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'Daredevil:
The Man without Fear' Marvel Comics 'Daredevil: The Man without Fear' made his first appearance in 1964 at the height of the comic universe's "silver age." This period also saw the origins of other Marvel stalwarts such as The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, The Mighty Thor, The X-Men and Spider-Man. Since then, Daredevil has become one of the most popular comic book heroes of all time The latest venture
by the marvel franchise into the big screen has become quite successful
a comic book hero in the late sixties and seventies is reawakened
in the movie Dare Devil or the man without fear played by Ben Affleck.
The combination of the two lives of the superhero in the movie is
quite marvellous as a young blind committed lawyer by day who becomes
a vigilante in the dark with extraordinary fighting and acrobatic
talents. The Dare Devil
movie is filled with special effects and stunts that needed to be
commented and this super hero is quite exceptional as he has made
his or rather as all super heroes in marvel comics portray is exposed
to a certain radioactive isotope but the exception is that he is
blinded. The good news is that this contributes in hyper development
of all his other senses and specially the radar like sound detection
system. All almost
all scenes when the young lawyer Murdock turns into the Daredevil
is portrayed in the night as his senses are best at work in the
dark. Also starring is Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios, Matt
Murdock's girlfriend a martial arts expert. The Daredevil-Elektra
/ Affleck-Garner dynamic makes the film the sexiest and most morally
complex comic book movie ever. The bad guys
in the setup include Michael Clarke Duncan as Wilson Fisk, New York's
Kingpin of Crime; and Colin Farrell as Bullseye, the assassin with
perfect aim. Jennifer Garner is a new comer to the scene all her
other appearances are limited to TV. The interesting
factor in making this film was as the director has mentioned in
an interview has been the portrayal of the Dare Devil. Especially
what type of suite should he be done in? The major problem has been
the fear of making a hero ahead or behind time. Finally they had
settled for the maroon full leather outfit which many critics say
is not a spoiling factor. Though criticized by some as a movie out of sorts it has entertainment value and can be recommended as a good film which all generations can enjoy and is on par with the quality entertainment which Spiderman delivered last year. XXX
action in the city The movie revolves
around an underground thrill seeker forced to cooperate with the
US government to bust a Russian crime ring. Diesel's outrageous
thrill seeking exploits, parachuting out of a stolen car as it plunges
700 feet off a bridge or being chased by villains in a killer sky
scene reminds the audience of another James Bond movie series. The
spy thriller is bent on turning Vin Diesel into the next big action
hero. Diesel plays Xander Cage, a bald, buff, tattooed rebel with
a cause. He is a sports junkie and lover of hot cars. He pulls death-defying
stunts to frustrate the establishmentall recorded for an underground
Web site. We meet him
as he is stealing and wrecking the car of a senator opposed to point-and-shoot
video games and rap music. Then the feds close in. Needing an expendable
operative with street smarts, the National Security Agency shanghais
him, promising to wipe his slate clean if he cooperates. A sports
rebel who is recruited by the U.S. government to infiltrate an underground
band of roughnecks in Prague. Skydiving, racing, biking and boarding
his way through various adventures, the man makes sure to remove
his shirt every now and again and take a shot at saving the world.
Xander winds up in Czechoslovakia playing spy games in order to keep anarchists from unleashing a biological weapon on the world's major cities. He is a quick study. He is just another in a long line of amoral agents loaded down with guns and gadgets, assigned to fuel male fantasies. The content isn't far afield from a hip James Bond film with lots of explosions and gunplay. The film is released in Sri Lanka by Cinema Entertainment Limited. French-Sri
Lankan Film Festival Originality
of the film festival was to tighten the links between the two cultures
and it was with this intention that films from two countries screen
together, Jacques Charrlier, Cultural Counceller and the Director
of the Allience Francaise said at the press conference on the festival.
French cinematic directions to be screened at this festival include musicals, historical tales and love stories which anybody can watch together he added. 'Read My Lips' (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)-119 mn film produced by Pathe/Jean Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne will be screened at 6.00pm on April 2. 'Those who love
me can take the train' (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train ) (1998)
-120 mn Colour film Directed by Patrice Chereau and the film 'A
world without pity' (Un monde sans piti)directed by Eric Rochant
will be screened at 3.00pm and 6.00 pm on April 03. 'The horseman
on the Roof' (Le hussard sur le toit) (1995)-130 mn Colour film
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau will be shown at 6.00 pm on April
4. 'Jeanne and
the perfect Guy' ((Jeanne et le garcon formidable) is directed by
Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau will be screened at 3.00
pm on April 5 and 6.00 pm on April 7. 'Beaumarchais
the scoundrel' (Beaumarchais l'in-solent) is Directed by Edouard
Molinaro will be screened at 6.00 pm on April 5 and 3.00 pm on April
8. 'The horseman
on the Roof' and 'Venus Beauty' (Venus beaute) (1999)-105 mn Colour
film directed by Tonie Marshall will be screened at 3.00 and 6.00
pm on April 6. In the Lankan category are, 'Visidela' (The Fishing net) (1994) directed by: H.D. Premaratne will screened at 3.00 pm on April 2 and 'Beddegama' ( The Village in the Jungle) (1981)( Black & white) directed by Dr. Lester James Pieris will be screened at 3.00 pm on April 4. 'Sisila Ginigani' will be screened at 3.00 pm on April 7 and Vasantha Obeysekera's 'Maruthaya' will show at 6.00 pm on April 8.
Josh Hartnett
stars as Matt, a website designer who seems to do inordinately well,
when it comes to the ladies. Th movie is a good entertainment that
reflect the real bachelor life. However when
Matt is dumped by his girlfriend he comes to realize that he is
too dependent on sex and decides to give it up at least for Lent
period. That is 'No sex whatsoever', for 40 days and 40 nights.
Naturally, his smutty colleagues immediately start making a book
on how long he'll last. And then he
meets a girl call Erica (Shannyn Sossamon) who appears to be his
woman. So, frankly, quite why he doesn't just say 'sod the vow'
there and then is anybody but if he did that, you either wouldn't
have a movie or it would be a lot shorter and called 'days'. The film's
funniest moments are centred around the sneaky attempts by his colleagues
to win the bet by making him 'crack' on their chosen days, as well
as Matt's hallucinatory fantasies like seeing naked women everywhere
as he starts to crack up. A entertainment
sex comedy in which Hartnett plays a young swears off all types
of sex contact for Lent, with disastrous results. ' 40 Nights and
40 Days' is directed by Michael Lehmann But do not forget, this comes with the adult tag to the Liberty.
The film will
be released once the movie 'XXX' ends its show. This is the first
time that a film is to be released within such a short period of
one and half months after having won the awards. The film was
imported by Cinema Entertainment Limited. "Actually
we can release within next few weeks but the producers are keen
that it would be released in India and Sri Lanka simultaneously."
an official from Cinema Entertainment Limited said. The movie was nominated for thirteen awards and won six awards for Best picture, Editing, Art Direction, Costume Designing, Sound Editing and Supporting actress. |
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