Slate article on Jason Statham

A decent article from Slate on the rise in popularity of Jason Statham. Found conveinently on the IMDb hit list.

Again, I'm sorry things have been so slow--I've been very busy finishing up with school, but they should pick up again pretty soon here, at least until I head off to New Zealand.

That's all I have for now.

The Expendables brings action stars young and old together for the first time!

Notice the titles, Rambo-War

According THR, Sylvester Stallone will bring Jet Li and Jason Statham together again in a film in which he too will star and even direct, entitled The Expendables. They are, of course, a team of mercenaries sent in to a job that no one else can do, thus being "expendable." The job in this case will be the Rambo-esque mission into a South American country to eliminate the tyrannical government and "liberate" the people. Does it really even matter?

This is the kind of movie I've been waiting for. It's not just a action star pair-up (Tango & Cash, Universal Soldier, Demolition Man, War, etc), but a full-blown three-way! /Film mentioned how it resembles the original goal of Quentin Tarantino's upcoming Inglourious Basterds, but as we've seen he hasn't really followed the route--but I'm glad someone has! I really hope it pays off when it comes around. I'll be keeping tabs on this one for sure.

What do you think? Expendable?