Box Office Results

April 24th- 26th


1/ Obsessed $28,500,000

2/ 17 Again $11,665,000

3/ Fighting $11,441,000

4/ The Soloist $9,715,000

5/ Earth $8,554,000

Box Office Results

April 17th- 19th


1/ 17 Again $24,065,000

2/ State of Play $14,099,000

3/ Monsters Vs Aliens $12,900,000

4/ Hannah Montana The Movie $12,666,000

5/ Fast and Furious $12,290,000

Up Trailer

Feeling down? Pixar's latest treat should lift you Up! From the director of Monster's Inc., comes this tale about an elder man, a boy, a dog and a flying... HOUSE?! Float away May 29th! Click me!

Earth Trailer

This Earth Day, Walt Disney Pictures and BBC Pictures will be releasing Earth. It will chronicle the life of a polar bear, an elephant and a whale, over the course of a year. Earth Day, in case you didn’t know, is April 22nd. Watch it in HD!

Box Office Results

April 10th- 12th


1/ Hannah Montana the Movie $34,000,000

2/ Fast and Furious $28,783,000

3/ Monsters Vs Aliens $22,617,000

4/ Observe and Report $11,140,000

5/ Knowing $6,670,000

Dragonball Evolution (Review)

Dragonball Evolution

Directed By: James Wong
Starring: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun Fat


What’s It About

Eighteen year old Goku, along with his trusty companions, must find the sacred 7 dragonballs before the evil alien known as Piccolo does. You see, Piccolo is planning on using the balls to summon a mystical dragon that will grant him his wish of destroying the world! Will Goku have enough balls to foil Piccolo’s plans? Will Piccolo get to go all ballistic with his balls? This is a ballsy situation indeed…

Thoughts

First off, I’m no expert in the Dragonball world, though I do like to casually watch the Z series on DVD with my son. That being said, I went into this film with the basics on what this series is about. Oh yeah, almost forgot! No, I was not expecting much from this film. With that, all I want to say is, my heart goes out to all the fans of the series. America has destroyed Dragonball.

In an age where CGI should look pretty realistic, there is no excuse for the mess that is displayed on screen. I had no idea what Goku and team were fighting in the volano area. It looked like fuzzy goo. The fireballs that are projected from the fighters were laughable. But then came Goku’s transformation. I almost cried. If you cannot afford to do even a decent job on a CGI piece… DON'T DO IT!

As far as the cast, the only two who I feel did a decent job with what they were given were Justin Chatwin as Goku and James Marsters as Piccolo. Justin, to me, felt more like Goku as the movie progressed. He carried some of that same lightheartedness that the character carried in the anime series. It’s too bad that Piccolo was only given 7 minutes of screen time because James portrayed him with a menace! Even though they butchered his look, he made up for it in his performance! Everyone else overplayed their roles. I don’t feel like going through them because it’s just not worth my time, but then again, here I am taking the time to actually write this thing!

Story wise, there was absolutely nothing unique to take home and brag about. Every plot, line, and twist was more predictable as the movie moved forward. I mean, this could have very well been another Power Rangers episode, easily.

It’s too bad. Seriously.

Memorable Moment

When one of the characters reveals her name to Goku. Her name is Chi Chi.

FYI

In the anime and manga series, Goku had a tail that allowed him to transform into the giant ape known as Oozaro until it was cut off. He doesn't have a tail in the film adaption.

Score

2 out of 10

Coming Soon...

Into retro gaming? Want a fresh look at video games? Well look no further! Make It A Gaming Night is coming soon! I'll bring you the 411 on games that are hot now or were hot then, but you were either to young to know about or it just flew past your radar! Everything from the 8 Bit NES to the recent PS3 will be covered so stay tuned... or should I be saying stay paused?

Dragonball Evolution Trailer

This 20th Century Fox adaption of the beloved Manga franchise will be hitting theatres this Friday, April 8th. Boy, I'm so hoping that they can pull off at least a decent version of it. That's all I want! Click here to view trailer!

Fast and Furious (Review)

Fast and Furious

Directed by: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez


What’s It About

A heart felt drama about a man seeking revenge all while trying to right his own wrongs. Oh yeah, it’s also about tricked out cars, girls making out, reggaeton , extremely cheesy one liners, and Paul Walker, really trying to act.

Thoughts

Basically, the storyline is used to move you from one action piece to the next. While the moments with action are decent, the filler time is… well, not. There is not enough good meat in the script to make you want to care for these characters when their not putting their foot on the pedal. I felt as if the writers felt they had to throw in what they thought were “cool” lines into the dialogue, not realizing that no one says things like, “Valla con Dios.” or , “I like my women to be 20 percent angel, 80 percent devil.”. In fact, the second time that one of the characters said, “Valla con Dios.”, in the movie, the theatre erupted in laughter. Yes, that bad.

Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez (who’s only in this flick for like 10 minutes at the most) do a decent job with what there given. Jordana Brewster pouts pretty much the entire time. Then there’s Mr. Paul, why do you keep giving this guy roles if you KNOW he could not act if his own mothers life depended on it, Walker. There were times when I could almost swear he was looking at a monitor, telling him what to say, when to look mean, when to look sad, or when to give a money shot like pose. Nothing was natural about him. He really needs to quit his day job… seriously.

Memorable Moment

The opening scene. That was the ONLY good thing about this flick. Honestly, it was kick @$$.

FYI

Chronologically speaking, this takes place before Toyko Drift.

Score

3 out of 10

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer

For you crazy fanboys waiting to dig your claws into something, click here. X-Men Origins: Wolverine will be out in theatres on May 1st.

Box Office Results

April 3rd- 5th

1/ Fast and Furious $72,508,000

2/ Monsters Vs Aliens $33,510,000

3/ The Haunting In Connecticut $9,550,000

4/ Knowing 8,130,000

5/ I Love You, Man $7,850,000