Matt Damon to play the young Captain Kirk in the next Star Trek movie? Well, maybe. Read on:

It’s the holiday season and that means stories are scarce in the entertainment world. Here’s one constructed from various Internet rumours and half-quotes — enjoy!

According to SCI-FI Wire, Matt Damon would play a young Captain Kirk in the proposed next addition to the venerable Star Trek franchise.

Don’t set your phasers to HOORAY! just yet, Trekkies…Trekkers…whatever. Damon hasn’t been offered the role and, in fact, there’s no conclusive proof the role is even available.

Much speculation surrounds the plot of the upcoming Trek film, which will be produced and directed by Mission: Impossible III wunderkind, J.J. Abrams. Geeks everywhere have instantly assumed the flick will be a prequel of sorts, chronicling the first meeting between James T. Kirk and his Vulcan BFF Mr. Spock — hence the Damon connection to the role of Kirk. However the premise of the film still remains mystery.

William Shatner, who played Kirk in the original Star Trek TV series and films, had originally said (perhaps facetiously) the role is “uncastable” as no one could match his iconic turn as the randy spacefarer. However, Shatner has reportedly changed his mind, giving Damon the thumbs-up.

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The Toledo Salamanca sword from the original Highlander movie is now available for special order.

We are pleased to offer the first ever reproduction of Aman Fasils famous Toledo Salamanca sword from the original Highlander movie.

This is a high quality accurate reproduction featuring gold plated hilt and pommel and such details as carved imitation ivory grip and leather bound ricasso, exactly as the original sword.

Own a legendary sword worth “about a million bucks” for a fraction of the price.

Dimensions:
Overall length – 43″
Blade length – 36″ from cross
Blade width – 1 1/4″ at widest

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Price: $1, 250.00

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The follow-up to Casino Royale has been revealed. Read on:

The follow-up to Casino Royale will reportedly be based on the Ian Fleming short story Risico, which appeared in his 1960 book For Your Eyes Only.

“Bosses were so pleased with how well Casino Royale has been received that work has already commenced on Risico at Pinewood Studios,” claimed a source for the British tabloid The Sun. “Some of the same characters will crop up again. But one of the main aspects will be to develop Bond’s complex personality.”

The problem with Risico is that its basic plot and characters was already used for the 1981 film version of For Your Eyes Only. In Fleming’s Risico, 007 is sent to Italy to investigate a heroin ring and crosses paths with the likes of Colombo and Kristatos, both of whom were featured in the Roger Moore movie.

It should be noted that, although A View to a Kill (another short story in For Your Eyes Only) and FYEO have both been filmed, neither movie truly used the plots from their respective source novels. Fleming’s From a View to a Kill saw 007 investigating the murder of a dispatch-rider; FYEO had M sending Bond on an “off the books” assignment to avenge the murder of his old friends, the Havelocks, by Herr von Hammerstein. The film featured the murder of the Havelocks and the inclusion of their vengeful daughter, but M’s employing 007 as a means to fulfill a personal vendetta was not used.

Fleming’s short stories 007 in New York and Quantum of Solace have never been referenced in any Bond film, and only a semblance of The Property of a Lady can be gleaned from the big-screen version of Octopussy. 007′s investigation of a female Secret Service double agent in that story could prove an interesting challenge for Bond in the next movie, especially in light of what transpired in Casino Royale.

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Apocalypto delivers the goods. Read on:

So it’s a period film. A period action film, to be more precise. With no stars, and no recognizable faces. In a dead language that no one has spoken for, well, a long time. Directed by a guy who, let’s face it, is perhaps not the most popular person in Hollywood right now. But you know what? It’s also a great movie.

Apocalypto is the first film written and directed by Mel Gibson since his blockbuster biblical epic Passion of the Christ and, unfortunately, also the first since his arrest in Malibu. The reason I say “unfortunately” is because what all of this means is that it will likely not get a fair shake when time comes for most folks to see, or in many cases, not see the picture. Because in a season crowded with self-important opuses and so-called message films, the perfect counterprogramming may indeed be this violent, pulse-pounding thrill ride — boilerplate promotional copy, anti-semitic remarks or even period-action-movie-with-no-stars-and-in-a-dead-language be damned.

Newcomer Rudy Youngblood plays Jaguar Paw, a young tribesman who comes of age when his village is attacked by Mayan warriors. After witnessing the murder of his friends and family, many of whom are literally sacrificed to provide Mayan altars with blood, Jaguar Paw escapes and attempts to return to his village, where his pregnant wife is due to give birth at the bottom of a pit that is rapidly filling with water. But with a group of hunters hot on his tail, Jaguar Paw discovers that his maturity comes with responsibility — first to himself, then to his family, and finally, to the legacy of his tribe.

Mind you, all of this “responsibility to his tribe” business is cleverly masked in some fairly spectacular action sequences, most of which stop just short of the relentless bloodletting documented in Gibson’s Passion. This is more Braveheart territory than a flaying of biblical proportions. Using the same digital cameras employed for Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, Gibson creates a series of truly beautiful, saturated images that bring the vivid, green world of the characters to life. At the same time, the action feels thoroughly modern — meaning audiences won’t be bored by the primitive weaponry or generally low-tech approach to taking out Jaguar Paw’s adversaries. Fans of the “free running” sequence from Casino Royale will have a field day with the nearly hourlong chase scene that climaxes Apocalypto.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond both entertains and educates and having seen the movie last weekend, I must agree. Read on:

Set atop the backdrop of civil war in 1990s Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond tells two very different, but equally gripping, stories: the first, an expose on the immoral and deadly conflict diamond trade; the second, a gripping depiction of the use of child soldiers by African guerillas. Sure, at first glance there may seem to be no link between these two tales. But as director Ed Zwick has noted, during this real-world time at this real-world place, one did not exist without the other.

Helping to maneuver audiences through these two stories are Solomon Vandy (played by Djimon Hounsou) — a Mende fisherman forced by African rebels to work the diamond fields — and Danny Archer (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) — an ex-mercenary-turned-diamond smuggler. Solomon finds the titular gem and hides it away, hoping to use its potential wealth to reunite with his family. Danny discovers this secret and wants in on the diamond’s sale. But when Solomon’s son is kidnapped and taken in by rebels as a child soldier, the two men become reluctant partners — in exchange for 50-percent of the diamond, Danny grudgingly agrees to help rescue the boy. Throw Maddy Bowen (played by Jennifer Connelly) — an American journalist with political pull who’s in Sierra Leone to uncover the truth behind conflict diamonds — into the mix and you have a gripping, action-packed story that’s sure to inform and inspire.

Upon screening Blood Diamond, this reviewer was struck with two harsh realities: the first having to do with his understanding of conflict diamonds, or lack thereof. Most people have some sort of passing knowledge as to what a conflict diamond is — the name alone speaks volumes. But perhaps what’s not so well known is how deep this illegal trade (stones smuggled out of countries at war, the proceeds of which are used to pay for more weapons) reaches into the lives of everyday people. The average villager in 1990s Sierra Leone lived in constant fear that he/she would be killed or turned into a slave, all to help spread the diamond trade. The average child of 1990s Sierra Leone lived with the thought that he/she could, in the blink of an eye, lose his/her innocence, forced to fight alongside the guerillas as a child soldier. And the average consumer of the so-called “First World” nations to this day lives in complete denial that the diamond he/she is buying could in fact be helping to continue this vicious cycle. Trust me: This film will generate a number of post-viewing conversations and will definitely make you think twice before forking down hundreds of dollars at Zales this holiday season.

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Synopsis:
In “The Reaping,” Hilary Swank plays a former Christian missionary who lost her faith after her family was tragically killed, and has since become a world renowned expert in disproving religious phenomena. But when she investigates a small Louisiana town that is suffering from what appear to be the Biblical plagues, she realizes that science cannot explain what is happening and she must regain her faith to combat the dark forces threatening the community.

Cast: Hilary Swank, Jillian Batherson, Brandon J. Blanchard, Robin Blanchard, Sean M. Blanchard; Directed by: Stephen Hopkins

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Apocalypto delivers. Read on:

Once thought to be the appropriate epithet for his post-mug-shot career, Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto may well represent a step toward the fallen actor-director’s resurrection.

Revisiting similar emotional and visual terrain as he did with his divisive but phenomenally successful The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto is a period piece set in ancient times that revolves around one man’s struggle to save something of personal importance. For Jesus, the object of salvation was the entire human race. For Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), the quest is more humble. He simply wants to save his family, and his small group of forest tribespeople, from the blunt axe and bloodlust of the Holcane warriors.

If you’re not up on your Mayan history or the timeline of human settlements on the Yucatan Peninsula, the Holcane warriors are fierce killers who serve the Mayan leader and his sacred priest by rounding up mountain-dwelling tribesmen for sacrifice.

With failing crops and a disfiguring illness claiming villagers, the Holcane warriors are working overtime to meet the demand for ritual killing, and when the film opens, Jaguar Paw and his people come face-to-face with a group of ragtag survivors.

They are in shock, and they have the vacant look of someone already half dead. Jaguar Paw’s father tells him they are sick with fear, and as a result, their fate is sealed. A few scenes later, we meet the Holcane warriors in the flesh and immediately understand the terror they inspire.

Zero Wolf (Raoul Trujillo) is the death squad leader and, thanks to his epaulets made of human mandibles and his necklace made from fragments of human skull, we can be assured he’ll figure as the central villain.

The rest of the narrative is self-sustaining: Jaguar Paw must elude capture by the Holcane, save his wife and son from certain death, and preserve his tribal way of life for future generations.

Seems simple enough, but surviving massive cultural upheaval and a climate of ambient fear is not easy — and if Apocalypto has any great thematic goals, it’s teaching its audience some timely lessons about the perils of paranoia, and the risk of non-resistance.

Jaguar Paw comes close to certain death several times over the course of this adrenalin-fuelled jaunt through the jungles of Mexico, but thanks to his manly resolve and the acceptance of his own human limitations, he refuses to fold in the face of terror.

In this way, he shares some key similarities to other Gibson heroes — including the blue-faced warrior William Wallace (Braveheart) and Jesus (Jim Caviezel in The Passion of the Christ).

Even Gibson’s pre-lapserian alter egos from the Lethal Weapon and Mad Max franchises fit under the same manly banner.

Gibson seems to enjoy watching half-naked, muscular men engage in bloodsport. Half the scenes in Apocalypto involve mano-a-mano bonding and intense violence.

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New Star Wars book, Star Wars(r) Legacy of the Force Tempest by Troy Denning.

Forty years after the Battle of Yavin a dangerous new era in the Star Wars epic begins–the revelations are shocking, the stakes desperate, and the enemy everywhere.

As civil war threatens the unity of the Galactic Alliance, Han and Leia Solo have enraged their families and the Jedi by joining the Corellian insurgents. But the Solos draw the line when they discover the rebels’ plot to make the Hapan Consortium an ally–which rests upon Hapan nobles murdering their pro-Alliance queen and her daughter.

Yet the Solos’ selfless determination to save the queen cannot dispel the inescapable consequences of their actions, that will pit mother against son and brother against sister in the battles ahead. For as Jacen Solo’s dark powers grow stronger under the Dark Jedi Lumiya, and his influence over Ben Skywalker becomes more insidious, Luke’s concern for his nephew forces him into a life-and-death struggle against his fiercest foe, and Han and Leia Solo find themselves at the mercy of their deadliest enemy . . . their son.

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The little black dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany’s sells for big bucks at auction. Read on:

The little black dress that helped launch AUDREY HEPBURN and made jewelry house Tiffany’s a household name was sold for a staggering $807,000 Tuesday in London.

Christie’s auction house auctioned off the famous GIVENCHY gown worn by Audrey as she gazed longingly into the windows of the New York diamond boutique in the 1961 film, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s.’ Auctioneers were hoping to get $138,000 at most for the frock and were thrilled by the giant bid. Proceeds will benefit India’s City of Joy Aid.

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Synopsis:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) is a perfumer with a very finely developed sense of smell who creates unique scents. When he becomes obsessed with the perfume of a girl, twelve young women are found dead. The characters evolve in the mysterious world full of intrigues and plots of the 18th Century.

Cast: Ben Whishaw, Andrés Herrera, Simon Chandler, David Calder, Richard Felix, Birgit Minichmayr; Directed by: Tom Tykwer

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