The Hunger Games, the franchise based on a televised battle to the death between children, will be the inspiration for a string of attractions at a new chain of theme parks to be licensed by film studio Lionsgate, according to the New York Times.
"Why should 'Wall Street' be any different?" (Fox, Blu-ray $39.99, DVD $29.98, PG-13) RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE 3D The reliable action hand Paul W. S. Anderson directs the fourth entry in the science-fiction series based on a video-game battle between a very determined young woman (Milla Jovovich) and an army of zombies.
Whether it is based on a particular battle or not, it is fun to watch and also very educational.
The recently concluded Lincoln Center Festival, now in its seventh season, adopted a similar offbeat and avant-gardish approach, presenting the American premiere of "Ta'ziyeh," an Iranian musical epic based on the battle between the prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, and Caliph Yazid on the Kerbala desert in A.D. 680.
The plot, without going into too much detail, is largely based on the battle between good and evil, and the wants and needs of both sides.
Ironically, after their meeting at the track the drivers went to watch the new movie Rush, by the Hollywood director Ron Howard, based on the battle between Britain's James Hunt and Niki Lauda in 1976 when the Austrian withdrew from the rain-lashed last race in Japan over safety fears and his rival won the title.
"A Bend in the River" is based on a Khmer folktale that includes a battle between two giant crocodiles.
Comedia, or moro-moro, a folk drama based on the battles between Christians and the Muslim Moro, the Philippines.
It is based on the battles between the Britons and the Saxons and contains some of Purcell's most melodic and adventurous music.
