Film Review: The Blind Side

Let me get something straight from the start. I don't know quarterback from a pile of quarters. I do not like football. That being said, I loved The Blind Side.

This is the true story about NFL quarterback Michael Ore. Michael is abandoned and homeless when the Thooeys find him. They take him in and adopt him as one of their own. Soon, both Michael and the Thooeys lives are changed forever as Michael shows skills and determination.

This film may be heartfelt, but there's plenty of laughs, particularly Sandra Bullock's character, who's feisty and rough, but soft underneath. Tim McGraw plays her husband. You don't see him a lot, but he's okay. The two standouts are Jae Head (he plays Sandra and Tim's son) and Quinton Aaron as Michael Ore. Both are exceptional.

The film touched me in ways only a few (like Up and Where The Wild Things Are) have done this year. In the best part, Michael Ore savess the Thooeys sons life from an airbag during a car crash. It's a provacative moment that touches your soul.

Rating: A- or 8.9 out of 10

P.S. At the end, Tim McGraw's hit song Southern Voice plays. I love country, so that was just the icing on the cake for this chocolate cream pie film.

SYS

Kat Dennings Joins Thor

Kat Dennings has joined 2011's Thor as Darcy, who will work with Thor's girlfriend. She joins a cast consists of Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and possible Robert De Niro and Jude Law among many others.

I always enjoy Marvel's films and I am intrigued by such a cast as this one. Thor will arrive on May 20, 2011, possible in 3D. Can't wait.

SYS

The Hobbit Has Begun

The Hobbit script has been completed. It seems that, acoording to Peter Jackson, that the Hobbit has it's first films script completed. They are working on the second film as well. The Hobbit will NOT be in 3D, despite Peter Jackson liking the format. Ian McKellen will be in The Hobbit as Gandalf, by the way, so good news all around for the film.

Also, Peter says Steven Spielberg's Tintin films are done filming and just need some animation to be completed and it'll be done. That film comes out on Christmas Day, 2011.

Very exciting sounding projects. Can't wait to see how these movies turn out.

SYS

Blu-Ray Review: X-Men Origins Wolverine

The X-Men franchise is an odd one. It started ok with X-Men, then became classic with X2, then good with X-Men 3 and now it's wonderful. This may not be as good as X2, but it's still good.

This time, Wolverine has a lost lover and learns that there is more to the mutant world than he ever thought..

Hugh Jackman is wonderful in this and I think he does some great work here, as does Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. I wish Tyler Kitsh could have done more as Gambit, but that is what sequels are for, I guess. Danny Huston seems slightly wooden as Stryker, the evil mutant handler, but the same can't be said for Leiv Schrieber, who is excellent all the way through.

The visuals are ok, I think some needed more work. The main reason I liked this film though was because it has a really bad guy being the one you root for. He is an animal and he can't deny it any longer. Wolverine is the perfect embodiment of hat evil part of the human soul.

Rating: B+ or 7.7 out of 10

SYS

Blu-Ray Review: Harry Potter 6

Now this was a really boring flick. It's hard to compare it to Twilight, since in it's original November 2008 date it would have been come out before Twilight, but man it seems all the romance in this film has come form Twilight!

The story this time around, is that Harry Potter and Dumbledore have to stop Voldemort soon. They leanr of a powerful secret that may help them...or destroy them. Meanwhile, love abounds as 45 minutes are spent trying to get all the boys and girls together.

This film may be 159 minutes, but it still feels short. There is never any realy ending it just...ends. I felt at the end like we needed a little more meat. There is some good acting here as well by Michael Gambon and Jim Broadbent and Dnaiel Radcliffe, but a few others stink without a trace.

This franchise is one of the greatest in history, so one average installment can be forgiven. I am excited for the Deathly Hallows films next year and in 2011, but for now, this weak adventure just dosen't seem to represent what Harry Potter really means.

Rating: C+ or 6.1 out of 10

SYS

3D Film Review: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol is amazing. It is a terrific film, but before we indulge into that, let me give you a brief summary of the animation used here.

The animation in the film is Mo-Cap which is when actors dress in black suits and have their movements recorded on CGI characters. Examples of this are Gollum from Lord of The Rings and Na'avi in the upcoming Avatar.

Robert Zemeckis (the director) has now made 3 films in this format: The Polar Express, Beowulf and now A Christmas Carol, his best since Cast Away.

We all know the tale, so let me get to the point: this film is something to marvel at. There have been god knows how many adaptations of this story, and yet this never feels like it is a retread. On the contrary, this feels like you'll remember this singular tale for Christmas's to come.

Jim Carrey astounds as Scoorge (in all of his ages) and The 3 ghosts that haunt him. He really puts a fine job here and I think it's my favorite performance of him ever. He really seems to be having a lot of fun as these 4 characters. Bob Hoskins is nice as Cratchit and Fezziwig and Colin Firth is delightful as Fred, Scrooge's nephew. Robin Wright Penn is even in here as Scrooge's old girlfriend Blle, though she doesn't get to do much.


I haven't really like Mo-Cap until now. The Polar Express frightened me with it's zombie like humans and Beowulf just seemed out of place with it's actors and characters. Here all of that has been fixed with even the yes looking much better. It feels more genuine than ever before.



Another good thing is that most of this film is straight from the book by Charles Dickens. Scenes that aren't in most adaptations are in here and don't feel tacked on.

I have just noticed now that I have gone on for a while just praising this film to the high heavens, but it really is a grand christmas joy. I say, see this film the holiday season or your Christmas just won't be complete.

Rating: A or 9.4 out of 10

SYS

Chris Weitz Says New Line Didn't Have A Moral 'Compass'

Chris Weit (diector of New Moon and above) has just come out about the notorious bomb that was The Golden Compass. He has stated it was a horrible experience and that they ruined the film. He goes on to say they removed him from the editing process.

Quite frankly, both of his films were horrible. But if he can come out that Golden Compass was bad, maybe one day he'll come out and say that New Moon was bad.

Speaking of Twilight, I'll be removing my cool name tomorrow. I love it too, but we need to get back to ordinary matters.

Long live Doug's "I Hate Twilight" Domain!

SYS

Simpson Review: Pranks and Greens

Pranks and Greens was about Bart finding out that he wasn't the best prankster ever. As funnily put by Skinner, he may be the best of his era, but not of all-time. The prankster turned out to be none other than...Andy Hamilton (Jonah Hill). It turns out Bart thinks Andy needs a life, so he helps Andy get a job with Krusty.

Jonah Hill is a good comedian and he does well here (Seth Rogen, his somewhat partner guest starred in this seasons premiere, just as a note). I also felt that a lot of good gags were in here like the exploding pen, Andy's hair, Swim Teacher Willie, the names of the pranks and by far the best joke of the season Krusty's things he couldn't do. Among them were: "I won't see screenplays, I won't give a rising star his first break, won't give an old hack his last break...".

There was also a B plot in this episode. Marge decided to get more healthy so she went shopping at a local health food market. I like the whole health food rotting in seconds gag and the Lard Glug drink. However, it must be admitted that everything else was filler, tohugh funny filler.

This was nice episode, another classic for this nearly 20 year old show. After last weeks dud I was worried. But now, I see they are back on track. Good job you guys! Really liked this one!!

Overall: A- or 8.7 out of 10

They Call Me Mellow Yellow (Submarine)

A Yellow Submarine remake is being made by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump and a Christmas Carol). It will be in Motion Capture and there will be auditions!! Go to Jimhillmedia.com for complete info. I couldn't try out. I just can't do Paul well at all.

Speaking of Mo-Cap, I'll be seeing A Christmas Carol today. I will hvae a review up soon.

SYS

Film Review: New Moon

Last year, I gave Twilight an F+ and called it one of the worst films of the year. However, it did make 192 million dollars, so cue sequel (and trumpets). This time, Edward leaves Bella and this igves Jacob time to enter Bella's life. And they go overseas. To be honest, I fell asleep a few times.

The only thing good about the film is visually, it's mediocore. Some fur looks good and a werewolf is kind of cool anywhere. Oh, and Dakota Fanning is at least trying. The rest seem to know 'I will do 2 more of these so I can just rub it off'. They make Hayden Christian from the Star Wars prequels look like Sean Penn.


But you all knew I hated this movie before you read this review. So go see it if you want to waste 2 hours of your life, go ahead. If not...AVOID!!

Rating: D- or 3.6 out of 10

SYS

Blu-Ray Review: G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

We've already covered Hasbro's first toy-to-film of 2009, so I thought to rewatch G.I. Joe. God help us all, but I also enjoyed this one and felt like it was a lot of fun.

This time, the toys that are live-action are the Joes, a top secret government co-op group. They hire Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (One of The Wayon Bros.), two guys who have a connection with the antagonist: The Baroness. General Hawk (Dennis Quaid) hires them to hunt The Baroness and her team The Cobra down along with Snake Eyes and a few others.

This has breakneck action, something that it continues from it's "brother": Transformers. Soon, we will have Monopoly and Battleship films (Battleship is slated for 8/5/11)., but this may be the last one that really has reasoning behind it to become a big blockbuster. I liked Snake-Eyes and a rare thing happened in here: Character development!! GASP!! You don't see that in regular boom-boom films these days!!

Although it does feel slight cliched mainly in the diolauge (At one point a chartacter says "The Joes will not stop us this time." I kid you not.) It still is a great time. For any needing a little testosterone, this is the genuine aticle for you.

Rating: B+ or 8.6 out of 10

SYS

The Short List For Oscar Shorts

The following are all the shorts that will be competing in the race for Best Short Film. I think either Wallace and Gromit or Partly Cloudy will take home this statue!

The shorts are:

* “The Cat Piano,” Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation)
* “French Roast,” Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films)
* “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty,” Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh O’Connell, producer (Brown Bag Films)
* “The Kinematograph,” Tomek Baginski, director-producer (Platige Image)
* “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte),” Javier Recio Gracia, director (Kandor Graphics and Green Moon)
* “Logorama,” Nicolas Schmerkin, producer (Autour de Minuit)
* “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” Nick Park, director (Aardman Animations Ltd.)
* “Partly Cloudy,” Peter Sohn, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
* “Runaway,” Cordell Barker, director (National Film Board of Canada)
* “Variete,” Roelof van den Bergh, director (il Luster Productions)

Love the shorts here. I'll post a few of them from Youtube. By the way, if you want the video's in full screen, just click on the video. You will go to the video's webpage and you can go full screen there.

SYS

Film Review: Planet 51

Planet 51 is not one of the worst films of the year, but it is one of the most forgettable. In fact, there isn't much that can be said about the film except...meh.

The plot is cute though. A human has come to an alien planet. The aliens are stuck in a 1950's america type world, so aliens (or humans) are on their minds. When the human named Chuck (Dwayne Johnson) lands, he meets Lem (Justin Long). Soon, it's race against time to get Chuck back to his space module before it's too late.

Again, besides, a nice supporting character named Rover (Very adorable. He's a little space rover that acts like a dog), there really isn't much that can be said about the film. The voices seem a bit under par and the animations kind of weak. When there isn't much laughter in a kids film, you know your in trouble.

I guess the bottom line is this: if you need the kids entertained in the car when your going on that 4 hour drive, Planet 51 is perfect for that occasion. It also might look good on Blu-Ray. Other than that, there isn't much to be said except it's just average.

Rating: C or 6.3 out of 10

SYS

New Moon a Boon, 2012 Holds, Blind Side Comes To the Front, Precious as Ever and Disney Caroling to the Bank!!

New Moon made 140 million dollars this weekend, the 3rd biggest weekend ever, beating Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest for that honor. IT also made 36,000,000 dollars at each of it's 4024 theatres. New Moon also holds the not so good honor of the 2nd time that half of the money it made in 3 days came from Friday alone.

Meanwhile, The Blind Side made 34.3 million, a sum no one expected. 2012 held well, with 26 million. It has grossed 108 million now.

Precious made 11 million and went up 120.2%. This is quite a rare thing, so congrats, congrats. Finally, A Christmas Carol has made 79.7 million, on par with The Polar Express at this point.

The weekend overall made 248 million, the 2nd biggest weekend ever.

SYS

George and A.J.

George and A.J., two small characters from Up, have their own short film! It's in storyboard, so there is no complete CGI like Up. However, it's still clever. Wish it could've been on the Blu-Ray.

Watch it while you can. Might leave the internet soon.

SYS

Blu-Ray Review: Star Trek

J.J. ABrams has made many-a classic things this decade. Lost, Alias and Mission Impossible 3 (the former is probably at the bottom fo the classics though). You would think though, J.J. would be horrid to create the film. He didn't even know what Tribbles were!! HE...DIDN'T...KNOW....WHAT.....TRIBBLES....WERE!!! However, he's the best thing that's happened to this franchise sincE Khan was shouted.

In this reboot, Kirk finds himself joining Starfleet Academy with Bones, Spock Uhuara and Sulu and soons learns of aa time-traveling Romulan who plans to use an Elder Spock for his own datardly deeds...

This film has some great visuals, but it's the comedy, heart and action that just blow you away. Spock is truly heartfelt here and comedy comes in spades, mainly thnaks to Scotty played by Simon Pegg. (surprisingly, Tyler Perry is in here, but dosen't crack a smile!!) The opening, like Up, is worth any price alone to see. It's wonderful and very real. You feel like your in the midst of the great Star Trek battle.

This is easily the best Star Trek film ever and, honestly, I'm excited to see what a sequel might bring to the table. Warp speed to your nearest store to pick up this grand item.

Rating: A- or 8.8 out of 10

SYS

Pranks and Greens Tonight!

A new Simpsons will air tonight called Pranks and Greens. It airs at 7:00 on FOX. I'll have a review up tomorrow for it.

In this one, Bart learns of the best prankster in Springfield: Andy Hamilton (Jonah Hill). Soon, Andy needs Bart's help to get a job and Bart realizes what it truly means to be a hooligan.

Sounds like a good time. I hope to see good ratings for it as well.

SYS

New Moon Has Gone All The Way

New Moon has made 72 million on Friday and may make as much as 135 million over the weekend. That 72 million put it as the biggest Friday opener ever.

This is both sad and amazing. Oh well. I'll have a review up tonight. So keep coming back, we'll have full box office and reviews.

SYS

Clash of The Titans Trailer

Here is another trailer. I'll be gone for tomorrow. Out of town. But I'll be back soon with Star Trek, Christmas Carol and New Moon reviews.


SYS

Review: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

I think each Ice Age film represents a new genre. The first one was drama, the second comedy and this one is action. Still, this is the weakest one yet, though far better than Shrek 3.

This time, Manny and Ellie are having a baby and Sid is looking for friendships. He finds some eggs and learns they are dinosaurs!! Soon, they land in a land of dinosaurs and have to escape with Buck a 1-eyed weasel (Simon Pegg).

I think this was okay, but a little too long. Still, the voices are fun (Though Ray Ramono is a little too soft.) The animation is great but 3D seems to be intentionally placed which is anooying.

Overall, it's okay, but needs work, although it is a fun ride.

Overall: 7.7 out of 10 or B

SYS

A Blog To Follow and What's Coming

As you all know, video's have entered our blogosphere. True, we're only 3 days old, but still this blog is starting to become the most talked about in the area. Tehre will be more video's, I can promise you that. In fact, come tomorrow for a video of the Avatar trailer. You will enjoy that and go see A Christmas Carol to see it in 3D.

Speaking of Christmas Carol, we will have that review up tomorrow. Ice Age 3, Planet 51 and Star Trek reviews will be up over the weekend. Star Trek mania will begin tomorrow with the trailer either tomorrow or Saturday and the review up shortly after that.

Goodness knows I'll be busy. On top of all that, our biggest review ever will be up. That'll be on New Moon. Check back Monday to see if bombed or is the dawn of a new era for the small company called Summit Entertainment.

Finally, check out Blue Sky Disney. They may not update daily, but they have nice news on Disney films and parks.

See you all over the weekend. Check back for tons of reviews.


SYS

Oprah Has Left The Building

Oprah Winferey will end her talk show. When? September 9, 2011.

Wow. The most watched cable talk show in American history is going to end. This sort of mirrors what happened in 2003, when Jay Leno announced he would be ending in a few years. Let's pray she gets better stuff then ol' Jay did after The Tonight Show.

Wish you well Oprah. Wish you well.

SYS

DVD Review: Cars

Cars is one of PIXAR's most unloved films, solely because it's probably only enjoyed by people living it rural, like me. The film is about a race car named Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) who comes into the town of Radiater Springs and learns about the good life while falling in love with Sally (Bonnie Hunt).


This is one touching and funny film. True, it's no Up or Ratatouille, but it's still one of their most funny films ever, thanks to Larry th Cable Guy as Mater. The world here is quite open for a sequel, which they will give the film in 2011 (the title is Cars: World Gran Prix).

The animation is stunning, even by today's standards. This is one of the best animated films ever and another notable film from PIXAR's catalouge (all of their film's are notable actually).

Rating: A- or 8.8 out of 10

SYS

It (Isn't) Old Hat(ter) By Now

ALice In Wonderland looks great, but that's only because of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Johnny certainly looks like he's going gung-ho for this, so perhaps an Oscar nomination could be in here.

This film comes out on March 5th, 2010. This isn't a remake, by the way.

The Moon Has Almost Risen..

New Moon has surpassed The Dark Knight in ticket sales. Yes, The Dark Knight.This is..weird. I gave the first film an F, but I will still see the sequel. Let's hope it's better, like The Empire Strikes Back or X2.

By and by, Eclipse (the 3rd Twilight film) won't have teaser on New Moon. That'll arrive on Sherlock Holmes.

SYS

How To Train Your Dragon Trailer

Yes, we have video's now. Don't go into convulsions yet. We still have plenty left to do for you. Just watch this trailer for a very promising film.

SYS

Film Review: Gone With The Wind

Gone With The Wind is a film I love with all my soul. You already know the grand plot of the War and the down home country, so let me just get to this point:

* The sets pieces are great. They don't make things that great anymore.

* Acting is splendid, ten-fold. The greatest actors alive today could learn many things from these people.

* Greatest line in history: "Rhett, Rhett, Whatever shall I Do, Wherever Shall I Go" and "Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give A Dang"

If you don't have this in your collection by the end of this year (thanks to Blu-Ray), then I'm sorry, your not a film fan. Your nothing!!

Rating: A+ or 10.2 out of 10

SYS

Hamishing It Up At The Oscars

Hamish Hamilton (the one doing the surfer pose) will direct the Oscars this year. Come March 2nd, we will see if he can do a good job.

By the way, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are hosting. Duo hosting hasen't been done in a while, so this should be something quite interesting. The OScars should be fun to watch. Now if Up could just get in the Best Picture category..

SYS

Film Review: Michael Jackson's This Is It

Michael Jackson is a genuis, but it must be said that this film dosen't give what we the audience nor even the great MJ himself would've wnated. We get to only peek at something...something brilliant. There should've been more to this than what we get.

Unless you've been on Mars for the past 6 months, than you haven't heard of Michael Jackson dying. This was going to be his last concert, but his passing stopped it dead in it's tracks. Now his last few hours are on film for the world to see.

As I said above, this film probably could've been so much more. Yet, it feels like your getting only the whipped cream of a chocolate cake. Cream is fine, but you really want the nice tasty stuff. Don't get me wrong, some of the musical numbers in here like Billie Jean are must see's for anyone. But really, this could've been so much more that it isn't. Wish it could have been so much more that it isn't.

Rating: B- or 6.9 out of 10

SYS

Meatballs of Clay

A very funny film is coming out on January 5th, 2009. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. When it comes out, we will have a review, don't wory even a split second about that!!

SYS

Things Could Get Bessie

Some new cars are coming, but Bessie is among the ones that have me really excited. That's Bessie above. Man, she's been overdue, but better late than never, I always say.

More reviews to come.

SYS

TV Review: Merry Madagascar

This is one of those times where TV ratings baffle me. Besides one character *possibly* being durink, I cannot imagine why this isn't G. Other than that minor quibble, there isn't much to be said about Merry Madagascar except that it's alright.

You have likely seen the two Madagascar films. This takes place between the two, when they hurt Santa Clause (GASP!!) , give him amnesia, and then have to save Christmas. A bit cliche' of a plot? Oh yes. This whole thing has been done before. But at least it's a little cute.

The whole cast has returned, including Ben Stiller, though not Sacha Baron Choen (Bruno). There is a few very funny things, like a claustrobia line, Santa's gifts to the 4 main animals and the Russian reidneer (They belong to Santa) and their war with the penguins. Some good stuff there. It's way better than the made for money only second Madagascar, so maybe this is a step in the right direction for the franchise which will become a trilogy in 2012.

Rating: B or 7.3 out of 10

SYS

Note: You can see this again on December 11, 2009 or buy it only at Wal-Mart on DVD.

A Fox On Your House Sir!!

Just as a note, the biggest per theatre average for an animated film in the 21st Century (So far) has been set by Fantastic Mr. Fox. It has opened in 4 cinema's this past weeekend and made 260,000 overall this weekend and 65,000 at each cinemae it played at. It will be in 5 theatres this weekend and expand to over 2,400 theatres on November 25.

My opinion? Looks ok. The second trailer looks alright. Go here to watch it. Just click on Trailer 2#.

I will have a review up soon, probably next week once we get the 6 other reviews up for this week. Let's hope Wes Anderson can fulfill anything we hoped he could achieve.

SYS

Just a Note...

A review for Merry Madagascar is coming!! Do not worry! Expect that tonight. Also, I will have some new reviews like A Christmas Carol and This Is It up over the weekend. Tonight tho, ugh, it is all about Merry Madagascar and some interesting film news.

SYS

Review: Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had tons of anticipation. Did it live up to all of that hype? Almost. Almost, but better than anything else that has come along with such hype.

The plot is about Sam Whitwicky, a boy from California, who wants to go to college, but finds that the Transformers have a new robot to fight: The Fallen. He soon becomes more than they ever could have dreamed thanks to the Matrix, a powerful object that destroys suns. It's up to Sam, Optimus Prime and Mikela (Megan Fox) to stop The Fallen and Megatron once and for all.

Let me get something to Michael Bay (the director) right now: this didn't need to be 154 minutes long. More like 130 minutes. A lot like The Twin robots and some love bits easily could have been deleted. However, this film has tons of action, enough to keep someone like me in such a good mood that people will think he's gone mad. Optimus Prime is a technical marvel, as is Devastator, a 120 foot robot made up of 7 robots!!

The film may have needed osme cuts, but it isn't like it is the first one to need usch things. It isn't better than the first Transformers, but it's sure good nonetheless.

Rating: B+ or 8.1 out of 10

SYS

The Animation Genre Is Expanding

It seems the Golden Globes found that 17 animated films are trying to get into the Best Animated Feature Category, so there will be 5 nominees!! Just last week, the Oscars noted that 22 animated films would be in the running, so we will have 5 films competing there too!!

The excitement is bubbling. In a few days I will discuss the Oscars and this category. LEt's see if something like Coraline (above) or Ponyo can take a nomination.

SYS

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN....You FInd The Actor That's Playing Khan?

Star Trek was one of the biggest films of this year, and likely one of my favorites too. Now, they are working on a sequel. Khan may be in it. Who will play him?

Nestor Carbonell, who is on Lost, another J.J. Abrams project (J.J. directed Star Trek and produced Cloverfield and Fringe).

Also, Chris Pine (Kirk) and John Cho (Sulu) say they will return, with more emotional roles. Warp speed there, Sulu!

SYS

Blu-Ray Review: Up

PIXAR is probably the greatest company in the world solely because of the way they push boundaries (of course, 10 masterpieces don't hurt either). This time, an old man named Carl Fredrickson (Ed Asner) decides to tie balloons to his house, only to find an asian boy scout trapped to his house. They arrive in South America, only to find a "talking" dog there and a female peacock who they name Kevin. Soon, an evil mastermind turns out to be behind a terrorfying truth in the jungle and Carl must stop him.

The best part about the film is that it has such emotion...you must be made of stone if your not crying in the first 10 minutes when Carl's wife dies. Strangely, this is also PIXAR's funniest film to date, besides being their saddest. I felt overjoyed when Dug the Dog was speaking.. SQUIRELL!!.. because he's very random. The villain, Charles Muntz (Christopher Plummer), is also fun, at first seemingly just a nice guy and then becomes someone truly evil.

There is so much more that I could say about the film (the animation is perfect), but I think you need to discover the rest of the film on your own. Just as a note, this iflm has a short film on it, Partly Cloudy and a new short only on DVD and Blu-Ray: Dug's Special Mission.

Rating: A or 9.7 out of 10

SYS

Get Up!!

Up and Merry Madgascar are the numero uno priority for the reviews today!! Expect them soon. Above is Dug the Dog from Up. This site and him have the same name!! SQUIRELL!!


Watch out for reviews. They are a-coming.

SYS

Merry Madagascar

By the way.. if your in the mood for early christmas cheer, watch Merry Madagascar tonight on NBC. I will have a review for it tomorrow. Good night.

SYS

Reviews To Come

To ensure no confusion, we will have reviews to come in this section. I will update daily and every month will make a new post to show what reviews are coming. When a review is up, a hyperlink will get you to the review.


On our review calander:

*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
*A Charlie Brown Christmas
*Fantastic Mr. Fox
*X-Men Origins: Wolverine
*Land of the Lost
*Old Dogs
*A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
*Classic Holiday Favorites
*Miracle on 34th Street
*Jack Frost

More to come. Keep reading.

SYS (See You Soon)

Film Review- 2012

Roland Emmerich directs this film. He has destroyed the world with lizards, aliens (twice!!) and global warming. Now it's time for the ultimate rapture. 2012. But first, let me just say something. This may not be the best review for the film because I'm biased. I adore disaster films because they pit ordinary people at Holy Moly circumstances. Volcano and Amraggeddon and The Towering Inferno are among the best disaster films and 2012 joins them.

The film is about an author and limo driver played by John Cusack who's divorced and having a rough patch in his life. On a vacation to Yellowstone Park with his kids, he meets Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who knows that the world will end on December 21, 2012. He takes his family (and his ex-wives new boyfriend) off to China, where ships are being made...and the population has begun to spread there in hopes of solace.

This is a great film with wonder ful visuals (astounding water) and great iconic moments (The JFK aircraft carrier rides on a tsunami and crashes into the White house). This film is not one to be missed. I would recommend it immediatly.

Rating: A- or 8.9 out of 10.

SYS (See You Soon)

Collecting...Collecting..It's Such A Simple thing!!

Not only is my life mainly about film and the internet, but it is also about Cars.

Most of you have seen the 2006 film from the animation god PIXAR. Well, those toys have become an obessession for me. Up above is Nelson Blindspot (Apologies to Takefiveaday for their image use), a car to be relaesed in March. They have so many, it makes me dizzy with happiness.

Go to Takefiveaday, by the way. They have some terrific Cars news there.

SYS (See You Soon)

Avatar is coming in 31 days!!

A very big film is coming in 31 days..AVATAR! I have been tracking this film for quite a while, so it'll be interesting to see if this lives up to my expectations.

The story is just about a man named Jake Scully who becomes an Avatar, who look like an alien species called the NA'avi. HE has to interact with the Na'vi and betray them. But he soon develops feelings for this race, including the hard-core female Neytri.

See it in 3D December 18th 2009. Watch the trailer on Yahoo Movies. Just search Avatar.

Cannot wait.

Doug's Domain

Welcome readers to the first post on Doug's Domain. We will have film news, interviews and reviews galore!! Feel free to check the archives for other reviews and such. Check daily...we update soon.

Come and stay awhile. You will like it here!! I promise!!