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Resident Evil 4 - Afterlife

2010-09-18T21:03:00.002+01:00

Release Date: September 10, 2010 (3D/2D theaters and IMAX 3D)
Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Screenwriter: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, Wentworth Miller, Sienna Guillory
Genre: Action, Horror
MPAA Rating: R (for sequences of strong violence and language)
Official Website: ResidentEvil-movie.com
Review: 5/10 rating

The fourth installment of the hugely successful "Resident Evil" franchise, "Resident Evil: Afterlife" is again based on the wildly popular video game series, and will this time be presented in 3-D.

In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Milla Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.

Pineapple Express - Movie Review

2008-08-29T12:57:00.002+01:00

Process server Dale Denton has a grudging business relationship with the laconic Saul Silver, deigning to visit only to purchase Saulâs primo product--a rare new strain of pot called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the cityâs most dangerous drug lord, he panics and dumps the Pineapple Express at the scene. When itâs traced back to him, Dale and Saul run for their lives--and they quickly discover that theyâre not just suffering from weed-fueled paranoia. If they survive, these two just might become real friends. All aboard the Pineapple Express.

While it might sound outlandish to speak of THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS in the same sentence as CITIZEN KANE, in its own little neck of the cinematic woods the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen comedy is perhaps just as groundbreaking. In fact, it's nearly impossible to think of another film that blends so seamlessly pitch-perfect stoner babble with high-octane action sequences. Dale Denton (Rogen), a process server with a weed fixation, witnesses a murder and turns to his dealer, Saul (James Franco), for support. The murderer is actually Saul's main drug supplier, and because of Saul's access to some extremely rare high-grade pot (called Pineapple Express) the two are quickly tracked down and put on the run. Like all Apatow/Rogen vehicles, the movie deals with the theme of men succumbing to adulthood and all the adjustments they are forced to make in the process. However, unlike KNOCKED UP and THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is just too wacky to offer any lessons. Still, there's more going on here than giggles and the munchies. Indie director David Gordon Green (SNOW ANGELS) brings a subtle auteur's touch to the proceedings, approaching the smoking scenes with his distinctively loose feel and giving the action sequences a wonderfully dated sheen that makes them look more like a fight from KNIGHT RIDER than the empty flash of 21st-century blow-‘em-ups. It is Franco, however, who truly steals this movie--he hasn't been this charming since his days on FREAKS AND GEEKS. There's only so many ways to play a stoner, but Franco puts his own endearing, lovable spin on the type, portraying Saul as a kind-hearted, well-intentioned yet hardcore dope smoker. Rogen and Apatow have proven themselves a nearly unstoppable juggernaut; here's hoping they bring Franco along on the ride a little more often.

Also Known As:
The Pineapple Express
Production Status: Released Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller and Crime/Gangster Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min. Release Date: August 6th, 2008 (wide) MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, drug use, sexual references and violence. Distributors: Sony Pictures Releasing
Production Co.: Apatow Productions, Relativity Media
Studios: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
U.S. Box Office: $73,780,191 Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Produced in: United States

Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Movie Reviw

2008-08-22T12:28:00.005+01:00

Cast:
Rebecca Hall as Vicky
Scarlett Johansson as Cristina
Javier Bardem as Juan Antonio
Penelope Cruz as Maria Elena
Chris Messina as Doug
Patricia Clarkson as Judy Nash
Kevin Dunn as Mark Nash
Julio Perillán as Charles
Zak Orth as Adam
Christopher Evan Welch as Narrator
Juan Quesada as Guitarist in Barcelona
Manel Barceló as Doctor
Josep Maria Domènech as Julio Josep
Emilio de Benito as Guitarist in Asturias

Directed by Woody Allen

Summary:
Another intriguing take on affairs of the heart from the master of the artform with some solid performances, most notably from Javier Bardem and Rebecca Hall.

Story:

Two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem), and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penelope Cruz), who tries seducing them into sleeping with him.. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married. Since Vicky is engaged to a business man in New York, she's not so easily swayed but Cristina's relationship with the charming seducer gets more confusing when his ex-wife (Penelope Cruz) enters the picture and she finds herself in a dysfunctional ménage a trois with the passionate artists. Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results are both hilarious and harrowing.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Reviews

2008-08-08T13:04:00.004+01:00

The blockbuster global Mummy franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that... The blockbuster global Mummy franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.

In a move that seems cynically designed to cash in on Asian audiences, the third entry in the Mummy franchise -- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor -- moves the action from the Middle East to the Far East, with married adventurers Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evy O'Connell (Maria Bello, replacing Rachel Weisz) heading to China where they are reunited with their twentysomething son Alex (Aussie newcomer Luke Ford), who has uncovered the tomb of a long-dead evil emperor.

Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents. As the monarch roars back to life, our heroes find his quest for world domination has only intensified over the millennia. Striding the Far East with unimaginable supernatural powers, the Emperor Mummy will rouse his legion as an unstoppable, otherworldly force...unless the O'Connells can stop him first. Now, in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, the trademark thrills and visually spectacular action of the Mummy series will be redefined for a new generation. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is helmed by director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, xXx) and written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Spider-Man 2, television's Smallville). Reprising their roles as producers in the series are Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, Stephen Sommers and James Jacks

Gaps in story logic and an abundance of half-baked ideas aren't the only problems. The story is dependent on the character of Alex, who is clearly meant to be a spin-off character the same way Shia LaBeouf's "Mutt" was in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Unfortunately, Luke Ford is horrible and seems incapable of carrying a franchise on his own. Wooden, unfunny and generic, Ford more often than not recalls the retarded Matt Damon in Team America: World Police. And at what point in the character's history did the O'Connells' British kid become American?

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season

2008-08-06T13:20:00.004+01:00

Starring:
Lena Headey as Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker as John Connor
Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips
Richard T. Jones as James Ellison
Brian Austin Green as Derek Reese
Garret Dillahunt as Cromartie
Dean Winters as Charley Dixon

Special Features:
"Creating the Chronicles" featurette - an all-encompassing look at the production process involved with every aspect of bringing "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" to television.
Commentaries - includes executive producers Josh Freidman & John Wirth, cast members Summer Glau & Thomas Dekker, and more.
Terminated Scenes (i.e. deleted scenes)
Gag Reel
Cast Audition Tapes - includes Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, and Richard T. Jones
Storyboard Animatic - featuring the storyboard sequence of the school session where Cromartie attacks and John narrowly escapes
Summer Glau Dance Rehearsal
Extended Director's Cut of Episode The Demon Hand

"The mother of all destiny. Her son, the future leader of mankind. Their protector, a Terminator from the future. Together they must take back the future as Sarah Connor ('300's' Lena Headey) prepares her son to fight the war against machines determined to annihilate the human race. The clock is ticking. Can they stop Judgment Day?"

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season" is not rated.

This spin-off from the science-fiction franchise follows John and Sarah Connor after the events of TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY. An onslaught of robotic killers from the future are bent on destroying teenager John Connor (Thomas Dekker), humanity's future savior. Standing between them are his determined mother, Sarah (Lena Headey), and Cameron (Summer Glau), a beautiful girl from John's school who turns out to be a Terminator assigned to protect him. They can't run forever, however, and their only chance of survival rests on preventing the creation of Skynet--stopping judgment day and creating a new future for the human race. This collection presents the first action-packed season of this intelligent, well-written series.

Journey to 10,000 BC

2008-05-23T06:09:00.009+01:00

Overview

Director: David Padrusch

Writers: David Padrusch (written by)

Ian Stoker-Long (written by)

Release Date: 9 March 2008 (USA) more

Genre: Documentary | History

Hey Look at this movies...lets start to discuss and search relevent contentfrom the market. I thought there is some fun value to be had from the badness of 10,000 B.C. The movie takes itself very serious enough although i thought this movie will rem

ain same like Jurassic Park which was very entertaining movie, but this movie is serious enough that, viewed from a warped perspective in a state of inebriation, it might actually be fun. Seen in more mundane circumstances, however - such as after paying $10 at a multiplex - it's anything but that. 10,000 B.C. is one of those movies where one is temp

ted to ask aloud, "What were they thinking?" Its across-the-board clumsiness is surprising. One doesn't expect intelligent scripting or deep

characterization from Roland Emmerich, but the film's lack of energy, poor special effects, and monotonous pacing lead to an inescapable conclusion: 10,000 B.C. isn't only brain-dead, it's completely dead. It's inert and without a heartbeat.

Complaining about historical inaccuracies in 10,000 B.C. is as pointless an endeavor as whining about the use of the archaic term "B.C." in the title. There are enough big problems with the movie that there's no need to nitpick. The movie is best viewed as a fantasy adventure set on another planet; that way, one doesn't have to try to make sense out of why some clans speak English and others don't. Of greater concern is why all the large creatures, such as the mammoths and the sabertooth tiger, look like they were rendered using the same processes that generated the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. What was cutting edge in the early 1990s looks clunky and unreal compared to where state-of-the-art special effects have migrated since then, yet Emmerich has chosen to go the cut-rate route, and it shows. It's tough to be transported to another reality when the images on the screen impede the process.

Still, mediocre imaging could have been overcome by a halfway decent plot that doesn't threaten to put the viewer to sleep - something not in evidence here. 10,000 B.C. uses one of the oldest stories in the book (which makes an odd kind of sense when one considers the title): the outcast who must prove himself before leading his people to a great triumph. This involves, as it usually does, a long journey fraught with many perils. While 10,000 B.C. can be said to resemble countless movies that have come before it, many of them better, it brings to mind another recent misfire that employs the same premise: Uwe Boll's In the Name of the King.In what may come as something of a shock, Boll's movie is more enjoyable, if only because it's possible to derive a degree of perverse entertainment out of watching Ray Liotta go so far over top that he threatens to enter orbit. 10,000 B.C. doesn't offer any such dubious pleasures. The acting is at a uniformly colorless level; an injection of something like Liotta's scenery chewing would have been welcome.

10,000 B.C. opens with an Omar Shariff voiceover introducing us to D'Leh (Steven Strait) and Evolet (Camilla Belle), a couple destined to free their people from the terror of the "four-legged demons" and pave a path to the future for them. These two are desperately in love but clan politics interfere with their desire to be bonded to one another. So the virtuous D'Leh broods while Evolet suggests they should run away together. D'Leh rejects this notion since his dad infamously left the tribe when D'Leh was child, resulting in the boy being labeled as an outcast for having a cowardly father. Fate intervenes in the love story when a group of mounted warriors arrives to capture and pillage. They take most of the tribe, including Evolet, captive. D'Leh escapes and, along with two others, begins the long journey to hunt down the marauders and free his people.

Emmerich, who hit it big with Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow and hit the skids with Godzilla, skids even lower with this gargantuan gasbag of an epic. The biggest sin is that Emmerich doesn’t even have fun with this twaddle. Raquel Welch at least wore a fur bikini in 1966’s guilty pleasure, One Million Years B.C. All we get here is pompous narration from Omar Sharif, psychobabble dialogue spoken in California English, and bloodless, bloody boring action. Emmerich may be trying to resurrect the past in all its primitive glory, but his movie buries it in banality.

Emmerich would like us to believe that D'Leh's trek is "long and dangerous." I'll agree with the "long" part but "tedious" or "boring" would be a more appropriate second descriptor. The film's middle section is padded beyond the point of tolerance. It goes on seemingly forever without a moment's genuine excitement. The "battles" with the creatures of the time are perfunctory and poorly executed (especially D'Leh's encounter with a sabertooth tiger, which drew titters from the audience) and the failed rescue of Evolet serves only to waste time. There's not enough real content in this journey to justify the nearly 60 minutes it takes.

It's difficult to say what aspect of 10,000 B.C. fails more obviously. It doesn't work as a period piece, but that's not a surprise. Its attempt to tell an epic love story is laughable; it would help if viewers had a reason to care about either D'Leh or Evolet. Its value as a "popcorn movie" is undeniable, however. A viewer can easily leave the theater in the middle of the film, stand in a long line to get food and drinks, and return confident that he will not have missed anything of import. The dialogue is horrible, but that's what happens when tribesmen from 12,000 years ago try to speak in modern-day English. The editing is awkward as a result of neutering what should be a bloodbath to the point where it can obtain a PG-13 rating. There's plenty of carnage but the camera keeps cutting away just in time so the audience is spared the goriest parts. I can't say that more blood and brains would have made 10,000 B.C. a better movie but at least it would have seemed more honest.

Some will defend Emmerich on the grounds that he makes movies to please crowds not critics. There's some merit to that argument but it doesn't work here. It's hard to imagine 10,000 B.C. pleasing anyone. It's too dull to involve those who like action-packed, fast-paced motion pictures and it's too dull-witted to engage anyone else. The only thing worse that 10,000 B.C.'s inane storyline is the ineptitude with which it is executed. No matter what your preference in movies, this is one to avoid.

Call it Apocalypto for pussies — a PG-13 rating, puh-leese! — or prehistory for peabrains. Just don’t call it friendo. 10,000 B.C. will take your money, rob your time and hit your brain like a shot of Novacaine. The best acting comes from woolly mammoths, man-eating ostriches and a saber-toothed tiger — and those babies are digital. It’s the human actors who look fake. Steven Strait, a model turned something less than an actor, stars as D’Leh, a hero in dreadlocks that look borrowed from the kid who sang “Hallelulah” on American Idol. D’Leh loves Evolet, played by Camilla Belle, who is made up and muscle-toned like the star attraction on America’s Next Top Lifeless Mannequin. Director Roland Emmerich, who wrote the deadly dull script with Harald Kloser, expects us to care if D’Leh will prove his manhood by saving Evolet from rapacious captors, saving his tribe from slavery and saving all mankind from a deity obsessed with building pyramids in his own honor.

Street Kings

2008-05-17T09:47:00.007+01:00

Genre: Dramas
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Forest Whitaker, Common
Director: David Ayer
Screenwriter: James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer
Producer: Erwin Stoff, Alexandra Milchan, Lucas Foster

In STREET KINGS, a police thriller directed by David Ayer, Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his formerpartner, Detective Terrance Washington (Terry Crews). Academy® Award winner Forest Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlow’s supervisor, whose duties include keeping him within the confines of the law and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Hugh Laurie). Ludlow teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective (Chris Evans) to track Washington’s killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays off when the two Detectives track down Washington’s murderers and confront them in an attempt to bring them to justice

POLICE brutality goes down more easily when the cops look sharp and the past provides a measure of storytelling distance, as was the case in director Curtis Hanson's adaptation of the James Ellroy crime novel "L.A. Confidential." Take away the early 1950s lapels and the Brilliantine hair, however, and an audience has a very different relationship to the viciousness on screen.

The proof's in "Street Kings," a shrill, brutal bash set in contemporary L.A. or something like it, written by Ellroy, and then rewritten by Kurt Wimmer and Jamie Moss from Ellroy's story. Again we're neck-deep in police corruption and more unwarranted searches than a season's worth of "The Shield." But any other comparison to "L.A. Confidential," or any other police corruption drama worth seeing, ends there. Director David Ayer, who poured on the City of Angels law enforcement angst in the "Training Day" screenplay and wrote and directed the more interesting "Harsh Times," keeps things at a pitch of near-hysteria throughout "Street Kings." If a cop movie could be screened for fictional characters, Clint Eastwood's Harry Callahan might well mutter: "Why don't these thugs just calm down?"

The paradox at the center is Keanu Reeves. He is not an actor you associate readily with cops on the edge, or edging past the edge. When we first meet his character, Det. Tom Ludlow, he's an alcoholic mess (though Reeves has to work very, very hard at conveying any sort of messiness) who arranged to sell a stash of weapons to a scary group of Korean-American gangstas.

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Keanu' s chops for copsIt's all a set-up for the big bust; this being Ellroyland, the thugs have penned up underage women in their closet back at the thug house, and when Ludlow's done with the bad men the blood's all over the walls and the coroner's alerted. Ludlow's department boss, played by Forest Whitaker, is mighty proud: "You went toe-to-toe with evil and you won," he says.

"Street Kings" tries to complicate the usual avenging-angel-with-a-badge idea, so that Ludlow must eventually reckon with the extent of the evil he's doing, and what his fellow officers get up to in the name of human garbage collection. When Ludlow's bitter ex-partner is murdered in a convenience store robbery, Ludlow, in an awkwardly plotted bit, just happens to be there, ripe for implication in the killing. As an internal affairs honcho (Hugh Laurie of "House," delivering the exposition with a sneer) keeps the screws tightening around Ludlow's future, Ludlow has to find out who's behind the killing, and why.

The movie runs around chasing subplots, letting the actors chew it up, while Reeves does the opposite. He doesn't chew. He practices his seething, keeping his voice in as low and weary a register as possible, trying to Clint and Vin Diesel his way through a role not well-suited to his preferred Zen-like mode.

In story terms "Street Kings" may not approve of all the rampant police nastiness on screen, but in visceral terms it's all for it. The racism of the various set-ups is hard to ignore. Scene after scene, raging white cops take out the multicultural L.A. trash. Ayer manages a couple of well-staged slaughters. Of course, you can get that sort of thing anywhere these days on television. And you can get it without having to put up with Graeme Revell's ludicrous musical score, which hypes the living end out of each and every vein-throbbing, fire-breathing encounter.

In Ellroy's original scenario "Street Kings" was a period piece, set in the 1990s just after the Rodney King riots. I wonder if it would've made more sense that way. As is, it unfolds in a present that feels dislocated and artificial, where everybody talks fancy-gangster talk while turning the mean streets even meaner.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

2008-05-16T05:56:00.008+01:00

Overview
Director: Dave Filoni
Writers: George Lucas (characters and universe)
George Lucas (story)
Release Date: 15 August 2008 (USA)
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Sci-Fi
Plot: add synopsis
Plot Keywords:Jedi | Star Wars | Sequel | Good Versus Evil | Apprentice
Production Notes/Status:
Status: Completed
Comments:
Status Updated: 5 March 2008

Note:
the Clone Wars animated series movie that aired on Network of Cartoon and was released on CD & DVD a few years ago. Indrustry came the announcement that a brand new Clone Wars movie will play in theaters beginning on August 15, 2008 and be followed by a TV series on Network of Cartoon and TNT. George Lucas said, "I felt there were a lot more Star Wars stories left to tell. I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the art of animation forward." Go and see to starwars.com to watch an introduction to the series

The New Dark Knight

2008-04-28T06:29:00.010+01:00

Right after taking out Ra's Al Ghul's plan and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow, Batman continues his seemingly-endless effort to bring justice to Gotham's crime and corrupt with the help of Lt. James Gordon and new appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent.
But this time, The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, who's eerie grin makes him more dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to both enemies that only one of them remains and are willing to break every part of what they believe in to stop the other.

Over Her Dead Body

2008-01-15T12:16:00.000Z

Over Her Dead Body

Release Date: February 1, 2008
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Jeff Lowell
Screenwriter: Jeff Lowell
Starring: Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Lindsay Sloane, Jason Biggs
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: OverHerDeadBodymovie.com
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available

Plot Summary: Devastated when his fiancée Kate (Eva Longoria Parker) is killed on their wedding day, Henry (Paul Rudd) reluctantly agrees to consult a psychic named Ashley (Lake Bell) at the urging of his sister Chloe (Lindsay Sloane). Despite his skepticism over her psychic abilities, Henry finds himself falling hard for Ashley, and vice versa. But there is a big problem. Ashley is being haunted by Kate's ghost, who considers it her heavenly duty to break up Henry and Ashley's fledgling romance, if it is the last thing she does on this earthly plane...

Over Her Dead Body Trailer (2008)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 2008

2008-01-11T12:13:00.000Z

Release Date: May 22, 2008

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: David Koepp, Jeff Nathanson
Starring: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent

Genre: Action, Adventure
Official Website: IndianaJones.com

The Most awaited movie from Steven Spielberg

One Missed Call

2008-01-08T12:35:00.000Z

One Missed Call - Horror Movie 2008

Release Date: January 4, 2008
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Eric Valette
Screenwriter: Andrew Klavan
Starring: Ed Burns, Shannyn Sossamon, Ana Claudia Talancon, Ray Wise, Azura Skye, Johnny Lewis, Jason Beghe, Margaret Cho
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and terror, frightening images, some sexual material and thematic elements)
Official Website: Onemissedcallmovie.com
Review: 2/10 rating
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Plot Summary: What will it sound like when you die? In "One Missed Call," a chain of people receive frightening cell phone messages of their own final fatal moments.

Though the messages can be deleted, their number is up. Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon) is stunned when she witnesses the gruesome deaths of two friends just days apart. Even more disturbing, she knows that both of them had received chilling cell phone messages—actual recordings of their own horrifying last moments. Impossibly, the calls were received days before they died, but each death occurred precisely when and how the messages foretold. The police think Beth is delusional—except for Detective Jack Andrews (Edward Burns) whose own sister was killed in a freak accident that bears a strange similarity to the deaths of Beth's friends. Together, Jack and Beth work feverishly to unravel the mystery behind the ominous calls. But even as they get closer to the truth, Beth's cell phone begins to ring with an eerie tune, and the readout says One Missed Call...

Untraceable January 2008

2008-01-07T12:04:00.000Z

UNTRACEABLE - Thriller Movie 2008
Release Date : 25 January 2008
Color : Color
MPAA : Rated R for grisly violence and torture, and some language.
Language : English
Filming Locations : Portland, Oregon, USA
Company : Lakeshore Entertainment
Also Known As : Streaming Evil (USA) (original script title)
Certification : USA:R
Country : USA
Genre : Horror / Thriller
Starring : Jamal Qutub, Gray Eubank, Peter Lewis, Gunter Simon, Erin Carufel, Tim deZarn, Dan Liu, Perla Haney-Jardine, Katie O'Grady, Ryan Deal, Mary Beth Hurt, Joseph Cross, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Dan Callahan, Diane Lane

Directors : Gregory Hoblit
Producers : Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Steven Pearl, Andy Cohen
Writers : Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker, Allison Burnett

There are only 12,000 FBI agents in the world, in 47 different countries. There are 14,000 cops in New York. One guy in Portland, Oregon messed with the wrong two agents.

In the new film, Untraceable, Diane Lane and Colin Hanks must use all their weapons to find a sick and twisted internet killer.
In the new film, Untraceable, Diane Lane and Colin Hanks must use all their weapons to find a sick and twisted internet killer. The two play FBI agents who are searching for someone who has crafted the website, KillWithMe.com; the more people who log on, the faster the people die. Untraceable taps into a race against time.

UNTRACEABLE" is about a secret service agent, Jennifer Marsh, played by Best Actress Oscar nominee DIANE LANE who gets trapped in a very personal and deadly cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who knows that people (being what they are - both curious and drawn to the dark side of things) will log onto an "untraceable" website where he conducts violent and painful murders LIVE on the net. The more people who log on and enter the website, the quicker and more violently the victim dies. Suspenseful, intense and action oriented, "UNTRACEABLE" also has a appropriate and accurate message about todays society. Why are we drawn to "evil" in our media etc. Just look at the news or read a newspaper... it's all bad news and often murder, yet we are drawn to it and read about it. This film explores that but not in a preachy way but in a way that is both intense, entertaining and thought-provoking

Shrek the Third

2008-01-04T12:28:00.000Z

Shrek the Third - Movie Review

Studio: DreamWorks Animation
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Screenwriter: Peter Seaman, Jeffrey Price
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Justin Timberlake, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Sedaris, John Krasinski, Ian McShane
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG (for some crude humor, suggestive content and swashbuckling action)
Official Website: Shrek.com

When the King (Cleese) of Far, Far Away 'croaks', it is up to Shrek (Myers), Donkey (Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Banderas) go off to bring back the next heir to the throne, Artie (Timberlake). Whilst Shrek and his crew are gone, Prince Charming (Everett) brings together all evil fairy tale creatures in an attempt to take over as the new king. Recruiting Donkey and Puss In Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir to the throne, Fiona's rebellious cousin Artie. Back in Far, Far Away, Fiona's jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. But they have a surprise in store because Fiona, together with her mother, Queen Lillian, has drafted her fellow fairy tale heroines to defend their "happily ever afters." As Shrek, Donkey and Puss work on changing Artie from a royal pain in the you-know-what into a future king, Fiona and her band of princesses must stop Prince Charming to ensure there will be a kingdom left to rule.

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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

2007-12-27T10:34:00.000Z

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is a movie originally set to be released in January 2008, directed by Uwe Boll, and based on the game series Dungeon Siege. It is produced by Brightlight Pictures and distributed by Freestyle Releasing.
The movie was filmed near the Municipality of Sooke, the western most area of the Greater Victoria, Capital Regional District (CRD), British Columbia, Canada. The locals and First Nations people were recruited as movie extras and other duties. It is rated Rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences by the MPAA.

Release Date: January 11, 2008
Studio: Freestyle Releasing
Director: Uwe Boll
Screenwriter: Glenn M. Benest, David Freeman, Doug Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, Burt Reynolds, Will Sanderson, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Brian J. White, Kristanna Loken, Gabrielle Rose
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense battle sequences)
Official Website: inthenameoftheking.com

A simple family man (Jason Statham) is forced to take up weapons after an wicked sorcerer (Ray Liotta) unleash an army of bloodthirsty beasts that destroy his small village and capture his beautiful wife (Claire Forlani). As the marauding forces overrun the land in an effort to overthrow the king (Burt Reynolds) and his loyal magus (John Rhys-Davies), the once peace-loving peasant and his two companions (Ron Perlman and Will Sanderson) venture into perilous, uncharted terrain on a daring rescue mission. In this breathtaking fantasy adventure, director Uwe Boll conjures up a medieval world filled with royal treachery, dark magic and spectacular battles, all set against some of the most awe-inspiring vistas ever captured on film.

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The Hottie and the Nottie (2008) - Movie Review

2007-12-24T12:15:00.000Z

The Hottie and the Nottie
Director : Tom Putnam

Cast : Paris Hilton, Adam Kulbersh,
Christine Lakin, Joel Moore,
Marianne, Muellerleile,
The Greg Wilson, Johann Urb,
Kathryn Fiore, Karley Scott Collins,
Erin Cardillo, Walter Delmar, Alessandra Daniele,

Plot Summary: Nate Cooper (Joel David Moore) has been infatuated with Cristabel Abbott (Paris Hilton) since he first laid eyes on her at the impressionable age of six. But before he could try and snuggle up to her at nap time, or maybe send her a valentine, his family moved away. In the intervening years there have been other women in Nate's life, but none who could measure up to Cristabel. Convinced she's the only girl for him, Nate decides to move back to L.A. and track her down.

Now Nate Cooper (Joel David Moore) moves back to Los Angeles to find the girl he's had a crush on ever since he was six-years-old, Cristabel Abbott (Paris Hilton). Reconnecting with the love of his life, he finds out that she refuses to go anywhere without her super-homely best friend June Phigg (Christine Lakin). Even though Nate tries to fix June up so he can have Cristabel all to himself, he realizes that all guys run from the sight of this unsightly gal. Nate's next plan is to give June an extreme makeover, which also uncovers June's extremely attractive personality.

The good news: she's still single and stunning. The bad news: there's a reason she's still single. Cristabel's still best friends with the same ugly little girl Nate remembers from first grade, June Phigg (Christine Lakin). The two are inseparable. They live together. They go to yoga together. They would even go on double dates together...if only June could get a date. And Cristabel simply refuses to leave dear June home alone.

Determined to spend as much time as possible with Cristabel, Nate sets out to find a boyfriend for June. But even when he pays them, guys all escape at the sight of her. And then it hits him: June needs a makeover. But as Nate and June become friends and she emerge from her cocoon, Nate slowly realizes that the girl of his dreams isn't the hottie at all. It's the nottie -- who turns out to be something of a hottie herself.

Transformers - Movie Review 2007

2007-12-21T12:04:00.000Z

Review: Looking for Action Adventure fantasy sci-fiction thriller movie then this is the right choice

Studio: DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount)
Director: Michael Bay
Screenwriter: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, John Rogers
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight, John Turturro, Peter Cullen (voice)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language)
Official Website: Transformersmovie.com
DVD Review: 9/10 rating

A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a battle was being wage between the noble Autobots (led by the intelligent Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant infinite power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots manage to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He ultimately tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his wild desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold enforced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to scratch a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain's glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. He is then carted away by the Captain's ship. A century later, Sam Witwicky, nicknamed Spike by his friends, buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, as he bears the Captain's glasses and the map carved on them. But Bumblebee is not the only Transformer to have arrived on Earth - in the desert of Qatar, the Decepticons Blackout and Scorponok attack a U.S. military base, causing the Pentagon to send their special Sector Seven agents to capture all "specimens of this alien race," and Spike and his girlfriend Mikaela find themselves in the middle of a grand battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, stretching from Hoover Dam all the way to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, within the depths of Hoover Dam, the cryogenically stored form of Megatron awakens

When teenager Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) buys his first car, what he doesn't know, is that it's actually an alien robot. This isn't the only alien to arrive on Earth. Optimus Prime (Cullen) and a fellow group of transforming robots have arrived in search of the AllSpark. But, Optimus Prime and his Autobots aren't the only aliens to appear. Megatron (Weaving) and the Decepticons are also searching for the AllSpark, and it would do anything to get it, even if it means destroying the city.

Aliens vs. Predator Requiem - Aliens vs. Predator 2007

2007-12-20T12:17:00.000Z

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Aliens vs. Predator Requiem
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Starring: Chelah Horsdal, Gina Holden, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Steven Pasquale,
Director: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Producer: John Davis, Wyck Godfrey
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: December 25, 2007
Writer: Shane Salerno

In this follow-up to the worldwide hit Alien vs. Predator, the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever wage their most brutal battle yet in an unsuspecting Colorado town. They arrive to sanitize anything that can come in contact with them.

Google Bugs - Hole in Google Programming

2007-12-19T09:50:00.000Z

Google Bug – Refuse to Show Cache

I am here to share a Google secret with the users of this blog. Although, this Google secret did not work for a long time. On 19 December 2007, 09:38:55 GMT a big bug occurred in Google programming which make trouble in internet marketing.

Due to some programming errors Google refuse to show the cache of major sites including itself. There are some images, I attached within this blog which showing cache status of http://www.google.com and http://www.yahoo.com. At that moment Google was not accepting cache command which shows the cached status of the page. This problem is not only in single datacenter, exist in its all datacenters which show a big Google caching bug or a hole in Google programming.

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Rambo IV: End of Peace - Movie Reviews Online

2007-12-18T12:12:00.000Z

Rambo 4
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Sam Elliott, Matthew Marsden, Paul Schulze,
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Producer: Sylvester Stallone, Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, George Furla, Kevin King, Randall Emmett
Distributor: Lionsgate, Millennium Films
Release Date: January 25, 2008
Writer: Art Monterastelli, David Morrell

Who would ever forget the saga of Rambo. I think this is one of the most popular action film. And Silvester Stallone is the renowned John James Rambo is back on big screen. It will be release on January 25, 2008.

John Rambo - The Scoop : There are a few things we all can be sure of in life. Death, taxes and another Rambo movie. Another one? Filming is complete, and since Stallone is still in wicked shape, John Rambo won’t lose any physical tone after all these years.

The Rambo: To Hell and Back Movie - After saving his friends in Afghanistan on the third movie. John James Rambo travels back to Northern Thailand to be able to live a peaceful and happy life just like what he wanted. He live in the mountains and jungles of Northern Thailand.

Vietnam veteran John Rambo has survived many harrowing ordeals in his lifetime and has since withdrawn into a simple and secluded existence in Bangkok, where he spends his time salvaging old PT boats and tanks for scrap metal.

Even though he is looking to avoid trouble, trouble has a way of finding him. A group of Christian human rights missionaries, led by Michael Burnett and Sarah Miller, approach Rambo with the desire to rent his boat to travel up the river to Burma. For over fifty years, Burma has been like a war zone.

The Karen people of the region, who consist of peasants and farmers, have endured brutally oppressive rule from the murderous Burmese military and have been struggling for survival every single day. This is the time when medical assistance and general support from the Christian missionaries is needed most. After some consideration, and due to insistence from his mentor, former military man Ed Baumgartner, Rambo accepts the offer and takes Michael, Sarah, and the rest of the missionaries up the river.

When the missionaries finally land at the Karen village, they are ambush by the sadistic Major Pa Tee Tint and a slew of Burmese army men. A portion of the villagers and missionaries are tortured and brutally murdered, while Tint and his men hold the remainder captive. News soon reaches the minister in charge of the mission and with the help of Ed Baumgartner he employs Rambo to lead a rescue effort.

With five young and highly diverse mercenaries at his disposal, Rambo has to travel back up the river and release the survivors from the clutches of Major Tint in what may be one of his deadliest missions ever Written by stallonezone.com

Live Free or Die Hard - Movie Reviews 2007

2007-12-17T12:02:00.000Z

Live Free or Die Hard

Directed by Len Wiseman Mitchell

Produced by Michael Fottrell
Arnold Rifkin executive
William Wisher executive
Stephan J Eads
Characters: Roderick Thorp
Story: Mark Bomback
David Marconi
Screenplay: Mark Bomback

Starring Bruce Willis
Timothy Olyphant
Justin Long
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Maggie Q

Music by Marco Beltrami

Editing by Nicolas De Toth
Distributed by --USA--
20th Century Fox

Live Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4.0 or Die Hard 4 outside North America and also known as Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard) is the fourth installment in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by Len Wiseman Mitchell and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane, the protagonist of the first three films. Other cast members included Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Maggie Q. The storyline takes place 19 years after the first film, and sees McClane face a gang of cyber terrorists. The film was based on the 1997 article.

An attack on the vulnerable United States computer infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The strange figure behind the crushing scheme has figured out every digital angle - but he never figure an old-fashioned, "analog" fly-in-the-ointment: John McClane

Hatchet - Horror Movie Review

2007-12-14T10:30:00.000Z

Hatchet

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Release Date: September 7, 2007 (limited)
Studio: Anchor Bay
Director: Adam Green
Screenwriter: Adam Green
Starring: Joel Moore, Tamara Feldman, Deon Richmond, Mercedes McNab, Kane Hodder, Parry Shen, Joleigh Fioreavanti, Joel Murray, Richard Riehle, Patrika Darbo, Robert Englund, Joshua Leonard, Tony Todd, John Carl Buechler, Rileah Vanderbilt
Genre: Comedy, Horror
MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody horror violence, sexual content, nudity and language)
Official Website: Hatchetmovie.com

Plot Summary: When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare. They try to escape alive--and with all of their pieces.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Reviews

2007-12-13T12:19:00.000Z

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Reviews

Rating: PG-13

Starring:
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa
Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
Tom Hollander as Lord Cutler Beckett
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones
Chow Yun-Fat as Captain Sao Feng
Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma
Jack Davenport as Captain Norrington
Keith Richards as Captain Teague
Jonathan Pryce as Governor Weatherby Swann
Lee Arenberg as Pintel
Mackenzie Crook as Ragetti
Kevin McNally as Gibbs
David Bailie as Cotton
Stellan Skarsgård as 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner
Martin Klebba as Marty

Special Features:
Bloopers of the Caribbean
Keith & The Captain: On Set with Johnny Depp and the Rock Legend
Anatomy of a Scene: The Maelstrom
The Tale of Many Jacks
Hoist the Colours
Masters of Design
Inside the Brethren Court
The World of Chow Yun-Fat
The Pirate Maestro: The Music of Hans Zimmer
Deleted Scenes
Seamless Menus

Other Info:
Widescreen (2.35:1)
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Running Time: 169 Minutes

The Movie:
All the things that were great about the first two "Pirates" films are still here. Johnny Depp still steals every scene as Captain Jack Sparrow. The creature special effects are still absolutely stunning and Davy Jones remains one of the most impressive CGI characters on the big screen. The sets and costumes look incredible, especially with the Chinese styles. And there's still a fun mix of humor, horror, and adventure. Fans of the "Pirates" series are definitely going to want to check it out.

As for something new, the cameo by Keith Richards is fun. His appearance is completely gratuitous and totally irrelevant to the plot, but it is quite amusing to see him teamed with Depp ever so briefly.

"Pirates 3" then moves into its puzzling mode. There are double crosses, triple crosses, quadruple crosses, and more. Literally every character betrays every other character at one point or another (except for the monkey). It gets a tad absurd. I'm all for multipart plots, but this is almost as confusing as teenage girls repeatedly deciding they're friends one minute and enemies the next. There's little rhyme or reason to it.

After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa save Captain Jack Sparrow from the the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company. Written by J. Curcio

Elizabeth, Will and the crew of the Pearl sail off the edge of the map (literally) with the help of mysterious Tia Dalma and the late Captain Barbossa who has been raised by the dead to save Captain Jack Sparrow . He has been condemned to the terrible fate of remaining in the void of Davey Jones' locker for eternity. But rescuing Jack isn't the real meat of this movie - Lord Cutler Beckett has control of the heart of Davey Jones, and with that he controls the sea. The nine pirate lords of the world must unite for a final stand against Beckett, Jones and the East India Trade company. Written by Anonymous

The Extras:
Here's what you'll find among the bonus features:

Bloopers of the Caribbean - This is 5 minutes flubbed lines, failed stunts, and other fun. It's always a good addition to bonus features.

Keith & The Captain: On Set with Johnny Depp and the Rock Legend - This title is pretty self explanatory. In this 5 minute featurette we see Depp and Richards interviewed together. And believe it or not, Richards comes across as even more insane than his on screen persona as he mumbles, fiddles with Depp's costume, and does other bizarre things. It's amazing what a little editing can do.

Anatomy of a Scene: The Maelstrom - This 20 minute featurette delves deeply into the making of the Maelstrom in the big finale. They show the massive sets, the blue screen challenges, and the programming hurdles they had to leap. This featurette covers a lot.

The Tale of Many Jacks - The scene with the multiple Jacks is shown in this 5 minute video. We see Jack's doubles, the camera tricks, and even the giant dreadlocks.

Hoist the Colours - This short video shows the development of the haunting theme from "Pirates 3."

Masters of Design - This is a series of five featurettes covering some of the designers and their specific tasks in the film. You'll find James Byrkit on Sao Feng's Map (6.5 minutes), Crash McCreery on the Cursed Crew (5.5 minutes), Rick Heinrichs on the Singapore set (5 minutes), Penny Rose on Teague's Costume (3.5 minutes), and Kris Peck on The Code Book (5.5 minutes). It's a fun, focused look at some of the main features of the film.

Inside the Brethren Court - This feature allows you to see short videos on each of the Pirate lords.

The World of Chow Yun-Fat - Chow Yun-Fat gets some loving in this 4 minute video.

The Pirate Maestro: The Music of Hans Zimmer - If you like Zimmer you'll enjoy this 10.5 minute video discussing the themes and score from the film.

Deleted Scenes - There are only two deleted scenes. The first is "I Like Riddles" and it is a brief throw away line from Pintel and Ragetti. The second is a bit more substantial and it's called "Two Captains, One Ship". It shows Sparrow and Barbossa comically vying for control of the Black Pearl.

AT the end:
Of the three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, "The Curse of the Black Pearl" was the best, "Dead Man's Chest" is second, and "At Word's End" is a distant third. Still, it's well worth checking out.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007-12-12T11:25:00.000Z

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name, by J. K. Rowling. Directed by David Yates, it is the fifth film in the popular Harry Potter film series. The story follows Harry Potter entering his fifth year at the magic school Hogwarts. The Ministry of Magic is denying the return of Lord Voldemort and also appoints a new teacher, Dolores Umbridge, a bureaucrat who slowly becomes an authoritarian figure in the school.

Other Info:
Widescreen
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Spanish and French Subtitles
Spanish and French Language
Running Time: 139 Minutes

Shortly before starting his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter is attacked by two rogue Dementors. unluckily, this is only the beginning of his problems. He also learns that the Ministry of Magic and the wizard press have been waging a smear campaign against him and Professor Dumbledore. They have been trying to encourage the public that Lord Voldemort has not return by convincing them that Potter is crazy. Feeling isolated and alone, even Ron, Hermione, and the wizard freedom fighters called "The Order of the Phoenix" are little comfort to Harry.

Things get worse when the Ministry of Magic sends Dolores Umbridge to teach at Hogwarts. Not only does she continue to defame Harry, she slowly starts taking over the school and ruling with an iron fist. With a war coming and signs that Lord Voldemort is ready to attack, Potter and a small band of his fellow students take it upon themselves to learn how to fight back against evil. But will it be enough to foil Voldemort's plans?

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images.

Youth Without Youth - Online Reviews

2007-12-11T08:53:00.000Z

Youth Without Youth

A love story wrap in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, a nervous professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.

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Source: Sony Pictures Classics

Friday marks the return of Francis Ford Coppola in the director's chair, as Sony Pictures Classics releases his new drama, Youth Without Youth, starring Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz and André Hennicke. Roth plays Dominic Matei, a professor whose life changes after a cataclysmic incident during the dark years prior to World War II.

Long stuck on completing his unrealized “Megalopolis” project, Coppola found Romanian philosopher/author Mircea Eliade’s novella about the limitations of time a compensating balm for his own frustrations. Perhaps Eliade’s investigations into Jungian theory and a nascent form of New Age spirituality also appealed, not to mention the excitement of getting back to the kind of artistic control only possible with low-budget filmmaking. Decamping to Romania (with a small section shot in Bulgaria), Coppola used mostly young local talent and had the Balkan nations stand in for Switzerland, Malta and even India. Unfortunately, the results are as phony as the back projection and lack the kind of Eastern European magical realism that would have made it resonate.

On the eve of WWII, brilliant Professor Dominic Matei (Tim Roth) despairs at ever finishing his life’s work, a study of the foundation of languages. Still grieving for Laura (Alexandra Maria Lara), who broke off their engagement 40 years earlier, Dominic journeys from his home in northeastern Romania to Bucharest, where he’s struck by lightning right before a suicide attempt.

The Perfect Holiday - Reviews Online

2007-12-10T11:22:00.000Z

The Perfect Holiday

Release Date: December 12, 2007
Studio: Yari Film Group
Director: Lance Rivera
Screenwriter: Lance Rivera, Marc Calixte
Starring: Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard, Malik Hammond, Charlie Murphy, Faizon Love, Jeremy Gumbs, Jill Marie Jones, Rachel True
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG (for brief language and some suggestive humor)
Official Website: ThePerfectHolidaymovie.com
Review: Not Available
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Plot Summary: The first African American ensemble comedy for the Christmas season, "The Perfect Holiday" stars Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard, Malik Hammond, Charlie Murphy, Faizon Love, Jeremy Gumbs, Jill Marie Jones, and Rachel True. An African American take on the classic and beloved Christmas family film, "The Perfect Holiday" tells the story of Nancy (Union), a divorced mother of three who is so busy raising her children that she's forgotten to take care of herself as well. With Christmas fast approaching, she decides to take her kids to the mall to meet Santa Claus, not knowing that her youngest daughter Emily (Khail Bryant) has sensed her mother's sadness and is determined to use her time with Santa to make her mom happy again. Just a few days prior, Emily heard her mom say that all she wanted for Christmas was a compliment from a man, so that's exactly what she tells Santa. Ironically, Santa, as it turns out, is office supply salesman and struggling songwriter Benjamin (Chestnut), who ends up giving Nancy just what she wants for Christmas, and much, much more.

Alien Vs Predator: Requiem

2007-12-05T12:41:00.000Z

Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem

Release Date: December 25, 2007
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Greg Strause, Colin Strause
Screenwriter: Shane Salerno
Starring: Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, John Ortiz, Shareeka Epps, Johnny Lewis, Sam Trammell, David Paetkau
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R (for violence, gore and language)
Official Website: AVP-R.com
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Plot Summary: In this follow-up to the worldwide hit "Alien vs. Predator," the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town – with the residents caught in the middle.

From Filmz.RU comes a new poster for Alien vs Predator Requiem and this one has what appears to be a persons name as a watermark on it. Regardless of the watermark its still a cool poster ( i dont think the name on it is studio work )! The sequel to "AvP" is directed by Greg and Colin Strause. In this follow-up to the worldwide hit "Alien vs. Predator", the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage their most brutal battle yet in an unsuspecting Colorado town.

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009-1 Vol.2 (DVD) Reviews and Information

2007-12-03T09:24:00.000Z

Media Type: DVD: Digital Versatile Disc.

Media Type: DVD: Digital Versatile Disc.
Animated: YES.
Disk Count: 1
Running Time: 1 hours 40 minutes
Release Date: 3rd December 2007
Region: Region: 2
Certification: Suitable for 12 years and over. (12)
Language: Japanese
Audio: Dolby Digital

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009-1Vol 2 is a sexy foray into girls-with-guns espionage. Set during a futuristic Cold War, the modish series follows the globetrotting adventures of secret agent Mylene Hoffman (aka 009-1), a female, cyborg super-spy with an arsenal of built-in gadgets such as ample breasts that double as guns.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Reviews and Suggestion

2007-12-01T06:10:00.000Z

This is part 5 of the Harry Potter series. I must admit I have never read a whole Harry Potter book and so my review is based around the film as a film rather than as a storybook conversion. I really enjoyed the movie - the centre piece of the movie is how Hogwarts is infiltrated by a hyper traditional new management who attempts to allow going its long standing staff in order to gain political power over the next generation of witches and wizards. It sees Harry mount a counter insurgency to fend off this threat. It is a story of community verses individualism, and justice verses corruption and lies. Unlike so often in real life - the unjust regime is overthrown and replaced.

Good point of Harry Potter according to my opinion

1. The characters in the movie are taking on mellowness and depth as the series continues. Harry is a reluctant but noble leader of the rebellion.

2. Special effects were overall brilliant - though the night scene of Harry Potter and co. flying through London looked cheap.

3. Voldemort is becoming an increasingly ominous villain.

4. Snape is doing a great job at keeping us guessing as to his true allegiance.

The Jungle Book (2 Disc Special Edition) Review

2007-11-29T05:33:00.001Z

The Jungle Book was Walt Disney's final animated classic, released within a year of his death.
It is a charming film based on the Rudyard Kipling stories about a young human boy named Mowgli, who lives in the jungle among the wild animals.

We are first introduced to Bagheera (voiced by Sebastian Cabot), a panther who hears the baby Mowgli crying. Taking pity, he takes the child to a wolf pack which look after him. Only ten years later, the wolf pack is threatened by Shere Khan (George Sanders) who has vowed to take revenge on all humanity. Mowgli (Bruce Reitherman) is his target. Bagheera tries to bring Mowgli to the man village where he belongs, but his plan is foiled by the crafty snake Kaa (Sterling Holloway), the military Colonel Hathi (J. Pat O'Malley), the bear Baloo (Phil Harris), and the crazy orangutan King Louie (Louis Prima). Bagheera is about to give up on his attempts to return the boy, but when Mowgli sees a pair of pretty eyes (we learn in the sequel her name is Shanti), he is lured into the village.

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28 Weeks Later [Blu-ray] [2007]

2007-11-27T05:11:00.000Z

The sequel to Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's lean, relentless horror show 28 DAYS LATER (2002), begins with a craven act of betrayal and ends on a mean, sly joke with an apocalyptic punch line. In between, it alternates between creeping dread and sheer panic as the nightmarish rage virus, which transformed most of England into slobbering, flailing, zombified cannibals and the rest into a moving flesh feast, erupts anew.

It's been months since the virus escaped an animal testing lab and unleashed anarchy in the U.K., divided it into the infected, stripped of every human impulse except the uncontrolled need to eat, and the not-yet-infected, ever-dwindling bands of survivors keeping their heads low, their guns cocked and their hopes pinned on help from abroad. Don and Alice Harris (Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack) are holed up in a dark farmhouse with a handful of others, eating tinned goods and creeping around like church mice until their fragile sanctuary is inevitably invaded by the grunting, scrabbling infected. Only Don escapes; his split-second decision to leave Alice to her fate will come back to haunt him in ways he can't imagine.

Twenty-eight weeks later, American-lead NATO forces under the command of no-nonsense General Stone (Idris Elba) have secured a small piece of London, a shiny new housing development on the Isle of Dogs, and are supervising England's reconstruction. The last of the infected appear to have died off, and survivors have been rescued and relocated. Citizens abroad when the outbreak began are being repatriated, including Alice and Don's children, 10-year-old Alex (Mackintosh Muggleton) and teenage Tamara (Imogen Poots), who accept their father's tearful, self-servingly inaccurate account of Alice's death because really, what's the good of asking questions whose answers you don't want to hear? But being youngsters, they defy the first rule of the new order and venture out of the green zone in search of mementos of their old life. They find a doozy of a keepsake, and in a reckless moment, the rage emerges from hiding.

If 28 DAYS LATER put a monster-movie spin on the specter of global pandemic and social collapse, Spanish filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's (INTACTO) follow-up is a pointed allegory of Gulf War chaos. It's not subtle, but zombie movies are blunt tools: From WHITE ZOMBIE and THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES, in which rapacious capitalists staff their mills and factories with mindlessly obedient dead men, to George Romero's DEAD films, with their creeping class imagery, this genre wears its subtexts on its rotting sleeves. 28 WEEKS LATER is flawed — the constant reappearance of one key character verges on the absurd — but it knows where it's going, and it gets there in a chilling blaze of fire, blood and poisonous

fog. --Maitland McDonagh