Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) is Hugh Hefner and Donald Trump rolled into one. He is the billionaire playboy that middle-aged men and teenage boys dream about being. Bedding a different model every night, driving a different car everyday of the month, Stark has it all. His company, Stark Industries, is a pioneer in the military industrial complex; as the owner of a multi-national mega-corporation, Tony has the world’s leaders on speed dial. That is until his military convoy is attacked during a demonstration of his latest weapon, the Jericho.
While it captivity, his captors demand Tony use his technical prowess to build them a Jericho missile. Rather than aid his terrorist captors, Tony builds the means for his escape; the Mark I. (more…)
Beowulf(Winstone) is a heroic Thane whose reputation as a dragon-slayer and a wooer of women precedes him beyond all bounds. Some of the stories are true, others false, but all agree that Beowulf is a true hero and the only one who can save Heorot from the attacks of Grendel(Glover) and his mother(Jolie). Grendel, born of consummation between King Hrothgar(Hopkins) and an evil temptress is terrorizing his father’s city, enraged by all the merriment which echos through his cave. (more…)
Barry B. Benson(Seinfeld) is a lowly worker bee. Only he isn’t so thrilled about working and making honey for the rest of his life. Whilst deciding what to do after graduating from college, Barry travels outside the hive into the human world. After two near-death experiences involving a tennis ball and size 10.5 winter boots, he meets Vanessa(Zellweger). To thank her for saving his life, he must break the cardinal rule of bees; never talk to humans.
As Barry and Vanessa’s relationship blossoms, Barry discovers that humans actually eat honey. Outraged at the exploitation of honey bees for the pleasure of humans leaves Barry with only one option; sue the human race and return the honey to the bees. (more…)
