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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Mostow
CAST: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristanna Loken, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes
SYNOPSIS: The third in the series pits Schwarzenegger's stony killer against a new model of robotic killer, T-X (Kristanna Loken). She, like T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, is programmed to kill John Connor (Nick Stahl, replacing Edward Furlong) before he leads a human revolution against the tyrannical computer program, Skynet.
WHAT WE SAID: "T3, as it's known to sci-fi geeks, isn't as economically effective as James Cameron's 1984 sleeper hit, The Terminator, or deliriously high-tech and bombastic as its sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day," wrote Times film critic Steve Persall, who gave it a C+. "Mostly, it's an excuse for Schwarzenegger to revisit his best role, or at least the one taking best advantage of his limited range and command of the English language."
MPAA RATING: R; strong sci-fi violence and action, profanity, brief nudity
RUNNING TIME: 108 min.
Pumping Iron: The 25th Anniversary Special Edition
DIRECTOR: Robert Fiore, George Butler
CAST: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferigno, more.
SYNOPSIS: Way back in 1977, when he was a 28-year-old bodybuilding phenom, Arnold Schwarzenegger already was showing off the political chops that would win him the governor's race in California. This re-release of the hit documentary includes new featurettes looking at the impact of the film, the making of the film, outtakes, a new interview with Schwarzenegger, and a video bio of him.
MPAA RATING: PG
RUNNING TIME: 102 min.
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
DIRECTOR: Troy Miller
CAST: Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Eugene Levy, Cheri Oteri, Luis Guzman, Mimi Rogers, Rachel Nichols
SYNOPSIS: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, stars of the original Dumb and Dumber, didn't want to make a sequel, so filmmakers hired look-alikes Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson to make a prequel, showing how the two got together: a 1986 high school run-in (literally) that explains the chipped tooth Carrey displayed. But where the first movie had a sweet love story at its center, Dumb and Dumberer settles into a Porky's-style conflict between the dimwitted heroes and a corrupt principal (Eugene Levy, with little to do) and his paramour lunch lady (Cheri Oteri, with even less).
WHAT WE SAID: "Aside from Eric Christian Olsen's and Derek Richardson's uncanny impersonations of Dumb and Dumber co-stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, this movie doesn't have anything going for it," wrote Persall, who gave it a D+.
MPAA RATING: PG-13; crude humor, sexual situations, profanity
RUNNING TIME: 88 min.
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Three's Company, The Complete First Season . . . The Real World: Hookups . . . The Real World You Never Saw, Paris ... The Music Man (TV version)