More than any of the other “Narnia” books on which Disney’s movies have been or will be based, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a war movie. Continue reading ›
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By the end of his film Jon Favreau’s Iron Man is a light and fluffy character, a superhero colored in with bright bits of crayon, but he doesn’t start out that way. Ironically it’s early on in the story when Tony Stark, the man inside the bright red suit, is still a carefree playboy and globe-trotting arms merchant that he has the most edge.
It’s there that Favreau’s superhero movie works best, as Stark is captured by a group of terrorists known as the Ten Rings (nod to all you Mandarin fans), injured, and forced to work in a dank cave designing weapons. Continue reading ›
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An online group of hackers has declared war on Scientology, vowing to attack the controversial religion’s Web sites and turn its adherents against it.
Already the group, which describes itself simply as “Anonymous,” has released hundreds of pages of Scientology material for which practitioners would normally have to pay and claims to have slowed down or even temporarily closed Scientology Web sites. Continue reading ›
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The Department of Defense Inspector General considers an alleged gang-rape of an American woman in Iraq an open case and won’t look further into the matter.
In a letter to Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), Pentagon Inspector General Claude Kicklighter said there is no need for him to look into the case, but he will pursue other questions the senator raised.
“The U.S. Justice Department has issued a statement that they are investigating the allegations,” wrote Kicklighter. “No further investigation by this agency into the allegations is warranted.”
“We’re not satisfied with that,” a Nelson spokesman said. Jones’ attorney Stephanie Morris asked, “How could the Department of Defense refuse to help (Jones)?”
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