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Coverage of the 75th Academy Awards!
The new film by Mark Tapio Kines!
Special thanks to Mark Tapio for the information that sent us about his new movie - Claustrophobia. This is a piece of the letter that he sent us:

"Hi Markos -
Thanks for the mini-site!...I don't have a release date yet; I plan to be finished with this film in late April or early May, at which point I will look for a distributor. I'll keep you updated!
-Mark"
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X2 X-MEN 2 (Watch trailer). Already living in a society that mistrusts them, the mutants are faced with even more discrimination after an unforeseen enemy - who may be a mutant with extraordinary powers - launches a devastating attack. The news of the assault causes a public outcry against the mutants, including renewed support for the Mutant Registration Act, and William Stryker, a military leader rumored to have experimented on mutants (possibly including Wolverine), is among the most vocal supporters of the legislation. Stryker puts into motion a plan to eradicate the mutants and begins an offensive on the X-Men mansion and school. Magneto, having escaped from his plastic prison, forms an unlikely alliance with Professor Xavier to stop Stryker. Meanwhile, Wolverine heads north to investigate his past.
Summary written by Uber Minion.

A Man Apart A Man Apart (Watch trailer). Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) are members of the DEA who are fighting an ongoing drug war on the California/Mexico border, they are most successful at it because of their edge of growing up on the street and being thugs converted to cops. The DEA busts one of the major players by the name of "Memo" Lucero (Geno Silva) and imprison him in the United States but then a major player named Diablo then takes over the business and now he is now the major player targeted by Vetter and his team. But when Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible and in the process has to seek help from the imprisoned Lucero in order to catch Diablo. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge...

Phone Booth Phone Booth (Watch trailer). A slick New York publicist (Farrell) who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Starring : Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes

Head Of StateHead Of State (Watch trailer). Chris Rock's directorial debut. A presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign. The Democratic party picks an unlikely candidate, Washington, D.C. alderman Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock), as his replacement. Now, a complete unknown is thrust into the international spotlight of presidential politics, as the people around him react to the process as well, like his ex-girlfriend (Robin Givens) who changes her mind about dumping him, now that she has a chance at becoming the First Lady!(women..) Mac plays his unsophisticated brother, whom Gilliam chooses to become his running mate; Lynn Whitfield plays a political consultant. Tracy Morgan plays a "meat man".

The CoreThe Core (Watch trailer). Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that an unknown force has caused the Earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the Earth's core in a subterranean craft piloted by "terranauts," Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs (Hilary Swank) and Colonel Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood). Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core. Great visual and audio special effects.

BasicBasic (Watch trailer). Agent Hardy (John Travolta) of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) is brought in by an old friend to investigate the disappearances of several Army Ranger cadets and their legendary drill instructor, West (Samuel L Jackson), during an exercise at a basic training camp, Fort Clayton, in Panama.

Bringing Down The HouseBringing Down The House. On Top! (Watch trailer). It's rare that royalty gets together in a comedy, so when one-time King Tut (aka Steve Martin) and Queen Latifah come together, they rule supreme. Martin plays a divorced, white-bread tax attorney who, via an Internet chat room, accidentally hooks up a liaison between himself and freshly freed ex-con Latifah. At first, the opposites don't attract, but they eventually find some common ground and help solve each other's problems. Latifah proves herself to be a charismatic and lovable lead, while Martin's classic shtick sticks. Adding to the fun are outrageous turns by Eugene Levy, as Martin's coworker who wants to serve the Queen, and heiress Joan Plowright and neighbor Betty White who have political and cultural views that would make the KKK blush. So get Down already, okay? ( By Eonline )

OldschoolOldschool (Watch trailer). This is a comedy about the story of three guys in their early 30's, Mitch (Luke Wilson), Frank (Will Ferrell), and Beanie (Vince Vaughn), who try to relive their old college glory days by moving into a large house near their old campus. They form an unofficial fraternity, where students can enjoy all the riches of the partying lifestyle without the commitment that comes with having to abide by the university's fraternity rules. (ain't that paradise?) Soon, however, the realities of their past lives catches up with their wild college lifestyles.

ChicagoChicago (Watch trailer). It's the long-awaited film version of the Broadway hit. Set in the roaring 20's, this is the story of Chicago chorus girl Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger), who shoots her unfaithful lover (Dominic West). Landing in jail, she meets Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta Jones), another chorus girl and murderess, currently enjoying media attention and legal manipulation, care of her attorney, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), king of the old "Razzle Dazzle." Soon enough, however, Flynn takes Roxie's case as well, and Velma finds herself old news as Roxie is now the most famous murderess in town, on her way to getting out of jail and becoming a star. The two go through a series of attempts at getting what they both want (often conflicting): freedom and fame.

COMING SOON
Opening the Week of April 25, 2003

Identity Identity (Watch trailer). When a nasty storm hits a hotel, ten strangers are stranded within and as they begin to know each other, they discover they are being killed off one by one. Cast : John Cusak (Ed), Ray Liotta (Rhodes), Amanda Peet, Rebecca De Mornay (Caroline Suzanne)

Opening the Week of May 2, 2003

The Dancer Upstairs The Dancer Upstairs (Watch trailer). Investigator Augustin Rejas is attempting to find the mysterious Ezequiel, the leader of a revolution being fermented largely by the indigenous people of an unnamed Latin American nation, a scene that Rejas left behind to pursue worldly ambitions. But now he is a man caught in a war and his choice to become policeman wears on him. So when he meets and is drawn to the teacher of his daughter's ballet class, Yolanda, it's a solace to the emptiness of his marriage and his frustration in the search for Ezequiel.
by Yahoo Movies

Opening on summer 2003

Levity Levity (Watch trailer).Billy Bob Thornton stars as a man who is free after serving 19 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the paroled man attempts to find redemption, in the form of a mysterious minister (Morgan Freeman) and two needy women (Kristen Dunst and Holly Hunter).

HellboyHellboy (Watch trailer). In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon--Hellboy--has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil. Starring : Ron Perlman, Doug Jones. Written and directer by Guillermo Del Toro.
Summary written by Brian Barjenbruch.

OPINION

Hollywood Hollywood business
Hollywood has a great mission. It is no more just another industry. Hollywood is an opinion maker, a history reviser, a star making system. These are powers and like all powers come along with important duties as well. This could seem right and important said like that. It isn't!

Hollywood is nothing of these things. It is just a movie industry with the mission to entertain us and why not, sometimes make us think a bit and that's all. I don't understand people that protest against Hollywood and its 'propaganda' and all that stuff. If you believe that there is a film that offends you, just don't watch it! Isn't that simple? Don't go to the movies! If you think that a film is historically incorrect, who gives a dime? If you believe all that you see on the big screen, then you are stupid. It is fiction! Ok? that's it.

All I want from the movie industry is a good script, nice art by the director and a couple of good actors. That's all. I don't care if a producer thinks that Alexander the Great was somalian. I don't care if a director thinks that JFK was murdered by aliens in 354 before Christ. If the film is nice, I'll watch it! Ok? Hitchcock used to say that the most important thing is the way that you make a movie and not its subject. Apples and oranges are ordinary things, but when Cézanne paints them they become art.

Other than that, people who make movies, are just.. people. Like you and me. They can be clever or stupid, educated or ignorant, altruistic or racist. They make a movie, we are here to judge it. I also can't stand the people who go to the movies to watch, per example, batman and then they complaint because there were exaggerated things in the film. Well brother, didn't you read the title? Batman! There is no such thing as Batman! What did you expect to see?


Now, let's enjoy the show and don't forget..That's not Dostoevsky..That's Jennifer Lopez!


Buffy Let's talk about Buffy
Let's talk about Buffy! You know..the vampire slayer? Ok.
First thing, vampires don't exist. Thank God for that! But that's not a reason for not making a movie about them, so we pass over that.
Let's pretend that they exist for a moment and imagine the enemy of those creatures. Did Buffy come in your minds? Definitely NOT! I mean, come on! You are a powerful vampire and you see Buffy before you, I bet you shit in your pants! Of course not. You expect a major vampire slayer strong and clever not a cheerleader for God's sake! Where is this world going to.. more..



[ Chicago, The Recruit, Gods and Generals and The Hunted reviews are posted as proposed in the Yahoo Movies site ]

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