Why you should watch...Gamer


I don't really know much about this film. I don't know much about the director or much about the plot. But what I do know is that it stars "King Leonidas" (Gerard Butler) in a movie that is NOT a romantic comedy.

It's about time. Yes, this movie does look like it will basically be just a bunch of guns and explosions, but that's okay. Sometimes, that's all you want from a movie.

The summer is pretty much over, and the Fall movie season is right around the corner. One last load screen saver is a nice "exclamation point" to end the this summer season.

Why I'm not sure about... The Final Destination

To be honest, the only reason I'll probably watch this movie is because the only other movie opening this weekend is Halloween II, and I still haven't seen the firs one.

Why you should watch... Inglourious Basterds

I'm not a big fan of needless brutality and excessive violence in movies, but I have to admit, Quentin Tarantino seems understand violence better than most directors working today, and uses it very effectively as a story telling tool .

Aside from the fact that this a Quentin Tarantino film, it also features an all star cast.

Also opening this week is "Shorts", a children's movie directed by one of my favorite directors, Robert Rodriguez. I usually never miss a Rodriguez premier but I don't think he's ever opened against Tarantino.

It was a hard choice to make but I'm siding with Tarantino this weekend, mainly because of the all star cast and becuase I love a good war movie.

Why you should watch... District 9

It's been a while since we've had a big budget "alien invasion" movie (that isn't a remake), and I'm really looking forward to this one.

I don't know too much about the plot. When it comes to movies I really, really want to see, I avoid reading anything about them because I want to leave it all the the "movie theater experience".

I just know I want to see this because it looks like a classic science fiction story, and involves good old-fashion monster aliens.

Why I'm not sure about... G.I. Joe


I'm not expecting much from this movie, but I hope I'm wrong.

I don't know about you, but when I would fantasize about a live-action G.I. Joe movie, the first think that would pop into my head was those awesome Tod McFarlane military action figures, you would see next to all the Spawn action figures at any local toy store.

This movie, (from the trailers) looks nothing like that. From what I can tell the movie revolves around a mechanical suite that give the wearer Super Soldier abilities.

I don't know what to make of that since I don't remember that ever being in the cartoons.

With that said however, this is after all, a movie based on a cartoon ( and comics) so it's safe to say that this movie should be enjoyable as long as it's full of entertaining characters and action sequences.

I am picking this as my movie of the week, but not so much because I really want to see it, but rather because there just isn't anything ells opening up this weekend that I feel like seeing... I hope I am pleasantly surprised