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While plans to further TriStar’s Godzilla franchise on the big screen fell through, the animated sequel turned out to be a great alternative. Godzilla: The Series debuted mere months after the 1998 film was released, and it went on to become a popular part of Fox Kids’ Saturday morning programming. And although this continuation had a limited lifespan of just two seasons, it still managed to do the impossible and redeem Roland Emmerich’s widely disliked adaptation.

Similar to Ultra Q, Godzilla: The Series saw Dr. Niko “Nick” Tatopoulos leading a specialized team — Humanitarian Environmental Analysis Team, or H.E.A.T. for short — in the struggle against the giant and disruptive creatures (often referred to as “mutants”) who have begun to appear all across the globe. Aiding them was the lone, surviving offspring of Godzilla teased at the end of the film. And to ensure the juvenile Godzilla stood...

Dystopian science fiction movies often reveal as much about the time they were made as the future they are predicting, although few films have the poles set as closely together as Kathryn Bigelow's "Strange Days." Controversial at the time for its disturbing depiction of sexual violence and racial injustice, the dark neo-noir was released in 1995, slap-bang between its incendiary vision of a society teetering on the brink of chaos at the turn of the millennium and the incident that provided a catalyst to get it to the screen, namely the brutal beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers in 1991.

Reaction from critics was mixed, often praising its atmosphere and technical prowess while questioning Bigelow's judgment and motives, and audiences didn't really know what to do with it. As a result, it bombed at the box office, making back just 8 million against its 42 million budget (via Box Office Mojo).

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TORONTO -- Retooling their 2005 primetime schedules for much-needed ratings, Canadian private broadcasters will be steaming up TV sets in a bid to entice viewers with racy homegrown dramas. Gone are the traditional understated dramas about burly hockey players and rodeo queens. In their place, Canadian broadcasters are taking a page out of the Hollywood playbook and casting good-looking talent in various stages of undress. Pay TV channel the Movie Network, for instance, is sexing up its winter schedule with G-Spot, a dramedy about a Canadian actress facing hurdles and heartache in Hollywood that was written by and stars Brigitte Bako, Showtime's Red Shoe Diaries headliner.

TORONTO -- Retooling their 2005 primetime schedules for much-needed ratings, Canadian private broadcasters will be steaming up TV sets in a bid to entice viewers with racy homegrown dramas. Gone are the traditional understated dramas about burly hockey players and rodeo queens. In their place, Canadian broadcasters are taking a page out of the Hollywood playbook and casting good-looking talent in various stages of undress. Pay TV channel the Movie Network, for instance, is sexing up its winter schedule with G-Spot, a dramedy about a Canadian actress facing hurdles and heartache in Hollywood that was written by and stars Brigitte Bako, Showtime's Red Shoe Diaries headliner.