tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69959746608489828902013-09-21T09:36:23.295+08:00Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.comBlogger562125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-32353405345160265142011-10-16T19:41:00.013+08:002011-10-16T20:19:43.183+08:002011-10-16T20:19:43.183+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hNCzzpqadBc/TprLH_-UI-I/AAAAAAAAD_Q/eIaoGs1rzsQ/s1600/legendary_amazons_poster.JPG" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hNCzzpqadBc/TprLH_-UI-I/AAAAAAAAD_Q/eIaoGs1rzsQ/s400/legendary_amazons_poster.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664062819664143330"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">LEGENDARY AMAZONS</span><br><br>“Legendary Amazons” which was formerly titled “Lady Generals of The Yang Family”, is based on a famous Chinese opera set in the Song Dynasty. When the men of the Yang Clan were massacred in battle, the women, from elderly grandmother to little sisters, put on armor and led the army to victory. A Yang family daughter-in-law, Mu Guiying, is a celebrated woman warrior in Chinese folklore. Directing the movie will be Frankie Chan (The prodigal Son, Outlaw Brothers) who has also worked on a few Jackie Chan movies back in the day, also Jackie is producing this movie. Plays Mu Guiying is Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung while </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/10/great-oriental-epics-to-conclude-year.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-51443716825869558492011-09-25T20:37:00.004+08:002011-09-25T20:48:52.569+08:002011-09-25T20:48:52.569+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j4d4gZlfAeY/Tn8hg0c96zI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/qT3zF8BEUpc/s1600/tintin-preview.jpg" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j4d4gZlfAeY/Tn8hg0c96zI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/qT3zF8BEUpc/s400/tintin-preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656276504720304946"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">I</span>nventiveness of the animation genre is expected from the collaboration between <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/04/some-thing-within-super-8-has-found-us.html">Steven Spielberg</a> and <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/01/lovely-bones-something-was-lost-in.html">Peter Jackson</a> who teamed up for the first entry in a planned trilogy of films adapted from the famous Belgian comics “The Adventures of Tintin” by Georges &quot;Hergé&quot; Remi. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in more than 80 languages and more than 350 million copies of the books sold to date. Its popularity around the world has been attributed to its &quot;universal appeal&quot; and its ability to transcend &quot;time, language and culture.&quot; Set </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/09/discover-how-far-adventure-will-take.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-60156745805547931962011-09-18T16:29:00.010+08:002011-09-18T16:51:15.609+08:002011-09-18T16:51:15.609+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ld4TdoRMmuI/TnWwwNaauuI/AAAAAAAAD8o/d5Nm3114moo/s1600/seediq_bale.JPG" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ld4TdoRMmuI/TnWwwNaauuI/AAAAAAAAD8o/d5Nm3114moo/s400/seediq_bale.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653619249514199778"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="background-color: #ff6600; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:white">SEEDIQ BALE</span></div><br>Director Wei Te-sheng&#39;s epic “Seediq bale&quot; aka &quot;Warriors of the Rainbow” will represent Taiwan in the foreign-language film category at the 84th Academy Awards, and the most expensive film in Taiwan&#39;s history, which portray a 1930 uprising by aboriginal Seediq warriors against the Japanese when Taiwan was colonized, has just been premiered at Venice Film Festival.<br>The film, set in 1930s Formosa (now Taiwan) tells the true story of the Wushe Incident in which Seediq tribe warrior Mouna Rudo led his people to rebel against the Japanese occupation.<br><br>During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, the Seediq were </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/09/get-ready-for-some-asian-fall-movie.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-30332151831225868882011-09-10T18:16:00.002+08:002011-09-10T18:26:51.468+08:002011-09-10T18:26:51.468+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=914708&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CJysIpcx5VU/Tms5jsPerQI/AAAAAAAAD7o/KXWu7DWx7Ew/s400/immortals_preview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650673442800708866"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">A</span> hyper-stylized R-rated action film with bold speeches, beautiful women, angry men, angrier Gods and a whole lot of violence, “Immortals”, is ready to bring the latest epic war between ancient Greek Gods at theaters everywhere this fall. Looks like it falls between “300” and “<a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/04/clash-of-titans-saved-by-modernized.html">Clash of the Titans</a>”, which can be a good thing, the film was directed by Tarsem Singh who is most well known for his fantastic visual style in his two previous features—“The Cell” and “The Fall”—music videos, and commercial work. Visually, Tarsem says the film will be </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-time-for-immortals-to-fight-for.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-12501873036450249542011-09-05T19:27:00.007+08:002011-09-05T20:57:09.828+08:002011-09-05T20:57:09.828+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hagfd_XiGeE/TmSzUFjNjkI/AAAAAAAAD7g/2Lb2AcFOcwA/s1600/anonymous_preview.JPG" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hagfd_XiGeE/TmSzUFjNjkI/AAAAAAAAD7g/2Lb2AcFOcwA/s400/anonymous_preview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648836990298066498"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">T</span>here have been and still arguments that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him. Suggestions of other authors and doubt actually begins during Shakespeare&#39;s life and for many years some people have doubted, from what we know of the actor&#39;s life, that he would have been able to write the plays and poems, and may therefore have served as a &#39;front&#39; for a hidden author. Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Now, the cinema’s most </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/09/intrigue-and-uncertainty-abounds-in-ye.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-46029002574976716092011-09-01T22:21:00.010+08:002011-09-01T22:21:00.517+08:002011-09-01T22:21:00.517+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-He4Nxvt_DXk/Tl9-JMD2L3I/AAAAAAAAD6w/U0P1Dq9E0dM/s1600/the_cat.JPG" target="_new"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-He4Nxvt_DXk/Tl9-JMD2L3I/AAAAAAAAD6w/U0P1Dq9E0dM/s400/the_cat.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647371154067173234"></a><div style="background-color: #0000FF; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:white">THE CAT</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">T</span>here’s word of mouth that cats are extremely capable of being aware of what is happening within their environment. How many pet owners have witnessed their cat seeing something that frightens it? Almost every cat owner can tell the tale of their beloved kitty having its hair stand up on its back, while hissing and spitting at seemingly thin air. Ghost stories would indicate that cats are very perceptive of both </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/09/summer-reviews-august-movie-recaps-ii.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-42210455970504803412011-08-25T19:45:00.007+08:002011-08-25T20:13:57.305+08:002011-08-25T20:13:57.305+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25307524&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xNOf9plNFtc/TlYSUBTn5-I/AAAAAAAAD6A/bWQzwgwzzr8/s400/The-Lady-Poster.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644719318112921570"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">S</span>hot under a veil of secrecy due to the sensitive nature of its subject, &quot;The Lady,&quot; an inspiring drama based on the life of the Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, has finally finished filming and is ready to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next month, also expected to be screened at a number of international film festivals in the fall before widely release in theaters everywhere. Inspired by one of the greatest love stories set against a background of political turmoil that still continues to this day, “The Lady” is the extraordinary story of how Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband Michael Aris gave up their happiness at great cost when the wife&#39;s country called upon her. Yet despite </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/08/witness-tragic-love-and-incredible-life.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-53546519873820161542011-08-22T18:48:00.010+08:002011-08-22T19:15:12.008+08:002011-08-22T19:15:12.008+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kOaPsChrtns/TlI3-DRSltI/AAAAAAAAD5o/v_9PEBpYyhE/s1600/2359.jpg" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kOaPsChrtns/TlI3-DRSltI/AAAAAAAAD5o/v_9PEBpYyhE/s400/2359.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643634822217897682"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:red;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">S</span>cary movies may come in many different forms, but our most favorite here is the supernatural one, a creepy atmospheric ghost story pepper with a little pleasant touch of gothic ambiance. Therefore, here are some that likely meet the criteria in our list of upcoming <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/dont-be-afraid-of-dark-now-lets-turn.html">horror flick</a>s that you (probably) never heard of before, another horrific addition to the “<a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/08/august-is-bloody-wicked-month-of.html">August Bloody Wicked Month of Horror</a>”: <br> <br><div style="background-color: #D20808; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:white">23:59</span></div> <br>Coming out in October this year, just in time to celebrate the <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-frights-you-can-expect-for-next.html">Halloween</a>, is Singapore </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/08/these-horrors-are-hungrier-than.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-36452041475616146632011-08-17T15:25:00.013+08:002011-08-18T03:06:02.270+08:002011-08-18T03:06:02.270+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sQd3fwzdUsg/TkwQifPRKcI/AAAAAAAAD44/2BxkAfzJ3Jo/s1600/contagion.jpg" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sQd3fwzdUsg/TkwQifPRKcI/AAAAAAAAD44/2BxkAfzJ3Jo/s400/contagion.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641902617875524034"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">D</span>o you think a star studded cast is still one of the most important ingredients to create a major blockbuster nowadays? In reality, there were good number of box office flops despite how stellar and lustrous was the cast those films have. Certain, while the lineup alone should attract moviegoers to go watch a given film, but not all these ensemble cast movies are created the same. At times some of those just don’t live up to the impressive list of performers it’s made up of, no matter how notable it is. So, what will happen to these upcoming movies that possibly still consider their huge stars are one of the main keys of success?</div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/08/will-all-star-cast-ensemble-continue-to.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-68737849656315442642011-08-10T19:02:00.008+08:002011-08-10T19:18:55.140+08:002011-08-10T19:18:55.140+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N6y57MggkN0/TkJnV6lqAcI/AAAAAAAAD3w/H08bUBqHH4A/s1600/rise_planet_apes.jpg" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N6y57MggkN0/TkJnV6lqAcI/AAAAAAAAD3w/H08bUBqHH4A/s400/rise_planet_apes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639183309623394754"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">R</span><span style="font-weight:bold;">ise of the Planet of the Apes</span> <br> <br>When Fox decided to bring back the franchise about ape revolutions made famous by “Planet of the Apes” released in 1968 and its four sequels, it was Tim Burton’s revamped movie with the same name that did make a boatload of money but critically was far from success. So, the studio thought it’s best to shelve the apes once again and freeing them a decade later with a new concept that reboot the entire franchise in <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/revolt-of-apes-rise-of-planet-of-apes.html">“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”</a>. Sure the title they’ve chosen sound quite silly but </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/08/summer-reviews-august-movie-recaps.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-52299831685532963612011-08-04T14:06:00.013+08:002011-08-04T14:24:34.567+08:002011-08-04T14:24:34.567+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LxX5TQAcNSY/Tjo5i_FmWiI/AAAAAAAAD3A/PwvLowy4P-8/s1600/august-horrors.JPG" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LxX5TQAcNSY/Tjo5i_FmWiI/AAAAAAAAD3A/PwvLowy4P-8/s400/august-horrors.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636881156820851234"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">I</span>f in the west horror festival is usually fall on, or around, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-frights-you-can-expect-for-next.html">October</a> the tenth month, but in the East, regarding to the Chinese calendar and tradition, the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (regularly fall on August of the Western calendar) is always consider as the most <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/dont-be-afraid-of-dark-now-lets-turn.html">horrifying</a> time of the year. The entire seventh month of the Chinese calendar is even called the Ghost Month, a month in which ghosts and spirits are believed to emerge out from the lower world to visit earth. Celebrated mostly in South China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and especially in <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-mix-adjustment-bureau-forever-my.html">Singapore</a> and Malaysia, The Ghost Festival is the </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/08/august-is-bloody-wicked-month-of.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-30344488945293022082011-07-29T18:40:00.008+08:002011-07-29T23:38:35.707+08:002011-07-29T23:38:35.707+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25215889&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cHZPiUGmDOU/TjKRNYIhyhI/AAAAAAAAD1o/FYGh1OuTzLI/s400/harakiri-poster.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634725742796458514"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">T</span>akashi Miike’s <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/12/cafes-2010-best-of-eastern-cinema.html">“Thirteen Assassins”</a> remake has widely considered as one of Japan’s best films of 2010, therefore, the director is back with another effort to remake another classic in Japan’s movie history. This time, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/cafes-best-horror-films-of-decade.html">Miike</a>’s target is the 1963 Cannes Film Festival’s Special Jury Award winner “Harakiri” (Japanese: Seppuku) directed by acclaimed filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi. Miike’s new film originally titled “Ichimei” in Japan language that loosely translated as “A Life”, a complete contradictory to the international release title “Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai”, right? The 1962 film itself was actually an adaptation of “Ibun rônin-ki” novel written by Yasuhiko Takiguchi about an out of work <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2009/04/goemon-modernized-fantasy-with.html">samurai</a> who wants to commit seppuku </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/when-samurai-seek-honorable-end-in-hara.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-91388899978225391482011-07-25T19:06:00.005+08:002011-07-25T19:24:03.399+08:002011-07-25T19:24:03.399+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25194891&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6GJ8SSA-Obw/Ti1P7F35V6I/AAAAAAAAD1I/1Bagosetlzo/s400/the-thing-preview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633246585517856674"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkbrown;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">B</span>ecause the producers think John Carpenter&#39;s cult classic “The Thing” was already perfect, so making a remake would be like &quot;painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa&quot;, they convinced Universal Studios to allow them to create a prequel to that film which actually a remake of 1951’s film “The Thing from Another World”. Question is why they don’t think to make a sequel instead as the original film is let loose on nearby New Zealand? However, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-frights-you-can-expect-for-next.html">this prequel</a> still gonna use the title of the original film since the prequel project team couldn&#39;t think of a subtitle (for example, &quot;The Thing: Begins&quot;) that sounded good and felt reverential. Adapted from a 1938 science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. that was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written, Carpenter&#39;s “The Thing” was a </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/thing-you-fear-most-is-now-among-you.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-12358161024140977762011-07-19T19:26:00.008+08:002011-07-20T04:36:25.362+08:002011-07-20T04:36:25.362+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=919669&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Lf4nGPxuhWc/TiVrNbAK6QI/AAAAAAAAD0I/LXvwAJIoQ24/s400/sorcerer_white_snake_preview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631024787427617026"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">A</span>sia is rich of folklores from its many different cultures, heritage and environment which are more than worth lavish cinematic treatments. But rather than introducing some worldwidely unfamiliar ones, movie producers are still thinking it’s better to <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/03/enchanting-chinese-fairy-tale-reborn.html">remake</a> some those have been adapted countless times and just furnish them with the advanced special effect technology. So, then we get a list of renewing, repolishing, reproducting like “Monkey King”, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/04/review-mix-chinese-fairy-tale.html">“Chinese Ghost Story”</a>, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/mulan-legend-of-tough-side-of-lady.html">“Mulan”</a>, and “White Snake Legend”, that has since a long long time become a major subject of myriad Chinese opera, films and television series. “White Snake Legend”, which existed as oral traditions before any written compilation, has became </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/rattle-up-to-mythical-world-of-sorcerer.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-28818539825416770372011-07-15T10:55:00.004+08:002011-07-15T19:31:29.986+08:002011-07-15T19:31:29.986+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/wtsc63e9rygcv80gkkhc7zzi10do3l61" target="_new"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qu1a5Kk_6F8/Th8OCCQbzBI/AAAAAAAADz4/cHYMvGjw_wo/s400/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-review.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629233487364738066"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">A</span>fter a decade of amazing adventure, ultimately this summer is the actual bystander of how epic is the showdown between light and dark, good and evil when ‘The Boy Who Lived’ comes face to face with ‘He Who Shall Not Be Named’. As the series evolves from Chris Columbus&#39; fanciful kiddie-like dreamworld to something much more dark and complex, and this is where the climax that the entire movies have built towards finally plays out. One of the most successful film franchises in history finally draws to its emotional close, also suddenly reminding us of quite how lovingly constructed the franchise&#39;s four directors have crafted its on-screen presence over the years. And wrapped </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/harry-potter-and-deathly-hallows-part.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-23128874525726608782011-07-12T17:53:00.003+08:002011-07-12T19:31:54.528+08:002011-07-12T19:31:54.528+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=935654&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ZxeG5LqIAI/ThwaTcXxZ_I/AAAAAAAADzo/CNZjj7y8lPo/s400/wuxia_review.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628402555642013682"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">I</span>n the very first stage of production of his new film, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/05/modernizes-renowned-world-of-wu-xia.html">“Wu Xia”</a>, director Peter Chan Ho-sun has claimed that he aims to rejuvenate the martial arts genre with the project, create something unique to the choreography by injecting medical and scientific elements into it. In some ways, the final result has showed that Chan has succeeded in fusing together the elements that appeal to international audiences with some of the best martial arts sensibilities. In his first directorial outing since the </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/wu-xia-smart-fresh-stylistic-martial.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-56776949250287261212011-07-09T16:55:00.006+08:002011-07-09T17:09:34.788+08:002011-07-09T17:09:34.788+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25154414&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G_HQJ1OzF7s/ThgY2spVQBI/AAAAAAAADzQ/rhMMwO6PZ6w/s400/dream-house_preview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627275062375956498"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:red;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">D</span>irected by six-time Academy Award nominee Jim Sheridan (“My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father”), starred by Hollywood heavyweights: Oscar winner <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/01/lovely-bones-something-was-lost-in.html">Rachel Weisz</a>, Oscar nominee <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/09/fair-game-illuminates-spys-true.html">Naomi Watts</a> and the 007 agent himself, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/get-ready-for-different-breed-of.html">Daniel Craig</a>, this upcoming horror film called <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-frights-you-can-expect-for-next.html">“Dream House”</a> sounds pretty first rate. The film scripted by David Loucka—best known for ancient pics like the Michael Keaton comedy “The Dream Team” and the Whoopi Goldberg basketball movie “Eddie”— is at base a big love story, but on top of that, it&#39;s a genre horror story. Yet on top of that, it&#39;s a psychological thriller. “There&#39;s a lot of strands to keep in the air,&quot; Sheridan explained. &quot;But I&#39;m happy enough with it. It will be a </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/some-says-dream-house-isnt-always.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-39079572638082628352011-07-04T16:53:00.003+08:002011-07-04T17:08:03.623+08:002011-07-04T17:08:03.623+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25138833&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MDlEcKVEx2Q/ThGAJnktrGI/AAAAAAAADyg/SbXWhXLPMuc/s320/frontline_preview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625418312292609122"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:blue;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">T</span>owards the end of the Korean War an uneasy ceasefire is ordered, but out on the Eastern front line of the Aerok Hills fierce fighting continues. A race to capture a strategic point to determine a new border between the two Koreas is the ultimate prize. A bullet is then found in the body of dead company commander of the <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/12/man-from-nowhere-one-of-best-south.html">South Korean</a> army. The bullet that killed the company commander belongs to the </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/reflection-on-great-value-of-friendship.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-4851729780193702762011-06-30T09:35:00.001+08:002011-06-30T09:35:00.476+08:002011-06-30T09:35:00.476+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">T</span><b>ransformers: Dark of the Moon</b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25129358&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 157px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OY6rGX2dlLU/Tgs3OKskgFI/AAAAAAAADyE/03EkNDVnyok/s400/transformers_3_review.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623649276231188562"></a>A little bit better than the ‘messier than all messy stuffs’ <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2009/06/transformers-revenge-of-fallen-its-all.html">previous film</a> but this latest (and one hopes final) effort of <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2009/04/revenge-is-coming-in-grandeur.html">Michael Bay</a> to destroy every city in United States with his robotic battalions is still a carnival of metallic special effects on top of everything else. Audiences will likely have enough fun time with the $200 million-dollar tagged full FX action sequences, and in addition to the positive side, this </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-reviews-june-movie-recaps.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-69422024657029207232011-06-26T14:17:00.011+08:002011-07-05T14:32:39.112+08:002011-07-05T14:32:39.112+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25120179&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xk3zJCI-D1A/TgbRdAB8cSI/AAAAAAAADw4/L8X-lbZ3ofY/s320/arrow_poster_1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622411480973209890"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkgreen;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">S</span>outh <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/02/witness-resurrection-of-sea-monstrosity.html">Korean</a> filmmakers really like to portrait the era of Joseon (Chosun) Dinasty, the final ruling dynasty of Korea that lasting from 1392 until 1910, into both big screen feature and television series. Perhaps because the history of this dynasty is relatively better documented than those of older kingdoms, and <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2008/12/dirty-frozen-flower-carnival.html">Joseon</a> is especially important in Korean history since it is the period when the Korean alphabet - Hangeul - was created. <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2009/08/romanticize-life-account-of-last.html">Joseon</a> was also excellent in </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/historical-account-of-arrow-ultimate.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-85115209896480912022011-06-20T22:54:00.008+08:002011-06-28T17:19:12.834+08:002011-06-28T17:19:12.834+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25098253&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gdLmubi0_wU/Tf9gcpo3CUI/AAAAAAAADwA/_63M4QGOQAs/s320/Dont-Be-Afraid-Of-The-Dark-preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620316905311504706"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:red;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">O</span>n October 10, 1973, just in time for Halloween, television audiences were treated to a spooky offering from the ABC network that stayed with them long after they watched it. Following a young couple who inherit an old mansion, a demon-infested old mansion, as the hellish occupants attempt to take the wife for their own, it didn’t rely on outward gross-out violence, like many modern <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/cafes-best-horror-films-of-decade.html">horror</a> films, but <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-frights-you-can-expect-for-next.html">“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”</a> has remained a staple late-night creep-fest for over the </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/dont-be-afraid-of-dark-now-lets-turn.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-19933673945687369122011-06-17T17:59:00.004+08:002011-06-17T21:31:02.841+08:002011-06-17T21:31:02.841+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=931829&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P6OtgyRiLaw/TfsmJbyFN6I/AAAAAAAADvQ/VcwQtPOoWU8/s320/Rise_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes_preview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619126903593318306"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkred;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">I</span>n the long-overdue newest title in the Planet of the Apes franchise (based on the 1963 French novel “La Planète des singes” by Pierre Boulle) that includes five movies in the original series and one reboot starring <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/01/fighter-boxing-movie-with-oscar-written.html">Mark Wahlberg</a>, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, will tell the origin of the intelligent apes which begin the movement to replace humanity as the dominant species on Earth. Conceived as a reboot also a prequel to the earlier movies, but will also be a new story that should </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/revolt-of-apes-rise-of-planet-of-apes.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-83351087244150398542011-06-13T22:18:00.005+08:002011-06-21T18:26:48.099+08:002011-06-21T18:26:48.099+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=930982&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ezl2Qqv69Lw/TfYc6s8j6eI/AAAAAAAADvA/mo84BT9sqTE/s320/xinhai_revolution_preview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617709380014434786"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:golden;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">J</span>ackie Chan movies are often characterized by three things: Exciting martial arts fights, stunts that are not for the faint of heart, and comedy. The world’s most famous <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/05/modernizes-renowned-world-of-wu-xia.html">martial arts</a> actor, director and stuntman, he is famous for doing most of his own stunts as well as acting in and producing some of the best martial arts action films of all time. Since began his film career as a stuntman in the <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/11/bruce-lee-my-brother-shed-some-light.html">Bruce Lee</a> films “Fist of Fury” (1972) and “Enter the Dragon” (1973) to “Drunken Master” that finally propelled him to mainstream success, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/01/shaolin-wonderful-balance-of-action-and.html">Chan</a> has both directed and starred in a string of international hits, delivered to </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/commemorate-centenary-of-jackie-chan.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-88938549309112015862011-06-10T17:59:00.007+08:002011-06-21T18:25:39.577+08:002011-06-21T18:25:39.577+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=25070269&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rOf7SJUMc6g/TfHsVU1lmUI/AAAAAAAADuo/0QxEtK1y8w4/s320/super-8_review.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616530061422598466"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:darkgreen;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">S</span><span style="font-weight:bold;">uper 8<br>Score: 8/10</span><br><br>With <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/04/some-thing-within-super-8-has-found-us.html">“Super 8”</a>, <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2009/05/star-trek-bring-back-saga-with-zoomed.html">J.J. Abrams</a> has captured the spirit of growing up and flawlessly unified it with a gripping, action-packed, science-fiction excitement that pays homage to the early works of Steven Spielberg and films like “Stand By Me” and “The Goonies” without ever losing its spark of originality. As the movie is dated back to 1979, Abrams has just presented it perfectly with the set up and costumes, all reflecting the 1970’s. Besides, mystery, action and coming of age drama there is also a perfect sense of humor in the movie. And while there are exciting action sequences and perfectly crafted special effects to complement them, there is also a rather sweet and sad side story that stays just on the </div><a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-reviews-super-8-ladda-land.html#more">WATCH MORE &gt;&gt;&gt;</a>Jaccstevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995974660848982890.post-92231556549806148892011-06-08T19:15:00.003+08:002011-06-21T18:25:14.899+08:002011-06-21T18:25:14.899+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=887150&amp;owner=Jaccstev" target="_new"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8XaAlKI_gWs/Te8wtpj9cmI/AAAAAAAADuQ/c40fZZULmFY/s320/Cowboys_and_aliens_preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615760821163225698"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="float:left;color:orange;font-size:70px;line-height:50px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family: times;">B</span>ased on Platinum Studios’ graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, adapted to screen by <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2009/05/star-trek-bring-back-saga-with-zoomed.html">Star Trek</a>’s <a href="http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/05/third-transformers-goes-to-dark-of-moon.html">Alex Kurtzman</a> &amp; Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof, came one of the coolest movies this summer “Cowboys and Aliens”. 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