High School Musical: DVD Game
Disney Channel
Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, and Corbin Bleu
Rated E for Everyone Now Available
Hannah Montana: DVD Game
Disney Channel
Starring Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Moises Arias, and Emily Osment
Rated E for Everyone Now Available
WARNING: This is a LONG review! You have been warned!
Lost: Season 4 – The Expanded Experience
ABC Studios/Bad Robot
Starring Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lily, Jorge Garcia, Naveen Andrews, Michael Emerson, Sam Anderson, and lots of other people
Rated TV-14 for language and violence Running Time = 604 minutes (14 episodes on 4 DVDs)
Available Tuesday, December 9, 2008!
Also on Blu-Ray
WARNING: This article is long and contains SPOLIERS. You have been forewarned. Now, go in peace to love and serve Lost and the Island it inhabits.
When I first heard about the show Lost, I honestly thought it was going to be a dramatic version of Gilligan’s Island. And while elements certainly lean toward the goofy at times, Continue reading “Lost Season 4 Delivers!”
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh: A Nickelodeon Original Movie
Nickelodeon Studios/ Schneider’s Bakery
Starring Drake Bell, Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove, Kimbo Slice, and Henry Winkler
Premieres Friday, December 5th, 2008 at 8pm on Nickelodeon
Drake Bell (Santa), Josh Peck (Santa's sack), and some kid
Those wacky brothers, Drake and Josh, are at it again. And this time they’re bringing Christmas cheer and a lot of lunacy in a new movie exclusively on Nickelodeon. Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh catches up with the brothers as the Yuletide holiday nears. Continue reading “Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh: Quirky Tween Entertainment”
Every now and then there is a video game trailer that brings a glimmer of hope. Usually soon after, this hope gets crushed. For instance, when the Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts teaser trailer was released fanboys went wild. A couple months later, Rare shot them in the foot announcing it was a vehicular title rather than a simple platform.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game definitely falls into this category. On paper it seems fantastic. In final form, it usually is a stinker. When Vivendi merged with Activision and Activision dropped the title from its publishing lineup, a red flag warning went up. This title might not be so good.
I am grateful that Atari is planning on publishing this game. It would have been a shame to see all this time and effort by the original actors go to waste. From the new trailer [see below] it appears that at least the cutscenes will live up to the film’s comedic and fun adventure qualities.
Please Atari, take all the time and money that you need to make this title AAA.
PS – Please find a new announcer. The voice actor in this trailer kind of sucks.
Roman Holiday is Audrey Hepburn film debut, she co-starred with Gregory Peck in a romantic comedy about a modern-day Princess and an American newspaperman who fall in love. It’s absolutely amazing that Hepburn won an Oscar for this role.
There are several extra featurettes about Audrey’s biography. All in all these extras will last a couple hours at most. One of the videos is carried over straight from the 2002 DVD release.
This collection includes:
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
Remembering Audrey
Rome with a Princess
Dalton Trumbo: From A-List to Blacklist
Restoring Roman Holiday
Behind the Gates: Costumes
Paramount in the ‘50s- Retrospective Featurette
This film is very enjoyable to watch. Some of the shots of Rome and its landmarks look fantastic. Audrey Hepburn was delightful, and this was one of Gregory Peck’s better films.
Bad TiVo, bad. Apparently by now everyone knows what a TiVo is. They might not know what a DVR is, but they sure by golly know what a TiVo is. Sadly, there still needs to be some education on TiVo. It’s a pandemic.
With over 3 million subscribers TiVo is causing its valued costumers many heartwrenching moments. Does this sound like you: I’m running out of harddrive space, should I watch and then delete House or American Idol?
The truth is that you shouldn’t have to do either. What TiVo needs to do is sell a separate external harddrive storage unit. Then users could gracefully save their favorite shows for later viewing without feeling obligated to watch them. This is the new term that people are called the ‘TiVo Guilt.’
Sure there are plenty of third party modifications that one can install on their TiVo. Mostly all will obliterate your warranty.
Thanks TiVo for bringing joy to my life and others, but I know that you can do better. I don’t want to order pizza from you. I simply want a better viewing experience than what my cable operator provides. Don’t lose focus on your potential. Be all that you can be.
