Stars slimed at Kids Choice show

Hollywood's A-listers have gone home covered in slime, following the 21st Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.

Harrison Ford, Cameron Diaz and Orlando Bloom were amongst the celebrities drenched in green goo, the ceremony's traditional badge of honour.

The night's big winner was 15-year-old Miley Cyrus, star of Disney's Hannah Montana show, who received favourite TV actress and favourite singer.

Johnny Depp was named favourite actor, while Diaz won an inspiration award.

The "Wannabe" prize goes to a celebrity role model who children look up to.

Diaz used her time at the winner's podium to promote environmental causes, saying to the audience of children: "You're going to change the world.

* Pinched from BBC Entertainment News, 30/03/2008.

(Captain) America, F**K Yeah!

I just stumbled across this funny video whilst surfing YouTube. Its made using clips from the (awful) Captain America film made in 1990 and the theme to the brilliant Team America: World Police.

A new adaptation of Captain America is planned for a 2009 release, no information about who's playing the lead is available at the moment though.

Lucas says his new 'Indiana Jones' is 'just a movie'

"To hear him talk, you'd think George Lucas would have preferred to call his movie 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Don't Get Your Hopes Up'." www.usatoday.com


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What a miserable git although I understand where he's coming from, it'll be incredibly hard for the new film to live up to the hype. Don't worry George, I'm sure it'll be great but if its not blame Spielberg!

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

'Monsters vs. Aliens' isn't out for another year but I didn't know of its existence until today.


From the look of the (very few) pictures available at the moment and the official website, this looks to be a decent CGI animation with obvious similarities to 'Monsters Inc.' (one of my favourites) from Pixar studios. This is created by the rival company, Dreamworks (famous for the Shrek films).

Appleseed Ex Machina (2007)

I used to be a huge fan of Japanese anime when I was a teenager but as I got older the novelty wore off and I started to notice how lazy some of the animation was.

I now know the anime of the past was limited to a strict budget and time limit which is why many corners were cut (looped frames, moving 'still' images and sometimes jerky animation).

'Appleseed Ex Machina' however has made me realise how advanced Japanese animation has become and I'm extremely impressed!

Beautifully rendered in CGI this manages to keep the appearance of the comics and graphic novels created by Masamune Shirow and at the same time produce some fast paced action the likes of a Hollywood big budget movie. That said, action cinema maestro John Woo produced this feature!

The film's been criticised for having a hard to follow story but I honestly had no trouble with it, in fact it seemed to make more sense than most of the Japanese films I've seen in the past.

To cut it simple (and to keep from spilling too many spoilers!), the film is about cyborgs, biotics (genetically modified clones) and humans being controlled against their will and a team of elite cops (ES.W.A.T) trying to solve the case and protect the city whilst they themselves are losing control.

This is definitely worth a watch, I've ordered the 2004 film 'Appleseed Ex' so will review that once it arrives.

If this is the future of anime I may start collecting it again... time to get my overdraft extended me thinks!