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more summer movies 2

I thought I needed to get this review out soon before I missed all the release dates. Some of these I’ve already covered but I stumbled across this “complete” list, and I thought I’d take a gander. Spider Man 3 Bottom Line — this movie now holds the record for gross sales in the first [...]

Prince of Persia — The Movie 4

When it comes to successful rebirths of a video game francise, the most recent stellar performer must be Prince of Persia. It came a long way from its primitive beginnings on early Macintosh platforms. Even then it was still a great game. Ubisoft did a remarkable job with the original remake (The Sands of Time) [...]

summer movie anticipation 0

First up and coinsiding with the release of the last novel a few weeks later, we have v5 of Harry Potter – Order of the Phoenix. Definitely the darkest of the series and by far the longest. It looks like David Yates is taking the director helm this time around, who I unfortunately know none [...]

Departed 0

What a fantastic movie!  Just got around to watching it.  In my opinion, much better than ‘Goodfellas,’ which is a feat unto itself. We also saw ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ last weekend.  Will Ferrel should do more movies like this.  He really is a great actor that could branch out if he wanted to. Anyway, let [...]

300 3

So I went on Sunday — Ann decided that it wasn’t a movie she wanted to see (graphic decapitations are not quite her cup of tea =) This was not a traditional movie. It did not have the feel of conventional story. Its hard to describe (I failed to convey it Ann, so I’m not [...]

Stardust 0

The trailer is finally out (there was a very crude Russian version floating around the web) and it looks great! Just check out the cast! — Robert De Niro, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Evertt, Ian McKellen, Peter O’Toole… I mean… WOW! It’s apparently based on a novel by Neil Gaiman, though I’ve never heard [...]

Frank Miller’s “300″ 0

Arriving in theaters this Friday is the latest adaptation of a Frank Miller comic, 300 — and I’ve been looking forward to it for months.  Sin City broke the ground with the novel green screen work that gives both films such a great comic look and feel.  Sin City was a collection of short stories [...]