A lot has happened in the past six months and while there may not have been very many bad ones there was much more to remember as well as a lot to look forward to.
First off, the
We learned of a new kind of woman out in the wild and she is known as a
We learned Guillermo del Toro will direct
We found out Sarah Silverman is fucking Matt Damon and then to our surprise that Jimmy Kimmel is fucking Ben Affleck.
Paramount was the first studio to hit $1 billion this year, a number Sony must cry about considering they have released nothing but shit for the most part. I wonder how much Universal is concerned now that their better received
Then we have
- Brad Renfro (January 15, 2008)
- Bobby Fischer (January 17, 2008)
- Heath Ledger (January 22, 2008)
- Roy Scheider (February 10, 2008)
- William F. Buckley, Jr. (February 27, 2008)
- New Line Cinema (February 28, 2008)
- Anthony Minghella (March 18, 2008)
- Paul Scofield (March 19, 2008)
- HD DVD (March 28, 2008)
- Charlton Heston (April 5, 2008)
- Ollie Johnston (April 14, 2008)
- Justice League movie (April 18, 2008)
- Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse (May 9, 2008)
- Sydney Pollack (May 26, 2008)
- Harvey Korman (May 29, 2008)
- Bo Diddley (June 2, 2008)
- Tim Russert (June 13, 2008)
- Stan Winston (June 15, 2008)
- Cyd Charisse (June 17, 2008)
- Geroge Carlin (June 22, 2008)
- Don S. Davis (June 29, 2008)
However, things aren’t all sad and gloomy. Nah, there are six more months to look forward to. Movie wise we have…
- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
- The Dark Knight
- The X-Files: I Want to Believe
- The International
- Tropic Thunder
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Burn After Reading
- Appaloosa
- The Duchess
- Nothing But the Truth
- Choke
- Eagle Eye
- Miracle at St. Anna
- W
- Changeling
- RocknRolla
- Quantum of Solace
- The Road
- Australia
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- The Soloist
- Milk
- Frost/Nixon
- Defiance
- Seven Pounds
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Revolutionary Road
And those are just the movies I am looking forward to. If you want to browse the complete schedule you can start here.
Overall, it’s been an up-and-down year so far with far more downs than ups, but based on the films listed above I think we have a lot to look forward to and you can believe i will be here every step of the way to bring it all. Now, I think I will go watch The Dark Knight six minute prologue again, which is on the Blu-ray copy of Batman Begins I just received. I will tell you this, watching it at home, on Blu-ray, on a plasma television and with the volume cranked doesn’t even compare to what the effect this film has when you see it in IMAX.