Nicholas Cage (National Treasure), Sean Connery (The Untouchables), and Ed Harris (Apollo 13) star in director Michael Bay's (Transformers) action-packed movie, The Rock. A young FBI chemical weapons expert teams with a Federal prisoner to break into Alcatraz and stop a vengeful ex-general threatening to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas on an unsuspecting San Francisco.Originally released on DVD in 1997, Disney's new Blu-ray release includes bonus material from the excellent 2001 Criterion Collection release (which was ported from their LaserDisc release). Extras include the original audio commentary featuring Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, and technical advisor Harry Humphries, The Rock world premiere, Navy SEALs on the Range, Hollywood: Humphries & Teague, Special Effects for Dive, Action Effects: Movie Magic, Outtakes, Secrets of Alcatraz, a Jerry Bruckheimer Interview, Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots, and a "Movie Showcase," featuring sce...
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Question: With Stacy Keibler's success (so far) on Dancing with the Stars, coupled with The Rock's Hollywood presence, do you see the WWE benefiting from this at all, as far as respectability and broadened interest from the casual TV watcher?
Answer: I seriously doubt it, but I can only speak for myself. And while I'm wowed by Stacy's performances and presence on Dancing with the Stars, it only makes me hope that her career path will now move her away from the wrestling ring to classier venues that will take advantage of her star quality. This has not made me the least bit inclined to check out what might be a mother lode of other hidden gems in the world of WWE. On the other hand, the fact that WWE can generate stars like Stacy and The Rock suggests to me that it's doing OK on its own and doesn't really need the rest of us to join the party ...
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Family Guy Hey, great news everybody! I get to watch cartoons... for work! Sorry, Mom, but who's wasting their Saturday mornings now? Also, if you're reading this, you've lived to see another year. Nice work. Too bad my resolution wasn't to watch the same amount of TV that I did last year, because I would've kept it. Family Guy has been on my list for a few years now. Granted, it did take me a while to catch on, but finally, they made a reference to that Sunny D commercial from years ago, and that was that. If you don't think "purple stuff" is funny, consider this: The only other time I've heard a joke about that commercial, it was by one Mr. Dave Chappelle. So there. Honestly, sometimes I don't even get the jokes on this show until the next day. Not tonight. The jokes were simple,
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Video-game-turned-movie Doom topped a quiet weekend at the box office. (And I mean quiet. Receipts were down 27 percent compared to 2004.) The sci-fi flick, starring The Rock, grossed a so-so $15.4 million. Horse-racing family film Dreamer opened in second with $9.3 million, followed by Wallace & Gromit (No. 3 with $8.7 million), The Fog (No. 4 with $7.3 million) and Charlize Theron's Norma Rae update, North Country (No. 5 with $6.5 million).
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