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Fantastic Four - DVD Review

If you have been looking for an exciting movie, Fantastic Four is perfect for you. This movie has great special effects and loyalty to the comic book. This is an awesome film for everyone that is an old Fantastic Four fan and even for today's generation.

Volunteering for a voyage to an orbiting space station, four scientists are changed by cosmic rays. Johnny Storm, played by Chris Evans, creates and controls fire. Ben Grimm, played by Michael Chiklis, turns into an incredibly strong...thing! Dr. Reed Richards, played by Ioan Gruffudd, gets the ability to stretch his body. Sue Storm, portrayed by Jessica Alba, becomes invisible and can generate force fields.

Before leaving Earth, Dr. Richards approaches Victor Doom, played by Julian McMahon, with a business proposition involving research on genetics and finding a cure for a wide variety of diseases. They agree to use Doom's hovering space station to observe a unique space storm that contains the building blocks of life. Everything seems routine until the storm picks up speed and hits the station far ahead of schedule.

All at once, everyone on the space station is affected, though none of them are aware of it...until the genetic changes begin to happen.

Together, the "Fantastic Four", as named by the press, must intervene in the evil plans of Doom, a tycoon billionaire businessman. Being aboard the space station with the other four, Doom also changes gaining an invincible metal alloy body that absorbs and controls electricity.

Then it really gets complicated. Sue Storm and Reed Richards join forces to find a cure for their "special powers" and yet somehow, have to get past their old personal conflict. These two extremely intelligent scientists once were in love and had a painful end to their relationship. Now, suddenly reunited, they try to be professional with each other in order to figure out a way to change their bodies back to the way they used to be.

Ben Grimm really gets the short end of the stick. He has the most changes to deal with since his total appearance is altered to a walking huge hulk of living rocks. Even though he has a heart of gold, his girlfriend rejects him immediately, frightened by his new body. Ben Grimm endures even more humiliation when the press gives him the name, "The Thing". He cannot even use an elevator because his weight exceeds the limit of what elevators can handle, over two thousand pounds.

The movie grows more intense as Doom grows in his abilities and ambitions for power. Like his personality, he remains cold to human suffering, caring only for what he can use and control.

After being threatened directly by Doom, all four heroes, Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue and Johnny Storm must band together to stop Doom from destroying the city and killing millions of innocent people.

"Fantastic Four" is Rated PG for sequences of intense action and suggestive content. This movie really delivers to the fan a lot of action, humor, and fun.

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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - No.1 movie in sales

The 20th Century Fox sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" debuted as the No. 1 weekend flick with $57.4 million in sales, slightly surpassing the $56.1 million opening of "Fantastic Four" two years ago, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The new "Fantastic Four" reunites the quartet of astronauts-turned-mutant-superheroes, played by Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans. This time, the comic-book heroes join forces with archenemy Dr. Doom (Julian McMahon) to take down the Silver Surfer, an emissary leading a planet-destroying entity to Earth, according to AP.

The studio and filmmakers toned down the action so the sequel could earn a PG rating to broaden the audience to family viewers. The first "Fantastic Four" was rated PG-13.

"A lot of the superhero comic-book movies are sort of geared toward being darker and edgier. We think 'Fantastic Four' is a more family friendly group of superheroes," said Chris Aronson, senior vice president for distribution at 20th Century Fox. "We wanted to make sure to cast a wide net and go after the family audience, and it worked."

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Sequel
Release Date: June 15th, 2007 (wide)
Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution


Riding the wave of success most comic book adaptations are receiving at the box office, the Fantastic Four are returning for a second helping. Not only am I extremely happy to see Jessica Alba in a skin-tight super costume, the next film introducing a new DC comic book character. Apparently the plotline reads: The Fantastic Four learn that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the power Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.

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Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, more cast
Directed By: Antoine Fuqua
Released By: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 03/23/2007
Run Time: 124 min.

Synopsis:

A top Army sniper who previously abandoned the military after a routine mission gave way to tragedy is double-crossed by the government after reluctantly being pressured back into service in Training Day director Antoine Fuqua's adaptation of Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact. There was a time when Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) was the best trigger-man in the military, but after growing disillusioned with the system, he disappeared without a trace. After being located at his remote mountain retreat by high-profile government officials following an extensive search, Swagger is coerced back into service in order to stop a determined assassin from taking out the President of the United States. In the process of carrying out his mission, however, Swagger suddenly realizes that he has been betrayed when he becomes the subject of a nationwide manhunt. Now wounded and desperate to reveal the culprits behind the conspiracy before it's too late, Swagger sets into motion a revenge plan that will send shockwaves rippling to some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world. Danny Glover, Rhona Mitra, and Ned Beatty co-star in this conspiracy-driven action thriller that asks what it truly means to serve one's country.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Release Date: 07/13/2007
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, more cast
Directed By: David Yates
Released By: Warner Bros.
Genre: Family and Children, Fantasy, Action and Adventure

Synopsis:

In the fifth installment in the 'Potter' series, Harry and Dumbledore try to brace Hogwarts for the return of Voldemort, but find their warnings ignored and themselves targeted by the Wizard authorities. Meanwhile, an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at the school.

'Shrek the Third' Sneak Peek

Release Date: 05/18/2007

Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, more cast
Directed By: Raman Hui, Chris Miller
Released By: Paramount
Genre: Comedy, Animation

In Shrek's latest adventure, the green ogre with a heart of gold must find the rightful heir to the throne of Far Far Away -- or become king himself. Back for the ride are Donkey, Puss in Boots and Fiona -- but they're also joined by a slew of new characters, including a young King Arthur (voiced by Mr. Sexyback himself, Justin Timberlake). Meet the cast and get an exclusive behind-the-scenes peek.

Synopsis:

When Shrek married Fiona, the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Unless Shrek (with the help of his trusted companions Donkey and Puss In Boots) can find a suitable King for Far Far Away, the ogre could be stuck with the job. The most promising candidate, Fiona's cousin Artie, an underachieving Medieval high school slacker, proves to be a more of a challenge than they bargained for.