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`Batman Begins' terffic superhero movie www.chinaview.cn 2005-06-16 09:38:13 BEIJING, June 16 -- Pre-adolescent Bruce Wayne falling into a well and being frightened by a flock of bats released from an underground cavern! No. That opening scene is just about the last sour note in the 140 minutes or so that follow. "Batman Begins" is a terrific slice of Hollywood fantasy, a wonderful example of what can happen when good people spend a lot of money in service of getting it right. Spider-Man was a great comic adaptation. X2 was masterfully written. And Christopher Reeves' Superman oozed with humanity. Batman Begins...

January 25, 2005 -- THE elusive real name of Comic Book Guy will finally be revealed in "Simpsons" episode No. GABF02, Act 1. The blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment airs in the show after the Super Bowl on Feb. 6. In the episode, Homer inadvertently performs a wild, crowd-pleasing dance at a local carnival and is hired by several major sports figures to choreograph their victory dances. He is so successful that he gets tapped to choreograph the Super Bowl halftime show. Comic Book Guy, the snobbish know-it-all, pops up in the episode clad in a "Nerds do it Rarely" T-shirt. Since the...

I have just finished watching my DVD boxed set of season one of Magnum P.I., which is my favorite TV show of all time. My ratings are on a relative scale of 1 to 10. EPISODES FROM SEASON ONE: "Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii" - My rating: 6: This is the 2 hour pilot. It certainly does a good job of introducing the series and the characters. The story is that one of Magnum’s friends is found dead with a stomach full of burst packets of cocaine. Magnum has to prove that his friend was framed and murdered, and...