The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review

I just caught this at the movies last night. I wanted to make sure that I saw at least one of the oscar contenders for Best Picture, and this movie seemed like an interesting picture anyway. Overall, I thought the movie was very well done. In some ways, not really what I had expected. It is a long movie, about 10 minutes shy of 3 hours. Performances were very good. They also did a good job with the technical achievements. I definitely recommend this one to anyone that was as curious as me.

As for any new releases this week, there really isn't anything at all. If you are into dumb guys trying to get into cheerleading camp to meet some girls, then maybe Fired Up! is for you. There is also Madea Goes to Jail, done by Tyler Perry. That is it. There are some good old choices to check out this weekend if you choose to.

Bolt Review

This movie was released in November, but it arrived at the cheap theater recently, so I decided to go check it out. I have to admit it was actually kind of cute. Bolt is about a dog who is the star of a TV show, and he believe that the whole show is real, and everything that happens is real. They end one episode on a cliffhanger with Bolt believing that his owner Penny was kidnapped, and he runs away from the set trying to rescue her. There were parts that were actually funny, I really thought the little hamster was hilarious. If you have a family, I recommend checking this one out if it's still playing near you. Of course, it will be on DVD and Blu-Ray next month.

Here is a little note about the Blu-Ray release next month, it will also include a regular copy of the DVD, and a digital copy as well. The regular copy is for anyone that is planning to buy a Blu-Ray player in the near future and instead of buying the movie on DVD and later upgrading to Blu-Ray, just buy the Blu-Ray version and you get the DVD version, and then when you get a Blu-Ray player, then you already have a Blu-Ray version. Disney is starting to do that with a lot of their releases. They have done that with Sleeping Beauty, they have done that with High School Musical 3, and they will be doing that with many more future releases, including Pinocchio next month.

Good movies to check out

This weekend I went through some Blu-Ray movies that I had received from Netflix. I recommend Netflix to anyone out there first of all, I have had a subscription with them for almost two years and I have really enjoyed their service. I like that they have a huge selection to choose from, and I don't have to worry about late fees or due dates.

First of all, I watched Lakeview Terrace. If you don't know what that movie is, it is okay, it really wasn't that big when it was released last Fall. It is about a couple who move into a nice neighborhood and they move next door to a cop played by Samuel L. Jackson, and he harasses them. Samuel L. Jackson plays a really nasty person in this movie. It was pretty intense.

I also watched Madagascar 2 on Blu-Ray. I bought it last week and finally got around to watching it this weekend. The picture and sound are very good. Of course the movie is also very good. If any of you haven't checked it out yet, I recommend you do so.

I also watched the movie The Express. Out of the movies I checked out this weekend, I really enjoyed this one. It is about football, and it is based on a true story on a college football player by the name of Ernie Davis. Like I said, I really enjoyed the movie and I highly recommend anyone to check this one out. It is a new release, it came to theaters in the fall and just arrived on DVD and Blu-Ray last month. As for anyone who has a Blu-Ray player and a nice surround sound system, I highly recommend checking this one out on Blu-Ray, the sound is really awesome, as well as the picture.

As in other news, a trailer for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has just hit the internet. I am definitely excited for the movie, and the trailer looks really good. Check it out.

Joaquin Phoenix's Bizarre appearance on David Letterman

I found this on the net today. If you haven’t heard, Joaquin Phoenix has recently retired from acting to start a musical career. At least that is what he has told everyone, there have also been some reports out there stating that his retirement from acting for music is one big prank of some sort. I don’t know what to make of his recent decisions, just as I can’t seem to make sense from the following clip from Joaquin Phoenix’s really strange appearance on David Letterman the other night.

Follow this link to see the video for yourself.

Movies arriving this weekend

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a lot of great stuff this weekend. Horror fans may be excited for the new Friday The 13th, which is coming out on that date, which is interesting. The International actually looks somewhat interesting. Then there is Confessions of a Shopaholic. There are still releases from previous weeks still in theaters, so I am sure you will still find something to see this weekend for Valentine's Day. You do have a lot of different choices out in theaters right now, so variety is good. If you choose not to go to the theater this weekend, there are many good releases on DVD and Blu-Ray as well. Hopefully you have something good picked out to do for Valentine's Day.

Home Theater

I have probably talked about this on my blog before, but it is a topic that has interested me ever since I have gotten into the DVD groove 9 years ago. This advancement has changed the home entertainment industry.

Home theaters is the way of taking the feeling and enviroment of being in a movie theater and bringing it home. If you ever go to a bookstore like Barnes and Nobles, or maybe even Best Buy, you look for magazines like Home Theater, Electronic House, and Sound & Vision, and you will see that the statement can be taken literally. When I first learned about home theaters 9 years ago, it totally changed the way that I saw the potential of actually watching a movie at home.

Pictures like the one above show the potential that one can do to set up a home theater, which is amazing. I don’t have the money to do this, and probably not everyone can go this far with the advanced equipment, however we do have so many open options to us that allow us to set our own little home theater for a reasonable price. A simple home theater can be set up by getting a big screen TV along with a surround sound system and a DVD or Blu-Ray player.

If you want to see how a decent home theater can be built, you can go to a specified home theater store, and one example is Theater Xtreme. I like going to these stores because they are fun to just sit down and see demo rooms on what a home theater can look like. Yes, I don’t have the money to get one so advanced, but they are still fun to see. It blows my mind on how the home entertainment industry has changed. It is great to see that the feeling of going to the movies can be brought home. Of course, it is always fun to go to the movies to check out the new releases.

Speaking of the home entertainment industry, there are a few movies coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow. There is W., which is the story of George Bush, played by Josh Brolin. We also are getting Back to the Future on DVD again, this time, they are being released as individual movies, so if you only liked the first one, you can pick that one up and not have to worry about the other two. Unfortunately, it is only available on DVD for the moment, not Blu-Ray, but I am sure they will release one soon. As well, they are releasing Street Fighter on DVD and Blu-Ray, Street Fighter was released back in 1994, it starred Jean Claude Van Damme, and is based on the popular video game back in the day. They are releasing a new Street Fighter movie at the end of this month, so this movie is probably trying to promote the new film. There are other releases tomorrow as well.

Inkheart Review

I got to see Inkheart today, and I actually have to say I was a little surprised, better than I thought. I missed out when it first opened, because of the family challenge last month. Some people said they weren't impressed with it as they hoped, so I worried it wouldn't be that good, well, I have to say that I was really impressed with the movie, I really enjoyed it. It is about a guy who can bring stuff he reads out of the page and into our world, and when he brings a person from a page of a book out to our world, someone from our world gets trapped into the book, and that's what happened to his wife, so he goes looking for the book Inkheart to help bring her back. I recommend this one to anyone looking for a nice fantasy escape, it is very entertaining.