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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Predator: 1 of 3
Plot Outline-The film opens in the South American Jungle, a military Huey descending onto the landing pad of a small makeshift jungle encampment. Pretty much the entire cast are introduced as they exit the helicopter, led by a stogie puffing Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger).Arnold meets up with an old army friend Dillon, (Carl W... More..
Entertainment > Movie News & Previews 2007 Upcoming blockbusters: Movies to look forward to: 5 of 13
2007 is going to be a great year for fresh movies and sequels of the very best of 2006. As such I will share my opinions on what I think will be the top 10 best movies to be released from now onward to the end of the year.10: Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds EndThe previous movie in this series, Pirates of the Caribbean: D... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Running Scared: 1 of 2
Story-Walker plays Joey Gazelle, a two-bit mob enforcer and loving husband and father who goes against the Mob's explicit instructions to dispose of a handgun used in the fatal shooting of a police officer. Instead, Joey chooses to hide the gun in his basement as collateral, should his criminalistic cohorts ever decide to do ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Illusionist: 14 of 21
Edward Norton stars as Eisenheim the Illusionist, an accomplished magician in turn of the century Vienna. After his childhood sweetheart is secretly murdered by the Crown Prince Leopold, Eisenheim uses his magic to uncover the dastardly royal to the public as the true perpetrator of the crime.Edward Norton slips into the role... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Dawn of the Dead (1978): 3 of 4
"When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth"IntroGeorge A. Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" is a movie which has come to define the zombie horror genre. When similar movies are released they are always compared to this. But why is this? Is it really that good? Time to find out...StoryIn the late 70's Zombies... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Collateral: 4 of 5
"It started like any other night."IntroFor those of you familiar with Michael Mann through his work on the 1995 crime thriller "Heat", you'll know he's a director who knows how to handle top-quality actors and get the best out of them in conjunction with a tense, tightly written script.Collateral is more of the same, with Tom... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Borat: 26 of 32
SynopsisBorat, or to give it its full name, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was a smash hit success for Sacha Baron Cohen, being the first creation of his to break the American market and his first majorly lucrative movie netting in $126 million in box office sales in the US... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Hitcher: 8 of 8
"The terror starts the moment he stops."IntroRutger Hauer is one scary mother-f*er!StoryC. Thomas Howell plays Jim Halsey, a young student driving a rental car cross country through the American desert. One rainy night he stops to pick up a mysterious hitch-hiker named John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), who soon makes Halsey's life a... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Bubba Ho-tep: 5 of 5
PlotElvis is alive and past his best, living out his final days in Texas rest-home. When an ancient Egyptian Mummy starts bumping off the senior citizens, the King has to join forces with JFK to hunt it down. What will get them first, their ancient enemy or... old age?(I seriously didn't just make this up.)CommentsIt was uniq... More..
Sciences > Chemistry Chemical warfare survival: 3 of 3
What is a Chemical/Biological Threat?Chemical/Biological threats are an ever-growing concern in our modern societies. Whether it's a terrorist with an aerosol can full of weaponized Anthrax gas or a large-scale dirty-bomb detonated by a rival sovereign state, the threat is here and the threat is real!Learn!Biological agents r... More..