Archive for January, 1997
Beverly Hills Ninja
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| Taglines: | 1: He put’s the Mortal back in Kombat 2: Kung fool! 3: Master of disaster. |
| Plot Summary: | Following a ship wreck, a baby is rescued by a clan of Ninja warriors and raised by them as one of their own. But Haru, as he is called, never quite fits in, nor does he manage to make a worthy Ninja. However, the good-natured and persevering Haru, in his own bumbling way, and with some help from Gobei, manages to prove himself to be a winner in the end. |
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Contact
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| Taglines: | 1: A message from deep space. Who will be the first to go? A journey to the heart of the universe. 2: From the Academy Award-winning director of “Forrest Gump” and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Contact” take you on a journey to the heart of the universe 3: Get ready for human’s biggest discovery ever! 4: If it’s just us, it seems like an awful waste of space. |
| Plot Summary: | Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the Message and discover detailed instructions for building a mysterious Machine. Will the Machine spell the end of our world, or the end of our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the Galaxy, or are we just an upstart species with a long way to go? |
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Postman, The
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| Taglines: | 1: It is 2013. War has crippled the Earth. Technology has been erased. Our only hope is an unlikely hero. |
| Plot Summary: | In the year 2013 civilization has all but destroyed itself. After a war that decimated the government and most of the population of the United States (possibly the world) people struggle to survive against starvation and rogue groups of armed men. One such group is called the Holnists. This group is bigger than any other and their leader, General Bethlehem, has delusions of ruling the country. A drifter (Costner) is captured by the group and forced to join. He escapes at the first chance and happens on a mail jeep with a skeleton in it. The skeleton is wearing a postal uniform and the drifter takes it to keep him warm. He also finds a mailbag and starts conning people with old letters. The hope he sees in the people he delivers to changes his plans and he decides that he must help bring the Holnists down. |
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Men in Black
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| Taglines: | 1: Men in Black - Protecting the Earth from the scum of the Universe. 2: More secretive than the C.I.A. - More powerful than the F.B.I. - And they’re looking for a few good men - They are the Men in Black 3: Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe |
| Plot Summary: | Men in Black follows the exploits of agents Kay (Jones) and Jay (Smith), members of a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth. The two Men in Black find themselves in the middle of the deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist (Vincent D’Onofrio) who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. In order to prevent worlds from colliding, the MiB must track down the terrorist and prevent the destruction of Earth. It’s just another typical day for the Men in Black. |
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Gattaca
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| Taglines: | 1: How do you hide when you’re running from yourself? 2: Only one criterion : genetic perfection 3: Only the strong succeed 4: There Is No Gene For The Human Spirit. |
| Plot Summary: | Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your DNA and determines where you belong in life. Ethan Hawke’s character was born with a congenital heart condition which would cast him out of getting a chance to travel in space. So in turn he assumes the identity of an athlete who has genes that would allow him to achieve his dream of space travel. |
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Escort, The
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| Taglines: | 1: The night is deadly. |
| Plot Summary: | “The Escort” is a decent soft core sex thriller featuring Shauna O’Brien and always beautiful Landon Hall. The sex scenes are steamy and great. Shauna performs these scenes in the shower, jacuzzi, bed, etc. She’s great as always. The plot is the last thing you should care about. Shauna works as an escort that goes mad and starts some killing after a series of certain events. Expect great sex scenes and beautiful women. What else can you ask for?! |
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Face/Off
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| Taglines: | 1: In order to catch him, he must become him. 2: In order to trap him, he must become him. [DVD] 3: It’s like looking in a mirror - only not 4: Only one will survive 5: To destroy your enemy, you must find him, face him, and then… become him. |
| Plot Summary: | Sean Archer is a government agent who for six years has been trying to apprehend terrorist, Caster Troy, who tried to kill him but ended up killing Archer’s son instead. When Archer corners Troy, Troy tells Archer that he has planted a bomb that will go off, unless he lets him go but Archer thinks that Troy is bluffing so a fight erupts that leaves Troy comatose. But later when they go through some of his brother, Pollux’s things, they discover that Troy was telling the truth. All what they need now is to find out where it is and the only person who knows is Pollux. And the only person that he will talk to about it, is his brother, Caster but unfortunately he is a vegetable. A government official then suggests to Archer that he assume Caster’s identity and ask Pollux about the bomb. So she brings him to a doctor who has perfected a method wherein the face of one individual is removed from him and placed on another. Archer agrees. The operation is a success so Archer as Troy goes to the prison where Pollux is being held and successfully gets him to tell him where the bomb is. Meanwhile, Troy who was believed to be comatose awakens and forces the doctor who operated on Archer to place Archer’s face on him. He then goes to the prison as Archer and taunts Archer by telling him that he has destroyed all documentation of the operation and eliminated everyone who knew about it. He then takes his brother out and leaves Archer in prison. But Archer somehow manages to escape and is now trying to find someone who will believe and help him, while Troy is plotting something. |
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Hunchback, The
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| Plot Summary: | Based on the novel, a young gypsy becomes a Minister’s obsession in 1483. Only the bell ringer and her husband and the court of miracles can save her. |
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Dante’s Peak
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| Taglines: | 1: The pressure is building… 2: Whatever you do, don’t look back |
| Plot Summary: | Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante’s Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante’s peak is indeed dangerous. People’s safety is being set against economical interests. |
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Hercules
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| Taglines: | 1: A Comedy of Epic Proportions 2: Happy IV of July! 3: Who puts the GLAD in GLADIATOR? 4: You can run but you can’t Hydra! 5: Zero to Hero! |
| Plot Summary: | After Zeus fights and sends the Titans to the underworld, he becomes the ruler of Mount Olympus, home of all greek gods. Hades is sent to rule the underworld, but he makes plans to throw Zeus out of Mount Olympus with the Titans’ help. The three Fates warn him that his plans would be endangered if Hercules, Zeus newborn child, is still around by the time he tries to take over Mount Olympus. Hades sends Pain and Panic to turn Hercules into a mortal and kill him, but they fail in their attempt and leave him on earth with his divine strength to be raised as a human. Hercules grows up but later learns he is the son of gods, and in order to return to Mt. Olympus he must turn into a “true hero”. He is trained by Phil the satyr and becomes the most famous hero in ancient Greece after battling monsters of all kinds. He even saves Mt. Olympus from Hade’s take-over, but he only becomes a god again after he offers to exchange his life in order to save Meg, his love, from Hades’ underworld and shows that a true hero must have a strong heart and not only physical strength. |
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