We've all heard rumors and speculations of the plot for Spiderman 3, but we've never had anything confirmed... Until now.

Me: Read this summary. I think I was pretty on in my estimations of the direction of this sequel. I personally think it has potential of being a lot of fun -as long as they don't over do it-. But my friend Dr. Sidious my disagree.

What do you think Nam?

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The official Voltron website has added a mysterious countdown to their website. Is Voltron finally coming to DVD? Are we going to get more info on the Voltron movie? Or is it going to be another lame site relaunch?

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UPDATE:So the updated site is a promo for the DVD collection. All I have to say is, Let's Go Voltron Force!

And Scott, I was totally right you bastard, The Lions came before the vehicles.

We now have the full X-3 trailer online and I would have to agree with my firend John over at the Movie Blog, that it look very promising. Of course we all know the art of the trailer. I've seen dynamite trailers before and the movie ends up being feltch.

The characters look good. Nam will certainly disagree with me, but his background with the characters and stories are deeper than myself.

Check out the trailer here and let me know what you think.

I'm not going to write about the game, I'm not going to write about how the referee's were horrible and totally screwed the Seahawks. Instead all I'm going to do is give you the link to iFilms and the list of TV spots from the game.

Which one's were your favorites?

Anthony, my roommate Buke and I recently went to Philadelphia for a little R&R. While we were there we just had to spend some quality time with one of our childhood hero's - Rocky. Here is the pictures we took while hanging all over this classic statue.

I was going to wait until I had touched up all of the trip pics, but my Scottish friend Richard from the Movie Blog, just recently posted a story on the new Rocky Blog, so I figured I would toss them up on the site as is.

So sorry for the radio silence as of lately, but I have been working on so many new projects. I've just begun writing for The Movie Blog, and been having a blast with that. It's a subject I have always been into I finally have a great outlet to express my thoughts and fine tune some of my writing chops. The site does fantastic, some where in the realm of 750,000 visits a month. I had done a bit of press research on the site and found that the boys over at News Askew read the site. Thats right Kevin Smith reads the movie blog.

I have also been working on a web project with some people in Manhattan, and that has been a lot of fun.

I will still be posting to Berf Net -I can't neglect my baby that much-, but for the time being I will be directing my creative energies to The Movie Blog. Continue to check back because I will be posting pictures of my adventures and still using Berf Net as an online diary of sorts.

Items Cooking

• Log Cabin Weekend - photo essay


• Last Night of the Continental - photo essay


• The Scottish Festival - photo essay


• Labor day camping at the boat -photo essay


• Blacktop Boys: Hitting the Road with no Direction and no Agenda - an online video series I am working on

Good stuff to come, so don't forget about me. In the meantime, you can say hi and join in on the fun over at The Movie Blog.

Unbelievable! I can't believe I missed this opportunity and it was right there under my nose -well in my home town at least-. Troma Entertainment creators of "The Toxic Avenger has completed filming of their new film Poultrygeist: Attack of the Chicken Zombies right here in Buffalo and I missed it. I so would have been an extra for this movie if I had known more about it. The Buffalo Niagara Film Commission had it listed on their site and I still missed out -I must be slacking-.

Basically the premise is about a Chicken shack is built on an ancient graveyard and chicken zombies rise from the grave terrorizing the people of Buffalo. What better place to have this than the home of the chicken wing. In the true spirit of Troma pictures, this is to be a gory cheesy ass film, but that's the fun part.

The converted the old McDonalds on Bailey Ave. to the American Chicken Bunker -as shown above- and completed their filming earlier this month. Keep an eye out for Poultrygeist: Attack of the Chicken Zombies! You might see someone you know in it.

One of my most favorite movies of the past 10 years is about to be re-released on a special edition DVD. That's right boys and girls, your lovable big dumb doof Tommy Boy is coming to DVD -again- on August 30th.
I love this movie, and it will be nice to watch it again to remind myself of how great the duo of Chris Farley and David Spade was. If you don't agree I suggest you go watch Beverly Hills Ninja and They Might be Heros to solidify that statment.

Since it is a SE DVD here are the added features -which I find very important-:

• Commentary with Director Peter Segal
• 4 Featurettes
• 6 Deleted Scenes
• 6 Alternate Takes
• 7 Storyboard Comparisons
• 15 Extended Scenes
• Gag Reel
• Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• 19 TV Spots

What do you think of Tommy Boy?

I know this is old, ComicCon was last month and you have probably already scene this, but I just watched it and I must say it was really nice to hear the Superman theme again. I have mixed expectations about this movie. I just wacthed Superman the other day -it's on TMC this month- and I'm sorry but Chris Reeve is Superman and it is going to take a lot to make me see things otherwise. In addition -as much as I love Kevin Spacey- it is going to be equally difficult to sell me on Lex. As of now no one can play the "greatest criminal mind that ever lived" better than Gene Hackman! Lets hope I am proven wrong.

Enough rambling; here is the direct link to the quick time footage from SDCC. Give it a look see and share your thoughts.

Does hearing the Superman theme do the same for you as it did for me?
What are your expectations of Superman Returns?
Are you dissatisfied with the first impression of the new Superman?

This is great news, matter of fact I have no clue how I missed it. For some random reason I visited Steve Martin's Home Page just to check it out and see what type of things are on it. First I saw the info on his newer book which I have to read -I've read all of them- and a blurb on the Oscar buzz surrounding the upcoming Shop Girl Movie. I immediately lost it just a bit and had to go and check out the trailer. This is going to be my favorate movie since Lost in Translation. Allow me to give you some primer on why this is so god damn exciting. Shop Girl is a Novella which was written by Steve Martin, a comedy about a plain Jane who works the glove counter at Macie's (will be played by Claire Danes). She meets an older man who travels between 2 cities on a regular basis for business and has a lax view on commitment and relationships (played by Steve Martin). His suave personality and wealthy life style attracts the young shop girl and they begin a romance. Meanwhile an odd lazy slacker type (played by Jason Schwartzman) begins courting her at the same time. He has a very small life and little money. Although he is much closer to her age he is much less interesting than the confident traveler.

It's pretty much your standard love triangle with some modern twists and humorous situations (masterbation scenes). I loved this quick read -as I have all of his books- and I am pumped to see it being adapted to the silver screen. Check out the Trailer it doesn't disappoint. If this picture turns out as good as the book we could be looking at some nominations for the often overlooked Steve Martin.

The thing I can't understand is why am I only finding out about this now? I usually have a decent scoop on the up and coming flicks, but this is being released October 21st. I've known about the Pink Panther project for a year now and that isn't being released until winter.

In any event, watch the trailer and let me know what you think. Could this be the movie Steve has always wanted to write and star in? I think so!

It's time to get things started on the Muppet Show tonight. That is the famous tag line from the opening theme of the fantastic Muppet Show. I have such fond memories of the Muppet Show growing up, I was such a huge fan. Perhaps that is one of the things that made me so odd in my adult life, but I like to think that it contributed to my creativity and imagination. In any event I recently purchased the DVD of season 1 of the Muppet Show and it has turned out to be the best $25 I have spent in years. I can't stop watching it, there is so many scenes that take me back to my youth and so many new jokes that I can appreciate now that I am older. Jim Henson was truly a genius and an innovator. I was surprised to hear how adult much of the humor was in the show, and for a comedy shot in 1976 the special effects are rather impressive -simple but slick-.

One of my favorite items on the DVD is the bonus features. The original pilot of the Muppet Show is on disk 4, and actually has Sam the Eagle and Floyd Pepper as main characters. In fact Kermit only has a quick one line scene. Still very interesting and funny, no human guest star and no real flow to the show, but a great introduction to the Muppets.

Another awesome extra is the Pitch Reel produced by Jim Henson to sell the show to CBS. This is a great extra -inspiration for those of you who do presentations on a regular basis-, it tells you all about the logic behind the show, why it is genius, who the target demographic is and seduces the executives with words and imagery of fame and tons of money.

Finally; one last tid bit which brought a smile to my face was that no where on the DVD (box) was there a Disney logo or label. The Jim Henson company bought themselves back from Disney and I think it was the best thing they have done for the company. Disney killed and buried the Muppets. Never letting them express themselves as they did in the glory days and made very difficult for them to be embraced by new audiences. I have a feeling that this could be the beginning of a Muppet come back.

If you were a fan of the Muppet Show I highly recommend picking it up, you will be extremely pleased. I can only hope that it sells well enough to continue the series so we can see great episodes like "Star Wars", "Dudley Moore", "Kenny Rogers" -the gambler was great- and many more.

Were you a Muppet Fan?
What did you like about them?
Who was your favorite character and why?

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I found this at USA Today in the movies section. It's a depth chart of the movies and the roles played by the Frat Pack members. The thing I am trying to figure out is if they omitted anyone from the list or left out any movie titles? Give it a look see and use the comments to add anything left out.

This came with some surprise for me, reading the review of "Wedding Crashers" from Roger Ebert. Very disappointed in the film, felt the fault laid on the hands of the producers, and that to many times an opportunity for a big laugh was missed or wasted. Ebert did not give "Wedding Crashers" a good review, infact he scored it at 2.5 stars, which is strange because I have yet to hear a bad thing about the movie from my peers and good buds. I am getting reactions like "It's frick'n hysterical", "It's funnier than Old School" and "It's Vince Vaughn's best comedic role yet". So you can see why I am a bit confused on what Ebert hated so much.

"Wedding Crashers" is all runway and no takeoff ... we sit back expecting the movie to break loose, but the plot makes pointless detours ... Incredibly, the movie never fully exploits Walken's gift for weirdly inspired flights of logical lunacy ... Toward the end, the movie goes gooey ... You know all those horror stories about a cigar-chomping producer who screens a movie and says they need to lose 15 minutes and shoot a new ending? "Wedding Crashers" needed a producer like that.

Ouch! At least Ebert does send some props the way of Vaughn and Wilson, but he generally tears the movie a new asshole. I have not yet scene it, and I do plan on it. I am a bit worried now but my attitude remains good due to all of the good review I am getting from my pack of misfits.

Did you see the movie? What are your thoughts on the story and how was the chemistry between Vaughn and Willson?

A while back I posted about the Aeon Flux flim starring Charlize Therone. Now I am pleased to link the first preview of the film in production. Therone looks amazing, and is truly working harder in this film than ever before. The stunts look incredible and Therone is completing many of them. This is a highly anticipated action film which is based on the Mtv cartoon. Yes; Aeon Flux will be the first live action movie spawned from the Liquid Television series on Mtv. I personally think this will be the best comic book type movie released in a very long time. Aeon Flux is strong, smart and most importantly, extremely sexy.

What are your thoughts? Tell me what you think of the idea, what you think about Therone and if you feel this movie will be interpreted on the big screen.

Recently the release of Tim Burtons newest interpretation piece "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" has been recieving grand reviews. If you Google Movies it, you will find that the majority feels that this is an all around success for both the director and the cast. But I care little of those reviews, and I am mainly interested in what Ebert Thinks and he has posted his thoughts on his home page, which I must say I was surprised by his take.

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" succeeds in spite of Johnny Depp's performance, which should have been the high point of the movie.

Can this be so? Ebert is truly disapointed in the performance of Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka. Not only was he turned off by his portrayal of the odd candy man, but he also questions Depp's influence for the character>

Johnny Depp may deny that he had Michael Jackson in mind when he created the look and feel of Willy Wonka, but moviegoers trust their eyes, and when they see Willy opening the doors of the factory to welcome the five little winners, they will be relieved that the kids brought along adult guardians. Depp's Wonka -- his dandy's clothes, his unnaturally pale face, his makeup and lipstick, his hat, his manner -- reminds me inescapably of Jackson ... What was he thinking of? In "Pirates of the Caribbean" Depp was famously channeling Keith Richards, which may have primed us to look for possible inspirations for this performance. But leaving "Pirates" aside, can anyone look at Willy Wonka and not think of Michael Jackson? Consider the reclusive lifestyle, the fetishes of wardrobe and accessories, the elaborate playground built by an adult for the child inside. What's going on here? Bad luck that the movie comes out just as the Jackson trial has finally struggled to a conclusion.

'Chocolate' has creepy center

~Sun Times

[Read the parts Ebert liked after the link]

Well the verdict is out, and the critics are giving Marvels latest big dollar picture a super powered whomping. Thats right, the movie has not impressed many -if any- in the movie pundit business. Some one included in that list of dissatisfied movie know all's is none other than the man himself Roger Ebert.

And the really good superhero movies, like "Superman," "SpiderMan 2" and "Batman Begins," leave "Fantastic Four" so far behind that the movie should almost be ashamed to show itself in the same theaters.

Damn; Ebert not holding back at all. Personally I have yet to see the movie, and now I am unsure to when I actually will. I mean I will see it eventually but I'm not in any major hurry after reading all of the negative reviews about the soon to be super flop. Reviews from both comic and movie dorks seem to be disappointing on both entertainment and fan areas. Here are some hard hitting thoughts from Eberts review.

Are these people complete idiots? The entire nature of their existence has radically changed, and they're about as excited as if they got a makeover on "Oprah." The exception is Ben Grimm, as the Thing, who gets depressed when he looks in the mirror. Unlike the others, who look normal, except when actually exhibiting superpowers, he looks like -- well, he looks like the Hulk, just as the Human Torch looks like the Flash, and the Invisible Woman has some of the same powers as Storm in "X-Men."

Fantastic Four
~Sun Times

So the big question is if you agree and if reviews like this will detour you from seeing the movie on the big screen or catching it on HBO inDemand?

As many know Peter Jackson is finishing up his rendition of the 1933 classic "King Kong". In fact the first trailer for the movie is now available online and I highly recommend giving it a look see if you're interested in the movie.

I have been hearing mixed feelings about this project, number one is the question of Jackson's talents. From zombie movie to Middle Earth, was the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy a one/three shot wonder, or is Jackson truly a major creative force in the film industry? Let's not forget that the King Kong story has been done many times and reiterating scenes we have scene time and time again just with fancy CGI is not going to impress.

Another factor which I can say worries me not a bit, is the casting of Jack Black as Carl Denham. People are saying that he is not talented enough for a serious role. It's one thing to be fat and wacky and another when you have a major supporting role in a dramatic film. I personally think that the casting of Mr. Black is one of the major selling/strong aspects of the picture. I hate to boast but I knew Jack Black was going to be huge star after seeing him in "Airborne" as a bully rollerblader. After that I was always psyched to see him in a movie. When he poped up in "The Jackal" as the quarky weapons guy, I said to myself, this guy is going to be all over the place. So I do not feel concerned about what Jack Black will add to the show.

All in all the cast that has been assembled for the King Kong remake is rather impressive. We have Naomi Watts staring as Ann Darrow the actress who steals the heart of the mighty Kong, Adrien Brody plays Jack Driscoll the leading man to Naomi's Ann and a few other familiar faces from Jackson's stable of talent. Andy Serkis provides the movement of Kong much like he did as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies and he also plays a small part as a cook.

The visuals look spectacular, which is not surprising coming from the creator of 3 fantastically visual projects, and Kong himself looks more real and seems to move like a true gorilla and not a man in an ape suit.

I am looking forward to seeing the movie, one for its visuals and the other two are JAck Black and Naomi Watts. Jack is hysterically funny and I am positive he will do a great job and Naomi, well lets just say you can't blame Kong for wanting to carry her around - she's a total babe and I dig the Aussie accent, even though she wont be using it in this movie.

What do you think?

There has been allot of talk -rumors- floating around about who is and should play the Joker in the sequel to Batman Begins. For those of you have yet to see the movie, you might want to shut your eyes because me writing about the Joker reference at the end of the movie on the roof top scene with Gordon and Batman discussing the Joker playing card could potentially upset you. - OK so don't read that -

Via The Movie Blog, the boys who fill the site with movie news have been discussing this topic quite a bit, so I thought I would let my readers -Hi MOM- know which actors are currently in consideration for the role, and see what your thoughts were.

The first actor that I read about that was a big fav for the role of the most infamous Batman villain is Crispin Glover. Glover is a great actor who until the past few years was black listed in the industry by Steven Spielberg after a legal battle surrounding "Back to the Future II" (if you notice Glover does not play the father in the 3rd movie.) Glover was a very good villain in the "Charlie's Angels" franchise, and excelled even further when he fronted in "Willard". Glover is a tad on the crazy side, and I think he would look very convincing in the Joker garb.

Mark Hamill is the next runner up for the part of the Joker. Hamill does know the character better than anyone on the list due to his work as the voice of the Joker in the animated series. Which I would like to add he does a great job of. Hamill has had a dodgy career post Star Wars, but does manage to show up in things from time to time -kind of like saying "hey remember me I'm Mark Hamill, I was Luke in Star Wars."-

Lachy Hulme is the next thespian on the list of potential punster plunderer's. I personally don't know dick about hulme and would be a horrible judge of his abilities to fill the shoes. All I do know is that he is from Australia and stared in the Matrix movies and I don't even remember seeing him. So if anyone can enlighten me on his skills it would be greatly appreciated.

Finally we come to the latest addition to the list of candidates Paul Bettany. I am a big fan of Bettany, he is a nearly flawless actor who is in direr need of a role that will really boost his carrier. I was first impressed by Bettany as the imaginary roommate in "A Beautiful Mind" and he continued to complement Crowe in "Master and Commander". I was originally leaning towards Crispin Glover as the Joker, but once I read that Bettany was in consideration I may be changing my mind. I think he would do a damn good job as the purple nemesis.

Well there you have it kids; the current list of the faces being looked at for the role of the Joker. All of them good ideas, but who would be the best? Who would you like to see playing the Joker in the next Batman movie? Share your thoughts.

I have said it in the past and I stand by my opinion, that movie critics don't have a clue about what their talking about. So many times I have read crapy reviews and have ended up loving the movie. Except for when it concerns Roger Ebert! Ebert is the critic of critics, and more times than not I have found myself agreeing with his take on films. Ebert has been at this game for a long time, and he is the best. Since he is the best I thought I would dedicate a new column on BerfNet titled "What Does Ebert Think?" covering his thoughts on new movies at the box office and tossing in my 2 cents as well -if it's worth anything-. For the first edition of "What Does Ebert Think?" let's cover Ebert's review of the new Disney move Herbie: Fully Loaded staring Lindsay Lohan. Ebert gives this re-visit to the Disney past 2/5 stars and often refers to the more corny aspects of the flick.

[Finish Reading Ebert's Review After the Jump]

Female Based "Lost Boys" Remake via [TMB]
Horrible news coming from TMB. I guess there is a remake comming down the pipe which is going to be based off of the great movie "The Lost Boys". Unfortunately this one is going to be using a pack of girls -not bad- and instead of degenerates they will be cheerleaders -BAD-. I love "The Lost Boys" and this is truly upsetting news.

Matt Damon and Heath Ledger Look to be a Great Match Up via [Movie Web]
Check out the trailer for "The Brothers Grimm", the pairing of Matt Damon and Heath Ledger looks to be a winner. Seriously, I am already a big fan of Matt Damon, and Ledger is certainly making waves in the business. This duo role for Ledger could be the one that launches his career into the list of A listers.

Why Star Wars is Good & Computer Programmers are the Real World Jedi's via [BoingBoing]
This is great, BoingBoing has a link to this article which covers how the new SW trilogy does in fact match up with the movies of old, the importance of SW, and -this is the coolest part- how computer programmers/scientists are the Jedi's of the real world.

How Batmans Suit Works via [How Stuff Works]
If you're a fan of Batman or super heros in general, and you have always wondered how there super suits worked, this article is great. It goes into pretty good detail on how Bruce Wyan's Batsuit deploys all those wonderful toys.

Star Wars reviled via [Cinematical]
The new movie site from Weblogs Inc "Cinematical" has a great little posting on the new Star Wars Trilogy, compared to the original. It also goes into detail on how the actors had harder roles to play due to all of the external material between films -to maintain character consistency-. One good point was the importance of the "Clone Wars" cartoon which aired on Cartoon Network. Basically describing how those who had not scene the cartoons whould not understand situations in the final movie, and whould have a much harder time believing in Skywalkers experience as a war hero.

The Next Video Game that will Take Control over My Life via [Euro Gamer]
Those who know me are aware of my weakness to great video games and how they can take over my life from time to time. "The Sims" had that affect on me for a while, and "Star Wars Galaxies" controlled my life for over a year when it came out. I have been free of this burden for about a year now -thanks to a great 12 step program- but now I fear there is game comming that will get me back on the sauce. "The Movies" will be the next game that will take over my life. This is the game I always wanted to have and now it is on its way. This is going to be awsome, a Sim much like "Rollercoaster Tycoon", "Theme Park Tycoon" and "Sim City" but based on the movie industry. You will be able to control every angle of the business, from developing your studio, pruning your actors, writing your scripts, and making little movie trailers. I just hope this doesn't come out until winter when I only leave the house to go skiing.

This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of my favorite and one of the best movies ever filmed Jaws. Martha's Vineyard -filming location of the original film- is celebrating with Jaws Fest 05, and placing a life sized replica of the monster great white -carcaridon carcarious- named Bruce. In addition to showing off their new attraction Jaws Fest will display Amity Island just as in the 1975 film.

Jaws Fest begins as guests arrive by ferry or plane and are greeted with signage and banners welcoming them to AMITY ISLAND. Local businesses will again display their 1975 signage from the filming, and over 25 members of the original cast & crew return to Amity for a fabulous weekend celebration. See schedule of events for where and when to see cast & crew.

What a great idea! I only whish Anth and I could make it, we would go crazy there -it's our favorite movie of all time-. I'm also surprised that none of my daily read movie sites have mentioned this. I must be getting better at this stuff?

[Star Wars EPIII easter eggs]
A nice list of hidden goodies found in the movie.

[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]
Adam Sandler is thinking of doing a remake of this classic horror flick.

[Australian Actor posed to play lead in SW T.V series]
I have no clue who this guy is, but he is a possible candidate for the hero in the Star Wars television series.

[Iceman News for X3]
It appears that Iceman will be in X3 and we could see him in full out Icy action.

[Dark Crystal II]
Jim Henson Corp. and the famous Creature Shop will be putting this movie into production this year.

Jason Kottke's thoughts on Reveng of the Sith
Jason is a smart cat, and I like his take on the film, plus he's a SW geek at heart so I can relate.

Stupid is as Stupid Does
2 stupid ass brits burn their faces off after brandishing home made light sabers.

Lucas's Idea for New Star Wars Prequel
The man just can't give it up. Interview talks about possible movies he would like to make, adding to the Star Wars Library.

Dukes of Hazzard 2005 Trailer
I don't care what people think, the cast looks good, the movie looks fun and Jessica Simpson if frick'n hot as hell!

The Island Trailer
Another up coming flick staring Ewan McGreggor which looks good.

Herbie the Love Bug "Fully Loaded"
Whatever - Lindsay Lohan is frick'n hot!

Best Movie Character Jobs
Out of all the movies you've scene, which character had the coolest job? -I always thought Hudson Hawk had it pretty good.

I knew it was only a matter of time until someone would remake the 1968 sexy sci-fi comic book adaptation of a galaxy wondering nymphomaniac named Barbarella. I am also proud to report that via [The Movie Blog] and [Cinescape] it may be true that hottie Lindsay Lohan will be portraying the seductively adventurous role that was once played by Jane Fonda -during her "oh so sexy" days-. For those of you who have never scene Barbarella, it's frick'n stupid man, but sexy as hell, a true sci-fi geek spank fest flick with fur. So LL would be a great fit, I mean who wouldn't want to see her rolling around all half naked -of course they would probably spice up the 2006 version to full frontal-. The only thing I can see that would ruin this remake would be if LL continues to look the way she does, if she doesn't put on a few lbs it will not work! In order for this to be a success LL has to fill out those reveling space suits and bring back her prior curvy look, and only then will she be able to give the character justice.

via [Comic Book Movies]

Unbelievable .. Inconceivable .. I'm Incredulous! How can this be true? The rather reliable sources of true film know-how at The Movie Blog have posted news of an upcoming Friends movie. I have to agree completely with my fellow blogger Richard Brunton, thinking this is frick'n stupid.

.. if you're trying to build up your new career, what you don't do is go back to that role.

~ Movie Blog

I have been so lazy lately. I apologize to my reader who will more than likely abandon me for good. I have been a very busy beaver over the last few weeks, and things seem to be coming to an end so I can now take a few minutes to contribute to BerfNet.

I wanted to talk about a movie I watched last night that I haven't seen in a dogs age -corny line I know- and that flick is Brian De Palma's 1983 classic Scarface. I think I am going to add this movie to my next DVD shoping frenzy, because it is one of those flicks I think I can watch almost anytime. Seriously I am ranking it that high on my list -for those of you who don't know, other titles that I hold in this manner are Jaws, Star Wars and Two Girls and a Guy to name a few-. Number 1 bonus of the movie is unquestionably the performance of Al Pacino as Tony Montana. He is frik'n nuts but yet inspiring due to his powerful motivation and life lessons.

In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

Amigo, the only thing in this world that gives orders is balls. Balls. You got that?

There are so many more, but that will do to get my point across. Bonus 2 of Scarface is Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira. She is absolutely smoking in this role -of course I like the skinny coked up chick look-. The dialog is great minus an unconvincing Cuban accent from Robert Loggia which reminded me how happy I get when he is finally taken out. The move is also a smart interpretation between old management and new management -which is an argument my father and I have from time to time-. Frank portraying the side of old management; easy paced, straight and narrow, not very creative, you know the "If it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality. On the other side you have the young and hungry Tony or new management, sporting his creative thinking and perusing outside the box, fighting for change and expansion. Now much like in the real world, when Tony proposes his new ideas to Frank, they are seen as the actions of a cowboy and quickly rejected -much like many young creative minds-. So Tony leaves to generate his own business, and who do you think takes over control?

Any way I'm rambling, to sum up Scarface is a killer flick and I am convinced must have for any collection. I sure plan on picking up the special anniversary edition for my library.

Within the past few years the blogging phenomenon has grown and the credibility of the editors has grown along with it. Many media companies have been paying more attention to the influence bloggers have on their readers. John Campea, editor of The Movie Blog was invited to a special screening of Star Wars "Revenge of the Sith" last night in Toronto Canada along with other members of the press -see bloggers can be considered press as well-. John and his cohort Richard Brunton -the UK perspective- attract multiple thousands of readers per day with their commentary on movies, celebrities, in production topics and a small tasteful amount of trade gossip. The invite to the screening is a clear indication that promotional groups and marketing teams are finally beginning to utilize the voices that make up these Blogs. Being a reader of The Movie Blog myself, I couldn't be more excited for the progress of the site. Granted John still has to go to work everyday, but I am sure he is not far from following in the foot steps of Jason Kottke.

Well enough of the Blog chatter, and lets get to the real interesting stuff, which is Johns take on the new Star Wars flick. I have mentioned that I have already read the screen play. I was happy with the story and I am eagerly waiting to see how it is all laid out in front of me. After reading Johns review of the movie -which by the way he gives a 7- I still feel positive about what I will see.

The basic story of Revenge of the Sith was (in my opinion) the best laid out story of all the Star Wars films. The political maneuverings, the moral dilemmas, the torn loyalties, and ultimately Skywalker's decent into the dark side. If you were to read it as a 5 page synopsis, the story and plot stands out as exceptional ones.

-John Campea
05.06.05

I have not been shy about my excitement concerning the upcoming Star Wars film "Revenge of the Sith". I have already read the screen play, which I was extremely pleased with -and no that doesn't ruin it for me- and continue to anticipate the visuals of this swan song. Despite the plethora of complaints surrounding the prior episodes I was happy with them. While waiting I have watched everything multiple times, which has led to a true love of the new characters -which I think is how we all fell in love with the original cast-, and now as sad as it will be seeing the culmination of the Star Wars Saga, I eagerly await the beginning scroll of EIII. Even though I am confident that this will not be a disappointment, the review given by Kevin Smith eliminates any doubt I had. Kevin is the type of film buff my overweight friends and I can relate to on a geekness level not found around every corner. So needless to say, I respect his opinion much more than some old has been who loves foreign films and "The Notebook". Kevin wrote this on his forum:

Yes, it's just that dark - and rightfully so. This is the birth of Darth Vader we're talking about.

Thanks to Defamer, I applied for a new job today during lunch. This position was for the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on ABC and the responsibilities were TV watching. Yep thats it, JKL would pay me to watch TV and possibly report back about .. whatever. I think it would be fun, hey I watch a crap load of it already, I might as well get paid for it.

The following link is a very funny foreign commercial that a co-worker sent me. I don't know what she was trying to tell me, but I laughed at it none the less. It comes right out of nowhere with the product message and catches you a bit off guard.

Tell me what you think.

We all know that Jason Kottke is my blog hero right? I surfed Kottke.org this afternoon and began reading his review of "The Empire Strikes Back". In this review Jason admits his Star Wars Geekness, and continues to describe some of the hidden plots that struck him this time and had passed him by in the past.

Something that struck me while watching Empire is that every time I see a Star Wars film, I catch something I missed the previous 50 times .... this time around for me occurred during Luke and Vader's first meeting in Cloud City. I never noticed that Vader isn't trying to turn Luke to the Dark Side to join him and the Emperor. He wants Luke to help him overthrow the Emperor and they'll rule as father and son. And then that sets up all sorts of weird shifting alliances and intrigue between the three of them...

Every Weekend I usually spend the nights at my buddy Anthony's house. This is because I am 26 years old, and I am currently living with my parents -don't ask- and I like to be away on the days I can sleep in. This week was no different, and on Sunday Anthony and I usually watch a large amount of T.V. -this is because we are huge move dorks and we like to spit out movie lines all day-. This day we watched Splash staring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah -who I was told wears a prosthetic finger, is there any truth to that?-, John Candy and we cant leave out Eugene Levy. My homeboy and I were sitting there watching this movie, and reminiscing of the days when we were kids -because I was like 10 when this movie was big-. We talked bout how much we admired actors like Tom Hanks and John Candy; and how weird that was since we were only in grade school, we should have had bigger heroes, like sports stars or something. But anyway, we noticed how much we missed seeing John Candy in flicks.

Ugo.com has published an interview with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane today. Funny; when I was in highschool I was a huge Spawn fan, but after the flop of the 1997 live action film I have seemed to lost interest. This interview I am refiring to is pretty interesting, it certainly tells you what the hell he's been doing for the past 5 years -besides making toys- and it dives into what his future plans are for Spawn. One of the more curiosity raising subjects was the mention of a new animated series that is aimed for cabel or theatrical distribution and will be titled "Cronicles of Al Simons" -or something like that-. T.M does state that he uses Jaws as one of his inspirations in the series, making Spawn much more allusive and hidden. The interview also continues to cover his new series titled "Twisted Tales" which will be airing on will air on Fox in the near future. McFarlane has also been commissioned to continue the Simpsons toy line -which has been very popular among collectors (Bukezilla)-. So there you have it, a brief wrap up of the future of one of our favorite superheros. With any luck it wont go stale like his other ventures.

This is terrible I know, 3 posts within the past few days surrounding Star Wars. But hey the final installment of the ageless saga will be projected onto the silver screen in less than 2 months. I can’t help myself I am so excited, this May 19th will be a personal holiday for sure. I hope you all have viewed the full length trailer, if not here are a few images that I find very cool. For starters we will be witnessing amazing light saber battles from some of the newest Jedi in the story. I’m looking forward to seeing Kit Fisto in action. Kit Fisto was just an extra in Episode II, but due to his popularity as a Jedi he has been placed in a good role for the last movie. Of course he will get cleaned out, but he fights next to Master Mace Windu, and you have to give him props for that. Speaking of Mace Windu – the only bad ass Jedi to sport a purple light saber – his final scenes is to be some of the most amazing fighting sequences in the entire saga. I’ve read that Jackson wanted to be sure that his character would not be forgotten after this flick.

Also we will see the introduction of the mighty Chewbacca which is very cool indeed. You may be saying to your self how is that possible. Well I will tell you my friend, Chewy is a few hundred years old by the time he shows up in the original trilogy, and ask yourself how did Obi Wan find Chewy so quickly at the Mos Esily spaceport, could it be because they know each other? Not to far fetched I think. I also think that the wookie presence will be very entertaining, every one loves a wookie and when we get to see them rip some shit up, that will be even more entertaining. Finally we see the rise of Vader, enough said

I find it funny that I am posting 2 articles back to back that are Star Wars related – my Google ads will certainly reflect the sci-fi dorkness in no time -. But Jason over at Kottke.com is responsible for this one. I heard about the extended Episode III trailer last night, so I checked out Kottke.com to get the scoop. Jason has posted a link to the trailer, and I have to agree with him, it looks frick’n sweet. Obi’ Wan screaming engulfed by flames “You were supposed to be the one”, the reveling if the Emperor, massive Jedi battles and Wookie warriors, just a small dosage of what is to come. I am totally pumped for the end of this saga that has been such a large part of my youth – oh hell even now -.

Thanks Jason: Oh did I mention, you’re my hero.

Thanks to Rotten Tomatoes, I am able to tell you about the up comming James Cameron 3D Imax adventure film Aliens of the Deep. It is about a group of scientests that explore the ocean studing it for concepts of space exploration. Amoung the group is WWE wrestler Kevin Nash aka "Big Sexy". If you are not familiar with the wrestling icon - and I only know of him from when I was a kid - you may remember him as the big ass russian guy from The Punisher. It seems that this aging muscle man has dove head first into the movie biz, and he must be doing something right, if Oscar winning director James Cameron is casting him in roles - even if it is a G rated Disney movie -. The trailer looks pretty good, lots of clean special effects, and if you have not yet sceen a 3D Imax film, you don't know what you're missing; it's amazing. I last saw Polar Express during the holidays, and it was the most fun I have had at the movies since ... Well I can't think of when I was that blown away. Needless to say the 3D Imax experience is fricken sweet, and this flick Aliens of the Deep appears to please, plus there is a big ass wrestler guy in it acting all smart and stuff.