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Pixar’s Wall-E wastes no time. For a movie hyped over its lack of dialogue, it’s a surprise that it moves deftly from plot point to plot point and makes the inevitable departure from Earth within the first half hour or so. What follows is an awe-inspiring space montage; a love letter to our galaxy.

How can a movie about assassins who can curve bullets be bad? See the latest action-thriller-suspense-special-effects clap trap entitled Wanted and find out. In a bevy of ultra testosterone drenched action gun flicks in the recent years, i.e. Transporter, Shoot em’ Up and XXX: State of the Union, all of which were garbage, this movie takes the cake.

It seems the Bowl games vs Playoff system debate in NCAA men’s Division One Football will continue on with no change in sight. On Wednesday, April 30, the Bowl Championship Series, the organization that controls college football’s national champion selection process, rejected a proposal by Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive to implement a four-team playoff starting in 2010.