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"It’s funny how out of control a rumor can spin on the web. The Angelina Jolie as Catwoman “news” has to be at the top of the list of most reported unconfirmed rumors ever. And it’s sad that it’s not actually true, because after seeing Jolie in the dominatrix outfit she wears at the beginning of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, I’d be perfectly fine seeing her wear another tight black costume for a possible third Christopher Nolan-directed Batman movie. But who instead could play the part, if Jolie is indeed not interested, or not even offered the role (or, obviously, if Catwoman is not in the movie, as screenwriter David Goyer has apparently hinted)? One theory says that Maggie Gyllenhaal will return in the follow-up to The Dark Knight, this time donning a catsuit (
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"When I first saw the trailer for Wanted, I figured it was just another Matrix ripoff. And I’m sure there are many other people who thought the same thing. Of course, some Matrix ripoffs aren’t bad — I absolutely love Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium, for example — but most are. Even worse, though, are the parodies of the Matrix’s “bullet time” sequences. Do we really need to see another movie character bend over backwards to avoid a bullet (or milk)? Or another movie character suspended in motion while the camera tracks around him or her? It’s no wonder that until yesterday, I had pretty much dismissed Wanted, because of that Matrix-like bullet time sequence in which Morgan Freeman shoots around a slab of meat to hit an unseen target. Yet as of yesterday, the movie’s
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"The internet is an evil construct that’s causing us to submissively open our arms to totalitarianism! No, this isn’t another one of my posts about how our society is entering the world of The Matrix. This is the belief and fear of Barry Sonnenfeld, the director of Men in Black, Men in Black II and Wild Wild West, clearly a fan of lighter sci-fi than of the Orwellian sort. Speaking this week at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Vegas, he lashed out against the internet, because of how it’s threatening democracy: Sonnenfeld fears that children today will grow up with “no concept of the right to privacy and in fact not understand the need for it. Because the Facebook generation is not concerned with what people know about them . . . they will have no problem with additional governmental supervision, spying and intervention. They will be thrilled that the Internet will be "
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"I've got Equilibrium, No Country for Old Men, and City of Men to watch. Actually, I began watching COM, but as with City of God (2002), it became too violent. I realize that this violence is a reality. It becomes quite intense to soak in. I am hoping to make it through to the end. t.b.c. Okay- City of Men was fascinating--yes, there are multiple guns, and much swearing (and some badly translated subtitles), but the story gives a real impression of life in a shantytown (er, hill) in Rio de Janiero. I'd liken this to the Brazilian version of American Gangster. There's not that much money involved, but it's a matter of respect, family values, pride, legacy. Next. "
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"Titles in bold represent a first time viewing. 346. Magnolia (Anderson, 1999)----------I thought that this was a pretty great collage-type film with the likeness of a more familiar title, Crash. Aside from Julianne Moore's performance, one of the few things I didn't like was the fact that the characters didn't connect with each other other than the bizarre finale at the end of the film. (7.5 / 10) 347. Stuck (Gordon, 2007)----------Based on a true story, stuck follows a wannabe-ghetto woman (Mena Suvari) after she hits a homeless man and drives him into her garage. The acting was terrible, the premise was good though. Towards the end, it began to pick up in terms of entertainment. (6 / 10) 348. Equilibrium (Wimmer, 2002)----------Christian Bale? Sweet. Reviews relating it to The Matrix? Awesome. This is why I initially c "
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"Oh, Keanu Reeves, must you continue playing cops? I’d rather you did more Shakespeare, in which you’re actually more believable. But no, after Point Break (I consider FBI agents to be cops) and Speed, you have to go and do Street Kings and try to make us accept you as one of the hardest vice detectives to ever grace the big screen. Want a cookie? Or an Oscar? Even if you do pull off the equivalent of what Ethan Hawke did in Training Day, you’re not going to get the notice of the Academy. The only thing keeping you from being the least likely actor to be taken seriously as a tough undercover officer is the existence of Paul Walker, whose performance in The Fast and the Furious makes you look like Dirty Harry. Speaking of Training "
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Reivew: Equilibrium
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"I first noticed Equilibrium while walking through Blockbuster one day. The cover of the DVD states, in big bold letters, "Forget About the Matrix". As a fan of The Matrix, this intrigued me. But not enough to make me rent a movie I'd never heard of. I'm usually pretty wary of straight to video movies. Then I saw a brief, positive mention of the movie in (I believe) Entertainment Weekly. So, on somewhat of a whim, I decided to rent Equilibrium. I'm glad -- thrilled even -- that I took the risk. I enjoyed the movie so much, that I promptly went out and purchased the DVD so that I can watch it again and listen to the director's commentary.This is one of those movies where giving much of a description will give away too much of the plot. Thus, I will only offer a few very basic plot notes. The story takes place several hundred years in the future, following a nuclear war. Humanity is now ruled by a semi-mysterious, Hitler-like figure who has decreed that to a ... "
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Matrix Schmatrix
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"When I first saw the Matrix, I thought it was incomperable. There was nothing that could stand up to it. Then I saw Matrix 2 and realised that it wasn't just the superman jump at the end of the movie, it was the whole friggen script. I liked the effects and the story idea but the more they talked about it the less I believed it. Then I saw Equilibrium. The only bad thing in this entire movie was the face slash at the end. Well, ok they never really explained the swords really well either. However, the story line works beautifully. How much validation do we really need that A: emotions are evil and cause mankinds problems. (the bhuddists have been saying that for centuries) and B: in the future a martial art will be constructed with hand guns. Of course there will be. From there, you can look at the cinematography (gorgeous), the costumes, (efficient and usable, believeable), the performances (dead on. Taye Diggs only has one emotion right?) even the coreography and t ... "
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"In Transformers, I found the perfect summer blockbuster. It's Michael Bay ("The Island"), so that means lots of action, not much plot. The robot transformations were really well done. The comedy was fairly entertaining. And Shia LaBeouf ("Disturbia") once again rules. It's not going to change your world, but it's fun fluff.Equilibrium is a more style over substance sci-fi Matrixesque movie. Set in a future Earth ravaged by war, the rulers have decided to eradicate all human emotion. I had quite a bit of trouble accepting the premise, but the action was good. Christian Bale ("Rescue Dawn") stars as a cleric whose job is to find and destroy "sense" offenders. But her hears some poetry and stops taking his meds, and there you go. Instant drama. Good production, good action.Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is my first foray into blacksploitation and I'm not sure I want to go back. The movie follows Sweetback as he has to defend another black man against some cops. ... "
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"Very much a Matrix clone, with a few interesting innovations... and much more concise to boot. Not great, but enjoyable. "
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