Check This Out: Blinky™ Short Film

This short film from Ruairi Robinson shows a near-future where robot helpers are common home appliances. Max Records (Where The Wild Things Are) is a child whose parents are enduring a difficult patch, fighting a lot around the house. The child gets a new robot friend, Blinky, but the fun only lasts for a while when he realises that the robot can't save his parents' relationship.

The kid is rather annoying and a lot of the 12 minute short's beats are predictable, but it's got a nice aesthetic and realistic future vision, so it's worth a watch. If nothing else, it's 12 minutes of your life you don't have to listen to this shite.

Check This Out: Boston Movie

I would watch this film, and I would try to do the accent for weeks following.

Trailer: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

For the record, I actually thought the first film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, was excellent. Entertaining and funny with enjoyable performances, it was everything you wanted from a classic Disney family adventure film. Since then, I've seen none of the sequels. This may just be my relentless cynicism, or it could speak volumes about where the series has gone since its original incarnation. Either way, the fourth one is here, with the addition of Ian McShane and Penélope Cruz to the standard cast. Given my apathy towards the franchise, my opinion is invalid, so I've posted the trailer so everyone else can see what they think. Regardless, I'm sure this 3D blockbuster will rake in the cash come summer time, giving the studio licence for, dare I say it, another sequel. Johnny Depp's wallet must be more like a toddler's booster seat by now.