January Update

Sorry, it's been way too long since I have last written on my blog. There has been plenty that has happened since. First off, Avatar is making a lot of money. Since the Friday estimates, it stands at $525 million, and by the end of this weekend, it should surpass The Dark Knight, which ended it's run with $533 million, and hopefully soon it will surpass Titanic which stands at $600 million, and become the number one movie of all time in the USA, and it's also coming close to becoming the number one movie in the world money wise. (Expect me to make an announcement when it finally surpasses Titanic) That's pretty impressive, if you haven't seen it yet, you should go see it. In fact, go see it in 3D, it is a great experience. Another good one that came out during the Christmas break was Sherlock Holmes.

As for the releases in January, there have been a few. One movie that got a wide release was The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, if you don't know what it is, it was actually the film that Heath Ledger was working on when he died in January 2008. They had to make some changes to the movie to deal with the big loss, which included bringing Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law to help fill in his role. It is a really bizarre movie, but it is very entertaining, in fact I want to go see it again. Another movie that got a wide release was The Lovely Bones, haven't seen the whole thing, but it looks good from what I have seen. Plenty of other releases this month, the first weekend had Daybreakers and Leap Year. The next weekend had The Book of Eli, which looks good in my opinion. And the kids movie The Spy Next Door. This weekend we have Legion, The Tooth Fairy, and Extraordinary Measures. I have heard the latter is really good. This month will finish with When In Rome, and Edge of Darkness. When In Rome looks like a decent comedy that should have a few laughs, it has a decent cast attached to it, so hopefully it will be good. Edge of Darkness stars Mel Gibson, who plays a father who loses his daughter, and she is involved in some conspiracy, it looks interesting. The following months have pretty solid movies that should be coming out, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief looks rather good, and it arrives in February, along with Shutter Island. We get Tim Burton's take on Alice in Wonderland in March, plus a remake of Clash Of The Titans. We have some pretty good movies coming.

As for DVD and Blu-Ray wise, there have been some pretty good releases. One that I did get on Blu-Ray was 9, and the quality is very good, both video and audio wise. This Tuesday, we will see the release of Surrogates this Tuesday, and also we will get Michael Jackson's This Is It. Plus Whip It! too. This year will hopefully have some really good catalogue releases on Blu-Ray, like Armageddon, which would look good on Blu-Ray. I will keep you posted on the main things that come out on Blu-Ray.