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In fantasyland, we can all do super stunts

Dan

So you say you want to see a movie without having actually to (choose one: pay an exorbitant price for it, have to put up with the idiot speaking on his cell phone, compete with the sound of that other idiot eating popcorn with her mouth open, have to endure the toddler in the seat behind you humming the “Spongebob Squarepants” theme song)? Well, go here and get all the info that you need to speak tall and carry a big critical stick.

Need some information to help you with that research paper of film history? This site might help.

Saw something pretty ridiculous in last week’s opening episode of this season’s “Alias.” A character played by Michael Varton takes about 20 or 30 rounds to the chest and still manages to survive long enough to have a touching death scene some hours later in a hospital. Guess the writers don’t know the simple physics of automatic weapons and the damage they do to human flesh and bone.

How successful is James Cameron? His “Titanic” has earned nearly $2 billion worldwide.

Are you a horror movie fan? This site has just about all the information you ever wanted.

And, finally, “Serenity” is getting as bad a deal in movie form as “Firefly,” the television series that inspired it, did when Fox pulled the plug.

Below: In happier times … Michael Vartan, who has been replaced in Jennifer Garner’s world both professionally and personally, can really handle the punishment.

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