Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

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7:21a	INSIDE MAN, L'HOMME DE L'INTERIEUR, DENZEL WASHINGTON, JODIE FOSTER, CLIVE OWENINSIDE MAN, L'HOMME D INSIDE MAN, L'HOMME DE L'INTERIEUR, DENZEL WASHINGTON, JODIE FOSTER, CLIVE OWEN   Summary: Quatre braqueurs, déguisés en peintres en bâtiment, pénètrent dans une grande banque de Manhattan et prennent clients et employés en otage. Les négociations commencent, mais l'inspecteur dépêché sur place (Denzel Washington, génial) soupçonne très vite que cette affaire n'a rien d'un casse ordinaire... "Inside Man" was shot on location in New York City and features an expansive and diverse ensemble cast. In addition to being a cerebral action-oriented thriller, the film handles issues of good and evil in unexpected sources, corruption, anti-villains, prejudice, multiculturalism in America (and New York City in particular) post-September 11, 2001, genocide and leaves several interpretations of right and wrong open to the audience. DVD Specifications: Pre-owned DVD , in like-NEW condition Languages: French / English DVD-Format and Region: PAL Zone-2 Photo Gallery of the movie: INSIDE MAN, L'HOMME DE L'INTERIEUR, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Clive Owen (Comment on this)
7:43a	THE SCORPION KING, THE ROCK THE SCORPION KING, THE ROCK   Summary: Il y a bien longtemps dans l’Egypte ancienne, Memnon (Steven Brand), un guerrier assoiffé de pouvoir, fut propulsé à la tête de l’Empire grâce à ses talents de combattant et aux dons puissants de la sorcière Cassandra (Kelly Hu) qui l’accompagnait. Lasses de ce roi sanguinaire, les tribus opprimées engagèrent pour l’abattre un assassin répondant au nom de Mathayus (The Rock)… In an ancient time, predating the pyramids, the evil king Memnon is using the psychic powers of his sorceress Cassandra to fortell his great victories. In a last ditch effort to stop Memnon from taking over the world, the leaders of the remaining free tribes hire the assassin Mathayus to kill the sorceress. But Mathayus ends up getting much more than he bargained for. Now with the help of the trixter Arpid, tribal leader Balthazar and an unexpected ally, it's up to Mathayus to fufill his destiny and become the great Scorpion King. DVD Specifications: Pre-owned DVD , in like-NEW condition Languages: French / English / Spanish DVD-Format and Region: PAL Zone-2 Photo Gallery of the movie: THE SCORPION KING, The Rock Cast of the movie: THE SCORPION KING, The Rock Movie-cast / actors: Dwayne Johnson .... Mathayus the Scorpion King (as The Rock) Steven Brand .... Memnon Michael Clarke Duncan .... Balthazar Kelly Hu .... Cassandra Bernard Hill .... Philos Grant Heslov .... Arpid Peter Facinelli .... Takmet Ralf Moeller (I) .... Thorak Branscombe Richmond .... Jesup Roger Rees .... King Pheron Sherri Howard .... Queen Isis Conrad Roberts .... Chieftain Joseph Ruskin .... Tribal Leader Esteban Cueto .... Third Akkadian Nils Allen Stewart .... Torturer Reviews of the movie: THE SCORPION KING, The Rock Most of the anachronisms are fine by me. Catapults, crossbows, gunpowder, telescopes - I understand it's all part of the fantasy; I know that all these things, modern though some of them are, have an Olde Worlde flavour that sits reasonably well with the swords and sorcery and clay bricks and visions and jewels and so forth. But I draw the line at breast implants. Really! I don't think there was a genuine pair of boobs in the whole movie. Believe me, I looked: we never see much of Kelly Hu (even when she's naked), so I'll admit the jury's out in her case, but I did get a decent squiz at half a dozen courtesans, another half-dozen street prostitutes and the odd female warrior, and without exception they not only have painfully unconvincing breasts, but painfully unconvincing EVERYTHING. Their very skin seems to be made of plastic. How is this possible? Even in California, there must be some young actresses left who at least LOOK as though they have real flesh. ...Yes, it's a bad movie, made worse by the fact that there's real promise buried beneath the layers of badness, just as there's promise in ANY unfettered fantasy of simple heroism in the Ancient World. (I kind of wish the Mummy movies had been set entirely in Ancient Egypt, without the 20th Century intruding, just as I wish the 20th Century hadn't intruded on "The Scorpion King" by means of breast implants.) But if you deny the badness you simply don't have eyes and ears. The dialogue is among the most unspeakably atrocious I've encountered - that is, in a film for which someone was actually PAID to write the script. I can't be the first person to have complained about "As long as we live and breathe, the Sorcerer shall die," a sentence which is about as sensible as "Until I pay off my mortgage, Verdi was born on a Wednesday." Not all dialogue is unspeakable because it makes no sense, but it's all unspeakable for some reason. And what's with that electric ghee-tar music that accompanies half the action scenes? It's as if someone was deeply confused by the fact that the actor playing the hero is, in real life, a professional wrestler. What if he'd been a ship hand? Would they have played a hornpipe? There's nothing original in The Scorpion King, but this derivative action franchise gets off to a rousing start by cleverly stealing from a lot of better movies. Capitalizing on his brief cameo in The Mummy Returns, Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. World Wrestling Federation star the Rock) stars as Mathayus, an Akkadian assassin in the age preceding Egyptian pharaohs, who vows to avenge his brother's murder by an undefeated warlord (Steven Brand) prophesied to become the desert-ruling Scorpion King. Their battle for supremacy comprises most of the film's brisk 95-minute running time, punctuated by comic relief from Mathayus's obligatory sidekick (Grant Heslov), romance with a beautiful sorceress (Kelly Hu), and alliance with a massive Nubian (Michael Clarke Duncan) on the eve of their climactic showdown. There's no rhyme or reason to the film's depiction of ancient civilization (the costuming is particularly ludicrous), but the Rock demonstrates adequate action-star potential, and director Chuck Russell (The Mask) wraps it all in a slick, professional package (Comment on this)
7:58a	MINORITY REPORT, TOM CRUISE, COLIN FARRELL, STEVEN SPIELBERG, MINORITY REPORT, TOM CRUISE, COLIN FARRELL, STEVEN SPIELBERG, COLLECTOR'S EDITION 2-DVD SET   Summary: En 2050, à Washington, la criminalité a disparu depuis que la brigade Pré-Crime, dirigée sur le terrain par l’efficace John Anderton (Tom Cruise), utilise les visions prémonitoires de médiums, les Pré-Cogs, pour arrêter les criminels avant qu’ils ne passent à l’acte. Mais, un jour, dans les images émises par le cerveau d’un Pré-Cog (Samantha Morton), John découvre avec effroi qu’il est sur le point de commettre un meurtre "Minority Report" is a science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story of the same name. It is set in Washington, D.C. in the year 2054, where a special police department called "pre-crime" apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge, provided by three psychics termed "pre-cogs". The film stars Tom Cruise as John Anderton, a pre-crime officer, who heads the pre-crime police force. Colin Farrell plays Danny Witwer, an agent from the Department of Justice who is sent to observe the process, Samantha Morton portrays the senior pre-cog Agatha, and Max von Sydow plays Lamar Burgess, Anderton's superior. It is one of several films based on stories by Philip K. Dick. DVD Specifications: Pre-owned DVD , in like-NEW condition Languages: French / English DVD-Format and Region: PAL Zone-2 Photo Gallery of the movie: MINORITY REPORT, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Steven Spielberg, Collector's Edition 2-DVD set (Comment on this)
7:25p	CANNED HEAT LIVIN' BLUES CANNED HEAT LIVIN' BLUES Collectors information/Description:  "Livin' the Blues" is the 1968 double LP album by Canned Heat. It was one of the first double albums to place well on album charts. It features Canned Heat's signature song, "Going Up The Country," which would later be used in the Woodstock film. John Mayall appears on piano on "Walking by Myself" and "Bear Wires." Dr. John appears on "Boogie Music. 2LP Gatefold (FOC) cover design with artwork / photos on the inside cover pages. Music Genre:  Boogie Blues Rock   Album  Production information: The album: "Livin' Blues" was produced by: Canned Heat and Skip Taylor Record Label:  Liberty LDS 84001   Record Format Double 12" Vinyl Stereo Full-Length Long-Play  Gramophone Record Total Album (Cover+LP) weight: xxx gram   Year & Country  1968 Made in USA   Album cover photos of : Canned Heat - Livin' Blues Front Cover Photo of "Livin' Blues" Album   Back Cover  Photo of "Livin' Blues" Album   Inner Cover   of "Livin' Blues" Album   Photo of "Livin' Blues" Album's Inner Cover     Close-up Photo of "Livin' Blues" Record Label    Note: the above pictures are photos of the actual album and allow you to judge the quality of cover. Slight differences in color may exist due to the use of the camera's flash. The quality of these images has been reduced in order to preserve network bandwidth, high quality images of these scans can be made available on request Track Listing of: "Livin' Blues" The Songs/tracks on "Livin' The Blues" are Side One: Pony Blues (Charley Patton) 3:48 My Mistake (Alan Wilson) 3:22 Sandy's Blues (Bob Hite) 6:46 Canned Heat, Joe Sample Going Up The Country (Wilson) 2:50 Walking by Myself (Jimmy Rogers) 2:29 Boogie Music (L.T. Tatman III) 3:19 Side Two: One Kind Favor Parthegenesis Side Three: Refried Boogie - Part I Side Four: Refried Boogie - Part II   (Comment on this)

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