Into the Blu

It’s year 3 at Hogwarts, and behind the scenes there have been some significant changes in the Harry Potter universe. Chris Columbus gave up the directing duties to Alfonso Cuaron. While Cuaron was faithful to the traditions established by Columbus, I do believe he did a rather nice job of adding his own dark touches to the Hogwarts landscape. Whether it was a new director or simply greater maturity, there is no question that Cuaron got better performances out of the three major actors. Continue Reading

It’s year two at Hogwarts, and now we know who everyone is, so there isn’t going to be any time wasted setting up characters and relationships. I must say that the three actors playing Harry, Hermione, and Ron (Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint) pull off the chemistry in a pleasantly convincing manner. You believe these kids now have some history together, so we’re off to Hogwarts and a new adventure before you can blink your eye. Because of the great setup provided in the first film, the sequel has every potential to be better than the original, and Chamber Of Secrets lives up to that potential. Continue Reading

When I think back to my teenage years a few movies always come to mind: Terminator 2, Die Hard, Robocop, Con Air and The Rock. Why you might ask? Well these have always been the great action movies that defined what an action movie could/should be like. An action movie should ALWAYS leave the viewer with a sense of “WOW,” meaning you should be elated with a barrage of guns, explosions, car chases, etc. For my review today I sat down with one of my faves, The Rock on Blu-ray. Continue Reading

The Resident Evil series has always been one that makes you feel good to be a guy. Each movie has provided the substance to make for a great action movie: little back-story, a lot of guns and explosions and of course hot girls in modest slinky outfits?. oh and ZOMBIES! If this sounds like the popcorn flick stuff you?re made of, than Resident Evil: Extinction is the flick for you. Continue Reading

What do we know about Dragon War that the layman might not be familiar with? Well, Hyung-rae Shim, who wrote and directed the film, was a popular Korean comedian who really, really wanted to make a film about this longtime native tale of dragons, so much so that he spent several years getting it made. And yet when it comes to filmmaking, it appears that Dragon War borrows heavily from a lot of other films in the process and winds up underwhelming a lot of people.

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Steve Carell is an odd sort. In the past he was stealing scenes in broad-based comedies with Will Ferrell and others, but currently he’s enjoying all kinds of love and attention as Michael Scott on The Office. However, his selection of movies as a star is a little bit curious. Yeah, he’s done the Apatow comedy (read: The 40 Year Old Virgin), but he also has done the occasional independent joint or two (read: Little Miss Sunshine). Dan In Real Life seems to fall into the latter category.

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Wow, a film with religious themes, I sure hope I don’t get protested by some sort of league or something. But to be fair, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, collectively known as the British Monty Python comedy troupe, and their film Life of Brian doesn’t necessarily skewer Christian beliefs or life of Christ per se, rather it looks at his life with the occasional parallel, and there is a joke or two thrown in, in typical Python form.

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