He looks so handsome.

The District 9 preview looks good, maybe not as good as Cloverfield but that's because it's a different breed. It's more of a thoughtful Science Fiction experience, think Star Trek (the original, mind you) as opposed to Star Wars--thoughtful versus eventful. The aliens look crude enough to be believable, you'll never confuse them with cgi even if they are. But more interesting than the hype for the trailer and the obvious parallels to Apartheid in South Africa, is the original short by Neil Blomkamp. Its documentary aesthetic is somehow accentuated by its gorgeous cinematography, proving that the two can be married. Blomkamp, as you may remember, at one point was attached to the Halo movie might actually be setting himself up for another go at it. Overall, I'm pretty excited about the movie's realistic approach to a fantastic subject.

What's this? A movie studio adapting a successful novel into a film? It happened. Again! This time the book is Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize winning story, "The Road". I read the book in early March of last year (it's terrifc, by the way) and was excited to hear that it was being made into a motion picture. Judging by the trailer I think we got some potential here. Head on down 'the road' to your local movie theater on Oct. 16 and check it out.

Here are some pictures of characters from two of Disney's upcoming feature-length animated films. See if you can guess which one is from Pixar's new movie and which one is an in-house Walt Disney Animation Studios production.


Okay, so that was easy. Obviously the 3D character is Pixar and the...Wait a minute...Is that a hand drawn 2D Disney character?

In case you haven't heard, Disney is attempting a 2D animation revival with the Princess and the Frog, recruiting many of the top talents that honed their craft on such animated "classics" such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Hercules.

For their first 2D comeback flick, Disney has decided to take a cue from Dreamworks animated films, thus filling their movie with "edgy", smirk-prone characters as opposed to the charming outcast characters from Pixar's roster.

Going back to the two characters in the pictures. Which one would you rather have a stuffed animal of? Date-rapist Frog Prince, or the dim-witted yet unconditionally loyal and loving Dug?

In this jam-packed episode of the Gamebino Podcast we discuss captivate 09 with bigapple3am, otherwise known as Andy. Lots of insight in this extra long episode. Enjoy!

Gamebino Episode 7