Continuing from last week’s post, here are some of the games I’m most looking forward to playing in the second half of 2011.
Resistance 3
Platforms: PS3
Release date: 9/6
More blasting aliens in the 50s! The developers said they worked on simplifying/cleaning up the multi-player in this version to provide a better experience than Resistance 2. So that’s good. Read More
Now that I’m starting to finish some of the games I got for the holidays, I’m turning my thoughts to all the sweet, sweet, life-sustaining games coming out this year. Here’s a look at the game releases I’m most anticipating for the first half of 2011. I’ll cover the rest of the year next week. Read More
Picking up from last week, here are the other summer movies I’m excited to see. Read More
We’re averaging 94 degrees over the last week or so here in Texas, and that must mean it’s early May. Other signs include my watch and calendar both saying it’s early May.
Anyway, May is the start of the summer movie season, so I’ve compiled a list of some of the big upcoming releases. I’m only including the movies I’m interested in — that’s the kind of extremely biased coverage you’ll get here. Here’s part 1. I’ll post the second half early next week. Read More
The SXSW Film Festival starts tomorrow in sunny Austin, Texas. And while I’ll be in Austin for SXSW Music next week, I will sadly not be making the film fest this year. I’ve been keeping up with the festival news, though. If I were going, here are some of the films I’d want to see. If you’re headed to the festival, try checking some of them out.
Barry Munday
This is the story of a womanizer who, umm, loses his ability to womanize, I guess is the polite way to say it. It sounds like a unique comedy, but I’ll be honest with you — what really interests me is that Billy Dee Williams is in the movie at some point.
Erasing David
A documentary in which filmmaker David Bond decides to drop off the grid and see how difficult it is to hide in the modern world, with all the personal information available to governments, private investigators, etc. Sounds like he encounters some real Big Brother-type stuff in the process.
Leaves of Grass
This is one of the films from the festival I’m most interested in seeing when it’s in wider release. Edward Norton plays twin brothers — one a classics professor at an Ivy League school, the other a small-time drug dealer in Oklahoma. Apparently, Richard Dreyfuss plays some sort of drug kingpin, which should be interesting.
*Big-Time News*: Ed Norton will be stopping by Blockbuster World Headquarters for a meet & greet nest week on his way to Austin, and we’ll be interviewing him for a post on the blog!
MacGruber
I really just want to see how they are turning this SNL sketch into a feature-length film.
Predators
I wrote about this in my 2010 Movies Preview, and now Robert Rodriguez is bringing some footage from the unfinished movie to SXSW. So I guess this is kind of a preview of a preview.
Red, White and Blue
I don’t know much about it, except that it sounds like it might not exactly be a feel-good film, and that it was shot and set in Austin.
Saturday Night
James Franco offers a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into making an episode of Saturday Night Live. I’ve been a big SNL fan forever, so this is pretty interesting to me.
Suck
I, too, am suffering from vampire burnout, but this is a comedy about a group of vampire musicians. Or something like that. Anyway, it features Alice Cooper, who you may remember from such other excellent movies as Wayne’s World.
World’s Largest
A documentary about a 14-state road trip to find out the stories behind some of America’s roadside attractions. I love goofy stuff like the World’s Largest Ball of Twine, so this is right up my alley.
If you’re headed down to SXSW this weekend, have fun and be safe.
The big box office blockbuster is a rite of summer, like cookouts, family road trips, sunburns, camp, and, here in Texas, holing up like a creepy loner in your air-conditioned home for 4-5 months because it’s eye-meltingly hot with 1000% humidity outside.
This summer is shaping up to be one of the biggest for movie releases. Here are some we’re most anticipating:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Released 5/1)
I’ve heard good things and not so good things about this movie. Bottom line is that it’s definitely a movie I should see. I need to get on that.
Star Trek (Released 5/8)
I saw this on opening day, and I’ll be seeing it at least one more time before it comes out on DVD (then I will own it forever). JJ Abrams knocked this one out of the park, and that’s coming from someone who grew up watching the Star Trek movies and The Next Generation.
Terminator: Salvation (5/21)
True story: I was at a pub last month when the trailer for this came up on the TV. My waiter immediately stopped everything he was doing and remarked, “If this movie is bad, I’m gonna be SO. ANGRY!” While I’m not as emotionally invested as he, I do think this has a lot of potential.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (5/22)
I liked the first movie, and the cast is even better this time around.
Up (5/29)
It seems like either Pixar or Dreamworks (and sometimes both) have a big animated movie every summer. Which is sweet. Up looks particularly good.
Land of the Lost (6/5)
I was on the fence about this movie, but then I remembered that I like Will Ferrell and love Danny McBride. Hoping for some moments of hilarity.
Dead Snow (6/19)
Quiz: What’s better than zombies? Obvious Answer: Nazi zombies. I’ve been looking forward to this ever since one of our product buyers saw it at Sundance and regaled me with tales of awesomeness.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (6/24)
Wait, when did Michael Bay start making big summer action movies? Did I miss a memo? Anyway, I am a fan of giant robots.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7/15)
I myself am not a big Potterhead, but my boss would most likely fire me for leaving this off the list. That is, if it actually does release this time. Zing!
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (8/7)
Okay, Hollywood, this is it: another chance to delight my inner child or give him a brutal roundhouse kick to the face. I have high hopes for a G.I. Joe live-action movie.
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