Reasons Why You Should NOT Buy a Plasma Television

The Superbowl draws near and you want to see the big game in high definition television (HDTV) but you’re unsure about which type of HDTV television you should buy? If you open up your local consumer electronics flyer, the choice is clear - Plasma.

Here’s 5 Reasons Not to Buy a Plasma TV this Superbowl Season.

The purpose of the article was to provide a counterpoint to some of the misinformation being advertised prior to the Superbowl by various retailers and was not a blanket condemnation of Plasma televisions.

For reasons why you should buy a Plasma check out our May 2005 article entitled - Five Reasons to make your next HDTV a Plasma

Plasma televisions are sleek, sexy and can hang on a wall. In addition to a slim space saving design, Plasma’s offer a wide viewing angle, uniform screen brightness and good colour fidelity. What’s not to love?
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Micky Ward Movie Gets Ready to Shoot In October. Will it Shoot In Lowell?

After two years in development, Mark Wahlberg and Darren Aronofsky’s long gestating boxing biopic on underdog champion Irish Micky Ward is finally going to begin shooting in October, the star told MTV News.

“I’ve been training for two years now. I’m ready,” he said. “I want to look like a champ, not a chump.”

But Mark Wahlberg has more than just a few moves to his credit these days, he’s also got a healthy dose of fighting words for anybody who thinks that what the world needs least right now is another boxing movie.

Yes, there have been many classic movies to center on the sport, Wahlberg admits, and, yes, he told us last year, he’d of course like it to hold up to “Raging Bull,” the undisputed champion of the genre.

But ultimately, his performance as Micky Ward in “The Fighter” is for an audience of one, he said smiling — Micky Ward.

“I want to do him proud. The guy did everything I wish I could have done. He came from nothing, went on to win the world title with all the odds stacked against him. Did it with his mother and his brother,” Wahlberg grinned. “He’s still in the same town to this day. He’s got a regular job. He knows that I’m going to put it all on the line for him. Mickey Ward is going to be [on set, watching me] every single day.” Read more

Mark Wahlberg Talking About Micky Ward on Conan

The Conan show had Mark Wahlberg on and he was on talking about Micky Ward and the movie he’s doing about Micky’s boxing career and life. Wahlberg talked about how he’s been training for a year now and he really wants to portray Ward in a great and realistic way.

Mark told late night host Conan O’Brien he’s been waking up up at 5:30 in the morning 5 days a week for a year to get in top physical condition for the part. We know that Micky was all ripped and in supreme cardio shape for his fights. Mark’s got some work ahead to compete there. Read more

Rush Hour 3 Doesn’t Kick Ass Like Their Last Movie. But I Like It.

Rush Hour 3 starts the weekend off with less than two thirds the attendance wallop of its predecessor of Rush Hour 2.

Rush Hour 3 drew an estimated $50 million on approximately 5,200 screens at 3,778 theaters, topping the weekend box office. New Line Cinema’s action comedy sequel starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, which reportedly cost $140 million to make, saw initial popularity closer to the first Rush Hour than Rush Hour 2. Read more

X-Files Sequel: Myth or Reality?

There are some rumblings going on about the possible making of an X-Files sequel. Both Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny (Scully and Molder) have confirmed that there is once again talk about creating the X-Files sequel but that this time the talks are a little more serious and it really looks like the X-Files sequel will be made. Read more

Lance Armstrong and Jake Gyllenhaal: Dating or Making a Movie?

Well there are rumors flying in both directions. Sure Lance Armstrong and Jake Gyllenhaal are spending a lot of time together and are spotted out on the town together but that doesn’t mean they are gay for each other. Read more

Grindhouse - Sleaze Filled Movie by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez

If you don’t know the definition of the term grindhouse… look it up. Grindhouse the movie is the collaborative work of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez set for release on April 6, 2007.

“Grindhouse” is a full length feature which is made up of two individual films Death Proof and Planet Terror created separately by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. It is described on the Grindhouse Official Website as the sleaze filled saga of an exploitation double feature by Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez. Read more

The Fighter - The Movie of Irish Micky Ward

Paramount Pictures has reportedly fast tracked The Fighter which is a biopic of fighter Irish Micky Ward. Mark Walhberg and Matt Damon will be co-starring in this movie based on the life of Micky Ward and his half brother and trainer Dicky Eklund. Read more

Fred Claus Movie. The Older Brother of Santa Claus

Fred Claus, played by Vince Vaughn, is the older brother of better known Santa Claus, played by Paul Giamatti.

The movie “Fred Claus” lets you see just what it would be like to live in the shadow of Nicholas Claus. Read more

300 Is a Kick Ass Movie

I just went to see the movie 300 last night. I am a huge fan of that movie. If you are looking for a movie that will make you cry, laugh and appreciate life… This is not the movie for you. However, if you are looking for a movie that will make your adrenaline pump, your heart speed up and some times make you wince… Look no further. 300 is for you. Read more

M Night Shyamalan New Movie “The Happening” Watch This…

M Night Shyamalan will begin shooting his newest film “The Happening” which is scheduled to be released late Summer of 2008. 20TH Century Fox and India based UTV have recently announced they will be co-producers of M Night Shyamalan’s latest film. Read more

Hounddog Movie Debuts at Sundance Under Controversy

An Independent film, starring 12 year old Dakota Fanning, titled Hounddog is causing major controversy. People all over are sounding off over the sexual situations that Fanning’s character, 9-year-old Lewellen, is involved in throughout this film. The main problem that people are having with Hounddog is a graphically suggested rape involving Fanning’s character. Read more

Mel Gibson Tells Diane Sawyer He’s 65 Days Sober

Mel Gibson calls his anti-Semitic rant following his arrest for drunk driving in July “the stupid ramblings of a drunkard.” In an interview with Diane Sawyer set to air on “Good Morning America” on Thursday and Friday, Gibson says that though staying sober is a struggle, he has not had a drink in 65 days.

He adds that he plans to continue making movies and working to heal himself and those he offended.

“All you can do is take another step, keep breathing,” he says, according to a partial transcript of the interview released by ABC.

Clean shaven and casually dressed in jeans and a blue checkered shirt, Gibson tells Sawyer he began drinking two months before sheriff’s deputies arrested him in Malibu on July 28. Maybe he should have tried to improve his bedroom environment.

“Years go by, you’re fine,” he says. “And then all of a sudden in a heartbeat, in an instant, on an impulse, somebody shoves a glass of Mescal in front of your nose and says, “It’s from Oaxaca.” And it’s burning its way through your esophagus and you go, “Oh man, what did I do that for? I can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.”

The interview with Sawyer is the first time Gibson has spoken to the media since sparking a scandal by unleashing what he later called “vitriolic and harmful words” during his arrest. Gibson told the arresting officer: “The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world,” and asked him, “Are you a Jew?”

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Death of a President Film About George W Bush’s Assassination

A controversial British drama about the fictional assassination of President George W. Bush has been applauded following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.
Death of a President, which shows Bush shot dead in Chicago in 2007, was recently slammed as “irresponsible” and “horrible” by American politicians.

However, director Gabriel Range claims critics are judging the film unfairly as they have yet to see it.

He says, “I think the film makes it clear it would really be a horrific event. I really don’t think that anyone would get the idea of assassinating Bush from this film.”

He adds, “It is using the lens of the future to look at the present. It is about issues that have affected us all in the last five years. It is a film about America today.

“The central conceit of the film was that it is a drama, but told in the style of what we hope is a fairly authentic, classic, retrospective documentary. Clearly, if we had told a retrospective documentary with a fictional president, it would have undermined and undercut that central idea.”

What’s New with Windows Media Player 11

Windows Media player 11 looks very different to earlier versions of windows media player. This is because it has been designed with Windows Vista in mind. At this time it is not certain if Windows media player 11 will be available before Windows Vista is released. The application does function perfectly fine within Windows XP, but the GUI design does make it look a little out of place.

The New GUI has been designed with the Windows Vista appearance very much in mind. I understand the application will be sinkable when the final version is released.

Windows media player 11 has an entire interface tab dedicated to connection to portable devices. It is clear that Microsoft still have keen plans and ambitions when it comes to the Apple iPod dominated world of portable media.

Microsoft have long been involved in the software side of portable MP3 players such as the iRiver and Zen media devices. This clear and simple to use interface will certainly make it a lot easier to link up your portable media to the PC. Microsoft will see this as a clear way to entice users to the recently revamped MSN music store. Portable media has proven to be a huge market in recent years.

Windows media player 11 also makes it a lot easier to rip your conventional media from CD form to MP3 format. Microsoft have introduced their Digital rights management into Media player 11 and you can use this to control the distribution of your media. It is interesting to note you can check a ox to have windows ignore your reproduction of music. It is however recommended that you use this feature to control how many copies you can make of your original purchases. Read more

Ice Age Movie - NOT for Kids

Ice Age: The Meltdown is a pure sequel product that should make children and undemanding grown-ups happy even as it lacks anything resembling storytelling inspiration. Atleast for kids over about 6 years old. Anyone inclined to take the longer view may scratch his head and wonder why a kiddie movie is the only place our culture is willing to talk about global warming.

Ice Age. Yep, meteorological apocalypse is the dramatic engine of ”Meltdown” (are you ready for your Happy Meal?). The glaciers are retreating, oceans are breaking out everywhere, and all the baroque Pleistocene critters are rushing for the safety of a giant tree trunk ”ark” before a massive ice dam bursts and floods their valley.

Amid the glyptodonts, aurochs, and giant anteaters are a few familiar faces: Manny the mammoth (voice of Ray Romano), Sid the giant sloth (John Leguizamo), and Diego the saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary). These three form their own pack, although Manny is mad over the fact that he’s probably the last of his kind. Read more

Grand Theft Auto To Go From Game Console to the Movie Screen

This is what the trademark said published today for the Xbox and Playstation game Grand Theft Auto:

Vice City Stories: Entertainment services in the nature of the production and distribution of motion picture films; production of prerecorded video cassettes, video discs and laser discs; entertainment services in the nature of live-action and/or animated television programs series and production of live-action, and/or animated motion picture films for television; entertainment services in the nature of computer games provided and played through a global computer network.

Hopefully its a decent game movie and not just a movie of the week or a bomb in the movie theater. Anyone seen the Movie Doom yet?

Clerks 2: Silent Bob is Forever Silent?

Hey anyone know where I can get some Clerks 2 Ringtones or Jay and SIlent Bob ringtones?

Writer/director Kevin Smith is currently in production on the sequel to the indie cult smash hit film Clerks. As you may know, he’s been documenting the whole experience with video diaries (two a week actually). Well this week’s videos hit that web only to have fanboys shocked to discover a storyboarded sequence featuring the funeral for beloved View Askew character Silent Bob. Will Silent Bob die in Clerks 2?

According to fans, a Silent Bob statue appears in the storyboards engraved with “FOREVER SILENT“. Within a few hours, the video in question entitled “The Boards,” was mysteriously removed from the website (Clerks2.com).

Also revealed in the video were storyboards for a space battle sequence: “Yeah, yeah, like in Battlestar Galactica.” So could this whole video be a joke by funny man Smith? Or could these storyboards be part of a big budget dream sequence? Or will Silent Bob really bite the big one? And if not, why was the video removed from the website?

I guess we’ll have to wait to find out..