'99-'05 or so saw many, many motherboards go down to failed capacitors. The machines I'm putting together these days seem quite a bit more stable.

Now I'm 'losing' older hardware by giving away PCs.

If a movie is perceived as being a great film within it's genre, it will succeed regardless of who is in it. Look at Blair Witch Project (yeah, yeah, I know it's a love it or hate it flic, but it was wildly successful if you consider what it made compared to what it cost to make) and The Ring as examples.

The only thing that sticking a big name star into a movie will insure is that the movie will not completely flop. It's like insurance for mediocrity.