Marvel Goes to hell...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if39271c89709c28e51aaec2525f7793b

Marvel bought out for 4 billion. Well, expect future Marvel movies will be more kid-friendly and therefore more lame. Not to mention the fact that they might find some of the darker comics too offensive. I guess that means no more stripper poles on Tony Stark's Private Jet.

Something Different in Audio

Another Excellent Video

Do You Wanna Date My Avatar
-The Guild

John Hughes (1950-2009) R.I.P.

John Hughes Films I've Seen...

Drillbit Taylor (2008)

Maid in Manhattan (2002)

Flubber (1997)
- Had some good things - still like the original

101 Dalmatians (1996)
- Had some good things - still like the original

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
- Had some good things - still like the original

Dennis the Menace (1993)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Beethoven (1992) - bits & Pieces

Dutch (1991)

Home Alone (1990)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) - bits & Pieces

Uncle Buck (1989)

The Great Outdoors (1988) - bits & Pieces

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
- probably the greatest Thanksgiving Film ever.

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
- A personal Favorite.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- A 'Must See' for everyone.

Pretty in Pink (1986)

Weird Science (1985)

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - bits & Pieces

The Breakfast Club (1985)
- sums up 80's High School

Sixteen Candles (1984)

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - bits & Pieces

Upcoming: Sherlock Holmes

I saw this trailer at the theater.


I'll go with Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined. When I heard Jude Law was going to be in it way back when, I thought ... He'd make a good holmes. Unfortunately he's watson. And it looks like Robert Downey Jr. is playing Holmes. And Holmes seems to have gotten much more physical and less mental. Watson seems less friendly and more agressive.

I'm not sure if I'll see this in the theatre. I guess I'll look for reviews before I commit. Currently it looks like it isn't rating more than a rental.

DVD Review - P.S. I Love You

Well, I finally got around to seeing this one. It was as good as, if not better, than the trailer made it out to be. A warning though ... It's a real tear-jerker. No, I mean that. Most tear-jerkers might have once or twice, but this one really gets you in the heart strings. Well, unless your not emotional, or have no sense of romance. Try it otherwise, you'll love it. And No, I haven't read the book.

Harry Potter vs. Voldemort Rap

Film Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Not a bad movie, better than some of the others. Sure they dropped oodles, and true they could've cut differently, but I'm glad they finally got a good weasley twins spot in the film. They also dropped at least one point that should be in there (plays into the next films). But overall, better than the last one. It's not too bad, so long as you leave enough time between a reading of the book and the movie, also think of the movies as more of the book: Re-imagined.

I'd say it will do well. It's great if you have kiddies, and still decent if you don't.

Michael Bay

Everyone is trashing Michael Bay. True, he has an ego that's bigger than the Australian Continent, and he made a movie with plot wholes that tractor trailers could fithrough. But he does excel at making things go boom, and action. Logic be damned. Remember, Transformers was a kids cartoon.

Now this is a hilarious laugh at the expense of Michael Bay.

And there's this point, showing his ego, from The Big Picture.


Asked to answer Megan Fox's charge that he didn't present her with any acting opportunities in the new "Transformers" film, director Michael Bay said: "You roll your eyes when you see statements like that. I 100% disagree with her. Nic Cage wasn't a big actor when I cast him, nor was Ben Affleck before I put him in 'Armageddon.' "

Comment: Talk about an eye roller! Nic Cage wasn't a big actor before he met Michael Bay? No, he'd only won a best actor Oscar (for "Leaving Las Vegas") and worked with everyone from Francis Coppola to the Coen Brothers. And Ben Affleck. Oh yeah, he'd already been in "Good Will Hunting," which earned seven Oscar nominations (with Affleck taking home an Oscar for writing the screenplay with Matt Damon). Judging from their post-Bay career trajectory, I'd argue that neither guy ever recovered from working with Mr. Transformers.

Imagine That

No, it's not a review. Like most of the rest of the country, I haven't seen it. I mean, it doesn't look bad, but whoever put its release date in summer blockbuster season should be due a performance review. The movie looks like something that would do well at Christmas.