New Moon

Cast
Kristen Stewart
Robert Pattinson
Taylor Lautner
Billy Burke
Peter Facinelli
Nikki Reed
Jackson Rathbone
Ashley Greene
Kellan Lutz
Elizabeth Reaser
Gil Birmingham
Edi Gathegi
Rachelle Lefevre
Dakota Fanning
Michael Sheen
Screenwriter
Melissa Rosenberg
Director
Chris Weitz
Running Time
130 minutes

In the second installment of Stephenie Meyer's phenomenally successful Twilight series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of—only to find herself in greater peril than ever before. (Summit Entertainment)

It was perfectly fine. I would say it was less atmospheric than the first one which possibly was the change of director. In my review for that I didn't see where the story had to go and it really didn't go anywhere much, they broke up and then got back together for no other reason than they needed some kind of plot. It was well done but there wasn't much substance to it. A couple scenes struck me as odd there a circling shot of Bella where you can you see out the window and the camera goes round her three times and each time the scene outside changes season, OK fine very artistic but it's undercut by having on screen graphics telling us the months. In the second she and a human friend leave the cinema after seeing a zombie movie and the friend complains in detail about the need for so many of those movies which seemed straight out of Scream and didn't fit the tone of everything else.

February Comics

Newsarama has the new Marvel and DC solicitations for February plus CBR has the Dark Horse.

This is the stuff I'm thinking about in addition to my regular pull list.



DEVIL #1 (of 4)
Torajiro Kishi (W/A) and Madhouse Studios (W/A)
On sale Feb Feb 3
FC, 24 pages
$2.99
Miniseries

Manga artist Torajiro Kishi (Maka-Maka) and blockbuster anime studio Madhouse (Trigun, Paprika, Ninja Scroll) love comics. So much so that they’ve decided to publish an original, Western-style comic exclusively with Dark Horse! Enter Devil, a thrilling, sci-fi take on the vampire genre.

A virus is raging across the planet, turning people into bloodsucking superhumans referred to as “Devils.” Most victims die within days, sometimes months, but there’s a new strain, a new class of Devil that threatens to overtake mankind with power and bloodthirst. This new class of Devils derive from an experiment to clone a virus victim, and it looks like science has created a true monster this time. Can Takimoto and the Devil Investigation Section of the Tokyo police force stop this societal scourge? We’ll just have to see.

• Exclusive comic specifically for the American audience and only available from Dark Horse!

This disease will devour mankind.

It looks cool.



JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL #1
On Sale February 3 • 56 pg, FC, $4.99 US
Written by Keith Giffen & Matthew Sturges • Art by Tom Derenick • Cover by Freddie Williams II
Reflecting developments in both MAGOG and JSA ALL-STARS this month, Magog finds himself the odd man out during a massive escape from Haven – and his own team thinks he’s somehow responsible for the prison break! Turns out, Magog may have exposed one of the DC Universe’s biggest cover-ups! Featuring 56 pages of thrilling JSA adventure from writers Keith Giffen and Matthew Sturges and artist Tom Derenick.

I'm getting the regular books so getting this.

Harry Brown

Cast
Michael Caine
Emily Mortimer
Iain Glenn
Jack O'Connell
Liam Cunningham
David Bradley
Screenwriter
Gary Young
Director
Daniel Barber
Running Time
103 minutes

With his wife having recently passed away and his best friend bullied daily by the drug-peddling gangs on his estate, aged ex-Royal Marine Harry Brown (Caine) decides to come out of retirement to clean up the neighbourhood…[Empire]

An austere low budget British art house crime movie with an assured central performance by Caine. It was difficult to enjoy because of its bleakness but it told an absorbing story.

A Christmas Carol

Cast
Jim Carrey
Bob Hoskins
Colin Firth
Gary Oldman
Robin Wright Penn
Screenwriter
Robert Zemeckis
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Running Time
96 minutes

Disney's A Christmas Carol, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event. Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. (Walt Disney Pictures)

My second 3D film this time in a different cinema. I got a head ache watching it which cleared up soon after, it may just be due to my not being used to wearing glasses rather than the 3D effect.
I went in with quite low expectations and enjoyed it immensely. The animation and use of 3D seemed to work really well here plus the story was told in a more serious tone than I was expecting. My only quibble was when his change of temperament happened it didn't quite convince me there is something missing there to make that work. However I admit that during the final moments a tear rolled down my cheek.