Broken Arrow (1996) [last lines] Terry Carmichael: You know you're still under arrest, Captain. Capt. Riley Hale: [holding Terry's hand] Oh, yeah? Well, I guess you better take me in. The Movie Quotes
Yes, the end is near, my brothers and sisters. For nine years we have been on the roller coaster ride we call 24. We have followed brother Bauer through torture, life and death and back to life many times. And now the time is come to reflect on what a ride it has been. And all I can say is, holy fuck… Read the rest of this entry »
I wasgoing to write a review on a show that I have come late into watching, but have come to like very much: Battlestar Galactica. I think its acting, music, story and special effects are top notch. But, again, since it is old news and the series has come to an end, all I can say is watch the whole damned thing from the mini-series beginning to the end and you’ll be just as hooked.
But now the new thing is Caprica. Since Hollywood’s going nuts for pre-quels, or shit that happened before the main event, it’s no surprise they threw this together. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: Anders Wotzke
Date: Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Confession: I have never sat through an entire episode of Star Trek, nor seen any of the ten prior films belonging to the franchise up until this latest reboot. As scientifically proven to be true with 4 out of 5 people, I consider myself a Star Wars fan if anything, making me somewhat proud of such ignorance…that is until now. In Star Trek XI, Director J.J Abrams wipes the slate clean and achieves the seemingly impossible; he’s made Star Trek ‘cool’. Regardless of whether you’re fluent in Klingon or not, Abrams’ reboot is an exciting sci-fi action extravaganza well worth the Trek.
Captained by the malicious Nero (Eric Bana), a large alien spacecraft mysteriously emerges from a ’space thunderstorm’ before attacking heavily outclassed Federation ship. Surviving the attack is Winona Kirk, returning to Earth to raise her newborn son James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), who grows up to be a rebellious troublemaker. Meanwhile, an exceptionally bright half-human half-Vulcan student by the name of Spock (Zachary Quinto) is struggling to fit in because of his impure bloodline. Hoping to prove something to themselves and their naysayers, the two join the space cadets where they are both fast tracked into duty on-board the newly commissioned U.S.S. Enterprise. Their first mission is to aid in the recovery of a Federation ship, whose last transmission mentioned a ’space thunderstorm’ much like the one from the day Kirk was born. Read the rest of this entry »
Frank Marshall
Denis L. Stewart
George Lucas
Kathleen Kennedy
Written by
Screenplay:
David Koepp Story:
George Lucas
Jeff Nathanson
Starring
Harrison Ford
Cate Blanchett
Karen Allen
Ray Winstone
John Hurt
Jim Broadbent
Shia LaBeouf
Music by
John Williams
Rating:
Okay, this is the Phantom getting off his dead ass and writing an honest to goodness review, rather than just cutting and pasting shit I concur with from the web.
I just hadda write on this one cuz, for the love of god, man, this is Indiana Jones we’re dealing with here. It’s been 22 physical years and 17 screen years since the last IJ flick, “The Last Crusade.”
In TV land there’s a term coined from Happy Days called “jumping the shark,” which came from an episode when the Fonz jumped his motorcycle over a shark tank wearing a leather jacket and swim trunks. That signaled the beginning of the end for Happy Days and became an industry term for a series that outlived it’s shelf date and has degraded to stupid shit which nobody watches and, ultimately, leads to the cancellation of the show.
Well, the movie industry now has an equivalent phrase coined from this very flick. It’s called “nuking the fridge.” The phrase come from a scene wherein Indy survives a nuclear blast (at ground zero no less) by hiding in a refrigerator.
Nuking the fridge now means that a cherished movie series has outlived its shelf life and is now silly shit just for the sake of being silly shit.
But the silly shit just doesn’t stop there.
From www.themovieblog.com Rating:
Well, it’s finally here, and now I get to do (a little late) my Iron Man review. It’s been well documented around there that when they first announced that they were doing an Iron Man movie, I thought it was a terrible idea. To be frank, I don’t even think Iron Man is much of a comic book character… really nothing much more than a poor man’s version of Batman (Oh gee whiz… a superhero with no actual powers who is a rich multi-billionare who uses his money to buy gadgets that he uses to fight crime. Why does that sound so familiar?)
But then news started coming out about the decisions they were making. Jon Favreau coming on to direct, ILM doing the visual efects, Jeff Bridges cast as the “bad guy”, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark…. it looks like they were doing everything right. Then the first trailer came out and it won me over…. I’ve been looking forward to Iron Man ever since and so have a lot of other people. So did it live up to the hype? HELL YES!
THE GENERAL IDEA
The synopsis of Iron Man looks something like this: “Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the CEO of Stark Industries which produces advance weapon systems for the U.S. military. Tony’s father started the company after WWII, and after his death Tony inherited the company, worth billions. Tony lives the life as a hard drinking, rich playboy ladies man, but he is also a genius who has invented many high-tech items for the company. Tony flies to Afghanistan to demonstrate a new weapons test to the army. On his way back to his plane, his convoy is attacked by terrorists, and Tony is wounded by a Stark Industries missile. Tony is captured and held hostage in a cave with Raza (Faran Tahir), a doctor who saves his life. The terrorists force Tony and Raza to reproduce the new destructive Jericho missile Tony was demonstrating from parts of other weapons. Instead, Tony decides to build a suit of armor with Razas help. The suit gives Tony the strength and protection to be able to escape the terrorists. Back in America, Tony builds a better suit of armor which gives him superhuman strength with the ability to fly. With the help of his personal assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Jim Rhodes (Terrence Howard), Tony vows to protect the world as Iron Man.”
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons has got the boot from The US Celebrity Apprentice. Businessman Donald Trump fired the rock star after he took over as leader of the women’s team – and failed to help them win the weekly challenge.The singer showed no emotion as Trump told him to pack his bags and simply said: “I respect your decision.” But he blasted the female Apprentice team and claimed they stood no chance of winning the competition.
“In their present form the ladies don’t stand a popcorn fart chance of even shining the guys’ shoes,” he snorted. Simmons, 58, took over the girls’ side after they went 2-0 down in the weekly tasks. The two teams were told to come up with a way of marketing Kodak’s Easy Share printer – and sell the equipment to the general public. The ladies looked to have it in the bag after the men spilt a cup of coffee onto a computer and lost all their artwork. The mishap occurred as Lennox Lewis, Tito
Ortiz and Stephen Baldwin climbed down from a table and accidentally tipped the furniture up in the air.
But Kodak executives were less than impressed with Simmons’ selling strategy and named the boys’ team the winner. After the singer close Jennie Finch and Carol Alt to face the chop with him, Trump said he had no choice but to fire Simmons.
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons has got the boot from The US Celebrity Apprentice. Businessman Donald Trump fired the rock star after he took over as leader of the women’s team – and failed to help them win the weekly challenge.The singer showed no emotion as Trump told him to pack his bags and simply said: “I respect your decision.” But he blasted the female Apprentice team and claimed they stood no chance of winning the competition.
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