Like a lot of stylishly persuasive thrillers, Flightplan is more fun to watch than it is to think about. There’s much to admire in this hermetically sealed mystery, in which a propulsion engineer and grieving widow (Jodie Foster) takes her 6-year-old daughter (and a coffin containing her husband’s body) on a transatlantic flight aboard a brand-new jumbo jet she helped design, and faces a mother’s worst nightmare when her daughter (Marlene Lawston) goes missing. But how can that be? Is she delusional? Are the flight crew, the captain (Sean Bean) and a seemingly sympathetic sky marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) playing out some kind of conspiratorial abduction? [More]
Month: January 2006
Sean Astin was a guest on ‘The View’ today (Jen 23rd). The short interview mentioned his role on 24, and the very “Hollywood” type meeting that lead to his being cast. Take a look! (25.6MB MOV) [More]
Afra writes: I found this funny number thanks to Empire Online and felt all Ringers should take the time to see it too. It’s safe for children too. [More]
Ataahua sends this along. More than two years after the release of Return of the King, tourists are still flocking to New Zealand because of the LOTR films. [More]
Sean Astin made his “24” debut last week as CTU Director Lynn McGill, a by-the-numbers agent who doesn’t mind ruffling a few feathers to get the job done. You can check him out every week on “24”, Monday nights on FOX.