WB Releases HP7: Part 2 DVD Covers

It's uber sexy too!

WB has released the DVD/Blu-ray covers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.

AND(!!!!) they will be releasing a 2-Disc DVD version!!

They also have a Collector's Edition, Blu-Ray 3D Pack, Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Copy version, and the Complete 8-Film Collection.

Check out all the covers on Mugglenet!

Get the movie November 11th.

Jurassic Park 4 is Green for GO!

While promoting The Adventures of Tintin at Comic-Con in San Diego, Steven Spielberg teased us with some news on the long-awaited Jurassic Park 4.

As previously reported, there was rumors of the series being rebooted, but by the sound of it that's not the case anymore.

Steven Spielberg announced:

"We have a story, I can happily announce right now. We have a writer…. Hopefully, we'll be making Jurassic Park IV in the near future. In the next two or three years."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, I'm so excited. So does that mean that he'll be sitting in the directors chair again. Or will he just simply stay as producer. Either way, I'm excited.

People, Jurassic Park IV is officially in-development! :)

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Trailer: The Dark Knight Rises

Not much to go on. It better be epic. Anne Hathaway better get a Oscar nomination. And Joseph Gordon Levitt better be amazing and have a huge part!

Movie still has a stupid title...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 at #78 on IMDb's List

Don't worry, don't worry, a movie review for Part 2 is coming. But this is also important.

As of right this second, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which was released 2 days ago, is on IMDb.com's Top 250 Movie List. No other Harry Potter film is currently on it.

It is currently ahead of other amazing films like Singin' in the Rain, Pan's Labyrinth, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gran Torino, Jaws, Black Swan, Up, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Die Hard, The Great Escape, Batman Begins, The King's Speech, No Country for Old Men, The Wizard of Oz, The Lion King, Slumdog Millionaire, Gone With the Wind, and many, many others.

It has a 8.7 / 10 star rating currently with 17,708 votes. I find this to be such a big deal because things don't typically stay where they are for very long. It could continue to go up if people give it a 9 or 10 star rating, or down if they vote any other way. I would say in one year, it will rest in a comfortable place due to people having already voted whether that be on the list or not. I'm hoping it does. So please vote!!

One thing we don't have to worry about is any Twilight movie making it onto the list.

And on top of the IMDb thing, Harry's been breaking some records. It currently holds the largest Friday gross and highest opening weekend… as of right now… the weekend isn't over. Even before the movie opened in the US, it had broken the record for most sold-out theaters.

So if you haven't voted on IMDb.com, vote! If you haven't seen the movie yet, see it!

**UPDATE**

As of 7/18/11 - #67 with 8.6 star rating and 34,400 votes.

As of 7/19/11 - #69 with 8.6 star rating and 41,000 votes.

As of 7/20/11 - #73 with 8.6 star rating and 45,800 votes.

As of 7/21/11 - #75 with 8.5 star rating and 49,700 votes.

As of 7/23/11 - #79 with 8.5 star rating and 52,700 votes.

As of 7/28/11 - #99 with 8.5 star rating and 65,400 votes.

First Poster for The Dark Knight Rises

How awesome and Inception-like! This franchise really does know how to tease us!

Sherlock 2 Is Almost Here!

December 2011!

I hope it's as good as the first one. And I hope that Rachel McAdams plays a large part as well. It wasn't a sure thing that she would return for the sequel, but they said she would make an appearance for sure.

Jo, Dan, Emma, & Rupert's Final Speeches for Harry Potter

"Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home."

So sad. I'm going to hate to see it end. I'll cry forever.

Harry Potter Banner Years 1 - 7.5

This is going to be my profile pic on Facebook. Feel free to steal.

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MI:4 - Ghost Protocol Looks Good!

Love me some Jeremy Renner! Tom Cruise is good too, minus his spiritual beliefs.

Check out the trailer for Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol. Looks very action packed. I hope Jeremy doesn't turn out bad. That would be sad.

Please, Disney/Pixar -- No More Toy Storys

You need to quit while you're a head.

But look who I'm talking to. Disney… They see money and they'll do anything to get to it regardless of reputation.

Tom Hanks is currently promoting his new movie Larry Crowne with Julia Roberts. While being interviewed, he said that he thinks a fourth Toy Story is coming and they're working on it now.

I thought the 3rd one was going to be the last one, Disney? Even the toys seemed to think it was over. They were (spoiler alert) past on to a new owner and left Andy. Audiences were sad to see it end. It was a bittersweet ending and it was perfect. We've excepted that Toy Story was concluded, but now you're saying you want to make another? Ugh.

Where is Pixar in this? I was under the impression that Pixar was against sequels, but now all of a sudden they seem to be loving them.

Disney/Pixar movies are known to be the best in animation. At least that's what I think. They all have original and solid stories and do extremely well at the box office. Every single Pixar film has been nominated for an Academy Award (only 8 were nominated for Best Animated Feature because that category was added in 2004, they won 6; 2 Pixar films were nominated for Best Picture).

Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, WALL-E, Ratatouille, and Up are all the original works of Pixar. Each year, Pixar puts out one film. This year Cars 2 came out. Next year, Pixar will be putting out another original called Brave about a Scottish warrior. Then Pixar will be putting out a prequel to Monsters, Inc. entitled Monster University, as said, another Toy Story, and they're throwing around the idea of an Incredibles sequel. Personally, I didn't care for Cars. It's my least favorite and it had little potential - story-wise - for a sequel. I always thought that The Incredibles would have successful sequels. The first movie even sets up for one.

I'm getting off track. Regardless, Pixar puts out great movie. I trust them to do amazing sequels like the Toy Story's. I just don't want that to be their thing. Sequels can only go so far before they become old. One of the reasons that Toy Story 3 did so well was because there was a 11 year gap between 2 and 3.

Disney needs to stop focusing on the merchandising aspect and thinking with their wallets. I understand that's how business works. But eventually, things get old and over done. I don't believe Toy Story is that way since Toy Story is forever, but Toy Story had an amazing conclusion and should be left alone. If they do choose to continue, it needs to be done tastefully.

Thanks for reading my ramblings. :)

Jurassic Park May Be Rebooted

I did enjoy the third one, but I'd pick the Rex over Spino any day.

So rumor has it that the Jurassic Park series may be rebooted after years of wondering if a fourth one will ever be made.

Apparently, Steven Spielberg has been having secret meetings with a writer from I Am Legend to brainstorm ideas on how to reboot the series. It's possible that they're looking for a new storyline completely instead of redoing the first movie which is based off the book.

Personal thoughts…

Hmm… To be honest, I'm leaning more towards the sequel. The sequel, however must be very thought out. JP3 worked, but it seemed to be like a side story away from the main series. Personally, I would like another movie with John Hammond in it and I want the story to be around him and the science of the dinosaurs like the first two. Not something where people crash on one of the islands and need to escape. We have cell phones now… it's just not realistic anymore (and you can't use the no service, dead battery, or dropped in water excuses… that's cliché).

A reboot would work only because, by the time the movie is released, it'll be 10 years after the previous films release. Meaning that it follows my rebooting rule of 10 years between series. However, I feel as though making a reboot (or in other words a remake) of Jurassic Park is like remaking Jaws, Star Wars, or E.T. They're classics that shouldn't be messed with. For me, the reboot would have to have a completely different title in order to not be confused with the iconic original.

Thoughts?

Teaser Trailer for Alvin & The Chipmunks 3

Yay! And a Titanic spoof. You know this is going to be good! ;)

Percy Jackson 2: The Sea of Monsters is a Go!

After questioning whether or not the first one was good enough for a sequel, we've learned today that Fox is committed to making the second Percy Jackson book into a movie.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters has gone into production with a hopeful release date in 2012, which is surprisingly soon. Logan Lerman will be returning as Percy Jackson (since he lost to Andrew Garfield for Spider-Man) and Harry Potter 1 & 2 director Chris Columbus will be stepping down to allow Diary of a Wimpy Kid director Thor Freudenthal to give it a shot. Columbus will stay on as a producer.

It wasn't a sure thing for this movie to be made. The first one was released to mixed reviews and just okay numbers. Eventually, it did make $226 million internationally with only a $95 million production budget. Those seem like good numbers until you look at the US domestic gross which is only $88 million. Typically it depends on how well you do in the US before you decide on whether to make a sequel or not.

Another factor that make a sequel questionable was that they altered the first movie from the original book to a point where important things were left out and will make a second movie hard to understand without clarification.

Final Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Trailer!

HARRY POTTER

AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS:

PART II TRAILER

THE FINAL TRAILER OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES

Amazingly Epic New Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Posters!

Finally! Professor McGonagall gets her own poster!! Along with Professor Flitwick and Fred & George. But… um… where's Ginny's?

Movie Review: X-Men: First Class

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

(out of four stars)

I must say that this is the best X-Men movie to date. I enjoyed the original trilogy, but this movie had it going on.

Honestly, I'm not even sure I can criticize this movie in any way.

I loved that they were able to tie a real historical event in America and X-Men together perfectly. I learned about the Cuban Missile Crisis in 8th grade, but I never really understood it. The only this I remembered about it was that it was called "The Cuban Missile Crisis" but the conflict was actually between the US and Soviet Russia. This movie, while being laced with fiction, helped me get the gist of what my 8th grade teacher was trying to explain. See… movies can be educational.

At first I wasn't sure about James McAvoy as Professor X, but he definitely grew on me. In fact, they did a great job with this cast, including Kevin Bacon. I must comment on the range of accents and languages that Michael Fassbender (Magneto) and Kevin Bacon had to pull off for their roles. I understand that Fassbender is in fact German, but he did have to speak Spanish during his scene in Argentina and he did it perfectly. I also enjoyed Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Nicholas Hoult's (Beast) performances.

My one disappointment was that Xavier was paralyzed in this movie. First off, I should say that they did it in a great way. I looked up how it was actually done in the comics and that was stupid. Something about an alien dropping a rock on his legs. In the movie, Moira (who is a human) gets upset and begins shooting at Magneto with Xavier standing somewhat behind him. Magneto deflects her bullets. One of which ricochets and hits Xavier's spine. What's great about this is that we know Magneto deflected it and it happened to hit X. To Magneto, human Moira shot him, which makes him despise humans even more.

Now, why am I disappointed that he was crippled? Because by the end of the movie, I was hoping for a sequel and hoped that if they didn't cripple X, then they'd be somewhat obligated to make another to depict that.

Now, if you've made it this far into the review and you've seen the movie, I hope you'd agree with my thoughts on the movie. If you haven't seen the movie and you've gotten this far… WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? Go see this movie!!! It's amazing and I want it to make money so they realize they need to make another!!

Fun fact: the movie makes two cameos; neither of which are creator Stan Lee who normal appears in all movies based off his comics. One of which is obvious and I absolutely loved but will not spoil. The second is while Mystique is lying in bed for Magneto. Magneto tells her that she is too young so she changes her appearance to that of her older self played by Rebecca Romijn, who appeared as Mystique in the original trilogy.

For those who care -- The Breaking Dawn Trailer

Spy Kids 4 Trailer!!

Jessica Alba… who would've thought you'd take a lead role in a movie like this!

I loved the first and second Spy Kids movies. I hated the third one… mostly because the gorgeous Alexa Vega only had a small part and because the movie was made for 3D with their stupid, unnecessary 3D tricks.

This doesn't look terrible. I feel like their trying to hook on a new generation and I'm sure it'll work. I'm really glad to see Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara reprise their roles.

Will I see it in theaters? Probably not. Will I rent it? Most likely. I'm a child at heart.

Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

(out of four stars)

I have so much to say about this movie and I don't even know where to start or how to organize what I want to say so I'm sorry if my writing about this movie is a little bi-polar.

The movie was good. It had good action, a lot of Johnny, and the Pirates supernatural-mentality that we've all become accustom to.

Let's start with the story. Basically it picks up some time after Pirates 3. It is unclear how much longer, but long enough for Barbossa to become part of the Royal navy. And before you ask

there was absolutely no reference to Will and Elizabeth (Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley) in this movie.

Jack travels to London to find the person who has been impersonating him in order to find a crew searching for the Fountain of Youth. He finds Gibbs and rescues him before being brought in front of Uncle Vernon King George and finds out that Barbossa is working for King George and is in search of the Fountain of Youth. The King requires that the English find it before the Spanish. Jack escapes from the King and employment from Barbossa and finds the impersonator. It turns out to be a former love of Jack's, Angelica played by Penelope Crúz. She turns out to be the daughter of the evil pirate Blackbeard who is searching for the Fountain of Youth to prevent some dumb prophecy about being killed by a one-legged man. Oh, that reminds me, Barbossa now has one leg and lost the Black Pearl to Blackbeard who shrunk it with magic and put it in a bottle. How ironic.

Jack is now aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's ship which he controls telepathically with his sword, as a member of his crew. They're in search of a mermaid whose tears are required for the ritual that coincides with the Fountain of Youth. They manage to catch one and it falls in love with a rebellious member of Blackbeard's crew which creates a cute little side story. In the end, they all make it to the Fountain - Barbossa's English crew and the Spanish included - and a fight begins. Barbossa stabs Blackbeard, taking Blackbeard's sword, while Jack is preparing the chalices for the ritual. The plan originally is for Angelica to give her life for her father to survive, since the ritual requires a sacrificed life. Jack tricks them into drinking the wrong chalices killing Blackbeard while Angelica survives. The End. Oh and then Jack abandons Angelica on the island that he was left on by Barbossa.

So like I said, the movie had great action scenes, but that was most of the movie. Many of the scenes were unnecessarily long on top of being unnecessary. Sadly there was no action scene as epic as the Kraken in Pirates 2 or the Maelstrom in Pirates 3. I found the action similar to that of the first one, so it wasn't terrible. The fight at the King's Palace killed me though; how he found while trying to get a hold of the pastry. Kind of lame and pointless.

I am not a fan of Penelope Crúz so even before the movie was released, I was worried. She didn't really do anything for me. AND it really didn't help that she was pregnant. We hardly ever saw her body and when we did, it was a stand-in played by her sister. So a lot of the movie was close-ups of actors meaning above the stomach which is very unlike Pirates movies.

I didn't like that Barbossa's leg was cut off and I hate that the trailers for the movie steered us wrong. They cut the trailer together to make us think that Blackbeard was the one-legged pirate. Now, if Barbossa's character returns for future films, he'll always have one leg which I don't care for.

I loved the missionary, Phillip, but I'm disappointed he didn't have a larger part. I also loved the little love side-story that was going on between him and the mermaid. I wish they had embellished that a little more. They also didn't really give them an ending.

I was disappointed that the Black Pearl wasn't a huge part of the movie. And why the hell was it in a bottle? And why the hell did this movie have zombies?! I'm sorry I'm being so picky. I just had very high expectations for this movie and I tried going in unbiased and open-minded. I'm sorry if the negatives are outweighing the positives.

I also really had a problem with Richard Griffiths being in this movie. If you don't know he plays Harry Potter's Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter series and I just thought it was bizarre to take a iconic character from one series and stick him into another movie filled with iconic characters. For some reason I found it weird and didn't much care for it.

As a stand alone movie, I thought that On Stranger Tides was pretty good. If I were compare it to the other Pirates movies, I would say that if the original trilogy were the American Pie trilogy, then On Stranger Tides would be the Naked Mile or Band Camp. Why? Because something felt… off. It didn't feel like a regular Pirates movie; it was missing something and I haven't yet decided what that something is.

How would I have made this movie differently? Made it longer, included the Black Pearl, no zombies, no behind-the-scenes pregnant leading lady, larger love story, and no cheesy 3D shots. That's just a start too. I could be way more pickier.

So yes, On Stranger Tides, is a good movie although you think I'm lying based on my pickiness. It had its flaws, but it was still very entertaining. Could you wait for it on DVD? I suppose. If you do see it in theaters, don't see it in 3D. I didn't, but I can imagine it would be hard to tell what's going on. Besides 3D sucks. :) Do I want to see more Pirates movies? Yes, I do. I can't live without them at this point and now I know to be more open-minded. They could also do a better part on their end though. ;)

I do recommend seeing it however, but just enjoy it and take it as it is.

Cover Art for Hilary Duff's Devoted

Check out the cover art for Hilary Duff's new book!

Love it!

Devoted is the sequel to Elixir which came out last year (which I still have to finish, sadly).

It will be on shelves on October 11th, 2011!