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Resident Evil:Extinction and Good Luck Chuck Reviews

This last weekend I saw "Resident Evil:Extinction"...loved it, best of the RE movies, to the point I think I've been in a daze the last few days. No really I want to go see it again, and can't wait for it to come out on DVD so I can buy it to rewatch. I'm even thinking of doing a video, for the first time in a long time. Now I just need the perfect song...and I think I might be a bit gay for Milla Jovovich, damn she's beautiful. First time in my life I've thought about writing femslash...Alice and Claire might be my new ship of choice...although Alice and Carlos really does turn me on too...maybe I'll just go with a threesome...*wanders away*

Enough with the fangirl gushing. I was just checking the box office results and saw this article
Young men power "Resident Evil" at box office

The article had this to say,
Predictably, the movie drew a crowd of rabid, younger males. According to CinemaScore's polling of the opening-weekend audience, 55% were younger than 25 and 65% were males. The audience was a tough sell, though, and awarded the movie a grade of B-minus.

While I do't agree with the B-minus...but then again my husband didn't like it either "it's just more of the same thing as the last two", but I didn't think so...but I might of just been blinded by Oded Fehr, because damn he's crazy sexy...oh sorry for getting off track...again. I'm really surprised more females didn't go to see it since it's one of the only action movie franchises with a female lead. Was it the zombies or the gore? I know other gory movies women have flocked to see, and it surprises me that this wasn't one of them. I just find it interesting that with the lack of tough chicks in film and television more females aren't watching movies like this.

I'd give it a A-


The article also says,

This past weekend Sony's "Resident Evil: Extinction" opened in the top spot at the North American box office with ticket sales of $23.68 million, a record for the franchise, according to final data issued Monday.


And this makes me very excited because now I can hold my breath for a forth movie. A kick ass chick and zombies...it can't get much better than that...well it could if they hadn't killed off...ok I won't ruin it...

Interesting thought, maybe that's why the male crowd rated it so low. The men in these movies do have a way of dying. The male viewers would associate with the male characters more than the female characters, and killing them would be like the viewer being killed. I know that was one thing my husband mentioned when talking over the film,he didn't like it that the male characters turn into hideous monsters or die, whereas Alice who is also genetically engineered is beautiful...five years in the desert and her skin is flawless...trust me, that can only come from being artificially altered.

Giving my total fangirl love of RE:I another look I've decided this is my fantasy film come true, post apocalyptic world with a kick ass female lead. This is the movie I've been waiting to see. I don't think it could get much better.

The above mentioned article also mentions "Good Luck Chuck" as pulling in the #2 spot. We saw that one too and I liked it. In an interesting turn of events Hubby didn't...but he liked "Superbad" a few weeks ago...go figure, I thought it was super bad. Funny thing is they are basically the same movie, the diffence being about 15 years in the characters ages. Sure there were things in GLC that I wasn't crazy about, but as raunchy films go it was a good time.
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Review: Dexter (Showtime)

Dexter (Showtime)
Premieres Sunday, October 1st

Who's In It:
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan (6 Feet Under)
Julie Benz as Rita Bennett (Angel)
Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan (The Exorcism of Emily Rose)
Lauren Vélez as Lt. Maria Laguerta (Oz)

Who's Responsible:
Sara Colleton- executive producer (Riding in Cars with Boys, Renaissance Man)
John Goldwyn - executive producer (The Shield, The Sopranos)
Drew Z. Greenberg - producer (Smallville, Buffy)
James Manos Jr.- executive producer (The Shield, The Sopranos)

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I'm not going to rate this show just because it's hard to decide on how it will be seen by other people. It's good and has possibilities so I'd rate it a 4, but on the other hand I don't like the subject matter and would rate it a 1. And I also can't decide if other people will like and watch it. Am I the norm or am I, when compared to the rest of the viewing audience, to soft for a show like this? It'll be interesting to see how it does, and where I stand when compared to the rest of the Showtime subscribers.
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Review: The Class, CBS Mondays

The Class (CBS, Mondays)

Insert usual disclaimer...not a writer...right to change my mind...blah, blah, blah

Who's In It:
Jason Ritter as Ethan (Joan of Arcadia)
Sean Maguire as Kyle (Dangerfield, EastEnders, Eve)
Lizzy Caplan as Kat (Related, The Pitts, Freaks and Geeks)
Jon Bernthal as Duncan (How I Met Your Mother)
Lucy Punch as Holly (Doc Martin, Renford Rejects)
Andrea Anders as Nicole (Joey, OZ)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Richie
Heather Goldenhersh as Lina


Who's Responsible:
Executive Producers
Jeffrey Klarik ("Mad About You")
David Crane ("Friends")
James Burrows ("Will & Grace")

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Coming Next, Runaway (CW)
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Review: The Nine, ABC Wednesdays

The Nine (ABC, Wednesdays)
Premieres Thursday September 7th

Insert usual disclaimer:...not a writer...right to change my mind...blah, blah, blah.

Who's In It:
Timothy Daly as Nick (Wings, Eyes, The Fugitive, From the Earth to the Moon, Almost
Grown)
Chi McBride as Malcolm (House, Killer Instinct, Annapolis, Waiting, Boston Public)
Kim Raver as Kathryn (24, Third Watch, Trinity)
Scott Wolf as Jeremy (Everwood, Party of Five)
John Billingsley as Egan (Star Trek:Enterprise, The Others)
Lourdes Benedicto as Eva (24, ER, Dawson's Creek, NYPD Blue)
Camille Guaty as Franny (American Family, Prison Break)
Owain Yeoman as Lucas (Kitchen Confidential)
Jessica Collins as Lizzie
Dana Davis as Felicia

Who's Responsible:
Executive Producer: Hank Steinberg (Without a Trace)
K.J. Steinberg (Judging Amy)
Alex Graves (The West Wing)

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Coming next, Heroes (NBC)
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Review: Shark, CBS Thursdays

Shark (CBS, Thursday)

Disclaimer applies...you know the one, not a writer blah, blah. I also reserve the right to change my mind at any time. I didn't like Prison Break's premise either. Go figure.

Who's In It:
James Woods as Sebastian Stark (End Game, Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, Clerks, Kingdom Hearts, and about a thousand movies)
Jeri Ryan as Jessica Devlin (Boston Public, Star Trek: Voyager, Dark Skies)
Danielle Panabaker as Julie Stark (Yours, Mine and Ours, Sky High, Summerland, Empire Falls)
Samuel Page as Casey Woodland (Point Pleasant, American Dreams, All My Children) [I didn't know he was a Milwaukee boy. Cool]
Sophina Brown as Raina Troy
Alexis Cruz as Martin Allende (Slayer, Eyes, American Family, Touched by an Angel, STargare SG-1)
Sarah Carter as Madeline Poe (Numb3rs, Smallville)


Who's Responsible:
Creator Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, 24)

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Coming next, The Nine (ABC)
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Review: Jericho, CBS Wednesdays

Disclaimer: I’m not a writer nor do I pretend to be one on the internet.

Jericho (CBS, Wednesdays, Premiere: September 20th)

Who's In It:
Skeet Ulrich as Jake Green (Into the west, Miracles, Scream)
Gerald McRaney as Mayor Green (Simon and Simon, Major Dad, Promised Land)
Pamela Reed as Gail Green (Family Album, Grand)
Ashley Scott as Emily Sullivan (S.W.A.T., Birds of Prey, Dark Angel
Sprague Grayden as Heather Lisinski (Over There, Six Feet Under, Joan of Arcadia, John Doe)
Kenneth Mitchell as Eric Green (Odyssey 5, Leap Years)
Lennie James as Robert Hawkins
Michael Gaston as Gray Anderson
Erik Knudsen as Dale Turner


Who's Responsible:
Produced by CBS Paramount Network Television
Executive producers Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, Disney's The Kid, Rocket Man, Phenomenon)
Stephen Chbosky (author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Carol Barbee.

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Coming next, Shark (CBS)
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Today's This and That

There is a streaming episode of Men Behaving Badly with Knives, or better known as Kitchen Confidential called Rabbit Test on myspace.com
http://www.myspace.com/kitchenconf…

or stream it with windows media
http://cdncon.wmod.llnwd.net/a277/…



I don't watch Trading Spouses and when I saw the commercials for this episode I made sure I didn't watch. But this Ebay auction is pretty funnyMarguerite Perrin, the GOD WARRIOR Bobble Head




Went to see the new movie Derailed with Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen. I think the only thing good I can say about the movie is that in the coming attractions there was the trailer for Kristin Bell's (Veronica Mars) new horror movie "Pulse", coming out early next year. That looked really good.

Derailed was predictable with a plot twist that leaves you scratching your head and wondering "huh?". Than my husband who doesn't notice a lot, mentioned that at the end of the movie Charles (Clive Owen) is OOC. I had to agree. It's like the part was written and directed by someone different.