Miranda Kerr Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show December 2009 Pictures are something. No wonder Victoria’s Secret signed Miranda Kerr to a contract and she shows up in the majority of Victoria’s Secret’s television commercials. Read More

New Daybreakers pictures have premiered. One Daybreakers picture shows Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) in a lab setting and the other Daybreakers‘ picture shows Elvis (Willem Dafoe) and Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) in what looks like a subway. Daybreakers‘ synopsis: “Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. Read More

V (2009): Season 1, Ep.3: A Bright New Day proves show execs are in too big of a rush to get things going on V (2009). The V’s are granted visas after a few months? Are you kidding me? It was such nonsense that the main character, Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell), commented on its lunacy in the opening of this episode. Its a post 9/11 world and this turn of events is ludicrous, even for the world that exists on this television show. People that jump the boarder from Mexico to the United States are not granted visas and non-humans are? Earth does not even know the dynamics of the V’s, their physiology, what diseases they might carry that are benign to the V’s but could be fatal to humans. Read More

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief International Movie Trailer has premiered. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is directed by Chris Columbus and stars Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Catherine Keener, and Pierce Brosnan. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’s plot synopsis (spoilers): “A young boy named Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) discovers that he is the demigod son of the Greek god, Poseidon (Kevin McKidd). Read More

Up (2009) is another in along line of superior computer animated films by Pixar and Disney. Many animated films of the past and the present do not tackle serious themes, the animators believing a cartoon is no place for such ideas. As times changed, that idea began to change as well, as was evident with the release of The Lion King. The Lion King tackled themes such as life, death, and sacrifice. With Up (2009), these themes are approached both in obvious and sub-strata ways as are the ideas of moving on with one’s life after something tragic has happened, seeing what is in front of you, and keeping a promise. These are commonplace themes in Hayao Miyazaki films and welcome ones in Up (2009). Denoting this seriousness, the protagonist in Up (2009) is an old man, Carl Fredricksen (Edward Asner). Second, the viewer sees him lose his childhood love and eventual wife. Third, he is about to have his house taken away and be shipped off to a retirement home. These are issues that effect everyone at some point in their life and they are handled with care in Up (2009). Besides the serious moments, like any Disney animated film, there are multiple moments of levity within Up (2009). Wilderness Explorer Russell (Jordan Nagai), the golden retriever Dug (Bob Peterson), and the rare bird Kevin are the funniest aspects of the film. Dug, because of his talking collar, reminded me of the genetically engineered breed of war dog, the Caleb, from Heinlein’s Starship Troopers, and is both lovable and funny. Read More

The prophecy was correct. 2012 premiered in the Number One spot at the box office this weekend with $65 Million. A Christmas Carol (2009) was Second with $22.3 Million. The Men Who Stare at Goats was Third with $6.2 Million. Read More