Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Uh oh...

The fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series might be in trouble. Not only did it lose two of its main characters, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, it is now facing budget cuts that might compromise its quality.

Monday, May 3, 2010

The Top 10 New Cult Movies

What’s your favorite cult movie? Everyone has a different pick, and most people probably have different ideas of how to define a “cult” movie. There are plenty of movies out there that have devoted followings, and sometimes those followings get so big that it seems like everyone’s a member. At this point, who hasn’t seen The Big Lebowski? Is there anyone out there who hasn’t watched The Shawshank Redemption, Donnie Darko or The Rocky Horror Picture Show? The following movies are our picks for the top ten new cult movies that are actually worth watching. So when you’ve worn out your Clerks DVD or decided to cancel your regular viewing of Harold and Maude, reach for one of these films instead!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

2010 PFA Players' Player of the Year

[Rooney next to Young Player of the Year winner, Aston Villa's James Milner]
CONGRATULATIONS WAYNE ROONEY!! He was also chosen as Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA), the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY). This marks the fourth consecutive year that the award is won by a Manchester United player (Cristiano Ronaldo for 2 years and Ryan Giggs last year). Nice job, Wazza!

Manchester United also has the most players in this year's PFA Team of the Year, with 4 players:

Still more stuff on Iron Man 2


According to reports, Iron Man 2 has surpassed the $100 million mark from overseas market, in its opening weekend! The movie is opening in the United States on Friday, May 7th, and expected to make even more in domestic screens.

The numbers are not surprising, though, seeing how highly anticipated this sequel is. Here's a list of Flixter's Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of the Summer:
  1. Iron Man 2 (May 7, Paramount) — 95% want to see
  2. Inception (July 16, Warner Bros.) — 95%
  3. Toy Story 3 (June 18, Disney/Pixar) — 93%
  4. Robin Hood (May 14, Universal) — 90%
  5. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (June 30, Summit) — 89%
  6. The Last Airbender (July 2, Paramount) — 89%
  7. Shrek Forever After (May 21, Paramount/DWA) — 88%
  8. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (May 28, Disney)  – 88%
  9. The A-Team (June 11, Fox) — 85%
  10. The Karate Kid (June 11, Columbia) — 75%

Things to do during the summer:

[obviously I'm supposed to be doing something else right now--maybe study for finals or start doing my programming assignment that's due on MONDAY--but I decided to look for things to do during the summer instead]

  • Finish my movie_database project
  • Play around with Adobe AE for kinetic typography
  • Intern at Didi's place? Or at least come to his office a couple times to see what they do there.
  • Read novels!!
  • GO TO BALI WITH STAN AND ELSA