Thursday, January 29, 2009

Duke's Films To Watch, 2008: Wanted

By Derek Fisher

This is a small selection of the movies released this year (2008). I have chosen a few of the motion pictures I found entertaining in this years crop. I'm sure that you can find a couple of movies that you will enjoy.

Jumper: During a near death experience, David Rice (Hayden Christensen) learns something incredible. He now knows he can transport himself to anywhere he desires to be, anytime he wants. He then comes to learn that he is not alone in having this capability. After years of "jumping" around the planet, he learns that there are people that think jumpers are a threat, and need to be eliminated. He now must battle for his life, as those people believe he should die.

BOLT: Bolt: This movie is an animated family comedy. The star is dog actor Bolt, who in his role on television, has superpowers. His problem is that he really thinks he has these powers. After he is unexpectedly finds himself in a real world situation, he realizes that he is only a normal dog. Needing to find his way home, he is aided by a cat named Mittens, and an overweight hampster named Rhino.

THE CHRONICALS OF NARNIA, PRINCE CASPIAN: Just one year has passed in there "regular" lives, when Edmund, Peter, Susan, and Lucy are mysteriously pulled back into Narnia. Running for his life, Prince Caspian has blown the magin horn, in a desparate plea for help. 100's of years have passed since they left Narnia, but they now return to save Narnia from the evil Telmarines. With the help of the the bravest in the forrest, including, a dwarf, the centaurs, and a very skilled mouse, they will fight for the future of Narnia.

WANTED: Wesley, an office worker going nowhere in life, learns that the father he never knew, is an assasin. His father has been murdered, now Wesley is asked to join into the secret society of killers that his dead father was involved with. He is transformed from a nobody office worker into the killing expert that that he was destined to become. From that point on, this movie gets extremely complicated. Enjoy this roller coaster ride.

THE DARK KNIGHT: This time Batman, along with Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, have been taking down the criminal elements of the city. Crime is now down, but now a new super criminal arrives on the scene, and attacks the city. Now, Batman really has his hands full, as the Joker has unleashed his criminal plots on the big city.

TWENTY ONE: This movie tells an amazing true story of M.I.T. wiz kids who built a winning formula to beat blackjack. These college kids learned to beat the game, and then performed a ruthless attack on the tables. To beat the games in Vegas, where players who beat the game can be banned from playing, they devised signals, disguises, and even fake drivers liscenses, to keep from being banned. Twenty One is based on the book that tells how the M.I.T. teams took it to the casinos.

10,000 B.C.: This film takes us back almost 12,000 years. When mysterious warlords from another tribe storm the Yaghai people, they capture, among others, Evolet. D'Leh, a young hunter who deeply cares for Evolet, organizes a band of hunters to chase down these warmongers, and rescue Evolet and the others.

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: Wild and crazy nights in Las Vegas are normal. Barely remembering what had happened, Jack and Joy wake up to discover that they are married. They wind up winning a large jackpot at the slot machines, but each thinks they deserve the prize, so they try to settle it in court. It is decided that they must stay together for six months, and give their marriage a chance. With an eye on the jackpot, they each try to get the other to give up, as both desire to have the cash for themselves.

WALL-E: This picture is a science fiction adventure in animation. Everyone has been removed from Earth because it had become a big pile of trash. Wall-E, a robot built to remove trash, has been left behind to clean up the mess. Years later, when a robot namend Eve shows up searching for any signs of life, Wall-E is finally not alone. When the spaceship returns for Eve, Wall-E stows away, and begins an exciting new life.

Most people buy or rent films, and views them on their home entertainment system. An increasingly popular way to get movies is by using down loading technologies from online sources. There are websites that will download virtually any movie ever made. - 15615

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