Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Director: Michael Bay Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro Rating: PG-13 I loved the Transformers cartoon and comic books growing up, and I still have many of the original toys, including Jetfire and Optimus Prime. In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen we see a glimpse of Cybertron, the Matrix of Leadership is mentioned, and in one fleeting scene Megatron smacks Starscream around for usurping his command. That's all that remains of the Transformers of my youth. Instead of incorporating the franchise's 25 ...

August 1st Recommendations

On the heels of the announcement that Ryan Reynolds will play the role of Hal Jordan in an upcoming live action Green Lantern film, the green guardian’s first animated film hits DVD. Green Lantern: First Flight is a decent PG-13 animated flick, but falls short of greatness because of lack of context. Hal Jordan becomes GL before the opening credits, and doesn’t seem impressed or awed that he now belongs to a corps of space cops. That being said, there is much to ...

Best Fantasy Movies

Each week on Max on Movies, listeners are invited to call in and share their favorite films in different categories. Here is the list for Saturday August 1st, 2009: Best Fantasy Movies The Dark Crsytal Watchmen The Beast Master (and B.M. 2!) Excalibur Willow The Last Starfighter Legend Blade Runner (Sci-Fi or Fantasy?) TRON Pan's Labyrinth The Fall (Still haven't seen it, sorry, Tom) The Neverending Story Lord of the Rings (All three) Big (Nice one!) Labyrinth

Saturday August 1st, 2009

Show Theme: Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon The Killers - Losing Touch PJ Harvery - My Black Hearted Love Depeche Mode - Wrong Switchblade Symphony - Dissolve / Bad Trash Billy Corgan - Mina Loy / A100 / Dia The Smashing Pumpkins - Doomsday Clock / 7 Shades of Black / Bleeding the Orchid / That's The Way My Love Is