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Jul 25 2008

Movies Opening July 25

Category: 2008,Movies,Opening — velveetahead @ 4:44 pm

Nationwide Releases

X-Files: I Want to Believe
Directed: Chris Carter
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, Billy Connolly
Trailer

Synopsis: Mulder and Scully come back together to work on a case in the someplace very snowy. It is supposed to be more of one of the self-contained episodes compared to the mythology episodes.

My Take: As much as I loved the show, it was horrible the last two seasons. I do love to see Mulder and Scully together, but I don’t have the great desire to see it right away. I’ll wait for Netflix.

RT Score: 32%
RT Consensus: The chemistry between leads David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson do live up to The X-Files‘ televised legacy, but the roving plot and droning routines make it hard to identify just what we’re meant to believe in.

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Tags: adam mckay, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, american teen, Ben Wishaw, Billy Connolly, brideshead revisited, chris carter, david duchovny, Emma Thompson, Gillian Anderson, Han Lee, Hayley Atwell, i want to believe, James Marsh, john c. reilly, Julian Jarrold, Lee Young-Hoon, Leesong Hee-il, man on wire, Margaret Brown, Mary Steenburgen, Matthew Goode, michael gambon, Nanette Burstein, no regret, order of myths, Richard Jenkins, step brothers, Will Ferrell, x-files, Xzibit

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Jul 25 2008

Comic Con: Torchwood

Category: Adventures,Shows,TV — velveetahead @ 8:14 am

Torchwood’s panel was the sexiest panel of the day yesterday. There was a bunch of clips shown from the show including the many kisses between Capt. Jack and other people. There were tons of cheers for his kiss with Spike, er Capt. John. More cheers for the kiss with Ianto. There was tons of innuendo from the panelists the entire time. It was a good time. It did get a little sad when they showed a clip about Owen and Tosh dying. It actually made John Barrowman and Naoko Mori tear up to watch the scene again. People asked that Tosh be brought back in some way and there were many cheers. They said they would be sad to be losing her on the series.
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Tags: comic con, Gareth David-Lloyd, john barrowman, julie gardner, Naoko Mori, torchwood

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Jul 24 2008

Comic Con: Doctor Who

Category: Adventures,Shows,TV — velveetahead @ 11:40 pm

Doctor Who panel didn’t have Russell T Davies. They said he was cellophaned to his chair writing the next season of Torchwood. We did get the executive producer Julie Gardner and head writer and new show runner Steven Moffet. Steven Moffet said he was working on the first episode of the fifth season, but he said he did have some time to finish it. That was a reference to the fifth season not premiering until 2010. That is due to David Tennant doing some stagework through most of 2009. There will be four specials next year. There will also be the Christmas special this December. They showed a longer trailer for the audience than what they showed on television.

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Tags: comic con, doctor who, julie gardner, steven moffet

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Jul 24 2008

Comic Con: Stan Lee & Grant Morrison

Category: Adventures — velveetahead @ 11:09 pm

Virgin Comics brought Stan Lee and Grant Morrison together to promote their comic book company and just talk about each other’s work. Stan Lee is working on a new comic creation that is different than anything he has done before. He said it is so different and confusing that he isn’t sure that people will get it, including himself. He wouldn’t say anymore rather than it would be announced in a few months. Grant Morrison talked a bit about some new game that is based on a comic he wrote. A trailer was showed, but it looked like more of the same game stuff to me. Not too exciting.

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Tags: grant morrison, stan lee

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Jul 24 2008

Comic Con: Thursday

Category: Adventures — velveetahead @ 10:49 pm

These are some photos taken while wandering the conference. Above is a huge Jabba the Hut. I had a picture of just him, but I loved the guy just lying down next to him so he stays in the picture.

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Tags: , cloverfield, comic con, greyskull, halo, ironman, jabba, my little pony, storm troopers

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Jul 24 2008

Comic Con: Fringe Preview

Category: Adventures,Shows,TV — velveetahead @ 8:34 pm

For the first time, Comic Con offered something else on preview night besides opening up the exhibit hall early. It showed the pilot of the new FOX series from JJ Abrams and his old Alias team. The show is about an FBI agent who investigates a very bizarre terrorism event that causes everyone on a plane to have their flesh to fall off. One of her fellow agents gets infected with some form of the same chemicals as the plane people and ends up with translucent skin. She finds a professor that used to do research on all this kind of craziness, but there is a problem. He’s been in a mental institution for 17 years. oops! She needs to convince his son to grant her access to talk to him and get his help.

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Tags: comic con, fringe, jj abrams

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Jul 23 2008

Comic Con – Preview Day

Category: Adventures — velveetahead @ 11:48 pm

Comic Con doesn’t officially start until tomorrow, but we arrived to pick up our badges and to check out the preview night. We got to check out the Exhibition Hall, which was quite dangerous. I wanted to buy tons of things. Uh-oh! I haven’t bought anything yet, but that’s because I was waiting to bring my backpack to transport things in a nicer package than the plastic bag they gave us when we picked up our badges.

Now onto some pictures that Jer took with his IPhone since I forgot my camera in the hotel. oops! Here is the line moving to get into the Exhibition Hall when the doors finally opened.

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Tags: apocalypse, comic con, ironman, tick

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Jul 23 2008

The Dark Knight

Category: 2008,Movies,Reviews,ROFLMAO — velveetahead @ 11:12 pm

Dark Knight
Directed: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine

Synopsis: Heath Ledger is super creepy as the Joker and Maggie Gyllenhaal has thankfully taken the role abandoned by Katie Holmes.

Lately, when I have been watching movies, I snooze a bit during some part of it. Usually only for a few seconds, but it still happens every time. Even though this movie was over 2 1/2 hours long, I didn’t doze off once. I was even amazed that I never felt tired the entire movie. I could feel it was a long one, but I didn’t want it to end. I was willing to have the movie go on forever.

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Tags: aaron eckhart, christian bale, christopher nolan, dark knight, heath ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, michael caine

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Jul 23 2008

MWG: Heavy Metal

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 8:41 am

Marci has the July pick and she picked Heavy Metal.

Heavy Metal

Netflix synopsis: Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman creates an otherworldly tale of good vs. evil. Packed with special effects, Heavy Metal set the standard for alternative contemporary animation. Plus a pounding soundtrack by Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Devo and more!

Rotten Tomato Score: 61%

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Jul 18 2008

Movies Opening July 18

Category: 2008,Movies,Opening — velveetahead @ 9:50 pm

Nationwide Releases

Dark Knight
Directed: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine
Trailer

Synopsis: Heath Ledger is super creepy as the Joker and Maggie Gyllenhaal has thankfully taken the role abandoned by Katie Holmes.

My Take: I can’t wait to see it. I loved the first one. Christian Bale is sexy and it looks super dark and awesome.

RT Score: 94%
RT Consensus: Dark, complex and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga. Continue reading “Movies Opening July 18″

Tags: aaron eckhart, Adam Rodriguez, Andrew Garfield, Andy On, Andy Samberg, Antony, Ben Kingsley, berlin, Bobby Coleman, boy a, Brad Anderson, Brent Pierson, charles oliver, Cheryl Hines, christian bale, christopher nolan, Colin Firth, dark knight, David Denman, doorman, Eduardo Noriega, emily mortimer, Emmanuelle Seigner, heath ledger, James Young, Jeremy Renner, Jeremy Swift, john crowley, Johnnie To, julian schnabel, Julie Walters, Kate Mara, Katie Lyons, Kelly Lin, Kenan Thompson, kirk demicco, Kristin Chenoweth, Lam Ka Tung, Lau Ching Wan, Lou Reed, Lucas Akoskin, mad detective, Maggie Gyllenhaal, mamma mia, man named pearl, meryl streep, michael caine, Minnie Driver, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Mullan, phyllida lloyd, Pierce Brosnan, Scott Galloway, Sharon Jones, Shaun Evans, Siobhan Finneran, space chimps, Stanley Tucci, Stellan Skarsgard, take, Thomas Kretshmann, transsiberian, Wai Ka Fai, wayne price, woody harrelson

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