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Sci-Fi-Fantasy
Tuesday, 14 October 2003 |
Written by
Tara O'Shea
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title:
The Matrix Reloaded
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studio:
Warner Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Keanu
Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada
Pinkett Smith, Harold Perrineau, Collin Chou, Gloria Foster, Helmut
Bakaitis, Nona Gaye, Nathaniel Lees
release year:
2003
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Tara O'Shea
”The Matrix: Reloaded,” the second film in the Wachowski Brothers' epic
trilogy, picks up six months after events of the first, with Neo (Keanu
Reeves), Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss)
defending the free haven of Zion from a quarter-million Sentinel
machines that are on their way. Meanwhile, inside the Matrix, Agent
Smith (Hugo Weaving) is spreading like a virus, and the Oracle (Gloria
Foster) sets Neo on a journey to open a door -- and puts him in the
path of the vengeful Merovingian (Lambert Wilson) and his mysterious
and beautiful wife, Persephone (Monica Bellucci).
Tuesday, 26 August 2003 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
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studio:
New Line Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG-13
starring:
Elijah
Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate
Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd,
Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis
release year:
2002
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” is the middle film in the
cinematic trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy about a war
for control of a long-ago realm known as Middle Earth, with good
humans, elves, dwarves and hobbits on one side and evil wizards, orcs
and other nightmarish beings on the other.
Tuesday, 29 July 2003 |
Written by
Paul Lingas
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title:
Solaris
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studio:
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG-13
starring:
George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, Ulrich Tukur
release year:
2003
film rating:
Three-and-a-Half Stars
sound/picture:
Three-and-a-Half Stars
reviewed by:
Paul Lingas
This is the type of science fiction that Ray Bradbury wrote, where the
sins of our generation are played out in the future. The point of the
future setting and its technology is either to show how we’ve lost
touch with our humanity or to show how nothing about technology can
change basic human nature. Based loosely on the book by Stanislaw Lem
and the Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972, “Solaris” is
a collaboration between Academy Award winners Steven Soderbergh and
James Cameron. It tells the tale of Chris Kelvin (George Clooney), who
is asked to go to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris, where a
friend of his (Ulrich Tukur) informs him that strange occurrences have
the crew spooked. A psychologist by ...
Tuesday, 20 May 2003 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Special Edition
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studio:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
G
starring:
Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
release year:
1954 – DVD remastered 2003
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture:
Three Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
Just the mention of Jules Verne’s name evokes worlds. Those worlds took
shape in his mind, but they were very real all the same. At least, they
were real in the world that was then known. The author used the real
world as a steppingstone and branched out into unknown realms such as
the center of the earth, the moon, and beneath the vast oceans, based
on what current science knew of those areas.
One of Verne’s most compelling characters was Captain Nemo. The
mysterious and moody captain first appeared in Verne’s novel “20,000
Leagues Under the Sea” in 1870. In 1954, Walt Disney Productions
brought Captain Nemo and his great submarine Nautilus to cinematic
life. The movie was a ...
Tuesday, 20 May 2003 |
Written by
Tara O'Shea
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title:
Star Trek: Nemesis
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studio:
Paramount Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG
starring:
Patrick
Stewart, Tom Hardy, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton,
Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer
release year:
2002
film rating:
Two Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Tara O'Shea
When Paramount saddled "Star Trek: Nemesis" with the tagline "A
Generation's Final Journey," I don't think they realized quite how
prophetic they were--or how it would forever alter the "even numbered
movies rock/odd numbered movies suck" rule that has guided Trek fans
for two decades. "Nemesis" performed spectacularly badly at the box
office in comparison to its nine predecessors, and unfortunately sends
the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" cast out on a whimper rather than
the bang they no doubt intended with this action-packed final
installment of the popular SF series of films.
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