The title for the next Indiana Jones film has been announced: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I am of mixed feelings about this movie. Yes we’ve got the old hands on board (notably Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford) and it’s Indiana Jones, which is totally awesome, but it is 20 years since the last film came out. We’ve seen what can happen when you try to restart a series after so long. *cough*Star Wars*cough*
The Myth is the latest Jackie Chan action-adventure flick set in both modern and ancient China and India. Typical for a Jackie Chan film it features quite a few ridiculous, and often hilarious, fight scenes featuring stunts from the man himself. Overall the movie isn’t as good as his old works such as Project A, Drunken Master or Police Story but it’s still fairly entertaining.
This is my thoughts on the latest Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Be warned: there are spoilers ahead!
I know there are probably tons of ways to download a copy of a YouTube video but this is the method I prefer and I thought I’d share. The basic idea is that we have a simple shell script that extracts the Flash video information from YouTube and uses ffmpeg to convert it into an XviD AVI file with MP3 audio.
I saw Transformers earlier tonight and I must say that I was highly impressed with the movie. I’m sure you’ve heard the hype surrounding it and I’m happy to report that it’s almost entirely true. Whilst it does run a little long it’s almost unnoticeable as the film seems to run from one action sequence to the next, pausing for breath every now and then. If you’re a fan of Transformers, an action movie buff or just looking for some escapism then I recommend you go see this!
Madman Entertainment are currently having a stocktake sale on their website. All of the DVDs I looked at are going for $10. The sale isn’t on their entire catalogue (mostly on their non-anime titles) but if there’s anything that you want I suggest you head on over there and check it out.