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• Remembering the Glory Days (via dashPunk)
• Shine Like Thunder

Theater, Renters, ALP’s

• Theater or Renter: November 2009 (via dashPunk)
• DVD Releases: November 3, 2009 (via dashPunk)
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Dollhouse Fandom

• Musicians, the Dollhouse fandom needs you! (via Whedonesque)
• Audible

The Best, The Worst, and The Odd

• Best
  • After its December run, Dollhouse set to return January 8th for 2010 episodes. (via Whedonesque)
  • Anthony Hopkins to Play Odin in Thor (via /Film)
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  • Filk comment on Horsetamer’s Daughter on Speculative Fiction Today #428 “Return Of The dashPunk” (thanks sffilk) (via dashPunk)
• On This Day
  • 1957 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.  (wikipedia)

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Out this week we have four DVDs to feature:  G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Aliens in the Attic, Wolverine and the X-Men: Beginning of the End, Sand Serpents.  Do we Love It, Rent it, or Avoid Like Plague?

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• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra:  I love this movie as a G.I. Joe fan it was a great live action movie adaptation.  The action was intense, exciting, and did not sag for a moment throughout the entire movie.  The Ninjas were awesome!  Definitely an owner.
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• Aliens in the Attic:  The trailer looks funny though I did not think I would like it enough to watch it in the theaters this summer.  It’s on my rent list.
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Don’t Care

• Wolverine and the X-Men: Beginning of the End: The movies have burn me on wolverine so much that I just don’t have it in me to get excited over this one.  Not even a renter. If you have watched this let me know what you think about it.
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Avoid Like Plague

If you really must waste your money don’t buy the DVD just give it to us at least it is going to a good cause.

• Sand Serpents: I happened upon this SyFy movie while house sitting and exploring cable again. It was terrible retelling of Tremors which at least had characters in it I liked.  If you are looking to torture yourself they are streaming it on netflix.  Do yourself a favor and Avoid this one like a plague.
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Theater or Renter: July 2009 includes 5 SF movies Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, G-Force, Orphan, Aliens in the Attic,.  Will we watch? Will we rent? or do we even care?

Rules of the Game: Watch the trailers. Rate the Trailer. Then share with us your comments: does the movie, it’s trailer and buzz make you want to watch it in the theater, rent it, or not interested at all, and why?

Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs:

Release Date:  1 July 2009

Listed as:  Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Director: Carlos Saldanha

Produced by: Lori Forte, John Donkin

Written by: Michael Berg, Peter Ackerman, Yoni Brenner

Stars: Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg, Chris Wedge

The Plot / Story: After the events of Ice Age: The Meltdown, life begins to change for Mannyand his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and his new wife Ellie are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in an underground world where dinosaurs roam free, and where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently.(Wikipedia) (The Official Site)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:

Release Date:  15 July 2009

Listed as:  Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

Studio: Warner Bros.

Director: David Yates

Produced by: David Heyman, David Barron

Written by: Screenplay: Steve Kloves, Novel: J. K. Rowling

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, Helen McCrory

The Plot / Story: As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously “This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince” and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s dark past. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)

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G-Force:

Release Date:  24 July 2009

Listed as:  Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Studio:  Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Director: Hoyt Yeatman

Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer

Written by: Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan, Will Arnett, Bill Nighy, Zach Galifianakis

The Plot / Story: A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)

Orphan:

Release Date:  24 July 2009

Listed as:  Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Studio: Dark Castle Entertainment

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Produced by: Joel Silver, Susan Downey

Written by: Screenplay: David Leslie Johnson, Story: Alex Mace

Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Vera Farmiga, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett

The Plot / Story: A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)

Aliens in the Attic:

Release Date:  31 July 2009

Listed as:  Adventure, Fantasy

Studio: Regency Enterprises

Director: John Schultz

Produced by: Barry Josephson

Written by: Mark Burton, Adam F. Goldberg

Stars: Robert Hoffman, Ashley Tisdale, Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler

The Plot / Story: In Maine, a group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)

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• What is your favorite episode of Dollhouse? (dashPunk)
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• Doctor Who: Saying goodbye to the Tardis (via dashPunk)

Book

• TOC and Cover of LOVECRAFT UNBOUND Edit by ELLEN DATLOW Revealed (via Weird Fiction news)

Webcomic

• Friday, May 22, 2009 (via Girl Genius)
• one hundred thirteen (via KUKUBURI)

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This is going to be a goofy movie and possibly overly kidsy, but this trailer made me laugh hard.

Aliens in the Attic was written by a writer from Madagascar and another from Wallace and Gromit.  It looks like an homage comedy hearkening back to CHUD with aliens that look like the cute, minor, monster aliens from Galaxy Quest.

You have to watch this trailer for one thing:

Doris Roberts in a remote controlled Matrix-style fight to Eye of the Tiger!

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