My Sister's Keeper review

Yes, that's right. I have actually sat through dramas in the past, and this is another one I have sat through. I had a few friends and relatives that wanted to see it, so I decided to take them to see it. Wasn't entirely thrilled, and of course I wasn't entirely thrilled either (no surprise) when I left the theater. This is a sad movie. You will either cry, or you will come very close to it. But the question you might ask is, "Is it a good movie?" Yes, it is, it is a very well done movie. The acting was superb, and it had a really good story. Even had some questions that really make you think. I recommend it, mainly for those who are in the mood for a drama. or else you might end up like me, after the movie, you will watch a few episodes of Seinfeld to cheer yourself up.

Well, maybe the girls might have gone to My Sister's Keeper to cry their eyes out, while the guys and Transformers fans went to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which hit a litttle over $200 million in it's first five days, impressive. By the way, I have listened to the score for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and I really enjoyed the score, it's nice to listen to. I mainly recommend it to those who like to collect soundtrack scores, as for the other musical listeners that like rock, the soundtrack is really good. And those who like both, get both, like me.


We are pretty much half way through the summer. Have two more months to go, and it's going too fast. How does the rest of the summer look? Well, there could be surprise hits. This weekend, we have Public Enemies, which stars Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, looks good, and then there is Ice Age 3, I have only seen the first one, and it's been a really long time since I have seen that. This one might be fun to watch, but we will have to see. As well in the month of July, there is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I am not a Harry Potter fan, but I have enjoyed the movies, and this one actually looks really good, and it sounds like the reviews are good, even a reviewer at Hollywood.com calls it a possible oscar contender like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, that's strong, and that could mean we could have a very strong box office maker for a while, but we will see. There isn't anything else really for the month of July, which probably means Harry Potter will dominate the box office for a while. August has at least one possible good box office blockbuster, GI Joe. It looks pretty good, it should be fun to watch for sure.

Recommended Blu-Rays

Well, I have been part of the Blu-Ray family for about half a year. I thought that I would give you all some of my recommendations for the Blu-Ray format, whether you are new, or whether you have had the format for a while.

-The Dark Knight: I don't think this is a big brainer, because I have bragged about this for a long time now, especially when Christmas hit last year. The picture and sound are amazing, especially the picture, which contains sequences that were shot in the IMAX format. This is one that should be added.

-Transformers: Awesome movie, awesome Blu-Ray. Especially with the new movie in theaters now, it would make sense to re-experience the first movie, and what a better way to experience it than in Blu-Ray.

-Pirates of the Caribbean; Curse of the Black Pearl: My older brother recommended this to me when I first entered the Blu-Ray world. I had this one on DVD, but was willing to pick up this one. I was blown away by how amazing the picture was. And of course, the sound is excellent as well.

-Planet Earth: This one will totally blow you away. The picture is absolutely amazing. So much detail, and a great way to experience Earth from home.

-Quantum of Solace: I think this is an amazing sound demo if you are looking for those. The picture is also really good too.

-Pinocchio: A movie that was released 70 years ago, it's not that easy to tell when you watch this movie on Blu-Ray, the picture looks amazing. They did an excellent job of cleaning up the picture.

-Kung Fu Panda: This was a funny animated picture, looks great on Blu-Ray.

There are a lot of great releases on Blu-Ray out there. For those of you that have a Blu-Ray player, what else have you seen on the format that has blown you away?

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen review

We have been waiting for it for a while, and starting tonight at 12:01, it will be open to the whole public. Is it worth to see it? I would have to say yes. It was awesome. This has to be the best movie to come out this summer so far. It has pretty much the same elements from Transformers two summers ago. If you like the first one, you will love this new one. There are more robot fights in this one. And there is some humorous moments, just like in the first one. This is a high recommendation, go see it as soon as you can, even tonight if you still can.

Also today, the soundtracks for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen arrive, yes there are two of them. There is one for the songs that are found in the movie. It is a fun soundtrack to listen to, I like Linkin Park's song "New Divide", it's worth picking up. You can get it at Best Buy for $10. The other soundtrack is the score by Steve Jablonsky, you can hear samples of it on Amazon.com, and it sounds good. I have it coming in today, so I will soon give it a full listen and let you know exactly what I think.

As far as trailers go, look for a couple this week. One is for The Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie, no this isn't another Sixth Sense with a surprise twist at the end, this is actually based on the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender that started back in 2005 and just finished last summer. The whole series is now being made into a trilogy, and the first movie arrives next summer. It will play in front of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. As well, there is a trailer for Ponyo, that is Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated movie from Japan, it was released there last summer and now is coming to the US on August 14. Also, now available on the net is the latest trailer for GI Joe, which hits theaters August 7. You can check out these trailers as they hit the net on the following two sites:

Yahoo Trailers
Apple.com trailers

Also today, there are some DVDs in store, not too many that stand out, but there is Inkheart if any of you are interested, it's at least worth a rent, it was a fun movie. Check out a local store like Best Buy for the newest releases.

The Proposal review

Are you looking for a movie to see before Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen starts tomorrow at midnight, or maybe for something to see if it really gets too crowded at the theater. Well, I recommend The Proposal. This was one of those movies I wanted to see, because it looked pretty funny. I have to admit, I found it more funny and much more entertaining than I was originally thinking it would be. Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock are great. Highly recommended.

Year One review

The most simple thing to say about Year One....skip it. There were parts that were funny, but I don't think it is worth sitting through 1 hour and forty of your life just to discover those few really funny parts. There were a lot of things in the movie that were really crude, more of it being in the middle of the movie, I don't like it when movies get really crude. Overall, I don't think it is worth anyone's time. I am sure there will be some that will enjoy the movie, I was not one of those. I overall recommendation is to skip it, there are better movies coming out.

New things to report

First of all, the obvious, Ghostbusters has made it to Blu-Ray today. I have picked it up of course, and I got it for $15, a really good deal. While the picture and audio quality may not blow you away and show off your new HDTV, it is a definite improvement over the previous releases. Also, there is a special feature on the rebirth of the Ecto-1 car. There are many other releases out today, so head to your local store to check them out.

Also, another reminder, next week is the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. And also in stores, you can purchase two different versions of the soundtrack, one with the rock songs, and another with the score. You can hear samples of the score by following this link. Also, if you have the Blu-Ray version of Transformers and BD-Live feature, you can check out a special sneak peek of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I haven't seen it yet, but you should try if you get the chance.

This weekend, we see the release of The Proposal and Year One. I will let you know what I think of each when I see them.

Coming up

This weekend won't see a huge amount of new releases. There is The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta, it is a remake of a film released back in the 70s. As well, there is also the release of Imagine That, starring Eddie Murphy, looks a little better than his last film, Meet Dave.

Next weekend, we see the release of The Proposal, which stars Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. Sandra Bullock plays Ryan Reynolds boss who is about to be deported back to her home country Canada, but to keep herself from getting deported, she bribes Ryan Reynolds to marry her. Looks really funny. Also, Year One arrives, which stars Jack Black and Michael Cera, back in the stone age. Might be funny.

Also, there are plenty of Blu-Ray and DVD releases arriving on Tuesday. The big one for me, Ghostbusters, and as well as many fans of the franchise out there, I am so excited. There are many other releases as well.

Land of the Lost review

How to best tell you about this new Will Ferrell movie. It is really messed up, one of the cheesiest movies I have seen in a long time, which was obviously done on purpose, but yet because it was done that way, it was very funny. There were many parts in the movie where I just busted out laughing so hard. Even the parts that were so cheesy were so funny. Anyone looking for a stupid movie just to get some laughs, here you go.

What's new

This weekend, we have Land of the Lost arriving in theaters, which stars Will Farrell and it is based off an old TV show. Will it catch a lot of attention? Who knows? I am sure many will go to see Up if anything, or they will be holding their money for Transformers which arrives in theaters in a few weeks. By the way, here is another poster for the movie, which looks really cool:

Speaking of Transformers, I watched the first one a few days ago. If you want to be prepared for the new, I recommend watching the first one again. In fact, if you have a Blu-Ray player, pick it up on Blu-Ray, Transformers is awesome in high definition.

A day before the new Transformers movie arrives, they will be releasing the soundtrack. There are two different versions of the soundtrack, there is one with the rock songs like the new single from Linkin Park called "New Divide", and many others. Plus, there is the score for the movie. I am excited for the soundtrack, the last one was pretty good.

Also, Twilight fans, the trailer for "New Moon" is now on the net. Go to Yahoo Movies and you can see the trailer for yourself. I haven't seen the first yet.