Marvel’s reboot of The Incredible Hulk.

Ok--that synopsis may sound silly, but damn it. I would have loved it. So what if I would have been one of only 35 people in the world who would have actually stood in line to see it? But I digress.

At one time, this one *did* actually have a page on IMDB, but I haven't even seen neither hyde nor hair regarding anything else in when it comes to this movie in a loooong time.

Come to think of it, I haven't heard anything else about that Strangers sequel lately either.  But again, I digress.

Mother Clap's Molly House

I posted the following black and white photo on the Facebook group last night as a belated Throwback Thursday entry. I had heard about the play before but hadn't gotten to read up on it until earlier today. Sounds quite fascinating and I only wish I could have seen the play. The fact that Dom's character gets to wear a dress (and probably be giddy about it) can only be considered a plus.

As Wikipedia describes the show:

Mother Clap's Molly House is a play by Mark Ravenill with music by Matthew Scott. It is based on an essay in the book of the same name by Richard Norton.

The play is a black comedy and explores the diversity of human sexuality. It is based partly in the London of the 18th century, where the Molly House of Mother Clap caters to the gay subculture, and partly in 2001, where a group of wealthy gay men are preparing for a raunchy party. It was first performed in September 2001 at the National Theater's Lyttelton Theatre.                                              

Below are some photos of Dominic wearing said frock during part of the show. In case you don't feel like traipsing the internet for photos, I have included a couple below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credits: Photo #1 & #3--Roy Tan; Photo #2--unknown