
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Movie Blog 10
Some updates.
Coming out this week (2/22/08):
"Vantage Point". I mentioned this movie a few blogs ago. This looks very good. I'm excited to see it.
"Witless Protection". I'm not sure how i will like this. i might wait until it comes out on dvd. I'm not a huge fan of larry the cable guy's movies. "Delta Farce" didn't do anything for me. lol it had its moments but nothing too hilarious. I saw it once and won't care if i see it again. But i will be proven wrong for this one.
Something worth mentioning. Will Ferrell stars in "Semi-Pro". That has a release date of 2/29/08. It looks funny. It seems like a "Anchorman" type movie, Will Farrells common role it seems. But looks funny. I'm still not sure if i will see it at the cinema. this one might have to wait til it comes out on dvd. but we will see.
Also, "10,000B.c." I haven't seen enough to really knows whats goin' on. It does seem like a good movie. it looks like it will be action-packed and will be keeping people's interest.
Again, I'm hopin' to make it to the movies on tues night. It seems like this wk i will be able to. I'm not sure yet what i'll be seein but i'll be sure to fill yaz in and give you guys a review.
Thanks for stopping by and check back soon for updates!
-Justin
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Movie Blog 9
Just thought...
if anyone has any movie reviews you can email them to me at Jpdude378@aol.com and I will post em. I'm always happy to hear about reviews because i usually don't like to trust those critics. So bring em on and i'll post em, unless your a contributer to this blog of course lol then write it yourself lol.
By the way, I didn't get to make it to the movies again this past tuesday. Bummer! but i hope to next week. I'll keep you informed. Woburn only has a few movies out at the moment that i would like to see but Embassy has a few more that i wouldn't mind seeing. I'll keep you up-to-date.
Seeya later!
-Justin
Movie Blog 8
I was surfin' IMDB again. Came across Johnny Depp. He's in 5 movies that are in production coming in 2009. Two of which are rumored that he's in Sin City 2 and 3. Another movie, he is playing the roll of John Dillinger. The "Jackrabbit" as he was called, Dillinger was a bank robber in, i believe the 30s, stealing a total of about $300,000. An extraordinary amount in that time era known at the "Public Enemy", also the name of the movie. Looks good. Unfortunately, no say for another Pirates but i'll see if there are any rumors of that and let you know.
Thanks for stoppin' by. Come back and spread the word!
-Justin
Monday, February 11, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Movie Blog 7
Coming June 20th...Steve Carell is back with what looks like another hysterical movie, "Get Smart". It looks like it is a secret agent movie but funny. lol (http://imdb.com/title/tt0425061/trailers-me60843468) Check out the trailer. It looks really good and I can't wait for it to come out!
Also, just thought i would jot down...the Oscars are Feb. 24th. Below I have the list of nominees. Not a bad selection. lol The ones highlighted are ones i think will take the cake. give me some feed back on your thoughts and predictions.
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
Achievement in art direction
"American Gangster" (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Achievement in cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit
Achievement in costume design
"Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood
Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson
Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
"Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
"Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
"War/Dance" (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
Best documentary short subject
"Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
"La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
"Salim Baba" A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
"Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley
Achievement in film editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
"Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor
Best foreign language film of the year
"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia
Achievement in makeup
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
"Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
"The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.): Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
"So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production) A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers
Best animated short film
"I Met the Walrus" A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
"Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
"Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)" (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov
"Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Best live action short film
"At Night" A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
"Tanghi Argentini" (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
"The Tonto Woman" A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
Achievement in sound editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
Achievement in sound mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
Achievement in visual effects
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
Adapted screenplay
"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins
So, even though most of those are my choices that I think should win, I think i made some good choices. I also think though that "Atonement" will get some of them. I just didn't like that movie at all. But maybe it's just because i dont like those movies. Ive talked to others and they love it.
We shall see. Thanks for stoppin' by. Hope your enjoying the pics/jokes. Theres more coming. Come again!
-Justin
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Movie Blog 6
So unfortunately i didnt get to the movies tonight :( Kinda saddened by it, but with homework and work, what can ya do? O well. I'm hoping for next tues! lol
However, i did see a preview to a movie called "Vantage Point". It stars Dennis Quaid and Matt Fox. It looks pretty good. It's a assassination attempt on the president but something else is happening at the same time. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0443274/trailers-me706536451) Check out the trailer, looks pretty interesting. That has a release date of Feb. 22.
More to come later, check back in. Thanks for stopping by.
-Justin
Monday, February 4, 2008
Super Bowl XLII
Thanks for stoppin' by and don't forget to check back in.
-Justin
P.S. Spread the word and tell those fair-weathered fans off! lol
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Movie Blog 5
I was surfing the web and was curious to see what was playing at IMAX at Jordan's. For "I am Legend" fans, it is playing on the big screen in 2D until Weds. Feb. 13th i believe. That should be cool. We saw "Poseidon" at the IMAX and it was awesome! Just thought I would post.
Check back soon!
-Justin
Super Bowl Sunday
Pizza, chips, dip is all you need.
GO PATS!
Three Blondes on An Island
Three blonds are on an island and they find a lamp, rub it, and a genie pops out. He says he’ll give each of them one wish.
The first blond says “I wish I were twice as smart as I am now so I can figure out a way off this island.”
The genie turns her into a redhead, she builds a raft, and floats off the island.
The second blond says “I wish I were ten times as smart as I am now, so I can figure out a way off this island.”
The genie turns her into a brunette, she builds a plane, and flies off the island.
The third blond says “I wish I were a hundred times as smart as I am now, so I can figure a way off this island.”
The genie turns her into a man and he takes the bridge.
Automobile Trivia
Name eight distinct fluids found in an automobile.
No, axle grease isn’t fluid, and doesn’t count.
Write them in a comment.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
A Trip To France
A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
’You have been to France before, monsieur?’ the customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
‘Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.’
The American said, ‘The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.’
‘Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France!’
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained. ‘Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in ‘44 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find any Frenchmen to show it to.’
Movie Blog 4
I got my movies in the other day. I've now watched Brian Regan's Standing Up like 5 times and it gets funnier and funnier. HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Hysterical! Brilliant! He definetly keeps you laughing the ENTIRE time. Plus the bonus features are pretty good. There is a half-hour Comedy Central Presents episode and also an encore presentation that is like 15mins or so. Great! lol
I'm settling down now to watch the famous "Apollo 13". Another great flick. Even though you know how it ends, it still keeps you interested.
I'm not sure if I'm going to make it to the movies this Tuesday but we'll see. I'll letcha know.
Thanks for stopping by.
-Justin