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Alien
Alien, the landmark 1979 film, is proof positive that
some days you should just stay in bed. Warrant Officer Ripley
didn't, and consequently lives through a saga stretching four
films ( rumor has it that five is in the works), two hundred
fifty years, and two incarnations. Her nemesis through it all
is the insect-like Geiger creation simply identified as 'alien'.more
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Austin
Powers
When the original "Austin Powers" was released
in 1997, it didn't make that great deal of an impression and
was never really expected to, but it garnered many positive
reviews, had low drop-off box-office rates each week, and
became a pop-culture phenomenon once it hit video stores.
Now we have "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,"
which will be sure to go down as one of the few sequels to
do better financially than its predecessor (if the sold-out
crowd I saw it with is any indication). The terms, "Yeah,
baby, yeah!" and "let's shag, baby," have been
ingrained in most moviegoers' minds due to the original, and
when was the last time a movie created its own vernacular,
and audiences followed?more
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A
Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind is the true life story of John Forbes Nash
Jr., a mathematical genius and Nobel Prize winner, who simply
wants to think--about theories, about life, about love--if
only his own mind would let him do it. A mathematical genius,
John Forbes Nash, Jr. made an astonishing discovery early
in life and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But
his prodigious career was sidetracked by problems that would
have broken many men. Nash, however, fought back. He had always
been driven by his quest for one truly original idea and never
lost sight of that dream. After many years of struggle, he
triumphed over tragedy and literally changed the world. The
film is inspired by events in the life of John Forbes Nash,
Jr., and in part based on the biography A Beautiful Mind,
by Sylvia Nasar.more
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Braveheart
In the late 14th century, Scotland's king has died, and
left no heir. Ruthless English King Edward I (Patrick McGoohan)
seizes the throne, thus demanding the allegiance of the unwilling
Scots. William Wallace (Mel Gibson), whose wife Murron (Catherine
McCormack) is murdered in retaliation for his opposition to
the King, vows to avenge her death--and his father's when
William was a boy-- by leading his ragged army of fellow Scots
against overwhelming odds and a powerful English army.more
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Collateral
Damage
Except for one little twist near the end, "Collateral
Damage" offers no surprises. It is the quintessential
Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick, right down to the last
cliché. It reads more like a "Simpsons" parody
of an action movie, rather than an actual action movie. Arnold
plays Gordy Brewer, an L.A. firefighter whose wife and son
are killed in a terrorist act. Due to diplomacy and red tape,
the government is slow in retaliating against the perpetrator,
a Colombian guerrilla who goes by the name "El Lobo"
("The Wolf") and whose real identity is known only
to ... well, everyone in the FBI, apparently, though he¹s
still able to get past airport security pretty easily. Anyway,
despite a warning from kindly FBI Agent Phipps (Miguel Sandoval)
that he mustn¹t take the law into his own hands, Gordy
takes the law into his own hands. He heads for Colombia to
find El Lobo (Cliff Curtis) himself, doing so while voice-over
narration from his firefighter buddies explains how it¹s
impossible to do. But he¹s not gonna take no for an answer!
He doesn¹t play by the rules! He¹s a loose cannon!
He¹s a one-man wrecking crew! He¹s got nothing left
to lose! Whatever!more
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Final
Fantasy
Firstly, the animation: the use of realistic
CG characters by this movie is good, most of the movement
of the animated people was very good except for a bit of problems
with speaking and expressions, you can also tell that the
animators learned how to make the characters walk as they
made the movie, the walk during the first 20 minutes (especially
at the beginning) is noticeably stiff. It gets better as the
movie wears on though. The detail level of vehicles and scenery
is superb, you can even see dust falling as the light streams
in a window, this gives you an idea of how detailed it can
be.more
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