I Didn’t Like Toy Story 3 As Much As You Did
I grew up on computer animation. Dad would go out and buy or rent any compilation he could find of the stuff and we’d watch it as soon as we brought it home. This was long before movies were almost completely fabricated with it, back when CGI was used for experimental proof-of-concept stuff. So it’s no surprise that at age 11, I was super excited to see Toy Story – my brother and I quoting every line from the trailers as we waited – and it was one of the greatest films I’d ever seen. When Toy Story 2 released an eternity later (four years, anyway), it was far more epic and incredible than the original. Strangely, I had intended to see the third film on opening day, but… I just never did. And when it released on optical media, I just never picked it up ($29.99 for the Blu-ray edition is extortion). So when I found it on Netflix Instant at 2AM, I decided to settle down and finally see it. So are my impressions of the film based on a self-fulfilling prophecy? Read on…
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FEZ Interviews: Screened.com’s Matt Rorie!
I recently had the opportunity to interview Matt Rorie, super cool guy and editor for Whiskey Media’s movie site, Screened. Matt, like the legendary Prometheus, graced us with his fire as I prodded him for insight on life as a movie journalist and more important things: like Babylon 5. Read on after the break!
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Finish Line Let Me Unsubscribe!
Seriously! I bought one thing from Finish Line and I understand that legally they can email me for up to 6 months after I purchased but you are supposed to be able to unsubscribe from those promotional emails. There is nothing in this email that lets me unsubscribe. I clicked on the privacy policy link and there is nothing in there on unsubscribing either. WTF! I finally found on this page what you see above BUT there is nothing in the email below like it says would be there! What am I supposed to do? If I block the email and later on down the road I decide to buy something from them again then I won’t get any confirmations or anything! Read the rest of this article…
Warner Bros and MPAA Pull The Hangover Part II Trailer From Theaters [UPDATED]
Yes, that trailer above which was being shown before Source Code has been pulled with no explanation given. I don’t really see anything wrong with the trailer I mean it’s The Hangover, if you saw the first one you know what it’s about and the MPAA even approved it, see the green card at the beginning? This trailer is #2 and it will be replaced with #3B and will be shown before Scream 4. After the jump you can see the notice from Warner Bros. Read the rest of this article…
Movie Review: Hobo with a Shotgun
It seems odd that while no one went out to see the Tarantino/Rodriguez experiment Grindhouse, everyone seems hot on fleshing out full films from the despicably fake trailers that ran between its double features. Hobo with a Shotgun, the second adaptation of those crazy-ass trailers, is a gory masterpiece. Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) plays the titular crazy hobo who arrives by train in Hope City, desperate to save up enough money to start a lawn mowing business, only to find Hope City isn’t what he thought it would be. Local crime lord and straight-from-a-seventies-game-show-host Drake (Brian Downey) and his two sons, Slick (Gregory Smith) and Ivan (Nick Bateman), rule the town by fear in the most absurd and masochistic displays of violence you will ever see committed to screen. Read the rest of this article…
The Engadget Eight Land, Give Us New Podcast
We made some comments earlier about how Editor-in-Chief Joshua Topolsky’s departure – as well as seven others from Engadget – seemed to signal the beginning of the end for the site. We were right. While the remaining Engadget staff is a great crew, There’s little doubt in my mind that Aol is going to screw everything up and that somehow the exodus has robbed the tech/gadget blog of a lot of its great talent.
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Battlefield Play4Free Has Been Launched
What do we have here? A new Battlefield game thats free to play? That’s right ladies and gentlemen. EA and Easy Studios have teamed up to create a completely free online version of Battlefield using a modified version of Battlefield 2’s engine. But hold on a second. We’ve all been told by our mother or father that nothing in life is ever free. Well. They were right.
Find out more and a trailer after the break!
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Game Informer Has An Hour-Long Documentary On Volition
I’ve played more Descent than I can remember. And its sequel. And Freespace. And its sequel. My point is that I’ve always had a soft spot for Volition, Inc. On a trip to Champaign, Illinois to break us all the coverage about Saints Row: The Third, Game Informer managed to turn a series of interviews with the team into an hour-long documentary about the 18-year history of Volition.
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James Cameron Seeks To Make Movies Look Crappier
Dear James Cameron,
It was pretty awesome when you made Terminator 2 because you proved to us that an insanely-budgeted, explosion-filled flick with a super-popular actor playing a killer robot could be pulled off. It was cute when you did Titanic with another insanely high budget (and a partially nude Kate Winslet) and made all that money. It was silly when you did Avatar, made even more money, and inspired a legion of knock-off films with 3D effects that some of us can’t even see. With this new thing, though… c’mon now.
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