Saturday, May 9, 2009

Now Playing - Anaconda III





Friday, May 8, 2009

DragonBall Evolution



Thursday, May 7, 2009

Hots - The Obama Deception





Harry Porter - Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts turns out to be quite the exciting year. First off is the arrival of a new teacher at Hogwarts, Horace Slughorn, who is a bit more useful to Harry than he realizes. Next, Harry obtains a Potions book which used to be belong to the very mysterious Half-Blood Prince. Harry finds that the Half-Blood Prince's ancient scribbles are written along the margins of almost every page, giving Harry advice on how to improve greatly on his Potions work, and also teaching him a few helpful (and dangerous) spells along the way.Amidst this, Harry is starting private lessons with Professor Dumbledore, during which Harry learns the dark secrets of Voldemort's past, hoping that they could use these secrets to find a way to defeat him.Harry's year gets even more stressful with the suspicious actions of Draco Malfoy, who has been sneaking around the school doing, so Harry assumes, Voldemort's bidding. Harry quickly becomes determined, and slightly obsessed, to find out exactly what Malfoy has been up to and putting and end to it.Yet, during this time, Harry and his friends go through daily life, busy with school work, Quidditch, (in which Harry has been made captain of the team) and of course, romance. Ron has found a new girlfriend, Lavender Brown, a perky (if not obnoxious) Gryffindor student, and Hermione is not happy about it. Ron and Hermione's friendship takes a toll throughout the school year and Harry, as usual, is stuck in the middle. Harry, meanwhile, is facing a romantic dilemma of his own: he realizes he is falling for his best friend's sister, Ginny Weasley, who is unfortunately dating Harry's classmate, Dean Thomas. Harry's pining for Ginny and Ron's hilarious relationship with Lavender give this story a large dose of reality.Throughout all the school drama, however, the obvious darkness of Voldemort's impending rise to power is always apparent. The incredible action-packed climax is sure to leave the audience stunned and, inevitably, prove that you shouldn't trust everybody who you think is good and also prove that not everyone can manage to survive.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Narnia -Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" takes place one year after the events in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," the initial film in the series derived from the C.S. Lewis religio-fantasy series. In Narnian years, however, that one year represents about 1,300. Fortunately, watching this movie doesn't feel quite that long.
Once more we are unceremoniously plopped into the world of the Pevensie siblings: big brother Peter (William Moseley) and little brother Edmund (Skandar Keynes), big sister Susan (Anna Popplewell), and little Lucy (Georgie Henley). They find them­­selves transported, via a World War II-era Tube station in Trafalgar Square, to Narnia, where last time out they dispatched the White Witch (Tilda Swinton) and were elevated to royalty. (The White One makes a brief cameo here, but she is sorely missed.)
The moral of this new movie seems to be: You can't go home again – especially if you arrive 1,300 years later. The new Narnia is a pale reflection of the old. The talking beasties and mythological creatures live precariously on the margins of the kingdom now ruled by the Telmarines, a race of entirely dark-haired humans (no blondes need apply).
The Pevensie clan has been summoned to Narnia by Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes), who fled the castle when it became clear his uncle, Lord Miraz (Sergio Castellito), was out to off him. Miraz looks as if he'd be equally at home starring in "300."
And where, you may ask, is the mighty lion Aslan? He hasn't been seen in a millennium, at least not until Lucy claps eyes on him in the forest. For my money, there is entirely too little of Aslan in "Prince Caspian," although, as voiced by Liam Neeson, he still sounds too high-mindedly dull. The point is, Aslan looks great, and in the new Narnia, looks count for a lot.
Speaking of which, the actors playing the Pevensie children have grown up in the three years since the first film, and this makes for a better drama. For one thing, they're better actors now, able to register a wider range of emotions. There are also some welcome new additions, including surly dwarf Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage) – where would the mythological fantasy genre be without surly dwarfs? – and a talking mouse named Reepicheep (hilariously voiced by Eddie Izzard).
The first "Narnia" movie was much discussed in terms of C.S. Lewis's Christian symbolism, but the new film is unlikely to provoke such discussion. Much more so than its predecessor, "Prince Caspian" is an action film – too much of an action film. As the battles pile up, the lyrical atmosphere wafts away and what we get is a more standard recipe. Director Andrew Adamson, who also made the first film, was director of the two "Shrek" films, and he still seems not altogether at home with live action. He can't quite work up a magical atmosphere – especially when the film is constantly being grounded by such leaden lines as "The throne is rightfully mine."
Still, this is a bigger and darker "Narnia" movie and although it didn't leave me famished for the inevitable sequel, it delivers the family-entertainment goods. Memo to the produ­cers: Next time out, more dwarfs, more Aslan, and definitely more Reepicheep. Grade: B. (Rated PG for epic battle action and violence.)

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Twilight


When Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) reluctantly moved to the perpetually overcast town of Forks, WA, and set out to carve a niche for herself, she assumed it would be one similar to the low-profile social position she held back in Phoenix. First on the list of surprises was the unfamiliar attention from the male population of her new high school; second, the attention from one male in particular: Edward Cullen, Vampire (Robert Pattinson). Before long, the unlikely soul mates find themselves in a passionate relationship with a variety of significant setbacks, including Edward's special-needs diet (he doesn't eat humans, but Bella's scent inspires a nearly impossible to harness bloodlust) and the human girl's mortality. Though things proceed relatively smoothly at first (Edward even introduces Bella to his adoptive vampire family), a visiting vampire clan consisting of James (Cam Gigandet), Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), and Laurent (Edi Gathegi) catches Bella's unique scent and threatens the young couple's budding, if dangerous, happiness. James, known for his powerful tracking ability, becomes obsessed with making Bella his next victim. Fearing for Bella's safety and that of her loved ones, the Cullens must combine their collective talents in order to stop the highly predatory James before his goal is accomplished. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide







Monday, May 4, 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen


The battle for Earth has ended but the battle for the universe has just begun. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons, and has decided to return to Earth with force. The Autobots believing that peace was possible finds out that Megatron's dead body has been stolen from the US Military by Skorpinox and revives him using his own spark. Now Megatron is back seeking revenge and with Starscream and more Decepticon reinforcements on the way, the Autobots with reinforcements of their own, may have more to deal with then meets the eye.







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