" Underworld: Awakening was number one at the box office raking in $25.4 million, "Red Tails" came in at a strong second with $19.1 million, and Mark Wahlberg's "Contraband" came in third with $12.2 million.

                                                                           

       

       Sony Pictures has released a trailer for "Resident Evil: Retribution". Alice is back, and much to our surprise so are a lot of her friends. Hey, didn't some of these people die in previous films. Were those clones? Why not, Alice had a bevy of clones in the last movie and like her they were AWESOME. This might make the movie sound cheesy if it weren't "Resident Evil". 'Nuff said.

                                                                              

     "The Chronicle" is a movie that highlights why teenagers should not be telekinetics. Three friends develop telekinesis after being exposed to what appears to be a glowing meteor. Not exactly an original concept, but the trailer looks promising.

                         

                                                                                   

       "Journey 2" a combo sequel to 2008's "Journey to the Center of The Earth" and updated version of another Jules Verne book The Mysterious Island.  The movie features Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzman, and Michael Caine. The movie is in 3D like its predecessor. Go figure. We do get to see "The Rock" do the  "Pec Pop of Love" and bounce stuff off his chest into the audience in dazzling 3D.

                 

       Russell T. Davies the brilliant writer and producer behind the relaunched "Doctor Who" series is working on the TV series "Aliens vs. Wizards" for the BBC and Fremantlemedia.

                                                           

   DC Comics has cancelled six titles of the New 52. Blackhawks, Hawk and Dove, Men of War, Mister Terrific, Static Shock, and O.M.A.C. will call it quits after eight issues.Replacing them are Batman Incorporated, Earth 2, World's Finest, Dial H, G.I. Combat, and The Ravagers. Let's hope these titles fare better than their counterparts.
    In comic book news, Marvel Comics has unveiled the cover for Avengers vs. X-Men #1 by artist Jim Cheung.

                                                        

    

      The top selling comic book of 2011 was Justice League #1 according to Diamond Distributors. Of course, Justice League has always been the go to superteam with seven heavy hitters and in this revamped version it's Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Cyborg in a retro twist that evoked memories of the early 80's "Super Friends: Legendary Powers Show." Fortunately, that's where the comparison ends. Much like "Justice League" was a way cooler version of "Super Friends"; this comic book is the coolest incarnation of the team since Grant Morrison was writing the book. Unfortunately, this version is sans the most significant Justice League member since the team was introduced, J'onn J'onnz The Martian Manhunter.

    

      Speaking of the Justice League, The DC animated movie "Justice League:Doom" which debuts on February 28, 2012. I would highly recommend checking out one of the previous DC animated movies "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths".

                     

                                                                        

     Cable: The mutant warrior from the future comes back in time to eliminate a potential threat to the life of his daughter Hope Summers, The Avengers. "Avengers X-Sanction" is a four issue mini-series from the creative team of Jeph Loeb (writer) and Ed McGuinness (artist). The mini-series will lead into Marvel's big event for 2012 "Avengers vs. X-Men".

 

 

 

 

 

 

       "Ultimate Spider-Man" the latest animated incarnation of Spider-Man launches April 1 on Disney XD. The show finds a teenage Peter Parker dealing with the pressures of high school while juggling the demands of being a super hero. He gets recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. by Nick Fury he is teamed up with four other teenage super heroes. The voice cast includes Drake Bell as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Chi McBride as Nick Fury, J.K. Simmons as J.Jonah Jameson, Stan Lee as Stan the Janitor, Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson, and Steven Weber as Norman Osborn. Both J.K. Simmons and Clark Gregg are reprising characters they played in previous Marvel movies.

 

                                                                       

                                                                             

 

 

  "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance", due in theatres Feb.17 will feature Nicholas Cage reprising his role as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider. This trailer is so badass I don't even have to set it up it speaks volumes.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                   

 

 

        Underworld Awakening is due out in theatres on January 20 has the return of Kate Beckinsale returning as the kickass vampire Selene. She brings with her the all the eye popping action that made this series great.

 

 

 

                                                                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                     

 

 

                                                                         

"Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" raked in 38.3 million dollars to capture number one at the holiday weekend box office. Forget Charlie Sheen, I think Tom Cruise has that winning thing down.

                                                                          

                                                                                        

 

 

    As if bringing us anime series featuring " Iron Man", " Wolverine", and "X-Men" weren't enough on Friday, January 13, G4 TV will start airing "Blade" the anime series. We can expect the same kick ass action that we got from the previous incarnations of Marvel characters in anime. Based on the trailer I saw when it was first announced I will almost bet that "Blade" will be more bloody and ultraviolent than "Wolverine". Meanwhile, "X-Men" is still showing on G4 and that series has got to be the roughest, toughest version of  "X-Men" ever to be animated.

 

 

 

                                                                                     

                                                                                     

                                  

 

 

 

      In my wildest dreams I would have never guessed that "Napoleon Dynamite" would have been so popular that they would make it an animated series. Who would have thought when this movie came out that it would become an instant cult classic. Just imagine the hi-jinks you can expect from animated versions of the movies characters. Crazy.