Britney Spears Returns to the Realm of Music

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:56:57 -0500

Britney's Back and Better Than Ever
By Sascha Martin

Over the last few years Britney Spears has thrown the world a curve ball, separating herself from the usual glamorous lifestyle of a hit pop singer. She has become the laughing stock of the media world, with mental break downs, shaving her head, and throwing umbrellas at cars. She lost custody of her children and lost all control of her life. Fans lost all hope for America's Sweetheart and believed that they would never see the old Britney again. Finally, in the year 2008, three years after the madness started, our star is finally "back on track."

On December 2 the long awaited Spears album "Circus" will be released. The first single "Womanizer" has made it into the top ten of the Billboard Top 100. As expected the release of this album means concerts dates, press junkets and even a surprise performance with Madonna and Justin Timberlake. At last Britney Spears can revive her career and her life.

Britney has come a long way and has gone through quite a roller coaster ride. She is now getting back into America's good graces, with appearances at the MTV Music Video Awards, getting into shape and taking proper care of her children. Britney Spears is finally turning around her life, and making sure all of the critics who tore her apart know. Our "Pop Princess" will finally regain her position at the throne.

The Watchmen Film

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:56:55 -0500

The Watchmen Film
By Kevin Rossi

Lately a popular genre for film has been comic book adaptions. A few successful adaptions have been the Batman series, The X-men series, Iron Man, and The Hulk. Marvel and DC dominate the comic book world, and now the movie world. This March Alan Moore and David Gibbon's The Watchmen is due to be released. Zack Snyder will direct, he also directed 300, and it will star Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dead Morgan, Matthew Goode, Stephen McHattie, and Carla Gugino.

The Watchmen is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Gibbons released in 1986. The novel is published by DC, and takes place in 1985 in an alternate universe. Richard Nixon is still president and the U.S. is on the verge of going to war with the Soviet Union. The story follows a group of masked vigilantes and their downfalls to society. Their downfalls eventually lead to the destruction of NYC and WWIII. The film will follow the same plot and story as the novel.

Alan Moore requested that his name should be taken out of everything that has to do with the film, and all credit given to David Gibbons. Alan Moore believes that his stories should not be watched, they should be read with a cup of coffee by a fire.

The film production was put on halt also due to a lawsuit for rights of The Watchmen. Fox states that they own the rights and Warner Brother's ignored their claims. When this all happened filming was almost done, and fans became worried that their favorite vigilantes weren't going to be seen on the big screen.

Through all the trouble of production and filming The Watchmen will be released in early March, 2009. The Watchmen will be eye candy to all comic lovers. The novel and film ask throughout it's contents, "Who Watches the Watchmen?" I think this spring we will all be watching the watchmen.

Scrubs Season 7 Release

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:56:54 -0500

Scrubs Season 7 Release By Dan O’Brien
Finally on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 season 7 of the hit comedy Scrubs was released to DVD. Scrubs is a hit comedy staring actor Zach Braff as a young, imaginative, new doctor in everyone's favorite hospital Sacred Heart. Along with his co-stars Sarah Chalke (Elliot Reid), Donald Faison (Christopher Turk), Judy Reyes (Carla Espinosa), and John C. McGinley (Dr. Perry Cox) Sacred Heart becomes the dream hospital for all patients. In halls filled with humor and relationships it's the ideal place to be.
This hit TV show has aired for a solid 7 years now. Viewers have followed it from the very beginning to the very end and now the moment has come to welcome NBC's final season to DVD. Supposed to be Bill Lawrence, director of Scrubs, final season, season 7 was planned to go out with a bang. This was all until writers of many hit TV shows went on strike. The season was interrupted and forced to come to a stop. Due to the shows shortage of time to produce the episodes need, Bill Lawrence has moved to ABC. But this move doesn't make season 7 any less special.
Season 7 is jam packed with interviews, and bonus features along with the 11 episodes making up the season, commercial free. I know I have followed this show since the beginning and plan to follow it to the very end. The release of season 7 to DVD will be epic to those Scrubs addicts. People have waited long enough, now go buy scrubs season 7!!!

Bond Is Back

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:47:46 -0400

Bond Is Back
By Dan O’Brien

Friday November 14, 2008 the twenty-second movie of a series that we have all come to love and root for. That is right, James Bond will be back on the big screen! Since the early 60's Bond has been a heroic figure across America representing the ideal spy. Now Bond is back and ready for another action packed adventure.

In the new major motion picture, "Quantum of Solace" Daniel Craig will star as James Bond for a second time. Mathieu Amalric will star as the ruthless Dominic Greene, Bonds new enemy. As everyone can assume "Quantum of Solace" will be action packed, and heart pounding as always. However, while this movie will still keep everyone on their toes there is a major difference between this and other 007 movies. This time Bond will face a more personal issue. His enemy is not only a cold hard killer, but killed the love of his life.

I am a true fan of past Bond movie and my only hope is Marc Forster (director of Quantum of Solace) does past movies justice, and keeps Bond as the agent we have all come to love. For what would the world be without "Bond, James Bond"?

SNL Has a Hand in Elections

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:47:43 -0400

SNL Has a Hand in Elections By Emily Feather
As many people know, Saturday Night Live is a show that picks on those things going on in the news like no one else will. The cast and hosts are known for their sarcastic humor and their witty take on current events. Seeing as how the presidential election seems to be making headlines, why wouldn't it be the perfect target for the comically advanced cast. From Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin to Will Farrell's old take on George W. Bush, these parodies just get it all. The cast is not afraid to just take every little thing they can and take it apart. Some people would like to argue that these sketches are all bias, but bias to which person or party? This cast is not bias in the least bit; they just find a joke out of everything they can. The cast can attack Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton to their hearts delight, and it is not because they hate them at all. They just find the comical relief in the world around them, and they are right about everything they say and do.
Everyone has something in them that can be poked at, and the renowned cast of SNL is just amazing at pointing those things out for entertainment purposes. Just because they target our political figures doesn't make them any less powerful or smart in their field. Sometimes we all just need that comical release away from the seriousness that this world just dumps on us. Not only do they get the views out there while they are preforming their sketches, they're giving everyone a good laugh, and I believe sometimes we need a good laugh.
In the most recent sketches they have even had the actual Sarah Palin on the show. Barack Obama is scheduled to appear a few days before the presidential election. This just shows that it is all in good fun and that there is not one bias or mean thing about it. If they can get a good laugh about it, and the people they are impersonating can get a good laugh about it, why do some people find it as a conflict. It is just a few people having a little fun and making the best of situations that otherwise, would not be funny.

MonsterFest: A Month of Horror

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:47:39 -0400

MonsterFest: A Month of Horror
By Emily Feather

Do you ever find yourself flipping through the channels some October nights looking for a scary movie to spook you out. Your not looking for the ABC family, or Disney channel movies, but the real gruesome ones that leave you to afraid to move and have you thinking your mail man could be a serial killer. There is always that one channel that everyone seems to pass over because they know it for playing those old classic movies that you don't really care about, but that is where those really good horror movies that we all know and love are. AMC plays a whole month of horror movies. It is well know for its annual FearFest that has taken place for 11 years, but this year it is changing up a bit. For the last 11 years it was known to satisfy someones craving for a little bit of Jaws or Texas Chainsaw Massacre in their lives.

This is the channel that was know to play the best of the best. It would help satisfy those Halloween fever viewers that just seem to need horror every night in October. Not only are the films good, this channel would bring you back to when horror was actually scary and you were to afraid to sleep because Freddy would cultivate against you in your dreams. For it's twelfth year things are going to be a little different. FearFest has changed into a monster fest. It is the monster movies time to shine to.

Yes, I know it is the last week of October, but that is when it is the best. Since it is all about the monsters now, you can learn the story of Frankenstein, or watch The Mummy. It isn't Michael Myers, or Norman Bates all the time, but its the supernatural world of Horror coming out now. Everyone dresses up as mummy's, and vampires but no one watches their movies. It's time to get the word out there about AMC's FearFest and give the goblins and ghouls of the night their chance. You can still have your fun with Freddy and Jason but too! It is being hosted by the king of creeps and director of a few horror movies himself, Rob Zombie. With the movie selection and the host, it is bound to be a good viewing experience for anyone. It is good to have the horror genre a little mixed up this year giving more movies the opportunity to become better known. Just pick up your remote sometime this week, and turn on AMC to Rob Zombie's face introducing a good film, I'm sure you will find your horror movie match.