Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Without a doubt the most highly anticipated movie of the summer. Obviously needs to go on the blog. Please note I did not read the book, so all comparisons can get wiped away so we can just review the movie. And maybe that's the problem with the entire series of movies. There is such a hype from the that the movies can in no way match.
But there is also a problem with some of the younger actors. Danial Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint strain through most of the movie to get their lines out. It is apparent that the three leads are tired of playing the same character and are looking to move on to bigger and brighter things. The only possible exception to the big three is Rupert Grint whose humor really helps the movie in the first half. However the movie doesn't seem to move onto anything in the second half.
A big theme through the first half of the movie is young love as the actors are supposed to be dealing with raging harmones. And the movie does supply that in spades, and maybe even too long as we are looking for a showdown the entire movie. But Ralph Fiennes as the dark lord makes a very brief apperance in the movie. He is insted replaced by a couple younger actors in Hero Fiennes and Frank Dillane who have not been lost in the series yet and give off a creepy performance as we see the beginnings of the evil one. Not only do they do well but all the adult actors are fantastic. Most notably Alan Rickman and Jim Broadbent who turn in fantastic performances.
The audience keeps waiting for the battle but it never seems to come. And they will have to wait another summer. This movie will no doubt have people talking, but its mostly them wanting more as you walk out of the theater feeling unsatisfied. Don't worry there is still 2 more movies from one more book. Still plenty of Harry on the big screen, sorry Danny.

Ryan Reynolds Scores the Green Lantern Role

Ryan Reynolds is one of my favorite actors. And The Lantern Corps is my favorite comic group. I'm so jazzed

Ryan Reynolds Scores the Green Lantern Role

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Entourage

So I try to keep this to movies. But how can i disregard the biggest movie star of all time. I am of course talking about Vinnie Chase. He has a new movie coming out soon under the direction of Marty Scorsese he will be in Gatsby. While I am excited that is not what this post will be about. This ones all about the new season and I couldn't be more excited to have my sunday night program back. And while we all remember the disaster that was Season 4 due to Billy Walsh, this season looks to be headed in a solid direction.
First some comments: Sloan is bangin- God damn; Turtle has lost a whole lot of weight: good for him.
Not a whole lot happened as to drive the plot yet I was so satisfied with the show. There was a lot of playful banter with all the characters. Some great lines from Drama as per usual including:

E: He passed you for premiere tickets?
Drama: Why? Cheryl Walters let me go in the back door for Young Guns 3 tickets.
Turtle: Disgusting.

And

It's all the girls he's been getting. Pussy can smell other pussy and they have to pounce on it. That's why when you're on a hot streak you gotta press it like blackjack.

We also get to see come great character development. All the boys are growing up, and in this episode you see it exemplified better than any other episode. Each main character had some solid screen time. It was a great balance of growth and a nostalgic throwback to the carefree lifestyle of the earlier seasons. I'm pumped.

Public Enemies

There was a lot of high expectations for this movie. You'd think that with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale that it would be an automatic hit. It may have been that, or it may have been the long(ish) run time but this movie just didn't have the gusto you'd expect.
The first point of contention is the camera work. As Micheal Mann may have pissed off someone in the union this may be forgivable by some people as he seems to do it a lot. But it seemed that a lot of the movie was shot without the benefit of a tripod. This provided a lot of shakey camera work and moves back and fourth that can also be seen in any beginners college news package. He tends to do this in a lot of his movies. But I just prefer a more slick look and don't need the camera to be jarring to get the point that there is action going on
Think Johnny Depp is a hunk? Well if you love staring into his eyes then this movie may give you a better chance then any other. As Mann also tends to have a lot of close ups with the actors faces. Bale also tries out a new southern accent in this movie which is a welcomed change of bace from the Bruce Wayne accent he had in his last few movies (including Terminator: Salvation).
From what I can gather it seems like this movie is fairly accurate in the historical perspective from the perspective of both John Dillinger and FBI pursuer Melvin Purvis.
But there just doesn't seem to be a whole lot driving this movie, which is tough to do in a bio-pic if the substance isn't there. The climax seems to be going towards the capture of Dillinger but what the audience wants to see more of are his robberies and planning.
There are some quality points to this movie and you can definately do a lot worse then this movie, but this is not a must-see.