Worth the wait! I managed to get a lot of amazing shots while out hiking this weekend. Here are a couple I thought I would share. Enjoy. Click on the photo to enlarge to full size.

Inside Man - Awesome movie. How can you go wrong? Clive Owen, Jodie Foster and Denzel Washington! Great bank robbery story, it truely is the perfect crime. Definite purchase, you are going to need to watch it a couple of times... just that cool.

The Family Stone - I bought this on Sunday and watched it. Worth every penny. Too many plot lines to describe but the director did a great job of bringing it all together. Family mayhem, a little humor and a little sadness all roled into one. Definite rental.

The Matador - Good story but not as good as I had hoped. An aging assassin going through a mid-life crisis finds a friend in a strugling business man. Both of them help each other get through some rough patches in their lives. Pick it up as a rental.

The hills have eyes - 2006 Remake. I think Wes Craven is losing his touch. I didn't find this movie entertaining or scary. It did make me want to vomit a couple of times though. Maybe the original was better, but I have no desire to see it now. Don't bother with this one.

I tried to watch Good Night, and Good Luck last night but it seemed kind of serious and I got about 10 minutes in and had to turn it off. Will re-attempt closer to the end of the week.

So now, not only do we all have 2 great movies to look forward to next year... Spiderman 3, Transformers... I have another to add to the list.

Turtles, Ninja Turtles

Enjoy!

One of the first things I do in the morning after getting up, showering and dressing is read as much movie news as possible. This helps feed my movie addiction. There was sooooo much news today, not all good mind you but I thought I would share a few.

As you may remember from my previous post about American Pie: Band camp or the teen porn as I like to call it, the review wasn't good. I have purchased this film to, I had hoped, COMPLETE the collection. Apparently I was wrong. CNN today said that American Pie: The Naked Mile (that's right, number 5) started filming in Toronto back in June. WHY... WHY?? This is torture. Being a collector this (surely to be another awful teen porn) will need to be added to FINALLY complete the collection. Really, how long can they keep going? I mean Cruel Intentions stopped after 3, The Skulls stopped after 3, or have I spoken too soon? Anyway, the story for the 5th Pie follows Erik Stifler's (Stiffmisters younger brother again) quest to lose his virginity before he graduates from high school. Hmm sounds very similar to the first movie...

Director Steven Spielberg did an interview last friday with SpielbergFilms.com where he talked about Indiana Jones 4 and a couple other "in the works" films. Check out the article Here. What about Tintin Mr Spielberg, I know you hold the rights. How about a live action? Common!

As a personal note I am starting Season 8 of Stargate SG1. Both season 10 of SG1 and season 3 of Atlantis started last week so I am in a mad rush to try and catch up before they get too far in.

Being sick yesterday I took advantage of the downtime to catch up on some more movies. I watched 4 that is right FOUR movies in between the cups of tea and chicken noodle soup.

Eight Below - Starring Paul Walker, Jason Biggs and a bunch of dogs. It is based on a group of Antarctic explorers who are forced to leave their team of sled dogs behind suddenly as a major snow storm rolls in. Walker is determined to make it back and save the dogs who must now survive the ice and cold of the Antarctic. Overall it wasn't a bad movie. The scenery was amazing and the dogs were increadibly well trained. Pick it up for the kids. Definite rental.

Casanova - Starring Heath Ledger as the famed fornicator. Now I am glad I didn't see this one in the theater. It wasn't a bad movie but it wasn't great either. It was entertaining enough that it would be worth a rental.

Sahara - Again no wonder I didn't see it in the theater. Bad story more over bad two stories they mashed into one, the HORRIBLE continuity (broken window in first shot, then not then broken again and not just one scene), the bad acting of Penélope Cruz, the list goes on. I won't bore you with the details of the movie... just stay away.

The Benchwarmers - We go from bad to worse. Was this movie supposed to be funny? Basic rundown Joe Dirt, Napoleon Dynamite, and Deuce Bigalow play baseball against 8-12 year olds to prove they aren't nerds anymore. Did I mention this sucked? Well it sucked. Don't bother, not for you or your kids. It will just distroy your minds.

Sunset coming back from Drumheller, Alberta.

To a surprising packed theater for a Thursday night, I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead mans chest yesterday. All I can say is that I am amazed more and more on how good computer graphics are getting. Everything scene in the movie was amazing. The scenery, the bad guys, the ships, the battles, everything was cool but the dialog was lacking.

It seems as though the director thought the action was more important that the story in this one. Although the story isn't finished...

Dead mans chest reminded me a lot of The Matrix Reloaded. Where they take the story so far and then just drag it out leaving it open for the third in the trilogy. If you didn't already know that was what the plan was all along for Pirates 2. They are currently filming the third installment which should be out next summer.

This is still a definite theater movie and a definite purchase. Also you get to see the Transformers trailer on the big screen!

Meryl Streep makes one mean lady. After seeing her in "The Devil wears Prada" last night, I am seriously scared of this woman. Her role really took me back to when she played Madeline Ashton in "Death becomes her". Scary, angry, yet still very funny.

Devil wears prada was an excellent movie. It is also good to see Anne Hathaway moving away from the teen type movies. I guess baring her breasts in Brokeback mountain was what did it but she is still moving forward. Both these leading ladies where awesome. I laughed a lot and really enjoyed the story.

Short summary... young woman (Hathaway) comes to New York and scores a job as the assistant to the biggest, meanest, most demanding magazine editor (Streep). She soon finds herself run off her feet and constantly examining her life.

This is definitely one to see. Either in the theater or if you can wait long enough, to purchase on DVD. Go check it out.

American Pie Band camp - If you hadn't seen all the commecials on TV for this direct to DVD release then this is the fourth installation in the American Pie saga. The story follows Steve Stiflers kid brother Matt (who is around age 13 in the first three) who is now 17 and as much of a gerk as his brother ever was. He does some bad stuff and is sent to Band Camp over the summer as his punishment. This movie is basicly a teen porn. Not nearly as funny as the first 3 movies, just more topless women. This is a rental for anyone affraid to rent a real porn.

American Dreamz - Staring Mandy Moore, Chris Klein, Dennis Quaid, Willem Dafoe and Hugh Grant. Wow! This was crazy funny. It is a story about a girl (Mandy Moore) who dreams of being a singer and finally gets her chance on national TV. They did such a good job of making fun of American Idol, presidents, and how you really have to work to get to the top. This is a definite rental!

Scary Movie 4 - Why didn't they just stop at 3? After Date movie I was really hoping for something better but no. Don't bother.

Ultraviolet - What to say... this movie sucked but Milla Jovovich is SOOOO hot. So that means rent it but turn your brain off and drool.