Wanted is a hardcore, ultra-violent action flick.  It’s loud and extremely stylish.  It’s hard to on some level to defend a film so in love with violence and bullets, so there’s no reason to even try to do so.  The 2 DVD set boasts some nifty extras as well.  The cast members are all good (Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman are especially well cast)but the real star of the film is Russian director Timur Bekmambetov.  The director of the cult Russian hits Night Watch and Day Watch, he will have a long career in Hollywood doing big budget action films. 

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Finally, a busy month for DVDs.  Just in time for your Christmas shopping, I give you the best DVD releases for the month of December, including the most-anticipated DVD release of the year……you know the film……and here…..we……go !

December 2nd

Prince Caspian- The vastly underrated Narnia sequel did just OK business in the US while doing gangbusters overseas.  The mixed reviews were mind-bogging to me as this violent and action-packed sequel was one of the summer’s best blockbuster releases. 

Wanted- The best action film in many years (since probably Timur’s film Day Watch) comes to DVD with a great cast (Angelina …

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I went to my first ever “Doll” show at Royal-T in Culver City. I’ve heard people call these dolls “elfdolls” or “ball-jointed dolls.” Well, it wasn’t just a doll show, it was also a gathering of lolita cosplayers. I have to say that I was surprisingly impressed with what I saw. When I first heard of the event, I was expecting to see just regular looking dolls like Barbie and such. But these dolls were so much different. And NO, it’s not just for girls. Scott, the owner of Valley Of The Dolls, who co-promoted the event, is an avid …

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So, last week was pretty much hell here in Southern California. Many homes were destroyed, and memories wiped out. Due to the high winds and the humiditiy, many homes caught on fire. The fire started out in Santa Barbara and spread all the way down to Brea and Yorba Linda area.…

 

Another Heroes episode has come and gone. I’ve pretty much given up on the show’s ability to match the scope of the first season. With that said, all the episodes that we’ve seen so far in season 3 are slowly progressing. It’s as if they ran out of ideas and is dragging an hour episode into a whole season.…

 

Just a few days after the launch of NXE for Xbox 360, a few chosen ones, like around 100,000 PS3 users, had a chance to test out Playstation ® Home Beta Version 1.0 Friday afternoon. I was a little excited but didn’t expect much since it was a beta. The file download is really small.…

Twilight is the highly-anticipated film adaption of Stephenie Meyer’s runaway bestseller Twilight.  Meyer has tapped directly into the psyche of teenage girls everywhere with her Romeo Meets Juliet tale of a brooding undead vampire named Edward Cullen and his brooding (there’s a lot of that going around in the film) emo goth girlfriend Bella.  The series of books is hugely popular and the first in the series has been effectively turned into a feature-length film.  Twilight has a lot of problems with pacing and plotting but its a sincere, entertaining film that should appeal both to fans of teen soaps and …

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Rampage vs. Silva III is about 6 weeks away. But, before we get to that, hit the jump for a vid of their first 2 fights in Japan.…

The new Xbox 360 dashboard came out yesterday and it sucks. The only cool part is the free Netflix movies on HD.…

In this film, Rodriguez teams up with his buddy Quentin Tarantino. You know what that means. A lot of artistic violence and very well textured script writing. This film is proof that low-budget does not equal to shitty movies. Uwe Boll, you need to watch some Rodriguez flicks. The movie follows two brothers running from the law, only to end up in a hellish bar, full of naked chicks, called the Titty Twister. Man, I love that name.

This film captivated me mostly because of its dialogue. Clooney and Tarantino are great at playing 2 crazy brothers. Clooney, being the older …

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