Clash Of The Titans November 20, 2009
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A classic B-movie is being remade. Coming to theaters March 2010.
Netflix app for Windows Mobile July 22, 2009
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Calling Windows Mobile users… Clicky here for a Netflix app for you phone.
The app allows you to search for movies and manage your queue. Pretty basic stuff. But very cool.
HD-DVD to Bluray May 11, 2009
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Warner has a good thing going to make amends with everyboyd who purchased no defunct HD-DVD formatted Warner Bros movie titles. For $4.95 plus shipping, you can trade your Warner HD-DVD movies in for a Bluray version.
Head over to Red2Blu to take advantage of this.
This weekend’s Netflix: X-Files December 15, 2008
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I watched X-Files: I Want To Believe on Saturday. If you’re an X-Files fan, you’ll definitely like this one. If you’re a casual X-Files fan, I still think you’ll like it.
I though the movie might flop if they were going to stretch the ongoing alien story yet again. But the latest X-Files movie is quite a bit more terrestrial than that.
I won’t spoil the story here, as I hate it when movie reviews do that. I’ll just say X-Files: I Want To Believe is actually a fairly serious drama. Chris Carters spares us from outlandish, if entertaining, alien stories and brings us a fairly serious drama about faith and redemption.
The movie was much deeper than I expected. It won’t get mentioned at oscar parties, but I came away impressed.
Four out of five stars.
Tribute to John Williams November 17, 2008
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John Williams might be the most underrated pop culture icon in America. Who’s John Williams? He composed and conducted the music behind seemingly most of the mega blockbuster movies of the last 4 decades – Star Wars (all of them), Indiana Jones (again, all of them), Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T., Superman, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, etc.
Here’s a quite entertaining tribute to John Williams.
Irony May 24, 2008
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Russia doesn’t like the new Indiana Jones movie. They say it paints communism in a bad light. Therefore the Russian Communist Party is calling for the movie to be banned in Russia.
Full Metal Jacket April 13, 2008
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I rewatched Full Metal Jacket last night. This flick never gets old. Great movie.
R. Lee Ermey who played Sergeant Hartman wasn’t originally cast in the film. Ermey was hired as a military consultant. But Ermey wanted the role and was set on proving his worth for it. Between takes, Ermey launched his patented drill sergeant tirades to demonstrate how Sgt Hartman should be played. Director Stanley Kubrick recognized that none was better for the part than Ermey. And Ermey won his role. Most, if not all, of Sgt Hartman’s intense drill instructor tirades are ad-libed by Ermey.
The Polar Express December 22, 2007
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Two thumbs up for this Christmas flick. We watched it with the kids last night. We liked it. The kids loved it. And my son in particular has a thing for trains, so he was mesmerized. He got out his train whistle and blew it every time the train in the movie did the same.
The Dark Knight trailer is out December 17, 2007
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Coming soon to a theater near you December 17, 2007
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You’ve loved the book.
I give you….the movie! Where The Wild Things Are.
