How fitting that this Resident Evil movie is called Degeneration, because that’s what I think about the CG animation in this movie. Fans of the game will enjoy this, but the CG animation and the voice acting really put a damper in a movie that’s just another rehash of an “unknown infestation spreads while our heroes have to stop the evil corporation” storyline; only this time, it starts out at an airport. Didn’t I see this in Flight of the Living Dead?…

 

I had little knowledge about this movie before its release. Once I found out that it was directed by David Fincher and was based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I got excited. This would also be the third time that Brad Pitt and David Fincher would be working together. I’m not much of a bookworm, but since it was based on the short story, I had enough time to read it before the movie came out. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is a story about a man who was born old and in time grows …

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I knew nothing about this movie coming in for the world premiere. It was a chance for me to meet Uwe Boll for a Q&A before the movie. I was disappointed to find out that he was doing the Q&A via a webcam. The event was being held at Downtown Independent, which was holding an Uwe Boll festival, a two-day marathon of his works including Far Cry, Postal, BloodRayne and Alone in the Dark.

As much as it pains me to say it, this movie is pretty decent. Tunnel Rats is a movie that came out of left field from one …

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I meant to review Sex Drive months ago when I first saw it, but it came and went so fast I totally forgot to do so at the time.  I saw Sex Drive near the end of its theatrical run after some high praise and recommendations from people who had already seen it but still didn’t expect much from it.  It looked like a run of the mill teen sex comedy to me, and it many ways it really is.  The plotting (stolen right from Eurotrip/Road Trip) is nothing special, and even some of the characters are based on other characters …

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Attended the blu ray community screening for the Dark Knight where Christopher Nolan was answering questions from the fans. To tell you the truth, most questions could have been answered by watching the behind the scenes featurettes. Some questions had obvious answers such as:

“Why do you think Ledger’s performance as the Joker is so beloved by critics and fans alike”
and

“How was it shooting in Chicago”

I wish they didn’t filter the questions too badly. I was really wondering about the inconsistencies about the movie such as Batman always getting knocked out while being perfectly fine falling from his …

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Christopher Nolan, the director of Dark Knight will have a community screening tomorrow at, 12/18/08, at 6pm, pacific time. First 100,000 people registered to the event will have access to the screening through their blu ray players. Click here to register and find out the details. This will be my first community screening but from what I understand, you can ask questions while the movie is playing and the director will answer. I’m sure it’ll be filtered out but hopefully Nolan will give hints about the third movie and some insight what went on behind the scenes. I’ll be going to …

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I was excited to watch Keanu in a role that only he can play so well in The Day the Earth Stood Still. But with poor reviews pouring in from friends and critics, I was hesitant. I’ve heard about Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino movie and saw that it was out in select theatres in New York and Los Angeles, so I had to go there and check it out. I just couldn’t miss a chance to see Clint Eastwood harass punk kids.…

Went to Best Buy at Orange, CA for Dark Knight’s midnight release. About 70 people were in line. The ratio of male to female was about 6 to 1. This really was a nerd event. Here’s the video of the line:…

There’s so many exclusives for Dark Knight on DVD & Blu Ray that I’m getting confused. Below is a list of the exclusives and the prices from the major retailers. Thanks to Speedy from cheapassgamer.com for the early prices. The prices are for the exclusives, not the regular DVD set.

Best Buy:
They have the most exclusives, including figures and masks and joker trading cards. The Joker figure looks pretty cool but probably not worth the $10 price tag. The masks are crap.

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DVD: Dark Knight 1 Disc comes with free Joker cards – $14.99…

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Lets get this out of the way first, The Dark Knight more than lives up to the hype. It’s beautifully filmed, extremely well-acted and edited, and its a thrilling experience from start to finish. It has shades of great crime dramas like Heat and Goodfellas, but it’s still a superhero film, so comparing it to others in the same genre seems more apt to me. It even makes Iron Man (which was a fine, entertaining film) look weak. …