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When it was announced that the 1972 Charles Bronson film, The Mechanic would be remade, I was mildly interested. However, I just learned two new names that have definitely raised the level of excitement for me. Collider reports that Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland have just been added to the project. The two will star alongside Jason Statham, who had previously been signed on to the film.

I've always loved Donald Sutherland and after Foster's performance in 3:10 To Yuma, I'm in for whatever he does for a while. Directed by Simon West, this new version of The Mechanic will have Statham as an aging hitman who takes on a young apprentice, played by Foster. Sutherland will play Foster's father and Statham's handler.

As far as a discussion point goes, I've been hearing and reading a few comments about the disappointment that Simon West is attached to this project, and I wanted to get in a few thoughts about that. Or who you think might have been a better addition to the film as the director?

When it comes to the film, Me and Orson Welles I've heard many good things both about the performances and the story, so I've been pretty stoked to see it. On the other hand, the poster for this movie makes me not want to see it. For some reason whenever I look at this poster, the word "corny" comes to mind.

Directed by Richard Linklater, Me and Orson Welles stars Claire Danes, Zac Efron and Christian McKay in a tale of a young teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar. While he is cast in the production, the young man becomes attracted to a very career driven production assistant. Based off the novel of the same name by Robert Kaplow, the film is a period piece set in 1937 New York.

What do you think of the poster?

A movie trailer for Sylvester Stallone's upcoming action flick, The Expendables has been released and despite the non-polish of the teaser, I like the feel of the film very much. It's not an "official" movie trailer in the sense that it's not done up for the public yet, rather this is shown to studios in hopes of gaining distribution. After getting a studio, the trailer gets all the trimmings, complete with all the bells and whistles.

Despite the fact that it's a rough cut, so to speak, I think the action is conveyed well and as any other action film junkie would be, I'm already in love with the cast.

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Eric Roberts, Dolph Lundgren, Charisma Carpenter, Giselle Itie, Brittany Murphy, David Zayas and Amin Joseph, The Expendables definitely doesn't skimp on action names. The story is based around a group of elite American soldiers hired to overthrow a South-American dictator.

A new Daybreakers movie poster has been released, and I've got to give it a firm, "Meh". I mean the look is cool and everything but whenever there is any kind of human "farm" involved in a movie, there is always this very repeating, very symmetrical shot. The first time I've seen this shot was in the 1983 TV series V, it's been used numerous times in numerous movies since.

I love the actual storyline of Daybreakers which is that in the future a virus has turned most of the world's population to vampires. The vampires are running out of food since humans are the minority and are being hunted just about to extinction. So with that story in mind, I just thought there were some other elements they could have focused their poster on...maybe?

What do you guys think?