‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ trailer

By Tony Black | Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:20 AM

A new trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” has been released onto the Internet. Watch it:

I am really excited about this film because it was my favorite book in the Harry Potter series.

This film was originally schedules to be released in November of this year but was pushed back to early summer 2009. I heard some early reviews from people who received advanced screenings of the film and none of them had anything good to say. Hopefully Warner Bros. will use the extra time they gave themselves to listen to the reviews and make some changes. I really don’t want my favorite book of the series turned into my most disliked movie of the series.

What do you think of the trailer? Did you notice the extra scenes they added that weren’t in the book (Example: the Weasley’s home, The Burrow, on fire after an attack by the Death Eaters)? Let’s hope additional scenes didn’t come at the cost of important ones.

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Frisky Dingo season 2 on DVD in January

By Tony Black | Saturday, October 4, 2008, 01:12 PM

Frisky Dingo Season 2 will be released on DVD on January 9, 2009. I am eagerly awaiting its release, but most of you have probably never heard of it.

This animated comedy from the creators of Sealab 2021 airs on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. The show follows the villain Killface and the hero Awesome-X (aka Xander Crews). Killface wants to destroy the world but is having problems marketing his plan. Meanwhile, Awesome-X (whose real identity is billionaire tycoon Xander Crews) has defeated all the super-villains in town but doesn’t feel like retiring. Crews learns of Killface and tries to use him to keep his Awesome-X persona alive.

Here are some memorable moments from the villain Killface to give you an idea of what the show is like:

I have learned from BabarsHouse.com that the DVD will have special features unlike the previous season. Here are some details:

Also, the DVD is now confirmed to have bonus features. 7030 gave me the details on one of them which is a completely brand new short that was made to tie in with the upcoming Xtacles spin-off series. The back cover also shows 13 episodes instead of 12. It’s most likely counting the Xtacles short as an episode, but since it’s also listed separately under the bonus features, I’m double checking it and will update when I hear back.

Here’s the Amazon.com listing:

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