My boyfriend has been a member of Netflix forever, the only problem is, when I want a movie or a show to rent, he takes forever to put it in his qeu for me, or he forgets, so finally, I got sick of not seeing what I want to see, and signed up for the free Netflix trial that they offer to new customers, and if I like it, I’ll continue on with it at the program where you can get a few movies out each month. 

I’m only sticking with the lower one because I figure he has it too, so he can put the movies we want in his qeu, while mine will be more of a supplementary membership for things like shows and workout videos that we want to try, or things like the first and second season of Grey’s Anatomy, which I’ve been dying to see, but unable to get him to rent because it’s a “chick show”. 

I love Netflix because it’s so easy to go in and pick movies out, and many times the movies are available right away for shipping.  It’s got an easy to use interface that’s user friendly, and Netflix also has more movies than any other online service I’ve ever looked into, such as the Blockbuster online video rental. 

The only better thing about Blockbuster is that if you live near one, you can drop your DVD’s off when you’re done with them and pick one out again right away right there in the store instead of waiting for them to be check in at Netflix before you get your next movie in the qeu shipped off to you for your viewing pleasure. 

Netflix has tons of workout DVD’s, yoga, TV shows, movies and obscure documentaries.  Everything I could possibly think of from sixties and seventies movies that I typed in their search bar was ACTUALLY available, so even the pickiest movie watcher or tv watcher would probably be able to find what they are looking for at Netflix. 

Seriously, I think if you like to watch movies, and you’re a renter at a video store still, you need to look into Netflix, I truly believe it’s the video store of the future.  Heck, of the present, if you ask me! 

When I first read the headline that Babel moviegoers were experiencing nausea and headaches, I thought it was some kind of joke, by an author who thought the movie stunk and this was their way of saying it in not so many words. 

But apparently the movie “Babel” which is still being shown in theaters in some countries, although I believe it’s been out of our theaters for some time now, is causing some to complain of headaches and nausea, enough for them to report the side effects. 

The authorities are posting warnings that the movie may induce nausea due to the content of the movie.  I’m assuming this may be due to the way the movie is shot,  because I do know that movies like Blair Witch project, which contained a lot of shaky camera effects and angles, made me feel nauseous, as did many others who saw the movie.

The warnings say that the movie uses a lot of strong effects, whatever that means, and warns moviegoers to leave the theater if they begin to experiences these symptoms.  Wild stuff!

The rumors are true, I guess about young actor Shia Labeouf playing a role - although as yet undetermined at this point.  He’s the kid that played the young kid on that movie that we’ve all since forgotten about from “Holes” I believe, although I have to check my sources!  He actually looks like a very young Russell Crowe, and if he’s half as talented, this 20 year old kid will have a great future in film and whatever other acting endeavor he happens upon. 

Ahh, I just looked him up on the trusty old IMDB, and he indeed did star in Holes, but the other place I recognized him from was the movie that I think I may have been one of the only people that liked it, “Constantine”.  He was Constantine’s sidekick (played by Keanu Reeves, one of my favorite actors, only in certain kinds of movies, he’s admittedly not the most versatile actors, I know this). 

Gosh, to be only twenty years old and be working with some of the biggest film making legends, ie George Lucas and Steven Speilberg must be a real honor.  Not to mention he’s working with a very talented actor, Harrison Ford, who I think looks younger than his sixty something years.  I can’t wait for this new movie.  Means I’m gonna have to get a new DVD set though, I currently have the 3 disc set, which was all they planned on making for the longest time! 

This is one movie I’m truly pumped to see in the theater.  Bring it on Lucas and Speilberg! 

Well, after much anticipation and seeming like it was going back and forth whether or not to do it between Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, it is now official that the shooting of the newest Indiana Jones installment (the fourth in the series), will beging in 2007.  I’m a huge fan of the original series of 3 Indiana Jones movies, and I was thrilled to learn that Harrison Ford will be starring in #4 as well, as I could not imagine anyone else pulling off this role, which he plays so perfectly.

He and Spielberg reportedly just finished the script and Lucas is confident that this film will be the best Indiana Jones film yet.  The script is still a mystery, but Lucas did say it’s a lot of character development and there will be some interesting mysteries involved too (well, this sounds a lot like the last installment, but whatever).

Harrison Ford is now 64 years old (I can’t believe it, he still looks pretty young to me, but then again, go back to the original Indiana Jones, and you’ll see that he does look like he’s aged a bit, albeit very gracefully - he’s so handsome).  Raider’s of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom and the Holy Grail will be followed by this latest movie.  It has a lot to live up to (of course, discounting Temple of Doom, my least favorite). 

It seems some of the unwitting “stars” or the Borat hit phenomena movie starring Sacha Baron Cohen, comic genius, are not so happy that they are forever captured on celluloid looking sort of like fools, even though they all signed releases.  Hmm, perhaps some people wanting a piece of the millions of dollar pie that this film unexpectedly generated?

The frat boys, as you all probably know by now, who appeared in the scene with Cohen in an RV and made several disparraging remarks about women and minorities are suing because they say they were persuaded to get drunk before the shoot, and when they signed the release they did not understand that this would be for a nationally released film, rather some sort of documentary . Not sure what kind of documentary you’d want to be on saying the kinds of things these good ol’ boys did, but whatever. 

Also seeing red is the lady who headed the etiquette school where Cohen handed her what she thought was a bag of feces after he went to the bathroom.  She says she was also misled when she signed the release to appear onscreen that this would be a lmited release film.

OK, so maybe this “release” wasn’t the clearest thing in the world, but it sure did make one funny movie.  Now if they can just appreciate the humor for what it’s worth, let the poor guy make the money he deserves off the best comedy of the year.

Poor Angelina and Brad.  Why won’t the press just leave them and their happy little family alone?  Perhaps I shouldn’t be feeling so sorry for them, since together I’m sure they make thirty times more than any one of us would make in a lifetime, but I have to admit the picture I saw of them today, just trying to have some fun with their kid, made me kind of sad.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tried taking their son Maddox on a rickshaw ride in India where they are currently filming the movie of the story about Daniel Pearl, the journalist who was killed and his wife, whom Angelina is playing.  They were so mobbed by photogs and paparazzi that they couldn’t even leave their hotel.

When they did leave their hotel to take their kid on a ride, bodyguards reportedly had to hop off the ride at every stop just to get the photographers to stop hounding them.  You couldn’t pay me enough to harass people like that, I swear.  I know everyone says, oh the poor rich celebrities - this is what they wanted by being famous and now that they have it they seem ungrateful. 

But you know what, enough is enough - leave these people alone.  They are human beings too.

Reportedly after Paramount recently “dumped” Tom Cruise after a long 14 year contractual relationship with the actor, they are now eyeballing Brad Pitt to take over the Mission Impossible franchise, after the third installment didn’t do such great box office numbers, despite excellent reviews.

If this due to Tom Cruise’ erratic behavior as of late?  Apparently Paramount execs think it might be.  Brad would not play the Ethan Hunt character, but would instead play a new operative who’s got some pretty bold moves.  He’s the perfect guy for the part, being the pretty boy, chiseled featured stud he is. 

No one has really confirmed any of this yet, but it would not surprise me!

The son of J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, has been working on another unfinished work by the author who passed away when it was unfinished titled “The Children of Hurin”, which includes the elves and hobbits of the LOTR and The Hobbit stories.  Does this mean Peter Jackson may be directing another installment? 

Lets not jump that far ahead yet, but at least we do know another book is coming out.  This is exciting news for the growing legion of LOTR fans, especially since the trilogy of movies directed by Peter Jackson become so popular, as well as commercial hits (and cult hits, an unusual combination today).  Here’s to hoping Jackson is inspired to do one more - especially since King Kong was pretty average.

Zombie horror movie originator George Romero, of the famed ” Dawn of the Dead” and Day of the Dead series, only one of which was actually watchable in my opinion, has signed on to make a movie that’s reportedly a cross between “Blair Witch Project” and the famous Day and Dawn of the Dead series. 

They convinced a small movie maker to make the film for 5 million dollars or under.  Shouldn’t be too hard, considering that the others have all been typically low budget since he started making the zombie series years and years ago. 

I’m not too anxious to see this, I’m sorry to say, after I switched off Romero’s latest foray into the horror world “Day of the Dead” which had horrible dialogue and a laughable plot and script.  Oh yeah, the acting sucked too.  Maybe I’ll netflix it when it comes out, who knows!

Early buzz on the movie which opened Wednesday August 9th, Oliver Stone’s newest vehicle starring Nicolas Cage as the main character and “Crash” ’s Michael Pena as his partner in the rubble is not bad, but also not glowing.  The movie which chronicles the lives of two officers who were trapped beneath the rubble of the WTC on 9/11, shows the lives of these two brave men who went into the burning mess to try to save people, and ended up trapped for hours themselves, being two of the only twenty people who ended up being pulled out of the rubble alive. 

Stone reportedly tried to keep it real by having the actors consult with their real life counterparts, but in the end it seems he really handled the situation cautiously, which isn’t necessarily like the controversial film maker who usually makes strong political statements in his movies.