Best News Ever!...

The Arrested Development movie has been confirmed. The girl who played Maeby recently said this,

"I got a call from Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator, and he said "so have you heard about this movie we're supposedly doing?" and I said yes. And he said he was in and it was great. And Jason [Bateman], when he was doing all the Juno press, he basically just talked up [Arrested Development] the movie. He got the publicity going before anything was real. So Mitch talked to Ron Howard, who said he would direct it, and he's down. So I think Mitch was like, "I guess I'll write it then," and that's what I think he's doing now. And yes, I'm involved. I think everyone is."

also this has appeared: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901469/ .

OK so its not exactly official yet, but this is very good news.

For those of you who never watched Arrested Development, it was one of the funniest shows ever. It involved a crazy family that tries to get along. I know that sounds like the most boring premise ever, but this show involves jokes about incest, matricide, patricide, hands getting eaten by sharks, pirates, racist puppets, blue man group, Iraq, the British, a whole lot more.

I'm posting the first episode so you can check it out. Sorry if there's commercials. If you want to see more let me know and I'll send you an invite to this video place, or better yet buy the DVDs.

Dianosis Summer Movie Preview 3 (The Finale)...

Again sorry for the lateness but its the last week of school and all my projects are becoming due and past due.

Before I covered movies that I was excited to see and movies that might be good. Now I am going to cover the movies that don't really look good. Now because of the fact that during the summer you usually only see one major release per week, it probable that I might end up watching some of these movies, but I am still calling it...

Movies That You Probably Couldn't Pay Me To See

1. Speed Racer

Now this has become an interesting choice lately. Its already hard to put this movie on this list because of the involvement of the Wachowskis (you can't call them brothers anymore since one of them had a sex change, no joke). These guys made The Matrix and V for Vendetta, but it becomes a whole lot easier to do this since they also made The Matrix Too and The Matrix Returns (or whatever they were called). But then, I find out that Ren went to a sneak preview of this movie and he says its good. So I might just give it a shot. Still I can't deny that it looks cheesy. And when you go from a cheesy cartoon to a cheesy movie and you actually make it look cheesy on purpose, that might be too much cheese.

2. Bangkok Dangerous

This is another movie that almost went on the maybe list because it is a remake of a Hong Kong action movie that is supposed to be good, but I've never seen it. Also Nicolas Cage has been disappointing lately (its hard to believe that he was a Ghost Rider fan after he ruined that character). But his movies never look that good so look for this one to maybe be a surprise.

3. Stepbrothers

I like Will Ferrel and though I have disliked a lot of his movies, I can see how some who maybe have ingested too many drugs might like them. But I really really dislike them. Another movie with John C. Reilly where he plays an ignorant man-child, its just not my cup of tea.

4. The House Bunny

Someone who is my cup of tea is Anna Farris. She is usually funny and attractive in a weird way ("attractive in a weird way" is my favorite kind of attractive). This movie, though, looks like another hot girl helps the socially awkward become less awkward and everyone learns a lesson. So I probably won't be watching it.

5. Sex and the City

I am not going to argue with anyone about whether this show is good. I didn't have HBO when it started and when I did watch it, it never did anything for me. I don't hate the idea of watching this movie but its just probably not going to happen.

6. Mamma Mia

Look, I like musicals. When I saw Chicago, I was surprised by how much I liked it. I watched The Producers and liked it. I'm even curious to watch Hairspray. So it has nothing to do with that. I can even appreciates ABBA's ability to make songs that get stuck in your head (whether you want them there or not). But the plot of a girl trying to find out who impregnated her mother, Meryl Streep, before her wedding. It just sounds too much like a cheesy french comedy. Not for me.

7. The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants 2

I have been accused of having the tastes of a teenage girl before (anyone watch Gossip Girl lately? anyone? Beuler?) but this is a sequel to a terrible movie for teenage girls who get off on girl power and sappy romantic stories. All the actresses in it could do way better.

8. The Love Guru
9. Meet Dave
10. You Don't Mess With The Zohan

Eddie, Mike, Adam, have a seat. You remember when you guys were in Saturday Night Live? Man those were the days. Sure, Eddie is the only one who ever reached the greatness of Bill Murray and Phil Hartman, but you other guys did some great stuff too. But at some point you all lost it. Adam, I think it was when you became a republican and started making fun of the gays and the foreigners. Mike, you lost it when you met Verne Troyer. I don't know how he did it, but that drunk midget sucked the greatness out of you and replaced it with a need to make a quick buck from doing funny accents. Eddie, I think, like Iron Man, you need a special suit to be great. Only instead of iron, your suit is made of leather. Try out that leather jumpsuit again. See if it still fits. Maybe do some stand-up. Say FUCK again. Its not that bad. Just please stay away from the rubber suits and multiple characters.

And the movie there is no way I am ever going to watch is...

11. The Longshots

Four words: "Directed by Fred Durst."

So that's the end of my lists. I think 6 good movies and 12 maybes is a good number. It looks like its going to be a good summer. Here's hoping I can watch all of these and I'll try to let you know what I think.

Dianosis' Summer Movie Preview 2...

My list of movies that MIGHT be good but time will tell

1. The Strangers

I almost put this in my excited to see list because of the following picture:


Man that movie looks creepy. Still seeing as how I haven't really heard of this movie at all it could go either way.

2. The Incredible Hulk

So I really liked the first Hulk movie. I enjoyed its artistic style even though it had little action and the super-villain plot didn't make much sense. So this movie could be bad if they decide to dumb it down. Then again Edward Norton is heavily in the movie and he's made really good movies in the past. On the other hand he was supposedly acting like a complete tool for the entire making of it.

3. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

I really liked this book but for some reason I never went to watch the first movie. So I can't really recommend it. Still, it looks good.

4. Kung-Fu Panda

Dreamworks animated movies tend to go either way. If the jokes are funny and the kung-fu is cool, this could be a must see.

5. The Happening

M. Night Shyamalan has made some really good movies and he has made some huge pieces of crap (sorry Carlos, I didn't like The Village). I am probably going to give it a shot if there is nothing else to watch.

6. Hancock

The premise of a drunk asshole super-hero sounds like a really interesting movie but I am afraid it might not go dark enough which would make this kind of like My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

7. Get Smart

The original show was written by Mel Brooks. If they keep his humor more than they pander to families with cartoony humor and kids saying cute lines, then this could be a good movie.

8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Its Star Wars but if the live action movies felt to kiddie friendly then what will an actual cartoon be like? The 15-minute Clone Wars cartoons were really cool though, so if they focus on Jedi action this could be awesome.

9. The X-Files: I Want To Believe

I was a huge fan of The X-Files, but I never watched the last season. This could be good or bad. I just don't know.

10. Tropic Thunder

This has got to be the strangest comedy coming out this summer. Robert Downey Jr. plays an actor who dyes his skin to play a part written for a black guy. That sounds terrible and funny at the same time. Ben Stiller is the lead though but hopefully he'll not be playing the same part he's been playing since There's Something About Mary.

11. What Happens In Vegas

I want to hate this movie but parts of it sound funny. What can I say?

12. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

I don't really think we need another Mummy sequel, especially in a year with Indiana Jones playing but Jet Li may save this movie if they don't CG him too much.

I know this one was late but I will try to put part 3 up tomorrow.

Dianosis' Summer Movie Preview...

So with Iron Man opening this weekend, it seems like the Summer movie season is starting earlier and earlier each year. There are a lot of movies coming out soon, some of which look awesome, some of which might be good and some that just look down right terrible. So here are my lists for the summer...

Movies That I Think Are Going To Be Awesome and I am excited to see

1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-E

It is hard for me to say which I am more excited about. Batman will finally fight the Joker in The Dark Knight but all the trailers for Wall-E have been hilarious and moving making me think that its going to be another Finding Nemo.

3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Another Indy movie! This movie would be atop my list if it weren't for George Lucas' early success in destroying my childhood fantasies for sequels. And Shia Lebouf is starting to annoy me.

4. Pineapple Express

The guys from Knocked Up and Superbad make another stoner comedy only this time with more overt drug references. I'm there. Only problem might be that I think people are tired of Judd Apatow comedies so it might be difficult finding people to go with.

5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Looks like a beautiful melding of Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Torro and Blade 2 Guillermo del Torro. I liked the first one and am mostly going to see what kind of wierd creatures Del Torro puts on the screen.

6. Iron Man

On the list because I really do want to see it, but my excitement for it comes and goes so its at the end of my list.

Stay tuned tomorrow for my list of movies that MIGHT be good and Saturday for my list of movies that you probably couldn't pay me to go watch. So did I miss anything you guys are excited to go watch?