Harry Potter Sneak Peek

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is coming to theatres in July.

Check out the new trailer here.

The Mouse Turns 80

Eighty years ago, on November 18th, one of the world's major cartoon icons was born - Mickey Mouse!

The cartoon short, "Steamboat Willie," was released theatrically on this day and was notable for being the first syncronized sound cartoon.

The creation of animation genius Walt Disney as well as a few of his friends, Mickey has gone on to worldwide fame. Surely there are not many in this world who don't know the Mouse.

More info can be found here.

Happy Birthday, Mickey!

Star Trek Sneak Peek

The new Star Trek trailer is now online. You can see it here.

Curiouser and curiouser. Was Kirk blond? And did he and Uhura hook up back in the early days? And why would he trash a perfectly good (and probably a valuable antique as well) Corvette like that? Other than that, the spx look pretty awesome. Time will tell.

Bender's Game

The third straight-to-DVD "Futurama" flick, Bender's Game, is a true mixed bag. It could have been one of the more hilarious half-hour episodes but they stretched it to feature length making it for the most part insufferable.

It begins with clever parody of Dungeons & Dragons, the current oil crisis and quite possibly a little bit of Sarah Palin thrown in for good measure, and then turns to mush. Most of the second part of this one is an adventure taking place in a D&D-like world satirizing Lord of the Rings, and doing it badly.

This DVD doesn't even have any fun extras that could possibly make up for the lack of quality in the actual feature. In my opinion, more Hypnotoad, both figuratively and literally, could have helped this package quite a bit. I recommend you skip this one, wait for it to show up on basic cable, and hope for the final "Futurama" feature to improve on this downward spiral.

Michael Crichton R.I.P.

We've lost one of the great ones.

Michael Crichton, perhaps one of the greatest writers of the late twentieth century, author of "The Andromeda Strain," "Jurassic Park" and "The Great Train Robbery" among many others and the creator of "ER," died unexpectedly this week after a private battle with cancer.

The man will be missed.