Space Vampire VS Zombie Dinosaurs In 3D review

Man, isn't that title a mouth full. Well that's what we can expect from the humorcore metal band, Psychostick. Their third album takes them to another level.

Now to describe Psychostick, their like comedy metal. Their heavy, but the lyrics and skits in the album put a smile on your face and will make you laugh out loud. Let's put it this way, their a band who doesn't take themselves to serious, but they do it really well.

The album goes from spoofing a concert, talking about boobs (which will make you feel a little perverted, but oh well), to getting really pissed, meeting a Political bum, dealing with a clingy girlfriend and going to the dentist. Its one of those albums where you can listen to the whole thing from start to finish. Sometimes when I listen to this album, I wish that Psychostick was either a tv show or a musical, like dethklok.

The guitar riffs and the breakdowns in this album will melt your socks. Its some of the best comedy metal you will ever hear. Psychostick knows how to mix the metal we know and love with great laughs and just plain silliness. Highly recommend.

Conan The Barbarian Review ~ Its loud, gory and fun, despite its story

Oh Conan The Barbarian, the name of the movie brings back memoires to the old movies of 1982. Sure it was cheesy, but it was epic.

So with this 2011 remake, that is what we get. Cheesy 3D effects and gore action like battles which are pretty cool. But we also get a plot, that sometimes doesn't make sense at times and pretty predictable characters.

Even the acting in this film will make you laugh, there are a few scenes where its pretty bad its just funny. Otherwise, its allright during the rest of the film.

Conan The Barbarian has a few cool creative fight scenes, which I would recommend seeing if your into that kind of stuff. Otherwise, the plot is pretty predictable and stuff you have seen before. Basiclly Conan goes out to seek revenge, and he runs into a witch and there are epic battles.

So overall, its not the worst movie I've seen, but its not super good either. Which is a shame, cause the source materiel is pretty awesome.

The Death of the HP Tablet

When I heard that Hp was killing off its Tablet, I thought it was a bomb and gotten horrible reviews by critics. But after looking into it, I found that the HP tablet had gotten some pretty good reviews and had some great possibilities for the future. But nope, HP, has called it quits. Just after two days.

What really brothers me is that did HP expect the tablet war to be easy? It may have taken a few months of hard work and money to promote the HP tablet, but there could have been a chance to make it succeed. But no, HP has decide to pull out of the tablet and phone business, along with making computers, and focusing on whats easy. Printers and software.

This is bad, as now Apple will continue to lead the tablet war, which means they will be in control without any other tablets forcing them to innovate. There is Android, but nothing else has been consider a threat to the ipad.

HP has lost a lot of respect, and maybe they should go back and read the HP way. If they keep following the attitude they are doing right now, well, it may be the end of (what once was) a great company.

Spy Kids: All The Time in the world 4D ~ What a mess

Spy Kids was a great series, up until now. Spy Kids in 4D is a mess, and just plain stupid. So frist off, the film is in 3D, and you get this scratch and sniff card which you use during the movie to recreate smells that are happening on screen. Not only does this distract you from the film itself, more then half the smells are pretty gross.

So besides from that, you've got a plot, that is a lot like the first spy kids. Expect all the charm and fun is taken out. Sure, the first spy kids was campy, but this takes it to a whole new level. They also have thrown in a talking robotic dog, and a baby, which just adds to the noise.

If your taking your kids to this, be prepared as there is nothing offered for adults. (Like the first few Spy Kids films had). The villain makes way to many puns, the dialoge is horrible, and it has super campy fights. So if thats what you want, then go for it.

I would only recommend this film for those who want to watch shiny color effects and mindless action. The effects are better then earlier spy kids films, but it seems like series is only trying to milk itself into the ground. Tis a shame.

Fright Night Review ~ Vampires can be cool

It's sad to say that twilight made vampires uncool for a while, but thanks to the remake of the cult classic Fright Night, I can say vampires still have some badassness to them. Fright Night does what the orignal did, but adds some more gore, style and effects into the mix making a awesome thriller.

The acting is quite good to, with great performances by Colin and David. The film is a mix of a comedy, thriller, and a horror film all wrapped up in a neatly tied package. Plus you got some awesome gore effects to that even die hard Saw films would be pleased with.

Another thing I really like about this film is the camera work, Fright Night does a good job with setting up tension. For example, in one scene, you see a body being dragged out slowly of view, so you know the vampire is there, but you can't see him. Its clichés like this, that make for one hell of a trip.

If your a fan of the orignal, or just like Vampire killing stories in general. You gotta check out Fright Night.

No Ipad 3 until 2012

For those of you with a Ipad one, you may cry, and for those of you with a ipad two, you may relax. By the looks of things it looks like the ipad 3 will not be until 2012. After all, Steve Jobs said it was the year of the Ipad 2. Plus if you look at Apple has to release this fall, it doenes't make sense to release the Ipad 3 this fall. The Iphone 5 has to be updated first, and most likely that will be what Apple wants everyone to pay attention to for the Holiday season. Along with new ipods, there isn't a lot of room to market the Ipad in the same time. There is also the Mac Pro. although not as popular, it still needs a update. So Ipad fans, looks like its back to the waiting blocks. 

Iphone 5 Delayed till October.

As the fall comes closer, the rumors about Apple's plan for the fall get crazy and crazier. New rumors sugguest that Apple will be having its Media event in September to focus on the ipods, and then launch the Iphone 5 in October. If they will announce it at the media event is unknown. But it does make sense that they would want launch it sperate to increase sales. Also remember that fall is anytime between September 21 and December 21. So IOS 5 can come out as early or late as they want.

The Help Review ~ A Drama that will make you cry

The Help, based on the best selling book, is a drama film that takes place in the 1940's and is back when black people used to be maids for the rich white people. Until Eugenia comes home for college and bulids a friendship with Minny and Aibileen.  


Then they decide to understake a secret writing project which puts them in danger because of the radical change that was going on in that time period. 


The Help is a film that has a lot of talking, and some more talking, and then a scene that will make you cry a little on the inside. Then there is the conflict with breaking social rules scene. You get the point. It does it's job well and pulls you emotional in. But if drama isn't your thing, you should stay away, since The Help is also a long 2 hours and 20 mins long. 


One of the highlights of the help is Octavia and Viola's performance together. The acting is great and pretty much carries the film. The camera work is also pretty good in some scenes, but most of the time just focuses on the characters with close ups. 


Overall, if racial and drama that takes place in the 1940's is your thing, check out the Help. 

Final Destination 5 Review ~ Surpassing good

After the awkward fourth Final Destination (or THE Final Destination) number five sets things back on track by going back to Final Destination's roots while keeping it modern and fresh. Granted, its got the gory and death scenes that will the series is knowen for as well taken to a new level.

One of the coolest scenes is in the beginning when the bridge falls down, just because its so over the top and intense. The plot is pretty much the same, kids trying to escape from death. But this time, there is a new twist which works out rather well for the film. Which is if you kill someone you get their life. So the question is, are the characters willing to kill someone innocent so they can live? It works out well and makes for a pretty cool climax.

The kill scenes are over the top and gore tastic. Reminds me a little bit of Saw, so if your into that stuff, you won't be disappointed. Although the chance of any of these deaths happening in real life is pretty much next to zero percent.

The acting is Final Destination is pretty forgettable, its pretty much the same as the other films. Just looking scared, and then they die.

Overall, if your a fan of Final Destination, then you will enjoy number 5. As its a great step up from the pervious film. Now, I wonder what the hell Final Destination Six and Seven will be like.

Must see movies of Fall 2011

So its that time when school starts back up, the leaves turn Orange, and that annoying summer heat finally goes away. But while all this is happening, there are some movies you gotta check out this season at the theaters.

Shark Night 3D ~ All right, so lets just forget about any movie passing Jaws in terms of greatness, but Shark Night looks like it will deliver some great horror and gore sea fun. Hot girls getting eaten by sharks, who can say no to that.

Apollo 18 ~ This film has been delayed, so hopefully the wait has been worth it. Apollo 18 is like a horror documentary film that takes place on the moon with some kind of creepy alien that attacks the crew. It sounds like a rehash of other horror films, but the trailer does make it look interesting. Hopefully Apollo 18 will make us never look at the moon the same way again. 

Lion King 3D ~ You may call this Disney selling out to make some more money off a film that was made almost 20 years ago, but come on, its the Lion King, a true Disney classic. Plus its not like you'll get another chance to see it on the big screen again. This film is interesting cause its 2D animation that is 3D, which is something that hasn't been done very often. So hopefully the 3D turns out somewhat decent. Anyway, if you love cartoons and want to celebrate getting Mac OSX Lion, then you gotta see this one. 

Straw Dogs ~ This film looks interesting and will be one of the more weird films this Fall. Being a remake of the 1971 film, hopefully it does the original justice. Basic its about a couple that goes to live in a quiet village and the people living there turn out to be a little crazier then expected. its a mix of horror and thriller.

Abduction ~ Hey look, its that guy from Twilight. But no seriously, abduction looks like its going to be a pretty intense action thriller. Staring the werewolf from twilight, he must discover his past and figure out why these guys in suits are chasing him. Overall, it looks like it will be one wild ride. Just look at the poster.

Moneyball ~ Where would fall movies be without your sports damera flick. Based on a true story, MoneyBall is about a baseball team that is facing a finical crisis. With Bard Pitt and Jonah Hill, this film should be a great one. 

Footlose ~ A remake of the musical classic, well sure. I guess if your into classic musical tunes, dancing and rebelling with dancing and rock music, then this is a film for you. 

Paranormal Activity 3 ~ Oh yes, even Paranormal Activity is doing what horror movies do best, sequels. Or should I say Prequel, cause that is what it looks like from the trailer. Which could work cause they both talk about their past and being stalked by the demon in the pervious two films. Anyway, Paranormal Activity is sure to scare the little girls and provide a good ride for horror fans. (BTW, no official poster has been released yet)

The Three Musketeers ~ Although there has been more Musketeer movies then you can point a stick at, the 2011 film looks like it will be the most action packed one yet. With hot gothic girls fighting and the Three musketeers blowing stuff up in 3D, how can you go wrong. 

Johnny English Reborn ~ Oh Johnny English, a spoof of the James Bond genre looks like it will be getting another run. Hard to tell if this one will be good or not, but it should provide at least a few laughs. 

And there you go, the top choices of falls that will be landing in September and October. Looks like we have a mix of everything, from horror to action to damra and even a freaking musical. So take a break from school and work, and go enjoy some great movies this fall. 

Cavalera Conspiracy Blunt Force Trauma Mini Metal Review

Max and Iggor have finally put out another record for Cavalera Conspiracy, called Blunt Force Trauma. There are no doctors here, just burtal and intense Groove metal. This album is more burtal and intense then Inflikted, blasting you with simple heavy riffs and banging drums.

It's a bit of a return to Sepultura, but it draws more from Max's project Soulfly and Nailbomb. In fact, if you mixed a playlist of all three bands, you may not even be able to notice the difference.

However, Blunt Force Trauma is still a great record, beating and tossing you around for the entire length of the album. Songs like Target and Genghis Khan have that watch out, shit's going down feel to them. While Rasputin and Thrasher have a little more melody to them. Overall, if your a fan of Max Cavalera or just some awesome groove metal in general, you gotta check this one out.

Apple kills MobileMe to make room for Icloud

Well it looks like MobileMe is finally being killed off to make room for Apple's new Icloud service. You will be able to transfer your mail, contacts and calendar dates from MobileMe to Icloud (you know, the important stuff) but the Gallery, Idisk and Iweb are being killed off in the next year.

Current users will be given a 20GB bonus to use with their icloud for a year, giving you a total of 25GB for online storage. Which isn't to bad. But it is sad to see MobileMe go, and the death of iweb.

Cradle of Filth ~ Venus Aversa Mini metal Review

Oh no, look out, its Cradle of Filth. The Metal band that everyone loves to hate or love. Now, if you already hate Cradle of Filth, Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa won't change your mind much, but for fans of the band this may be their best record yet. A great one to check out if your new to the band to.

Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa goes back to Cradles early roots, sounding a little bit like a more polished squeal to Curtly and the Beast. It has that gothic castle haunting sound to it, but is the most burtal and heaviest album Cradle of Filth has put out. Making for one hell of a ride.

The vocalist of this band may put you off at frist, but give it some time, as I find that after a few listens it really matchs the sound, and there is no other vocalist like Dani. If you ever wondered what a demon sounded like, well look no further. I will say though, that his voice is not as crazy as it was on older albums though.

There are some times when the symphonies take front and center, which isn't a bad thing. But when the guitar is there, its really good. harlot on the pedestal is one headbanging good song, while Farther Forgive me I have sinned has a little more melody to it, and Beyond the 11th hour is a great epic symphonic metal conclusion to this epic record. Granted, it is a bit long and sticks within the same sound, but if gothic symphonic metal is your thing, you can't go wrong.

Itunes 11 to receive overhaul in newest release

Itunes has been around for a very long time, and its lifetime, it has pretty much looked the same. With its grey and blue color scheme. The same sidebar on the left, and so forth. While it was ahead of its time back in the early 2000's, ten years later, it might be time for a change.

As many people know, Apple never keeps things the same for long, so many are betting that itunes 11 may be getting built up from the ground up with a new facelift.

Don't forget, that the icloud is coming this fall, so Apple is going to have to somehow put that feature in the new itunes 11, so that is something we can expect.

Itunes 11 may finally allow the ability to tag more then one genre tags and artists tags to songs. A improved Ping, taking notes from both G+ and facebook. Hopefully more options just in genreal, like to only play the audio for music videos in playlists and color change options. But if the wishlist gets to big, there is no way Apple can do it all.

Remember that old icon with the CD and green or blue music note? Seems like a long time ago huh.

MAC OSX Lion Review ~ The Lion Roars a mixed bag

Mac OSX Lion, it looked like it was going to be the best OS X yet,  with lots of new freatures. Since Snow Leopard was pretty behind the scenes, but did it deliver. Well, its a mixed bag. Well is what I liked and didn't like about Apple's lasted Cat. 

Mac OSX Lion Pros:

Mission Control ~ Although Apple kinda merged Spaces and expose together, they did it rather well. Its pretty easy to use the full screen Apps (which right now only contest of Apple's own apps, plus a few others) and have multiple desktops open at once. The Dashboard now has its own screen, so it no appears over your windows and desktop. Overall, a cool Lion feature. 

Full Screen Apps ~ Now the Apps can take up the whole screen, leaving you and the app just to work together. I find that it works great with Iphoto and ical when you need the extra space. Plus full screen Photobooth is fun to. 

The Log in Screen ~ Has been updated with a cleaner and nicer look. 

Mac OSX Lion Cons:


LaunchPad ~ Granted, the idea of mixing IOS and Mac OS sounded like a bad idea, and it kinda was. The Launch Pad is like organizing apps on your iphone, but brought to the desktop. But I find it kinda useless as the dock and Application folder on the dock work so much better, and its not like your opening apps that often that you need a LaunchPad for them.

The Bugs ~ It has been known that OS launch'es have always been kinda buggy in their frist release, but I think Lion is the worst out of them all. The worst bug I have is when I try to play a youtube video and the entire screen freezes, like, I thought that wasn't suppose to happen on your OS Apple.

Resume ~ This feature sounded pretty cool on paper, but now that I have seen it in action I can say that is more trouble then its worth. The problem is that you often keep a app open if your working on it, and close it when you want a clean stale. Take preview for example, I open a PDF to look it and close the app. Next time I open a new PDF file, the one I was reading earlier appears, so now you have to close the windows themselves when you want a fresh start.

The New Finder ~ When you open the finder for the frist time, you get this new thing called All my files, but I have found it doesn't work all that well and its pretty useless, since I know where all my files are located. Also, the user library folder has been hidden, and you now need a keyboard shortcut to access it. Plus the icons on the finder sidebar are now all gray, just like itunes. Overall, the new changes to finder are not up my ally.

So far, it seems like I don't really like Apples new OS Lion, but that might change over time if the bugs get fixed and some of the Resume options are made easier to access and control. But for $30 bucks, its super affordable and easy to download. So if you want to be on board the lasted OS, I would recommend getting it. But if you can wait, I would wait till the .1 or .2 release. 

Iphone 5 Predictions ~ 5 things that may come to the Iphone

The Iphone 5 seems to be everyone's mind, and since its the frist iphone not to be released at WWDC, many people are wondering what Apple has up their sleeve. Well its time to put on our future hats and see if we can predict what the Iphone 5 will be like. This is most likey going to be a good update after the disappointing Iphone 4.

1. 64 GB iPhone coming ~ With the Ipad and Ipod Touch already at 64 GB's, its only expected that the newest iphone will have its storage bumped up, since last year they kept it at 32GB. If its one thing Apple knows, it's that people want more space, and I'm sure Iphone 5 will provide, for the cost of course. 

2. 8 megapixal camera ~ Of course, we can expect the camera on the back to be greatly improved as well. Some rumors expect there to be a double flash, which would be cool. But considering that the camera feature in IOS 5 was improved, you can expect the camera will be that much better as well. Plus we can expect the front camera to maybe be in HD for Facetime, but this is a maybe as I know that would be hard on data rates. 

3. New form factor ~ With the problems of the athena with the Iphone 4, Apple is going to change the form factor just a little bit. I highy doubt they will make it thinner, cause its already pretty thin, but maybe they will make it curved. Also expect the screen to be a little bigger, as Apple is going to want you to enjoy your media on there. Hopefully edge to edge screen will be on the iphone 5. 

4. 4G speeds/LTD ~ If the Iphone wants to stay current with its Android brothers, then it will have to have 4G speeds. If it doesn't, that will be a whole other year stuck with 3G speeds, and with so many Android phones jumping on board already, I don't see Apple waiting on this.  But then its Apple we're talking about here.

5. A Navigation System ~ With IOS 5 coming along with the iphone, there has always been one thing missing from the Iphone, and that is GPS turn by turn directions as your drive. Like Android phones have had since Droid one. Although not as big as a issue, it would be nice if it was included.

Anyway, the Iphone Five is sure to rock our worlds. Not only does IOS 5 look like its going to be the best IOS yet, but I'm sure the new hardware will be pretty boss as well. One should start saving your money now.

AleStorm Back Though Time Mini Metal Review

What do you get when you combine folk metal, pirates and epicness? You get AleStorm's Back Thorough Time. Alestorm's third album, and maybe most epic record to date.

The pirate elements are still here, so you can get our your pirate drinks and rock back and forth to a few songs like Scarping the barrel again (where they joke about themsleves) or Rum. Of course, they are epic pirate battle songs like Shipwrecked, and Battle of the Terrorsquid, which is one of my favorites. Have you ever heard a terrorsquid scream? Then get this album.

Alestorm doesn't do anything new or crazy here, but they do what they do best, and this is their most polished record. The folk metal elements are really strong on this album, so if you like pirates, or metal, you should go drink some rum and listen to some Alestorm.

The Change Up Review ~ We've seen this before

The Change Up is, a decent comedy, its got some funny parts, some not funny parts and its plot is something we have all seen before. It's not horrible  but its not really good. Its alright.

The main problem is that The Change Up sticks to the cliches of the body switching genre, with some profanity and sex jokes thrown in. So, nothing new or exciting here. The plot is pretty predictable and kinda dull, with its lazy gross out humor. You'll see the ending before the 2nd act starts. In fact, watching this film will make Freaky Friday look really amazing.

The actors do a pretty good job of playing each other, though the characters don't have to much depth. You have the guy who is single man who is the king of the jungle, and then the married guy who is having trouble with his wife and kids.

Granted, they did save some funny jokes in the movie that where not in the trailer, but that does not save the Change up from being a boring body switching movie. If your willing to sit though the dull moments to find the funny parts, then go ahead, but otherwise, forget it.

Rise of the Planet of the apes Review ~ A epic prequel

If you have seen The Planet of the Apes, then you know where this movie is heading to from the start, but the trip there is still fun, and then ending of this film is worth the wait.

The story is about a cure to help humans is tested on a Ape to make sure its stable. Of course, they do this behind the companies back, and notice that it increases intelligence. As the ape gets smarter, it only cause's problems as he is treated like a slave, which finally forces him to break out and spared the cure to his fellow breed.

The second act of the film is a little shaky, with a few odd scenes that don't quite fit right. But the third act is awesome, its kinda like a videogame jungle apocalypse scene, and its well worth getting though that second act.

The Apes looks pretty cool, I'm guessing that most of the time they are CGI, but with these large budget movies that is never a problem. The acting is really good as well, putting together a all around great film.

Overall, if your a fan of the Planet of the Apes, then you gotta check this one out.

Father Nature Ramblings

I have to admit, this has been one of the most challenging projects I have ever worked on. Mainly because so many things have gotten in the way of making it. The frist shoot day, one of our actors was a hour late so we where waiting around and it was quiet. But then as soon as he showed up, a band in a near by park started to play music.

Then the next date we where filming a dawn shoot, and our actress thought we where shooting at 5:30 pm instead of AM, so that was a wasted day.

And on the date after that, we got a douche parking ranger in our face and he stole our signs. Like we had these signs taped to the posts and even though he gave us a half hour to film, he took them down and stole. Like, what the hell. Anyway, I find it funny that parking rangers are always kinda douchey, they never seem nice or caring. Their always like, sorry, my park, my rules.

But even with all that, I think we'll pull though. I mean, if that can't stop us, I don't think anything can right?