A Day Late Friend

1. The Jungle Book
Released October 18, 1967
"The Bare Necessities"









2. The Fox and the Hound
Released July 10, 1981










3. Robin Hood
Released November 8, 1973










4. Aladdin
Released November 25, 1992










5. The Lion King
Released June 24, 1994

6. Peter Pan

THQ has decided to cancel the following titles.

1. The Playstation 3 version of Frontlines: Fuel of War
2. The Playstation 2 version of Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed
3. Any follow up to the Stuntman franchise
4. Any follow up to the Juiced franchise

Reasons for the Stuntman franchise being canceled can be attributed to the underperformance of Stuntman: Ignition. The same can be assumed with Juiced 2 being the reason for the cancellation of the Juiced series -- it's just not up to par.

Also, THQ has announced they are closing down Concrete Games studio, one of their subsidiaries that were working on an unannounced next-gen title.

In other news, THQ reportedly has two titles they haven't announced for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in the works. Speculation is running rampant that Red Faction 3 will be announced quite soon with it already been semi-confirmed through conference call with THQ investors. We are told the other title is a next-gen version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. that originates on the PC. We'll find out more within the upcoming months with the Game Developer's Conference right around the corner.

A teenage boy from California was arrested by the Feds on accounts that he wanted to crash a Miley Cyrus concert -- with a plane!

So far, no details on who the 16-year-old boy is, but he was found with handcuffs, rope, and several other items to hijack a jet plane.

We'll have more on the incident when information is provided.

Check out this video of the marketing team for The Water Horse over in Japan bringing the beast to "life" through a holograph image.

IGN has posted a new co-op trailer for Electronic Art's upcoming Army of Two. Check out one of the anticipated shooter and see what it has to offer at the link below.

Army of Two Co-Op 2 Trailer

Vocalist Eric Victorino has decided to leave Strata. Blog is below

According to Spin magazine, Death Cab For Cutie's upcoming album will be titled Narrow Stairs and is scheduled for release in May.

February 1st:
The Eye
Starring: Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four) and Parker Posey (Blade Trinity)
Premise: A young woman (Alba) receives an eye transplant that -- like it or not -- allows her to see into the supernatural world.

Strange Wilderness
Starring: Steve Zahn (Saving Silverman), Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard), Jonah Hill (Superbad) and Allen Covert (Little Nicky)
Premise: The two stars of a struggling animal adventure show look to give their ratings a boost by scoring footage of Bigfoot in the wild.

Over Her Dead Body
Starring: Eva Longoria Parker (The Sentinel) and Paul Rudd (Knocked Up)
Premise: A ghost (Longoria) tries to sabotage the fledgling relationship between her old flame (Rudd) and his new, psychic girlfriend (Bell).

February 8th:
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
Starring: Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers), Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard), and many more comedians
Premise: Chronicled on film is this traveling comedy show, in which Vince Vaughn selected four comedians to perform 30 dates in 30 nights across the U.S.

In Bruges
Starring: Colin Farrell (Minority Report) and Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Premise: After a botched job in London, two hit men (Farrell and Gleeson) are ordered to cool out in Bruges, Belgium, where their perspectives on life and death become violently skewed as they begin to acclimate to the capital city.

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Starring: Martin Lawrence (Big Momma's House), Cedric the Entertainer (The Cleaner), and Michael Clark Duncan (The Green Mile)
Premise: A popular talk-show host (Lawrence) leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.

Fool's Gold
Starring: Matthew McConaughey (Sahara) and Kate Hudson (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
Premise: A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple's sense of adventure -- and their estranged romance.

February 14th/15th
Definitely Maybe
Starring: Ryan Reynolds (Waiting), Rachel Weisz (The Mummy) and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Premise: As Will Hayes (Reynolds) explains the complexities of his pending divorce to his daughter, Maya (Breslin), he opens up about the three other women with whom he has had relationships -- a process that gets him to reconsider some of his past decisions.

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Starring: Freddie Highmore (Finding Neverland) and David Strathaim (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Premise: Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

Jumper
Starring: Hayden Christensen (Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith) and Samuel L. Jackson (Black Snake Moan)
Premise: Once David Rice (Christensen) discovers he has the power to teleport from one place to another, he uses his ability to search for the man he believes is responsible for the death of his mother. Complicating his mission is the existence of a secret organization who want to exterminate people like David, which causes the young man to enter into a shaky alliance with a fellow "jumper".

My Blueberry Nights
Starring: Natalie Portman (Garden State), Norah Jones, and Jude Law (Cold Mountain)
Premise: Elizabeth (Jones) takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters on her route.

February 22nd:
Charlie Bennett
Starring: Robert Downing Jr. (Zodiac) and Anton Yelchin (Alpha Dog)
Premise: Initially failing to fit in at his new public school, Charlie Bartlett (Yelchin) appoints himself as the new resident therapist, where he doles out advice, and the occasional prescription or two.

Be Kind Rewind
Starring: Jack Black (School of Rock), Mos Def (16 Blocks), and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon)
Premise: Unaware that he has a magnetized brain, a man (Jack Black) accidentally erases every tape at the video store where his friend (Mos Def) works. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.

Vantage Point
Starring: Dennis Quaid (The Rookie), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), and Matthew Fox ("Lost")
Premise: Five different points-of-view are woven together to chronicle an attempt on the life of the President of the United States.

February 29th
The Other Boleyn Girl
Starring: Natalie Portman (Closer), Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation), and Eric Bana (Munich)
Premise: Two sisters (Portman & Johansson) vie for the affections of King Henry VIII (Bana).

Semi-Pro
Starring: Will Ferrell (Elf), Woody Harrelson (No Country for Old Men), and Andre Benjamin (Be Cool)
Premise: Jackie Moon (Ferrell), the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates in an effort to make their far-fetched NBA dreams come true.

Penelope
Starring: Christina Ricci (Sleepy Hollow), Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde) and James McAvoy (Atonement)
Premise: Penelope (Ricci) is a modern-day princess who was born with a pig's snout -- a curse that can only be broken when she finds true love with a prince.

Credit to IMDB.com for all the plot summaries. I'll update with posters of the movies later on.

They've all been well-received by fans and critics, but the Harry Potter films -- particularly the later ones -- have come under fire for the progressively larger chunks of the books that have been left off the screen. When it comes to the final installment of the series, however, this all might change.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows isn't the longest of the Potter books -- that honor goes to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which weighs in at 870 pages -- but as the culmination of the series, it naturally contains a number of crucial plot points. According to IGN Movies (reporting from The Mail on Sunday), Warner Bros. may abandon heavy edits and simply split the book into two movies. From the article:

"There's so much to fit that the view is the last movie should be in two halves. There is a huge battle when Harry, played by Daniel Radcliffe, takes on Voldemort that needs to be done really well."

As IGN notes, rumors regarding who might be in line to direct Hallows have been swirling for some time now, with Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro two of the most popular names. Maybe they'll both be able to take the job.

Source: IGN Movies

Today's NPD sales numbers reveal that Bungie's Halo 3 was the best selling game in the United States in 2007, with a whopping 4.82 million copies sold. Nipping at Master Chief's heels was Nintendo's own Wii Play. It sold through a staggering 4.12 million units to the masses.

Sales are as follows:



01. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - 4,820,000
02. Wii Play with Remote (Wii) - 4,120,000
03. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 3,040,000
04. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) - 2,720,000
05. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 2,520,000
06. Pokemon Diamond (DS) - 2,480,000
07. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) - 1,900,000
08. Guitar Hero II (PS2) - 1,890,000
09. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) - 1,870,000
10. Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 1,820,000

Thought I'd share these for everyone's viewing pleasure. Their from the upcoming Iron Man film that will be released on May 2.

Julie Benz, who's starring in the upcoming film, Rambo, spoke recently on the upcoming Punisher film (Punisher: War Zone) to Comingsoon.net.

"There are some very emotionally intense moments [in 'Punisher: War Zone']. The conditions were different. There was a controlled environment and we were working mainly interiors. It didn't have that quality to it. There was just something about you shooting in the jungle. There's nothing like it and it just raised the intensity level of everything."

Punisher: War Zone will be released into theatres on September 12, 2008. The film stars Ray Stevenson (King Arthur & "Rome"), Dominic West (300 & The Forgotten), Doug Hutchinson (Con Air & Batman Returns), Colin Salmon (Match Point & Resident Evil) and Dash Mihok (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang & Hollywoodland).

For more information on the Punisher sequel visit ThePunisher2.com.

"Compadible"...Dakota might get a kick out of that.. (Inside joke)

Anyhow...

The topic of my blog entry tonight is about making things compatible with IE/FireFox/Opera... These are the top 3 browsers used by people all over the world (to HTML/CSS Coders, it is a nightmare). Therefore, it is crucial to make templates and things of the aesthetic sort compatible with the "big three" as I'll call them.


Before 12:35 this morning (yes I'm putting in late hours Koda bear) this blogger site was not compatible with IE for windows, but strangely enough for Macs. So I basically added a few float properties to a few of the major CSS properties and called it good. Now it is at least viewable through IE for Windows.


I don't understand why the code was so complex...it really didn't need to be, and I HATE SPACER LAYOUTS! They are so retarded it's not even worth recognition (I guess it's too late for that)

I thought I heard that Dakota got the layout from a friend, but either way. If I were making a layout for mass production, I wouldn't make it so that it wasn't compatible with only one (and a half) of the major three browsers. I haven't checked Opera yet, but if Firefox can view it, Opera should be fine. Opera doesn't usually view the box model as messed up as IE does.

And going slightly off topic, (and this will end my blog post for the night) I'm thinking of getting my girlfriend this shirt...or just getting my girlfriend and her together with me...maybe...I dunno.



Either way, I just thought I'd let you guys know that you don't have to hide behind Firefox's "perfect" display and execution of CSS properties anymore...you can live on the EDGE baby! IE7 whut whut!

I'm just kidding...or am I?

The winners have been announced, so take a gander at who took home statues this time around. As always, there were a bunch of first time winners (Johnny Depp getting his first!) and regulars (Ethan and Joel Coen).

Winners are marked in red
Commentary from me is in green

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington - American Gangster

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson's War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (I agree on this one for sure, though Juno was great.)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page - Juno

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (It's about time!)
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
John C. Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bee Movie
Ratatouille (No doubt about this one.)
The Simpsons Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Romania)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France and USA)
The Kite Runner (USA)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson's War
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Diablo Cody - Juno
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Atonement
Eastern Promises
Grace is Gone
Into the Wild
The Kite Runner

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Despidida" - Love in the Time of Cholera
Music by: Shakira, Antonio Pinto
Lyrics by: Shakira

"Grace is Gone" - Grace is Gone
Music by: Clint Eastwood
Lyrics by: Carole Bayer Sager

"Guaranteed" - Into the Wild
Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder

"That's How You Know" - Enchanted
Music & Lyrics by: Alan Menken

Walk Hard - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Music & Lyrics by: Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
"Big Love" (HBO)
"Damages" (FX Networks)
"Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
"House" (FOX)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"The Tudors" (Showtime)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Patricia Arquette - "Medium"
Glenn Close - "Damages"
Minnie Driver - "The Riches"
Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
Sally Fields - "Brothers and Sisters"
Holly Hunter - "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
John Hamm -"Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - "The Tudors"
Bill Paxton - "Big Love"

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"30 Rock" (NBC)
"Californication" (Showtime)
"Entourage" (HBO)
"Extras" (HBO)
"Pushing Daisies" (ABC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Christina Applegate - "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Anna Friel - "Pushing Daisies"
Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
David Duchovny - "Californication"
Ricky Gervais - "Extras"
Lee Pace - "Pushing Daisies"

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (HBO)
"The Company" (TNT)
"Five Days" (HBO)
"Longford" (HBO)
"The State Within" (BBC America)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bryce Dallas Howard - "As You Like It"
Debra Messing - "The Starter Wife"
Queen Latifah - "Life Support"
Sissy Spacek - "Pictures of Hollis Woods"
Ruth Wilson - "Jane Eyre"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Adam Beach - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"
Ernest Borgnine - "A Grandpa for Christmas"
Jim Broadbent - "Longford"
Jason Isaacs - "The State Within"
James Nesbitt - "Jekyll"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Rose Byrne - "Damages"
Rachel Griffiths - "Brothers & Sisters"
Katherine Heigl - "Grey's Anatomy"
Samantha Morton - "Longford"
Anna Paquin - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"
Jamie Pressly - "My Name Is Earl"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ted Danson - "Damages"
Kevin Dillon - "Entourage"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage" (Great show + great actor = awards)
Andy Serkis - "Longford"
William Shatner - "Boston Legal"
Donald Sutherland - "Dirty Sexy Money"

Okay, so I knew you guys couldn't wait any longer for some fashion tips! So I got on GQ.com and found some stuff for you! Whats hot, what to keep, and what to get rid of! Too many guys could care less what they wear, well if you want the ladies you need to start dressing like a hottie! or just ask Dakota! I mean he found me right?! haha j/k anways here is what is hot for 08... Sweater Vest, Button Down Polo, Broken in Denim, Pomoded hair. Later I will post what is out and what you should keep!

I decided I would sit down and write out my 10 favorite performances of Johnny Depp within films. Now these aren't specifically his 10 best films, but rather his best acting jobs within those movies. So without further ado, here they are with a quick explanation.

1. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Johnny Depp showed his acting range along with his voice. I'd say this was his gutsiest performance in his whole career -- I mean, he gave it his all to show that he could sing when so many doubted him.

2. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
More of a nostalgic choice, this film is what introduced Johnny Depp to the world as the naive and lost project of a dead scientist. While he doesn't have too many lines in the film, his acting without words is what proves to be what makes this film a cult classic.

3. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
This would have been number two, but with the overexposure of the character, I dare say that I grew a little tired of Captain Jack Sparrow by the end of the series. But looking back, the first time we saw Jack was the first time the mass audience really grasped a hold of Johnny Depp and his acting range.

4. Ed Wood (1994)
While not too many of the world has seen this movie, I'd have to say this is one of his most under-appreciated films. It may be because no one knows about it or the film isn't to their tastes, but Ed Wood is an amazing film that needs more recognition.

5. Finding Neverland (2004)
Some may say he was performed by child actor Freddie Highmore, Johnny Depp was nominated for a Best Actor Award from the Academy, and rightfully so. Having Highmore and Kate Winslet to work off of, Depp gives an emotional performance that adults should appreciate.

6. Donnie Brasco (1997)
"Forget about it!" Not too many people will know the origin of this line/quote, so let me fill you in: it came from Donnie Brasco! One of my personal favorite crime/gangster films, Johnny Depp plays the lead character perfectly as he infiltrates the crime organization of Al Pacino and acts as one of their own.

7. Blow (2001)
Penelope Cruz makes her American big screen debut in this film and what better to play opposite of Johnny Depp. Depp is the star of this movie and all the other actors (including Paul Reubens) benefit from it.

8. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
This may be the collaboration of two of my favorite actors -- Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio -- and both actors give one of their earliest most aspiring performances. DiCaprio does a little better on his own playing a special needs child, but Depp, and his unremorseful state of being, keep the film always on edge.

9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest / At World's End (2006-2007)
If it weren't for the poor acting of Orlando Bloom, and not to forget pacing and storytelling, I'd say both of these films would rank higher. Maybe it's because that it didn't feel as original and classic the second and third time around, but Jack Sparrow was like an overplayed radio song that you loved and wish the radio would take it off so it wouldn't ruin the enjoyment of the song. Still, there's no denying that Jack Sparrow was one of the better characters created in the new millennium, even if America took him around the block a few too many times.

10. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
His portrayal of a weird and estranged Ichabod Crane proved to be comical while he played detective to the Headless Horsemen. I felt his awkwardness with every line he spoke and gave a new insight on what Ichabod Crane could have been like through the story rather than the old style that we are normally given in other tales.



Other Nominations:
Chocolat (2000)
Dead Man (1995)

Stephen Christian (Anberlin) has posted a new song for his side-project over on Myspace. If you haven't heard of the band, they are an Ambient/Acoustic band composed of Stephen and Aaron Marsh (Lead singer of Copeland).

If you have listened to Anberlin before, you'll notice that Stephen sings, but unlike Anberlin, this is much slower and, of course like what it's genre is labeled, ambient.

Check out their new tune, "Blur", over at Anchor and Braille on Myspace.

For now, watch this video of Stephen playing piano at a live performance.

This writers strike is really messed up. Last night's episode of My Name is Earl was originally scheduled to air in December, but we didn't know it until it aired. How do we know this now? Because the whole episode had a Christmas theme.

And if that wasn't lame enough, it wasn't even that funny! The show was much better when Earl was in prison.


--Louis

P.S. I'm sick of TV networks not advertising the next upcoming episode so that we won't expect it to be aired soon (which is what we'd expect). They just show credits at the end, then months later another new ep appears. Driving me nuts.