Aug 03, 2009 -
Adam Sage
The Times
July 31, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6734053.ece
The French commandos swoop into action, shooting dead the kidnappers and bundling the hostages into a helicopter. But the smiles of the former captives fade as their liberators deliver a nasty shock: the bill.
That could be the scene after Bernard Kouchner, the Foreign Minister, introduced a law enabling officials to take legal action against kidnap victims deemed to have ignored official advice against travelling to dangerous places.
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Aug 22, 2008 -
More Marvel action for comic book affectionado Nicolas Cage. He joins British actor Aaron Johnson and Lyndsy Fonseca (”How I Met Your Mother”) to star in “Kick-Ass,” Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of the violent Mark Millar Marvel comic-book series.
‘Kick-Ass’ centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski who decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination.
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Sep 22, 2008 -
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Nicolas Cage will reteam with "Gone in Sixty Seconds" director Dominic Sena for the supernatural thriller "Season of the Witch."
Cage will play a 14th century knight transporting a girl suspected of being the witch behind the Black Plague. His compatriots help him bring the girl to an abbey of monks trained in exorcising demons.
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Sep 22, 2008 -
I used to really like Nicolas Cage, but can I ask what the hell is his deal lately? His movies are bloody terrible. And if you disagree I challenge you to explain the difference between his characters in Bangkok Dangerous, Next, Ghost Rider and dare I say it, National Treasure.
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Sep 08, 2008 -
Here's a list of all the adaptations being released between now and the end of the year based off of Entertainment Weekly's Fall Movie Preview. Release dates are subject to change:
September
9/5
Bangkok Dangerous (based on the 1999 film)
9/12
Towelhead (based on the novel by Alicia Erian)
The Women (based on the 1939 film)
9/17
Appaloosa (based on the novel by Robert B. Parker)
9/19
The Duchess (based on the biography Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman)
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (based on the short story by Yiyun Li)
9/26
Blindness (based on the novel by José Saramago)
Choke (based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk)
Miracle at St.
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Oct 04, 2007 -
http://liveearth.msn.com presents the 13 cities that are environmentally-friendly. See if your city made the list (sadly but not surprised my city didn't):
1. Reykjavik, Iceland
"Reykjavik has been putting hydrogen buses on its streets, and, like the rest of the country, its heat and electricity come entirely from renewable geothermal and hydropower sources and it's determined to become fossil-fuel-free by 2050."
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