Brad Pitt To Replace Tom Cruise in MI Franchise?

ShowBizSpy.com has recently reported that Brad Pitt is in talks to replace Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible franchise. You might remember that Mr. Cruise was fired from Paramount pictures for his recently “crazy” behavior.

Pitt tipped to take over Cruise MI role

Best of Niner Niner September 06

In Blogging Naked, Britain holds their first masturbate-a-thon and in China they put an end to funeral stripteases

 

 

And in Bookadoodle Nancy Callahan continues her Getting Published series, while Starbucks sells childrens books and publishers contine to make billions

Next up in Boomer 2.0 scientists try to map our neanderthal genes

The unemployed get credit cards in Credit Cardenza

Dealsneak continues to show the latest deal around the web with cheap wine, free products, and discounts.

Jewel thieves, Kiwi casino, and another poker pub strategy article all sweep into Games For Money.

High Heels Blog: Nancy gives us a look at ballet inspired heels and Victoria Secrets peeptoe wedges.

In Hipaa Blog VA data is lost once again.

Over at HyperGadget we see that Ditty is no more, a real universal remote control can really control the universe, and microchipped passports.

In the Medcare Forum Doctor Medicare payments are cut and low income families should apply for medicaid.

On Healthy Living: Learn 5 good and bad cholesterols, answer the question: Which Has More Germs, Cell Phone or Toilet Seat? and try these Delicious Seafood and Fish Recipes

Head over to On Movies and read Leafworks reviews on movies such as Snakes on A Plane, RV, Final Destination 3, The Descent, and John Tucker Must Die

Powersellers Blog shows that Ebayers are still mad at the rate increases, Ebay Pays Attention to Shipping abuse and Nancy tells about selling in Squidoo.

SEO Updates: Google finally updated Blogger, Yahoo gets hit by a worm and Subtle copy changes can make a difference

In The Diet Logs, Nancy shows us how the 10 Slim-Down Strategies and The Antidote for a High-Fat Meal

Look for the dysfunction in The Single Life, perfect your pickup lines and then head over to Fallout

Wander Worlds: Honesty isn’t always best, leafworks reviews The Siren Project, Lipgloss, and Faith and the Muse.

Black Dahlia Wilts At The Box Office

 

What is successful as a book does not mean a successful movie is sure to follow. Tom Hanks is proof of that in both ways. Forrest Gump was a very successful movie and even won him an award and if many are not aware, it was a book first. However, The Da Vinci Code was a very powerful book that sold millions and the movie flopped like a fish out of water.

This does not stop the people in Hollywood from bringing out movies that are book-based every year and so they brought us The Black Dahlia. The book itself is based on the true story of the murder of starlet Elizabeth Short from the 1940’s. On a dark night she was murdered, her body cut in half, drained of its blood, her organs removed, and her mouth cut ear to ear in a chilling smile. The crime was never solved, and some say because his mother was murdered in an unsolved case James Ellroy became caught up in the unsolved case of the Black Dahlia and was as obsessed with the case as the characters in his book.

I thought from the previews that the movie seemed “ok” but it was not something that I was going to see. Standing in line at the box office that wouldn’t even be the last on my list. I’m not saying the movie is awful but I don’t think that this is the kind of movies that most people want to see. If we want to hear about an unsolved murder we just need to turn on the evening news. I would only see this movie if a gun was to my head and even then I might choose the bullet if it would save me from a two hour snoozefest.

It also doesn’t help that the reviews from those who have seen it is less than stellar.

Read Reviews

The Covenant (PG-13: 2006)

The Covenant (2006: Rated PG-13)
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thecovenant/index.html
Starring: Steven Strait …. Caleb Danvers; Sebastian Stan …. Chase Collins; Laura Ramsey …. Sarah Wenham; Taylor Kitsch …. Pogue Parry; Toby Hemingway …. Reid Garwin; Jessica Lucas …. Kate Tunney; and many more.
It’s The Lost Boys meets The Craft as 5 descendants of the original New World witches of the Ipswich colony match brains, brawn, testosterone and magical powers in a competition of extroadinary proportions. As the lost ‘Ipswitch’ son discovered too late that using “the power” deteriorates their youth; he’s out for Caleb’s upcoming transcendance and its a fight for survival. Great effects and great plot. Enjoyed. Rating: 4 stars out of 5. Viewed 9/9/06.

 

Lost: Season 2 on DVD

Lost, Season 2 (2006 DVD: made for TV)
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index.html
Starring: Naveen Andrews …. Sayid Jarrah (51 episodes) (2004-2006); Emilie de Ravin …. Claire Littleton (51 episodes) (2004-2006); Matthew Fox …. Dr. Jack Shephard (51 episodes) (2004-2006); Jorge Garcia …. Hugo “Hurley” Reyes / … (51 episodes) (2004-2006); Josh Holloway …. James “Sawyer” Ford / … (51 episodes) (2004-2006); Daniel Dae Kim …. Jin Kwon (51 episodes) (2004-2006); Yoon-jin Kim …. Sun Kwon (51 episodes) (2004-2006); and many more.
The survivors of that catastrophic plane crash on a remote island inhabited by invisible others, strange forces, weird science experiment hatches, and a island population yet undertermined; continues with the adventure as the hatch is explored and they take on the job of pushing a button every 108 minutes to save the world; evaluations of psychological experiments; more kidnappings; discovering the fate of the other half of the plane; reunions; deaths; dismemberment; traitors; bloodshed; competition; hoarding; and mysterious forces. Every episode sucks you into the next making you want to watch the entire season non-stop; just like a book that is hard to put down. Excellent. Rating: 5 stars out of 5. Viewed 9/7-10/06.

 

The Wicker Man (2006: R)

The Wicker Man (2006: Rated R) http://thewickermanmovie.warnerbros.com/ Starring: Nicolas Cage …. Edward Malus; Ellen Burstyn …. Sister Summersisle; Kate Beahan …. Sister Willow; Frances Conroy …. Dr. Moss; Molly Parker …. Sister Rose/Sister Thorn; Leelee Sobieski …. Sister Honey; and many more. A re-make of the cult classic: “The Wicker Man”; a story about a policeman who gets notice of a disturbing disappearance of young Rowan on a off-the-grid island in the Pacific Northwest (instead of the British Isles as in the classic). He finds his way to the island to investigate the disappearance that turns to a grim fate for the young Rowan. He soon discovers its a Pagan island and the old Gods are still being worshipped. Unlike the original, it has a matching, but different storyline, as he’s not as pious as the British policeman, and they left out some of the sexual innundation that the classic held. This tale suffers in comparision with the original and disgraces the whole story in my opinion. Whereas the classic was much more aligned to true Paganism if it survived on a island untouched by Christianity; this tale, weaves a negative image of Paganism, turning it primarily Goddess worship and making the men nothing more than breeding servants. Cage did an ok job, but still didn’t take the cake. Good effects however as Hollywood souped up the imagery. Costuming and settings were great. Story sucked. The makers of the film however need a good dunking in the ice cold sea or a wicker cage of their very own to be burnt alive. Wait for Netflix, it’s not worth the ticket price. Rating: 2 stars out of 5. Viewed 9/9/06.

Pirates Swing High

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 has been moving up the list of all time gross at the box office. It has now become only the third movie to ever make $1 billion at the movie theatres. The top slot is still held by 1997’s Titanic with $1.8 billion, and #2 “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” with $1.1 billion.

The third Pirates sequel is being shot now and is slated for a May 2007 release.

Sherrybaby Review

Sherrybaby stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a 19-year old heroin addict who has just been released from prison. She is now clean and sober and also trying to get back custody of her daughter who is being cared for by her brother and wife.

Sherry struggles against umemployment, parole restrictions and life itself as she tries to move forward but seems to be taking giant steps in the other direction.

The movie was beautifully done and was something I had to see after I came across the trailer online. To get a real feel of this movie you can read this in-depth review that really takes you into the heart of the movie and explains who Sherry really is.

Sherrybaby Review