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Want To Watch Unlimited Movies in Theaters for $29.99/month?

There’s a new service called moviepass that allows you to watch one movie/day and one view/movie for $29.99/month.

While this seems pretty high, for someone who watches tons of movies in theaters, or at least one/week on average, this is a super worth while deal.

Check out the theaters this is available out near you on their website. 

CanIStream.it Shows You Where You Can Stream, Rent, Download Or Buy Movies

This is like the index to [legal] web movie watching. I really hope TV shows will arrive soon too.

A Shitty Twist … Make That Just Slow

A really long time ago (like multiple years), I remember reading in Datebook (the entertainment section of the SF Chronicle), this was during the phase between the Datebook being the pink section both times.  Anyways, back to business.  So one Saturday (or Sunday or whatever morning), and I was reading reviews of upcoming movies, or recently released movies, or new to DVD movies or something, and this one review caught my eye.
So anyways, the film is called Twist, it’s a modern day version of Oliver Twist set in Toronto with gay hustlers.  It seemed like it could be some fun to watch since the leads: Nick Stahl (Dodge) and Joshua Close (Oliver) are both extremely attractive.  Sadly this was not the case.  Maybe it’s just that I didn’t click to well with the characters, though I felt like I did, but I honestly didn’t think the movie was that great at all.  I felt like it was merely okay and that just doesn’t cut it for me.
If you have any plans to watch this film, I recommend against it.  It had great potential, just didn’t meet my expectations and hopes.

I change my mind, I liked it a bunch, it was just a tad too slow for my taste.

The Final Destination: Same Old Fun


In the fourth (and seemingly final) installment of the Final Destination franchise, The Final Destination, we have another set of teens and adults who evade death and slowly die afterwards as fate kicks in.  I personally felt like this film was significantly better than the second and third, but not as good as the first film.

Beware of spoiler alerts: they are prevalent in this post (for all 4 films).

The first film had very good actors, and a surprisingly good plot-line.  The second film had an interesting twist: death was finishing up its work.  In the second film, everyone had missed an incident in which they were destined to be killed (such as staying in a hotel where everyone died) because of someone being killed by fate in the first film (in this case the girl being run over by the bus).  Everyone started dying backwards, and it was essentially fate finishing up all of its lose ends.

All films do sport very realistic catastrophes: the pride on our biggest fears, and that’s why they work so well.  In the first film: a plane crash; there’s plenty of these every year.  In the second, film we have a crazy car pile up, and in the third, a roller coaster derails.  Of all the catastrophes, I think the one in this movie with the most “over-the-top” catastrophe: a nascar crash that kills most of the audience.

The biggest difference is that it seems as though the protagonist may die while saving some of the other characters.  And he has a flash-forward in the middle of the movie.  Other than that, it seems as though this film follows a regular, fun, crazy and bloody routine.

Brittany Murphy Dead ?!?!?!

Holy shit!  Reports came in this morning that Brittany Murphy, age 32, known for her amazing performance in Clueless, and Don’t Say a Word died of cardiac arrest this morning.

911 received a call at 8am PST from the home she shared with her husband, Simon Monjack in LA.  She was pronounced dead upon arrival when she arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

The story is still progressing; more information will be posted as it is known.

She will be missed.

2012: Better Than Expected


So I decided last night to watch 2012.  I had seen a bunch of previews for it, and although none of my friends had wanted to see it, it still seemed like a lot of fun, and I decided it would be a blast to watch.

So I searched for it online and finally found it here (in case you want to watch it).  Keep in mind I don’t guarantee how long the movie will be available on that site.  Anyways, I really liked that movie.

While it was obviously just a crazy mega (151-minute) action film, it was a fun one and I enjoyed watching it.  There are some fairly impressive special effects, even when I’m watching it in a 5 inch square on my computer.  The plot itself is surprising.  While obviously some things were expected and did make sense and were implied in the trailer, I did not expect there to be as much colossal damage (even after movies such as Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow).

The actors were also surprisingly good.  I particularly liked the Russian family.  I won’t say much more because I would start ruining the movie and throwing out spoiler alerts if I did.  But if you have 2.5 hours or so one afternoon, watch 2012.

I watch too many movies

So I realized this week that I have seen too many movies. I have gotten to the point where there are no more movies on Netflix online that I would like to see. This includes the recent addition of the Starz Instant Play collection.

I’m not sure what this means about me, but I’ve gotten bored of not doing my homework and papers … maybe I’ll go cook.

Procrastination

How I procrastinated today (and what I procrastinated doing)
1) Cuddling with my blanket (getting in the shower)
2) Checking what new apple products came out today (walking to class)
3) Calling my mom (going to Bartlett)
4) Hanging out with Christina and discussing life, homework, how she accidentally came out to her mom even though she was straight, and the future (walking to SOSC)
5) Applying for the advisory board (paying attention)
6) Reading macrumors.com (paying attention)
7) Discussing life with james (paying attention)
8) Walking around (waiting for the test)
9) Discussing how baller it will be to create an IM server (freaking out about the test)
10) Choosing Tapas items with Jessica (scanning notes)
11) Eating free Tiramisu (pretending to do work)
12) Beginning a movie (distracting Jessica)
13) Eating free Mexican food (watching a movie i didn’t need to watch)
14) Teaching a Merengue lesson (continuing the movie I didn’t need to watch)
15) Watching a movie with Sylvia (doing nothing)
16) Walking Sylvia and Jessica to the bus (pretending to sleep)
17) Facebooking (sleeping)
18) Talking on aim (sleeping)
19) Making this blog (sleeping)
20) Writing this post (realizing I’m bored and might actually go to sleep :( )