by Dave Minkus
Film Rating:  7.5/10

I don’t know what it was about the trailers, but what I saw of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time just didn’t excite me. Quite frankly, I went into the screening last night thinking about all the other fun things I could be doing with my evening. I had a hard time believing that Jake Gyllenhaal could pull off being an action star and Ben Kingsley has been in some stinkers. This looked like another one. You can never go into a movie without preconceived notions about a film. The important thing is that you have to be open to letting a film happen and take it for what it is. I can’t express how glad I am that I was able to do this because Prince of Persia is an incredibly fun movie.

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For those who might not know, last week was Josh Green’s birthday.  To celebrate our friend’s life, we decided to have some fun and talk about his Top 10 list.  You can see all of our lists on the About page.

 

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We definitely end our series on a high note with the Kurosawa film High and Low.  This may be a lesser known film, but it’s by no means a lesser film.  It must be checked out at all costs.

 

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This week, we tackle yet another masterpiece from Akira Kurosawa that was borrowed from to make a great western fim.  There’s no doubt that The Hidden Fortress made a sizable impression on George Lucas for the Star Wars films.

Find out more about upcoming play dates for Touching Home at the official website.
You can also find out when Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is coming to your area.

We highly recommend catching both films if it’s at all possible

 

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If you had asked me a year ago if my favorite, wildest dreams would be fulfilled during my lifetime, I would have probably replied with some slightly snarky or at least ironic answer which, pressed together and shaken down, would have essentially come to a simple answer: No. But I would have been wrong.

I’m not saying that attending StarFest has granted all my wishes. I haven’t actually traveled in the TARDIS. I wasn’t able to watch the formation of a new star or, at least, space confederacy. I didn’t single-handedly defeat hordes of flesh-eating demons or find the cure to a fearsome zombie-creating virus. But if you could get as close as possible to any of those activities without ever actually endangering your life or travelling in space, I suppose that StarFest would be the place to do it.

StarFest is the Neapolitan ice cream of science fiction geekdom. Not into Star Wars? You can take a class on basic Klingon. Doctor Who just not your thing? You can rub elbows with Lord of the Rings enthusiasts. And if anything space or alien-related fails to tickle you pink, it is a few steps away to ComicFest or the Anime room, where furries abound in numbers reminiscent of a Tribble invasion.

When I was asked if I would be willing to act as a blogger for the StarFest website, starland.com, my knee-jerk reaction was an enthusiastic, “Will I get in on the company dime?” My StarFest experience started off on Thursday evening when I met up with my buddy Dave, famous as one of the voices here on www.screengeeks.com, and his out-of-town friends from www.geekradiodaily.com and www.thejesusgeeks.com. But that was just a brief prelude to the official stuff that started on Friday.

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Photo courtesy of Earl Bickel

I personally love getting to do interviews where I can geek out a bit.  My talk with Splice director Vincenzo Natali fit that description perfectly.  I get a chance to chat with him about how Cube has its roots in Hitchcock and the state of 3-D before we get to his newest film.  Our thanks to Mr. Natali and the good folks from Warner Bros. for letting us have time to talk.

 

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Splice comes out in theaters on June 4, 2010

This week, Ethan and Dave talk about what we’ve watched over the past couple weeks and Dave gives a brief rundown on this year’s Starfest.

 

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