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Week of April 8, 2011
Airplanes seldom pick up hitchhikers. First up…
TRON: Legacy
For a father and son, online gaming can be a very bonding experience. That is, unless of course they both fall in love with the same cyclops.
Luckily, the father and son in this sci-fi sequel don’t share a penchant for mythological characters – only binary based ones.
Years after his father (Jeff Bridges) disappeared, Sam (Garrett Hedlund) receives a mysterious page from him.
Directed to an old arcade, he locates the old man’s computer laboratory and transports himself into a virtual world designed by his father.
Once on the grid, Sam and a local (Olivia Wilde) must prevent an evil replicate of his dad from bringing the virtual world into the real one.
With audiences finally able to comprehend TRON's cyber-world, Legacy is a welcome audio and visual achievement that is more accessible than its 1982 predecessor.
That’s because, back then, people didn’t really want to live inside of a computer. 0
Little Fockers
One of the few perks to starting a family is that you can now commandeer sidewalks with your doublewide baby stroller.
And while the father in this comedy isn’t struggling to get a monstrous baby carriage through a doorway, he is facing family difficulties.
After suffering a heart attack, Jack (Robert De Niro) decides to appoint his hapless son-in-law Greg (Ben Stiller) as his successor as head of the family – but not without first scrutinizing his every action.
Following Greg as he rendezvouses with an erectile dysfunction pill representative (Jessica Alba), Jack later deduces that Greg is cheating and sets out to expose him.
With unfunny performances and a juvenile script to boot, this second sequel in the Meet the Parents franchise wears the premise of a disapproving father-in-law and a bumbling son-in-law down to a nub.
Besides, everyone knows that the real head of modern households are the pampered brats. 0
***Endangered Subspecies***
The Last Starfighter
For most video game enthusiasts, the only enemy that they will ever have to really overcome is harsh reality.
For the gamer in this sci-fi movie, however, his 8-bit obsession is part of a larger plan to protect the universe from an alien invasion.
After he gets the highest score on the Last Starfighter arcade game, Alex (Lance Guest) is recruited by its designer (Robert Preston) and escorted to the planet of Rylos, where he begins to train as a real Starfighter.
With the Ko-Dan Armada closing in on Rylos’ defensive shields, it’s now up to Alex and his reptilian co-pilot (Dan O'Herlihy) to save the civilized planets.
An awesome arrangement of video game mythos and groundbreaking special effects, this 1984 space-adventure was light-years ahead of its time.
Fortunately, video game premises have advanced beyond simple intergalactic campaigns. Nowadays, users can do otherworldly things like feign musicianship or farm vegetables.
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