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Tron Legacy (2010)

2010-03-19T18:05:00.000-07:00

Sam Flynn (Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Bridges), a man once known as the world's leading video-game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the old Flynn's Arcade -- a signal that could only come from his father-- he finds himself pulled into a digital world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years. With the help of the fearless warrior Quorra (Wilde), father and son embark on a life-or-death journey across a cyber universe -- a universe created by Kevin himself that has become far more advanced with vehicles, weapons, landscapes and a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape. Written by Walt Disney Pictures

Precious (2009)

2010-03-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

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Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect.

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Once every so often a film comes along that will change your perception of things. In one way or another it will give you elements to better yourself. "Precious" is such a film. Lee Daniels, the director, takes things to extremes, so much so that this could easily be an opera. When you think that things couldn't be worse, you discover that they have been worse already for a long time. Precious is played by a sort of miracle. Her name is Gubarey Sidibe and I don't even know how to pronounce it but I will certainly take her in my mind from now on, always. When she stands listening to the rantings of her mother, I surprised myself by feeling tears running down my face. The mother, a standout, once in a lifetime performance by Mo'Nique, is also a character we've never seen before. Brutal, unsentimental and truthful to the core. I saw the film over three weeks ago and I can't shake it out of my system, if that in itself is not a sign of greatness I don't know what is.

The Hurt Locker (2008)

2010-03-19T10:02:00.000-07:00

When SFC William James joins Bravo Company in Iraq, they have a month or so left in their tour of duty. He's a bomb disposal expert and he is replacing Sgt Matt Thompson, a long-standing member of the team who was recently killed disposing of an improvised explosive device. To say that James loves what he does doesn't quite capture the emotional high he experiences when he gets to do what he does best. For his fellow squad members however, including Sgt JT Sanborn and Spc Owen Eldridge, they just want to survive the few days of duty they have left. James risk taking however drives them all to the edge.

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I really wanted to like this movie, but ended up bored and incredulous. The first shot is a camera feed from a robot traveling towards a bomb and is, naturally, shaky. But then the rest of the movie stays in shakycam mode, even during quiet conversational moments, to the point of ridiculousness. Have the rental houses run out of tripods and Steadicams? The fact that it was shot on 16mm doesn't help, as the entire movie is grainy as well as shaky.

For all the effort Bigelow put into accurate vehicles and equipment, there are enough glaring errors and inconsistencies that they undermine the movie's credibility.

- A car would not erupt in flames after a single shot, and once engulfed would not be extinguished by a small hand-held extinguisher.

- A single Humvee would not be driving around Baghdad in 2004, but would be backed up by other vehicles in case of breakdown or attack. - It would be exceptionally unlikely to be able to hit a running insurgent at long range, where the bullet is clearly taking over a second to reach the target.

- I believe bombs were brought to designated disposal areas on or near a base, not some random spot in the middle of the desert.

- The oil tanker attack is stated to have occurred in the Green Zone, a highly secure area that experienced very few attacks from within. The zone is mostly offices and palaces with few residences, yet it is portrayed as a dangerous warren of dark alleys and lurking insurgents. Oddly, James never gets in trouble for the ridiculous tactic of ordering his two companions to each take an alley by themselves, thus setting up the attempted kidnapping.

- Speaking of which, the 3-man team is always depicted clearing buildings, chasing insurgents etc. on their own, even when there are clearly dozens of soldiers right there.

- How many hours does the team have to stare at a dead insurgent hanging out a window to figure out he's not faking it?

There were no establishing shots to show the viewer what the size and layout of the base was or where Baghdad was in relation. I had no idea who the EOD team reported to, nor were any other characters fleshed out. These are things the characters would know, so we should too.

Many of the "surprises" and scenes are perfectly predictable. Yes, it's obvious that the psychiatrist colonel will get into trouble with the Iraqis he's trying to move along, that the choice of cereals back home will be overwhelming, and that a driver you kidnapped will not wait for you when you leave the vehicle.

Finally, there was an almost complete lack of character development. Renner's character from the beginning has a troubled relationship at home, is reckless and addicted to adrenalin. He's exactly the same at the end of the movie. What's the point?

If this is indeed the best so far of the Iraqi war movies, it's a sorry bunch. Just based on the half hour I saw of it, I'd recommend Generation Kill on HBO instead.

Transformers (2007)

2010-03-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced 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 engrave 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.

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After a series of disappointments this summer (Spidey 3, Pirates 3, FF2) I was not massively optimistic about this one, especially given the involvement of Michael Bay, despite the decent advance press I'd seen. Well, how wrong was I? This movie absolutely nails it, Bay does a terrific job, Shia LaBeouf is superb, the script is (deliberately) hilarious and the robots…ahh, the robots! They're uniformly magnificent, setting a new high-water mark for CGI, and adding everything that they should to this thrill-ride. Speaking as a Transformers G1 toy geek (I can freely quote the mottos from the little stats card that was on the boxes – and Megatron was my favourite) I am totally at ease with the design and vehicle changes that have been made – movies are not toys and it isn't the 80s. Everyone should go see this film to make sure that they do the decent thing and start prepping the sequel immediately!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

2010-03-19T09:49:00.000-07:00

It is revealed that thousands of years ago there was a race of ancient Transformers who scoured the universe looking for energon sources. Known as the Dynasty of Primes, they used machines called Sun Harvesters to drain stars of their energy in order to convert it to energon and power Cybertron's AllSpark. The Primes agreed that life-bearing worlds would be spared, but in 17,000 BC, one brother, thereafter dubbed "The Fallen", constructed a Sun Harvester on Earth. The remaining brothers thus sacrificed their bodies in order to hide the Matrix of Leadershipthe key that activates the Sun Harvesterfrom The Fallen, who swore to seek revenge upon Earth.

In the present day, two years after the events of the previous film, Optimus Prime is seen leading NEST, a military organization consisting of human troops and his own team of Autobots (including newcomers Arcee, Chromia, Elita One, Sideswipe, Jolt, and the twins Skids and Mudflap) aimed at killing the remaining Decepticons on Earth. While on a mission in Shanghai, Optimus and his team destroy Decepticons Sideways and Demolishor, being given a warning by the latter that "The Fallen will rise again". Back in the United States, Sam Witwicky finds a splinter of the destroyed AllSpark, and upon contact the splinter fills his mind with Cybertronian symbols. Deeming it dangerous, Sam gives the AllSpark splinter to his girlfriend Mikaela Banes for safe keeping, and leaves her and Bumblebee behind to go off to college. Upon arrival, Sam meets his college roommate Leo Spitz, who runs an alien conspiracy website, and Alice, a co-ed who makes sexual advances on him. Back home, Decepticon Wheelie tries to steal the shard, only to be captured by Mikaela. After having a mental breakdown, uncontrollably writing in Cybertronian language, Sam calls Mikaela, who immediately leaves to get to him.

Decepticon Soundwave hacks into a US satellite and learns the locations of the dead Decepticon leader Megatron and another piece of the AllSpark. The Decepticons retrieve the shard and use it to resurrect Megatron, who flies into space and is reunited with Starscream and his master, The Fallen in the Nemesis. The Fallen instructs Megatron and Starscream to capture Sam in order to discover the location of the Matrix of Leadership. With Sam's outbreaks worsening, Mikaela arrives at campus just as Alicerevealed to be a Decepticon Pretenderattacks Sam. An irate Mikaela, Sam, and his roommate Leo drive off, destroying Alice, but are seized by the Decepticon Grindor. The Decepticon known as "The Doctor" prepares to remove Sam's brain, but Optimus and Bumblebee turn up and rescue him. In an ensuing fight, Optimus engages Megatron, Grindor and Starscream. Optimus manages to kill Grindor and rip off Starscream's arm, but during a momentary distraction while searching for Sam, he is blindsided then impaled and blasted through the chest by Megatron and dies. Megatron and Starscream depart as the Autobot team arrives to rescue Sam, unable to save Optimus.

After Prime's death, The Fallen is freed from his captivity and Megatron orders a full-scale assault on the planet. The Fallen speaks to the world and demands they surrender Sam to the Decepticons or they will continue their attack. Sam, Mikaela, Leo, Bumblebee, the twins and Wheelie regroup, and Leo suggests his online rival "Robo-Warrior" may be of assistance. "Robo-Warrior" is revealed to be former Sector 7 agent Simmons, who informs the group that the symbols should be readable for a Decepticon. Mikaela then releases Wheelie, who can't read the language, but identifying it as that of the Primes, directs the group to a Decepticon seeker named Jetfire. They then find Jetfire at the F. Udvar-Hazy Center and reactivate him via the shard of the AllSpark. After teleporting the group to Egypt, Jetfire explains that only a Prime can kill The Fallen, and translates the symbols, which contain a riddle that sets the location of the Matrix of Leadership somewhere in the surrounding desert. By following the clues, the group arrive at the tomb where they ultimately find the Matrix, but it crumbles to dust in Sam's hands. Believing the Matrix can still revive Optimus, Sam collects the dust and instructs Simmons to call Major William Lennox to bring the other Autobots and Optimus's body.

The military arrives with the Autobots, but so do the Decepticons, and a battle ensues. During the fight, Decepticon Devastator is formed and unearths the Sun Harvester from inside one of the pyramids before being destroyed by the US military with the help of agent Simmons. Jetfire arrives and destroys Mixmaster, but is mortally wounded by Scorponok. The Air Force bombs the Decepticons, but Megatron breaks through the offensive and kills Sam. While dead, Sam is contacted by the Dynasty of the Primes who, acknowledging his courage and dedication to Optimus, revive him and rebuild the Matrix of Leadership. Sam goes on to revive Optimus just in time before the Fallen ambushed him and his allies, slaughtering a few soldiers and takes off with the Matrix to activate the harvester. Jetfire sacrifices himself to have Optimus use his parts to fly to the harvester and successfully destroys it. Then Optimus engages the Fallen in the ruins and kills him by punching through the chest and ripping his spark out. Although the battle was over, Megatron refuses to surrender by fleeing back to the Nemesis with Starscream. The film ends with Optimus alongside Sam on an aircraft carrier, sending a message into space saying that the humans and Transformers both share a common past. During the credits, Sam is seen returning to college.

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After watching the jaw dropping first installment I entered the cinema hall with many expectations but when I came out after watching the movie I was left with a feeling of utter disappointment and frustration.

The story is ridiculous to say the least.The screenplay is pathetic filled with crap .There is a complete disregard for continuity and common sense.There is plenty of unnecessary stuff going on in this movie.I can recall only a single truly funny scene and the movie has no proper dialogue at all. Sure summer blockbusters tend to be no-brainers but this movie takes it to a new level.

There are a bucket load of special effects shown but they hardly have been put to good use by the director.They are wasted on a lot of unnecessary scenes. Its saddening really because they must have spent a huge amount of money and put in a lot of effort to make these special effects. They should have used the money to hire better writers.

Sure there are some awesome scenes especially the ones involving Optimus Prime and of course the transformations.Some action scenes were amazing. Some scenes still give you the goosebumps. But most of them are chaotic and have no proper direction whatsoever. What we end up watching on screen is senseless and direction less metal-on-metal action with a whole lot of explosions and robots just firing at each other from everywhere.

The transformers still look amazing but they seem better in the first part.There a lot of new ones involved this time and sometimes you struggle to differentiate between the autobots and the decepticons.There are a few irritating transformers as well. The transformation sequences of the robots are not shown as well as in the first movie but are still incredible though, the sequences in the first part were much better.

Megan Fox sizzles on screen. But she has been used too much in excess, no doubt to cover up the innumerable flaws in this movie(which of course she doesn't). Shia LeBeouf does a pretty good job. Apart from the military guys the other characters are horrible,dumb, painfully irritating and totally unnecessary.

The climax shot in Egypt and Jordan is ridiculous.I sure did expect much more from it in terms of action.The climax in the first one was incredible and left you amazed. The direction is incredibly horrible. This is truly a very lazy attempt at making a movie, I think the makers knew the movie would become a smash hit because of the hype of the first movie and hence have come up with such a piece of crap.

3/10...3 is just for some incredible special effects,some good action sequences and Megan Fox of course.

My Life in Ruins (2009)

2010-03-19T09:41:00.000-07:00

A travel guide rediscovers her romantic side on a trip around Greece

Zombies Of Mass Destruction (2009)

2010-03-19T09:38:00.000-07:00

Life is wonderful for the people in the quiet, island town of Port Gamble....until a zombie virus outbreak!

The Blind Side (2009)

2010-03-19T09:24:00.001-07:00

"The Blind Side" is based on the remarkable true story of Baltimore Ravens offensive left tackle Michael Oher played by Quinton Aaron. Michael grew up in the inner city housing projects with his mother in Memphis, Tennessee aptly named "Hurt Village". Michael's story begins with him being homeless and coming from a broken home with a drug-addicted mother, and an absentee father. Because of his family circumstances, Family Services took control of his life as he was growing up. Unfortunately, he was being bounced around in and out of foster homes, and now as a teenager he has taken it upon himself that he would rather be homeless. By a stroke of luck, and the coach's wish for a player the size of Michael, he ends up enrolling in a private Christian school where the Tuohy kids go. Michael is a quiet person who is befriended by S.J. Tuohy (Jae Head), the youngest Tuohy whose connection to Michael starts the ball rolling. One icy winter night, as Michael is walking down the road to the school gym, where he is sleeping, Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) with her husband and kids pick Michael up and take him home. Michael is taken in and is accepted by the Tuohy family who wants to help him fulfill his great potential. The teenager faces a new set of challenges that he and his newly adopted family must overcome. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)

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I don't usually feel the need to leave comments, but this movie was just to well done not to. I went in expecting more football, more hits & highlights & as a huge football fan that was one of the main draws of the movie. The football actually takes a back seat to a wonderful story that is well executed by everyone involved. I've always thought Sandra Bulluck has been over-rated, but she nails this role & deserves some recognition down the road. The movie is so fantastic that anyone and everyone can relate and feel connected to the characters. The ideal target audience for this movie is children and adults alike. This movie should be an Oscar contender but I know these types of movies rarely ever win. Definitely deserves my vote!

The Secret of Kells (2009)

2010-03-18T17:01:00.001-07:00

Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him along the way. But with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan's determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that enlightenment is the best fortification against evil?Written by GKids

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The Secret of Kells is a film I've been waiting for for years after seeing some early footage at the Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny. I'm here to tell you now it's been worth the wait. The cartoons are heavily stylised but not annoyingly so as I'd feared. The whole film is a thing of beauty and great imagination, I particularly love the animated illuminated book where the little figures come to life on the page. The characterisation is superb, I love Brendan Gleeson's voice as the stern Abbot and I especially liked the voice of the sprite Aisling. The forest is a triumph, such a beautiful place. The story is well realised, a mix of fact and fantasy. and really draws the viewer in to cheer on Brendan in his quest for the perfect materials for the Book. I'm a lover of calligraphy and illumination anyway so the subject is close to my heart, but all the people I know who've seen this and are not fans of the craft agree that it's a lovely little film. I will definitely buy the DVD when it's released, and would like to say, well done Cartoon Saloon and all the people involved in this mammoth project. May there be many more. :) Coming back in here to say that I bought several copies of the DVD as soon as I could and gave them out at Christmas, everyone loves it! And I wish them all the luck in the world at the Oscars, such a joy to see this nominated.

The Crazies (2010)

2010-03-18T16:59:00.000-07:00

The movie starts out showing the downtown area of Ogden Marsh, Iowa. It is destroyed and cars are on fire. Then the screen fades away to reveal the same shot only it is your normal small town downtown area and in the corner it says *Two days earlier*

We are introduced to Becca (Danielle Panabaker), she is apparently a receptionist in for Dr. Judy Dutton (Radha Mitchell) , the towns only doctor who is in the early stages of pregnancy and the wife of the town Sheriff David. She tells Dr. Dutton that she just got a call and her aunt is in town and needs to leave early. Dr. Dutton is not buying it and instead says "Tell your boyfriend Scotty that he will just have to watch the baseball game alone tonight, I am gonna need you to stay late". Becca stutters and realizes she has been caught but to her relief Judy says "Oh I understand, enjoy the game, get outta here". Becca says thank you and leaves.

At the town baseball game, it seems everyone has shown up for, we meet David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) , the town Sheriff. He is talking to his deputy Russell (Joe Anderson). While the local high school teams play, they notice a local walking out to the field with a shotgun. David recognizes him and orders all the teams into their dugouts and approaches him. The man is dazed looking and has a bloody nose. David tries to get the man to drop his firearm but the man (whom David knows well, and by name) just stares at him before finally raising his weapon to fire on David. In self-defense, David shoots the man in the head, killing him instantly. The horrified crowd can only watch in horror.

Later at the local funeral home, David is telling the owner that he assumes that the man he shot was drunk because he had a history of being "the town drunk". It is the only way he can dismiss his odd behavior. The mortician tells him it will take a few days to get the results and he will let him know. In the lobby of the funeral home, he sees a woman and a teenage boy, the mortician says its probably not a good time to approach them but David does anyway. He walks up to the woman and boy and says "I am so sorry". The young boy looks very angry but the mother holds him back. The woman says "What was he doing out there?". David says "I don't know, but he didn't respond to me so I just assume he was drinking". The woman immediately says back "that is impossible, he has been sober for months, are you sure he was drunk?" David replies "Well, we will know in a few days. David returns to the baseball field and sees the local Principal Ben (Larry Cedar) sitting in the bleachers. David walks up to him and tries to talk to him but Ben just stares straight ahead. David finally gets his attention and Ben says "Don't worry, the kids are resilient. They will be ok". David asks if he is ok and he says yes and David leaves.

Back at Dr. Dutton's office, a woman comes in with her husband and young son (probably 8 or 9) and tells Judy "Can you check out my husband? He is not normal". Judy takes him into an examining room and starts checking his vitals and is asking the man questions but he is not responding. Finally he says "Oh she just worries too much, I am ok". To which Dr. Dutton replies "Are you hurting anywhere? Any discomfort?" to which the man replies "Oh she just worries too much, I am ok". She gives him a funny look and sends him on his way. Outside, she tells the wife that he appears to be ok, his vitals are normal but she wants him to go for a CT Scan on Monday just to make sure. They all say their goodbyes and the family leaves.

Later that night, we see the same wife at their home in the country. She sees out in their barn that one of their machines is running full tilt. She tells her son to stay there and she goes to investigate. She gets to the barn and sees that their large mower is running and she looks around for her husband, calling out his name but there is no reply. She gets into the mower and sees nobody is there. She then hears her son screaming from the house and she runs to it. She finds her son and he says "Its Daddy, he has a knife". She grabs her son and runs upstairs to hide in a closet. She can see through the keyhole that he is coming towards them. He stops in front of the door and instead of opening it, he locks the door from the outside. She starts yelling his name and trying to get the door open but she has no luck. The husband then starts dumping gasoline down the stairs and out the front door. He then strikes a match and drops in onto the trail of fuel. Burning his wife and small son alive in their home. David gets a call at home (its early am like 4 or 5 I would guess) and says he is on his way. He and his wife arrive at the still smoldering house and you can see the husband just calmly sitting on a truck bed and whistling (very creepy). Judy says "What have you done?" he doesn't reply and keeps whistling.

Down at the jailhouse, they have the husband in custody (its one of those old time jail cells where you can see the inmates from the front door, all open). Deputy Russell is looking at the husband and asks David "How long has he been playing statue?" since he is just standing there, blank faced. David replies "That is the same look that man gave me on the baseball field the other day...the exact look". David gets a call from the mortician with the blood results from the man he shot. It is revealed that the man he killed had no alcohol in his system at all. David is stunned to hear this news and is more worried than ever now.

Three hunters are out in the woody marsh apparently hunting ducks when they notice a skydiving parachute in the tree next to them. One of them pulls on the ropes to find a deceased pilot. They jump back and call for help. When David and a detective arrive, the detective says the body has probably been there for 3 months by the way it looks (it was actually 3 days). He tells the hunters to put their guns away until spring because its not legal to hunt right now. They argue but say ok. He comes back out to the same place, only this time with Russell and another man running the boat. He said that someone reported a few days ago that they heard a loud crash so to be on the lookout for a small plane to go with the pilot they found. After a few minutes, David instructs the man to turn the boat motor off. Russell asks if he can see the airplane they are looking for and David replies "It is right underneath us". The screen pans out to reveal not a small plane but a very large plane that had settled in the lake below them.

David starts to think that maybe the water could have been contaminated by this plane because he knows that their towns water supply comes from that river. He gets a map and traces from where the water starts flowing into the towns drinking water and realizes the first house it goes through is the man he shot at the baseball field, the second in line? The man that just murdered his family and is now in their custody. Russell starts to get worried because he notices on that map that his house is only a few away from there. David assures him that he will be fine. David and Russell drive out to the mayors house and ask that the water be turned off so that they can investigate. The Mayor tells them that there is no way he will do that since they live in a farming town and it is almost Spring. If they turn off the water, the families wont be able to harvest.

David and Russell drive out to the city water supply and turn off the water themselves. Russell is worried about his job but David assures him that he believes that is the least of their worries right now. They notice that their inmate is laying apparently dead in his cell now. Russell tries to get his keys out and go inside but David stops him. They both kneel down and the husband jumps out after them. There is blood all over him and his cell from him slowing dying from the contamination. They leave him be. David walks outside and notices that there is seemingly nobody in town and for some reason, his cell phone is not getting a signal. He tells Russell "We are in big trouble". David sees about a block down that there is a black SUV that seems out of place. The windows are all tinted out so he cant see who or what is inside. He starts walking that way, then starts running. When he gets a few hundred feet from it, it takes off fast, spinning tires and all.

David goes home and tells his wife to pack her bags and go to her Mom's for a few days and he would come for her and that he cant leave now because he is the Sheriff. She resists reminding him that she is the towns only doctor and while they are talking, she stops David and says "Someone is outside". He goes to investigate and is apprehended along with his wife and taken away. They get on the bus and Russell is already on it so they sit with him. This is definitely military, tanks full camo and all. They are taken to the local high school where it is total chaos. There are school buses full of the town people and they are rushing them all through a contamination area. They are taking everyone's temperature and if they find you are running a fever, you are taken to a different area. If you are not, you are taken to an outside kennel so to speak. David makes it through and is not running a fever so he is given a bracelet and they scan it. His wife Judy however is and they pull her away from David and take her a different way. They also take Russell. They try to struggle but it is no use. David tries to tell them that she is pregnant and has been running a fever all month but it does no good. They show David being taken to waiting buses. He sees a man he knows and asks him where his wife is, the man tells him that they took her as well. The other man starts to get on the waiting bus and David says he can just leave his wife behind. As that happens, a truck full of "healthy" people drive through the kennel outside and the people just start shooting everyone. The military calls this a huge security breach and orders the school evacuated immediately, just leaving everyone there to die.

David knows he cant go after these people unarmed so he goes back to the jail to get a gun. When he gets back there, he notices that the husband is for sure dead now, propped up in the corner. It looks like the bled to death out of his head. Hard to be totally sure, they never really address it. Russell says he is really worried now that he might have it because he was running a fever. David brushes it off and says they gotta get to the safe zone they are taking everyone so they can get help and get out of town. David walks outside and hears a noise coming from the funeral home. He walks in and it is deserted until he notices that one of the sheets is moving. When he pulls it back, he notices it is the morticians helper and he is alive but his eyes are sewn open and his mouth is sewn shut. David grabs some scissors and cuts his mouth open and the man immediately says "Behind you!". He turns around in time to get hit in the head with a pole from the mortician. He now has the crazies. He attacks David with a saw, trying to cut him but David overpowers him and the mortician gets killed by his own saw. They show a large truck stop type gas station on the outskirts of town and it is swarming with military as well as the buses and transport trailers you saw earlier that were transporting the "healthy" out of town. David and Russell return to the High School to save Judy.

Judy is strapped to a hospital bed surrounded by dozens of locals that are also strapped to beds. The military had tied them up seemingly to keep them from hurting people that are not infected. Everyone around her is giggling and smiling loudly (they have the crazies) she notices that her receptionist Becca is on a bed across from her. Judy tells her they will be ok just to hang on. They hear a noise coming and Judy tells Becca to be quiet. You see a pitchfork dragging along the ground with blood dripping off of it. The person dragging it is the high school principal Ben. He looks stunned and out of it (he has the crazies). He walks up to a man that is strapped to a bed and is laughing uncontrollably and takes the pitchfork and stabs him in the chest (pretty gross). To this action, Becca and Judy start freaking out and try to wiggle out of their straps. Ben then walks to a woman that is also strapped down and laughing and stabs her several times. He then walks over to Becca who is crying and begging for her life. Ben is just staring blankly at her and starts to raise his pitchfork again, only this time to stab her (she doesn't have the crazies, neither does Judy). Just as he is about to stab Becca, Judy screams out to get his attention. He looks her way and starts walking towards her now. She starts thinking that this might have been a bad idea and starts to scream and wiggle harder to get out of the straps. Ben approaches her and starts to raise his pitchfork again and just as he is about to stab her, a shot hits him right in the head, killing him instantly. As he drops it is revealed that the shooter was David and Russell and they are there to rescue them.

Now it is David, Judy, Becca and Russell. They know they need a car but there are no cars in the area so they decide to walk to find something. They start searching the cars on the street downtown but they are all either on fire or not working. They notice a truck and Russell goes to inspect it and says there are keys in it. David however notices that there is blood dripping out of the tailgate and looks in to see about 10 dead bodies. David tells Russell to back off from the truck and hide. You can hear men talking and around a corner comes a man running for his life. The three hunters (from earlier) are chasing him. They shoot him and drag his body to the truck and put him in the back and drive away. Apparently they are out now hunting for people. They are walking through the night to get to David & Judys house to get his car. On their way, they notice Becca's boyfriend's house (Scotty from the beginning) and Becca starts running towards it. When they get there, they find Scotty but he has a shotgun on them, thinking they are crazies. They figure out that none of them are infected so they decide to help each other. They hear a noise and David instructs everyone into the barn and they ask Scotty where his family is and he says his Mom is still in the house gathering supplies. The noise they heard was a military tank and truck pulling up to Scottys' house. They start to go towards the house and Scotty tries to go help his Mom but David holds him back. When Scotty hears his Mom screaming, he runs out of the barn yelling "I am not sick, I am ok!". They are dragging his Mom out the front door. They shoot Scotty and when his Mom runs out to him, they shoot her too. Then a man walks up with a blowtorch and sets their bodies on fire. The military men then instruct the soldiers to sweep the entire property for others. David and Russell hear this and tell Judy and Becca to hide in the back of the barn. A soldier comes into the barn and David knocks him out. They drag him to the back of the barn and take off his mask and ask what is going on. The soldier tells them that he doesn't know but they have instructions to keep their masks on and to kill everyone that doesn't have one on. David tells him that they are not sick and just trying to get to help and if he tells the others that they are there, he will kill him. Another soldier comes in and asks him if he found anything and the solider says its all clear. The military leave and the four of them set out again for Davids home.

David says he has a old car at their house that they can use so they start walking that way. They get there by morning and David tells his wife to pack up what they can and to hurry. Meanwhile Russell and him prepare the car. Judy goes upstairs to pack and walks by the baby room that her and her husband have been preparing for their new baby's arrival. She walks into the room to get one last look and behind her you can see a Crazie (it is the woman who's husband was shot in the beginning of the movie at the ballpark). Then they show David who is looking for his wife. He enters the baby's room and notices that she is tied to the rocking chair. She tries to scream and warn him but her mouth was gagged. David is jumped by the young boy (who's father he killed at the ballpark), the boy is trying to strangle him. David is trying to reach his gun (it was knocked out of his hand from the initial attack from the boy). As he almost reaches the gun, he is stabbed in the hand by the mother and she grabs the gun. The mother (she and her son have the crazies bad!) informs her son that she thinks this is the same gun that he used to kill his father. She aims for Judy and David tries to get her attention by saying "Yeah, I shot him, the lousy town drunk, kill me, not her". The young boy gets up only to be shot by Russell through the window from outside. The mother lunges for David but is stabbed in the neck from the same knife that the woman used to pin his hand down.

They all get into the car and drive off.

The four of them are driving when Judy says they need to find a road that they wont find them on, David yells at her and asks her to tell him what road they can drive on that the helicopters wont see them on. She just says she is trying to help and David apologizes. Meanwhile, Becca starts to cough and Russell freaks out and says "You are not getting sick are you? Because if you are, we don't want you in this car". David tells him to relax and actually has to tell a few times before he finally does stop talking about it. While they are driving, Becca notices a military helicopter. It flies over them and then turns around and heads back towards them. David quickly drives into one of those coin-operated car washes that pull your car through to clean it. When they get inside it, the helicopter leaves. They think they are ok but all of a sudden you can see a man standing at the end of the wash (another Crazie) and the car wash starts to pull the old police car through it and of course, the car decides its not gonna start. The Crazie is trying to break into the car to kill them and busts out the front windshield. Judy grabs his head and starts bashing it on the dash and he is finally killed when David shoots him. They are finally ok and the car starts. David puts the car in drive and jams on the gas pedal to get out of there. On their way out, the Crazie jumps back up and tries to grab someone through the back glass. He is shot but one of the ropes from the car wash gets tangled around Becca's neck and pulls her out the back glass, hanging her. The car is out of the car wash and David, Judy and Russell jump out of the car to save her but it is too late, she is dead. They are inside the car wash and crying over her death when the car they were in suddenly explodes and a helicopter flies off. If they had been in the car still, they would have all been dead.

David, Judy and Russell start walking to try to get to the truck stop and Russell starts acting strange. They notice a station wagon on one side of the highway and on the other side is Russell's police truck. Russell walks over to his truck to try to find supplies. They see a black SUV heading their way on the road and David tells them that he is going to take this truck from the driver and to get down. David draws his gun and points it at the SUV when Russell pops out and throws spike strips onto the road making the SUV flip several times. David asks him what he did that for and Russell didn't really have an answer. David tells Russell to stay back that he was going to get some answers. An old retired military man gets out of the destroyed SUV and David tells him he is the town Sheriff and wants answers. The man informs him that they made a mistake. The airplane was carrying a biological weapon called "Trixie" to a location in Texas to be destroyed but it crashed, contaminating their towns water supply and they have to contain it. As the man starts to explain more, Russell shoots the man in the head. David tells him he just wanted to talk to the man and Russell replies "You did talk". Judy tells David that she knows Russell is sick now. Russell sets down his gun to search the SUV and David takes it. They start to walk again and Russell tells David he wants his gun back and David says "Its ok, I will carry it for a while" to which Russell takes out a smaller gun and demands it. He forces David and Judy to walk ahead of him. After a while, David tells Judy that he is going to confront Russell because its their only chance. David turns around and tells Russell to drop the gun. Russell has that same dazed look on his face and his nose starts to bleed. He suddenly seems to realize what is going on and says "I am not right am I?" to David. David says "No, you are not". Russell starts to get sad and says "Can I just walk with you guys for a while, please?". They agree and start to walk again.

They come upon a roadblock and realize they cannot cross. Russell, realizing he is dead anyway, says he will distract them while they cross the roadblock and get to the truck stop. He runs out and of course is shot dead, but meanwhile David and Judy are able to get past them to continue to the truck stop. They arrive at the truck stop and it is empty. David assures Judy that it was filled with people and buses just the previous day. They don't know what to do. David tells Judy to wait outside and he goes inside to get supplies and look for a car. David notices a truck in the repair part of the truck stop and starts looking for keys and gathering water and clothes. Judy is outside and can see the trailers they used to transport the "healthy" to the truck stop to get them on busses out of town. She looks inside one and is horrified to see that the trucks are full of dead people. They have all been shot and burned alive. They were not transporting them to safety after all. They are exterminating everyone. David finds her and takes her back inside and you can see in the kitchen of the restaurant that one of the hunters from earlier is in there (he has the crazies). He starts chasing after her but she hides in a meat locker (full of dead people). David is sighted by the other hunter (he also has the crazies) and he quickly tries to get Judy into the truck to escape. David is yanked out of the truck by one of the hunters while another one attacks Judy. Judy just shoots one in the head and starts the truck. David fights the other one and throws oil on him and set him on fire. David jumps into the truck and they take off.

While they are driving out of town, they can hear on one of the walkie-talkies they found a countdown. It starts at 30 and Judy says "What happens when it gets to zero?" David says, "I don't know"....then he pushes the gas down as hard as he can. They are barreling down the road whiles the countdown is trickling away. Judy is watching out the back window and when it gets to zero David says "Well??" and Judy says "Nothing"...then all of a sudden a nuclear bomb is dropped on the town behind them. The force from the blast throws the truck off the road. They are ok and step out onto the road to see the large mushroom cloud that used to be their town. They start walking towards Grand Rapids. As they are walking towards the town, you can see a military type scan of them and the area they are in and it shows the town they are walking to and it says "Initiate containment procedure", indicating that the town they think they are going to get help in is also going to be destroyed by the military since they think David and Judy have the crazies too and simply escaped.

Midway through the credits, you see a local news broadcast that says the blast everyone heard the other day was simply a power plant that exploded and not anything military....

Cop Out (2010)

2010-03-18T16:51:00.001-07:00

The movie opens with Jimmy (Bruce Willis) and Paul (Tracy Morgan) in the interrogation room, working on a suspected drug dealer. Paul convinces Jimmy to let him try the interrogation this time and the crazy scene with all the movie quotes from the trailer ensues. They get the guy to rat out his supplier, so the next scene is at the guy's cell phone store, where Paul works as a sales person on the street with a cell phone costume on. He's casing the place, waiting for the supplier to show up so he can bust him, but when he does, the informant accidentally tips off the supplier who shoots him and splits out the back door. Paul chases him in the cell phone costume and eventually beats up a kid and steals his bike to chase the supplier. This is taped and put on YouTube, and when they don't catch the guy both cops are suspended without pay.

Next, we see Jimmy and his ex-wife, daughter, and the ex-wife's new husband out at dinner. The daughter, Ava (Michelle Trachtenburg) wants an elaborate wedding (we see a bill for $48,000). Jimmy can't afford to pay for that, least of all now that he's suspended without pay. The new husband Roy (Jason Lee) offers to pay for it, but it's more to humiliate Jimmy than to help Ava. Jimmy can't let that happen, so he decides to sell his one of a kind baseball card, worth up to $80,000. When he arrives at the card shop to sell it, the shop is robbed by Dave (Seann William Scott) and an accomplice, who take money and memorabilia, including Jimmy's card. Jimmy sees Dave's distinctive tattoo and he and Paul figure out which shop he got it at, pressuring the tattoo artist and get a tip on the house he's going to rob next. They stake out the house before Dave gets there and once he arrives, they capture him and find out who's buying all the stuff from Dave.

The buyer is drug overlord Po' Boy, who's brother was the supplier in the cell phone store. Jimmy and Paul go to see Po' Boy, and he agrees to give them the card back if they find his new car (which was stolen en route to him). The car was sold to a Russian lawyer, and they track him down. Once they get the car (and get Po' Boy's brother killed in the resulting chase), they decide to figure out why it's so important to Po'Boy, and they find Gabriella (Ana de la Reguera) in the trunk. She doesn't speak any English, so they take her to a diner to a guy they know who speaks Spanish, and he tells them she is the mistress of a Mexican drug lord. They know she's in trouble so they take her to a hotel to keep her safe, and just then Jimmy gets a call from some other cops who tell him Paul is a dirty cop (because his gun was used in a couple of gang killings after Dave stole it during the card shop robbery and sold it to Po' Boy). He rebukes them and goes back to the hotel, where he finds Paul asleep and Gabriella escaped through the window (saying she doesn't want to cause them any trouble by hanging around with them). She has left her crucifix on the table, which turns out to be bank account information for lots of accounts linked to drugs, which Po' Boy was attempting to steal.

So now, knowing that the entire Po' Boy operation will be at the funeral for Po' Boy's brother for about an hour, they bail Dave out of jail so he can help them steal the card back. He promptly slips off the roof and is knocked out (setting up an in-credits gag where he wakes up in the morgue). Jimmy gets himself to the second floor and is still there when the organization returns to the house after capturing Gabriella off-screen. The other two cops who accused Paul show up (they had been working the case as well), and one is shot, prompting the other to call for backup to the house. This is when Paul is roused from his depression, figuring out that his wife, Debbie (Rashida Jones) isn't cheating on him, after all (a side-story running throughout). Paul and Jimmy proceed to clear the house of gangsters, leaving them with Po' Boy -- who has Gabriella hostage. They both shoot and both hit him, killing him instantly.

After securing Gabriella with the paramedics, Jimmy returns to the house to find his baseball card, only to discover that it was in Po' Boy's front pocket, and Paul had destroyed it with his shot.

The movie closes at the wedding, which Roy paid for. Jimmy's ex-wife Pam (Francie Swift) asks Jimmy to give away the bride with Roy (since Roy paid for the wedding, and all). He agrees, mostly because she threatens him. At the fateful moment, however, we see Paul (who is sitting behind Roy) put his gun in Roy's back, threatening to shoot if he stands to give away the bride -- allowing Jimmy the privilege all alone.

Avatar (2009)

2010-03-18T16:50:00.000-07:00

In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture. Written by Giorgio_C

When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora. Written by The Massie Twins

City Island (2009)

2010-03-18T16:47:00.000-07:00

Meet the Rizzos, a family that might get along a lot better if only they could tell each other the truth. Dad Vince is the worst offender. But since the prison guard won't even admit that poker night is in fact acting class, how's he ever going to explain about his illegitimate son? His daughter works as a stripper when she's supposed to be in college, while young Vinnie Jr has a secret sexual fetish that involves a 24-hour webcam and the family's 300-pound neighbour. Vince's wife Joyce is the family's rock, but it's been a year since she enjoyed intimacy with her husband, and it's no surprise she thinks poker night spells A-F-F-A-I-R. When former prisoner Tony enters the Rizzos' lives, Joyce begins to suspect that the handsome young Tony isn't who Vince says he is. City Island is a funny, touching and smart family tale about the secrets of the past catching up with the lies of the present, and accepting that nobody's perfect.

IMAX: Hubble 3D (2010)

2010-03-18T16:42:00.000-07:00

An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Killers (2010)

2010-03-18T16:33:00.000-07:00

Spencer Aimes (Kutcher) is just your average, undercover, government-hired super-assassin accustomed to a life of exotic European locales, flashy sports cars and even flashier women. But when he meets Jen Kornfeldt (Heigl), a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recovering from a bad break-up, he finds true love...and happily trades international intrigue for domestic bliss. Three years later, Spencer and Jen are still enjoying a picture-perfect marriage - that is, until the morning after Spencer's 30th birthday. That's when Spencer and Jen learn he's the target of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have been stalking the happy couple for years, and could be anyone: friends, neighbors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling across the street. Now Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all the while trying to save their marriage, manage his in-laws, keep up neighborly appearances ... and just plain survive.

Written by Lionsgate

The Road (2009)

2010-03-17T14:06:00.000-07:00

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing: just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless cannibalistic bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a rusting shopping cart of scavenged food--and each other.

Clash of the Titans (2010)

2010-03-17T13:16:00.000-07:00

The mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens.

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

2010-03-17T13:10:00.000-07:00

Four guy friends, all of them bored with their adult lives, travel back to their respective 80s heydays thanks to a time-bending hot tub.

Iron Man 2 (2010)

2010-03-17T13:04:00.000-07:00

After confessing his identity as Iron Man to the world, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) comes under fire from the United States Government who demand he hand over the powerful weapon that is the Iron Man suit. As the Government attempts to create a duplicate suit with the assistance of Stark's rival, Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), Tony's long time friend Jim Rhodes (Don Cheadle) is put center stage in the conflict. Meanwhile, a mysterious and dangerous foe emerges in Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), who creates an alternate and powerful persona known as Whiplash in order to exact revenge on the Stark family once and for all... it isn't long before he unites with Hammer in an effort to destroy Iron Man. With the arrival of his shady new assistant (Scarlett Johansson), and persistent recruitment attempts from S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Stark needs all the help he can get in order to overcome the obstacles.

Lu Pikirlah Sendiri(2010)

2010-03-16T17:18:00.000-07:00

Secara serius, filem ini boleh saja menjadi sebuah filem yang baik atas sebab dua perkara. Pertama, teraju utama Nabil sebagai penggerak utama filem ini merupakan mesin strategi yang cukup berpotensi. Selain daripada (dan dimaafkan mungkin) Sifu dan Tongga, aku kira, potensi dan keupayaan Nabil belum benar-benar dicari gali sebaik mungkin. Ini adalah kerana, pernah sekali aku duduk belek-belek Astro, aku ternonton acara lawak stand-up comedy Nabil yang dikoleksikan daripada Raja Lawak, sungguh terujanya aku, Nabil merupakan seorang pelawak (comedian) yang sebenar dalam erti kata seorang pelawak. Malah, ada kesegaran, kemudaan dan pembaharuan yang dibawa Nabil, setiap gerak dan timingnya kena. Lebih baik dari itu, mesej yang Nabil sampaikan mempunyai makna-makna yang berlapis, ia boleh saja bergerak politik, ia juga satu satira masyarakat dan sudah tentu ia juga hanya "cerita". "Lu Pikirlah Sendiri" sendiri sudah menjadi satu kenyataan kultus yang dinyatakan oleh anak muda kini yang mahu mencari pembaharuan dan semangat baharu Malaysia.

Kedua, tema filem ini sebenarnya amat kuat jika diolah dengan betul. Lantaklah kalau filem ini diambil daripada riwayat hidup teraju utamanya, rencahnya sudah cukup memikat: cerita anak-anak muda miskin di celah kota raya yang menyesatkan, lalu.. (seterusnya)

Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa

2010-03-16T17:04:00.000-07:00

Komplen aku? Satu saja, judul Inggerisnya:

"Bloodline" sudah digunakan berkali-kali dalam judul filem, malah, jika judulnya meletakkan Xxxx: Bloodline, sudah banyak filem seram yang mempunyai judul yang serupa itu.

OK, aku tak pernah seteruja ini menunggu Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, seperti mana aku tunggu Puteri Gunung Ledang. Dulu, aku pernah berbalah dengan arwah Kak Min, menyatakan, sebuah industri/negara, tidaklah mencapai tahapnya jika ia tidak berjaya membikin sebuah filem epik. Kak Min amat-amat tidak bersetuju, kerana ada juga filem kecil yang boleh menjadi duta negara. Ya, aku kini lebih rendah diri dan menyanggupi kata Kak Min itu, tetapi aku dibesarkan dengan menonton serta menyukai filem seperti Ran, The Ten Commandments, Lawrence of Arabia, War & Peace, Gandhi, The Last Emperor, dan pelbagai lagi filem-filem berlanskap luas dengan syot-syot jauh yang aku kagumi. Heck, malah Indonesia sudah jauh meninggalkan kita dengan filem epik mereka seperti Tjoet Nja' Dhein, Saur Sepuh, Wali Songo dan filem propaganda epikal, G30S/PKI.

Jadi, betapalah aku bersemangat bila KRU hendak membawa filem ini ke layar. Mula-mulanya aku sangsi juga bagaimana mereka hendak gambarkan Garuda dalam CGI. Tetapi dimaklumkan Garuda itu merupakan lanun dari Pulau Garuda (mungkin Langkawi, atau kawasan berdekatan Segenting Kra) aku tersengih, bagus bagus, ada kreativiti dalam menurunkan bajet, malah mungkin lebih terikat cantik dengan plot (soalan: bagaimana para lanun di semenanjung Melayu tahu pihak Yunani membawa seorang tokoh yang boleh dibuat tebusan? Kuat benarkah pasukan lanun sampai habis tentera laut Yunani dihentam? Hal-hal ini mungkin boleh dijawab bila kita menonton nanti...)

Aku juga sedar sesuatu, KRU suka sangat ambil penulis/wartawan yang dekat dengan dunia hiburan/kewartawanan. Meor Shariman, mantan pengarang hiburan The Malay Mail serta novelis popular merupakan penulis skrip Cicakman. Kemudian KRU ambil anak murid/didikan Razak Mohaideen/Metrowealth iaitu Azhari Zain yang kalau aku tak silap, juga seorang wartawan. Azhari Zain banyak menghasilkan skrip untuk filem-filem Metrowealth, dan arahan Razak Mohaideen, dan kalau aku tak silap merupakan penolong pengarah bagi beberapa projek profesor itu dengan Metrowealth, antaranya Potret Mistik, Nana Tanjung dan lain-lain. Azhari Zain juga yang memberi kita filem seram-libur, Santau buat kita awal tahun ini. Azhari Zain telah menulis skrip Duyung untuk Razak Mohaideen/KRU dan kemudiannya menulis skrip dan mengarah Jin Notti. Buat Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, aku semak, Amir Hafizi, penulis (aku hanya tahu dia tulis novel filem Susuk dalam bahasa Inggeris) dan wartawan merupakan pencipta skripnya. Jika ini Amir Hafizi yang kita kenal, aku punya semangat yang tinggi kerana:

1. Kritis dia amat teliti dan memahami ke mana gerakan filem itu (plot lubang dijauhi).
2. Mulut dia pedas bila mengkritik, orang-orang mulut pedas je pandai bagi dialog-dialog mantap. Filem memerlukan dialog mantap untuk kesesuaian cerita dan orang boleh ingat.
3. Dia pandai menulis (walaupun aku tak baca Susuk tu lagi, ramai orang kata best).

Jadi, tak mungkin, tak mungkin budak ni boleh fu**ed up filem ni (dari segi jalan cerita). Amir, jangan ko jadikan filem ni Solomon Kane sudah. Aku takkan bantai pengarahnya, aku cari kau dulu. Yeap, apa-apa pun orang akan kembali ke jalan cerita.

Beberapa benda lain yang aku teruja adalah, selain PGL, filem ini juga menggunakan okestra MPO untuk runut bunyinya, syabas! Dan aku dengar memang penggambarannya lancar dan kini hanya sedang dalam proses pascaproduksi, di mana suntingan, suntingan suara serta masukkan CGI. Aku dengar Yusri ambil seminggu untuk buat secantik mungkin satu babak yang mungkin beberapa minit. Takpe bro, buat perlahan-lahan, jika betullah 8 minit tu betul-betul berjaya menguja pembeli luar. Biar sakit sekarang, siap nanti, whooohh, rasa puas tu lain!

OK, sekurang-kurangnya sekarang aku optimis. Yusri, kau bagi yang terbaik ya!

via : tontonfilem

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

2010-03-16T15:34:00.000-07:00

A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely owner of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.

Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)

2010-03-16T15:22:00.000-07:00

In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger, the aged former CEO of a group of companies owned by a wealthy dynasty, in order to solve a cold case - the disappearance, some forty years ago, of Vanger's niece when she was sixteen. Lisbeth Salander is a punk computer hacker. Due to problems in her youth, she has a guardian controlling her money. She needs a new computer, but in order to get it he forces her to have sex with him repeatedly, and with increasing brutality; he threatens to get her into trouble if she tells on him. However, she secretly tapes the second incident, and later takes revenge by hitting him with a golf stick, undressing him, and tatooing on his chest that he is a rapist. She threatens to reveal the tape to authorities if he does not write favorable reports about her. By accident she meets Blomkvist and helps him with the investigation. Blomkvist is almost killed by a serial killer, but Salander saves him. Finally they discover that the missing woman is alive, in Australia. After Blomkvist visits her she decides to return, and reunite with Vanger. [D-Man2010]

The 16-year old girl Harriet Vanger disappeared without a trace, on September 29th 1966. Nearly forty years later a journalist by the name of Mikael Blomqvist gets an unusual assignment. Hes contacted by the industrial leader Henrik Vanger, who wants him to write the history of the Vanger family. The family chronicle is just a cover for the real assignment: to find out about what really happened to Harriet. Mikael who recently been indicted and convicted on counts of slander, feels that he need a break from his job on the Millennium magazine take on the job. He gets help from the young and troubled computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. Together the odd couple starts to dig in the past of the Vanger family and meet a darker and bloodier history than they ever could have imagined... (Courtesy of the pocket book Män som hatar kvinnor, by Stieg Larsson, taken from the back of the book.)

The Runaways (2010)

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The Runaways (Neon Angels) is based on lead-singer Cherie Currie's book 'Neon Angel' - a reflection of her experiences as a rock star, but also delivering a strong anti-drug warning to teens and others. David Bowie's "Space Oddity" serves as a metaphor for the narrative-- a slow countdown, a surreal but spectacular rise to fame, then alienation and burnout - a long long way from home.

The movie chronicles THE RUNAWAYS from 1975 - 1977; formed by teenage girls living near Hollywood, CA., and heavily manipulated by their manager Kim Fowley as 'jailbait rock' (all the girls were 16 or younger when the band recorded their first album). The band ultimately succeeds on their own merits as musicians, becoming the first all-girl rock-band to ever break into the world of arena-filling hard rock acts.

The movie focuses on the band's formation, and their meteoric rise to fame. Their first single, 'Cherry Bomb', gets some attention in the United States, where THE RUNAWAYS' U.S. tour hits major venues (Cobo Hall, with RUSH) and sleazy rock-clubs, often pairing them up with The Ramones, Cheap Trick, Tom Petty, and other popular 1970's rock acts. But 'Cherry Bomb' and several other songs from THE RUNAWAYS' first 2 albums become huge hits in Japan -- and their arrival for a set of shows there in 1977 is like Beatle-Mania. The band is overwhelmed by the Japanese reception. Almost prophetic, THE RUNAWAYS' last big hit song in Japan is 'Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin'.

Cherie is initially thrilled to be in the band, and lives the rock star life. She pushes the edge -- and their records sell well, generating lots of media controversy and hype. But during the tour of Japan, her personal life disnintegrates, and she burns out -- ultimately leaving The Runaways when they return to the U.S. The bass player (Jackie Fox) quits too, leaving only Lita Ford, Joan Jett and Sandy West. Joan Jett has decided that rock & roll is her life, and that The Runaways is her 'family'; she is upset by Cherie's decision to leave, but knows that decision is best -- for Cherie.

THE RUNAWAYS' success was earth-shaking in rock music -- changing the rules forever. But with the successful 5-girl lineup no longer intact after the Japan tour, their future was dubious, at best. Lita Ford (guitar) and Sandy West (drums) still think the band can make it big again, so they persevere with Joan Jett.

Repo Men (2010)

2010-03-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed. Written by Marisa_Gabriella

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.