Lights, Camera ... Action!

The day begins with Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) coincidentally meets up with June Havens (Cameron Diaz) and life as she knows it will never be the same again. Little does June realize is that Roy is actually a spy working for, well, we don't know what government he's with or whether or not he's even a good person.

From the moments after the plane crashes, they're, Roy and June, constantly on the move, pursued by foreign and domestic elements seeking on capturing him and the item he now possesses, the Zephyr, a power source with a high output but the size of an alkaline AA battery. He must retrieve the creator of the device from the same people that's after them. All the while, June's having trouble trying to determine what side Roy actually works for.

The story is actually quite good and it keeps you guessing trying to figure out who is on who's side and the connection between Diaz and Cruise is perfect. Cruise brings humor at the moments during intense scenes with Diaz behind the wheel (Diaz is an accomplished high-speed car driver). One of the better movies to come out in 2010 and worth seeing.

Other Actors: Peter Sarsgaard, Marc Blucas, Maggie Grace

Episode Information:

Title: The Beast Below
Writer: Steven Moffet
Starring: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Sophie Okonedo, Hannah Sharp

Synopsis:

It's the 29th Century and the Earth is burnt to a cinder by the Sun solar flares but mankind has escaped to the stars, the British people are on Starship UK, the entire United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland on a starship. The Doctor (Matt Smith) and Amy Pond (Karen Gillan), while on board the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions in Space), encounters the ship. Of course, he decided to observe these phenomenon and gives Amy his number rule, "we are observers only", to never get involve in the affairs of other people or planets, So what does the Doctor do first when he lands, he interacts with a little crying girl, Mandy Tanner (Hannah Sharp).

Who doesn't love a good mystery? How can one resist? Definitely not for the Doctor. While walking the streets on the starship, the Doctor explains the various subtleties that's bugging him: secrets in shadows, lives lead in fear, societies bent out of shape on the brink of collapse and some weird thing he does with glasses filled with drink watering. The Doctor calls it a police state. Everywhere within the ship, there are booths containing a smiling fellow and while everywhere else on the ship is dirty and worn down, these booths are untouched and avoided by the general populace. At the same time, a mysterious, cloaked woman known as "Liz 10" (Sophie Okonedo) is also investigating for the truth about Starship UK. She elicits the help of the Doctor and Amy to help her find the truth.

This second episode of the new season further reinforces the friction between the Doctor and Amy (must be the Scottish in her) and the continual development in their relationship.

It would also appear that the message behind the episodes so far is that we tend to ignore the facts/issues that's before us, that we choose not to look, not to deal with it.  A girl is crying and dozens of people are walking by her, not one stopped to ask why she is cry or what she is crying about.

"Hundreds of parents walking past this spot and not one of them is asking her what's wrong which means they already know and it's something they don't talk about ... secrets."

-- The Doctor

We, as a human race of the planet Earth, are faced with limited and dwindling natural resources, but instead of finding the solution, many of us go about the day, not worrying about it, "let someone else worry about it or let someone else solve it."

Overall, the episode is another good sign of things to come.

I finally got to watch the first episode in Season 5 of BBC's Doctor Who, starring Matt Smith (as the Doctor) and Karen Gillan (as his companion, Amy Pond).

With the departure of the loved David Tennant, a new season brings forth an uncertainty for the new Doctor but after watching the very first episode, I can say that we will have nothing to fear about this new Doctor actor, Matt Smith. Matt was successful in merging the high-energy performance of Tennant's Doctor with many others of his own, bridging the transition from the old to the new.

Like pretty much the previous seasons of Doctor Who II, the companions have been very good eye candy and Karen Gillan (who plays the character, Amy Pond) is no exception to this rule and made quite an impression on me with her police uniform. If her performance in the first episode is any indication of what she'll be bringing on to the show, she will definitely complement Smith.

I look forward in seeing future episodes of the new season

Despite what you might find on the internet regarding the lyrics to the young toddler show, Chuggington on the Disney Channel, the lyrics I've found are a bit off/incorrect. I'm saying this now because my son, Bryan, is learning the song and I wanted to make sure he knows the lyrics correctly.

(Chug Chug Chug Chug...)
"Honk your horns!"

We're trainees.
We're making tracks,
Wheels to the rails!
Clackety Clack!

Running on time,
Passengers to take.
Hauling loads,
Pickups to make!

(Chug!  Chug!  Chug!)
Riding the rails!
(Chug! Chug!)
A traintastic crew!

Honk your horns... choo choo! 
Choo choo! 

Chuggington! 
Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Chuggington! 

Chuggington! 
Chugga Chugga Chugga...
Chugga Chugga Chugga...
Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Chuggington! 

Clackety Clack!

As a BzzAgent member, I'm privileged to the announcement of a new film that's being premiered on Mother's Day weekend.

... premiering in Theatres Mother's Day Weekend

A visually stunning and joyful new film that simultaneously chronicles the lives of four of the world's newest human inhabitants -- in Mongolia, Namibia, San Francisco, and Tokyo -- from first breathe to first steps.

Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia

Bayarjargal, who lives in Mongolia with his family, is one of four babies followed from birth to first steps in Thomas Balmes' BABIES, a Focus Features release.

Photo credit: Focus Features

Hattie from San Francisco, California

Hattie, who lives in the United States with her family, is one of four babies followed from birth to first steps in Thomas Balmes' BABIES, a Focus Features release.

Photo credit: Focus Features

Mari from Tokyo, Japan

Mari, who lives in Japan with her family, is one of four babies followed from birth to first steps in Thomas Balmes' BABIES, a Focus Features release.

Photo credit: Focus Features

Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia

Ponijao, who lives in Namibia with her family, is one of four babies followed from birth to first steps in Thomas Balmes' BABIES, a Focus Features release.

Photo credit: Focus Features

BABIES by Susan Wloszczyna of USA TODAY

Parents, movie fans are cooing over 'Babies' documentary.

If you were enraptured by just-hatched creatures of March of the Penguins, wait until you see Babies.

The collective cooing began last fall when the film's trailer first appeared in theaters. Two African children play with rocks inside a hut when the younger one decides to reach for a nearby plastic bottle -- only to have the older toddler suddenly push her and grab it away. One bites, the other shrieks, tears are shed and the laughter of shared recognition fills the air.