The Bourne Supremacy

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

ASIN: B00005JN2F
IMDB Link: here
Rating: * * * *

This movie is the sequel to The Bourne Identity. Jason Bourne, a former assassin for the CIA, is back. Bourne has still forgotten what he done in his past, and is in hiding in India with Marie. However, he was framed for the murder of 2 agents, forcing the CIA to search for him. In addition, the real murderer is looking for him too. Bourne has to find out why everyone is after him and who really committed the murder.

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Digital Fortress

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

ASIN: 0312995423
Rating: * * *

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Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

ASIN: 0670033332
Rating: * *

Olivia Joules is a newspaper reporter who wants to be a ‘serious’ journalist, but instead is stuck writing articles about style and fashion. She gets sent to Miami to cover the launch of a face cream. There, she meets Pierre Ferramo, a rich movie producer who she thinks is Osama Bin Laden. Ferramo seems to be quite taken with her, so Olivia uses her spy-skills to find out who this Ferramo guy is and what he is really up to.

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Kill Bill, Volume 2

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

ASIN: B00005JMUA
IMDB Link: here
Rating: * * * *

Volume 2 picks up where the the first one left off - the bride (Uma Thurman) looking for revenge against the people who shot her at her wedding rehearsal. This time, she has to deal with Budd (Michael Madsen), Elle (Daryl Hannah) and Bill (David Carradine).

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I, Robot

Tuesday, July 20, 2004

ASIN: B00005JN0R
IMDB Link: here
Rating: * * *

This movie is based on short stories written by Isaac Asimov. It’s 2035, and robots have become a major part of human life, as personal assistants, the army, etc. The robots are made and controlled at the U.S. Robotics company. All of the robots are bound to three laws - not to harm humans, to obey human’s orders, and to protect its own existence, as long as in following one law they don’t violate the other two. The main character in the movie is Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), who doesn’t like or trust robots. Spooner is called in to investigate the death of an aquaintance of his, a scientist at U.S. Robotics. Spooner thinks that the death was not a suicide, but intentionally done by one of the robots, Sonny. Sonny managed to break the three robot laws, and Spooner soon finds that other robots have done the same. He and Dr. Susan Calvin (Bridget Moynahan), another scientist at USR, have to find out who’s behind it.

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Alias Season 1

Sunday, July 18, 2004

ASIN: B00005JLF1
IMDB Link: here
Rating: * * * * *

Alias is a TV show that has recently finished its third season. It’s about Sydney Bristow, a secret agent who was recruited into an operation called the SD-6. She was led to believe she was working as part of the CIA, and she had to keep her job as a secret from everyone she knew. When she told her fiancee about her job as a spy, SD-6 had him killed. That’s when she learned that she wasn’t working for the CIA, but for the enemy that she believed she was fighting against. Sydney then became a double agent, continuing on with SD-6, but giving all of her intel to her CIA handler, Michael Vaughn. Season 1 is about her life as a double agent, having to lie to her friends and co-workers, and about developing a relationship with her estranged father, who also happens to be a double agent.

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Cold Mountain

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

ASIN: B0001MDP3G
IMDB Link: here
Rating: * * * *

This movie takes place during the Civil War in the United States. Two people, Inman (Jude Law) and Ada (Nicole Kidman), who barely know each other, are pulled apart when Inman has to go to war. Ada promises to wait for Inman, but the war drags on and she has to find a way to survive. In the meantime, Inman is wounded several times, and he decides to desert the army to make his way back to Cold Mountain and Ada.

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Angels and Demons

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

ASIN: 0671027360
Rating: * * * * *

This book follows the story of Robert Langdon, an American symbologist. He’s called in to Switzerland to help solve the murder of a prominent physicist. He was apparently murdered by a group called the Illuminati, who are enemies of the Catholic church. But, the Illuminati was supposed to have disbanded years ago. Langdon finds that the physicist was working on a new technology, and this technology was stolen and placed in Vatican City. The technology has the potential to blow up all of Vatican City, and it’s up to Langdon and the physicist’s daughter to retrieve this technology.

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Spiderman 2

Thursday, July 08, 2004

ASIN: B00005JMQU
IMDB Link: here
Rating: * * * * *

It’s been 2 years since Peter’s Uncle Ben died. Peter is juggling between university, making money, and saving lives. Mary Jane finally made it into acting. Harry is walking in his father’s footsteps and working at OsCorp. And there’s a new enemy for Spiderman - Otto Octavius, a brilliant scientist sponsored by OsCorp who turned evil.

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The Da Vinci Code

Friday, July 02, 2004

ASIN: 0385504209
IMDB Link: here
Rating: * * * * *

A well-known curator at the Louvre museum is found murdered. Before he died, he left a cryptic message. The story follows Robert Langdon, an American symbologist, and Sophie Neveu, the curator’s granddaughter, as they try to decipher this message. They race around France and England trying to find answers, and it all has something to do with Leonardo Da Vinci and the Priory of Sion.

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