tF Purple Smurf's Weekly Movie Review - July 7th, 2010

An American Werewolf in London, directed by John Landis, and starring David Naughtom, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, and John Woodvine.

In an age where vampire and werewolf films involve a love triangle and sparkly blood-sucker, I needed some sort of monster movie that followed it's rules and traditions. While I was walking around the movie section at Wal-Mart, I stopped by the Blu-Ray rack and noticed An American Werewolf in London glaring me down. I looked at when it was released, and was glad to see it was in theaters before I was born, so it wouldn't be subject to the torture of a sparkly vampire...

The movie begins with two American college boys backpacking through Europe, and they start in Northern England. After stopping by a pub, they leave and are later attacked by a werewolf. David, played by David Naughton, survives the attack and becomes a werewolf. His friend Jack, played by Griffin Dunne, dies during the attack. As the story continues, David questions what happened in the small town in Northern England, and what he has to do stop his curse.

I thought that An American Werewolf in London is a great movie, a true werewolf movie. The acting was superb, the story was spot on and what you would expect from a monster movie. Although it was made in the 80s, it looked like a great movie. The make-up made me believe that Jack actually was dead. Another great part, or downside depending on how you look at it, was that there wasn't barely any CGI, if there was any CGI at all. The werewolf was kind of realistic, although it moved a little robotically. When David was transforming into a wolf, they used make-up and props that made it seem real. Overall, if I saw it when it was released I probably would have given it a 9, but because, as a generation, we've been spoiled with technology so the wolf was a little in unbelievable, I'm giving it an 8 out of 10. There have been talks of a remake, which could single-handedly save monster movies if it was done right.

This movie also spawned two things, one great and one not so great. The great thing was that this movie created the OSCAR for best make-up, and the not so good thing was that it spawned a sequel. The consensus for the sequel was that it was horrible and too CGI-y.

If you're tired of these new "monster movies" then I seriously recommend watching this movie because this is the reason that we watch monster horror movies.

... Smurf out

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OH BOY!!

Story of my life – and of my current gaming career…..Since the inception of the 1st Xbox – I have never bought a brand new Xbox or system. The first XBOX that I ever got I received as a gift from my current wife. Then when the 360 came out – my brother, who worked at a Blockbuster at the time, got me a refurbished one for my birthday. Needless to say – as many of you know – the 360’s had this GREAT problem the RRoD (Red Ring of Death). Well from the time that my little brother (tF Adex) got me my first Xbox – to just recently I have gone through 6 Xbox 360’s. The first four I had sent back to Microsoft for free repair – but the last two I could not get fixed because of the fact that they wanted to charge me money to have them fixed. But then news came…..news of the BRAND NEW, black, sleek and SEXY Xbox 360. Once I saw the thing – my jaw dropped, and I was ready for one. But one small problem – I had a functioning Xbox at the time. This is a story of how I managed to lose my 6th Xbox and get the brand new sleek black one…ENJOY!

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With its release only weeks away the Family is already gearing up for the many online features available in NCAA Football 2011. The biggest feature anticipated by most is this years Online Dynasty which provides you an opportunity to have full control of every aspect of your team, aside from actually playing the games of course, from your PC, iPhone, iPad, or Smart Phone. This years game allows your Online Dynasty to be a living breathing experience with custom post game stories that you can use to show how bad you beat your buddy or how you look forward to getting that prized Recruit that you are fighting over with three other gamers. The demo for this years game dropped on the 14th of June and since then many gamers have been getting an opportunity to feel out the game play in anticipation of the final products release. Here is a message from the developers on changes that have been made since the demo's completion, and we look forward to seeing all the NCAA Football 2011 gamers online on July 13th.

Updates from the NCAA Football 11 Demo

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