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Monday, 01 October 2007 |
Written by
Noah Fleming
|
“Save the Cheerleader, Save the World”. These words became a household
phrase last fall for television fans everywhere as the phenomenon that
is NBC's “Heroes”, captured audiences around the nation.
The series brings drama, action, visual effects, and intricate plot and
character twists to the small screen. “Heroes”, a mixture of X-Men and
Spider-Man, takes the idea of superheroes, transforms them into
everyday people endowed with special abilities and places them around
the world, unaware of their destiny. Some of them understand and accept
their abilities, others are frightened of not being normal and still
others have no idea how special they really are. No matter how they
feel about their supernatural gifts, they all have something in common:
all have become targets. They are targets for researchers, for
politicians, for secret societies, and from persons within their
evolved species.
The first season of “Heroes” comprises of 23 episodes. As this series
is structured upon ...
Monday, 01 October 2007 |
Written by
Mel Odom
|
Before global warming and forces of nature like hurricane Katrina
claimed the attention of the American public as the most threatening
possibilites for danger in the environment, volcanoes held that dubious
honor. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 and Mount Pinatubo the
following year caused mass hysteria in several sectors. For a time,
even earthquakes took a backseat to volcanoes.
Thankfully, Hollywood waited until 1997 to unleash a big budget volcano
disaster movie that would have met Irwin Allen’s yardstick for success.
Of course, that yardstick measures fear and paranoia induced in
audiences around the globe. Unfortunately, Hollywood chose that year to
unleash two movies, not just one. The second movie, simply titled
“Volcano” starred Tommy Lee Jones and came out after “Dante’s Peak,” a
self-determined disaster regarding the box office. America had decided
it had had enough of exploding volcanoes by that time.
“Dante’s Peak” is a decent film. It meets ...
Monday, 01 October 2007 |
Written by
Darren Gross
|
Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) is the son of Brian Madison (Darren
McGavin), the rich magnate behind the Madison hotel chain. Faced with
his imminent retirement, the elder Madison is pressed to make a
decision about who will take over the company when he retires: one of
his executives, Eric Gordon (Bradley Whitford) or his immature layabout
son, Billy. The twenty-something Billy lives a life of drunken leisure
at the Madison estate, so his father becomes wary of leaving the
corporation in his hands, especially since Billy only made it through
elementary school, high school and college because his father paid off
the teachers. Determined to prove himself to his father and keep the
company in the family, Billy makes a deal with his father: he’ll take a
crash course in all twelve grades, learning each grade in two weeks and
passing an exam for each. If Billy graduates all grades successfully,
his father ...
Monday, 01 October 2007 |
Written by
Darren Gross
|
It’s the year 480 B.C. The Persian empire has spread throughout Asia
and parts of Greece, gobbling up territory after territory in a quest
for imperial domination. King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) sends a
messenger and escort to King Leonidas of Sparta (Gerard Butler),
requesting that he make a token gesture that he will yield to the
empire’s mighty power and allow Sparta to become part of the empire and
relinquish his sovereignty. Leonidas responds by slaughtering the
messenger and his retinue and prepares for war. Unfortunately, the
important Carneian Festival is about to begin and the high-priests
(called Ephors) that the Spartans look to for guidance will not condone
the use of the military on a warlike action. Leonidas, finding a way to
circumvent their instructions gathers an army of 300, made up entirely
of his personal royal guards to venture to the coastline and there hold
off the Persian army at Thermopylae ...
Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
Written by
Mel Odom
|
Brendan Fraser’s " Mummy" franchise so far consists of two feature
films and one spin-off that is a kind of prequel. A third movie in the
franchise is slated for release in 2008. Fans of the series can’t wait.
Although the movie was going to be a quiet release and not much was
expected, it caught on with audiences was looking for something to fill
the vacancy left by the Indiana Jones movies. Brendan Fraser’s
portrayal of American adventurer Rick O’Connell, although dwarfed
intellectually by the good Doctor Jones, was nonetheless a two-fisted
hero of the first water. O’Connell is the kind of hero Saturday
matinees and serials made their mainstay back in the 1940s and 1950s.
He is quick with his fists and guns, and quicker still with a quip or a
cutting remark.
In part, the film written and directed by Stephen Sommers is derived
from two older movies, the original ...
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