Saturday, November 22, 2008

Movie Rentals: Internet Movies Data Base

By Harold Green

Now, most people rent movies often. In many cases we all wait to rent the box office hits, in preference to going to the movies. Here is a short list of some of the most popular DVD rentals in October 2008.

A different means of accessing movies is through movie downloads. There are websites that you can get downloads of 1,000's of movies. This is an easy way to make a large movie collection.

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL: Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) returns to action, after a long break. This is the most recent movie in the Indiana Jones series. In this movie Mr. Jones is pitted against post war Soviets. Now, the chase is on for the Crystal Skulls, and the powers they might possess.

THE LAZARUS PROJECT: Ex con Ben Garvey is a new man now. With a stable home, and steady paycheck, he can't complain. Then, he unexplicably loses his steady paycheck, and he finds himself heading back into the criminal world. People die during an attempted robbery, and he winds up on death row. He fully expects to be killed by lethal injection. Shockingly, he regains consciousness only to find himself in an insane asylum. Now its all on the line, his sanity, and his spritual well being.

LINEWATCH: Michael Dixon is a veteran boarder patrolman in New Mexico, and life seems to be good. But Michael's past is about to catch up with him. A long time ago, he was in a violent Los Angeles gang, before final breaking away. When When a chance meeting exposes his whereabouts to his old gang, he finds himself in great danger. For the sake of his family, he will take a huge risk, and make sure that gang leader drake is able to safely get a huge illegal drug delivery into the country.

THE INCREDIBLE HULK: This film tells us the tale of Scientist Dr. Bruce Banner, who has been transformed into the Hulk. The film is an epic tale of the marvel comic character the green Hulk. Stars include Edward Norton, Tim Roth, William hurt, Liv Tyler. The director is Louis Leterrier. The film genre is sci-fi/action.

DECEPTION: Jonathan McQuarry (ewan mcgregor) has a chance encounter with corporate lawyer Wyatt Bose. It is a meeting that changes his life forever. He learns about "The List", which provides access to a secret world of sexual pleasures. But, he is also led into a scene full of deceipt, underhandidness and death.

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH: Searching for his missing brother, a science professor explores caves in Iceland that puts him on a journey to the center of earth. This is a newer edition of the 1959 production, that was created from the classic work by highly acclaimed author Jules Verne. Cast includes Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutchinson, Anita Briem, and Seth Myers.

THE HAPPENING: Confused and frightened, teacher Elliot Moore, with his wife, and Julian, with his daughter Jess are getting away from the big city. The city has been thrown into chaos. Many people are being overcome by some unknown malady, and are dying at their own hands. Can we find the solution, or is this the end of man on this planet?

IRON MAN: Super stud, engineering expert, Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) is attacked and taken by Afghan insurgents. He is ordered to build weapons for the insurgent group. He was injured while he was being captured, and has metal in his chest. To save his life from this injury, and escape this predicament, he creates a suit made of armor, which protects and strengthens him. Iron Man, a new super hero has arrived.

SPEED RACER: A cartoon from the 90's with a new twist. Much like the movie The Flinstones, Speed Racer turns a cartoon into a feature film with actors. Born into the family business, Speed Racer is a young man who loves racing. His goal is to win The Crucible, a very dangerous race that his older brother lost his live in. Against all odds, and everything at risk, he partners up with his old rival Racer X, to try to win The Crucible, and save the family business. - 15634

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