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Movie Release Dates Summer to Christmas

June 24
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
DreamWorks



June 26
Cheri
Miramax Films
limited

The Hurt Locker
Summit Entertainment

NY, LA
My Sister's Keeper
New Line Cinema


Surveillance
Arclight
limited



July 1
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
20th Century Fox
3D

Public Enemies
Universal Pictures



July 3
I Hate Valentine's Day
IFC Films
limited

Local Color
Monterey Media


NY

July 10
Blood: the Last Vampire
Samuel Goldwyn


Bruno
Universal Pictures


I Love You Beth Cooper
Fox Atomic


Soul Power
Sony Pictures
limited

Weather Girl
Secret Identity Productions
limited


July 15
Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
Warner Bros
wide & IMAX


July 17
(500) Days of Summer
Fox Searchlight



July 24
All Good Things
The Weinstein Co.


The Answer Man
Magnolia Pictures
limited

G-Force
Walt Disney Pictures
3D

Orphan
Warner Bros


Shrink
Roadside Attractions
limited

The Ugly Truth
Columbia



July 31
Aliens in the Attic
20th Century Fox


Funny People
Universal Pictures


Lorna's Silence
Sony Classics

NY, LA


August 7
Cold Souls
Samuel Goldwyn



G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
Paramount


Julie & Julia
Columbia


Paper Hearts
Overture Films

NY
Shorts
Warner Bros


When in Rome
Walt Disney Pictures



August 14
Bandslam
Summit Entertainment
limited

District 9
Screen Gems


The Goods: the Don Ready Story
Paramount Vantage


It Might Get Loud
Sony Pictures
limited

A Perfect Getaway
MGM


Ponyo
Walt Disney Pictures


The Post Grad Survival Guide
20th Century Fox


Taking Woodstock
Focus Features
limited

The Time Traveler's Wife
New Line Cinema



August 21
Inglourious Basterds
Universal Pictures


My One and Only

limited

World's Greatest Dad
Magnolia Pictures
limited


August 28
The Boat That Rocked
Universal Pictures


Final Destination: Death Trip 3D
New Line Cinema
3D



September 4
All About Steve
20th Century Fox


Carriers
Paramount Vantage


Extract
Miramax Films
limited

Gamer
Lionsgate


Pandorum
Overture Films


Shanghai
The Weinstein Co.



September 9
9
Focus Features
limited


September 11
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
AfterDark Films
limited

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Lionsgate


Whiteout
Warner Bros



September 18
Armored
Screen Gems


Brand New Day
Universal Pictures


Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Columbia
3D

The Informant
Warner Bros
limited

Jennifer's Body
20th Century Fox


Splice
Senator
limited


September 25
The Boys Are Back
Miramax Films
limited

Fame
MGM


The Invention of Lying
Warner Bros


The Surrogates
Touchstone Pictures



September films (no specific date)
The Burning Plain
Magnolia Pictures



October 2
More Than a Game
Lionsgate


A Serious Man
Focus Features
limited

Shutter Island
Paramount


Sorority Row
Summit Entertainment


Toy Story
Walt Disney Pictures
re-release in 3D

Untitled Michael Moore Documentary
Paramount Vantage



October 9
Couples Retreat
Universal Pictures


An Education
Sony Classics
limited

The Informant
Warner Bros
wide

Whip It
Fox Searchlight


Zombieland
Columbia



October 16
New York, I Love You
Palm Pictures
limited

The Road
Dimension · The Weinstein Co.


The Stepfather
Screen Gems


Where the Wild Things Are
Warner Bros



October 23
Amelia
Fox Searchlight


Astro Boy
Summit Entertainment


Saw VI
Lionsgate



October 30
The Box
Warner Bros


Youth in Revolt
The Weinstein Co. · MGM
limited



November 6
A Christmas Carol
Walt Disney Pictures
3D

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Lionsgate
limited

The Wolfman
Universal Pictures



November 13
2012
Sony Pictures


The Fantastic Mr. Fox
20th Century Fox



November 20
The Blind Side
Warner Bros


Broken Embraces
Sony Classics
limited

Everybody's Fine
Miramax Films
limited

Planet 51
TriStar Pictures
3D

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Summit Entertainment



November 25
Nine
The Weinstein Co.


Ninja Assassin
Warner Bros


Old Dogs
Walt Disney Pictures


The Princess and the Frog
Walt Disney Pictures
Disney Digital 3-D
NY, LA

November 27
Brooklyn's Finest
Senator
limited



December 4
Brothers
Lionsgate



December 11
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Columbia


The Lovely Bones
Paramount


The Princess and the Frog
Walt Disney Pictures
wide, Disney Digital 3-D


December 18
Avatar
20th Century Fox
3D


December 25
Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakuel
20th Century Fox


Sherlock Holmes
Warner Bros


Untitled Nancy Meyers Romantic Comedy
Universal Pictures



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Updates

Sorry that i havent posted anything in a bit but been busy and just want everyone to know that i will be posting reviews on drum roll please

Star Trek

Angels and Demons

Friday the 13th

and what ever else i get to see between now and then

thanks everyone for the support.
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Dragonball Evolution

Dragonball Evolution
oh boy





Plot of the movie below

takien from wiki


Two thousand years ago, the evil Namekian warlord Piccolo (James Marsters) descended upon the Earth during a solar eclipse and attempted to destroy the world with the aid of his disciple, Ōzaru. A group of monks conjured the Mafuba — a powerful but life-threatening enchantment designed to bind those caught within it — and used it to imprison Piccolo. Ōzaru disappears, and the Earth gradually recovers. In the present day, Piccolo escapes his confinement and as another solar eclipse approaches, he begins searching for the legendary Dragonballs in order to make a wish to the magical dragon Shen Long for the power to destroy the Earth.

On his 18th birthday, a young high-school student and martial artist named Son Goku (Justin Chatwin) is given the 4-Star Dragonball by his grandfather, Gohan (Randall Duk Kim). After returning home from a party hosted by his crush Chi-Chi (Jamie Chung), however, Goku finds his home obliterated and his grandfather near death in the aftermath of Piccolo's failed attempt to acquire the Dragonball. Before he dies, Gohan tells Goku to seek out the martial arts master, Muten Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat), who holds another of the Dragonballs. Along the way, Goku meets Bulma Briefs (Emmy Rossum) of the Capsule Corporation, which was studying the 5-Star Dragonball until it was stolen by Piccolo's servant Mai (Eriko Tamura). Goku offers Bulma his services in exchange for her help in finding Roshi and they ultimately find him in Paozu City. Under Roshi's wing, Goku begins training to harness his Ki, now knowing that they must acquire all the Dragonballs before the upcoming solar eclipse, when Ōzaru will return and join with Piccolo. In the midst of the group's search for the 6-star Dragonabll, they fall into a trap set by the desert bandit Yamcha (Joon Park) but Roshi convinces Yamcha to join them. Together, the group fight their way through an ambush by Mai and successfully obtain the next Dragonball. As the group continues their quest, they travel to a temple where Roshi consults his former teacher Sifu Norris (Ernie Hudson) and begins training to perform the Mafuba enchantment so he can reseal Piccolo, while Goku must learn the most powerful of Ki techniques: the Kamehameha.

During the night, Mai - disguised as Chi-Chi - steals the three Dragonballs that Goku and company have acquired, adding them to the other four that Piccolo has gathered. With the Dragonballs successfully united, Piccolo begins to summon Shen Long, but is stopped by the timely arrival of Goku's team. During the battle that ensues, Piccolo reveals to Goku that he is Ōzaru, having been sent to Earth as an infant to destroy it when he came of age. As the eclipse begins, Goku transforms into Ōzaru and terrorizes Bulma and Yamcha, while Roshi attempts to use the Mafuba, but is killed before he can re-seal Piccolo. Roshi's dying words restore Goku to his senses, and he engages Piccolo in a final battle, seemingly destroying him with the power of the Kamehameha. Goku then uses the Dragonballs to summon Shen Long, and request that he restore Roshi to life. As they celebrate, they realize the Dragonballs have now scattered, and Bulma declares that they must seek the balls again. Before they head out, Goku visits Chi-Chi so they can truly begin their relationship, but first, they engage in a sparring match to see which of them is stronger.

In a post credits scene, a woman whom Piccolo spared earlier in the film tends to his wounds as he awakens.


Wow what a movie action, adventure, romance, comedy all the ingredience to make a great Dragonball movie, but no we get Dragonball Evolution.

If you are a Dragonball fan please don't see this movie it will make you cry, no seriously they butcher this whole movie from begining to end.

Just look below at this casting.


Justin Chatwin ... Goku

Yun-Fat Chow ... Master Roshi

Emmy Rossum ... Bulma

Jamie Chung ... Chi Chi

James Marsters ... Lord Piccolo

Joon Park ... Yamcha

Eriko Tamura ... Mai

Randall Duk Kim ... Grandpa Gohan

Ernie Hudson ... Sifu Norris

Texas Battle ... Carey Fuller
Megumi Seki ... Seki

Ian Whyte ... Oozaru
Richard Blake ... Agundes

Jon Valera ... Moreno
Rafael Valdez ... Butler
Mike Wilson ... Hildenbrand

Freddy Bouciegues ... Palmer

Shavon Kirksey ... Emi
Julian Sedgwick ... Mr. Kingery

Luis Arrieta ... Weaver

Gabriela de la Garza ... Avatar
Rich E. Cordobes ... Referee

Ok Chow yun fat as master roshi ok would have been great but what the hell was that where was the turtle shell

 master roshi
the real master roshi


Then you cast Justin Chatwin as Goku really justin Chatwin seriously what the hell where these people thinking.



the only one who i like was James Marsters as Lord Piccolo

Lord Piccolo
Lord Piccolo


One last Character i want to talk about that wasn't in the movie is Krillin

Krillin
Krillin where are you?


here is a character that should have been in this movie for cripes sake he is Goku's best friend in the Dragonball cartoon series and he wasn't even in the film.

I shouldn't criticize the casting of this film to much they only had a 45 million dollar budget and with a Sequel already written Dragonball Evolution they probably split the money for two movies, let just hope somebody at 20th Century Fox watches one of the Dragonball cartoons and say lets just take one of these and make a movie about it.

To sum this movie up it pretty much like this, they take the cartoons take the character names and somewhat of the appearance and make a movie that has very little to do with the cartoons and BAM you got DragonBall Evolution.
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Angel: We Help the Helpless

Well I’ve finally reached the finale of Angel and what brilliant 110 hours it has been. I remember first seeing the show when it was broadcast on Sky One just under a decade ago and seeing it with fresh eyes has taught me a valuable lesson about perception and how things change as well as how you respond to different parts of a show that you never used to with the passing time of experience. When I first saw Angel I was excited but failed to see how it could possibly surpass its predecessor Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the magic of BtVS was Sunnydale, the Scooby gang and the memorable Rupert Giles.

Angel Season 3


At the time despite being impressed by the continuation of storylines and the shows parallel development alongside Buffy, I was still not responding to the elements of the show that made it truly special like I have done on my recent venture back into the city of angels. One example being that, my first time round with Angel I missed out on all the great sleuth gumshoe references to characters like Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe as I had never really been aware of the private eye fiction of the time. Now, after having some wonderful Hollywood classics, most notably The Maltese falcon, Double Indemnity and The Big Sleep, Angel Investigations has really come to life; from Angel’s dark stuffy offices, to the wailing on snitches to get information to the really good stuff like the cool control of emotions whilst still holding on to the ability to care and make the tough choices even when everyone is against you. There is of course the trademark brooding of Angel which is also a quirk of the private investigator who likes to play the loner, enjoying solitude but ready to lend a helping hand when someone needs it.

Detectives


It was not just Angel that displayed these qualities but Wesley Wyndam-Pryce also, who went through some of the most compelling and seriously badass changes, as he went from British alumni bookworm watcher to rogue demon slayer to sensitive boss to cold, tough guy. Never after watching his character in Buffy as the snotty, play by the rules, dweeb could you foresee him taking on such depth of character and for me becoming one of the best parts of the show. I think even Giles would be proud of him, which seems like a ridiculous thing to say given his irritation and grievances at the dilly-dallying, hapless manner of Wesley. Speaking of changes I think it would be outrageous to overlook the character of Cordelia Chase who went from being the selfish, spoilt, popular meanie at Sunnydale high to a figure of benevolence, altruism and motherhood as she was thrown into the harsh realities of LA life. Taking on certain powers (not to spoil anything) which turned her into a vital member of the group (unlike in Buffy where she just made sarcastic comments or bickered with Xander), was a turning point in her maturity. Even though the gift was forced upon her, she adapted to it with the knowledge that she was being setup for a greater purpose. It wasn’t just Cordy’s wardrobe and hairstyle that changed over the seasons; and boy did it change, turning her from a gorgeous bombshell to…well… a mom. It was her entire demeanour from the way she talked and the things she said to the smallest of hand gestures. All the characters in Angel went through changes as a good show will force them to, but it was Cordelia who by her last appearances in it became another person (metaphysically speaking, though there were some other close calls to).

The one thing Angel did have going for it over Buffy was the philosophical tool they had in the Angel/Angelus split which was the crux of Buffy season two and of which I had expected there to be a reprisal in the bloodsuckers own spinoff. I was not disappointed and neither will you be as he returns cooler, funnier and more evil than ever. The main attraction of the Buffverse has always been its genius use of metaphors (like in Angelus) and the ability of the show to push the viewer to read between the lines. It is obvious that Joss Whedon’s reverence of Shakespeare plays a big part in his construction of subtext and tragedy, and in Angel these tools are used to take the show to a darker and more utilitarian level, as Angel Inc. are a team that exist to help people in more ways than just the supernatural ones in which Buffy was chosen to. Angel has a long bright streak of philanthropy running through it as it puts our heroes in real down to earth situations dealing with real people from all walks of life, which makes the choices extra hard and the big bads a little trickier to defeat.

Cordelia Chase and Wesley Wyndom-Pryce


The show deals with the grey areas of life as the creators Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt often emphasize. One quality line that I don’t think I’ll ever forget from the show goes something like this; “once you’ve crossed the line into the black, no matter how much white you try and rub back in you’re only ever going to get grey.” Corruption plays a major role in testing the crew whether it be the acquisition of power, the betrayal of friends or the separation of a family unit. As the show is supernatural in nature the grey area is even greyer than it is in real life and redemption becomes much more difficult to obtain.

Each season went from strength to strength until the monster of the week/noir writing strategy that played out in the first season gave way to breathtaking feats of fantasy storytelling, weaving together sub plots, character deviations and epic deus ex machinas; whilst integrating elements through guest appearances from the Buffy cast, until it got to a point where in order to understand what was going on you had to have seen every episode; even season one episodes in which characters like Doyle were referenced back into the mix.

If you have not yet seen Angel; maybe because you weren’t a fan of Buffy or maybe because you’re not into the whole emotional-horror genre period, I strongly advise you to let go of those preconceptions and enjoy Angel in it’s own light in a similar fashion to my enjoyment of it in a new light 10 years down the line.

Key episodes to check out if you just want to browse through the show for a bit before taking the whole ride would be:

Rm w/a Vu – season 1
Sense and Sensitivity – season 1
Parting Gifts – season 1
Eternity – season 1
Spin the Bottle (this is a very funny episode from season four so you might want to leave it out if you want to avoid spoilers)


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Morals or Madness

Whilst many people have been staked through the heart by the emotionally charged characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or had their souls hexed with levity by the witty, 'BuffySpeak', something George Orwell would've found comical given his predictions reagrading the demise of any sensible form of communication, BtVS at it's core is a program concerned with serious existential themes. Yes there's the familiar good vs evil that permeates any reputable fantasy drama, but never before has it been done in such a way that, reminiscent of Bergman, it anoints the blessing of self-reflection like holy water onto the viewer.


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