ShoWest: Disturbia, El Cantante, and Hot Fuzz Take Deux

This final piece from ShoWest last week covers the few films I screened and wanted to mention. Primarily I want to focus on Disturbia, which I enjoyed quite a damn bit. I also saw El Cantante, a biopic about salsa music and its frontrunner Hector Lavoe starring Jennifer Lopez, and Hot Fuzz for a second time, where I was joined by Ain't It Cool News' Quint, ComingSoon's Ed Douglas, and IESB's Robert Sanchez, who were all seeing it for a second time, too.

I'm not giving full reviews of each, as I'm not yet allowed, but I wanted to voice my opinion on Disturbia, and just how great it was, so much so that you should definitely see it opening day.

Holy Hairspray - This Is Going To Be Good!

At ShoWest yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the big "gala" event of the entire show for New Line's upcoming summer film Hairspray, adapted from the musical (and original John Waters film). The full on extravaganza featured about 20 minutes of footage that would end up in a live performance on the stage from the respective singer in the movie. In addition to plenty of good free food, almost the entire cast was present: John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Elijah Kelley, Zac Efron, and newcomer Nicole Blonsky as the lead. And honestly, I was impressed at the footage I saw, and have a feeling this might be a big summer hit!

ShoWest Transformers Footage Seen!

The Transformer named Blackout in the movie.

At ShoWest here in Vegas I just returned from a screening of Disturbia (a great movie on its own that I'll talk about later). Before the screening began, the one and only Mr. Michael Bay took the stage to introduce and present roughly 15-20 minutes of clips (3 different scenes in total) from Transformers. The scenes have already been show at various places, including Toy Fair in February and via Ain't It Cool News - check either of those for the complete description, however my response is onwards.

First Look at Lionsgate's 2007 Logos

I know this is a mundane image of a big banner at ShoWest, but it's our first look at some of Lionsgate's logos and special features coming up in 2007, including Saw IV and their animated movie Foodfight! The official Lionsgate luncheon is tomorrow, where a whole new set of features and clips are expected to be shown, so keep watch here on FS.net for more info tomorrow as well.

Pirates 3 Is Going to be Epic - New Trailer Details!!

Out at ShoWest in Las Vegas I walked inside of the opening ceremony presentation the moment before the trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean 3 began, just perfectly in time. It was an experience to behold, as the screen was as large as the entire Broadway stage it was on and the projector was the most beautiful, brilliant picture I've ever seen (and I mean ever). Without further ado, here are a few details from the new trailer that I remember.

ShoWest: Talk to Me Reaction

I have to be careful, as this was a very early cut of the movie, and I don't want (nor am I allowed) to post a full review. However, I wanted to make a point to say just how much I really loved this movie. There was a showing last night for ShoWest in Las Vegas and I've been looking forward to checking it out since the trailer premiered a couple of weeks ago. Man, was this ever worth it!

From ShoWest in Las Vegas Next Week

This upcoming week I will be out in sunny Las Vegas all week long for the film industry convention known as ShoWest. This annual expo is where all big movie theater owners and managers and all of the movie studios meet-up for a week long of festivities and screenings. It's not a public event at all - you have to be a theater owner or manager or in the film industry to get a pass (just like E3 for gaming, but even more strict). What will be of interest to all of you readers will be big premieres of never-before-seen footage and screenings of early films.