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November 21st, 2011 in DVD, Reviews, Sci-Fi, TV

All right, Doctor Who fans out there, brace yourselves, because the opportunity you’ve been waiting for since the end of the fifth series (or season, if you favor the Americanized term for a block of television episodes) has landed. The crew out at the BBC sent over a copy of Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series for us to review, and for those who can’t get enough of the new Doctor, well, you’ll get all you can stand and then some.

Once again, Doctor Who The Complete Sixth Series joins us with the last Time Lord. Hailing from the lovely isles of Gallifrey, the Time Lord known only as Doctor Who (or more often, the Doctor), and his selected companions, will go romping about space and time, occasionally pausing to protect Earth from rampaging hordes of otherworldly menaces who want the Doctor dead and his adopted homeworld reduced to a cinder in space lest any of those other Gallifrey types manage to show up again.

Considering that the first episode of the series will be a bizarre science fiction analogue of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, you have a pretty good idea of what we’re in for here. And considering Matt Smith’s penchant for comic glee (here, I do personally maintain Christopher Eccleston as the best Doctor, though Matt Smith has certainly done a bang-up job in the role. Great Doctor, yes indeed, best Doctor, not so much.), as well as some fine dramatic tension, you’ve got a terrific combination here that makes the Doctor seem so wildly insane. Or, of course, merely beyond our definition of sanity, as some have suggested about Batman’s Joker character.

The Doctor will do more impossible things in just one one-hour show than most people will do in a lifetime, and that may not be for everybody. But for the most part, you will have both heartwarming and spinetingling moments here, and it’s not so often I can get my entire trunk involved like that. It’s terrific stuff, in all honesty, and is going to be well worth your time to watch for any of a variety of reasons. And even better, there will often be a twist at the end that makes things even more impressive. Much like our last tangle with the Doctor, we saw the most bizarre circumstances get suddenly pulled into place, tight and clean, with a minimum of loose ends. It’s delightful fun, wildly entertaining, and very much worth your time to watch. The Doctor has legions of rabid fans out there. This is why.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives Doctor Who The Complete Sixth Series a nine out of ten for doing a whole lot of bizarre but exciting things that will prove to be terrific in the end. The sheer bizarrity of it all will make it prove to be not for everyone, but for those willing to stomach the Doctor’s sheer epic weird level, you’ll likely have a fantastic time on board this wild TARDIS ride.

Eric Guaglione’s Roger Rabbit 2 Test from Brendan Body on Vimeo.

ACIN shouted this Ya Gotta Love and Gotta Dance Pitch Test and I love it.  Here we have a 1998 animated test for Roger Rabbit 2 — I had a hard time embedding it, so you can click on the above link to see the clip.

Screenhead reviewer Steve Anderson posted a piece last year about a writing team being formed by Disney Studios to draft a Roger Rabbit 2 script.  The original story may fit into the sequel as well.  If you recall, Who Framed Roger Rabbit story jelled on an old conspiracy theory proven terrifyingly accurate about how an exclusive group of companies came together and took down the Red Line, the Los Angeles streetcar system and replace it with a freeway.

Another interesting point, Robert Zemekis conversations last Christmas, during A Christmas Carol release junket, talked about setting Robert Rabbit 2 in motion again.  

With the Pitch Test surfacing,  we might be hearing more about Roger Rabbit 2. It is all speculation, but I sure would like to see that crazy, hilarious and idiotic Rabbit on the big screen again.

November 28th, 2009 in Box Office, Movie News, The Movie Biz

200px-NewmoonposterTwilight’s New Moon crosses $200 million worldwide in just 8 days. The romantic fantasy beat The Blind Side on Friday, but Sandra Bullock’s film is still doing well. A Christmas Carol just hit the century mark and I still wonder where Fantastic Mr. Fox is located in the ranks. But it’s good to see John Travolta and Robin Williams movie, Old Dogs, rank in the top five in fourth place.

Results:

1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
$ 17.9

2. The Blind Side
$ 16.2

3. 2012
$ 7.0

4. Old Dogs
$ 6.85

5. A Christmas Carol
$ 6.64

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November 14th, 2009 in Box Office, Movie News, The Movie Biz

2012-poster_lRon Emmerich had the biggest opening day ever with his film 2012. 2012 outpaced A Christmas Carol by $18 million. It’s a phenomenal opening for a second week of holiday scheduled movies.  This is It is nowhere to be seen while emotional, tear-jerking film Precious came in fourth place.

Results:

1. 2012
$ 23.7

2. A Christmas Carol
$ 5.6

3. The Men Who Stare at Goats
$ 1.95

4. Precious
$ 1.92

5. The Fourth Kind
$ 1.8

A Christmas Carol is taking shape nicely.  I am impressed with the second trailer offering more information about the film and insight into the making of the film. The animation looks awesome with even more detailed work in the background.

Disney’s A Christmas Carol seems to be banking on Robert Zemekis portfolio (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump and Polar Express) to promote the movie. The trailer shows lots of special effects with the plot being unclear, thinking we all know the story by Charles Dickens.

Disney’s A Christmas Carol  promotional campaign is gradually taking shape worldwide. The movie is adapted and directed by Robert Zemeckis.  

Take a look at the latest trailer in Italian. It’s kind of fun watching Jim Carrey speak Italiano as an old man.

The YouTube trailer quailty isn’t meraviglioso, but it might affect you so much that you want to have spaghetti and carne palla for dinner.

May 22nd, 2009 in Actors, Classic, Fantasy, Film Clips, Movie News

The clip appears a little daunting until Scrooge says, “I rather not.”  It might be too scary for kids.  Robert Zemeckis, the director, may tone it down after some feedback.

The one-sheet is a little blurry, but below is an interesting

motion capture of Jim Carrey as Scrooge.