It's been too long...I'm Sorry!
Posted by Leah on
9/10/2015 12:15:53 PM
I feel the need to apologize to you. I’ve been rather lax in my upkeep of this site over the summer, and so have missed updating you on many of the things that have been happening. It’s just been one of those summers that I wanted to squeeze as much as I could into, but unfortunately posting to my site wasn’t on the list. I plan to make up for that in the coming weeks, and posts, as best I can. To keep up to date on the latest happenings, and to get your “Movie Quote of the Day”, you can follow me on Twitter @LMovieLowdown.
In the meantime, here is what’s happened over the past few months:
I suppose I’ll get the depressing part out of the way ASAP, and fill you in on the celebrities we’ve lost over the summer.
· Mary Ellen Trainor, who was in The Goonies, the Lethal Weapon series and many TV shows died on May 20, 2015.
· I’m very sorry I missed posting this one, as he’s one of my favorites: Sir Christopher Lee, who, besides being a famous Shakespearean actor, was known for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy and countless others, died on June 7.
· Dick van Patten, who was known for the TV series Eight is Enough, and who appeared in many of Mel Brooks’ films, died on June 23.
· Patrick Macnee, who was in countless TV shows and movies dating back to the 50’s, died on June 25.
· Irwin Keys, who was best known for his role as Hugo on the TV show The Jeffersons, died on July 8.
· Roger Rees, who has over 90 TV and film credits to his name and who had roles on the TV show Cheers and in the movie Robin Hood: Men in Tights, died on July 10.
· Alex Rocco, who has over 167 TV and film credits, but is best known for his role as Moe Green in The Godfather, died July 18.
· Master of stage and screen Theodore Bikel died at the age of 91 on July 21.
· Uggie, the dog who became famous after his performance in The Artist, but who was also in Water for Elephants and The Campaign, died on August 7 and the age of 13.
· Master of horror, Wes Craven, who’s best known for The Nightmare on Elm Street series as well as the Scream series, died on August 30.
· Dean Jones, who was one of Disney’s “go to guys” in the 60’s, died on September 1.
Now, with the sad stuff out of the way, we can move on to what turned out, for Hollywood, to be a very good summer at the movies. Disney’s Inside Out has taken the number one spot on the “highest grossing films of the summer”, with over $349 mil taken in as of September 8. Universal’s Minions ended up in second place, with roughly $330 mil. Rounding out the top ten, in order, are Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Ant-Man, Straight Outta Compton, Trainwreck, Terminator: Genesis, Pixels, Magic Mike XXL and Vacation. Regrettably, there’s not much I can say about most of these films, since I only saw Inside Out and Minions . Out of the rest of that list, I hope to see Ant-Man and Vacation eventually, but that probably won’t happen until they’re out on “video”.
As for what this fall and winter will bring, some titles I’m looking forward to are:
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Black Mass (the Whitey Bulger story), Pawn Sacrifice (a biopic about Bobby Fischer), Victor Frankenstein, The Peanuts Movie, Bring Him Home, Krampus and The Revenant.
Of course, I’ll be sure to keep you posted on what I’ve seen, like it or not! So again, my apologies for leaving youall hanging for so long, and please Tweet me @LMovieLowdown if I start to slackagain!