"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" opens Friday. It's the second film installment of the C.S. Lewis series "The Chronicles of Narnia," but it doesn't follow the order of Lewis' seven books. "Prince Caspian" is actually the fourth book.
Each of the books is based on real time and Narnia time.
So here's this week's question: In Narnia, Prince Caspian has summoned Susan, Peter, Edmund and Lucy to help him overthrow his evil uncle King Miraz. In London, where the four siblings live, the year is 1941 - one year after their trip through the wardrobe. But in Narnia, 1,300 years have passed. What year is it by Narnia's calendar?
Those who answer correctly will be entered into a drawing for an audiobook.
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Phil Villarreal has worked for the Daily Star since birth, but he's been the movie critic since February 2001. You could say he's a fan of the cinema. Each day he wakes up to a plate of steaming scrambled movies, which he washes down with a glass of movie juice, all while watching a movie. In his free time he plays video games and watches movies. He has written a novel, "Stormin' Mormon."
A date with Zack, Miri, Kevin Smith and their 'Porno'
03/27/2008 09:49 AM Phil Villarreal
I just got word from the Weinstein Company that the Kevin Smith-Seth Rogen team-up “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” will be released Oct. 31. I was sour on the past couple Smith movies – “Jersey Girl” (along with most everyone else) and “Clerks II” (most people like it, but it didn’t connect with me. I may have been expecting too much) – but I have a feeling this one will match the excellence and rewatchable hiliarity of his first four: “Clerks,” “Mallrats,” “Chasing Amy” and “Dogma.” (“Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” was no slouch either). Rogen is the strongest comic force going these days, with an incredible 2007 with “Knocked Up” and “Superbad” and 2008 could be just as strong, with “Horton Hears a Who” and “Pineapple Express” in the can.
In “Zack and Miri,” Rogen and Elizabeth Banks play longtime pals who make a porn movie together to score some cash. In doing so, they discover they may be in love. I like that the concept is fresh and out-there (nearly as intriguing as, ahem, Stormin’ Mormon, and the combination of Rogen’s delivery – guy could make a reading of a Hillary Clinton speech seem entertaining – combined with Smith’s acerbic writing is almost an unfairly powerful combo. The fact that the comedy is being released so late in the year – can’t remember any of Smith’s movies nailing a similar release date – makes me think the Weinsteins are tabbing the film as something of a “Juno”-like Oscar contender.
