Geek of Oz

The good folks at Paramount have given us a couple of behind the scenes videos to celebrate todays release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. For your viewing pleasure. a behind the scenes look at the Moscow premiere and an inside look at the "wing suit" operators used in the film.

We've been supplied with a new video of the upcoming Marvel Studios film, Captain America: The First Avenger. Hopefully the film turns out as good as it looks!

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the third in series of the Michael Bay directed Hasbro franchise and is without a doubt the best of all three. The basic outline of the story ties into the cold war era space race. American scientists make a discovery which coerces the United States government into putting a man on the moon. What they discover is a crashed Autobot ship which had fled from the Cybertronian Civil War. The Americans bring back a number of artifacts and lock away their secrets for the next 50 years. The 35 people who knew about the operation are slowly dying in suspicious circumstances. One of the operations most well known collaborators, Buzz Aldrin, meets with Optimus Prime to advise of what they found, what they brought back and why.

Released on DVD locally by Madman, Mobie Suit Gundam Unicorn takes place in the same timeline as the original series, Mobile Suit Gundam, and is based upon a novel by the same name by Harutoshi Fukui.  "The year is U.C. 0096. Three years have passed since the end of the Second Neo Zeon War. It is said that the Vist Foundation manipulates the Earth Federation and Anaheim Electronics from behind the scenes. Hoping to create a new world, the Foundation attempts to hand over a certain secret to the Neo Zeon remnants known as the Sleeves. This will mean the opening of Laplaces Box, which holds a great secret tied to the origins of the Universal Century."

Directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man), Cowboys & Aliens stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde and tells the story of an alien invasion which just so happens to arrive in Arizona, 1873. Its all six shooters, spaceships, tumbleweeds and lasers as Jake Lonergan and his posse try to stop the alien invasion. Based on the comic book written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley and produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Spielberg, Kurtzman and Orci. If nothing else, it should be a visual feast. Cowboys & Aliens is set for Australian release on the 18th of August 2011.

We all know that sequels suck, right? Thankfully, DreamWorks have changed this with Kung Fu Panda 2. There is so much to like about this movie. Following on from where the 2008 film left off we join Dragon Master Po and the Furious Five, Tigress, Viper, Mantis, Monkey and Crane as they guard the Valley of Peace from external threats. Unbeknownst to Po, an evil peacock named Lord Shen has planned world domination but the only thing in his way is our friend, Po the but kicking panda.

Many people may have noticed that Magna Home Entertainment have released a number of Pokemon DVD's over the years including their latest releases of Pokemon movies Zoroark - Master of Illusions and Arceus & the Jewel of Life on Blu Ray. After a bit of digging I found that they are releasing a MONSTER sized limited edition Pokemon: Kanto and Orange Islands Collection. That is a total of 22 discs and over 3,800 minutes of monstery goodness. The recommended retail prices is AUD$179.95 which may sound steep but really you're only paying just over $8 per disc which is a bargain at twice the price. Also, just to seal the deal, they are also including a whole bunch of Pokemon information and detailed region maps.