Sunshine : It's good, it's decent, it's amazingly derivative, it's good, and then it's suddenly a zombie movie. In space. The Icarus exterior borrows heavily from the Pegasus and the Discovery; the interior looks like someone tried to build a Nostromo from parts purchased at a Sharper Image sale, and the space suit looks like it was designed for a Jidoon. It all hangs together fairly well if you're willing to overlook the usual production tropes that drive scifi nuts up the wall, and the cinematography is gorgeous - particularly the transit of Mercury and the docking and departure scenes. Definitely worth watching, though it's a coin toss as to rather or not you'll actually enjoy it. I did. But I'm hardly unbiased - I enjoy most well-produced science fiction, with a few noteable exceptions.
I enjoyed The Simpsons Movie a hell of a lot more than I enjoyed The Transformers, even if Transformers had better previews. The Simpsons was fantastic from start to finish - the only bad thing about the movie was the trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks, which was terrifying. Possibly the worst thing I've seen this year.
If you haven't seen Meadowlands, then don't waste your time. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and implied tension, signifying nothing. The ending rips off Cemetary Man and does so quite badly - badly in that it's obvious that this was supposed to be some sort of mindblowing revelation. Still not sure why the brits think eyeball length bangs are so great, but I'm pretty sure that britgirl taste in haircuts is centered in the same part of the brain that allows them to tolerate Oasis. If you want a better version of whatever it is the production team was trying to achieve, go watch The Prisoner and Twin Peaks and blend them together in your head. You'll get better results, and better characters.
The Company is shaping up to be The Good Shepard, only with post-ww2 Europe and Michael Keaton in place of the Bay Of Pigs and a constipated-looking Matt Damon. The production has a strikingly similar feel to it. I do so wish that filmmakers would realize that you can, in fact, deal with a convoluted and complex subject like counter-intelligence without resorting to moody audio and nonlinear editing.
The Sarah Connor Chronicles takes a giant shit on the Terminator franchise. Summer Glau as robo-River does nothing to save it. What's missing from the pilot? Everything that made T1 and T2 great. What's it got? Robo-River and terminators disguised as high school teachers. I'm not making that part up - and trust me, I wish I was. If I could unsee one thing on this list, it's a tossup between TSCC and Meadowlands.
bda is right again : Brick is good. The protagonist reminds me of Adam, though I think it's more his jawline than anything else. Brick is well cast, well written, and very well shot. Out of everything on this list, it's the one you'll most likely have to actually look for, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
TMNT : Much better than I'd expected. Bonus points for Patrick Stewart, outstanding production design, and turtles with New Yawk accents. Hopefully it rakes in enough to earn a sequel.
While I'm still looking forward to the Battlestar Galactica TV Movie this fall, the trailer leaves my pants dry. The threat of more webisodes might have something to do with that.
Me, I want fewer webisodes and more Babylon 5. Voices In The Dark is a solid addition to the B5 universe (and a hell of a lot better than Legend Of The Rangers), the DVD extras are great, the new CG is fantastic, but the two stories on the DVD don't feel like the one-offs JMS claims they are : they feel like they're setting the ground for a potentially larger story. I want more B5. Much more. I hope the Voices DVD sells well enough for Warner Brothers to give JMS more money. A lot more money. Money hats, even.
And Flash Gordon (2007) will sterilize you. It will probably also give you brain-AIDS.
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