Update Wednesday!

Wednesday is a good solid day to update. I can give lots of info on any summer movies out on Wednesdays and even normal Friday releases. So here it goes. 

Nostalgia Moment of the Month:

When I was younger I remember watching old episodes of Disney’s Zorro. It was a 1957, black and white show, about the sly young man, Diego de la Vega, who returns home from Spain to find a dictator ruling the pueblo (town). Worried that he might get in trouble before he even gets home, Diego plays a cowardly scholar. As he gets a full idea of the troubles in town, he decides to become Zorro (a wolf in sheep’s clothing thing) and fights injustice. This show was brilliant. Guy Williams was definitely the best Zorro. Antonio Banderas did a great portrayal in The Legend of Zorro and the Mask of Zorro, but the original TV show was the best.

What brought up this nostalgic moment you ask? I recently found all (almost) colorized episodes up on YouTube and have been watching them non-stop… well almost non-stop. I’m not even in the second season yet. Here is the first episode in all its awesomeness:

Movie Review: The A-Team

I didn’t watch the original TV show, I admit it. I do know it made Mr. T famous though. Just kidding, I know the basic premise. Four dishonorably/fugitive ex Army Rangers become hired guns, essentially. This movie was a good action flick, with only one minor plot hole and over-the-top, almost unbelievable action sequences. The movie was basically an origin story, not a bad thing, but I felt like we could have summed up the back story in ten minutes instead of making it a full-length movie. The writers should have written the movie similar to the TV show format. The A-Team is a hired group sent about being bad-ass in a good guy way. After that movie, the origin story should come out. Oops. Also with the Losers out only a month ago, I felt like I was rewatching that film. These two stories were very, very, very similar: the best team gets burned and wants revenge. And the plot hole I mentioned before wasn’t so much a plot hole, but an out of character flaw. I don’t know why Hannibal trusted the CIA guy “Lynch” (could we pick a more racist name? no? okay), but he did, he clearly didn’t trust the other Lynch from before. It was lucky they caught the double cross when they did. All the poking aside, the movie did have a pretty decent plot. I like how Face takes the torch at the end and makes a plan. Overall, I’d give this film a 3 out of 5.

Coming soon: Inception
A great movie to look forward to this July. Inception. Below is a featurette including an interview with the director, Christopher Nolan.



Coming soon to TV:
The Listener, a Canadian TV show about a paramedic who can read minds, almost died. NBC aired only a few episodes on air, before taking it off. Fortunately, the shows were posted on Hulu weekly so Americans could watch the show. :-). NBC cancelled funding for a second season, but Canadian network CTV has renewed it. It's official Season 2 has been green lit.

Coming out this weekend (Synopsises by !Yahoo Movies):

-Toy Story 3 (PG): Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives? In the third installment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future. 

-Jonah Hex (PG-13): Jonah Hex is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone... and anything. Having survived death, Jonah's violent history is steeped in myth and legend, and has left him with one foot in the natural world and one on the "other side." His only human connection is with Lila, whose life in a brothel has left her with scars of her own. Jonah's past is about to catch up with him when the U.S. military makes him an offer he can't refuse: in exchange for his freedom from the warrants on his head, he must track down and stop the dangerous terrorist Quentin Turnbull. But Turnbull, who is gathering an army and preparing to unleash Hell, is also Jonah's oldest enemy and will stop at nothing until Jonah is dead.

TV shows this week:

The summer season really kicks off in July. So this week look forward to new episodes of Burn Notice and Royal Pains on Thursday starting at 9/8c. And there are two episodes left of Doctor Who (in the UK, 4 in the states), Saturday. Sunday is the SyFy movie "event" the Phantom. I'll be watching, but my expectations were lowered after RiverWorld. 

And I'm apparently going Gaga over this movie, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, so here is the trailer to send you off with. Bye!