Word: riddick
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...also gave Hollywood a humungous jolt of high-octane gas - or should we say Diesel? Vin Diesel, who a few years back was a fan favorite as the thug-hero of The Chronicles of Riddick and xXx, returned to glory as the stolid stud behind the wheel and helped drive his new vehicle to record-breaking numbers. Earning an estimated $72.5 million in its first three days, F&F had the biggest opening not only of any 2009 film but also of any movie released in the normally somnolent month of April. (Previous top dog of the cruelest month...
...could call him Vin (The Refrigerator) Diesel: he's that solid, that cool, and precisely as emotive as your average kitchen appliance. The star of such red-meat melodramas as The Chronicles of Riddick and xXx has the huge, smooth head of an outdoor sculpture, a bad Buddha, and the dull eyes and mouth of a golem who's just been recklessly woken. His screen personality could be seen as surly or resentful - in the Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry or Toshiro Mifune Yojimbo mode - if he displayed anything as human as an attitude. Instead he simply looms and emits fumes...
...subscription to Netflix, you can watch all of the HD DVD titles that come out as they launch. While it might not rival what Blu-ray has promised for sometime in the future, the HD DVD catalog - with The Matrix, Shawshank Redemption, Full Metal Jacket, Jarhead and Chronicles of Riddick all guaranteed in the next month or two - is more attractive than what's shown collectively on Showtime, HBO, InHD and HDNet. Even if you chuck it aside the minute your shiny new PS3 comes through the door, you will have gotten your money's worth for a half year...
...Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe Former champ Holyfield was supposed to be too small, too old, too darned nice to regain his heavyweight title against Bowe. In their furious November bout, the only advantage Evander had was a huge heart. A comeback of class...
Oakley's Thump MP3 sunglasses, now available in 256MB and 512MB versions, ably serve the dual purpose of keeping sun out of your eyes while putting music into your ears. And they do have a sort of Riddick-like appeal. But are they cool enough to justify spending $400-500 on an undersized MP3 player and a pair of sunglasses...