It's surprising to see Filipinos wanting to eat chicken and rice more often than fish and rice, considering we're surrounded by the China Sea. Nevertheless, I see fast-food places and restaurants serving chicken more than any other food items here in Olongapo City, Philippines.
What will you do when you have your midlife crisis? The members of the suburban Wild Hogs "gang" decided to take a motorcycle road trip from Cincinnati, Ohio, to the U.S. Pacific coast.
My son persuaded me to watch The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising with him. It was a load of crap, in my humble opinion.
Will Stanton, on his 14th birthday, finds out he is "the seeker" and has to collect 6 signs before "the rider" unleashes darkness on the world.
What the movie failed to explain, until near the end, is why Will was the seeker in the first place and why things didn't start happening until he was 14.
Judging by the reviews at IMDB and comparing the movie with the plot of the book series started over 40 years ago, I think I'm correct in my opinion that this movie isn't worth the time to watch it.
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising stars Alexander Ludwig, Christopher Eccleston and a bunch of other forgettable actors. Here's a trailer:
Shrek is the animated feature that set a new standard for CGI-driven animated movies. It won an Oscar in 2002 for "Best Animated Feature", as well as other awards and a whole slew of nominations.
In this film, Shrek gets invaded by fairly tale creatures after Lord Farquaad banishes them from the kingdom of Duloc. To fix the problem, Shrek sets out to rescue Princess Fiona from a fiery dragon so that she can wed Lord Farquaad. Along the way, he picks up an unwanted companion (Donkey). On the way back, he falls in love with Princess Fiona, who turns into an ogre herself during the night. The rest of the story is animation history.
Shrek stars the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow and many, many more. Here's the trailer:
I have "Tron" on DVD. I saw it when it first came out in the theaters and was in awe of the special effects. Special effects that, by today's standards, would be considered lame. It's one of the movies that first got me hooked on science fiction movies and television series.
A hacker (Jeff Bridges) is digitized and abducted into the world of a computer by the MCP (Master Control Program) and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program called "Tron" (Bruce Boxleitner). Every character is played twice in this movie, but David Warner gets triple duty as the voice of the MCP.
"Tron" stars Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan and more. Here's a fan trailer and a fan music video which uses a song by Eiffel 65 called "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". The last one seems rather fitting.
Sliders started out as a great show on America's FOX network but after two or three seasons, it "jumped the shark" by introducing the stupid Kromag creatures. I recently received the DVDs for season one — I never saw the complete episodes from any of the seasons because I was in the military for the first three seasons and didn't have the SciFi channel when I got out. Yes, FOX gave it over to the SciFi channel for the last few of years of its existence.
I really couldn't see how the writers could completely screw up an original concept by introducing crap into the series, but they did it. Anyway, I hope to enjoy the first two or three seasons.
Sliders stars Jerry O'Connell, John Rhys-Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Charlie O'Connell, and Robert Floyd. Here's the season two opening sequence:
The "runt" stole the show in Chicken Little. I laughed so hard at some of the routines, I cant believe this didn't get better ratings. I'm not telling any more than "the sky is falling". You have to watch it to enjoy it as much as I did.
Chicken Little stars the voices of Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Don Knotts, Patrick Stewart, and many others. Here are a couple of teasers/trailers. Have fun!
