"We've all heard that in Texas, high school sports are a religion. What is a religion without Spirit? This book takes a look at the Spirit behind the high schools of Texas - the Mascot that represents each school's "religion." We've discovered that Texans have everything from Bulldogs to Buttons, and Panthers to Punchers, to bolster team morale and liven the voice of the crowd. Laugh out loud as you peruse the origins of the zanier masco ..."
"In der zweiten Staffel von O.C.-California gab es eine Menge Dramatik, während das Leben der sonnenverwöhnten Bewohner von Orange County auf den Kopf gestellt wurde. Zum Ende der ersten Staffel hatte sich der Haushalt der Cohens auf zwei reduziert: die Eltern Sandy und Kirsten (Peter Gallagher und Kelly Rowan). Die Jungs hatten das Nest verlassen, wobei der stimmungsabhängige Ryan (Benjamin McKenzie) wieder zurück nach Chino zog und der ..."
"Get ready for a laugh out look at L.A. nightlife. The night his wife left him, is the night Dan (Emilio Estevez) decides to find himself. At a local Hollywood hangout, Dan hooks up with Jeff (Steven Weber), a smooth, fast-talking buddy determined to do whatever it takes to show Dan a good time. Gear up for an outrageous ride, chance encounters with high maintenance call girls, late night raves, drunk tanks, and a police psychiatrist ..."
"Mit der Serie "O.C. California" von Josh Schwartz gelang dem us-amerikanischen Fernsehsender FOX der Hit der Fernseh-Saison 2003/2004. Aus der Reihe legitimer Erben der Ur-Jugendserie Beverly Hills 90210 sticht "O.C. California" nicht nur deswegen hervor, weil mit "Orange County" (O.C.) ebenfalls eine geographische Bestimmung im Titel genannt wird. Auch die Handlung - Jugendlicher aus einfachen Verhältnissen kommt in eine Wohngegend von ..."
"Rob Lowe and James Coburn star in this interesting near miss of a thriller with a good idea behind it. Lowe plays William Conroy, who is in prison for killing a woman in a drunk-driving accident. We know he is an intellectual prisoner because we see him reading 1984 and thinking a whole bunch. One night when he's up thinking, Conroy hears a disturbance in a nearby cell. He has, of course, heard too much and soon he's out of prison and r ..."
"His myth has endured for generations. His legacy is eternal rage. And now he's back...with a vengeance! Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh continues the tale of the phantom-like figure who wreaksa terrible fate upon those who chant his name five times while looking into a mirrorand come face-to-face with grisly death. A victim of unspeakable evil while he lived, the "Candyman" (Tony Todd, The Crow) has become evil incarnate in his afterl ..."
"Regisseur Kevin Reynolds schien nach Waterworld der Sinn nach einem kleinen und trockenen Film zu stehen. Und so drehte er die kurze und harte Geschichte einer Fehde zwischen Schülern und Lehrern an einer High School in Los Angeles. Samuel L. Jackson (Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction) wurde an seiner alten Schule in New York von einem Schüler niedergestochen und arbeitet nach seiner Gesundung in Kalifornien. Dort muss er sich wie zuvor mit l ..."
"A stylish though inferior sequel to its classic predecessor, Bill Condon's Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh deepens our knowledge of what made the murdered Daniel Robitaille turn into the monster that haunts dreams and mirrors. But some of it is still pretty routine: schoolteacher Annie takes a long time to connect her family's plantation-owning past and her own artistic talent with the legend, and is far too ready to say the Candyman's ..."
"Katie and Guy take a sea cruise in their sailboat and discover a couple on a wrecked boat, victims of a brutal attack by their crew. They take Eliza and Nick on board. The new boarders appear nervous about returning to Honolulu, and when the boat's engines die and other little incidents occur, Katie and Guy start wondering whether the shipwrecked couple are what they appear to be. IMDB"
"After an old tree is removed from the ground, three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from the hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth."