If you have an Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, and haven’t yet tried out streaming Netflix to the console, you’re missing the party. Microsoft has recently announced more than a million XBL subscribers have tried out the service since its launch in November. Here’s an MDIAG! Pro Tip: If you already have a television service, [...]
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Avatar Live-Action Casting News
Avatar is an American animation series with dripping with Asian influences. So can somebody tell us why this Asian-helmed adaptation has a 100% caucasian cast? That’s like seeing Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia. Oh wait, that’s really happening… So imagine our surprise when director M. Night Shyamalan replaced famous Chipmunk Jesse McCartney with [...]
[SPOILERS] Transformers and Spidey Sequel News
In our best valley voice, check out these totally rad spoilers from the Transformers and Spider-Man sequels, courtesy of Sci-Fi blog io9. First up, Transformers: A Navy Seal who’s an extra in the film says he filmed a battle scene with the Decepticons, where he has to get some villagers out of the area to [...]
MDIAG!’s Five Things To Do On Super Bowl Sunday
For most of us, the Super Bowl is a national event. A holiday, even. For us with families, unless we are living in either Arizona or Pittsburgh (which MDIAG! is not), we struggle to keep the game relevant with our families. Here a few tips to do just that: Watch the Superbowl! Short of another [...]
[SPOILERS] G.I. Joe and Transformers Sequel News
Sci-Fi blog io9 has the latest scoop on the G.I. Joe live-action and Transformers sequel movies. First, Yo, Joe! The toy movie released a bunch of “identification cards,” which include images of characters you haven’t seen before. Wait, there’s a character called The Doctor, but he’s not played by Chrisopher Eccleston?? Way more pics at [...]
PSN Video Highlights for January 30th, 2009
The Official Playstation Blog released its weekly update of video content available now on the Playstation Network. Here are the family-friendly highlights: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman – From IMDB: “A ruthless destructive vigilante posing as Batwoman is wreaking havoc in Gotham City. While she sets her sights on thwarting Penguin’s evil plans, Batman concentrates [...]
He-Man Reboot Gets a Director
MDIAG! was happy it was finally Friday, but we didn’t expect to be THIS happy… After years of finally washing Dolph Lundgren from our consciousness, news from Variety states the He-Man reboot now has a director: John Stevenson, one of the directors of Dreamworks’ Kung-Fu Panda, has been tapped to direct the new movie based [...]
The Tale of Despereaux Blu-ray Announced
Exciting news regarding your favorite mouse! No, not that one. Not that one either. Okay, he’s French, cut him some slack! High-Def Digest reports The Tale of Despereaux is getting a Blu-ray release on March 17: Exclusive to the Blu-ray are two Bonus View picture-in-picture tracks (live action and animatic), plus the BD-Live-enabled My Scenes [...]
Arctic Tale Blu-ray Announced for April
High-Def Digest reports the film Arctic Tale, from the filmmakers who brought us March of the Penguins, will be getting a Blu-ray release this April. Though ‘Arctic Tale’ didn’t set the box office alight the way ‘Penguins’ did, Paramount will debut the family-friendly doc on Blu-ray in time for the Spring thaw, with a April [...]