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    If someone is interested The Librarian 2: Return to King Solomon's Mines, TNT, premieres Sunday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
    In Australia there was the DVD premiere.

    So you can find some clips here.

    http://rapidshare.com/files/907536/glasses.wmv.html 
    http://rapidshare.com/files/910444/glasses2.wmv.html 
    http://rapidshare.com/files/915754/goats.wmv.html 
    http://rapidshare.com/files/916883/honeymoon.wmv.html 
    http://rapidshare.com/files/920677/hippos.wmv.html 
    http://rapidshare.com/files/922242/casablanca.wmv.html

     

    And a lot of caps from the movie here: http://xoomer.alice.it/brown_eyes/The%20Librarian%202%20Return%20to%20King%20Solomon%20Mines.htm 

     





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    Too bad I don't have cable or I'd watch it....
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    DVD will be out Dec. 19 
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    Carterfan2 wrote:
    DVD will be out Dec. 19 


    Good to know.....hopefully I can rent it or get it somehow here in Canada.....I kinda like seeing him in other roles besides Carter.....
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    TNT udpated The Librarian site: http://alt.tnt.tv/librarian_return/index.html

    Clips, behind the scenes, trailers, etc., etc.

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    Carterfan2 wrote:

    TNT udpated The Librarian site: http://alt.tnt.tv/librarian_return/index.html

    Clips, behind the scenes, trailers, etc., etc.



    I actually like all that behind the scenes stuff that sometimes comes with DVD's
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    Reviews are out and they're really good!

    Wyle searches for King Solomon's mines in latest 'Librarian' 

    Tom Dorsey

    Paging Noah Wyle ?

    Where has he been since he retired from practicing medicine on "ER" as Dr. John Carter?

    Well, for one thing, he has been impersonating Indiana Jones as "The Librarian." There's a new edition Sunday at 8 p.m. on TNT.

    In "The Librarian: King Solomon's Mines," Flynn Carson (Wyle) is dispatched by the head librarian (Bob Newhart) on a mission to find the map leading to King Solomon's fabled mines and, more important, to keep the treasures out of the clutches of some really bad hombres.

    Flynn, you may remember from the first edition of "The Librarian" two years ago, is a naive young guy with 22 college degrees who has never worked a day in his life.

    Then he stumbles into the Metropolitan Museum, with secret chambers that house just about every mythical treasure you can think of from the Holy Grail to Excalibur. The story line has a touch of the movie "National Treasure" but with a more comical vein.

    Besides Newhart, Jane Curtin returns as the museum's bean counter, who demands Flynn get expense-account receipts for everything, even if he has to die trying. Our hero still lives at home with his mom (Olivia Dukakis), who is trying to marry him off to a wallflower distant cousin.

    Wyle's character is a little bit like his Carter character from "ER." They are both a bit inept, but they are the kind of men you want next to you in a crisis. Flynn is the ultimate geeky antihero.

    He is not quite as macho as Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones. Still, he finds himself in the same kind of historical cliffhangers, where he has to escape impossible odds, not to mention saving the damsel in distress. She also has to pull his hot coals out of the fire sometimes.

    The leading lady would be Gabrielle Anwar this time. She plays Emily Davenport, a smart archaeologist. She's turned off by Flynn at first but decides to tag along for the bumpy ride.

    There's a little bit of everything from molten lakes of fire to daring rescues, escapes, evil spirits, swashbuckling sword fights and a "Casablanca" finish at an airport.

    It's a fun romp, and Wyle is perfect for the part. He says he loved it because it gave him the chance to do a comic-book role after 11 seasons of having to be the dead-serious young doc on "ER."

    What he really wanted to be growing up in Hollywood was not an actor but a basketball player. He didn't quite measure up, so he passed on college and tried his hand at acting since he was in a convenient locale to pursue that career.

    Wyle landed some supporting roles and a few movie parts, but "ER" opened the door to fame and fortune and still provides handsome checks from reruns.
    In 2000 he married his wife, Tracy, who worked as a makeup artist. They have a son, who is 4, and a daughter, who is 1.

    Wyle and TNT could probably turn "The Librarian" into a series and another career for him if he wanted to do it. But at just 35 he still has lots of other opportunities on the horizon.

    Wyle gets more nerdy revenge in "Librarian" sequel

    Fri Dec 1, 2006 4:58am ET

    By Barry Garron

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear" was basic cable's most-watched movie in 2004, making a sequel all but inevitable.

    Noah Wyle reprises the title role in a new adventure that, in key respects, is better than the original. To be sure, both TNT telefilms are strictly escapist fare. The sequel, however, offers more insight into Wyle's hero librarian, more plot complexity and a bigger budget for special effects.

    In the original film, Wyle plays Flynn Carson, a nerd's nerd with 22 academic degrees and no life, who is selected to be the new librarian of the Metropolitan Library. The post requires that he risk life and limb as he traverses the globe to retrieve precious and legendary objects, such as King Arthur's sword, Neptune's trident and the Shroud of Turin. His mentor is Judson, the deadpan librarian emeritus played by Bob Newhart.

    Once brought to the library, the fabulous items are kept in an impenetrable, super-secret chamber. When you think about it, there's something screwy about a librarian going to extraordinary lengths to conceal information from the public, but for purposes of the movie, let's go with it.

    In the sequel, penned by Marco Schnabel, we find a more experienced and cockier librarian. He's still several rolling boulders short of being Indiana Jones, but he's moving in that direction. As the title implies, Flynn's new adventure has him on a quest to find the treasure of King Solomon's Mines. At the same time, he discovers a lot about his father, who died when Flynn was a boy. Parts of the story don't make sense, and other parts are more than a little contrived, but once you get into the three-part rhythm of danger, discovery and pursuit by bad guys, none of that matters much.

    Adventure films require love interests. Here, the part is played by Gabrielle Anwar, who, as Emily Davenport, can match Flynn degree for degree. They meet when he interrupts her archaeological excavation, and soon they are digging each other. The chemistry is a little strained, but the outcome is inevitable, and they really do seem to enjoy themselves.

    Jonathan Frakes directs with a light touch and a bit of a smirk. It's not easy to establish a sense of peril when so much of the danger is comedic, but Frakes manages a careful balance to keep the film from tipping too far in either direction. Special effects, particularly in the final scenes, are noteworthy by small-screen standards and add to the fun.


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    The Librarian: Quest for the Spear and Return to King Solomon?s Mines (review)
    Checking Out Noah Wyle's Librarian

    I forgot how darn cute Noah Wyle is after his poor little rich boy Dr. John Carter got so annoying on ER -- but then, everyone got so annoying on ER that I had to give it up. But now I'm reminded how darn cute he is by his totally charming Dr. Flynn Carson ... not a medical doctor but a professional geek and know-it-all in the made-for-TV Librarian movies, the second of which, The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, debuts on TNT this Sunday night, December 3.

    I'd never seen the first film, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, until just this week. That first movie had, frankly, looked pretty dumb, as far as I could see, so I gave it a miss back in 2004. But when the press kit arrived from TNT with a preview DVD of the new film and Wyle looking so adorably Indiana Jones-ish, in a pleasantly nerdy way, on the cover of the packet, I thought: Why not give it a try? So I Netflixed the first film (it's been on DVD for ages) and checked it out, and what a hoot. Flynn is, at 30something, a perpetual student with 22 degrees and a mom (Olympia Dukakis) who despairs of him ever finding a girlfriend. But when he gets kicked out of school by a professor who's had it up to here with him, Flynn lucks into a job with "the Library," an amazing repository of secret powerful artifacts, like Excalibur and Pandora's Box and, oh yeah, the Ark of the Covenant. (The blatant invocation of Raiders of the Lost Ark somehow defuses all possible complaints that the film is stealing Indy's thunder, even though it is.) There are, naturally, evil societies out to grab those powerful toys for their own use, and it's up to Flynn to stop them. Which he does, with the help of a kick-ass girl bodyguard, with whom he eventually does things that make Mom happy (and creep us out a little once we think about his mom -- ewww -- thinking about what he's doing with the kick-ass girl bodyguard).

    It's all totally lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek and never dares to be serious about anything, which is refreshing. And if Return to King Solomon's Mines disappoints just a tad, it's in its attempts to be serious, just a little, when it injects some sentimentality about Flynn's family: he barely remembers his dad, it seems, and when Mom gives him an old family heirloom that had been his father's ... well, the heirloom turns out to be a lot older than Flynn thought, and Dad turns out to have been a lot more interesting than the dress salesman Mom thought he was, and Flynn ends up with a bit more heartache than we really need to see in this kind of movie.

    But only a bit more. Though some of the FX are TV-cheap-'n'-cheesy in places, this is even more ambitious a film for the small screen than the first one was, what with all the globe-hopping and invocation of ancient rites and lost civilizations. And Mines gets even more, and more effective, mileage out of Flynn's sweet -- and sometimes inadvertent -- heroism, and out of the role-reversal of hero and heroine. This time out, it's Gabrielle Anwar's archaeologist, who's an even bigger know-it-all with even more degrees than Flynn, which puts him on the defensive in a way that he didn't have to be in the first film -- he knew he couldn't compete physically with the kick-ass girl bodyguard, so he didn't really try. But here, now? Being shown up by someone with four PhDs has gotta sting.

    The Librarian is fun stuff. If we're to be kept waiting yet more years for the return of Indiana Jones, Flynn Carson will do nicely in the meantime.

    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    MaryAnn Johanson
    author of The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride
    minder of FlickFilosopher.com

    TV highlights for the week ahead

    FRAZIER MOORE
    Associated Press
    He's a good-looking geek with a taste for derring-do and a job as a librarian who often saves the world.

    Noah Wyle is back for "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines," a sequel to the 2004 TNT film, "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear." It's a rollicking adventure in the spirit of Indiana Jones.

    Wyle plays Flynn Carson, the mild-mannered bookworm who helps care for the repository of humanity's greatest secrets hidden beneath the vast Metropolitan Library. It's never boring in this artifact-crammed refuge (King Neptune's trident has a habit of spraying Flynn, and the playful sword of King Arthur loves to challenge his brinksmanship). But Flynn longs to be out in the world on a new mission.

    He gets his wish when the Curator (played by Bob Newhart) dispatches him to Africa to find the fabled mines of King Solomon after a package arrives with a long-lost map.

    Soon enough on this quest, Flynn meets a gorgeous archaeologist (Gabrielle Anwar) who, in spite of himself, he digs. A pair of sexy eggheads, they team up, head off, and do their share of bickering.

    Then - small world! - he also runs into Uncle Jerry (Robert Foxworth), a lifelong friend of his father, who died when Flynn was just a boy, leaving him a special secret.

    Many obstacles will clutter the path of our heroes, while the fate of the world hangs in the balance (never mind how). There are skirmishes and leering villains, dank fortresses and elusive mysteries. There's action, comedy and traces of romance.

    We've seen it all before. But who cares? It's a fun expedition, with all ages welcome. "Return to King Solomon's Mines" sets off 8 p.m. EST Sunday on TNT.

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    TV critic's pick for Friday
    The 'A' train


    Viewers, sharpen your pencils...
    The 'A' train
    Fans of 2004's "The Polar Express" (7 p.m. today, KSTP, Ch. 5) are hoping the movie will join "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" as a traditional holiday classic. Does it still hold up? Judge for yourself.

    Electrifying TV

    Hey, you guyyyyys! If that saying means anything to you, it's probably because you grew up on "The Electric Company," which was sort of the graduate program for "Sesame Street" students. Look back at its legacy with "The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits" (9 p.m. Saturday, KTCA, Ch. 2).

    By the book

    It doesn't take bulging muscles to be a superhero, which is good news for Bob Newhart and Noah Wyle, who star in the sequel, "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines" (7 p.m. Sunday, TNT), another chance for bookworms to save the world.


    NEAL JUSTIN



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    On TV: For good, stupid fun, check out TNT's silly 'Librarian'

    By MELANIE McFARLAND

    P-I TELEVISION CRITIC

    There is generic stupidity, and there is high-quality stupidity, the kind that makes you set your TiVo and mindlessly stuff your face with Mallomars. Knowing the difference is crucial. ABC's "Show Me the Money"? Avoidable. "The Knife Show"? Hide the kids if you want them to have a shot at doing well on the SAT's one day.

    Then you have TNT's adventure movie "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines." Now we're talking truly inspired stupid. Bob Newhart, Olympia Dukakis and Jane Curtin are in it, and it stars Noah Wyle. It is not entirely out of bounds to think of it as a vaguely smart kind of stupid.

    For the benefit of those who didn't see "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," Wyle is Flynn Carsen, a guy in his 30s who never had a girlfriend, lived with his mother (Dukakis) and was so afraid of the real world that he stayed in college long enough to earn 22 academic degrees. When his favorite professor kicked him out, he took a job at the Metropolitan Library, figuring it would be the perfect place for him.

    But his superiors, Judson (Newhart, cuddly and stammering as always) and Charlene (Curtin), had other plans. For in the belly of the library is a labyrinthine archive of powerful legendary antiquities they're charged with protecting, including the Ark of the Covenant, the Shroud of Turin and Excalibur.

    A premise like that keeps a share of stupidity at bay, when you think about it. Myths, librarians as action heroes, a handsome former "ER" star, what's not to like? Academics deserve a more realistic power fantasy to aspire to besides Indiana Jones, wouldn't you agree? Indy hasn't cracked his bullwhip since 1993 and, besides, most professors these days would get winded just by watching him.

    Carsen can relate. Clumsier than he is athletic, the man can barely stay on a horse. Flynn even admitted in the first movie that the idea of having a "save the world" quest thrust upon him was, well, kind of lame. But he always returns intact and with his quarry, although his bosses dress him down for the trouble caused along the way.

    Yep, "The Librarian" movies are as removed from stern as you can get.

    "Return to King Solomon's Mines" drops in on a more experienced but no less curious Carsen. His world-saving derring-do, such as it is, has put a swagger in his step; that immediately dissolves when Mom throws him a birthday party. How sweet. And it gets the Librarian thinking about the father he never really knew. The only memories he has are silly bedtime stories he used to tell.

    Carsen doesn't get much time to mope, because a strange package sets him on the path to find the mythical lost treasure of the Old Testament's most celebrated ruler, including the Book of Solomon -- which, naturally, has powers beyond the mere romantic loves poems we're familiar with. The obligatory group of power-hungry evildoers in khaki safari gear hunts it as well, led by the flinty General Samir ("Heroes' " Erick Avari).

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    One can't dash headlong through ancient ruins without the assistance of a beautiful woman. Gabrielle Anwar assumes that duty as Emily Davenport, an archaeologist who happens to be even smarter and snippier than Flynn.

    Given the enthusiasm with which people already received "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," plenty must be ready to sign on this cable candy. An audience of nearly 7 million viewers made the original the top-ranked basic cable movie of 2004.

    That doesn't mean millions of viewers can't be wrong; tons of CDs by "American Idol" also-rans are evidence to the contrary. But these viewers knew from high-quality stupidity. It's called "The Librarian," for goodness sake. Self-parody is its calling card.

    And this sequel still has it down. Executive producer Dean Devlin and director Jonathan Frakes (yes, Trekkers, Commander Riker) ably recall the happy nostalgia of the weekend action matinee with a light touch, shunning any earnest or serious moments. There are unrealistic special effects and goofy sets; there is an improbable climax; there is a somewhat annoying and stereotypical African sidekick named Jomo (Hakeem Kae-Kazim).

    It's absolutely corny, and completely forgivable, thanks to a group of actors obviously having the time of their lives. Wyle takes special glee playing a man who seizes his brilliances with a combination of naivet? and cluelessness. Without him, none of this would work. Think a little too hard, and it doesn't.

    We're talking about good-time stupidity here. Don't think. Just watch, and grin.

    WATCH IT

    "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines," TNT; 8 p.m. , 10 p.m. and midnight Sunday; 9 p.m. Wednesday; 4 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Dec. 9; 11:30 a.m. Dec. 10; 12:15 a.m. Dec. 16



    The Librarian' fills in while we wait for Indy

    By: ANN ZIVOTKSY - For the North County Times

    Harrison Ford is reportedly preparing to star in "Indiana Jones 4" for a summer 2008 release. Ford is 64, so there's some question about how energetic Indiana Jones can be these days. Fans of Indiana Jones and Alan Quartermain stories need not despair because they have ---- a librarian.

    Two years ago TNT aired "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," starring Noah Wyle as a brilliant graduate student who is thrust into adventure when he's hired to protect the world's historical treasures. The very good movie led the year in ratings for a cable movie. "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines," which airs this weekend, is an excellent follow-up film in what we can only hope becomes an annual series of films.

    Flynn Carson (Wyle) holds 22 academic degrees but hadn't moved out of his mother's house when he got a job at the Metropolitan Library. He works for a wise man named Judson (Bob Newhart), who patiently explained to him that his role would be to protect great artifacts such as the Excalibur sword, Poseidon's trident, and King Solomon's mines. What adds greatly to the "Librarian" series is the exceptional interplay between Newhart and Wyle. The role is a perfect fit for Newhart's dry sense of humor.

    In the first movie, the conflict came between Carson and the attractive ---- and deadly ---- woman he was teamed with to protect him on his adventure. Now Carson is more comfortable with his fighting and adventure skills, but he's teamed with Emily (British actress Gabrielle Anwar), who is as smart as Carson, and another terrific conflict develops between the two leads.

    Also returning is Jane Curtain as a museum administrator who can't hide her motherly protection of Carson, even as she demands he bring her itemized receipts from his wild adventures. Olympia Dukakis also returns as Carson's mother, although she's not used enough in this installment.

    Wyle is so comfortable in this role as the brilliant but slightly bumbling adventurer that my Christmas wish is that TNT can find a way to make a new "Librarian" film every year so we don't have to wait two years for the next episode. Add to Wyle and Newhart's fantastic performances the fact that "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines" is set in Morocco and there are wonderful references to "Casablanca," and this cable movie is an early holiday treat.

    "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines" premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday on TNT. It will be replayed that same night and throughout the following week.


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    Not Your Average Work Day

    Noah Wyle relishes the adventures of Librarian.


    by David Martindale

    Noah Wyle admits it: He plays for a living. "I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job," he says, "because I was worried about the monotony." That's why, long ago, Wyle embraced the gypsy life of an actor. And that's why The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, a TNT original movie in which he portrays an unlikely action hero, "is right in my wheelhouse."

    The movie, which premieres at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 3, marks Wyle's return as Flynn Carson, guardian of the greatest treasures in history, myth and legend. He first played the character in The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, the highest-rated cable movie of 2004. "What better job can you have," Wyle muses, "than you wake up in the morning and you look at the call sheet and you say, 'Oh, today I'm jumping over the lava pit'? Or 'Today I'm doing the horseback chase'? Or 'Oh, this is the day I do the swordfight sequence with Excalibur'?"

    Here's one way to make that experience even more magical: pack your bags and shoot the whole thing on location in Africa. "We started off production in Kenya," Wyle recalls. "We had a really phenomenal two days shooting in an actual Masai village with Masai warriors. That was fantastic, being in their camp and trading with them and buying some of their wares and learning a little bit about their culture." The Masai people are masterful negotiators, by the way. "When I got back, I fired ICM and now I'm represented professionally by the Masai," Wyle jokes. "They go over all of my contracts now."

    Cast and crew also spent a couple of weeks shooting exteriors at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. Then they moved to Cape Town, South Africa, for interior work. "Everything came off without a hitch," Wyle says, "even though there are logistical problems about moving your production to the middle of a game reserve, where you're importing everything from equipment to power." There also can be perils when bringing Hollywood to Africa. "There was a cobra underneath the craft service table," the actor notes. "But we all lived to tell the tale."

    This wasn't Wyle's first trip to Africa, mind you. He filmed episodes of ER there when his character, Dr. John Carter, went abroad for "Doctors Without Borders" missions. Wyle's overall take on the continent: "Africa is a continent of extremes. You see extreme poverty; you see extreme opulence; you see extreme despair and extreme hope. Occasionally it's difficult to be shooting a comedy in the midst of it, but the crews were phenomenal and the people could not have been more excited or more gracious about having us there."

    In the original movie, during Flynn's first week overseeing the treasures at the Metropolitan Library, our hero recovered the Spear of Destiny, the lance that was used to skewer the side of Christ when he was crucified. In this new outing, Flynn teams with a brilliant and beautiful archaeologist (played by Gabrielle Anwar) during a quest to find the fabled mines of King Solomon. There's already a script for a third Librarian movie, by the way. "I think the reason the first film was successful," Wyle says, "was it filled a void that exists on television for that kind of throwback Saturday-afternoon, matinee-popcorn flick, where the jokes are funny, the chase scenes are harrowing, the romance scenes are sexy and you leave the theater satisfied on all fronts."

    Wyle is a big fan of this genre. But until the first Librarian movie came his way, he never had much luck being cast as an action-movie hero. "Maybe because I'm 6-foot-2 and only about -? what? -? 100 pounds," he says. But Wyle was an ideal fit to play Flynn. And now, "I get some really gratifying mail from librarians," he says. "They're very pleased that we're trying to rewrite the paradigm of what an action hero is supposed to be -- that it's not just might that makes right, that sometimes the biggest brain can win you out in the end."

    Flynn, who holds 22 academic degrees, definitely has the biggest brain. But in Wyle's hands, the character never seems elitist about his intellect. Wyle's secret to making Flynn so appealing? "Somebody told me a long time ago," he says, "that the best way to play an idiot is to play him like a smart person -- and the best way to play a smart character is to play him like an idiot.

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    The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)

    by Jordon Corson

    I signed on to filmmonthly.com just before writing this review. The film review right on the front page of the site is for Old Joy, a film that seems to be an embodiment of the artsy-indie cinematic experience. A film such as that, complete with Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Yo La Tengo, is well deserving of a glowing and pretentious review. It is the kind of film that demands serious consideration and extensive discussion.
    I'm reviewing The Librarian: Return To King Solomon's Mines. It is a Noah Wyle vehicle that is a sequel to the original TNT movie. There's an instant association with the idea of badness and former television stars playing ridiculous genre type heroes in poorly titled made for T.V. movies. Where Old Joy is made for pure artful cinematic purposes, I'm still struggling to understand for what greater purpose The Librarian was created. But here’s the thing. The Librarian is a pretty good movie. It’s one of those “take it for what it is” scenarios I guess, but I liked it.

    In the film we are introduced to Noah Wyle as the learned adventurer traveling the world looking for lost treasure. Wyle is always brilliant in the role. He is sly like Indiana Jones, but also finds moments of honesty in the film. In a film that is made in Indiana Jones’ image, it is quite admirable that Wyle offers originality and makes honest choices.

    Over the course of the film Wyle travels to distant lands looking for a long lost treasure. Along the way he meets an attractive, strong woman who at first he doesn’t like…but then he likes a lot. Also, he has a sidekick type of friend and…well, before I go into ellipsis overdrive I’ll just tell you that you can figure out the plot yourself. In fact, you could probably write it if you’ve seen any wanderlust adventure genre film with the sly masculine, but flawed character (again, Indiana Jones). The script feels like it was written in a day. The special effects were probably done on a budget under two hundred dollars. Even still, I want to reiterate, it’s a decent film.

    Simply because one film may have different artistic ambitions does not constitute that film as better or more necessary. I don’t want to say that it’s that great of a film. But The Librarian is admirable for several reasons. Despite the terrible script and even worse special effects, the direction never mocks the story, nor does it employ too much irony. So, while it might be only a half decent movie that I’m taking for what it is, after watching it I think that The Librarian is equally deserving of a pretentious review as any other film out there.

    Jordon Corson is a film critic living in Chicago.

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    Librarian mines lots of fun out of King Solomon tale 

    South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    By Tom Jicha

    November 30, 2006

    The location of the mines must not be found.
    'Rarely a dull moment' is not a phrase you expect to hear associated with a franchise dubbed The Librarian . However, almost 7 million viewers know better -- they made the first in the line, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear , the highest-rated basic cable movie of 2004.
    The sequel, The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines , doesn't disappoint, grabbing the attention of action-adventure fans in the opening frames and holding it thereafter with scads of things that go boom, wild chases and escapes from ghastly fates. African wildlife and landscape shots provide captivating scene-setters. It's amazing how advances in computer-generated images have allowed TV movies to take on a big-budget, big-screen look. The only thing missing from this Librarian is subtlety.

    Noah Wyle has latched onto his post- ER annuity in Flynn Carson, whose timid persona belies a well-camouflaged heroic streak. The character is obviously a basic-cable knockoff of Indiana Jones, but the TNT movie also pays barely concealed homage to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Casablanca . And Wyle seems to be having as much fun as the audience will.

    Also reprising roles from the original are Bob Newhart as library curator Judson, Flynn's mild-mannered, low-key mentor (Newhart's only speed), plus Jane Curtin as no-nonsense bean counter Charlene and Olympia Dukakis as Flynn's mother, Margie. The veteran actors have every reason to anticipate a string of easily earned paychecks from this series. They certainly don't break a sweat here. Robert Foxworth has a secondary role as Flynn's Uncle Jerry, who turns up in the most unlikely places for the most improbable reasons. Romantic interest is supplied by Gabrielle Anwar as the fetching and scholarly archaeologist Emily Davenport, who doesn't appear until a third of the way into the story. Her looks and provocative attire immediately capture Flynn's eye. However, when he gets to meet her he is dismayed that her academic credentials outshine his. Preoccupied by her own quest to track the legend of the Queen of Sheba, she has to be cajoled into joining his pursuit of the key to King Solomon's mines. It's a complicated assignment explained through cumbersome exposition, a soft spot in the movie. History and mythology buffs will probably get a kick out of tie-ins to the Shroud of Turin, Dead Sea Scrolls and the Arthurian sword in the stone, but you have to wonder how many heads in this audience these references will fly over.

    Despite the attraction of the two leads, this is no mushy chick flick. Every time Flynn and Emily get close to a clinch, something menacing propels them to flight. Fortunately, Emily is also Flynn's match when it comes to physically fending off those intent upon doing them harm.

    The villains want to unlock King Solomon's mines in anticipation of finding artifacts that will enable them to rule the world. It is left to Flynn and Emily to thwart them. The rarely assertive Judson states emphatically, 'The location of the mines must not be found.'

    Of course, the location is found, but this is where the fun really starts -- and fun is the reason the books are not likely to close any time soon on The Librarian .

    Tom Jicha can be reached at tjicha@sun-sentinel.com on tv Program: The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines Stars: Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Jane Curtin, Bob Newhart, Olympia Dukakis Airs: 8 p.m., 10 p.m. and midnight Sunday on TNT (encores 9 p.m. Dec. 6, 11:30 a.m. Dec. 10)

    Copyright ? 2006 South Florida Sun-Sentinel, All Rights Reserved.

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    Pick of the week

    SUNDAY
    "The Librarian 2: Return to King Solomon's Mines," original telefilm, 8 p.m. (TNT)
    Why you should watch: Noah Wylie, Bob Newhart and Olympia Dukakis reprise their roles in this made-for-TV sequel to TNT's popular "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear." All we know is that we love Noah Wylie, whether he's playing a puppy dog?eyed doctor or protector of the greatest secrets on earth 

    source: http://orlandocitybeat.metromix.com/tv/natent-tv-thisweeksreturningshows-s,0,2499049.htmlstory?coll=orlnatent-tv-headlines

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    Movie Review: THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMON'S MINES

    A solid sequel that is on a much grander in scale than the original

    By: SEAN ELLIOTT
    Senior Editor


    In the original TNT movie THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR, viewers were introduced to Flynn Carsen played by Noah Wyle. Flynn was a man chosen to be the librarian of a very unique institution where the fate of the world was in the hands of said librarian at any given moment. The Indiana Jones style action adventure was a hit with audiences and critics alike, and now this Sunday at 8:00 pm, TNT will be showing the world premiere movie, THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMON?S MINES.

    This time Flynn is no longer quite as much of the reluctant hero as he was in the original, but instead has embraced his role both as librarian and as an adventurer saving precious and often magic artifacts from the wrong hands. In this chapter of the ongoing series, Flynn is sent on a quest to find and protect King Solomon?s Mines after receiving a package containing a map to the mines? location. Joining him in this quest is the brilliant and gorgeous archeologist Emily Davenport (Gabrielle Anwar), whose intellect and degrees rivals Flynn?s own accomplishments. The journey becomes a personal one as well when Flynn discovers that his family had link to the Mines? years before. Throw in angry hippos, chase scenes galore, and some pretty spiffy special effects and you?ve got a great adventure film that?s acceptable for pretty much any age of viewer.

    The director on this film is Jonathan Frakes of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION fame (who actually directed the best NextGen TREK flick, FIRST CONTACT). Frakes handles the around the world action with the usual flair and panache that he does all of his projects. This TNT movie looks more professional than a lot of feature films being released. The scope of this second LIBRARIAN film, and the fact that it was shot on locations around the world, only adds to the cinematic scope and depth of the picture. The first film was good but this one is levels above the original.

    Noah Wyle again is fun to watch as the lead in this series. Not nearly as dour as some action heroes, Wyle handles the action, romance, and comedy with slick wit and comic timing that would make Buster Keaton envious. The character of Flynn is a regular guy thrust into extraordinary circumstances and that makes him all that more engrossing to watch. Gabrielle Anwar as his new archeological partner in crime brightens up the screen in virtually every scene that she is in. The woman look brainy and beautiful even when she is covered in mud and running for her life.

    The effects budget on this picture was also stepped up a bit from the last one, and there are some great scenes in the library itself that really show how much time and attention goes into making these movies as magical as possible. And for the true the geeks in the audience, there's a dead ringer Ark of the Covenant from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK proudly on display in several scenes.

    USA Today/Robert Bianco

    ?An entertainingly bookish Noah Wyle returns to the adventure-hero business in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (TNT, Sunday, 8 ET/PT), a completely agreeable sequel to 2004's Librarian. Wyle is again cast as Flynn Carson, the excessively educated guardian of the world's greatest secret treasures ? a job he performs with a dryly humorous assist from Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin. This time, he's searching for King Solomon's treasure, a hunt that leads him to an argumentative archaeologist (Gabrielle Anwar) and ultimately to a deeper knowledge of his father. Like the original, this second Librarian steals from so many sources at once ? a little Mummy here, a little Lara Croft there, a lot of Raiders everywhere ? that writer Marco Schnabel and director Jonathan Frakes sometimes seem to lose track of what film they're in at the moment. But considering how awful and maudlin most TV movies are these days, it's easy to forgive one that just wants to have fun.
    Mining the library for classic adventures 

    Saturday, December 02, 2006
    BY JACQUELINE CUTLER
    For the Star-Ledger
    After a certain age, the fascination of comparing different shades of lip gloss wanes. So, while waiting for a prescription at the drug store, I was thrilled to find a display of cheap, hard-covered classics.

    Much as I had always intended to read them, I hadn't, and these child-friendly versions are terrific. Admittedly, they're not fair representations of the authors' words; still, my youngest and I have made our way through several, and one that continues to resonate is "King Solomon's Mines."

    It's a wonderful adventure story that has three intrepid souls search for the world's most coveted treasure even if no one is positive it exists. Along the way, they endure harsh conditions and elude evil people.

    Producers find these tales irresistible, but all too often they become parodies. Kudos to TNT for having fun with "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines" (tomorrow, 8 p.m.), but not making it completely unbelievable.

    Noah Wyle reprises his role from "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear." The most incredulous part is that his character, Flynn Carson, has earned 22 Ph.D.'s. His mom, played by Olympia Dukakis, just wants him to get married. Flynn works for a library, and here logic needs to be suspended. The library is the repository for objects, historical and allegorical, such as Excalibur, the Holy Grail and the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg.

    Jane Curtin plays the tight-lipped administrator, and Bob Newhart is Flynn's bemused boss, with magical powers. Flynn takes off in search of the treasure and meets a love interest played by Gabrielle Anwar, whose character has 25 Ph.D.'s. He is constantly imperiled. There's a decent twist at the end, and the panoramas of Kenya are beautiful.

    Wyle projects enough goofy vulnerability that Flynn seems endangered. But realizing this is a franchise and many wonderful legends remain, we should not worry about him too much.

    Source: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1165037733113800.xml&coll=1

    Saunders: Innocence the real gem in 'Solomon's Mines'

    Erik Heinila ? TNT

    Noah Wyle and Gabrielle Anwar star in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines. There's a little swashbuckle and plenty of laughs in this sequel to the 2004 TNT film.

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    December 2, 2006
    Noah Wyle, the swashbuckling hero of The Librarian, has just finished dueling an invisible opponent in a special library, which is a repository for all things mystical and mythological.
    This vault-like structure contains such items as the Holy Grail, Excalibur, the real Mona Lisa and the goose that lays the golden egg.

    Our perspiring hero picks up a towel to remove the sweat from his brow. Enter Bob Newhart, who, in is best eye-blinking, hesitant Dr. Bob Hartley style, scolds:

    "Uh . . . you're using the Shroud of Turin."

    This is a swashbuckling drama?

    Well, yes and no. While containing an ample supply of Raiders of the Lost Ark-style action, TNT's The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, is sprinkled liberally with tongue-in-cheek humor.

    How else to explain this sequence: The lives of the characters portrayed by Wyle and Gabrielle Anwar, his charming co-star, are endangered on an African lake. Their small boat, about to capsize, is surrounded by huge, man-eating hippos looking for human flesh for dinner.

    So how does this romantic duo survive? Their African guide tosses the hippos boxes of chocolates.

    And keep in mind it's really difficult to take Newhart seriously in his role as curator of the fascinating library.

    The overall result is a mixed bag of entertainment. Occasionally, the humor, a bit forced, intrudes on the often-complicated story line. The film is a sequel to The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, a 2004 TNT cable movie viewed by nearly seven million viewers, making it the most watched, ad-supported, basic cable movie of the year.

    Wyle, Newhart and several other actors are reprising their roles, as well as Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation), who returns as director. Thus, viewers familiar with the earlier production should assimilate more quickly with the goings-on.

    Wyle, the former star of ER, portrays Flynn Carlson, a brilliant man in his 30s with 22 academic degrees, who has been hired to protect the repository of humanity's greatest secrets, all hidden beneath the monolithic library. While a brilliant academic, Carlson is not exactly a rip-roaring Indiana Jones when facing danger in exotic locations. Part of the film's humor evolves from his antihero responses.

    Carlson's latest adventure takes him on a quest for treasure in the fabled mines of King Solomon after he receives a package containing a map to the location. He's accompanied by a brilliant archaeologist, Emily Davenport (Anwar), a woman whose academic skills surpass even his own. The plot thickens (almost too much) when Carlson discovers that his father, who died many years earlier, had an important connection to the mines.

    Even with the murky story line, Wyle plays his character well, being neither superhero nor bumbling idiot.

    "I think what makes this type of movie appeal to the audience is the fact a lot of people can relate to being a geek and wanting to be a hero," Wyle told critics. "The film is about an antihero. He's the academic thrown into an action sequence.

    "As the plot progresses, Carlson becomes a bit more savvy, but he never loses that spark of naivet? and innocence."

    Production values are first rate. Filmed in high definition, The Librarian was shot mostly in Kenya and Cape Town, giving the film the necessary Africa look.

    The vistas are visually wonderful, and occasionally provide scriptwriter Marco Schnabel the opportunity to provide bits of ribald humor. In one sequence, Flynn Carlson talks at length about two mountain peaks, called the Breasts of Sheba. Then the cameras focus on them in the distance.

    Additional dialogue is not needed.

    Wyle contends The Librarian is the type of old-fashioned "popcorn flick' that used to be the staple of movie houses on Saturday afternoons. "There's a scarcity of this type of movie on television right now," he said.

    Point taken.

    The Librarian qualifies as an old-fashioned adventure tale, free of the blood-and-guts, murder-and-mayhem TV movies that currently glut the network and cable channels.

    On TV

    ? What: The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

    ? When and where: premieres at 6, 8 and 10 p.m. Sunday on TNT

    saunders@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-954-5137
    Source: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/movies/article/0,2792,DRMN_23_5183289,00.html

    Mike Duffy's review

    TV


    Jump back, evil people. Flynn Carson, the swashbuckling bookworm, is back for more adventurous fun in "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines" at 8 p.m. Sunday on TNT.

    Played with witty charm by former "ER" star Noah Wyle, Carson is the slightly goofy Indiana Jones of academia. He's the possessor of 22 college degrees, as well as the globetrotting protector of humanity's greatest secrets and antiquities, which are hidden in a secret humongous vault beneath the Metropolitan Library.

    "Return to King Solomon's Mines," a sequel to last year's smash hit TNT movie "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," breezily mixes light comedy and cliffhanger action as Carson searches for the fabled mines with the assistance of a brilliant, beautiful archaeologist (Gabrielle Anwar, "Scent of a Woman").

    There's a new villainous, scheming weasel to be dispatched, of course. Also, droll Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin reprise their roles as the amusingly officious Metropolitan Library curator and his fussbudget assistant.

    "The Librarian" films have happily provided Noah Wyle proof that there's acting life after "ER." Smart move, celebrity bookworm.

    By Mike Duffy, Free Press TV Critic

    Source:http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061202/ENT05/612020371

    Noah Wyle's 'Librarian' Is Back For A Second - And More Enjoyable - Try

    December 2, 2006
    It looked like a bad career choice when "ER" star Noah Wyle left the series when he started appearing in a poor Indiana Jones rip-off series of TV movies. Back for a second stab, it's a relief that "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines" (TNT, Sunday, 8 p.m.) is an improvement over the original "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear."

    In a production mired in effects, Wyle's quest for King Solomon's mines is enlivened quite a bit by the addition of Gabrielle Anwar at his side.

    Again, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin and Olympia Dukakis appear briefly in the light adventure, which Wyle largely succeeds in pulling off by himself.

    By Martin F. Kohn, Free Press theater critic

    Source: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061202/ENT05/612020371
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    Another success for Noah, who even produced the sequel

    TNT AND TBS GARNER BIG VICTORIES WITH ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING
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    TNT and TBS Garner Big Victories with Original Programming

    TNTs THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMONS MINES Ranks as Ad-Supported Cables #1 Original Movie Sequel of All Time And Top Movie for the Quarter-To-Date among Key Adults

    TBSs MY BOYS Scores as Weeks Top Sitcom among Adults 18-34

    TNT Tops Key Adult Demos in Total Day for the Week, Setting Stage for First-Place Finish for the Year

    TNT and TBS scored major victories the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3, with TNTs original movie THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMONS MINES ranking as ad-supported cables #1 original movie sequel of all time and #1 movie for the quarter-to-date and TBSs MY BOYS outdelivering all other sitcoms on ad-supported cable this week among young adults, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. In finishing the week first in total day among adults 18-49 and 25-54, TNT also reaped big rewards from its two Saturday telecasts of the movie Van Helsing. And TBS earned attractive returns on its weekend telecasts of School of Rock.

    Ratings highlights for TBS and TNT:

    In total day, TNT ranked as ad-supported cables #1 network for the week among adults 18-49 (700,000), and adults 25-54 (725,000). The drama network is on track to finish first in both of those demos for the year.

    TNTs Sunday, Dec. 3, premiere of the original movie THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMONS MINES, starring Noah Wyle, ranks as ad-supported cables #1 original movie sequel of all time and the #1 movie for the quarter-to-date among adults 18-49 (2,922,000) and adults 25-54 (3,374,000). It also ranked as the weeks top entertainment program among persons 2+ (6,172,000) and households (4.4 coverage rating/3.6 household rating/4,050,000 households), as well as among adults 18-49 and 25-54.

    TBSs MY BOYS, which premiered Tuesday, Nov. 28, scored ad-supported cables #1 sitcom telecast for the week among adults 18-34 (756,000). As reported last Wednesday, the series also delivered strong double-digit growth for TBS in the time period.

    TNT won the night among key adult demos Saturday, Dec. 2, with back-to-back telecasts of the hit movie Van Helsing, which delivered 1,918,000 (8 p.m.) and 1,698,000 (10:30 p.m.) adults 18-49 and 1,963,000 (8 p.m.) and 1,723,000 (10:30 p.m.) adults 25-54.

    Source: http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20061205tnt02

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    Noah Wyle is a geek and definitely proud of it. The original McDreamy is producing and starring in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, a sequel to his original hit, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear. - from http://blog.meevee.com/my_weblog/2006/12/meevee_exclusiv.html#more

    This interview gives the impression that the series is doing pretty well. Do you think there will be more adventures?

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    The Librarian 2 got a nom for the Critics Choice Awards:

    Nominated for best picture made for TV are "Elizabeth I," "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines," "Nightmares & Dreamscapes," "The Ron Clark Story" and "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...6cb8c79be6ce08

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    The Librarian got 3 noms at Saturns Awards

    Best Television Presentation:

    THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMON’S MINES (TNT)

    LIFE ON MARS (BBC America)
    THE LOST ROOM (Sci Fi Channel)
    MASTERS OF HORROR (Showtime)
    NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES (TNT)
    10.5: APOCALYPSE (NBC/Universal)

    Best Actor in a Television Series:

    MATT DALLAS (Kyle XY) (ABC Family)
    MATHEW FOX (Lost) (ABC)
    MICHAEL C. HALL (Dexter) (Showtime)
    EDWARD JAMES OLMOS (Battlestar Galactica) (Sci Fi Channel)
    KIEFER SUTHERLAND (24) (Fox)
    NOAH WYLE (The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines) (TNT)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series:

    GABRIELLE ANWAR (The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines) (TNT)
    JENNIFER CARPENTER (Dexter) (Showtime)
    ALI LARTER (Heroes) (NBC/Universal)
    ALLISON MACK (Smallville) (CW)
    ELIZABETH MITCHELL (Lost) (ABC)
    HAYDEN PANETTIERE (Heroes) (NBC/Universal)

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    This was a great movie!
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    Good for you, because a third one is on the way of being finished
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