Charlton Heston

The world lost a great actor yesterday when Charlton Heston passed away. He played many epic roles, but the one I will always remember him in is in The Ten Commandments from 1956. It was directed by the legendary Cecil B. Demille who pioneered the world of film. I remember when I was a little girl my dad and I used to watch The Ten Commandments every Easter.

One of the reasons I love movies so much is because they almost seem to become a part of us. We feel like we know the characters. We root for the good guys and sneer at the bad guys. We watch them with our friends, our families and our loved ones. We go on dates to movies. We laugh at them, we cry during them and sometimes, depending on the movie, we say the lines along with them. They’re like a living breathing thing that pulses through the air waves. Whenever I watch The Ten Commandments, I’ll always think of my father and the times we have together. I know that Charlton Heston was also someone’s father and I am thinking of his family today. Thank you for everything you’ve done!

Heston was in tons of amazing movies. I’ll give you a few IMDB links to the ones that are most familiar to me:
Soylent Green (1973)
Anthony and Cleopatra (1972)
Ben Hur (1959)
Planet of the Apes (196
and in over a hundered more movies, television shows, voice overs and cameos.

Here’s something to cheer me up…

Like in any good fairy tale just as soon as I was about to lose all hope (today I found news, old news, but new to me, that Terminator 4 will be released sometime in 2009) I stumble along something that I am reasonably excited for. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead. Now, I know…it sounds like a cheap knock off, but it’s not! Watch the trailer if you don’t believe me. Here we have two of the greatest things on earth: Shakespeare (Halmlet to be exact) and Vampires. Can we say “heaven” class? Because that is what this is. For me, anyway.

From what I got from reading around is it’s about a guy who gets the chance to direct an off-Broadway version of Hamlet that was written (surprise!) by a vampire. Turns out that the play is cursed and anyone involved with it dies or becomes a vampire. (I always knew Shakespeare had a few more cards up his sleeve)

The movie looks to be jam packed with hot guys and gorgeous vampires. Oh, and Hamlet. I really don’t think I could ask for more. Finally something fresh that isn’t a sequel. This film doesn’t have an exact release date yet, but it should be out sometime this year. It is also classified under Comedy and Horror (two things that should always go hand in hand!) and is not rated yet.

From feeling absolutely hopeless in the film to being this excited about something really brightens my day. Smiles anyone?

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Hey. This is my first Cineblog. I’m not going to jump in just yet, but rather tell you a little about my project. I’m going to be researching movies and Hollywood, new and old, and share my findings here, with you. I give out my opinions and sincerely I ask for yours. Let’s get some discussion rolling. We’ll keep it fun and simple. It’s going to be a blast.