Tron Legacy

This just hit the net today, after being showed at Comic Con. If you don't know what Tron is, it is a movie that was released in 1982, it has to do with a computer programmer that is sucked into the computer world and plays games and tries to get out. It is the first movie to use computer animation, and the style of it is incredible. Any sci-fi fans out there, I recommend checking this one out if you never have, it might look a little cheesy, but it has such a unique look to it, it shouldn't be missed. After almost 30 years, they are making a sequel to the 1982 cult classic, it comes out in 2011, and I am excited for it, but I am looking forward to them showing us some of the footage from the movie as it gets closer. As well, they finally settled on a name, "Tron Legacy". For a while, they were debating the title, like Tron 2.o, TR2N, and they even went with Tron, which would have caused confusion I'm sure. Well, I can't wait for more information.

Speaking of classic movies using computers in the 80s, look for the 25th Anniversary of The Last Starfighter on DVD and Blu-Ray August 18. Another movie that has dated effects, but it is still a good movie, and I recommend it. I hope they do a great job on transferring it to high defintion, if it turns out great on Blu-Ray, I will get it.

Harry Potter is gold

Well, if you haven't heard by now, Harry Potter has ranked up some pretty solid numbers this past week. In fact, it smashed one record that The Dark Knight previously held last summer, that is the most ranked during a midnight showing. A total of $22.2 million during the midnight premiere to be exact. After the weekend, it has ranked in about $160 million altogether since it started Wednesday. If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend checking it out. In my opinion, it's one of the best in the series. After watching this recent entry, I am excited to watch the rest of the series again, and I am excited to see the next one.

Speaking of Harry Potter, I picked up two of the movies on Blu-Ray, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I watched the Order of the Phoenix, and the picture and sound were amazing. So if you are looking for any good Blu-Rays to add to your collection, the Order of the Phoenix is a very good one. I will be checking out the Goblet of Fire soon and I will let you know what I think.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince review

I will start off by stating that I am not a Harry Potter fan. For me, I have seen the movies once in theaters, and then I usually don't seem them the whole way through again. However, they have always been fun to watch and I enjoy going and seeing these movies. But none of the movies have made me go, "Man, I can't wait for the next one." Well, after this one ending, I found myself saying that. This one was the probably the darkest Harry Potter movie to date, I could be wrong since I haven't really seen the others ones for a while, but I was a little surprised to see the film go back to a regular PG rating instead of a PG-13, when it didn't at all feel like a regular PG. Nonetheless, it was really great. I found myself enjoying the movie and really eager to see what happened next. Besides it being the darkest Harry Potter, I could also come to the conclusion this is the best Harry Potter film to date. I highly recommend it, and I am sure there are some of you out there that will be going tonight.

In preparation for the new film, I watched the first one with some friends last night, well sort of. We had a little commentary track going along with it from Riff Trax. Riff Trax is a group of three guys that watch certain movies and with them record some funny comments to go along with the film, if you want to see for yourselves, follow the link and you can view samples. It was actually pretty funny.

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs review

I remember watching the first Ice Age movie years ago. It was not one of those movies that I was dying to see, but I ended up seeing it anyway. I found myself very surprised by how funny it was and the fact that it was very entertaining. I haven't seen it for a long time, and I haven't seen the sequel except for a few minutes. I ended up watching the new one today. As with the first one, there were funny moments and it was pretty entertaining overall. They added a new character, voiced by Simon Pegg, and he was very funny. I recommend checking it out at least once, especially if you enjoy the Ice Age movies.

Well, Harry Potter arrives in theaters in a couple of days, or if you are going to the midnight showing tomorrow night, then you only have a little over 24 hours to go. I will let you know what I think of it. I am not a Harry Potter fan, but I am really excited for this new movie.

Five Days till Harry Potter 6

Well, here we are at another weekend, but probably all of you are holding your money for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, so more likely you won't care what comes out this weekend. But if you are looking for something, there is I Love You Beth Cooper, and Bruno. I Love You Beth Cooper is a new teen comedy directed by Chris Columbus, who was the director of the first two Harry Potter movies, funny, and he has also directed Home Alone and Adventures in Babysitting. There are other movies that have been released for a while that are worth checking out, like Transformers, which should enjoy possibly it's last week in the number one spot at the box office before Harry Potter knocks it down.

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?