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...gamma bomb you were working on exploded, turning you gigantic and green and incredibly hulkish when you get angry. And you four fantastic ones, exposed to cosmic rays on an outer-space voyage - that could happen to anyone. Our hearts go out to you, and all the preternatural X-men and -women, cursed by chance with awesome powers. We acknowledge your mutant majesty; we bow before the superiority of the afflicted...
...watch the film overwhelmed by the assault of seductive visual information and wonder what you're seeing, here's the happy answer: the future of movies. And the people who made it? They're the industry's can-do-anything superheroes. Not Spider-Men, not Hulks or X-Men. No: Speed Demons...
...Later that night Kelly Hu, of X-Men fame, held two fund raisers at Hollywood nightclubs for young Asian Americans supporting Obama. "He really speaks to the younger generation," said Hu, who also knocked on doors in Nevada before the caucuses and drove to San Francisco last week to rally supporters. "He speaks to Asian Americans because he's lived amongst us in Asia and in Hawaii. But even if he hadn't, he would still be the most inspiring candidate I've ever seen...
...pleasure to report that the new Rush Hour is... OK. Brett Ratner, who directed the first two episodes (as well as the third X-Men and the Hannibal Lecter movie Red Dragon), isn't out to win an Oscar here; the movie is as lacking in visual elegance as it is in pretension. Its first reel or two sets a fairly low bar for the viewer, so that when it perks up it exceeds expectations. The division of labor is the same as in the first two films: Jackie kicks ass; Chris kicks sass. Ratner's challenge, and that...
When he finished his tour in 2002, he left the Army and used the G.I. Bill to enroll at a local junior college. That's where he charmed his wife Erika with his handsome face, his goofy grin and a boyish obsession with ThunderCats cartoons and X-Men comic books. But by 2006, with a new baby boy named Keoni in the house, he decided to re-enlist. He hoped a career in the military would provide a stable income for his family. He arrived in Baghdad last October and was promoted to sergeant and squad leader. Two weeks later...