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Friday, March 6, 2009

Media Violence

By Charlie Reese

There is a lot of debate about media violence, particularly in its effects on children. Although no one really claims that all problems with aggressive kids are caused by violence in the media, everyone knows that it does have some affect on some people.

The real question comes down to a chicken or the egg sort of thing: we know that violent kids and young adults tend to be more interested in media violence than most people, but we don't understand the cause effect relationship. Are these people interested in violent programming and games because they are violent people, or do they become violent people because of their interest in violent media?

Some parents take a very aggressive position on media violence. I know a few families that will cut off the access their children have to any but the most nonviolent and nondestructive media. They claim that, through limiting exposure to Hollywood movies, violent music, and video games, they can make their children grow up to be more peaceful, productive people. This approach requires a lot of sacrifices and very vigilant parenting. It is hard to live in a modern urban or suburban environment and restrict your child's access to the media.

Then again, there are other people who focus more on violent behaviors and aggressive emotions than on media violence per se. This has always been my approach personally. Rather than trying to limit what my children watch or what games they play, I try to help them engage in activities that will make them feel more peaceful and less prone to anger. By making sure my kids get enough exercise, do meditation and yoga, and feel comfortable talking about their feelings, I can help them become more psychologically healthy and happy. In my mind, this is probably the best antidote to living in a violent society.

I suppose that, no matter what your position, the important thing is to show that you care. All parents make mistakes, and even your whole approach to violent programming might be the wrong one. Nonetheless, by doing your best to take an active role in your child's life, you are showing that you are interested in what happens to them. Just by taking the time to care, you really can change things for the better. Not every parent knows what to do, but every parent knows they have to do something. This is the first step towards being a good parent and a good role model.

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Movie Download Sites For Newbies

By Erica Stevens

It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. High speed internet access has now made it possible to download movies right off a movie download site. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.

Christmas Vacation: The Griswalds have big plans for Christmas this year. Clark has invited a bunch of the relatives over for the big celebration. Clark's efforts go comically wrong, par for the course for a Griswald vacation.

Batman Begins: This batman adventure chronicles just how batman becomes batman. Starting with his fear of bats, which led to a tragedy that results in the death of his parents. Blaming himself he aimlessly wanders the world, finally training in the ninja arts a criminal element. Finally he returns to Gotham city to use his ninja skills to fight crime, and protect the citizens of the great metropolis.

The Specialist: An explosives specialist befriends a woman whose parents have been murdered. Together they set out to avenge the death of her parents. This means taking on a Cuban-American crime boss, his son, and a brutal hit man.

Road Trip: Josh and girlfriend are in college, but 1800 miles apart. When Josh is videotaped having sex with another girl things are still safe. When that tape is accidentally mailed to his girlfriend in Austin, it's time for a road trip. He and his college buddies go 1800 miles so that Josh can try to save his lifelong relationship.

Pulp Fiction: This is Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece work. The story weaves around four separate, yet intertwined event. There was an accidental killing, the crime bosses wife's overdose, the boxer who didn't throw the fight, and pair of small time crooks trying to rob a restaurant.

Harry Potter And The Order Of Phoenix: Young Harry is getting ready for his fifth year at the Hogwarts School of Witchery and Wizardry. HE has heard very little from this world of magic during this summer break. Just what's in story for Harry when he finally gets back to Hogwarts?

Wedding Crashers: John and Jeremy have found out a great way to pick up women, by crashing weddings. John breaks wedding crasher rules, and falls in love with Claire. This severe change will test the strength of John and Jeremy's longtime friendship.

The Water Boy: Bobby Boucher is the water boy at the local college. He is ridiculed and abused in his position. When a new coach arrives, he discovers that the water boy can tackle. Booby enrolls in school and become a football star. Let's hope mama doesn't find out.

Home Alone: Accidentally left at home while the rest of the family heads for a Christmas vacation in France, eight years old Kevin McAllister at first enjoys the total freedom he has. Then things take a nasty turn. Two burglars, Harry and Marv, are trying to rob the house. With incredible ingenuity, Kevin thwarts the robbers in the clever family comedy.

We all have used the internet for music purchases for some time now. The movie download industry is going to become as busy as the music download business is. With a quick online search you will have no trouble finding out about various movie download sites.

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Download The Polar Express

By Ferl Rivers

For a long time we have used the video store as one of our main ways to access movies. You can now save a trip to the video store and download movies right off the internet. Just about any movie every made can be attained through a movie download site now. Check out these samples.

Lost In Space is a feature film based on the TV series. John Robinson, with his wife Maureen, their kids Judy, Penny, and Will are to be the first from Earth to colonize space. Pilot Don West and Dr. Zachary Smith complete the crew headed for Alpha Prime, the only inhabitable planet in the galaxy. Dr. Smith sabotages the ship, and they are sent off course. Now they are lost in space.

Another 48 Hours: The team from 48 Hours is back in action. Ex con Reggie Hammond, now freed from prison, is coerced by Detective Jack Gates to help him with another problem. Gates has been hunting an elusive powerful drug dealer. He needs Reggie's help to catch this guy.

Lethal Weapon 4: Martin (Mel Gibson) and Roger (Danny Glover) are back in action, dealing with crime in Los Angeles. This time they are after counterfeiters. They are up against a Chinese martial arts master.

The Wedding Singer: Robbie has just been dumped, right before he was supposed to get married. He resumes his job as a wedding singer, but is miserable and depressed. While singing at weddings he strikes up a friendship with a waitress, who is engaged to a total jerk. Can these two see that they are meant for each other?

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire: With the exciting Tri-wizard Tournament coming up, Harry Potter is surprisingly selected to compete in the events. Just before the competition, someone is murdered on the Hogwart grounds. Harry will soon be confronted by true evil.

Mission Impossible III: Ethan Hunt is called back into action to take down a ruthless arms dealer, Owen Davian. They pull off an incredible, and capture Owen at the Vatican. While transporting him into custody, the convoy is attacked, and Owen is freed. Now they must recapture him soon, Ethan's wife to be has been captured, and time is running out.

Eagle Eye: After an attack on a potential terrorist proves to be false, America finds that it is under attack by terrorist forces. This sets off a chain off events that seem inexplicable. It turns out that the central analysis computer has deemed the actions of the government as against the people. The computer is taking action.

Eragon: Eragon is poor young boy trying to help keep his family fed. When he finds a shiny blue stone he thinks it might bring food to the tables. The stone turns out to be an egg, a dragon egg. Eragon and this dragon were destined to be together. Now they will go on great adventures together.

I, Robot: A complex and entertaining thriller about a future world with advanced robot technology. Detective Del Spooner receives a cryptic message from his old friend, Dr. Alfred Lanning, who appears to have committed suicide. Finding a robot inside the room of the murder, a intriguing mystery develops. Based on their programming robots cannot harm humans, so just what did happen to Dr. Lanning'

With sites like napster, music has become a big internet business. Downloading movies from movie download sites is now seeing the same type of growth. With a quick online search you will have no trouble finding out about various movie download sites.

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Movie Reviews And Movie Site Reviews

By Tony Parker

Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like blockbuster was your only option. You can now save a trip to the video store and download movies right off the internet. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.

The Rock: General Francis Hummel is angry with the U.S. government for not honoring men he has because they died during covert operations. HE is so angered by this rebuke that he takes a group of tourists visiting the now closed prison of Alcatraz, and holds them hostage. He plans to unleash poisonous gases upon the city of San Francisco if his demands are not met. The unlikely team of a biological weapons expert, and a former prisoner of Alcatraz, must sneak onto the island and attempt to thwart the plot.

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban: Mysteries and adventure abound in this Harry Potter film. It is Harry's third year at the Hogwart School of Magic. A prisoner has escaped Azkaban prison. It is Sinus Black, the man Harry thinks killed his parents. It won't be until the end of the school year before Harry learns the real truth about Sinus Black.

Philadelphia: Andrew Beckett is a gay lawyer who has aids. He is dying of the disease. He was fired from the conservative law firm he worked for because there was fear of contracting the disease from him. As he battles to live on, he chooses to sue the law firm, to help further the cause of other aids victims. His originally homophobic lawyer, fights through his prejudice to fight for this cause.

Dick Tracy: Big Boy Caprice and his mob are wreaking havoc on the streets of Chicago. Add to that, a loyal girlfriend, an orphan needing his help, being seduced by the sultry Breathless Mahoney, and a new threat in town know as the Blank, and you can see that Dick Tracy is a very busy man. It will take all his powers to save the city.

Braveheart: This is story of William Wallace, and Scotland's fight for freedom from English rule. After the death of his newlywed young bride, and at the hands of the English, William becomes the galvanizing force to push the English back out of Scotland. His victories with a small yet determined army inspire the clans to finally join forces and send King Edwards and his army home.

Twins: Products of an experiment to make the perfect child, Julius and Vincent are virtual opposites. Amazingly, they are actually twin brothers, separated at birth. The two finally find each other, and go on a quest to find their real mother.

Beowulf: A mighty warrior, Beowulf has fought and defeated the demon beast Grendel. Now he will incur the wrath of his much more powerful mother. The epic battle that follows will have people speaking the name of Beowulf forever.

The Hulk: Bruce Banner was exposed to an incredibly high dose of gamma rays. While he thinks he has recovered fully, he suffers blackouts, and emotional outburst. Meanwhile, a green monster called the Hulk has been scene on occasion causing considerable damage wherever he appears. Is it possible that Bruce and the Hulk are one and the same?

White Men Can't Jump: Sydney and Billy are street basketball hustles. On their first meeting Billy hustles and embarrasses Sydney at his local game. They soon join forces but Sydney runs a bigger con on Billy, throwing their biggest money game, to get his money back, and more. Finally they team up again to take on the greats in a big money street ball tournament.

We all have used the internet for music purchases for some time now. There is every indication that movie downloads will become just as popular. If you love watching movies, it is well worth looking into.

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Download National Treasure

By Forest Whittier

With a shop near every neighborhood, video stores have been the most convenient way to get movies for years. Instead of buying or renting the dvd, people now can choose a movie download instead. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.

Dick Tracy: Big Boy Caprice and his mob are wreaking havoc on the streets of Chicago. Add to that, a loyal girlfriend, an orphan needing his help, being seduced by the sultry Breathless Mahoney, and a new threat in town know as the Blank, and you can see that Dick Tracy is a very busy man. It will take all his powers to save the city.

National Treasure: Ben Gates has been hunting his whole life for a legendary national treasure. Following in a long line of Gates who have lived out there lives chasing clues this great mystery, Ben finds himself in a race for the treasure against a criminal mastermind. He must steal the Declaration of Independence in order to protect the clues and the document from this criminal. The clues lead him on his continued pursuit of this supposed national treasure.

Pulp Fiction: This is Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece work. The story weaves around four separate, yet intertwined event. There was an accidental killing, the crime bosses wife's overdose, the boxer who didn't throw the fight, and pair of small time crooks trying to rob a restaurant.

U-571: It is 1942 and the German's are dominating the battle of the Atlantic with their U-boats. In a desperate attempt to change the war, a vintage WWI submarine, the S-33 is given a dangerous and difficult assignment. Steal an Enigma machine, which codes all the German communications, in such a way that the Germans don't even know that it has even been stolen.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring: Frodo Baggins, a Hobbit living in the Shire on Middle Earth, possesses a ring, given to him by his old cousin Bilbo Baggins. This ring has untold powers if wielded by the right person. It is the most powerful ring in the world, and the dark lord Sauron seeks it. In his hands he will rule Middle Earth for the next millennium. Frodo must go on a great journey, and will be lead by the great men, elves, and wizards of Middle Earth, in an attempt to save their world.

The Incredibles: This is an animated, family oriented, adventure movie. Bob Parr, a.k.a. Mr. Incredible, and his wife used to be superheroes, saving lives on a daily basis. Years later they have given up that life and are living a normal life in the suburbs. When Bob receive a mysterious message that summons him to an island in the middle of nowhere, Mr. Incredible is reborn.

Ray: Recounts the life of blues great Ray Charles. Going blind at the age of seven, his mother taught him to be independent despite his handicap. Although he becomes a famous and successful musician, he still has a troubled life.

The Talented Mr. Ripley: Tom Ripley dreams of the good life. He pretends to be the friend of a wealthy family's son to get a free trip to Europe. Once meeting Dickie and seeing the lifestyle he lives, he looks to stay as long as he can.

Stuart Little: Stuart is a little mouse without a home. When he is taken in and adopted by a family with the last name of Little, he becomes Stuart Little. He then starts a new with his new found friends. This includes dealing with his rival Snowball, the family cat.

Music exploded online a few years ago. Downloading movies from movie download sites is now seeing the same type of growth. Check out some movie download sites and see if it might be right for you.

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Little Piglet, Big Hero

By James Gilbert Pynn

Produced at DisneyToon Studios, PIGLET'S BIG MOVIE was one of the few films produced in Tokyo, japan. DisneyToon once specialized in direct-to-video sequels and spin-offs and was headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Although Disney was forced to close the facility due to the rising cost of animation, DisneyToon was one of the last Disney facilities to produce traditionally rendered, cell-based animation.

The flashback sequences featured prominently throughout PIGLET'S BIG MOVIE were the first adaptations of A.A. Milne's original stories since the release of THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH. Although Piglet is recast as the hero of the flashback sequences, the stories are faithful to Milne's originals. Indeed, though Piglet is often depicted as a rather frightened and timid creature, it is his resourcefulness that tends to move the plot forward.

We begin by watching Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger and Eeyore try to lure the bees from their beehive. The plan to liberate the honey backfires and though he was told his small size would be of no use, it is Piglet who redirects the bees and saves his friends from suffering from their stinging wrath. Of course, no one realizes he saved the day. Piglet sulks off into the One Hundred Acre Wood unseen.

When the friends realize Piglet is missing, they set on an adventure to find their lost friend, whom they believe was kidnapped by the bees. Armed with Piglet's scrapbook, they set off to find their little friend. Unfortunately, Tigger loses the scrapbook in the river and the friends are forced follow the river to the waterfall. There they attempt to reach the scrapbook, which is perched precariously on a low hanging branch. Can they reach the scrapbook before it falls over the waterfall? Who will be brave enough to help?

The film failed to achieve the same box office success as THE TIGGER MOVIE. Nevertheless, it did well enough to be considered profitable. It remains a fan favorite and a very family friendly film. For anyone who has ever felt small, PIGLET'S BIG MOVIE is sure to inspire courage and laughter.

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Download Scooby Doo

By Ken Walker

For years now, the video store was the way to get movies. Now, with internet usage exploding, movie downloads are becoming very popular. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.

Scooby Doo: Scooby's crime solving buddies Fred, Shaggy, Daphne and Velma have been summoned to Spooky Island to look into some strange things that have been occurring on the island. The scary goings on will soon scare the resorts customers away. Can Scooby and his friends solve the mystery and save the resort?

Wild Wild West: This is a big screen adaptation to the old TV series of the same name. James West and his buddy Artemus Gordon are determined to stop the evil Dr. Arliss Loveless, who is planning to assassinate the president. Will Smith stars as James West.

Heat: Neil McCauley is Hard core and a very focused professional criminal. His number one rule is that he can walk in thirty seconds. He has now met a girl he likes. When a job goes bad and he needs to leave town, he hesitates, not wanting to lose this new relationship. Will it cost him?

Spider Man: The comic book classic is brought to the big screen. Orphaned at a young age, peter Parker us living a mundane life in Queens New York with his aunt and uncle. While on a science class field trip, Peter was bitten by a genetically altered spider. Then, strange things start happening to him. He has strength and skills beyond his imagination. The end result is that Peter will become a new super hero, Spider Man.

Catch Me If You Can: This movie tells the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr., who was a master con man. By the time he was 21 years old, he had been a doctor, a co-pilot for a major airline, and a lawyer. Check fraud is where he excelled the most, and he had swindled companies out of millions with this skill. F.B.I. agent Carl Hanratty becomes obsessed with finding and capturing Frank.

Jurassic Park: Scientists have done a remarkable thing. They have created life from DNA. Life in the form of dinosaurs, now roaming freely, isolated on an island and watched by scientist. The plan is to have this island become a theme park. In a test run, some people are brought to the island to take a tour. On this test run, things go terribly wrong.

Star Trek: The First Contact: The enterprise is on routine patrol, when Captain Picard is contacted by Starfleet Command, and told that the Borg has entered Federation space, and is headed toward Earth. The Borg's first attack on Earth is stopped. Then the Borg tries something different. It attempts to return to Earth's past, and prevent the events that lead to Earth making first contact with other beings outside the universe.

Walk The Line: This film tells the life story of famed country singer Johnny Cash. His battles with alcohol and subsequent resurrection are both chronicled. His life runs the gamut of emotions, from despair to exaltation.

Dumb and Dumber: Harry and Lloyd are, to but it simply, just a couple of idiots. When Lloyd meets the woman of his dreams, and she leaves her suitcase behind, he is determined to return the suitcase, and meet this woman. So, Harry and Lloyd are off to Aspen. Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels star in this outrageous comedy.

We all have used the internet for music purchases for some time now. The movie download industry is going to become as busy as the music download business is. If you love watching movies, it is well worth looking into.

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