Blade: Trinity

Blade: Trinity is more of the same. Blade (Wesley Snipes) sees vampires. Blade kills vampires. Blade reloads and goes back for more. The only ones he has any real trouble with are human beings. For some reason, they're more difficult to dispatch than the undead. The storyline makes less sense than the ones embraced by Blade and Blade II, if that's possible. This time, Blade is given two sidekicks: the irritating (Ryan Reynolds), who has a wisecrack for every occasion, and  Abigail Whistler (Jessica Biel), who is the daughter of Blade's old friend, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson). These three must go up against the king of vampires, Dracula (Dominic Purcell), who has been awakened by  Danica Talos (Parker Posey) to implement the vampires' "final solution."

Those who are looking for variations on a theme won't find any here. Blade: Trinity is a carbon copy of its predecessors. It's all kick-ass attitude and style without any substance to back it up. Yet, where the first two Blades satisfied on a action level, this one doesn't. That probably has something to do with the portrayal of Dracula, who, in human form, looks more like a body builder than a vampire. When he reverts to this "true" likeness, he comes across like a rip-off of the alien from Predator. And, since all really bad guys like nicknames, he goes by the name of "Drake."

Although the vampires in Blade: Trinity aren't scary, at least they are not emasculated by the romantic notions applied by writers such as Ann Rice. These are cold-blooded killers, which allows Blade and his team to dispatch them without blinking an eye. The film features dozens of vampire destructions, many of which occur during the film's frantic, frenzied opening battle, which is big on loud music, quick cuts, and violence. Much of the movie is like that, and what starts out as energetic quickly becomes tiresome, then boring. Besides, we have seen this before - twice, to be exact.

Thomas Principato

"The Little Mermaid"

            In 1989 Disney released “The Little Mermaid”.  Based on the life of a mermaid Ariel (Jodi Benson) who is not your typical mermaid.  She is one of the seven daughters of King Triton (Kenneth Mars) who gets herself into trouble.

            Ariel lives her own life and does what she wants.  She is fascinated by the humans and the world they live in.  Ariel likes to collect things from the human world, and finds out from her seagull friend Scuttle (Buddy Hackett) what they are named and what they use them for.  Ariel discovers a fork, which Scuttle calls a “dinglehopper” and tells Ariel that humans use to do their hair.

            Ariel manages to get herself in some trouble living under the sea.  Especially with Ursula (Pat Carroll) the sea witch.  Ariel dreams to interact with the humans and with the help of Ursula she gives her the chance to do that.  Ursula gives Ariel the chance to become human for three days, but takes her voice away.  Ariel has to do her best to get Prince Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes) to fall in love with her without speaking to him.  If she can’t get him to fall in love with her in three days she will go back to being a mermaid and be Ursula’s prisoner.

            Will Ariel be able to get Eric to fall in love with her?  Will she be able to stay human forever or will she go back to being a mermaid?  With the help of all her friends under the sea Ariel does her best to stay human and learn about the human life.

--Ally Laudage

"Spin"

The movie spin is about six people in Los Angeles who try and recall their previous night of partying at a night club. The movie is all about sex, drugs, music, comedy, and guns all rapped in one. There is really no "main" character due to the different sections the movie holds. Each section in the movie follows one particular character in their eyes of what happened the night before. Although each person was at the same place, each characeter experienced completely different things and it resulted in one of the best movie creations of all time. The movie is so funny and witty that i literally couldn't take my eyes off the screen. It was like a book that you just cant stop reading, i had to keep watching. Many of the actors in the movie you have seen before in other films, but the actors aren't necessarily the most famous of celebrities. The actors include Patrick John Flueger,Katie Cassidy, Lauren German, Bijou Phillips, Adam Campbell, Michael Biehn, Chris Lowell, and many others.

Author- Patrick Keegan

"WaterWorld"

Kevin Costner is the main character in this movie and plays an amazing role. The movie is about him and his huge water adventures throughout the harsh terrains of the new water world. Back in the day there was land, but a huge Tsunami came and wiped out all of the world. Now, everyone lives above the destroyed mainlands that is now completely underwater. Life is hard, but Kevin Costner seems to have made life easy and just chills all day everyday. Eventually in the movie, he finds this woman and young child who have the secret in order to get to land. Almost everyone has heard about this young child who has the answer to the question that everyone has, but no one can seem to find her. Well, Costner did and he is shown protecting her and the woman from the bad guys that try and capture her. At the end of the movie you see Costner, the child and the woman eventually get to land, and you watch them go crazy with excitement. I reccomend this movie to everyone....Great movie for a late night flick.

Author- Patrick Keegan

"The Bridge At Remagen"

"Bridge at Remagen" tells the true story of the battle for this last bridge called Remagen Bridge. The movie is

shown from both the German and American perspective.In the last days of World War II, the Allied Army

desperatly searched for a certain bridge across the impenetrable Rhein River, this would be the only way to

launch a major assault into the center of Germany.If this was completed, the possibility of the way ending was

very big. The whole movie you see the struggle and pain the allied army solders go through. The audience

cant help but feel bad for these solders as they keep getting beaten down by the German military. But in the

end, the allied forces come together and take over the bridge at Remagen.

Author: Patrick Keegan

"8 Mile"

This drama is a biography is about Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith Jr., better known as rap sensation Eminem.  It shows him in his early life as he struggles to make it big in the rap game as an up and coming white rapper in the inner cities of Detroit during the mid-1990.  As he tries to gain respect from his fellow peers in the game he gets a lot of criticism for being white and not like the rest of them.

The movie stars Eminem and features many know actors including Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy and Mekhi Phifer.  It also included appearances from well know rappers Xzibit, Proof and Obie Trice.  8 Mile was directed by Curtis Hanson and was released into theaters in November of 2002.  The movie was an instant box office success bringing in a little over 240 million.  It also won an Academy Award for the Best Original song “Loose Yourself.”  This was the first time a rap song in a movie won an Academy Award.

At the end of the movie he faces his rival enemy rappers, “Free World,” in a three round, one song elimination tournament.   After winning the first and second rounds with freestyles both better then the last he is now contending in the third and final round for the championship.

In the third round Eminem has to freestyle first for 90 seconds.  When the music starts he begins to free style about the Free World, putting them down and calling them disrespectful names.  He makes a reference to his opponent “Papa Doc” being a half way crook which makes the crowd crazy.  After putting down the Free World and Popa Dac, he proceeds to talk about himself and the fact that he is white trash and lives in a trailer with his mom.  He also addressed many other humiliating things about himself the occurred in the movie.  In doing so when it was Papa Dac’s turn to freestyle he had noting to talk about.  The music played for many seconds before Papa Dac gave up the mic making Eminem the champion.

            This was a very good movie and I would recommend any one who has not seen it before.  Its shows you how hard he had to work to make it to where he is today.  Going from absolutely nothing, living in a trailer with his mom to being one the biggest know rappers in the music industry today.

-Carl Oberle

“Major League”

“Major League” is meant to make you laugh, pure and simple.  Baseball is merely the platform for some funny jokes, but these characters could have been plugged into any sport and it would have been practically the same movie.  It's a bit of a formula, where some very eccentric players get put on the same team, showing no teamwork initially, only to realize how much they have grown to like each other in the end.  We've all seen this kind of sports movie so many times, but if there's a good reason why one of them gets made every few years, it's because it works. I like the characters, and I like how they make fun of each other.  I like them so much, that I want them to win in the end, which they always inevitably do.  “Major League” isn't a great film, but it is largely entertaining and often funny, and that's about the best you can ask for in a sports comedy.

The film makes good use of the fact that the Cleveland Indians hadn't (at that time) won a pennant since the beginning of the century.  Now that the owner has died, his ex-showgirl wife (Whitton) has taken over the team, but she hates being in Cleveland.  She sees an opportunity to movie the team to Miami if they can draw less than 800,000 paid attendance for the year, and she intends for them to do just that by picking a minor league manager to choose from a crop of "has-been and never-will-be" candidates to ensure that the team spends the season in the cellar.  Among the players is a washed-up catcher with bad knees (Berenger), a high-heat pitcher with almost no control (Sheen), a high-priced star with no desire to get injured by going all-out (Bernsen), a voodoo-practicing clean-up hitter that can't make contact with a breaking ball (Haysbert), and a fast-running lead-off man who has no talent for hitting (Snipes). 

To properly enjoy “Major League”, you have to overlook some obvious and some strange logic in the plot.  For instance, to make the team worse, many of the players could have easily been benched or sent to the minors once they looked like they may start getting good, which the owner could have done at any time.  Also, once the team hit the point where it seemed likely that their attendance was well over the 800,000 mark, negating the proposition of moving the team to Miami, it would be in the owner's best interests to root for the team to win the pennant, since she would be able to sell the team at a much higher price, especially since she has no desire to own a baseball team in the first place.  Berenger's character, Jake, is the catcher with bad knees, and would definitely not be batting second in the line-up on any team.  These are just a few of the things you have to swallow down, and if you can, it's a worthwhile watch. “Major League” is definitely a movie I recommend to sports movie junkies, and of course for those who love baseball.  It's silly, stupid, but very likeable.  Not a home run, but definitely a hit.