Rita Verreos Movies
- 2007
The fourteenth season of the evergreen CBS reality-competition series Survivor is set amongst the Fijian Islands, a tropical paradise occasionally festered with slithery snakes and other such nuisances. This time around, there are nineteen contestants rather than the twenty we've been accustomed to for the past several seasons: the twentieth contestant quit before the series began, the victim of panic attacks. For a change, the season opens "cold", without introducing the contestants individually before depositing them on the island where, for the next 39 days, they will compete for the million-dollar grand prize and the coveted title of Sole Survivor. In another new development, the "castaways" participate in a challenge before being split into two tribes--the Moto and the Ravu--with one tribe enjoying the luxuries accrued in the initial challenge, while the other tribe must make do with only a water well and machete. Also, on this go-round there are two immunity idols hidden somewhere on "Exile Island," rather than a single idol. Plus, there are no "recap" episodes; the adventure unfolds without interruption or flashback. Finally, for the first time in Survivor history, the Sole Survivor is chosen unanimously by the jury, with no dissenting votes. Their ages ranging from 23 to 55, this season's ethnically diverse "survivors" include attorney Alex Angarita, expert-witness locator Anthony Robinson; construction worker Kenward "Boo" Bemis; civil-engineer manager Cassandra Franklin; cheerleading coach Andria "Dre" Herd, aka "Dreamz"; ad executives Earl Cole and Edgardo Rivera; fundraiser Erica Durousseau; school bus driver Gary Stritesky; bartender James "Rocky" Reid; fashion stylist Jessica deBen; loan officer Liliana Gomez, customer service representative Lisette "Lisi" Linares; college student Michelle Yi; program manager Mookie Lee; single mom/professional image consultant Rita Verreos; interactive-internet producer Stacy Kimball; architect Sylvia Kwan; and computer engineer Yau-Man Chan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeff Probst
In Marked for Death, Steven Seagal is told to "try to find the gentle person inside yourself." But he doesn't spend too much time looking, preferring instead to crack the spines of his victims. Seagal plays John Hatcher, a burned-out narcotics agent who resigns from the Drug Enforcement Administration after his partner is killed. He returns to his hometown and finds the city in the thrall of a vicious Jamaican drug gang, led by the nasty Screwface (Basil Wallace). He meets an old friend, now a high school football coach, who tells John about losing his best player and his 13-year-old nephew to drug overdoses. Soon John's family is threatened and his prize Mustang stolen, so John joins forces with his buddy to take on Screwface and the drug gang themselves. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace, (more)
