A quick comment about "Wall-E"

We went to see "Wall-E" yesterday at our local Odeon (taking advantage of the 'Orange Wednesdays' offer) and it was fantastic! I thought it was a lovely film and wonderful to see on the big screen. What a brilliant character Wall-E is!

Pop over to Carla's blog for a link to a review, or see Joe Sales' comments here.

Thanks Pixar!

Happy new year and 2008 movies

Happy 2008 one and all! Hope all is OK with everyone and you enjoyed your Christmas and New Year celebrations. We had a lovely quiet time at home, relaxing and watching TV and eating a bit too much dark choccy. I also got to visit home for a couple of days.

We saw "The Golden Compass" a couple of days ago with my sister and her husband. Not bad, although it certainly wasn't in the league of the "Lord of the Rings" films. I only really liked the warrior polar bear (voice by Ian McKellen) although the leading gal was very good to watch. Maybe she will be a big star. Hopefully in a couple of weeks we'll get the chance to see "I Am Legend" with some friends. That looks impressive, and I love the story.

Here are some upcoming films I'm looking forward to this year (in American release order, but who knows when we'll get them here!)

"Cloverfield"

"Rambo"

"Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo"

"Iron Man"

"Speed Racer"

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

"Kung-Fu Panda"

"The Incredible Hulk"

"Wall-E"

"The Dark Knight"

"Valkyrie"

"Bond 22" (I wonder when we'll get a title!?)

"The Day The Earth Stood Still"

"Star Trek"

I'm sure there is some I've missed here! I hope I can get to see most of these at the flicks before the DVD release. I wonder what will be the biggest hits? I'm guessing "Indy IV" or "Wall-E". Oh, there is a 'Harry Potter' film coming out nearer Christmas but I didn't list it as I have little interest in that series.

poor Wall-E misses the latest episode of Lost!

I see that the CGI wizards at Pixar are developing a flick called "WALL-E", about a cute looking maintenance robot who tries to clean up a polluted future Earth. It looks like it could be wonderful. The robot looks sweet. Let's hope its not to maudlin and schmaltzy though. If its half as good as "Happy Feet", I'll be chuffed.

In the news today was the great BSkyB TV v Virgin Media fist-y-cuffs. Oh dear, I do hope this is sorted soon. At least one of my pals (hello Mandy) has suffered here because of two billionaires having an right ding-dong over cash. So at the moment, as far as I understand it, if you subscribe to Virgin Media cable tv you no longer get Sky One and Two, Sky Sports or Sky News etc…and you wont until they come to some arrangement (i.e. BSkyB TV get the dosh they want from Virgin - which looks unlikely to happen). Bugger. What a way to miss seeing "Lost" or "24"!

At the moment we only have the five basic network channels. I always new it was a good idea to invest the money into our DVD collection instead!! Still, I'm looking into getting Freeview soon, as its included in the awesome Panasonic DVD recorder I want to buy when it comes down a bit in price...its not in the top price range of Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, but those players costs the equivalent of the GDP of an small African nation, so a bit beyond my shopping basket yet!