Epic director Ridley Scott is back at it with his former movie Gladiator’s star, Russel Crowe, in his latest movie, Robin Hood. A much grittier version than Disney’s rendition, and more serious than Mel Brooks envisioning, this movie stars Russel Crowe as Robin Hood (obviously), and Cate Blanchett as Lady Marian, this movie is supposed to look behind the fairy tale of Robin Hood to the story of Sir Robin Hood of Locksley, Earl of Huntington, who Robin Hood is based on. I really enjoyed Gladiator, but didn’t enjoy Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven as much. I got the feeling that he made it too similar to Gladiator, and was just cashing in on some of the things people enjoyed with his first movie. So all I can do is hope that he doesn’t repeat it with this movie, because I don’t know about you, but I love the Robin Hood character, and will be quite upset if he manages to ruin this movie.

A movie of ordinary superheros. Nothing ground-breaking, but the way it’s set up looks to make it a fun but action-packed movie to watch. A part of me is a bit excited to see this, if not on the big screen then definitely once it is out on DVD.

Say what you want, Toy Story came out 14 years and revolutionized cartoon movies for children. Movie after movie since then, Pixar dominated the entire field, destroying the weak fight that Disney and Dreamworks put up with their own films, until Disney finally manned up and bought Pixar out right. Some may say that Toy Story 3 is milking the franchise, but there is no chance that I won’t go see this movie. It looks great, and Pixar has come a long way since the first one in therms of graphics (they’re rendering people for one thing… the first only went as far as hands). I am totally excited for this movie.

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A great compilation of clips of special effects from movies spanning the last 100 years. It’s really interesting to see how we’ve progressed, and how some of the old stuff can still hold up in 2009. Some biggies that are missing in my opinion would have to be The Matrix’s use of bullet time, 2001: Space Odyssey for, well, doing everything, including walking on floors and ceilings in one continuous shot without CGI. I also love the fact the video is set to Rods and Cones by the Blue Man Group. (Found on Gizmodo)

I have always believed that Leonardo DiCaprio got typecasted by Titanic unjustly. Yes he played a character who every girl was swooning over when the movie came out, but he did a great job, and is in my opinion a great actor. You can look at Basketball Diaries, Catch Me If You Can, Departed, The Quick and The Dead,to name a few,  and he’s been awesome in all of them. And he the new Christopher Nolan movie, Inception, staring DiCaprio, looks like a brilliant mind-bender. I am so excited to see this next summer.