Did anyone really want or need a big screen all bells and whistles adaptation of that hoary old load of rubbish The Lone Ranger Was there really a groundswell of desire in the multiplexes of the world for the paunchy man in the white hat to saddle up and ride again I doubt it.
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Die, Superman, die
Thirty years ago I was high on superheroes and wanted nothing more than a life filled with caped crusaders and men of steel. I’d just seen Superman III at the cinema and I thought to myself: “Why can’t they make more films like this No, why can’t all films be like this” I was a fool, and not just because I was eight or that Superman III is a super dud (Superman AND Richard Pryor in the same What could possibly go wrong).
Box Office: Pirates 4 Calm at Home, Full Speed Ahead Abroad
Beyond Pirates: On the High Seas, an India-China Rivalry
Pirates seize yacht with Americans on board
Somali Pirates Seize a Yacht, the Quest, with Four People in america on Board Yacht, the Quest, Taken by Pirates in Indian Ocean off Oman; U.S. Forces Alerted U.S. officials confirm that a yacht with 4 People in the usa aboard has long been seized by Somali pirates within the waters with the Indian Ocean. […]
Korean Destroyer Shadows Pirates
Korean Destroyer Shadows Pirates SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — A South Korean navy destroyer has caught up with a supertanker hijacked by pirates that was cruising toward the Somali coast with a cargo of crude oil worth as much as $170 million, an official said Tuesday. The South Korean-operated, Singapore-owned Samho Dream, which can carry […]