Why Use Usenet?

If you’ve never heard of Usenet before or are still unsure of what Usenet is, I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia article on Usenet. The article does a great job explaining the technical side, the past history, and future of Usenet.

The main aspect of Usenet I’m going to discuss is Usenet’s ability to download files. Compared to alternatives, Usenet shines in this area:

• Fast Downloads: If you have a good Usenet provider, your download speeds will max out your internet connection. Even 50Mbps+ FiOS connections can max out on Usenet downloads.
• No Uploads: The centralized server structure of Usenet does not require uploading. You can download as much as you want and never have to worry about uploading a single file.
• Search Easily: Finding files on Usenet is extremely easy thanks to a number of websites that index Usenet content.
• Privacy: Many Usenet providers offer SSL encryption options and downloads are always anonymous.

Choosing a Usenet Client

If you’re interesting in getting started with Usenet, the first step is choosing a client. A good Usenet client will handle everything for you, so by the time a download is complete, your file is completely extracted and ready for use. I have three software recommendations that fit the bill for each platform:

• Mac: Unison 2
• Windows: NewsLeecher
• Linux: SABnzbd

There are many other clients that each handle Usenet a little differently. If my recommendations don’t work for you, I encourage you to check out many of the other Usenet clients out there.

Choosing a Usenet Provider

Several years ago, Usenet servers used to be provided by your ISP. Unfortunately those days have long passed, and even if your ISP still offers a Usenet server, it’s most likely crippled beyond belief. Thankfully, many great Usenet providers have stepped in to fill the ISP shoes. By specializing in one service, Usenet providers out there are typically way better than anything an ISP used to provide.

My personal recommendation for a Usenet provider is Giganews. They provide over 600 days of retention (how long a file remains on a Usenet server after upload) and offer plans as low as $2.99/month. With options like SSL and VPN, Giganews is also the most secure Usenet provider.

If for some reason Giganews isn’t your cup of tea, there are a number of other great providers out there:

• Power Usenet
• Supernews
• Usenet.net
• Rhino

Configure Your Usenet Client

After a choosing a Usenet client and a Usenet provider, the last step in the setup is configuring your Usenet client. If you’ve ever setup an email client before, configuring a Usenet client is basically the same process. In the Usenet client settings you’ll be entering four basic details, all which are supplied by your Usenet provider:

• Your Usenet provider service address (ex. news.giganews.com).
• Your Usenet provider account username.
• Your Usenet provider account password.
• The number of connections your provider allows.

After entering in those details, save your settings, and get ready to download.

Finding Files on Usenet

If you selected Unison 2 or NewsLeecher as your Usenet client, both of those clients have search built right in. If your client does not have search, don’t fret. There are a number of great websites out there for finding files on Usenet. In fact, I recommend checking them out even if your client has search, because each offer a different way of finding files.

With the recent closure of the most popular Usenet indexing website, Newzbin, I have found these three websites the best replacements:

1. NZBMatrix
2. NZBs(dot)org
3. Binsearch.info

After finding a file on a search website, simply download the NZB file, and open the file from your downloads folder. Your Usenet client should automatically start downloading the file.

Bonus Tip for Mac Users: Use the RSS feeds from NZBMatrix or NZBs(dot)org with Automatic and my dropbox folder action for automatic downloading goodness.

Start Enjoying Usenet

I hope you found my getting started guide useful. Usenet really is a wonderful service once you start to use it. If you have any questions, feel free to sound off in the comments.

What is an automatic RSS downloader?

You may have heard the term torrentcasting or the realtively new term NZBcasting before. Basically, both terms refer to using an RSS feed to push out torrent or NZB files for downloading. When using a torrentcast or NZBcast, within a relatively short time of release of a new vidcast, podcast, or whatever feed you’re following, the new file is downloaded automatically and ready for consumption. This saves time finding the file, starting the download, and then waiting for it to finish.

Torrentcasts and NZBcasts are nothing new to Windows users, but they’re relatively new to Macs. Sure, there was an open-source application a few years ago, but that project was abandoned and eventually the software stopped working. Thankfully a replacement has found its way to Mac, and that replacement is Automatic.

Why is automatic useful?

Automatic is the software that makes torrentcasts and NZBcasts work. After installing Automatic, you simply configure it for whatever feeds you wish to follow, add some filters to the feeds (specify what vidcasts or podcasts you wish to download), and then forget about it. Automatic then handles the rest. Here’s what I like about Automatic:

• Only runs when checking for feed updates (a cron job, for you programmers), so it uses no background resources.
• Includes built-in options to prevent downloading duplicate episodes.
• Allows feeds to be configured on a per-folder basis, so both torrentcasts and NZBcasts can be used at the same time.
• The interface is extremely easy to use, making setting up new subscriptions a breeze.

Overall, Automatic is an excellent piece of software that fills the torrentcasting and NZBcasting niche. Combine Automatic with my NZB folder action and your Mac instantly transforms into a Usenet downloading machine. Best part of this all? Automatic is free. Let me know what you think in the comments.

Unfortunately, I feel Unison skipped over one great feature that I’ve requested to them in the past: folder monitoring. Most torrent clients include this feature, and if you’re unfamiliar with the term, folder monitoring basically watches a set folder (usually your downloads folder) for .torrent or other files, automatically opens them, and usually sends the opened file to the trash. The same feature would work great with Usenet’s NZB files.

Creating an NZB Dropbox

Thankfully, Leopard and Snow Leopard include the functionality at the operating system level to make this a reality, which is exactly what I’ve done. I wrote a folder action script, a type of script that runs whenever a file is added, edited, or deleted in a folder. Folder actions are linked at the operating system level and require no additional software to run.

Here are the steps required to setup the dropbox folder action:

1. Download my folder action script (version 1.1, see changelog) and unzip.
2. Move the script to: [YourMacHardDrive]/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts/
3. Right click on the folder you wish to monitor, and select “Folder Actions Setup…” (this may be called something different under Leopard).
4. On the dialog box that comes up, select the “NZB Dropbox.scpt” option, and click Attach.
5. Close the Folder Actions Setup window.

After performing these steps, the folder action is ready, and dropping any .nzb in the folder will trigger the action. Here’s a rundown of what happens when a new file is added to the folder:

• Determines if the file is an NZB, if not, it ignores the file and moves on.
• Opens Unison in the background if not already open. If the folder action is triggered while you’re working on another application, you won’t even notice Unison open.
• Adds the NZB to the download queue in the background. Unison will remain hidden and not disrupt your workflow.
• After a successful import, deletes the NZB file processed.

Using the Script for Other Applications

If you open the script in the AppleScript Editor (an application found your Mac’s Utilities folder), with a little bit of programming knowledge you should have no problem migrating the script for Usenet clients other than Unison, other files and applications (like torrents if your torrent client of choice doesn’t support folder monitor), or even just tweaking the script to remove or add features like trashing the NZB.

Any suggestions are welcomed on improving this script. I’ve been running it successfully for the past few days and it’s been working great for me, but I’m sure there is more that can be done with it.

Dropbox Uses

I’d recommend setting this folder action up on your browser’s download folder, but there are certainly other uses outside of download folder monitor. Look for a new post in the next few days with an excellent use for the script (actually, the main reason why I wrote the script). Until then, feel free to share in the comments what you’re using the script for. Enjoy!

Script Changelog

1.1 (2010-01-20)

• Added check to ensure file is complete and not still downloading.
• Added check to verify Unison opened before attempting to add the NZB.

1.0 (2010-01-08)

• Initial release.

Should be simple right? We will see. I have a whole list of topics to blog about; the real test will be finding time to blog.

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See you in less than 7 days!

Logitech Performance Mouse MX

I seem to go through a mouse nearly every 6-12 months. Usually the scroll wheel dies or a side button breaks, making the mouse a pain to use. This is exactly what happened to my previous mouse, so I was in the market for a new mouse.

My parents delivered, and gave me Logitech’s new top of the line mouse, the Logitech Performance Mouse MX. Coming from a MX Revolution, the Performance Mouse MX was a perfect fit. The upgraded “Darkfield” tracking technology will track on more surfaces than traditionally laser mice, the additional function buttons are more optimally placed, and the charging cradle is gone in favor of use-while-you-charge cable charging system.

I’ve been using the mouse since yesterday and absolutely love it. Thanks Mom and Dad!

Custom Made iPhone Dock

I’ve always liked the concept of using a dock to charge and sync the iPhone, but I’ve never been able to use Apple’s own dock. My iPhone is always in case, and cases simply don’t work with Apple’s dock.

That’s no longer a problem, as I received a custom made iPhone dock from a small company called Made2Dock. They make a few different dock accessories that come in various sizes to fit different case configurations. I received the Slant Thin Case model, which fits my Incase Slider case perfectly. Highly recommended if you’re looking for a dock that also works with your case.

Bose Companion 2 Series II Speakers

I’ve been using a 2.1 Creative computer speaker system for the last 6+ years. I love the system, but recently started having a number of problems with it. My iPhone causes a constant GSM buzz whenever near the speakers, and since I’ve brought them home for Christmas, the left speaker started cutting out randomly. So, I decided my Creative speakers had done their time and a new set of speakers were in order.

This morning I pooled together my Best Buy gift cards and fought the day after Christmas traffic to pick Bose’s Companion 2 Series II speakers. So far, I love the speakers. Excellent bass response, they support two inputs (my computer + Xbox 360), they’re shielded (no GSM buzz), and are super compact for moving to and from State College. Overall, a great purchase.

What Did You Get for Christmas?

I’m curious to find out what other people received for Christmas. Received new hardware to upgrade to Windows 7 (or Windows 7 itself)? A new iPod? More Xbox 360 games? Feel free to sound off in the comments or pingback with your own blog post.

While Navigon is certainly not the first GPS application in the AppStore (Gmap and Sygic beat out Navigon, not to mention the AT&T Navigator), it’s the first full-featured turn-by-turn GPS application to be released from a company who offers standalone hardware-based GPS units. Navigon is also not going be the last. TomTom any day now will be releasing their iPhone application, in addition to a hardware-based dock with an external GPS antenna (more on that later).

Navigon’s Feature Set

Out of the gate, Navigon released their iPhone application with a fairly decent feature set, offering:

• Maps of both North America and Europe (two different versions, sold separately)
• 2D and 3D maps
• Landscape support
• Day and night modes
• Lane assist (more on that later)
• “Reality” highway view (more on the later)
• Precise voice announcements
• Address book support
• Allows iPod to be played in the background
• Speed assistance (a database of road speeds and alerts if you’re driving too fast)
• A large database of POIs (points of interest)

What Navigon’s missing that a normal, high-end GPS supports:

• Text-to-speech of street names (turn left on Wyoming Street, not turn left now)
• Traffic information
• Multiple stops (currently only allows one destination to be entered at a time)

Thankfully, all of the above features have been promised by an update available at the end of summer. Hopefully this update will arrive on time.

Outside the feature set, Navigon is a hefty 1.29GB application for the US version (all maps are stored locally), and currently costs $79 until August 15th when the price will be increased to $99. Navigon’s promotional video can be found below.

Routing and Directions

For the last two weeks I’ve been putting Navigon to the test, using it everywhere I go, even if I know how to get there. Over the course of these two weeks I’ve driven from State College, PA to Allentown, PA (~180 miles) on a completely different route than I normally take, and done numerous city trips within the Allentown, PA area. I think I’ve given Navigon a fair enough test to see its routing capability.

Directions

Overall, I’ve been extremely impressed with the routes Navigon has generated for me. On the trip from State College to Allentown, Navigon had me take a completely different route than I normally took, and it turned out to be roughly a half hour faster, 15-20 miles shorter, and one less toll. The directions were clear and concise, and not once did I have the feeling I would miss a turn or become confused at the directions Navigon gave.

When the highways would split or merge (normally a confusing aspect for someone who has not driven the road before), Navigon’s Reality View would show exactly what lane I needed to be in to keep following the directions (example on the right). This feature could have come in a handy a month ago when I drove from State College, PA to Pittsburgh (Jesse Altman will tell you, I don’t take highway lane changes well).

Outside of the highway driving, the in-city routing has worked wonders for me as well. Tonight I took Navigon out on a test drive between several familiar locations in the Lehigh Valley, and Navigon generated an excellent route each and every time. Even though I have lived in the Lehigh Valley my entire life, Navigon was surprising me with shortcuts on almost every trip that in the end saved me a decent amount of travel time.

Despite generating some great routes, there were a few times I decided to go against Navigon’s suggestion. Each and every one of those times Navigon rerouted me within seconds, and started prompting me with new directions instantly.

GPS Signal

One of the major complains or worries that a lot of iPhone users have about Navigon and other iPhone GPS applications is the weak GPS signal of the iPhone. TomTom is looking to address this issue with an optional accessory dock that features a large GPS chip, while Navigon opted to just use the native iPhone GPS chip only.

From my testing, I found the iPhone’s existing GPS chip to be sufficient. Sometimes after starting Navigon it would take up to 30 seconds to get a GPS lock, but after that, the signal would remain strong. On my multiple trips I only lost GPS signal once, when I was downtown, in between buildings, under some trees, on a cloudy day. Other than that one time, Navigon has remained strong for me.

Now I do have to mention that you’ll want to make sure your iPhone is placed somewhere near your windshield, as setting it in the cup-holder most likely won’t do. I’ve been using a Kensington Dashboard Mount that has worked just fine.

POI Database

Knowing how to get somewhere isn’t going to help if you don’t know where you’re going. Thankfully, Navigon addresses that problem with a large points of interest database included within the application. For the most part this database is accurate, but I did find a few issues with it.

In State College, Navigon had me driving to a nonexistent Burger King. It should be mentioned that Google Maps also suggested there was a Burger King at this location, so one may have existed there at some point in the past.

Outside of pointing me to a nonexistent location, there was a few times Navigon couldn’t find something I knew existed. My bank (a small, locally owned chain) was not in their database, and a Panera Bread that has been around for a least five years was missing as well. In these cases, Google was able to find both locations.

Conclusions

For the most part, I’ve been extremely satisfied with Navigon. They seem to be promising more features available shortly, and their routing has been spot on. While their price is fairly steep, judging from what I’ve heard from TomTom, Navigon is in the ballpark. Maps aren’t cheap, and a stand-alone GPS with less features typically starts at $100. I just hope map updates are reasonable, as most GPS navigators tend to overcharge for those.

If you’re looking for a good iPhone GPS navigator, Navigon certainly fits the bill. While most people tend to be waiting for TomTom’s solution, if TomTom doesn’t announce anything by August 15th (the date Navigon’s price increase), don’t hesitate to pick up Navigon.

Despite the technical issues involved in a Twitter push client (low Twitter API limits, server infrastructures, etc.), several independent developers have managed to come up with some creative solutions. I’ve been following the slow rollout of Twitter push apps and have come up with a list of applications that support Twitter push now. While the ideal solution will come from a major app like Tweetie, Twitterrific, or Twitterfon, these apps should hold any Twitter addict over for now.

IM+

Cost: $10.99

Pros: Handles both DMs and mentions. Integration with an IM app, if that’s your thing. Being first to the game is worth something, right?

Cons: Not a true Twitter client. Interface is clunky and not the best Twitter experience.

Prowl with Growl Enabled Mac Twitter Client

Cost: $2.99

Pros: Supports whatever Growl notifications your Twitter client can handle. Doesn’t add extra API calls to your account if you’re using the desktop client anyway. Supports applications other than Twitter (download notifications, etc.).

Cons: Workflow between your regular iPhone Twitter app and the notification is non-existent. Requires the desktop client to remain open to receive notifications.

iTweetReply

Cost: $1.99

Pros: Handles most Twitter functionality in addition to push notifications. Adding integration support with other Twitter clients (Tweetie, Twitterrific, etc.) in an upcoming release.

Cons: Interface isn’t the best at this time. Lacks support for multiple accounts.

Twitbit

Cost: $4.99

Pros: Full-featured client. Support multiple accounts and nearly all of Twitter’s functionality.

Cons: Interface is plain and lacking compared to other full-featured clients. Other than push, the client doesn’t have anything special that draws you in over Tweetie, Twitterrific, etc.

Boxcar

Cost: $1.99

Pros: Integrates with your existing Twitter client; application is simply a push portal. Developer has many planned features they claim are in the pipeline.

Cons: Direct messages aren’t sent to your Twitter client and are instead viewed in a clunky in-app interface. No support for multiple accounts. iPhone Twitter client integration choices are currently limited to Tweetie and Twitterrific.

Tweet Push

Cost: $0.99 per month, per account

Pros: Handles notifications for DMs, mentions, and your timeline. Supports multiple accounts. Interface is extremely polished and includes a website to manage account settings. Interfaces with and supports nearly all Twitter iPhone clients. Does not count against your Twitter API call limit.

Cons: Notifications lack detail on the account they belong to. Interesting pricing model that may become expensive over time.

For those interested, the application I choose to handle my push notifications is Tweet Push. I’m keeping a close eye on Twitbit, though, provided Tweetie or Twitterrific never natively support push.

To read about what movie I saw last month, be sure to check out the May post.

Current Releases: June Edition

As always, these reviews are spoiler free, so feel free to read on if you haven’t seen the movie yet.

The Hangover

Heading into the theater for the release of The Hangover, I was really wondering if I even needed to see this movie. The commercials were fierce leading up to the release, and it felt like the whole movie was airing in 30 seconds chucks. Thankfully I was wrong, and The Hangover had much more to offer.

The Hangover was by far one of the best comedies I have seen in a long time. While completely unrealistic like most comedies, the situations the cast found themselves in was utmost hysterical. Everything about the movie was genuinely funny, and unlike some other comedy releases, this movie wasn’t trying to make a point or anything. Just 100 minutes of pure comedy gold.

Year One

Unfortunately, I can’t say the same thing about Year One. While the concept of sending Jack Black and Michael Cera on an epic comedic journey through the beginning of time sounded good in the trailer, the movie didn’t live up to its potential. Year One certainly did have its funny moments, but overall I felt the movie was a huge snooze. The plot was uninteresting, the acting was a bit awkward, and most of the jokes were just plain dumb. If you’re really bored, sure go out and see this movie, but if you have options, choose the alternative.

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

After not being impressed with the two big already released blockbusters of the summer, Star Trek and Terminator Salvation, I was really counting on Transformers 2 to be that great movie of the summer. Unfortunately, I was a bit let down.

While Transformers 2 certainly was not bad, I didn’t feel the movie did anything to make it stand out among the pack. Unlike movies such as The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 2, Transformers 2 was simply another sequel movie. It followed the same formula of the first – great action scenes, very little plot, and some funny jokes to break up the action. For an action movie, sure it was entertaining the whole way though, but its certainly was not one of those movies you can’t wait to get on Bluray or DVD after leaving the theater. Sure, go and see Transformers 2, but don’t expect to see anything more than a lot of explosions.

Upcoming Summer Movies

Still on my radar for upcoming movies I plan to see in theaters are Brüno and Funny People. After sitting through some trailers in the past month I now have a couple of additional movies to add to my list.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra looked to be pretty interesting, but I’m not expecting anything amazing from it. District 9′s sweet trailer got me interested in seeing this movie, but not knowing much about it, I’m hesitant. Maybe, just maybe, District 9 will be that must see movie of the summer.

My Thoughts

The clear theme of this year’s keynote, in my opinion, was refinements. Apple didn’t unveil any brand new products, or even upgrade any of their products radically. They simply improved on what they do best. That’s fine by me, as I’d rather have something work the way its intended than keep pushing forward on features, never reaching a point of stability.

That being said, I’m still excited for the new releases. Outside of the new iPhone 3G S and the upgraded MacBooks, WWDC contained lots of good news for me. Listed below are the announcements that mattered to me and why I’m excited.

Safari 4 Final

• Safari is my browser of choice, due to this its speed and operating system integration.
• The final version is a lot faster than the beta, and seems to have solved the lockup issue I experienced frequently in the beta.
• A final version is always better than a beta.

iPhone OS 3.0

More information about iPhone OS 3.0 can be found on Apple’s website.

• Release date is only a week and a half away, June 17th.
• Supports copy, cut, and paste – something that should have been included in 1.0.
• Enables Bluetooth on my existing second generation iPod touch.
• Apple claims the whole operating system is faster.
• Better syncing with MobileMe, which I actually use for my calendar, contacts, and bookmark syncing.
• Using my iPod touch at Penn State will be easier due to the new automatic wifi login feature. Opening the settings app constantly to connect to PSU’s VPN gets old after a while.

Snow Leopard

More information about Snow Leopard can be found on Apple’s website.

• Only $29 instead of the normal $129.
• Smaller operating system footprint. I only have a 128GB hard drive in my Mac mini, so the extra 6GB of space Snow Leopard provides will be welcome.
• Completely rewritten applications for 64 bit. Some of Leopard’s applications feel dated and slow, so a complete modern rewrite was needed.
• Completely rewritten Finder. Yes, this was technically covered in the last bullet point, but the Finder is currently really slow and truly needs this rewrite.
• Completely rewritten Quicktime (now Quicktime X). Again, yes, I covered this already, but Quicktime really needs this rewrite as well. Quicktime currently chokes with HD video, which I’ve been watching a lot lately, so the new version will hopefully run better.
• Faster Time Machine backups. Time machine takes forever to run a backup in Leopard (sometimes five minutes for just a few megabytes worth of data) and absolutely rapes the backup hard drive during the run, so I’m really looking forward to an improved Time Machine experience.
• A more reliable disk eject. This one sounds stupid, but I rely on external hard drives, and they occasionally don’t eject properly. Apple has claimed to fix this in Snow Leopard.
• Preview with scanning capabilities. If Apple can get OCR image scanning to PDF working in Snow Leopard, I may finally have my paper archiving system.

That about covers my list. What are you looking forward to from Apple? Do you even care about Apple’s WWDC?

Current Releases: May Edition

Although I’m not a huge movie buff, I still enjoy catching the big releases. Since I’ll be seeing most of the popular movies this summer, I thought it would be interesting to give my take on the movies I see. I’m not going to see every big movie this summer, but I should see enough of them to make this interesting.

Note: These reviews are spoiler-free, so feel free to read on.

Star Trek

I saw Star Trek early this week and wasn’t too impressed. I have never been a Star Trek fan (Star Wars and BSG-reimagined have been my space series of choice), so I was not really interested to begin with. I only went because my roommate David is a Star Trek fan and the movie carried the J.J. Abrams name (I like Lost and his last big movie, Cloverfield).

Star Trek did manage to keep my attention the whole way though, and the movie did have a decent plot, but I think the whole Star Trek Universe is what put me off on the movie. If you’re an existing Star Trek fan, this is obviously a great movie to see, but if you’re just looking for some space action, you might be better off re-watching one of your favorite space movies at home.

Terminator Salvation

I’m very disappointed by Terminator Salvation. This movie had a lot of potential going into it, and by the time the credits rolled I felt like nothing had happened. Sure, some robots were destroyed, but that was to be expected. The only thing that linked Terminator Salvation to the Terminator Universe was the fact that Skynet existed and John Connor needed to live. That’s it. The whole movie was just another bad day in the future.

Part of my feelings toward this movie may be affected by the TV show, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, because the television show was worlds better than anything in the movie. TSCC in its short two season run showed what was possible with the Terminator Universe.

I hate to say this, but if you’re a Terminator fan, you might want to skip this movie or at least wait for the Bluray. Nothing interesting happens at all and the action scenes weren’t even that great.

Angels & Demons

Although I haven’t seen Angels & Demons yet, this is a movie on my list to see sometime. I’m not going to catch it in theaters unless someone else invites me to go, but the movie looks interesting enough.

Upcoming Summer Movies

I’m not done yet! Listed below are the movies I’m interested in seeing this summer. I may not see them all in theaters, but I will eventually see them on Bluray/DVD.

Up!

Hey, it’s a Pixar movie, and they’re usually good. Again, I reiterate, I’m not going to see this in theaters, but if enough people say this movie is good I’ll pick up the Bluray.

The Hangover

Judging from the trailer, this movie looks epic funny. I just hope this isn’t one of the movies where all the funny lines are given away in the trailer.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

I truly enjoyed the first Transformers movie, and with the lackluster performance of Star Trek and Terminator Salvation, I’m now counting on this as my favorite movie of the summer. Only time will tell.

Brüno

I don’t know if this will be as funny as Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat, but since I enjoyed Borat so much, it’s worth giving Brüno a try.

Funny People

I’m going to see this movie based solely on the cast. A movie with both Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen sounds like potential to me, but I’ll have to see if the potential turns into laughs.

That’s a Wrap

Well, that’s what I’m looking forward to this summer. I may have left some movies off that I will go and see based on reviews, but for now this summer is looking pretty decent as far as releases. What movies are you looking forward to seeing?