Super 8 Review ~ A retro summer hit

Super 8 is a interesting movie cause it stands out from the super hero films, animated films and comedies this summer. Its a bit of a retro summer movie as it centers around small town america with young kids making a film with a Super 8 camera trying to figure out what was on a train that crashed.

Super 8 is a mix of adventure, mystery and fun. Its not a horror/thirller like Cloverfield was, so if that is what your expecting, go someplace else. Super 8 follows the style of The Goonies with its young cast.

The script is pretty solid, and the story of Super 8 will keep you engage throughout the whole film. If you have seen the trailer, you should have a idea of what kind of ride your in for.

It felt like Super 8 was retrying to capture that old magic of Spielbergs classic films, and while some moments do have their charm, Super 8 feels like it copies elements to many times for it to be totally original. Despite this, Super 8 is still a great film on its own, and a great trip to the movies this summer if your looking for something, say a little different from the norm of whats out right now.

iCloud, Mac OSX Lion and IOS 5 steal the spotlight at WWDC

Well today was a fairly predictable day at WWDC, apple talked about what it said it was going to talk about and nothing more. So those expecting a Iphone 5, a new macbook air or a iwork 11, well, today was not that day.

WWDC was all about the iCloud, the new update to OSX Lion and the update to the moblie OS, iOS5. If you where following rumors at all, pretty much they where all hit on.

Mac OS X Lion is basiclly a update with a few cool features. The coolest of these features is resume, where you can quit a app, and when you open it back up it starts in the same place as you left it. Other features like auto save and expose seemed cool. The price point is only 30 bucks and the new OS will be out in July in the Mac App Store. So it seems if you don't have snow leopard you won't be able to skip to Lion.  It will be interesting to see how they deal with that situation. 

iCloud is basically a push service for your devices. So when you buy some songs on your computer, they appear on your phone to. For those with non itunes stuff, you can pay 25 bucks to have itunes scan your library and match the songs with their itunes counterparts. Overall, it seems pretty cool. You can also sync your contacts, calendar and photos to. MoblieMe is dead and has been replaced. 

And of course, IOS 5 was introduced. Main feature updates where a improved notification system (now it works kinda like the Android one), a do to list included in the calendar (kinda like tasks in gmail) and a speedy camera app. ISO 5 comes this fall (along with a new iphone I'm thinking)

Overall, WWDC was pretty chill. Mostly just some needed updates and no real shockers or new hardware which is kinda disappointing. Hopefully Apple has some real cool tricks this summer. 

Exciting Week nears as WWDC and E3 hit

Next week will be a big week in terms of Tech News. Apple is hosting its world wide developers conference showcasing Lion OS and IOS 5, along with Apples take on the cloud service. People are also wondering what new Hardware Apple may dish out such as a new Iphone or a new Macbook Air. All in all, you can expect a few bombshells and some much heated debate over the new cloud service.

Also in big events, E3, the big video game event is also going down next week. Where the Wii 2 and some big games are expected to be announced. All in all, it looks pretty intense.

If your a videogame tech lover, then next week will be like Christmas for you.

X-Men First Class Review ~ Best X-Men Ever

The 5th movie seems to be the charm this year, (with Fast Five) now with the 5th X-Men movie really bringing its A-game to the big screen. If you where a fan of the earlier films, then you most likely enjoy this one to.

X-Men First Class is a little more plot driven and character driven then its past films, making for a really good script and story. Its not as action pack, but the story makes up for it. (Don't worry, theres still some cool action scenes) In case you don't already know, X-Men First Class explains how the X-men came to be, with Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr being allies before enemies.

All in all, its a great take on companionship, revenge and the choices one makes. The acting in the X-men is some of the best yet and overall makes the script really pop out. If your looking for a plot driven super hero movie this summer, X-men is your choice. Hopefully the spider man reboot will be just as good.