Gamer hit theaters yesterday and I’m not sure how it will fare against the romantic comedy All About Steve but I’m guessing it will attract some curious movie-goers, especially since the cast is fairly impressive and includes Gerard Butler (300) and Michael C. Hall (Dexter).

Last week, I speculated about whether this movie would make people more leery of the gaming community and technology so I’m hoping they present their storyline in a way that isn’t blatantly anti-gaming.
The film takes place in the future and humans are actually the pawns of online gamers who control their actions through mind-control technology.  The …read more

Have you seen the previews for a movie called Gamer?  I’m trying to be open-minded, especially since one of my favorite actors is in it (Michael C. Hall from Dexter) but no matter how I look at it, I end up either offended or annoyed.

The film is about a future where gaming and entertainment have been fused into some awful hybrid and, of course, it’s got to be scary as hell.  Multi-player online gamers are actual controlling other humans through mind-control technology that has been developed by billionaire, Ken Castle (Hall).
He takes things up a notch by created a first-person …read more

Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy) and Gerard Butler (300) co-star in The Ugly Truth which opens in theaters this Friday.  In what’s meant to be a “battle of the sexes” type of movie, a “romantically challenged morning show producer (Heigl) is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent (Butler) to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love.”  As you might predict, it looks like they end up being attracted to each other.

I’m afraid that the only “ugly truth” about this How to Lose a Guy rip-off is that it’s going to be terrible.  …read more