Life is a Highway...

CD/DVD's I'm looking to purchase

I thought I share this small moment with you by showing you my next CD/DVD purchase.

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Julia Montgomery, Actress

Searching the websites using Google, I could not find any decent pictures of Julia Montgomery, she's the actress that played the character of Betty Childs in the original movie, Revenge of the Nerds. The images I've been finding have already referred Julia Montgomery with the nude scene that she did in the movie. So when the premium channel aired Revenge of the Nerds: The Next Generation, I had to capture some of the images of her.

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Posted by John Highway at 02:48 AM | 0 Comments

RIAA May Be a Bully but Why Should We Pay for Your Mistakes?

Amy Latten's RIAA Lawsuit Donation Page (Don't Donate)

... listening to music. And unfortunately, that's where my problem comes into play. RPI is a school that is privileged enough to have Internet2, a form of internet which many are calling the "express route" to the web. Along with Internet2 come some privileges, which include the optional use of a file-sharing program called i2Hub. This program works just like any other file-sharing program, but the downloads go a lot faster. Periodically, I would download music using this tool, and I would listen to it for my own personal use on my own personal leisure time.

(Letter from Dean of Students)

Amy-- Unfortunately, your IP addr matches one submitted for civil action by the RIAA. It appears that the number of MP3's and shared files exceeds 1,000 and 2,000 respectively. Your Case ID is 481***94. I would suggest you discuss this situation with your parents and seek legal counsel. I do not know the timeline for addressing your case as of today. No information has been submitted to the RIAA, but will once RPI is court ordered to do so.

Her solution paying off her settlement with the RIAA:

The bottom line is that I am looking for donations from anyone, anywhere. I'm looking for anyone who feels like they can help to do just that. I'll take donations as low as one cent to as high as you're willing to go. But my goal is to eventually make back the $3750 that I am required to pay the RIAA. You can view the four files which I am being sued for here. I am Doe #13 on RPI Exhibit A. So please, if you have a few extra dollars, and you're willing to help a college girl out...

While unfortunate as this matter is, if Amy Latten is tech savvy enough to steal download copyrighted music without paying for it, then Amy Latten should be well-educated enough to understand the possible legal actions that the RIAA can invoke by performing this act. Don't expect us to pay for your mistakes.

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Posted by John Highway at 02:13 PM | 0 Comments

Purchased my "Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith" Tickets

Well, tickets went on sale online today and I got myself a pair of tickets when it comes out on May 19th. No, I'm not going to the midnight showing ... I'm taking the day off and going to go see it in the afternoon.

I'm syked :)

Posted by John Highway at 03:05 PM | 0 Comments

Movie Review :: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

MovieVoters.COM: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

A Brief Synopsis:

It's been some time since Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) left the beauty pageant circuit and she's returned to undercover work for the FBI. It was during an undercover bank heist bust that her new found notoriety placed her team in danger. She found herself unable to perform her duties and to add salt to the wound, her boyfriend and fellow FBI agent decided that they needed a break in the relationship. With all this, she is re-assigned to help promote the FBI with new profile; to give the agency a needed makeover.

Several months later, after another makeover, she's on talk shows promoting the agency and her new book which detailed her life and life within the agency. However, while on her book-signing tour, she finds out that Miss United States and her close pageant friend, Cheryl (Heather Burns), is kidnapped along with emcee, Stan Fields (William Shatner).

As the new spokesperson for the FBI, she's given the assignment to head up the PR in Las Vegas, to give the public a sense that the FBI is hard on the case. It's while in Las Vegas that Gracie and her bodyguard, Sam Fuller (Regina King), a hard-nose, tough-exterior, recently transferred from Chicago FBI agent, soon uncovered clues regarding the kidnapping case and they take upon themselves to solving this case.

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Advanced Screening: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed and Fabulous

This is so great, I've been invited to attend the advanced screening of Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed and Fabulous. So, tonight, my wife and I will be out tonight to review the movie. I'm so psyched.

As you know, or some of you might remember -- I've had this crush thang for Sandra Bullock (yeah, even had a webpage for her), ever since seeing her in her movie The NET (yeah, I know, don't get me started on the number of goofs the movie portrayed). She still looks great for someone who's going to be 41 years old come July -- Happy Birthday, Sandra!.

Except to read a full review here and on my movie website MovieVoters.COM.

Posted by John Highway at 11:44 AM | 0 Comments

The Matrices

IFILM - Short Films: The Matrices

Finally, the Matrix parody to end all of those damn Matrix parodies. In the original megafilm, a nerdy hero discovers that he lives in an artificial reality and must face the challenge of saving the world from evil Agents.

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The Forgotten

A grieving mother is torn with the loss of her 8-year old son, Sam (Christopher Kovaleski & Matthew Pleszweicz), who died in a plane disaster and those memories have caused her to seek professional help from a psychiatrist. Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) struggles to cope with life, constantly haunted by the memories of her loss, she sought help from a psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Munce (Gary Sinise). Just as things started to become manageable in her life, she soon discovered little things have been disappearing from her life: a family photo have been replaced with just a photo of her and her husband, photos of her son disappeared from photo albums and clippings of her son tragic death were missing. When confronted by her husband and her psychiatrist, they informed her that she had created the life memories of her 8-year old son, that he never made it past birth.

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Resident Evil: Apocalypse

A deadly virus has been unleashed on the population of Raccoon City. "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" is a terrifying adventure in survival horror. Milla Jovovich returns as Alice, one of only two survivors of the contained biochemical disaster. She has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation by the vast Umbrella Corporation and become genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity.

With Alice in the heart of the ravaged and deadly Raccoon City, these skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive. Alice is joined by Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), a recently demoted member of Umbrella Corp's elite Special Tactics and Rescue Services (S.T.A.R.S.), Terri Morales (Sandrine Holt), Carlos Oliviera (Oded Fehr), L.J. (Mike Epps), and Nicholai (Zack Ward) who must survive and escape what is quickly becoming a City of the Dead.

To reach their goal, they will need to battle their way through the relentless onslaught of the ravenous undead, as well as Umbrella forces and terrifying bioengineered weapons, the most deadly of which is the colossal, heavily armed assassin, Nemesis (Matthew G. Taylor).

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"HERO" starring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung and Zhang Ziyi

Back when I was a kid, living in Washington DC -- I recall watching old black-n-white (some in color) movies in which characters would perform the most incredible acts of martial arts. Watching this movie reminded me of those days -- a story telling of legends and tales of the days of old. As Robert Evans once said,

"There are three sides to every story: my side, your side and the truth."

This was the case in the movie HERO (Ying xiong) presented by Quentin Tarantino. Not to be confused with the 1992 movie of the same name starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis and Andy Garcia -- totally different era and culture. First off, this movie is done entirely in chinese (guoyu/putonghua) with english subtitles. You might think this would distract you from the combat action, that's what you won't really see alot of, as this movie is all about tell a story, three different sides. I won't say much about the different parts of the movie as that would quickly give away much of the plot.

The camera work is very Hong Kong style filming -- you'll be flipped from one angle to another when actors fly over each other and parry each other's attack. Now, the question is -- fighting sequence done several times with different cameras or was it done with a single sequence with different cameras. No matter. The movie is long so I would recommend that you flex your eye muscles from left to right so that you can prepare yourself in reading the subtitles.

Jet Li lends his charismatic charm and emotionless-facial expression in this film. Zhang Ziyi (from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) played a supporting role in this film. As previously mentioned, the amount of martial-arts combat is quite less in this movie so the attractive actress Zhang Ziyi didn't get much camera time showing off her combat skills.

My final opinion about watching this movie? I liked it because of the story it told (which I didn't go into only because it would ruin the movie). Don't expect too much of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and more of "Once upon a time...". If you don't speak guoyu or putonghua, I would also recommend that you stay a bit back so there's less work for your eye muscles as you read the subtitles throughout the movie.

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The Chronicles of Riddick

Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Keith David, Ja Rule and Judi Dench...

THE STORY: A unholy force of evil has been sweeping the known universe, invading one planet after another. Each conquest is believe to bring the Necromongers closer to the Underverse. Nothing is left of the planet it invades, those that won't convert are killed and those that do convert are used to replenish its armies. This evil is known as the Necromongers and the spread through the universe like the plague and normally it would be a battle of good versus evil, but in this case, you need another type of evil to fight.

Riddick had been on the run from mercenaries looking to cash-in on the bounty on Riddick's head and he doesn't make it easy for them. A team of four mercs proved to only insult Riddick as he quickly dispatched them and left for Helion Prime; to seek out the person who placed the bounty, the only person he had told of his whereabouts, the holy man. Upon reaching Helion Prime and finding the holy man, Riddick learn of the Necromongers' next target, Helion Prime.

Only he and he alone stand a chance of defeating the Necromongers, defeating the Lord Marshal of the Necromongers, for Riddick is thought to be a Furyan, a race of people long dead. Fables and stories once told of how the Furyans stood against the Necromongers in the past, that they were the only ones who could stop this plague.

See my full review at www.movievoters.com

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School of Rock

MovieVoters.Com: School of Rock

Not a bad movie and quite funny. Check out my review of the movie and tell me what you think of it when you watch it.

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Movie: Underworld

I went to see the movie Underworld starring Kate Beckinsale and she can sure fill a body suit. General synopsis of the movie is that it deals with a battle between the Vampires and Werewolves ... Kate plays the part of the sophisticated vampire.

It's not a bad movie and you can check out the full review at:

www.movievoters.com: Underworld

Posted by John Highway at 09:28 AM | 0 Comments