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Something to Do: Movies, 5Apr13

There are several interesting films coming out this week, but I would be lying if I said I was more interested in anything else than I was in Odd Thomas, the Dean R. Koontz story about a short order cook with a hot line to heaven (or hell). I figure it would be too much to hope this production actually becomes available this week, considering back in January they were in court suing for distribution money that was promised but never delivered. In fact the movie itself was supposed to be released in January. But hey, I live in hope, and there is also a real good chance another Dean Koontz book series, Frankenstein, will be made into a TV series after all.

Things we have already seen worth going back to the theaters for this week are topped off with the 3D Jurassic Park presentation; it should be a monster (yes, pun intended)! And of course that leaves us with Evil Dead 2 as another option to consider. All in all, the selection this time looks interesting.

Something to Watch: DVDs, 2Apr13

I almost skipped the movie mention, because the only release I am aware of, Earth’s Final Hours, is a made-for-Syfy schlockfest that even the Syfy channel won’t admit to any more. If you have to have a movie this week, at least Freeloaders is silly fun, even if it isn’t genre.

TV does better, with Douglas Adam’s holistic detective Dirk Gently coming out. If you haven’t seen the show yet, it is quite true to the book. Also out, Dark Matters: Twisted but True is hosted by John Noble (the mad scientist from Fringe) and run on the Science Channel. considering the subject matter they made an excellent selection for the host.

In Anime, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan is a story about a boy who is a middle school student by day, and a Yokai, or Spirit/Monster/Demon, by night. His grandfather is leader of the clan, and he must decide whether to take over in his grandfathers place, or become fully human and abandon his heritage. Hyakko: Complete Series is about a crazy school girl who makes robot clones of herself and creates havoc wherever she goes. You guessed it, Hyakko is a comedy.

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is a much more serious tale, following the struggles of two children and an adult who band together in their fight to return home to their families in the aftermath of a quake centered on Tokyo itself. They make their way through seemingly insurmountable obstacles past heartbreaking scenes without knowing if their families are even still alive.

New Doctor Who, Orphen Black, The Nerdist this weekend

Yes, this Saturday is the start of the new season of Doctor Who, and the premier of the new series Orphan Black on BBC America. If that wasn’t enough, Chris Hardwick will be following that block up with the new season of The Nerdist. I have already programed my DVR to grab all 3 shows each week, and I am really curious to see how Orphan Black works out. It is a new BBC America production, and I was quite impressed with what they did with Copper, I am hoping this new show will be every bit as twisted and convoluted.

New RWBY trailer

Rooster Teeth, the folks who brought us that masterpiece of combat comedy Red Vs. Blue, have a tasty new animation project: RWBY. The latest trailer is the top one, the Black trailer. After that are the earlier trailers, the White and Red. They haven’t released the Yellow trailer yet, but this will give you an idea of what the new series is up to. I find the style on these very interesting, almost like they recorded Machinima and then rotoscoped them into Anime. Which wouldn’t be a huge surprise, since Red Vs. Blue was some of the finest machinima ever made.

Something to Do: Movies, 29Mar13

The Host is a story of alien invasion, body snatchers who push out the human spirit, but some humans fight back hard. Based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, we get no sparkling vampires this time, so I think it might be worth taking a look at. Also out, GI Joe: Retaliation claims it is better than the first film, and I hope that’s true. I thought the first one was technically well done, but somehow I just wasn’t able to connect with the Joe characters. Possibly because they were supposed to be the good guys, but they killed off even more innocent bystanders than the bad guys and didn’t seem to notice, let alone care. Perhaps they fixed that problem by now and surgically attached souls to the bodies of the warriors.