On The Fifth Day of Christmas...

My true love gave to me..

5 Golden Cars

4 Lego Sets

3 Adam Lamberts Dancing

2 Avatar Tickets

And A Playstation 3

Film Review: The Princess and the Frog

when I was growing up, I had an Uncle who had a large array of Disney movies on VHS. Before I could walk, I knew how to operate those babies (Yeah, I know. I'm old). I would watch Snow White, Lady and The Tramp & Winnie The Pooh again and again. So when Disney announced in 2004 that Disney would stop 2D forever, I was devastated. Tears were shed and I sure as heck wasn't pleased that Ron Clements and John Musker were thrown out of Disney. What would become of the Feature animation Department?

But in 2006, John Lasstter arrived and put a stop to the CGI madness. He brought forth 2D. Ron N' John were rehired and they had a new musical in the pipeline: The Princess and The Frog.

In the tale, Tiana wants to follow her father's dream and open up the biggest Resteraunt this side of Louisiana. However, she has soon become a workaholic and ignores all her friends and family. Soon, she meets Prince Naveen. Thanks to the evil Dr. Falicier, he has become a frog and his valet Lawernce is posing as the handsome Prince. Once Tiana plants a kiss on the prince ,it turns out trouble and adventure await the duo as they cross the New Orleans bayou to meet Mama Odie who is their only hope of fixing the spell.



Tiana is a wonderful princess. However, no offense to her, but she may be the weaker part of the film. Her companions are delightful. Prince Naveen is the best Disney Prince of all-time, hands down. Most Disney Princes have no defining characteristics (the only negative thing that can be really said about them), but he has a lot of reliance on people and doesn't get life itself. Tiana changes that for him of course. Louis is a fun character, he being a crocodile who wants to be in a band. He really stands out. Dr. Falicier is the best Disney Villain in years and has an outstanding number in the middle. His voodoo friends are really well-done.

The delight of the film is Ray, the Cajun firefly. I myself thought he was the bathroom joke spouting character, like Hurley in G-Force. However, he is actually the wonderful guru of the film, knowing much about love. His romance with a star he dubs Levangrie is beautiful and touching. SPOILER ALERT!!! His death is crushing, as Dr. Flaicier crushes him with a foot. With the sickening crunch that guaranteed his death, the audience gasped and so did I. During his funeral, everyone was crying, including me! SPOILER ALERT!!!!

The music here really fits in perfectly with the Disney Canon. Randy Newman was a choice that I was skeptical about, but he does nicley here. There are many nice numbers, but my favorites are "When We're Human", "Friends On The Other Side" & "Don't Matter What You Look Like" will have you tapping out of the aisle.



Hands down one of the best films of the year & decade, The Princess nad The Frog assures you Disney is still alive and well. Although a frog hunting scene could've been cut, that's the only thing I say was wrong with this classic worthy of Walt Disney himself. A masterpiece for generations to come, The Pricness and The Frog proves Disney is back and better than ever!

Rating: A or 9.4 out of 10

SYS

Avatar Cometh

Today...Avatar has arrived. And with 83% of the critics raving about it, we can guarantee some good grades coming in from moviegoers! I'll be seeing tomorrow on my birthday, so I'll have a review up soon!

Avatar is palying at over 3,400 theatres and in 178 IMAX places. Real D 3D is also avilable for viewing the movie.

SYS

El Buzz Lightyear Arrivo!

This new image from Toy Story 3 shows us the Spanish Buzz, Jessie and Woody together against a fence. I like the idea of a Jessie and Buzz romance. Surprisingly, Woody dosen't actually look envious...just a bit confused as why 2 polar opposites like each other that much!! Can't wait to see this film!

SYS

Considering Up

Up really has a good shot this year at the Best Picture. In fact, it (along with Precious, Invictus, The Hurt Locker and Up In The Air) is a shoo-in for Best Picture. Now this ad came in today for Variety ,asking the Academy to consider the film for Best Picture and Director!! I dearly hope it gets those nominations, because animation needs this recognition.

SYS

TOnight, WE Celebrate 20 Years of D'oh...

Tonight THe Simpsons turn 20. Congrats to all my deat yellow friends. You desevre such a grand honor!!

SYS

On The Fourth Day of Christmas...

My true love gave to me...

4 Lego SEts

3 Adam Lamberts Dancing

2 Avatar Tickets

And a Playstation 3!

Passing: Jennifer Jones has Died at age 90

Another day, another sad death. Star Jennifer Jones had died in her home at age 90. The highly respected actress shall be missed.

R.I.P.

Marmaduke Has Arrived

The first image from Marmaduke has come in. To keep costs down, it's a real dog, not a CGI dog, thank god. The description it's being carried on is it's a "John Hughes" type movie. Interesting. Maybe I will give it a shot after all.

SYS

Bachelor Ride Halted

Rich Ross ocntinues to destroy Disney as he has stoped Wild Hogs 2. Following his scrapping of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Wedding Banned, this is his 3rd cancellation this month and the 2nd in a week. He really better stop now before he destroys all of Disney's potential cash flow.

SYS

First Class Is Up Next

The next X-Men film has been announced: X-Men Origins: First Class. Even better, Bryan Singer (director of X-Men and X2 and above) will direct. Good news for the franchise and defenitly will give us some quality action come 2012. Jamie Moss is writing a script right now. Exciting.

SYS

I AM IRON MAN 2 TRAILER

The Iron Man 2 trailer has arrived. Watching it, I must say they have another classic here. Mickey Rourke is excellent and War Machine looks awesome. Looks brilliant. Can't wait for May 7, 2010!!

Watch it here.

SYS

Passing: Roy E. Disney

One day after his father's death, Roy Disney has died from stomach cancer. I need to go cry now. I'll have a full article up soon....

*SOB*

Clash of The Posters

Looks like Sam Worthington is at it again. His next action film is a remake of the 1981 film. Above is the poster for it. Watch the trailer for the March 26, 2010 flick on Youtube.

SYS

On The Third Day of Christmas....

My true love gave to me...

3 Adam Lamberts Dancing

2 Avatar Tickets

And A Playstation 3

Wolverine Arrest

Remember how someone leaked Wolverine this past March? Well he wa finally cuaght!! A guy named on the internet as SkillyGilly has been confirmed as the guilty party to have leaked Wolverine. Very glad that justic finally came to fruition.

DVD Reivew: Muppets Letters To Santa

In the past two Muppet TV specials, the Muppets have acted wildly inappropriate and just haven't had the same magic. Have they hit that hillarity this time? Almost. Almost my friends, but...DANG!! They come so close here it's amazing.

Gonzo and pals go off to the post office to dleiver their letters to Santa. However, a mishap there leaves their letters unsent. So, Kermit, Fozzie, Pepe, Rizza and Gonzo head off to the North Pole to give the letters to Santa before it's too late.

The Muppets act much better here. However, they aren't too tame that they don't give a single laugh. They still give off many a-chuckles including a funny bit with Sam the Eagle and letters and Fozzie's jokes (including the return of Wakka Wakka). It's a little too long, but there is still much fun to be had in the Muppets as this movie shows.

Rating: 7.9 out of 10 or B+

SYS

Editorial: Traveling The Globe

I have been asked recently what I think of the Golden Globe nominations that have come out and gotten some bad press. I somewhat agree with the negativity though. Why?

Well, for starters, whoever thought Julia Roberts in Duplicity was worthy of some kind of award was crazy. I'm just glad Jamie Preesly didn't get a nod for Confessions of a Shopaholic! The nods in Best Comedy/Musical reallt stretch good taste. I highly doubt the Oscars are going to give (500) Days of Summer, The Hangover and It's Complicated Best Picture noms. Those slots will be replaced with the notable absent Invictus, Up & A Serious Man.

The male acting nods were much better. Matt Dammon actually deserved both of his noms & Robert Downy Jr. probably needed a nom for Sherlock Holmes. I'm surprised Sigourney Weaver dosen't get a Suporting Actress nom for Avatar, but maybe the Academy will scoop her up.

My bottom line is that these noms are ok, but defenitly not the REAL best ones. There are some awards coming around this blog, so maybe you can see who is really the best of the year!! I'll tune in to the Globes though. After all, Ricky will probably put on a show.

SYS

Inception In Action

Above is the poster for Christopher (The Dark Knight) Nolan's next film Inception. It'll be out in July 2010. Looks nice. Hopefully another trailer will come out to accomadate it.

SYS

May I Borrow Studio Ghilbi?

Hayao Myhizaki's company has new project coming: "The Borrowers"! The man from PRincess Mononoke and Ponyo is supervising it. Hiromasa Yonebayashi shall direct and the film will premiere in 2010 in Japan. Exciting.

SYS

Rob-ing The 7 Seas

Rob Marshall (above) is about to release Nine, but he may have his next project picked out too: Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Despite Dick Cook's outing, Johnny Depp seems on board. In fact, from what I'm hearing, if he stays he can pick the director which is why we're getting such an usual choice for the new Pirates film. I will be interested to see how this works out.

SYS

Toy Story 3 Image and Villain

Above is a new Toy Story 3 image. Very nice looking.

Also, we have our villain for Toy Story 3! I do not have 100% on this, but if we're going by book summary's on Amazon.com and a Lego set that shows this characterr throwing Woody and Ham into a trash compacter, then I'm betting he is the bad guy! His name is Lotso, or Lots-O'-Love Teddy Bear and he is voiced by Ned Beatty. Very nice.

SYS

Iron Man 2 Footage Premiering....

Wedensday, that's when. Entertainment Tonight will have footage and a perhaps the trailer for the big sequel. Can't wait.

SYS

On The Second Day of Christmas

My true lover gave to me...

2 Avatar Tickets

And a Playstation 3

SYS

DVD Reivew: Mickey's Christmas Carol

Mickey Mouse holds a dear place in my heart. So does this special. This was my first encounter with Charles Dickens classic tale and remains one of my favorite adaptations of the aforementioned tale.

The choice of spirits here are really creative and help the flow of the story indefenitly. Scrooge was a new character here and really does well. Mickey Cratchit is another nice choice and when he goes up to Tiny Tim's grave...your heart melts. The animators just make you flat-out cry. It's breathtaking I kid you not.

Disney really did well here and I can see why it has become a Christmas tradition for many. It's a brilliant portrayl of A CHristmas Carol and I hope many could follow this shows example. Superb.

Rating: A or 9.0 out of 10

SYS

For Your Consideration: The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Where The Wild Things Are

These two films relaly deserve Best Picture nominations at the Oscars. Each push boundaries in their kid film boundaries and bring fun and tears anyway. Below are what should be nominatted in the Best Picture category:

Up In the Air
Precious
The Hurt Locker
Invictus
Up
Where The Wild Things Are
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Serious Man
Avatar
Inglorious Basterds



Please Academy, Give all of those films the nominations. I beg you. Break the duldroms.

SYS

TV Review: Prep and Landing

Disney Animation is really coming back. In December 2009, they shall mainly be remebered for the smash hit The Princess and the Frog. But they will also have a mention for the clever Prep and Landing, the next great Christmas classic waiting in the wings.

In this special, Wayne (Dave Foley) is an elf who has done his job as a Prep and Landing elf too long. Sure he helps Santa bring toys by making sure houses are safe, but it's time for change. However, his partner gets a rpomotion that he wanted. Worse yet, he has a new peppy partner named Landy. Together, they encounter a new home that has a problem. A big problem...

Wayne is a fun character rist and foremost. He may be a jerk, but as Santa says at the end: 'Everyone slips on the naughty list very once and a while." Plus, the show is funny. The reindeer launch is a paeticular highlight since it plays like a rocket launch. The two main reinderr are also funny, espicially their reply on how they'll make it through a snowstorm: "By laughing all the way!"



The Prep and Landing missions are also creative. The Ginerbread controls really are fun to watch and all the elves working to get Santa to each house really makes your heart flutter.

Prep and Landing is wonderful and joins many other classics during Christmas. I have said it before, but it bears repeating: Disney is back and better than ever!

Rating: 9.1 out of 10 or A

SYS

Golden Globes Nominees Announced!!

They aren't as big as the Oscars, but with Ricky Gervais hosting them this time around, that could soon change!! Here are the nominations for the Golden Globes:

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company)
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Lionsgate)
Up in the Air (Paramount Pictures)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Tobey Maguire - Brothers

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
(500) Days of Summer (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
The Hangover (Warner Bros. Pictures)
It's Complicated (Universal Pictures)
Julie & Julia (Columbia Pictures)
Nine (The Weinstein Company)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock - The Proposal
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Julia Roberts - Duplicity
Meryl Streep - It's Complicated
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt Damon - The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine
Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Sony Pictures Animation)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Coraline (Focus Features)
The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney Pictures)
Up (Disney•Pixar)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Julianne Moore - A Single Man

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell - District 9
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Michael Giacchino - Up
Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
James Horner - Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
Karen O and Carter Burwell - Where the Wild Things Are

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Cinema Italiano"; Mysic & Lyrics by Mary Yeston - Nine
"I Want to Come Home"; Music & Lyrics by Paul McCartney - Everybody's Fine
"I Will See You"; Music by James Horner and Simon Franglen, Lyrics by James Horner, Sion Franglen and Kuk Harrell - Avatar
"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)"; Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - Crazy Heart
"Winter"; Music by U2, Lyrics by Bono - Brothers

Lord of The Blu

The 4 Lord of The Rings films are coming to Blu-Ray Apri 6 2010. Wow!! They are all coming a 9 Disc Set only on Blu-Ray. These versions are not the Extended Editions. Those will be avilable later, probably when The Hobbit comes out. The 1978 Ralph Bashki Lord of The Rings film will be out on Blu-Ray will be released the same day.

SYS

Simpsons Review: O Brother, Where Bart Thou?

I have been watching The Simpsons for 3 years. However, I have seen all of the episodes. There is no denying the episodes from Seasons 4-10 were the best. Recently, The Simpsons have been in an upturn in creativity. And now, they have done it. They have made one of the greatest episodes in history. This even competes with episodes like Last Exit To Springfield. No, I am not exagerrating.

Here are two lists, the first is a list of things I enjoyed and the second is a list of Cultral Reference.s The Simnpsons haven't used these as of late but they are back baby!!

Enjoyed:
*The Smothers Brothers. They were great and a lot of fun to see them bickering about CBS firing them.
*Charlie, Barts brother he adopts. I thought he actually was cool and had a nice attitude with him.
*The Plow King returning. Barney's phrase: "The Plow King lives!!" made it all the more better.
*Homer's long speech why he likes boys better.
*Nelson mistaken Tic-Tacs.
*Bart's wonderful quote: "Does Obama know about [electricity going out]"

Cultral References:
*Sex and The City-Bart dreams that he'll have 3 sisters and they do a dead-on spoof of the hsow for 50 seconds. Kim Catrall is even there to boot.
*Unwrapped-Huell Howser and Under The Wrpaper. Need I say more?
*Sever V- Bart's nice phrase on how all the Sever films are similar is really like how the Saw films are all equal in plot (and abymalality)
*South Park:

Okay, I need to talk about this genuis bit. Not only were Bart, Milhouse, Ralph and Nelson dressed like South Park characters and they had them in cardboard animation but they gave me the best Simpsons quote ever, hands-down:

[After a phause, Otto pulls up in the school bus. He hits Ralph who's dressed like Kenny.]

Otto: Oh no!! I killed Kenny! Wait..I did that last week! What happened?

Brilliance. Great job you guys. The Simpsons is king of animation once again.

SYS

Avatar Is in 178 IMAX Theatres

The record amount of IMAX theatres a film is played at has been beaten. Which film holds the record? Avatar of course!! Will IMAX box office gross records be set as well? We shall soon see, my friend. We shall see.

SYS

Reviews To Come 3.0

Antoher review Update. I have given Christmas Reviews they're own section.

*Up (Blu-Ray)
*Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
*New Moon
*This Is It
*A Christmas Carol
*Star Trek (Blu-Ray)
*Gone With The Wind (Blu-Ray)
*Harry Potter 6
*Merry Madagascar
*Cars
*The Blind Side
*Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
*2012

*Planet 51
*Forest Gump: Saphire Collection Edition
*G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
*The Wizard of Oz
*Fantastic Mr. Fox
*X-Men Origins: Wolverine
*Land of the Lost
*Old Dogs
*A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
*Night at the Museum 2
*Coraline Collector's Set

*Galaxy Quest
*G-Force
*The Princess and The Frog
*Avatar


Christmas Reviews:
*A Charlie Brown Christmas
*Classic Holiday Collection
*Miracle on 34th Street
*Jack Frost
*I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown
*Snow Buddies
*Elf
*How The Grinch Stole Christmas: Deluxe Edition
**The Year Without A Santa Clause
*Shrek The Halls
*Prep and Landing
*Mickey's Christmas Carol
*Muppets: Letters To Santa
*A Muppets Christmas Carol
*The Polar Express 3D
*The Santa Clause 3-Pack
*Deck The Halls
*It's A Wonderful Life


Notice all the Christmas reviews coming. These are to celebrate the festivities.

SYS (See You Soon)

On The 1st Day of Christmas...

My true lover gave to me....

A Playstation 3

SYS

Editorial: No More Stupid Animal Comedies...Please?

When ALvin and The Chipmunks came out in 2007 it was suspected to be a small hit, maybe make 120 million dollars. But it made 214 million dollars instead. Wow. When that happened Beverly Hills Chihuahua was greenlit. When it was a hit, every studio needed to have a stupid family with a CGI star.

The following have been released or are coming along the lines of Alvin and the Chipmunks:

*G-Force
*Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squequel
*Yogi Bear (2010)
*Tom and Jerry (2011)
*The Berenstain Bears (2011)
*The Smurfs (2011)

And next summer we will have the worst one of them all: Cats and Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore. This is a sequel of Cats and Dogs, that 2003 hit film. And this sequel dosen't use any of the cast from the 1st film. And has some of the stupidest gags ever in history.

So Hollywood...follow Avatar and The Princess and The Frog and make original films and you'll have success. Do not make anymore stupid CGI animal films or I'll explode.

SYS

Box Office: The Princess and The Hit, The Blind Side Barely Falls, Invitus OK, New Moon Keeps Dropping & Lovely Bones Ugly

The Princess and The Frog made 25 million and hit number 1. Although at first this seems bad, it actually could wind up being awesome for Disney. After all, most films in December 6 times the buisness they do on the 1st weekend. This could be like 150 million. It seems 2D could be back for good.

The Blind Side dropped only 19% to 15 million an has now made 150.2 million dollars. It is now the biggest Sports Drama and will be the biggest Sports film soon enough. There's a good chance it'll hit 200 million by the end of the Holiday season.

Invictus had an OK weekend. It only made 9 million, but like The Princess and The Frog will likely hold thanks to huge Oscar talk.

New Moon made 8 million and has now made 267.3 million. A total of 280-285 million is likely to happen.

A Christmas Carol only dropped 11.5% to 6.8 million and has made 124.4 million. It is 1.1 million dollars ahead of The Polar Express at this point.

2012 made 4.4 million and has now made 155 million. It has made nearly 700 million worldwide.



Old Dogs made 4.3 million and a total of 39.9 million.

Up In the Air made 2.4 million and now has a wonderful total of 4 million. It and Precious are right now front-runners in the Oscar race.

The Lovely Bones and A Single Man went into limited release. The Lovely Bones only made 116,000 at 3 theatres and A Single Man made 216,000 at 16 cinemas. The embarrasing part about The Lovely Bones is that it cost 100 million dollars and with bad hype surrounding it, expect a bad outcome for that film.

The weekend made 89 million, the first time in years that the second December weekend was below the 1st December weekend. However, Avatar should change the course of this so far lackluster month.

SYS

Toy Stories In HD

Toy Story 1 & 2 will be soon avilable in Blu-Ray on March 23rd 2010. Sorry if your on DVD, that version will come out on May 18th 2010. Some great stuff are on these discs, including two seperate Sneak Peeks at Toy Story 3, including the story and characters.



This sounds awesome. Can't wait to own these two films. (Apologies to Ultimate Disney for the images)

SYS

Avatar Critical Watch

Avatar is coming in 5 days (excitement!!), but what do the critics think so far? Well, 90% of them have given positive marks, with even Roger Ebert going as far as t osay it's a modern day Star Wars. Outstanding.

Plus, IGN Movies just gave me the best quote of the year:

"Wow. James Cameron pulled it off."

Entertainment Weekly (a magazine I currently am subscribing to), gave it a good B, though says it's climx is "stupendous" .

Great job, James. Can't wait to see the final product.

SYS

DVD Review: Shrek The Halls

Shrek and I have a mixed relationship. The first Shrek was brilliant. So was the second. But the third...ugh. What went wrong? That threequel was one of the worst films of 2007. So when a Christmas special was announced, I groaned. And now it's been on the air for 3 years and I have watched and enjoyed all of those times. So what went right?

The story (Shrek wanting a perfect Christmas for his family) is easily relatable and fun to watch. Of course, the secondary characters come through brilliantly, with Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) getting one of the best scenes and the Gingerbread Man telling a Santa horror story really bringing down the house.

Shrek may need some extra fuel to get past 4 installments, but it's hard to deny the whimsy of this film and the kindness it gives. It's no Rudolph or Prep and Landing, but it's still a great Christmas treat.

Rating: 8.3 out of 10 or B+

SYS

I Think I've Got Whiplash

Another cool Iron Man 2 poster has been released. Mikcey Rourke's comeback couldn't be better.

SYS

Toy Story 3 Image

Toy Story 3 is full speed ahead and a new image has surfaced. Everyone seems happy at their new daycare home here...except Woody. He's probably missing Andy. Don't blame him.

Expect more news, reviews and box office tomorrow. I've been in the acting biz, been at a festival and all. See y'soon.

SYS

Eclipsing To IMAX

New Moon has now made over 250 million dollars, so it's no surprise for the next installment in the series, they wanted to go bigger. Eclipse will now be in IMAX. We are not sure if it'll be in 3D yet.

Tyler Lautner's abs have never looked so good.

SYS

DVD Review: The Year Without A Santa Clause

The Year Without A Santa Clause is one of the best Chirstmas specials and the very defenition of classic. With great songs and loveable characters, it's not hard to see why this has become the classic it is.

Santa feels weary and feels as if no one cares about Christmas anymore. Mrs. Clause sends off two elves, Jingle & Jangles, to see if X-mas is still alive in peoples hearts. Soon, they have to meet Mother Nature to settle Christmas cheer once and for all!!!

The rela stand-outs here are The Miser Brothers who have one of the greatest Christmas songs in creation (they were so popular that they got their own TV special A Miser Brothers Christmas which was quite average). They have great personalities and have great dance moves to boot. They aren't the only reason this special is brilliant (the young boy who comes into play later on in the special is also great). Still, they are a major part as to why this special succeds as a whole.

Overall this is a sure-fire winner with great animation and a real X-mas spirit that'll stay with you all month long.

Rating: 9.4 out of 10 or A

SYS

The Game Is Afoot

Tron was a nice little 1984 film. However, someone decided that it would work well as an action film. This is the 1st poster for Tron Legacy, the sequel to Tron, From the Comic-Con footage I have seen it looks great. The action actually works and I bet it'll look great in 3D. Could be good. Look at the poster above.

SYS

There's Snow Queen Like The Snow Queen

Disney will release this Friday The Princess and The Frog (which is why our name has changed again). They had a film called King of The Elves set for November 2012, but story problems have delayed it to 2013. What'll take it's place?

The Snow Queen, that's what.

The Snow Queen was mentioned as early in 2004, when Diseny Animation was going all CGI after the bombs off Atlantis and Home on The Range. The Snow Queen actually would've followed 2010's CGI musical Rapunzel. However, the new head of Disney Animation (John Lasster) entered and stopped all the projects coming out until that point in their tracks.

I love this idea, and the fact that it will be in 2D like The Princess and The Frog shows Disney is coming back better than ever.

Plus, Disney has a project slated for 2013/2014: Joe Jump. This was another CGI project that was cancelled, but John loves the idea, so he's giving it a retool, a la' Bolt.

This makes me feel much better about Disney Animation. Story comes first. Then, your dolls and such can come rolling in.

Oh, and finally, someone else has joined that 2010 production of Rapunzel. Donna Muprhy will voice the witch in the film. Nice cast choice.

SYS

James Has Already Got A New Project

James Cameron has a new project he's producing acoording to Twitter. Here is what it is:

James Cameron is developing a Shane Salerno-scripted sci-fi action script for Fox, described as an 'event' film set in the future"

Interesting. That James never makes quite projects I guess. He heh.

SYS

Josh Brolin Back In Black

Josh Brolin will be in the new Men In Black 3. It's rumoured he could be replacing Tommy Lee Jones. Is this true??? We shall see soon enough. For now, I await more news on this quite late sequel.

SYS

DVD Review: Galaxy Quest

With a new Star Trek movie all on DVD & Blu-Ray, it seems mildly appropriate to look at the greatest Star Trek spoof: Galaxy Quest.

In the spoof, Galaxy Quest is a TV show that has been off the air for a while, but only 1 star is liking the fame they get: Jason Nesmith (TIm ALlen). However, when an actualy alien race invades, it's up to the whole cast to save the day.

This whole darn thing feels like some real life object due to it's frightningly real portrayl of actors and rabin fans. It's wonderful and the fact that the fans save the day in the end is really brilliant.

I can't imagine no Star Trek fan not enjoying this film thanks to all the fun jokes at Star Trek (the rocking of the ship had me on the floor) and it really is a clever fun ride.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 or B+

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The Worst Holiday Special Ever

Just watch this. If you make it the whole way, I'll pay you.

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Prep And Landing Delayed... Again

I don't know if this is everywhere, but if you're in Texas, Prep and Landing and A Charlie Brown Christmas were delayed because of a Good Morning Texas: How To Buy Gifts edition. Boy, am I angry. It'll re-air Saturday at 3:05 am and 4:05 am.

Wow. ABC is owing me for this. Hopefully, it'll be on Youtube tomorrow.

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10 Days To Avatar!

We're not in Kansa anymore...we're on Pandora!!

In 10 days...Avatar will arrive in IMAX 3D and Digital 3D. If we're to believe the TV spots, this will change films forever!! I doubt that, but this is still an important film!!

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Little High, Little Low, Easy Come, Easy Go

The Muppets are back!! They have a new music video singing Queen's Bohemeian Rhapsody. They sound great and it is wonderful to see them in action again.

Oh... AND THIS IS OUR 100TH POST!!!! WHO-HOOOOOOO!! Great job to all of us here at Doug's Domain!! Celebrate this by watching the video above.

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Coraline: Collectors Gift Set

Coraline comes from Harry Selick, the guy who made The Nightmare Before Christmas and (the lesser-known) Monkeybone. He has a spirit similary to Tim Burton (who produced Nightmare) as his films are all dark worlds and people needing to face these worlds. Coraline exceptionally fits into that category.

The story of this one is Coraline is moving into a new home. She finds inside a new world that facinates her. This world is full of dancing mice and cool versions of her parents. However, there's a sinister reasong behind this world, one that freaked out even me...

The fun thing about the film is that it dosen't dare to let kids get in the way of it's true storytelling. Like Fantastic Mr. Fox and Up, this film mkaes sure it tells it's story perfectly without ever worrying if kids will get scared. The animation (CLay-Motion ehre like Wallace and Gromit) is stunning and really is some of the best I have ever seen. I must say that this makes you wonder if this is an actual
world someone just found.

The 3D is brilliant here and although it may have needed to be a little longer, this is one of the best of the year and a real great film.

Rating: 8.9 out of 10 or A-

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