Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth installment in the Harry Potter storyline which hit theaters this week. People seem to love or hate this story and I’m not referring to the Half-Blood Prince, but rather the Harry Potter story in whole. I am a fan. I’ve read the books and seen all the movies. I enjoy the movies but not nearly as much as the books but the last two movies have captured the essence of the books very well. The bottom line is that most books don’t translate well to the movie screen and is why they were books in the first place. Hollywood just has no creativity and has to steal from every print source they can. So, this is all I’ll say about the books and how they translate to the big screen as this is supposed to be a review about a movie. (more…)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has come and with a vengence. Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle. (more…)

Year One is a comedy about our “ancestors” and how life was funny back in ancient times and while I laughed some I just couldn’t get past the fact that only certain characters talked as they would back then while most spoke as you and I do today. The mix was odd which is a great way to sum up Year One…odd. (more…)

Up

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill a lifelong dream his wife and he shared to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off he learns that he isn’t alone as, Russell, a wilderness explorer has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip. (more…)

Terminator Salvation

They’re back! If you’re a fan of the Terminator franchise then you’ll love the new upgrade it has received. This new trilogy is the begining of the end which means that we are going to finally see all those futuristic battles that were spoken of during The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. (more…)

Star Trek

J.J. Abrams delivers! I’ve been on the fence with this guy for a bit now. I love some of the stuff he has done and yet other stuff doesn’t work. Star Trek was the final decision for me. As a an avid Trekkie, I wasn’t about to forgive Abrams for ruining the best sci-fi franchise ever created BUT thankfully, he pulled a gem out of his hat and Star Trek was everything the hype says it is…and more. (more…)

Star Trek Online

Star Trek Online or STO is an epic new Massively Multiplayer Online game which is has yet to have an official announce date released. However, there is a lot of fun information out and about for the Trek fan to droll over. I’ve grown up on Trek and consider myself a proud Trekkie. However, this post will not be information on the game, that will come soon. (more…)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine is back! What are ya gonna do about it, bub? The ultimate loaner makes his return to the big screen and his origins are revealed.

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State of Play

State of Play is a film about a mystery involving the death of a congressman’s  aid/mistress. As the film develops, so does the plot which is wrapped in mystery and illegal

tactics. Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) is an old school reporter from the Washington Globe who begins to pick up breadcrumbs tying his murder case to a larger one involveing his old college roomate and U.S. Congressmen Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck). Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) is a young upstart blogger for the Globe who finds herself working with McAffrey to unravelling the strings behind the conspiracy that Collins has found himself in. (more…)

Fast & Furious

The crazy racing franchise returns with a vengeance. If you saw the first movie, The Fast and the Furious and liked it then you’ll enjoy the new one.

Imagine that there was no The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift because it was a terrible film. The new Fast & Furious picks up several years down the road from where our characters left off in the first film. From there we get a whole new story that involves Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez).

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