Evolution

Starring: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore Director: Ivan Reitman Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 10th January, 2005 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: English, Hindi

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Evolution is a 2001 comedy sci-fi movie directed by Ivan Reitman. It is based on a story by Don Jackoby who converted it into a screenplay along with David Diamond & David Weissman. Ira Kane & Harry Block discover an alien organism in an asteroid that has crashed to Earth. Though initially a simple goo it rapidly evolves into a variety of creatures that threaten to take over the sleepy town of Glen Canyon. Soon the army, lead by someone very familiar with Ira Kane, attends the scene & attempt to control the situation. Unfortunately, all they do is make it worse & it comes down to Kane, Block & a few friends to save everyone. It is discovered that selenium, an ingredient in some Head & Shoulders shampoos, is as poisonous to the alien life-forms as arsenic is to humans. This idea is brought about by performing the same translation of movements in the periodic table from nitrogen to selenium as from carbon to arsenic. Have a nice end of the world. Ted Levine – Brig. Gen. Russell Woodman. Evolution   at the Internet Movie Database.

DVD Extras: Evolution's special effects & CGI are seamless & crystal clear in anamorphic widescreen with some of the creatures looking more realistic than the actors. This is a movie with quite a few set pieces, but none show off the Dolby 5.1 soundtrack better than the dragon attack in the mall, connect up a couple of speakers & you can hear the flap of leathery wings behind your couch. In terms of extras there's a making-of documentary from HBO called The Evolution of Evolution, hosted by Orlando Jones, in which he interviews his co-stars & the director Ivan Reitman. You also get the behind-scenes track on the special effects & art direction. Other than that you get the theatrical trailer, the teaser trailer & the original trailer for Ghostbusters, which adds a touch classic 80s' memorabilia.

Based on the evidence in Evolution, one thing is perfectly clear: special effects have evolved, but director Ivan Reitman has reverted to primitive pandering. Equally obvious is the fact that Evolution is a defacto rip-off of Reitmans 1984 classic Ghostbusters, but this time theres no Bill Murray to deliver the best punch lines & the comedy has devolved into a gross-fest including deep-rectal extraction of alien insects, fire-hose enemas into a giant alien sphincter, & a full-moon display of David Duchovnys naked posterior. Whereas Ghostbusters was a shrewd, irreverent mainstream comedy that combined gooey spectral ectoplasm with something resembling genuine wit, Evolution is a crude, juvenile romp in which all things slimy are elevated to comedic supremacy. Granted, thats not always a bad thing. As latter-day Ghostbusters equivalents, Duchovny, Orlando Jones & Seann William Scott make a fine comedic trio, & Julianne Moore is equally amusing as a clumsy scientist & Duchovnys obligatory love interest. Despite the meddling of clueless military buffoons, they join forces to eradicate a wild variety of rapidly evolving alien creatures that arrived on Earth via meteor impact, & the extraterrestrial beasties are outrageously designed & marvellously convincing. For anyone who prefers lowbrow humour, Evolution will prove as entertaining as Ghostbusters , while others may lament Reitmans shameless embrace of crudeness. One things for certain: after seeing this film, youll gain a whole new appreciation for Head & Shoulders shampoo.

David William Duchovny is an American television & film actor, most famous for playing the character of FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files TV series. Duchovny is a graduate of Princeton University & also holds a Masters degree in English Literature from Yale University. He married actoress Tea Leoni on May 6, 1997. On April 24, 1999 Téa gave birth to a daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. Their second child, a son, Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born June 15, 2002. Before The X-Files, Duchovny had a memorable recurring role as a transvestite DEA agent on the series Twin Peaks. He also made several guest appearances in the cult TV satire The Larry Sanders Show, playing himself & he featured memorably in the final episode of the series, performing a parody of Sharon Stones infamous flashing scene from Basic Instinct. He has also been a guest host on Saturday Night Live. Posters Of Full Frontal

Editors Choice: The X Files, X Files, Evolution, Full Frontal, Providence, The Truth, Playing God, The X Files Movie, View DVDology

Julianne Moore is an American actress who first came to fame playing the Daytime Emmy Award -winning roles of Frannie & Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns. She played the twins from 1985 to 1988. Bart Freundlich 2 children ; John Gould Rubin ; Sundar Chakravarthy However, most know her today as a film actress. for Best Actress & for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award & a SAG award for her performances in Far From Heaven in 2003. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1999 for The End of the Affair & was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1997 for Boogie Nights. Posters Of Julianne Moore

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Ivan Reitman is a Slovak -born, Canadian -raised film producer & director. He is most remembered for directing & producing a string of comedies, mostly in the 1980s & 90s. Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University, but his big break came when he produced National Lampoons Animal House in 1978 & directed Meatballs in 1979. From there, he directed & produced a number of comedies including Stripes, Ghostbusters, Twins, Ghostbusters II, Kindergarten Cop, Dave & Junior. In the early 1990s, Reitman began to direct fewer films, but increased his role as a producer & executive producer. He helped to produce Beethoven, Beethovens 2nd, Space Jam, Private Parts, Road Trip, Evolution, which he also directed, Old School & Eurotrip. Reitman is currently working on a remake of The Pink Panther which is slated for a 2005 release. Posters Of Junior

Editors Choice: Evolution, Junior, Dave, Six Days Seven Nights, Fathers Day, Kindergarten Cop, Twins, Ghostbusters 2, View DVDology

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