Hey there folks. John here. I have decided to take down the post and just summarize what has happened up to this point. But first I just wanted to tell you how overwhelmed I have been at the outpouring of support from you guys. Thanks so much, it means a … [Read More]

I’m just shocked about how much debate I’ve seen going on around TV and the internet about one minor line change in Superman Returns. Perry White in his war room asks his staff about the return of Superman: “Does he still stand for truth, justice… all that stuff?” Now as … [Read More]

In an earlier post today I made the comment that the Star Trek franchise was dead. Since then I’ve got some comments and email from people protesting that I said it. But honeslty folks… it’s true. When a franchise reaches a point where it’s starting to lose some of its … [Read More]

If you’ve watched one of my video reviews, or listened to us review a flick on The Audio Edition, you’ve probably heard us judge films based on a scale of “No, Go or Routh”. No obviously means “Don’t see this movie”. Go means “Yeah, go see this movie”… but what … [Read More]

Ok, now before I get into it here… let me say a couple of things. 1) I LOVED Sixth Sense 2) I LOVED Signs 3) I think M. Night Shyamalan is very gifted. There… we clear on that? Good. It’s no big secret that prior to the production of “Lady … [Read More]

One of the biggest objections that I, and many other have with these new High Definition formats (Blu-Ray and HD-DVD) is that fact that we don’t want to get caught in the middle of yet another format war. With many studios already announcing that their movies will only be released … [Read More]

I almost feel silly asking “What went wrong with Cars?” after it made over $60 million on it’s opening weekend. I mean come on! $60 million is a HUGE number by just about any ones standard. But apparently not for Pixar. A 77% on Rotten Tomatoes is great for just … [Read More]

I know this will put me in the minority, but I’ve grown tired of Adam Sandler. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike Sandler at all, I even enjoyed The Longest Yard pretty much. But to me, Sandler has grown stale. After the great performance he gave in Punch Drunk … [Read More]

The topic of remakes always gets people wound up pretty tight. Yesterday this issue came up again with the announcement that New Line is about to launch a project to remake the Asian masterpiece “Battle Royale”. Most people seem to take a really negative stance when it comes to the … [Read More]

Back when I was a producer at a Visual Effects Company in Western Canada, one of the constant struggles we had when working with a deadline was not doing the actuall artistic work… but rather how on earth… once the artistic work is done… to get everything rendered in time. … [Read More]

Ok, before I say anything else you have to keep this in perspective. Compared to other movie sites out there, The Movie Blog is TINY TINY TINY. There are bigger and better sites out there that get more traffic in a day than we get in a month. So yes, … [Read More]