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...which stars Sandra Bullock as Angela Bennett, a computer programmer who hits one too many icons while surfing the World Wide Web (WWW), tries to be an action-adventure flick with a new villain: the cyber-terrorist...
These two reviewers have diverging opinions on this flick, so rather than providing a single review, we'll go for a conversation between Gell and Goel...
GELL: The day before I went to see The Net, I happened to catch a cable TV rerun of my favorite computer-related flick ever, Jumping Jack Flash. This mid-80s film took place before the World Wide Web was popularized, and yet a female computer analyst somehow became involved in an international cyber-conspiracy. This film blended humor, action, romance and some fine classic rock by the 'Stones. Seeing this film made me excited to see The Net. I was expecting another Jumping Jack Flash, but I figured the new film would use better technology and have a smarter...
What director Chris Columbus has produced, however, is a very funny, satisfying and entertaining flick in the tradition of his other popular films which include Mrs. Doubtfire and the Home Alone movies...
Then there are those who think the Indians are just imitating art--a rather generous term for the 1989 movie Major League. Playing on the preposterous notion that the Indians win the pennant, the flick features such characters as Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), Wild Thing (Charlie Sheen) and Pedro Serrano (Dennis Haysbert), a Caribbean slugger who worships an idol called Jobu. Well, center fielder Lofton has lived up to the Willie Mays part, with 77 stolen bases, 77 runs batted in and a .345 batting average in 162 games over the past two seasons. Reliever Mesa has taken...