BLU-RAY VS HD DVD FROM ENGADET

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Well, as far as HD DVD vs. Blu-ray goes, it looks like we've pretty much passed the point of no return now; with each passing day it seems less and less likely that a compromise will be reached on a next-gen format. The ongoing peace talks between the two camps, which have been on-again, off-again for months now, seem to have finally dissolved. It's disappointing, but however you feel about the fact that the HD DVD and Blu-ray factions squandered countless chances to make it right and come together, it looks like in just a few short months they're going to be duking it out mano a mano right in our livingrooms. There may not be a lot we can do to fight back - apart from refusing to adopt either format out of sheer spite of their pigheadedness - but no matter what we might as well at least arm ourselves with the knowledge necessary to understand the nature of the situation at hand.

Here's the background:

Philips's development of the Laserdisc in 1969 yielded many of the technologies Sony carried over and adopted when they partnered with Philips to create a little something called the CD way back in '79. Both companies were hard at work together once again in the early 1990s on a new high-density disc called the MultiMedia Compact Disc (MMCD-original name, guys), but their format was eventually more or less abandoned in favor of Toshiba's competing Super Density Disc (SD), which had the vast majority of backers at the time, such as Hitachi, Matsushita (Panasonic), Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Thomson, and Time Warner.

The two factions cut a deal, brokered by IBM president Lou Gerstner, on a new format: DVD. Toshiba wound up on top after the dust settled in 1995/1996, and Sony and Philips, who weren't cut in on the standard (and royalties) nearly as much as they'd have liked, immediately started work on a next gen system. The Professional Disc for DATA (aka PDD or ProDATA), which was based on an optical disc system Sony had already been developing in the side, would eventually become the Blu-ray disc. Toshiba, not to be outdone by the pair, also started work on a next gen system, the Advanced Optical Disc, which eventually evolved into the HD DVD. After thirty-five years of optical audio/video disc development we're back where we were years ago: two money-grubbing factions fighting each other and threatening to wreak havoc on the consumer electronics industry. Apparently history really does repeat itself.

So here's the technical nitty gritty before we drop the graphs n' charts on ya. Both systems use the same kind of 405nm wavelength blue-violet laser, but their optics differ in two ways. Since the Blu-ray disc has a tighter track pitch (the single thread of data that spirals from the inside of the disc all the way out—think grooves on a 12-inch vinyl single vs. an Elvis Costello full-length album), it can hold more pits (those microscopic 0s and 1s) on the same size disc as HD DVD even with a laser of the same wavelength.

The differing track pitch of the Blu-ray disc makes its pickup apertures differ, however—0.65 for HD DVD vs. 0.85 for Blu-ray—thus also making the two pickups technically incompatible despite using lasers of the same type. HD DVD discs also have a different surface layer (the clear plastic layer on the surface of the data—what you get fingerprints and scratches on) from Blu-ray discs. HD DVD use a 0.6 mm-thick surface layer, the same as DVD, while Blu-ray has a much smaller 0.1mm layer to help enable the laser to focus with that 0.85 aperture.

Herein lies the issues associated with the higher cost of Blu-ray discs. This thinner surface layer is what makes the discs cost more; because Blu-ray discs do not share the same surface layer thickness of DVDs, costly production facilities must be modified or replaced in order to produce the discs. A special hard coating must also be applied to Blu-ray discs, so their surface is sufficiently resilient enough to protect the data a mere 0.1mm beneath—this also drives the cost up. The added benefit of keeping the data layer closer to the surface, however, is more room for extra layers.

Still with us? No? Blu-ray discs are more expensive, but hold more data—there, that's all.

So now that you know why Blu-ray discs cost more and why Sony/Philips and Toshiba are all harshing on one another so much, we can get to the really important stuff: the numbers, and who's supporting who.

Capacity
Blu-Ray		HD DVD
ROM single layer: ROM dual layer: RW single layer: RW dual layer: Highest test: Theoretical limit:	23.3 / 25GB 46.6 / 50GB 23.3 / 25 / 27GB 46.6 / 50 / 54GB 100GB 200GB	Single layer: Dual layer: — — Highest test: Theoretical limit:	15GB 30GB — — 45GB 60GB

Codecs
Blu-Ray	HD DVD
MPEG-2 Microsoft Video Codec 1 (aka VC1, WMV HD, etc.) H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC	MPEG-2 Microsoft Video Codec 1 (aka VC1, WMV HD, etc.) H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC

Security
Blu-Ray	HD DVD
Mandatory HDCP encrypted output ROM-Mark watermarking technology BD+ dynamic crypto (physical layer) Advanced Access Content System (AACS)	Mandatory HDCP encrypted output (for HD) Volume identifier (physical layer) Advanced Access Content System (AACS)

Studios (movie and game) listed as supporting members
Blu-Ray	HD DVD
20th Century Fox Buena Vista Home Entertainment Electronic Arts MGM Studios Paramount Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment The Walt Disney Company Vivendi Universal Games Warner Bros.	Buena Vista Home Entertainment New Line Cinema Paramount Pictures The Walt Disney Company Universal Studios Warner Bros.

Format founders
Blu-Ray	HD DVD
Sony Corporation Royal Philips Electronics	Toshiba Corporation Hitachi Corporation

Companies listed as Members of the Board or Managing Members
Blu-Ray	HD DVD
Apple Computer Corp. Dell, Inc. Hewlett Packard Company Hitachi, Ltd. LG Electronics Inc. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Panasonic (Matsushita Electric) Pioneer Corporation Royal Philips Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sharp Corporation Sony Corporation TDK Corporation Thomson Twentieth Century Fox Walt Disney Pictures and Television	Memory-Tech Corporation NEC Corporation Sanyo Electric Co.

Companies listed as Members, Associate Members, or Contributors (may include duplicates and/or subsidiaries, major companies are bolded, major companies common to both camps are also italicized)
Blu-Ray	HD DVD
3oh!5 Creative, Inc. Adobe Systems Almedio Inc. Alpine Electronics Inc. AMC Co. Ltd. Anwell Technologies USA Aplix Corporation ArcSoft Inc. Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co. ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG ATI Technologies Inc. AudioDev AB B.H.A. Corporation Bandai Visual Co. Ltd. BASF AG BenQ Corporation Broadcom Corporation Canon Inc. Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc. CMC Magnetics Corporation Coding Technologies GmbH Conexant Systems Inc. Cryptography Research Inc. CyberLink Corp. D&M holdings, Inc. Daewoo Electronics Corporation Daikin Industries DATARIUS Technologies GmbH Degussa Deluxe Media Services Inc. Digital Theater Systems Inc. Dolby Laboratories Inc. Eclipse Data Technologies Electronic Arts Inc. Elpida Memory, Inc. ESS Technology Inc. Expert Magnetics Corp. Fuji Photo Film Co. Funai Electric Co. Horizon Semiconductor IMAGICA Corp. Imation Corp. Infomedia Inc. Intersil Corporation InterVideo Inc. Kadokawa Holdings Inc. Kaleidescape, Inc. Kenwood Corporation Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. Laser Pacific Media Corp. Lead Data Inc. LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP Linn Products Ltd. LINTEC Corporation LITE-ON IT Corporation LSI Logic M2 Engineering AB Maxim Integrated Products MediaTek Inc. Memorex Products Inc. Meridian Audio Ltd. Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. / Verbatim Mitsui Chemicals Inc. Mitsumi Electric Co. Moser Baer India Limited MX Entertainment Nan Ya Plastics Corporation Nero Newtech Infosystems Inc. NEXAPM Systems Technology Inc. Nightjar LLC Nikkatsu Corporation NTT Electronics Corporation nVidia Corporation Onkyo Corporation Ono Sokki Co. OPT Corporation Optodisc Technology Corporation Pixela Corporation PoINT Software & Systems GmbH PowerFile Prodisc Technology Inc. Pulstec Industrial Co. Ricoh Co. Ritek Corporation Sanyo Electric Co. SDI Media America ShibaSoku Co. Ltd. Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd. Sigma Designs Inc. Singulus Technologies Sonic Solutions Sonopress Sony BMG Music Entertainment ST Microelectronics STEAG ETA-OPTIK GmbH Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sunext Taiyo Yuden Co., Tao Group Limited Targray Technology International Inc. Teac Corporation Teijin Chemicals Ltd. Toei Video Company Ltd. Toho Company Toppan Printing Co. TOPTICA Photonics AG Ulead Systems Inc. UmeDisc Ltd. Unaxis Balzer AG Universal (inc. Music , Vivendi Games, Pictures) VDL-ODMS Victor Company of Japan (JVC) Vidiom Systems Corporation Visionare Corporation Yamaha Corporation Yokogawa Electric Corporation ZOOtech Ltd. Zoran Corporation	Acer Inc. Almedio Inc. Alpine Electronics, Inc. Altech Ads Co. Arcsoft, Inc B.H.A Corporation Bandai Visual Co. Canon Inc. Cyberlink Corp. D&M Holdings Inc. Daikin Industries Daiko.Co,Ltd. Digion, Inc. Digital Site Corporation Digital Theater Systems Disc Labo Corp. Diskware Co. Ebistrade,Inc. Enteractive Gmbh Entertainment Network Inc. Expert Magnetics Corp. Finepack . Co.,Ltd Fuji Photo Film Co. Fuji Seiki Co. Funai Electric Co. The High-Defition Marketing Company Hitachi Corp. Hitachi Maxell Hoei Sangyo Co. Imagica Corp. Imation Corp. Interchannel Intervideo, Inc. Itri Jp Co., Ltd Justsystem Corporation Kadokawa Holdings, Inc. Kaleidescape, Inc. Kenwood Corporation Kinyosha Printing Co. Kitano Co. Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. M2 Engineering Mcray Corporation Memory-Tech Corporation Mitomo Co., Ltd Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. / Verbatim Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. Moser Baer India Ltd Nec Corporation Nec Electronics Corporation Nec Fielding Nero Nichia Corporation Nihonvtr Inc. Nikkatsu Corporation Omnibus Japan Onken Corporation Onkyo Corporation Paramount Home Entertainment Pico House Co.,Ltd Pixela Corporation Pony Canyon Inc. Ponycanyon Enterprise Inc. Prodisc Technology Inc. Pryaid Records Inc. Pulstec Industrial Co. Q-Tec,Inc. Ricoh Co. Ritek Corporation Sanken Media Product Co. Sanyo Electric Co. Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation Sonic Solutions Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Ltd Super Vision, Inc. Taiyo Yuden Co. Teac Corporation Teijin Chemicals Ltd. Toei Video Co. Toho Company, Limited. Tokyo Laboratory Ltd. Toppan Printing Co. Toshiba Corporation Toshiba Digital Frontiers Inc. Toshiba Entertainment Inc. Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation Toshiba-Emi Limited Toyo Recording Co. Transmix Co. Trendy Corporation Tri-M, Inc. Ulead Systems, Inc. Unaxis Balzers Ltd. Universal (inc. Music , Vivendi Games, Pictures) U-Tech Media Corp. Vap Inc. Video Tech Co.,Ltd. Visionare Corporation Warner Home Video Inc.

Other interesting facts:

• The Nichi Corporation, who holds the design patents to the Blu-ray's laser system, sits as an associate member of the HD DVD Promotion Group.
• Even though Apple sits on the Blu-ray Board of Directors, its DVD Studio Pro software supports authoring HD DVD media.
• Blu-ray, unlike HD DVD, requires a hard coating on its discs because it's 0.5m closer to the surface. The polymer coating it uses, called Durabis, was developed by TDK and is supposedly extremely resilient and fingerprint resistant.
• The Java platform is mandatory on Blu-ray as it's the standard for menus/multimedia (i.e. all Blu-ray systems must support JVM)
• Though Microsoft has not officially sided with either format, it has a number of long-standing IP cross-licensing deals with Toshiba. HD DVD systems will run Windows CE; the standard is currently the only next-gen optical standard with announced support in Longhorn, and an HD DVD version of the Xbox 360 is rumored for the future.
• The first consumer Blu-ray device in the US market is expected to be the PlayStation 3.

HERE IS AN ARTICLE ON THE ODDS OF WINNING MCDONDALDS MONOPLY CONTEST

HERE IS AN ARTICLE ON THE ODDS OF WINNING THE MONOPOLY GAME PIECES AT MCDONALDS

Your 2007 Mcdonalds Game Odds, Scarier Than You Think

This Mcdonalds Monopoly Blog entry is for those who wanted a more comprehensive follow up to my first 2007 Mcdonalds Monopoly Game Odds. This Blog contains the complete 2007 Mcdonalds Monopoly game odds for the various pieces.

As it turns out that your decision of whether to order that extra burger or fries should not really come down to a simple coin toss. In Fact your odds of getting that one mcdonalds monopoly game pieces that you really want are surprizingly remote. To put this in perspective according to statistics found on the the National whether service the Odds of getting hit by lightning in any given year 1 in 400,000 are better than winning many of these prizes. So my advice for October 2007 is to stay out of the rain and enjoy your meal, or find a better way to make money online fast.

Mcdonalds Monopoly Game Odds of winning

Instant Win $1 million - 1 in 557,111,800 Odds of winning
Instant Win $25,000 - 1 in 111,422,360 Odds of winning
Instant Win $50 - 1 in 74,282 Odds of winning
Instant Win food prizes - 1 in 6 Odds of winning

$50 Purple Stamps - Mediterranean Avenue Piece (Stamps#801) & Baltic Avenue Piece (Stamp #802) - 1 in 33,616 Odds of winning

$100 Railroad Stamps - Reading Railroad Piece (Stamp #823), Pennsylvania Railroad Piece (Stamp #824), B&O Railroad Piece (Stamp #825) Short LinePiece (Stamp #826) - 1 in 2,094,076 Odds of winning

$500 Light Blue Stamps - Oriental Avenue Piece (Stamp #803), Vermont Avenue Piece (Stamp #804) Connecticut Avenue Piece (Stamp #805) - 1 in 33,752,584 Odds of winning

$1000 Maroon Stamps - St. Charles Place Piece (Stamp #806), States Avenue (Stamp #807), & Virginia Avenue Piece (Stamp #808) - 1 in 33,752,584 Odds of winning

$5000 Orange Stamps - St. James Place Piece (Stamp #809), Tennessee Avenue Piece (Stamp #810),Piece New York Ave (Stamp #811) - 1 in 168,762,143 Odds of winning

$10000 Red Stamps - Kentucky Avenue Piece (Stamp #812), Indiana Avenue Piece (Stamp #813) Illinois Avenue Piece (Stamp #814) - 1 in 56,069,351 Odds of winning
$25000 Yellow Stamps - Atlantic Avenue Piece (Stamp #815), Ventnor Avenue Piece (Stamp #816)Piece Marvin Gardens (Stamp #817) - 1 in 186,829,657 Odds of winning

$50000 Green Stamps - Pacific Avenue Piece (Stamp #818), North Carolina Avenue Piece (Stamp #819) & Pennsylvania Avenue (Stamp #820) - 1 in 186,829,657 Odds of winning

$1 Million Blue Stamps - Park Place Piece (Stamp #821) Boardwalk rare piece (Stamp #822) - Odds of winning approximately 1 in 184,698,474. Odds of winning

$500 Toys”R”Us Gift Card Odds of winning 1 in 1,436,253.
$250 Foot Locker Gift Card 1 in 1,436,253.

$5 Toys”R”Us Buck 1 in 43.
$3 Toys”R”Us Buck - 1 in 29.
$1 Toys”R”Us Buck - 1 in 2.

Foot Locker 10% Discount 1 in 5.
Foot Locker 20% Discount odds are 1 in 5.

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The Canada Mcdonalds Monopoly Game

If you thought you would move to Canada to increase your chances of winning, you should think again. The Mcdonalds Monopoly Game Odds in Canada are just as remote, the prizes are smaller, and their dollar is worth more making the food purchases more expensive.

WRONG TURN 2 NOW AVAILABLE

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HERE IS THE SUMMARY FOR THE MOVIE WRONG TURN 2 FROM IMDB

Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy (Henry Rollins) hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner! Written by Shaquille

Dale Murphy (Henry Rollins) is hosting and producing his own reality T.V show called "The Ultimate Survivalist: The Apocalypse", with six contestants led by Nina Papas (Erica Leerhsen), who'll be thrown together for six days in a simulated post-apocalyptic wasteland, and the winner will walk away with $100,000. Located in a remote part of West Virginia, the contestants discover that what they are really fighting for is their survival - against a family of hideously deformed inbred cannibals who plan to ruthlessly butcher them all... Who will survive? Written by Mr. Skin

HERE IS A REVIEW FOR THE MOVIE WRONG TURN 2 FROM DVDTALK

The Film:
Why would anyone make a sequel to Wrong Turn? That was the question burning in my brain when I heard there would be a follow-up to the 2003 horror flick that was mildly entertaining, but not exactly a film destined to make the history books. My only two interests in watching Wrong Turn 2: Dead End was the fact that Henry Rollins was in it, and that it would be so bad I could have fun eviscerating the damn thing. But much to my surprise, WT2 wasn't half bad. In fact, it was really pretty good.

The first Wrong Turn found a group of six, unusually attractive people stranded in the woods of West Virginia, where they were stalked, killed and devoured by a clan of inbred mutants. The first film borrowed heavily from 1970s horror films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes, with a touch of that one X-Files episode about the inbreeds who kept their mother in a dresser drawer. Not a great film, Wrong Turn was entertaining for what it was, and far superior to much of the crappy horror films that have plagued this decade (garbage like the new Texas Chainsaw movies and Turistas).

Rather than pick up where the first film left off, Wrong Turn 2 is its own separate beast. Still set in the backwoods of West Virginia, WT2 starts off with former American Idol contestant Kimberly Caldwell, starring as herself, tooling around the back roads in red Mustang convertible. Kimberly is a cast member of Ultimate Survivalist, a new reality television series being shot in West Virginia, and as she races to the location, she slams into one of the Family. Thoroughly freaked out by the accident, Kimberly goes to the aid of the mutant freak, only to fall victim to a fiendish trap that culminates in a wonderful gut-splattering sequence that serves to get WT2 off to a great start.

If the opening sequence of WT2 was all it had to offer, it would still be head and shoulders about crap like Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. But things begin to pick up steam as we are introduced to the cast and crew of Ultimate Survivalist, a ridiculous Survivor-type show, the premise of which deals with a six contestants trying to stay alive after a make-believe apocalypse. Henry Rollins, chewing up every scene, co-stars as Dale Murphy, a retired Marine badass, and host of the show. The contestants appear to be a mix of both reality show and hack-'em-and-stack-'em horror cliches, the two of which are surprisingly similar. There is Jake (Texas Battle), the ex-jock still looking for a shot at glory, Nina (Erica Leehrsen), the moody goth girl who hates life and everything about it, and Jonesy (Steve Braun), a second-rate extreme sports jackass. The rest of the crew is made up of a trio of expendable hotties, Amber (Daniella Alonso), the Iraq War veteran, Elena (Crystal Lowe), the trampy sexpot who will do anything to be a star, and Mara (Aleska Palladino), the girlfriend of Ultimate Survivalist director M (Matthew Holmes), and a last-minute substitute for Kimberly Caldwell, who of course is slow cooking on a grill. Once the cast of characters has been introduced, and the rules of the contest are delivered in spot-on, a hilarious send up of other reality shows, the fun really begins. It isn't giving too much away to reveal that the mutants stalk and kill our motley assortment of heroes, but the fun in watching films of this nature is seeing how people are disposed of. And since this is the "unrated" version we're talking about, WT2 manages to deliver the sort of chop-n-slop effects that defined 1980s horror films.

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SHOOT EM UP NOW AVAILABLE

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HERE IS THE SUMMARY FOR THE MOVIE SHOOT EM UP FROM IMDB

A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.

HERE IS A REVIEW FOR THE MOVIE SHOOT EM UP FROM DVDTALK

Make no mistake about it, Shoot 'Em Up is one of those films that will have no middle ground whatsoever--audiences will either love it or hate. The lowbrow-loving fans of ridiculous, over-the-top action fare like the first Transporter, Running Scared, and Smokin' Aces are the core audience for this flick; but even they might be taken aback by the balls-out orgy of violence that Shoot 'Em Up splatters across the screen for 80 minutes. And of course there will be the naysayers who see the seemingly endless carnage that writer-director Michael Davis revels in, and condemn the movie for the gleeful way it gives rein to death and destruction, never once recognizing the near-brilliance of Shoot 'Em Up. The key to really understanding Davis' film--either as a reason to love it, hate it, or merely get a grasp for what is really going on--is to understand it for what it is. And what Shoot 'Em Up is, once you get right down to it, is a Looney Tunes cartoon done over as a blood-splattered, bullet-riddled action film.

Clive Owen stars as Smith, an enigmatic homeless man with a taste for carrots, who happens to be in the wrong place at the right time when a pregnant woman fleeing for her life runs past him. Unable to sit idly by as a small army of armed killers pursue the shrieking lass, Smith decides to get involved, leading to a brutal shoot-out that never quite pauses, even as Smith helps deliver the baby. Enter Paul Giamatti as Hertz, the cold-blooded leader of the killers pursuing the woman and her freshly-delivered baby and, more importantly, Elmer Fudd to Owen's Bugs Bunny. Hertz even calls Smith a "wascally wabbit," and understanding that Giamatti is Elmer Fudd and Owen is Bugs Bunny is crucial to truly appreciating Shoot 'Em Up.

When the nameless mother catches a stray bullet in the head, Smith is left to his own devices as he takes off running from Hertz. Enlisting the aid of DQ (Monica Bellucci), a hooker with a heart of gold, Smith cuts a bloody swath through a never-ending roster of expendable henchmen as he tries to figure out who wants the baby dead, and why. With every bit of eye-rollingly silly exposition that takes the audience once step closer to figuring out the absurd plot, there thankfully comes another bit of violent action that goes further over the top, surpassing anything served up by other films of this nature. Between the shooting and the killing and the killing and the shooting, the plot reveals a sinister scheme involving a baby factory and a conspiracy theory that is just plain laughable. But that's okay, because you are supposed to laugh--as well as cheer--as Shoot 'Em Up delivers one check-your-brain-at-the-door action sequence after another. Just when you think the you've seen it all as Smith throws a hump into DQ while laying waste to a team of gunmen, you realize that was just foreplay for when Smith gets in a gun battle with another small army, while parachuting from a plane.

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HERE IS THE SUMMARY FOR THE MOVIE THE SEEKER FROM IMDB

Based on the acclaimed novel by Susan Cooper, THE DARK IS RISING is the first film adaptation of the author's acclaimed The Dark Is Rising Sequence. The film tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. Traveling back and forth through time, Will discovers a series of clues which lead him into a showdown with forces of unimaginable power. With the Dark once again rising, the future of the world rests in Will's hands. Written by Anonymous

HERE IS A REVIEW FOR THE MOVIE THE SEEKER FROM DVDTALK

Between now and February three movie studios have armed themselves with family-oriented epics to sweep up whatever coin has been left behind by the likes of the "Narnia" franchise and especially "Harry Potter." It's an awfully transparent way to conduct business, but hey, that's Hollywood.

On his 14th birthday, Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) finds he's the savior of the universe; a boy entrusted with preserving the forces of the Light (including Ian McShane and Frances Conroy) against the growing persistence of the Dark (led by Christopher Eccleston). Uncomfortable with his new powers, Will hunts for special signs and artifacts to help the cause, bending time to achieve his quest to become the great power on which so many are depending to help banish the Dark forever.

The first "alternate world" production to reach theaters is "The Seeker" (the others being December's "Golden Compass" and February's "Spiderwick Chronicles"), an adaptation of the popular 70's fantasy books written by Susan Cooper. Not having had the pleasure of reading the source material, "Seeker" holds some high-flying aspirations to become a snappy fantastical franchise, yet a majority of it was lost on me. I can only imagine I will not be alone in that reaction.

The ultimate question is, was the movie purposefully made into a blur to play directly into the pockets of the fans, or do we chalk this up to standard-issue directorial incompetence? I vote the latter, since helmer David L. Cunningham doesn't exhibit much skill gluing sequences together in "Seeker." Cunningham is thirsting for a more visually spastic direction, pumping up the light shows and overtaxing smoke machines to give "Seeker" otherworldly menace. Frankly, it looks more like Duran Duran's "Wild Boys" video.

On one side we have a director with a sweet tooth for frame clutter and an exasperating reliance on clich�d artifice; on the other side, a script that requires a PHD in "Dark is Rising" backstory, which pulls the film in a far more lethargic direction. The exposition is piled dangerously high in "Seeker," threatening to suffocate the film under the mass of characters and histories the film fails to properly introduce. Watching the feature stop itself over and over to carefully explain just what in the hell is going on is tiring, making me reflect fondly on how the "Harry Potter" films were executed to Muggles like me. It doesn't have to be a flawless immersion, just engaging. "Seeker" doesn't invite the audience to participate in the fun. Instead the feature drones on about events and people we barely understand in the first place.

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SCARFACE NOW AVAILABLE

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HERE IS THE SUMMARY FOR THE MOVIE SCARFACE FROM IMDB

Remake of the 1932 film, which follows the rise of Tony Montana, a Cuban emigre who, with his friend Manny Ray, builds a strong criminal empire in early 1980's Miami. Written by Stephen Currence {billyc@erols.com}

When Fidel Castro opens the harbor at Mariel, Cuba, he sends 125,000 Cuban refugees to reunite with their relatives in the United States. Among all the refugees, there is one who wants it all, his name is Tony Montana. Tony and his friend Manny when they arrive in the United States and start in small time jobs, soon they are hired by Omar Suarez to pay money to a group of Colombians. When the deal goes wrong, Tony and Manny leave with the money and succeed in their job. Soon Tony meets with drug kingpin Frank Lopez and falls for his boss's girl Elvira. Pretty soon Tony will know that those who want it all, do not last forever and that is the price of power. The world will know Montana by one name....SCARFACE. Written by Emphinix

A remake of the 1932 classic, the 1983 version follows cuban refugee, Tony Montana and his close friend Manny Ray, and together they build a strong drug empire in Miami. Of course Montana must deal with the hardships of this type of buisness. And as Montana's power begins to grow so does his ego and his paranoia. Written by A Martinez

An update of the 1932 film, Scarface (1983) follows gangster Tony Montana and his close friend Manny Ray from their trip on the Cuban Boat Lift for refugees to their arrival in Miami. After killing a powerful Cuban figure, Montana and company gain the ability to leave their refugee camps and roam around the U.S. After unsuccessfully trying to make it legitamately in the country, Montana and Ray resort to selling cocaine to dealers around the world. Tony's rise is quick, but as he becomes more powerful, his enemies and his own paranoia begin to plague his empire. Written by Titan45

When Castro opened the port at Mariel Harbor, thousands of Cubans fled to the United States. One is a young tough named Antonio (Tony) Montana, who, with his friend Manny Ray, starts in with Miami's cocaine trade. He survives attack by chainsaw after a deal goes bad, and several other attempts by other dealers to eliminate him. Eventually the grandiose Montana becomes head of a cocaine cartel. But his enemies start coming after him, and his paranoia threatens to drive Montana's empire into the ground... Written by Derek O'Cain

HERE IS A REVIEW FOR THE MOVIE SCARFACE FROM DVDTALK

The Movie

Operatic is not nearly a word large enough to describe Scarface, director Brian DePalma's coked-out epic of Eighties excess. Fueled by future manic auteur Oliver Stone's gonzo screenplay, bringing Ben Hecht's early Thirties gangland film into then-modern day Miami, and Al Pacino's towering, iconic performance as the Cuban immigrant who rises from the gutter to the top of Miami's brutal drug trade, it's a film whose legend has only grown in the ensuing decades, thanks largely to being embraced by Hispanic and African-American rap artists, as well as a surge in popularity for crime films � gaudy, gory and gloriously debauched, Scarface is a film very much of and slightly ahead of its time.

Not so much updating as obliterating the 1932 Howard Hawks film, Stone, DePalma and Pacino stretch their widescreen canvas to the breaking point, somehow managing to impart an epic, continent-bounding story of rags-to-riches-to-massive piles of blow without once straining to fit every last scrap of narrative in; at nearly three hours, Scarface unfolds at a luxurious pace, likely too slowly for some, who would rather DePalma dispense with the character studies and get to the adrenaline-charged set pieces. Some of the film's lugubriousness owes to the fact that DePalma, in a move that somewhat smacks of latent racism, elected to use very few Hispanic or Latino actors, relying instead on heavily made-up Caucasians whose mangled, dodgy Cuban accents provide an unintentional element of camp to the otherwise deadly serious proceedings. There are a few actors � Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, even Pacino � who are more frequent offenders, but hey, you're not watching Scarface for a meticulous attention to detail, right?

No, you're watching to involve yourself in the old-as-time yet still oddly effective story of a man raising himself from nothing to a position of tremendous influence: Tony Montana (Pacino) is introduced to the audience in the midst of an interrogation, fresh from a Cuban refugee boat. It's the dawn of the 1980s and Fidel Castro has allowed several thousand Cubans to escape to the Florida coasts � it sounds like a noble gesture, but as the opening crawl explains, many of the boats were infested with vicious criminals that the dictator was happy to be rid of. Tony and his best friend, Manny Ribera (Steven Bauer) waste little time ingratiating themselves with friends in high places, carrying out a hit during chaotic riots in a temporary Cuban shantytown.

After earning their freedom, Tony and Manny befriend local drug kingpin Frank Lopez (Loggia), whose frigid wife Elvira Hancock (an often over-looked Michelle Pfeiffer) hypnotizes Tony, a voracious thug with his sights set on being the biggest, baddest and richest narcotics trafficker in Florida. In short order, Tony is scaling the ladder, climbing ever higher in the ranks of Frank's organization, increasing his wealth and becoming ever more ruthless in his acquisition of power, becoming a man feared by his estranged family, which includes kid sister Gina (Mastrantonio) and his distrustful Mama (Miriam Colon).

Tony's meteoric rise to the top of the Miami drug game is, as expected, following by his swift tumble from grace, a fall precipitated by an increased paranoia stemming from staggering cocaine abuse � in the film's latter third, cocaine, profanity and bullets flies with equal �lan; Tony Montana is brought low by his ambition, driven to his knees by insulating himself from his friends and his family, his world dissolving in a blizzard of white powder. What's often lost amid all of the blood, powder and fury in Scarface is that Stone weaved a cautionary tale about the corrosive nature of drugs (cocaine, in particular) into the fabric of this otherwise by-the-numbers story-line; sure, Tony is a hero to a generation of rappers, wannabe thugs and posturing suburban teens, but he's also a symbol of a decade that celebrated having too much of a good thing. The Eighties have a number of films that perfectly capture the hedonistic, live-fast-die-young aesthetic and Scarface is certainly among the best.

While its obscured good intentions and surprisingly moral message can make revisiting the film worthwhile, there are also aspects that can wear on those experiencing this landmark work for the first time � the coarse language, startling bursts of violence and pat third act can leave some feeling as though they've been battered about the head for almost three hours; DePalma is far from a subtle filmmaker, but I'd argue that for this film, his ceaseless approach works in favor of the material. If you're uncomfortable with more than a few utterances of the word "fuck," you'd probably do well to pick up something else up off the shelf. However, if you've always been curious as to what the fuss is all about, there's no better place to start exploring Scarface than with this latest DVD incarnation. Big, over-the-top and gaudy to a fault? Sure � but it's also one of the most riveting, exhilarating and passionate works of art of the last two decades.

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A road trip takes a deadly turn when a young couple are tormented by a pyschotic hitchhiker who forces them to face their fears head-on.

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Robert Harmon's 1986 film "The Hitcher" wasn't a groundbreaking suspense creation, but carved out a name for itself on the cult film circuit because it plunged head-first into nastiness. Eric Red's screenplay didn't budge when it came time to dish out death; coldly serving up some rather vivid horror set-pieces that are easily spotted as the genesis behind the 2007 remake.

On their way to a spring break destination, couple Grace (Sophia Bush, TV's "One Tree Hill") and Jim (Zachary Knighton, "The Prince & Me") hit the road in high spirits. Things turn ugly quickly when the two meet up with John Ryder (Sean Bean, "Lord of the Rings"), a stranded motorist who is looking for a ride. While Jim welcomes Ryder into their car, Grace is more skeptical, and her fears are proven true when Ryder unleashes his murderous wrath on the couple.

"Hitcher" is the latest production from Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes remake factory, the team behind the recent takes on "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Amityville Horror." Both of the aforementioned films were disgraceful in their desperation for wildly overcalculated cinematographic lunges and brain-dead direction. Unbelievably, "Hitcher 2.0" doesn't stab to the same tune, even with many similar technical ingredients in the bubbling pot.

Director Dave Meyers is a music-video maestro without any big screen experience. While that traditionally is enough to burn down the theater in protest, Meyers appears to appreciate the basic fundamentals of genre filmmaking, and lets his "Hitcher" out to play, instead of suffocating the whole thing in hip visuals and flash-cut edit rhythms. Save for one moronic attempt at a body-mounted camera on Knighton, Meyers keeps the visual artifice at a bare minimum, even cooling the genre's recent reliance on boo-scares to power the thrill engine. It's an unexpectedly tame directorial effort, and I can't believe this squeaked by under Michael "edits within the edits" Bay's watch.

The fact that this "Hitcher" is a little more patient with itself doesn't exactly mean the film has elevated in class. Red's screenplay credit still stands here since Bay and his team haven't changed much in the 21 years since the original film. The blistering pace is retained quite wonderfully for the remake. Meyers keeps the momentum whirring at just the right level of restlessness, doling out the chills swiftly, but effectively. Again, this is not an artistic piece of direction, but a confident one.

The new "Hitcher" respects what propelled the first film: that clammy feeling of hopelessness and survival as unstoppable evil is stalking you, and there's zero explanation why. Meyers is wise to not to fiddle much with the original's framework, instead coasting on the reason the 1986 picture is still spoken of highly today: its dread.

The biggest alteration is found in the lead character...or characters I should write. What was once a skittish C. Thomas Howell is now Bush and Knighton. The change actually pierces the tension, since the two actors spend most of their time explaining the obvious to each other ("He's after us!") instead of the letting the anxiety guide the scenes.

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The Top 5 Ways To Watch Movies Online For Fewer Than 30 Dollars

HERE IS AN ARTICLE I MADE ABOUT THE TOP 5 WAYS TO WATCH MOVIES ON YOUR PC.

1. The best way to watch movies online is to go to www.newzbin.com and sign up for two dollars and fifty cents. Then go to www.giganews.com and sign up for one of their plans. I signed up for the 24.99. I went with Giganews because they have the best retention for their newsgroups and it also has unlimited space and download limits. Next go and download a trial version of Newsleecher from www.newsleecher.com or buy the full version. Next install newsleecher and then go sign in to newzbin and from there choose what you want from there list and download the file which is called a .nzb file it should open up newsleecher with the files and it should start to download the file. When it is done downloading you should have it in your hard drive. It will be in .rar format so open up winrar and then click on the first file you downloaded and then extract the main file that is in winrar. Then open up the file and watch the movie.

2. Another popular way to watch movies online is from Google or other sites like Youtube. To watch from youtube the video, first you need to go into your web browser and click www.youtube.com next where it says search you can search for anything you want to. When you have done the search and see the results you then click on the video you want to watch and it should open up and then play the file. It may take a couple minutes or longer if you have a slow connection.

3. An old but still good program to download files from is called IRC which stands for Internet Relay Chat which is fun to use and to chat on. First you need to download the program to use I use excursion. Go to www.excursion.cjb.net and from there click download and download the file. Once it is downloaded go and install excursion. Next you go and open Excursion when it is open go to the tools tab and click it. Next when it is open the tab for the options go to the tab on it that says server and then click on the server you want to connect too. There you should be able to connect if the server is good. I clicked on the server efnet NY so then you click on the lightning bolt and it should say connecting. When you connect go to search on excursion it is the little blue button on the top that looks like a globe it should open a channels list from there click search and type what ever you want I typed in movies and it should give you a list of channels with the name of whatever you searched for. For movies it should give you a lot of choices for channels I usually go to the channel with the most users on the channel when searching for movies and other files. When you enter a channel if it is for movies and they say they have movies then you click on the channel and on some channels they have servers which are other users who share movies and other files so to see what a server has you type in whatever the trigger is for that server. A trigger usually starts with /ctcp. When you type the trigger it shows what files you have to choose from you find the movie you want and click it, it either lets you get the file and start downloading or it puts you in queue which means you are to wait like you are waiting in a line so you have to wait till they are all done then you can download the movie from them. That’s basically it. Oh yeah and you can chat with a lot of other put there too.

4. The next way is a very dangerous way to get your free movies and that is by going to the website www.zeropaid.com and download one of the p2p programs which stands for peer2peer which is very dangerous because the police and government prosecute people who are uploading from p2p programs mostly and some cable companies will shut off your service if you are downloading too much. First you should download limewire from http://www.zeropaid.com/programs/downprg.php?id=39 and then install that program and then you can search from limewire for movies by clicking on the search button and searching files.

5. The last way to download off the internet movies is from bit torrents. They are like p2p programs and aren’t too safe but not as unsafe as p2p programs. You can get a bit torrent program from http://www.zeropaid.com/programs/index.php?scatid=84 I would get Azureus because it is one of the better bit torrent programs for me at least. When you are done download the bit torrent file you can find what movies you want from here www.isohunt.com and search for the files you want by putting in whatever you are looking for in the search box and click the search button and it should give you results. I put in Halloween and I got 573 files so the search I put was not narrow enough though I did find what I wanted and that was the new movie Halloween from Rob Zombie which was leeched from the studio and is now available on bit torrent or newsgroups which is what number 1 was. So I clicked on the file that is the third one down and has 573 s which means seeds which are people who have the full file and are sharing upload speed for you and it has 3398 l which means leaches which are just people who have part of the movie and are still downloading the file. Click on the file you want I wanted the file Halloween.2007.WORKPRINT_DVD-FUA_INT so when you click on the file it asks if you want to download the file click on it to download the file and then open the file and it should open in the program you downloaded for bit torrent like for me it opened in Azureus and it should then start to download but while it is downloading you need to be uploading it too so that is where you can get in to trouble because if you are getting the file then you should not get in to trouble but if you are sharing the file which with bit torrent you do then you could get into some major trouble.

I am new to the world of internet business but I learn fast and hope you guys will like my articles thanks.

How To Watch Satellite TV On Your PC Using Windows Media Center And A TV Tuner

HERE IS AN ARTICLE I MADE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO WATCH SATELLITE TV ON THEIR PC.

I used to spend 25-30 dollars for one PPV for wrestling back when it was 25-30 dollars for that PPV now the raised the price to 35-40 dollars for a PPV that sucks so I said never again. I have Dish Network and even though I live in a condo that has windows in the patio I still receive most of the channels for free from Dish Network and here is how. I heard online about FTA which stands for Free To Air broadcasts which is basically channels that satellites get that are free and don’t charge anything to use it but they are channels like NASA channel which barely anyone watches so I said that might be cool so I started reading up on it then I read from a website named Al7bar.tk which you can view at www.Al7bar.tk that you can use those receivers that are FTA receivers and use them on Dish Network and receiving not only the basic channels but all the channels that Dish Network has to offer including the porn channels and the PPV channels.

When I read that I went where can I buy one so I searched out where to buy FTA receivers and found a cheap site that sells them online and bought one I bought a Viewsat from http://www.gosatellite.net/ and it was under 100 dollars which at first I was a little resistant to buy it because 100 dollars is a lot to me but then I figured if I was paying 25-30 dollars per month just on PPV alone that would mean I would be paying 360 dollars a year on PPV which is already more than what this box would cost for free PPV and free porn I was sold.

So I bought it and hooked it up to my satellite and was happy for 6 months then I bought from www.bestbuy.com a TV tuner card that is called the WINTV PVR that I was going to use with my cable box and hooked it up but it wasn’t worth the money I spent since I only had a few channels on digital cable and most were blocked by the cable company any ways.

So I was about to get rid of the TV tuner when I decided to try to hook the box up to the receiver and use Windows Media Center to view it and I found out that I worked so I hooked it up to the computer and then I hooked up the remote that came with the WINTV box and then I went and looked to see if the PPV showed up and it did and so did the porn channels and all the channels that Dish Network had all showed up except for the HD channels because the tuner is not HD compatible yet.

So I hope that this helped you guys out and I hope you found this article to be a good one.

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After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob (Omarion Grandberry) flees to a place and father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi (Victor Rasuk) to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York’s Puerto Rican Day Parade. Written by Columbia Pictures

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"Feel the Noise" explores the heavy demands of crime, family, and the music business, and it seems intended for those who find "Hannah Montana" too challenging.

Rob (Omarion Grandberry) is an aspiring rapper in deep trouble with local New York hoodlums. Out of desperation, Rob's mother sends him to Puerto Rico to keep out of trouble living with his father (Giancarlo Esposito). Once there, Rob is introduced by his half-brother Javi (Victor Rasuk) to the sounds of Reggaeton and the delights of local dancer Mimi (Melonie Diaz). When Rob and Javi team up to produce their own music, the pressures of the artistic process threaten to break them up, leaving Rob to either fight for his dream or fight to survive the streets.

"Noise" isn't so much a feature film as it is an infomercial for Reggaeton, an underground musical style that combines the apathy of hip-hop with the shoot-yourself-in-the-face repetition of reggae. From the samples provided in the movie, Reggaeton is basically one loop of beats repeated 1000 times, and preferably performed while wearing something fiercely colored that represents Puerto Rican pride and can be spotted from space. "Noise" contends that this is the next wave of cool; a musical movement that will erupt violently from Puerto Rico and decimate the fragile minds of music snobs around the globe. I don't doubt its hipster appeal, but "Noise" reaches for the throat trying to convince the viewer that Reggaeton is the top of the pops. I still came out unconvinced.

It's a crying shame Reggaeton has such a lousy advocate in "Feel the Noise." This is a putrid music-centric picture, assembling the bare minimum of story and filmmaking coherence to backdrop tuneless singles and hilarious passes at dance choreography (where the participants just dry hump while the females tousle their hair every 10 seconds). Director Alejandro Chomski is lost at sea with "Noise," assembling the film's story out of order, using the John Waters "Pink Flamingos" school of staging, and making the ten bucks he had to shoot this picture look like five.

I think producer Jennifer Lopez's weekly shampoo budget is more than what this grimy picture cost. And it shows with every confined location, absence of proper lighting, and absurd performance.

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During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, (Amy Manson) and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, (Bradley Taylor) decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the family. Despite being warned away by the ghost of Ed Harley, (Lance Henriksen) his vengeance plan starts out, and the Hatfield family is soon under siege by the powerful demon. Not accepting the legend of the creature and believing their arch-rivals are the real cause, the two families attempt to go to war, only to be stopped when Pumpkinhead attacks the Hatfield house. Putting aside their differences, they band together to stave off the creature before it's vengeance pact is completed.



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HERE IS THE SUMMARY FOR THE MOVIE CRANK FROM IMDB

The hit-man Chev Chelios is poisoned by the criminal Verona and his friend and doctor Miles advises him that he must keep his adrenaline in an upper level to stay alive. Chev meets his girlfriend Eve and together he looks for Verona to kill him. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Chev Chelios is a professional assassin working for the West Coast crime syndicate. Chev's girlfriend Eve doesn't know what Chev does and Chev is planning to quit the crime syndicate so he can spend more time with her. But for Chev, things about to get very bad, when he learns he has been injected with a poison called "The Beijing Cocktail" by his rival Verona, which will kill him if his heart rate drops. Trying to stay alive and seeking help from friend, Kaylo and Doc Miles, to keep his heart pumping. Chev sets out to find answers as well as protecting Eve, and get his revenge on those who have betrayed him before the poison kills him. Written by Daniel Williamson

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The Movie

Geared towards the latent 13-year-old in every male, Crank doesn't unfold so much as it explodes off the screen, careening from one scene to the next, bursting forth in barely 90 minutes. Sturdy action everyman Jason Statham is the anchor which keeps Crank from sailing off into B-movie crapdom; call Crank brainless, sexist and more than a little callow, but you can't say it's not a hell of a lot of mindless fun -- bouncing in and out of multiplexes in summer 2006, this restless slam-bang actioner arrives on DVD to annihilate the winter doldrums.

Directed and written by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (both of whom make their directorial/screenwriting debuts here), Crank is an exercise in overblown simplicity -- the goofily named assassin Chev Chelios (Statham) awakens in his apartment, having just been poisoned by his rival Verona (Jose Pablo Cantillo) with a malicious dose of some mysterious drug known as "the Beijing cocktail." With blurred vision, leaden movement and a weak feeling, Chev learns he's got little time left before "the Beijing cocktail" renders him dead, his heart stopped by the lethal mixture. His black market doctor, Miles (a wonderfully loose Dwight Yoakam), prescribes no end of drugs, deeds and deadlines for Chev -- from shocking himself with a crash cart to injecting heavy doses of epinephrine, the dying assassin flits from one source of adrenaline to another, keeping his heart rate up in an effort to prolong his life.

You can see where Crank involves a hefty suspension of disbelief (the apex - or nadir, depending on your point of view - has to be when Chev indulges in a little public indecency with his brainless girlfriend Eve, a role which Amy Smart might regret having taken in a few years' time), but once you've accepted that Neveldine and Taylor aren't interested in a weighty exploration of life and death, but rather cramming as much action into an impossibly tight frame as humanly possible, you're in for one blisteringly fun ride. Devoid of any truly jaw-dropping sequences, save possibly for the maniacally over-the-top finale, Crank is all about forward momentum, keeping things popping and ratcheting up the delirium almost to the breaking point. It's the kind of flick that finds our hero on the receiving end of a blow-job while firing endless rounds of ammo out the back of a destroyed car during a high-speed chase; if that sentence doesn't rouse the latent teenager in you, then you should probably pass this movie by.

It's no accident that Crank's title screen looks like a vintage video game -- logic and common sense are out the window before the movie hits the 10-minute mark; if you hop on board, you're guaranteed one of the more deranged mainstream action-thrillers to come down the pike in some time. Brainless, bloody and borderline idiotic, Crank will still leave you dazed and amused.

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DESPARATE HOUSEWIVES SEASON 4 SPOILERS FROM SPOILERFIX

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HERE ARE SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4 OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

Episode 4.03: The Game
Airdate: October 14, 2007

• 09/30 - Bree informs the housewives of what she overheard in the Mayfair house, Stella makes some special brownies to help Lynette through chemotherapy, and Susan throws a charades party for the whole neighborhood. Source: ABC
• 08/08 - A young woman out for a run briefly flirts with Adam while he washes his car. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat
• 08/01 - In the episode 4.03, Susan goes to the mall where she has an appointment with an OBGYN who has an office there (one can guess that she decided to switch doctors when she discovered that Adam lives on Wisteria Lane). Doctor Takajian's office is not well kept; actually, the office and the man seem shady. Before she enters the office, another patient warns her that Susan should make sure the nurse is in the office with them. Another patient says that she only comes to this clinic to get clean urine. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat

Episode 4.04: If There's Anything I Can't Stand
Airdate: October 21, 2007

• 10/06 - Edie is shocked when she receives some news at the gynecologist's office, an unexpected visitor discovers Bree's pregnancy is a hoax, and Wisteria Lane welcomes new neighbors who happen to be partners. Guest starring Shirley Knight as Phyllis Van de Kamp, John Slattery as Victor Lang, Ellen Geer as Lillian Sims, Tuc Watkins as Bob Hunter, Kevin Rahm as Lee, Allen Williams as Dr. Claude Kyl, Cecilia Antionette as salesperson, Sean Blodgett as delivery man and James Below as waiter. Source: ABC
• 08/25 - Gabrielle thinks Victor hired people to spy on her. A 12-year-old kid named Brett is now the one in charge of mowing the lawn at Gaby's house. Source: SpoilerFix.com [Note: It is possible these spoilers will happen in episode 4.05.]
• 08/15 - Edie visits a gynecologist, Dr. Pederson, and is told that the bullet she has been dodging for years as hit her. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat
• 08/14 - Desperate Housewives has tapped One Life to Live's Tuc Watkins and ex-Judging Amy actor Kevin Rahm to play Wisteria Lane's first gay couple. Watkins will play Bob, described as a country mouse who leaves the big city for greener (and quieter) pastures. Rahm is his bitchy partner, Lee. Both roles are of the recurring variety. Source: The Ausiello Report
• 08/14 - Lee and Bob Hunter have moved from the big city to suburbia. Both are middle-aged and attractive, but we're hearing Bob is sweet and kind, while Lee's Mr. Congeniality skills still need quite a bit of work... Source: Kristin on E!Online
• 08/11 - A delivery man drops by Bree's house to deliver a Vespa-like motorbike for Danielle's birthday. Later, Bree visits her daughter at the convent where she is hiding. Source: SpoilerFix.com
• 08/09 - The gay couple moving on Wisteria Lane is made of 40-year-old Lee and Bob. When Susan introduces herself to them, it doesn't go sweet since she's covered in paint and preventing Lee from entering groceries in the house. She doesn't get at first that they are a gay couple she thinks they are work partners. Lee and Bob were living in a big city before and have a dog named Mr. Barkley. Source: TV Squad [Note: It seems that the scene was tweaked to have Lee move in boxes and not groceries.]
• 07/31 - According to AfterElton.com, a gay couple will move to Wisteria Lane. "We're going to have the first male desperate housewives," show creator and head writer Marc Cherry told the website. "They will move into the old Applewhite house, and one of the gay men will just have a fractious, hateful relationship with Teri Hatcher." Cherry said he'll draw from his own life for inspiration. "Susan wants to be so politically correct and show how open-minded she is that she puts her foot in her mouth instantly and it goes downhill from there," Cherry said. "I'm basing it a little bit on my relationship with my neighbors." The only thing still up in the air is who will play the new characters. "We just started writing the episodes," Cherry said. "So I probably won't start casting for another few weeks." Source: TV Guide Online

Episode 4.05: Art Isn't Easy
Airdate: October 28, 2007

• 10/14 - Bob and Lee's contemporary water sculpture in their front yard prompts the Wisteria Lane neighborhood association into action, Edie finds out about the affair that Carlos is having with Gaby, and John Rowland, the Solis' former gardener, wants to rekindle his romance with Gaby. Source: ABC
• 08/30 - Jesse Metcalfe, who plays Gabrielle's hunky lawn boy and lover John, will return to the show. And John's on a mission: He confesses to Gabby that his marriage is a sham and he wants her back. Meanwhile, Gabby and Victor aren't in newlywed bliss - she's even still seeing Carlos on the side. Source: TV Guide Online
• 08/29 - Phyllis didn't go out for a walk. Actually, she is being held prisoner in her own home... Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat
• 08/25 - Edie hires a private investigator. Bree, Orson, and Danielle are at Phyllis Van de Kamp's townhouse. A paramedic arrives at the house and asks Bree where Phyllis is because her medical alert button was pressed. Bree says that she's out on a walk. A woman named Sara is back to Adam's office even if she had her annual exam the week before. Adam asks her if she wants the nurse to stay in the room or not and Sara says the nurse can go... Adam starts the breast exam and doesn't find a lump. Is Sara there really for an exam? Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 4.06: Now I Know, Don’t Be Scared
Airdate: November 4, 2007

• 09/07 - It looks like Lynette is said to win her battle against cancer this Fall. Source: TV Squad
• 09/05 - The episode will feature flashbacks from 1973, when three boys scare an 8-year-old Edie by showing her plastic snakes she believes are real. Bob and Lee host a Halloween party. Lynette will attend the event and learn more about the couple by talking with one of Lee's friends. Source: SpoilerFix.com
• 09/01 - Mike and Susan go to a prenatal diagnostic center to get information about amniocentesis. Susan doesn't want to undergo the testing because it's done using a huge needle and is said to be painful. Lynette gets a PET scan in order to know if her cancer is gone. When she is in the machine, Lynette panics and orders the technician to let her out. While in a costume shop, Carlos and Gaby get in a heated argument. It seems that Gaby knows Carlos had money stashed away when they were married. Edie asked an IRS agent to check on an offshore account (probably where Carlos hid his money). Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 4.07: You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
Airdate: November 11, 2007

• 09/20 - If plans don't change, Danielle's baby (aka Bree and Orson's baby) will be named Benjamin Hodge. Source: TV Squad
• 09/16 - At the Scavos, Lynette and her two sisters, Lucy and Lydia, argue about where their mother should stay next. Lucy doesn't want her because her boyfriend just moved in with her and she hasn't told him her real age yet! Lydia seems to have personnal issues (she is seeing a therapist) that prevent her from taking their mother in. Lucy thinks that Lydia's issues surfaced because she took care of Stella for two years. Lucy suggests they all chip in and buy an apartment for their mother. Elsewhere, Stella has a new boyfriend, Stan, who spent the night at the Scavos. Source: SpoilerFix.com
• 09/14 - It looks like Danielle will give birth to a boy. Orson and Bree will not see eye to eye about circumcision. Lynette tells her sisters she cannot put up with their mother anymore. Source: TV Squad

Episode 4.08: Title Unknown
Airdate: November 2007

• 10/06 - Out of sympathy, Tom kisses Sylvia. The woman reads way too much into this. When they have dinner at a restaurant, Tom is clearly not comfortable, especially when Sylvia keeps coming on to him and says that there is something between them, etc. Source: TV Squad
• 10/02 - Tom Scavo may be stepping out on Lynette! He kisses a lady named Sylvia - and will later be seen at a romantic dinner with the hussy! He makes like it's all a terrible misunderstanding. Source: Kristin on E!Online

Episode 4.09: Title Unknown
Airdate: November/December 2007

• 10/14 - Fairview residents will be under tornado watch in episode 4.09. A 10-year-old kid visits the Wisteria Lane residents to make a quick buck by selling them bottle of waters and other emergency goods at extremely high prices. Source: TV Squad
• 10/14 - A twister is scheduled to hit Wisteria Lane in late November or early December, and casualties are expected. Source: Ask Ausiello @ TV Guide

General Spoilers:

• 10/14 - Mike Delfino's dad is coming on the show... Susan thinks he's dead, but he ain't. Source: Kristin on E!Online
• 10/14 - Mike's old drug habit will rear its ugly head - and his dealer lives on Wisteria Lane. Source: Ask Ausiello @ TV Guide
• 10/02 - Julie will be more wrapped up in the main mystery involving Dana Delany's daughter. As for dudes, don't believe Edie's nephew is back anytime soon, but we are hearing something about her going on a date with a Tommy Lee type later this season. Susan may get a little freaked over all the tattoos. Source: Kristin on E!Online
• 09/16 - Dana Delany reveals a lot of spoilers in a video interview with USA Today. Instead of providing a summary of the spoilers, here is the link so you can watch the interview yourself as it includes footage of upcoming episodes and a look at that awful fountain mentioned below. Source: USA Today
• 09/15 - Also on the block: An unambiguously gay duo played by Tuc Watkins and Kevin Rahm -- and they're not making friends. "They decide to put out a big piece of modern art that's also a fountain on their front lawn, and the sound drives Susan and Mike crazy." Source: Entertainment Weekly
• 09/12 - Assuming Marc Cherry sticks with Plan A, the dearly departed is the spouse of a housewife. Source: Ask Ausiello @ TV Guide
• 08/08 - I'm hearing that a male character will be killed off around February sweeps. Source: Kristin on E!Online
• 07/30 - [I'm] hearing something about seeing Lynette as a little girl in flashbacks. Source: Kristin on E!Online
• 07/15 - Someone's going to die this season on Desperate Housewives, and it's probably going to happen during February sweeps. Source: The Ausiello Report
• 04/13 - Producers had first planned to introduce Terry Delfino, Mike's younger brother, in episode 3.23 but changed plans. This man, in his early 30s, is said to be hot and buff. Terry is set to be a recurring guest star next season. Source: SpoilerFix.com
• 02/21 - Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has inked a four-year, eight-figure pact with ABC Television Studio (né Touchstone), Variety reports. The agreement keeps Cherry lording over Wisteria Lane through May 2011, at which time he anticipates wrapping up the story of Bree, Lynette et al. (ABC has also quietly negotiated deals with key cast members through '11.) "After seven seasons, it will be a good time to call it quits," Cherry tells the trade mag. "I don't want anyone else to run the show, and I don't want us to fade away." Source: TV Guide Online
• 02/13/2005 - Strong is contracted to be both heard and seen throughout the series' anticipated seven-year run. Source: USA Today