September 2009 Preview

Well, after this weekend, August is over and that means that we have reached the end of summer. Now the question is, "What can we look forward to next month?" Well, I can give you a few titles that you can look forward to.

-All About Steve - Sandra Bullock plays a stalker who goes after the guy that she thinks is the one. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, look it up, I guarantee you will be laughing. (September 4)

-9 - I have talked about this movie a lot in the last while. It is based on an animated short released years ago. Produced by Tim Burton, this dark animated feature should be a blockbuster when it arrives. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint. (September 9)

-I Can Do Bad All By Myself - Another Tyler Perry movie. The only one I have seen, and I haven't watched it all the way through is Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Anyway, the trailer seems to mix drama with Tyler Perry's comic characters, who I do think are funny, but the mix seemed a little awkward, but it should be a good movie. (September 11)

-Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Based on a children's novel, this animated film looks like it should a nice fun movie to take the entire family to. Again, it advertises 3D, but I am sure you can easily find a theater that only has it in 2D if you are not a fan of the 3D. (September 18)

-Love Happens - What is Aaron Eckhart doing after The Dark Knight? Well, he is in this new movie called "Love Happens". Anyone looking for a good romantic drama, I am sure this one should be one. (September 18)

-Surrogates - Bruce Willis in the future where you can stay at home and control these robots called surrogates. Looks like it has a really interesting premise, enough to go and see the movie. (September 25)

-Fame - It's about a school in New York that teaches how to be talented. It is based on a musical that was released in the 1980s. (September 25)

These are just some of the movies that will be released next month, there are some others. It should be a really good month for movies. Fall, here we come.

Sorry for no recent updates

Sorry for the lack of updates. I have seen a couple of really good movies lately though. First of all, I saw 500 Days of Summer. I don't know how many of you have heard of it, it's a small indie film, but it is excellent. The actors are great in their performances, one of them is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he has been in many things in the past, he was the kid in Angels in the Outfield, he was also in 10 Things I Hate About You, and recently he was in GI Joe. He has done a lot of things, and he is very talented. This is one of those must see movies.

Another one I saw was Ponyo, if you don't know what that is, it is a Hayao Miyazaki film, who is very big in Japan, some of the films he has done are Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke. This is another one of those films I would rank as a classic, it was very well done. Very fun to watch and see how the story unfolds, of course it has the unusual stuff like you see in his other movies, which makes it fun to watch. I highly recommend it.

As the summer wraps, you may wonder what lies ahead, well, coming shortly, there will be a preview for James Cameron's Avatar which comes out in December. I think the trailer should hit the web tomorrow. Also, they will be playing a 16 minute preview for the movie in IMAX this weekend. Also, if you want to know what Christopher Nolan has been up to since The Dark Knight, we should be getting a trailer for his new movie (no, not Batman 3, even though I am sure he is planning to work on that next) which is called Inception. I don't know a whole lot about it, but we will all find out this weekend when the trailer is released. Look for some pretty good trailers this weekend, at least they should be.

Oh yeah, as far as DVD releases go, The Last Starfighter hits it's 25th Anniversary, so a new DVD and a Blu-Ray release arrives in stores, if you haven't watched it in a while, I recommend checking it out.

GI Joe: Rise of Cobra review

I haven't posted a review of the movie on Friday because when I watched the movie I was really tired and I ended up dosing off a few times during it. I can easily say that the movie was entertaining and I think it is a fun movie to watch. Yes, there are some cheesy parts. I understand there has been a lot of bad buzz towards this movie over the past few months, but if you are looking for a fun movie to watch with a lot of action, then I recommend it.

GI Joe was number one this past weekend, it made around $56 million. Pretty good.


Well, with the summer coming to a close, it's time to set our eyes on the fall season. There are a few movies that are coming out in the fall that look like they will be good. 9 is one of them. You can easily view the trailer at Apple Trailers, or you can go to any other video site to find the trailer, but it looks awesome, and I can't wait for it. Another one that looks good is Where the Wild Things Are, which is based on the children's book of the same name. There are other ones I am sure will be worth checking out, but it should be a very nice fall season.

In other news, I am sure you have heard, but John Hughes, who directed movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, passed away on Thursday. It's sad to lose talent like him.

Summer coming to a close

Well, we only have one month till the summer season for movies is over. We have some movies coming out that might attract some attention. First of all this week, we have GI Joe. It should be one of those movies that will be fun to watch. I am looking forward to it for that reason. We also have Julie and Julia, and A Perfect Getaway. Next week, there is the release of Ponyo, which is Hayao Miyazaki's latest movie, it will be a limited release, and hopefully it will play in a theater near where I am, hopefully where I work. Also, there is District 9, from the preview, it doesn't look like it will be very big, but I have read part of one review which simply said that it's not what you are expecting at all, that it will blow your mind. I guess we will see when it's released next week.

As for DVD and Blu-Ray today, there are some big releases, like Race to Witch Mountain and The Soloist. I recommend checking out both. And if you are looking for any good Blu-Ray movies to show off or watch, I rented The Bourne Ultimatum, and it was amazing. I highly recommend it.

As far as fall is concerned for movies, there are some that look like they will be good. There is 9, which is done by Tim Burton, and it looks awesome, I can't wait for that. There will also be Where the Wild Things Are, which also looks good, and there are others that could be surprise hits.