Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Slab!

I have to start off this week by saying that it’s going to be a longer one than last week, where nothing really happened, but definitely not the case this week!

So here are all the stories, new articles, and trailers which caught my attention and have been deemed worthy to receive a place on my site. (“deemed worthy” by me. If it doesn’t interest me, I won’t spend time on it.)

Rock of Ages Trailer

Earlier this week, the first trailer for the musical turned film Rock of Ages was released to some pretty poor reviews and tweets. There were some pretty reliable pretty whom I follow on Twitter and they were saying that it was bad and kind of hard to sit through, but I always want to make up my own mind and … Read More »

Written by: Stoic Taco

What does it take for a quiet and reserved man to become a man of violence? How far can someone be pushed before they are willing to push back? How much does it take to fight for family and home?

James Marsden is about to find out in this remake of the classic 1971 Sam Peckinpah thriller, Straw Dogs

David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent confrontation.

I have to say that this one looks pretty good. I am not a fan of James Marsden at the … Read More »

Written by: Stoic Taco

What does it take for a quiet and reserved man to become a man of violence? How far can someone be pushed before they are willing to push back? How much does it take to fight for family and home?

James Marsden is about to find out in this remake of the classic 1971 Sam Peckinpah thriller, Straw Dogs

David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent confrontation.

I have to say that this one looks pretty good. I am not a fan of James Marsden at the … Read More »