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Sahara, directed by Breck Eisner and starring Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, and Penélope Cruz, is based on one of a series of adventure novels written by Clive Cussler. The movie, like the books, follows the daring escapades of intrepid explorer Dirk Pitt (McConaughey), hunky marine adventurer...
Meanwhile, Dr. Eva Rojas (Cruz) of the World Health Organization, the latest in a proud line of pouty academic vixens, discovers a horrible, mysterious plague that seems to be originating from Mali, a republic currently locked in bloody internal turmoil...
...central characters are even less developed than the plot, leaving the actors no choice but to rely on gimmicky overexaggeration. Throughout the film, Cruz doesn’t have much else to do than run, scream, wait around to be rescued, and occasionally flip her textured tresses...
McConaughey, doing his best McGuyver-meets-Indiana Jones (minus the ’80s pseudo-mullet, and the cool hat, respectively) grins and punches his way through the movie, relishing his role but not really saying a whole lot. For an alleged real-life Hollywood couple, McConaughey and Cruz have an astounding lack of on-screen chemistry...
...regarded editor of the Zamboanga Scribe, Edgar Damalerio, was gunned down on the street. Famous for writing exposés of local malfeasance, Damalerio had also taken the extraordinary step of personally filing cases against allegedly crooked officials. Since Damalerio's death, his paper's publisher, Hernan de la Cruz, says he has hired three bodyguards and has taken to carrying a .45-cal. pistol for protection. These are logical precautions, no doubt, but what about the many journalists who cannot afford such measures? For now, they might have to content themselves with the advice offered on page...