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...looming; 65,000 city workers were laid off; the famous "Ford to New York: Drop Dead" Daily News headline was just a few months away. Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" was filming on 13th Street and around the corner on Third Avenue, looking more like a documentary than a Hollywood feature...
Through it all, the every-increasing fan base has remained fervently loyal. The comic book industry has grown into a lucrative business and an entertainment heavyweight with close ties to Hollywood. And perhaps more importantly it has become an integral part of Americana. As the writer Harlan Ellison once said, “Comics are one of only five art forms native to the United States” (the others being jazz, the banjo, the musical comedy and the mystery novel...
Once upon a time, the Hong Kong film industry was one of the busiest and brightest spots for cinema in the world, second only to Hollywood. However, Hong Kong film output has decreased dramatically in recent years along with declining box office receipts due to factors such as the Asian economic recession, rampant piracy and concern over the island’s new relationship with the Mainland. Megastars like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat have abandoned ship and washed ashore in America, leaving a smaller pool of talent to cope with an ever-growing crisis. Hollywood movies have overtaken...
Local filmmakers desperate for a hit have either attempted to fuse the best of East and West into a magnum opus such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, or at least have upgraded the quality of their Hollywood rip-offs while retaining some of the elements that make Hong Kong film unique. Skyline Cruisers is an example of the latter, a big-budget, formulaic spectacle that shamelessly pilfers from Mission Impossible and Entrapment while remaining enjoyable, if ultimately empty...
...stable and virtually crash free (say goodbye to the blue screen of death, PC users! No more freeze-ups for Mac fans!). They're also much nicer to look at than their predecessors. OS X wins the beauty contest with translucent menus and more gee-whiz effects than a Hollywood blockbuster, but the new Windows has its share of cool colors and eye-candy icons...