What say you? Have you seen Battleship? If so, do you want a sequel?

1)Johnny Vengeance: (JV)

Synopsis: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Why I’m Watching It: Sacha Baron Cohen has been pretty right on with most of his comedy in my opinion. I was a big fan of Borat and , even if to a lesser degree, I liked Bruno. The trailers for The Dictator did absolutely nothing for me, but after reading some positive reviews from people that I trust I’m going to give it a shot. We’ll definitely be reviewing this on the next episode of Cinemapocalypse.

Interesting Facts About The Film:
A) As a promotional stunt for the film Sacha Baron Cohen was accompanied by a camel down the red carpet.
B) Nadia Tonova, the director of the National Network for Arab American Communities, released a statement condemning Cohen’s portrayal of Arabs. He then later admitted that he had not actually seen the film yet, but based this opinion solely on the trailer. Good job

2. Scanners 2: The New Order

Synopsis: A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners.

Why I’m watching it: The original is a staple of 80′s Science Fiction. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a must. I haven’t seen the sequels since I was a teenager and I figured I’d give them another chance. Did I mention that there are exploding heads…a lot of them?

Interesting facts about the films:
A) After directing two DTV Scanners sequels director Christian Duguay went on to helm such winners as Art of War (Wesley Snipes) and Screamers (Peter Weller).
B) Pitchshifter named a song after the fictional drug Ephemoral. Ephemoral is the drug that is blamed for giving Scanners their power.

2)Disco

High School USA

Synopsis: Run of the mill made-for-tv ensemble movie that happens to be packed with more 80′s icons and washed up sitcom stars than you can shake a stick at.

Why I’m Watching It: Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Dana Plato, Anthony Edwards, Tony Dow, Todd Bridges, and Bob Denver in a hazy, low-budget early 80s tv movie is impossible to pass up. Who cares what it’s actually about?

Interesting Facts About The Film:
A) This was supposedly produced as a pilot for a new show that would have starred a young Joel Hodgson of MST3K fame, which he declined.
B) While many of the cast members were in contemporary sitcoms, Crispin Glover had only appeared in a handful of TV movies and one feature film prior to this.

Vicious Lips

Synopsis: A band finally gets the opportunity for that breakthrough gig if they can make it to an “in” club on another planet in time…

Why I’m Watching It: As brought up on last week’s podcast, Albert Pyun is a personal favorite. Plus I can’t resist 80′s cheese, especially when it involves music. Seriously, about 10 seconds of a trailer on youtube and I was 100% sold.

Interesting Facts About The Film:
A) For a movie based so heavily around music, the composer’s greatest claim to fame is being Ed Wood Jr.’s stepson.
B) The movie appears to be a dead end for careers – most of the actors either never worked in the business again, or only made one or two more movies.

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The original Maniac still stands as one of my favorite 80′s slasher films, even if it is more than a bit flawed. While I found Frank Khalfoun’s P2 to be a little more than disappointing I’m still holding out hope for his take on Maniac. Above, as well as below you can find a few stills from the film. The remake is penned and produced by Alexander Aja. Anyone else out there excited for this one?

Via Collider

Synopsis: A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.

Cast: Andy Serkis, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Michael McElhatton, Sharon Horgan, Aisling Loftus

Release Date: Currently in select cities and available on demand.

Why You Should See It: The cast is simply amazing. Serkis and Sangster turn in great performances and are well supported by the rest of the cast. The film is both raunchy and touching at the same time. Next time you’re thinking about queuing up something from Netflix, skip it and spend the 6 dollars to watch this. I promise it will be worth every penny.

Synopsis: A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

Why I’m Watching It: Mel Gibson fascinates me. Just a few years ago he was banking 20 million dollars/film and now here he is in a direct to VOD action film. It’s no secret why Gibson’t career has plummeted as of late, but I still enjoy watching the man work regardless of his crazy antics. I would say I’m watching it because it’s probably going to be train wreck, but after watching the trailer I’d say it actually looks pretty damned entertaining.

Interesting Facts About The Film:
A) The film stands a 0% chance of making back it’s 20 million dollar budget.
B) Director Adrian Grunberg has previously worked with Gibson twice as an AD on both Apocalypto and Edge of Darkness.

Synopsis: A scientific group set out on a journey into space to find a magical creature. What they find is a killer computer on the ship they chartered.

Why I’m watching it: George R.R. Martin is all the rage right now. While I still haven’t seen a single episode of Game of Thrones, nor have I read any of his books, I still wanted to see what his 80′s cheesefest had to offer. It certainly doesn’t hurt that Catherine Mary Stewart (The Last Starfighter) is in it.

Interesting Facts About The Film:
A) Director Robert Collector left production of the film before the edit was complete and requested that his name not appear in the credits. I guess he didn’t want to tarnish his image, since he already had THIS amazing film in his list of credits.
B) The film is co-written by Robert Jaffe who wrote Demon Seed and Motel Hell. Two films which I personally love.

Let’s face it, a remake of The Crow is inevitable. The awful sequels starred everyone from Edward Furlong to Vincent Perez. So for today’s Casting Couch we’ll take a look at who the studios have looked at so far and ponder who we’d like to see in the lead when this finally hits the screen on its slated 2013 date. Take a look at the list below and vote for your favorite. As usual if you have someone in mind who didn’t make the list leave it in the comments.