Kate Beckinsale is this week's Actress. Why you may ask? Well her new movie Underworld: Evolution is on top of the box office that's why! She seems to star in movies with vampires, for example Van Helsing, Underworld, and now Underworld Evolution. Kate Beckinsale was born July 26, 1973, she was born in London, England. She has one daughter and is now currently married to Len Wiseman, the director of the Underworld movies. She stand at 5'8. Here is some more info
Studied French and Russian literature while a student at Oxford.
Studied at New College Oxford, but left to pursue her acting career before completing her degree course.
Her mother, Judy Loe is an actress, and her father, Richard Beckinsale, was famous as a comedy actor.
Attended grade/primary school at Flexlands Private School in London, England, she took ballet there and it was at this young age that her father died of a heart attack.
Half-sister of Samantha Beckinsale.
Got the lead female role in Pearl Harbor (2001) after Charlize Theron pulled out to do Sweet November (2001).
Lost out to Juliette Binoche for a part in Wuthering Heights (1992).
Has a daughter, Lily Sheen (b. 31 January 1999), with Welsh actor Michael Sheen.
Suffers from stomach ulcers.
According to an interview she gave on the UK show "The Big Breakfast" (1992) (December 2001), she hates wearing knickers.
Selected by Hello Magazine as England's Number #1 Beauty.(2002)
Her maternal grandfather was Burmese.
June 2003: Engaged to director Len Wiseman.
Married Len Wiseman on 9th May 2004 at the Bel-Air Hotel. Her daughter, Lily, received her own "wedding ring" from Wiseman.
Half sister-in-law of Richard Trinder.
Spent her teens reading French, Russian and German novels because of her studies, and completed A-levels in Russian, German and French, which resulted in her admission to Oxford University.
Won the prestigious WH Smith's Young Writers' competition two years running, once for her short stories, once for poetry.
Ranked #63 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)
Shares a birthday with Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Piven.
Was in close competition for the role of Rachel Keller in The Ring (2002), but lost out because producers felt she looked too young.
Normally slender, she gained twenty pounds for roles in 2004 - ten pounds for Van Helsing (2004) and another ten pounds to portray the voluptuous Ava Gardner in The Aviator (2004).
Has played a vampire (Underworld (2003/I)) and a vampire hunter (Van Helsing (2004)).
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggested in the Worst Actress category for her performance in the film Van Helsing (2004), she failed to receive a nomination however.
Named #23 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Underworld Evolution, the sequel to Underworld is good, but not as good as its predecessor. Beginning where Underworld finished, Selene and Michael are on the run from the vampires. Being the cause of Viktor's death, Selene can only hope to plea to the last remaining elder, Marcus. However, Marcus has already awakened and has become a more powerful creature than before. Now his only remaining goal is to awaken his Lycan brother, William from his eternal imprisonment. With time running out, Selene and Michael must piece together the final clues to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines and stop Marcus before it's too late. This movie had good action sequences and it was entertaining. The only bad points were how Selene kept on biting Michael to bring him back and that William died kind of easily.
Score: 9/10
The Waterboy, my favorite of all the Adam Sandler movies.31-year-old waterboy, Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler) is constantly tormented by the team he works for until he is fired by the coach. He then finds a new coach to work for. Here he finds a new talent, tackling people by pretending they're making fun of them. Soon, he becomes the best linebacker in college football, but he must keep it secret from his overprotective mother (Kathy Bates). This movie is hilarious, it has so many funny lines and other stuff. This is definately Sandler's best performance.
Score: 9.2/10
I was pretty skeptical about this movie before I watched it, turns out it was really entertaining.YOU GOT SERVED follows the competitive world of street dancing where crews battle each other for money and respect. Elgin (Marques Houston of IMX) and David (Omarion of B2K) are best friends and leaders of the best dance crew in the area. When another town's top group challenges them to a battle, David and Elgin # along with their buddies (Raz B, J Boog and Lil' Fizz of B2K) must create and perfect the most cutting edge moves in order to remain on top. The stakes are raised as friends double-cross each other and true motives are revealed. When the biggest battle comes to town, David and Elgin must work past their differences to prove that they are still the best crew on the streets. Jennifer Freeman, Meagan Good and Steve Harvey co-star. The dancing in this movie was mad crazy, the end battle between Wade's Crew and the Lil Saints was mad crazy! Marques Houston put on a good preformance.
Score: 8/10
Ray is a biographical film on the musician Ray Charles. Ray Charles has the distinction of being both a national treasure and an international phenomenon. By the early 1960's Ray Charles had accomplished his dream. He'd come of age musically. He'd made it to Carnegie Hall. The hit records "Georgia," "Born to Lose" successively kept climbing to the top of the charts. He'd made his first triumphant European concert tour in 1960 (a feat which, except for 1965, he's repeated at least once a year ever since). He had taken virtually every form of popular music and broken through its boundaries with such awe inspiring achievements as the LP's "Genius Plus Soul Equals Jazz" and "Modern Sounds in Country & Western." Rhythm & blues (or "race music" as it had been called) became universally respectable through his efforts. Jazz found a mainstream audience it had never previously enjoyed. And country & western music began to chart an unexpected course to general acceptance, then worldwide popularity. And along the way Ray Charles was instrumental in the invention of rock & roll. Jamie Foxx (Any Given Sunday, Ali) is Ray Charles in this high-energy portrait of an exceptional man who has become an American icon. Born in a poor African American town in central Florida, Ray Charles went blind at the age of 7. With the staunch support of his determined single mother, he developed the fierce resolve, wit and incredible talent that would eventually enable him to overcome not only Jim Crow Racism and the cruel prejudices against the blind, but also discover his own sound which revolutionized American popular music. Nonetheless, as Ray's unprecedented fame grew, so did his weakness for drugs and women, until they threatened to strip away the very things he held most dear. This little known story of Ray Charles' meteoric rise from humble beginnings, his successful struggle to excel in a sighted world and his eventual defeat of his own personal demons make for an inspiring and unforgettable true story of human triumph. This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Great performance by Jamie Foxx, he really diserved to become Best Actor for this role.
Score: 9.6/10
Ali, it is a biographical film on the legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali. In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African American's in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favour of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of duty for himself, Ali refuses to submit on principle to cooperate in an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so poorly. The cost of that stand is high as he finds himself unable to legally box in his own country while his case is contested in court. What follows is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much for what he believes in and a comeback that would cement his legend as one of the great sports figures of all time. This is definately Will Smith's best performance ever, he really proved his acting skills with this movie. the fight scenes were good.
Score: 9.7/10
Peter Jackson makes another remake of King Kong. The movie was entertaining, the visual effects wre really well done. Kong had a lot of emotion in his face. This movie though was very long, I think it was 3 hours and 8 minutes, the original was only an hour and a half. The acting was okay, I noticed that for 3 hours ofmovie there isn't that many lines. Some scenes seem really dragged out, sometimes the camera is fixed on Kong in one position for 5 minutes. This movie is really sad, you feel bad for Kong when he is on the stage for Denham's show. The ending was really sad, Kong dies, although we all know this it still is sad the way they play it out. I think Jackson should have left it with it's original run time. The best scene was the T-Rex battle, it was highly entertaining.
Score: 8.6/10
Lara Croft Tomb Raider, a movie based on the Tomb Raider video game series. I love the Tomb Raider games but I thought this movie wasn't gonna be good considering that almost all fot he VG movies suck. But I was surprised this movie is really good. The action is intense and the acting wasn't bad at all. Angelina Jolie is the perfect Lara Croft. The story for this movie is good. This movie kept true to the Tomb Raider games unlike the Resident Evil movies adding a new character named Alice, and the first RE movie havng almost nothing to do with the first RE game. This is by far one the best VG movies that I have seen, well it's actually the best in my opinion.
Score: 8.9/10
The first Underworld movie starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman in my opnion on of the best movies I have ever seen and the best vampire movie I have ever seen. I thought that Kate's acting was terrific. The story is really interesting, it's about a long war between Lycans (werewolves) and the Death Dealers (vampires). Kate's character Selene is a vampire out to kill all of the Lycans, but then she finds out the truth of her past. She falls in love with a human named Michael (Speedman) who becomes the first ever hybrid. The action was intense and great the music was good. I loved how it was always raining and that everything was a shade of blue. The design for the Lycans was really cool, they didn't look stupid like your typical man that just gets real hairy and grows sharp teeth.
Score: 9.3/10
Bloodsport, starring Jean Claude Van Damme is my favorite martial arts movie of all time, it has everything you could want. The acting is funny as hell! This movie has so many one liners that are mad funny, that's why I love the acting in this movie. This music is really good, especially in the end when Dux meditates after he gets something thrown in his eye by Chong Li. The story isn't bad either it's actually good. The fight scenes are great especially the last one with Dux vs Chong Li. Van Damme is amazing, he can do so many flashy and nice kicks that make the fights so interesting.
Score: 9.8/10