"Without steel modern war would be impossible.
That, at any rate, seems to be one lesson of recent movies like "Star Trek Into Darkness," "Man of Steel," "World War Z" and the bromantic "This Is the End," which bank on viewers grooving on the spectacle of their symbolic demise: bang, bang — we're all dead.
For him, the wooden coaster revival of the past decade is a natural conclusion to the steel coaster wars waged by amusement parks in the 1980s and '90s.
Old stone Orthodox monasteries, heroic poems, candlelit ceremonies, mighty warriors, silver crucifixes, cold steel, holy wars, noble death — Tijana the lover of Wordsworth and Shelley had fallen in love with these things, too.
Thomas Schütte's set of ceramic heads on steel poles, like war trophies, is heavy-handed.
Tata Steel's bidding war with CSN, a Brazilian firm, over Corus, an Anglo-Dutch steelmaker, is just one example of the once-staid group's new boldness.
Action blockbusters Man of Steel and World War Z occupied second and third places in the charts and Statham's film crossed the line in fifth place, taking £206,000 on its opening weekend.
With action blockbusters Man of Steel and World War Z occupying second and third places in the chart, cinemagoers looking for an alternative turned to comedy This Is the End, starring Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Michael Cera and Emma Watson.
These vehicles and others took their place alongside the British Land Rover, which was built with all-aluminum body panels beginning in 1948 a choice dictated by a shortage of steel during World War II and continued by the manufacturer ever since.
Click here to watch video Thanks to The Fault in Our Stars, box-office overall is a handy 19% up on the previous frame, although a hefty 30% down on the equivalent weekend from 2013, when top titles Man of Steel and World War Z delivered nearly £10m between them.
