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QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008)

2008-12-11T11:56:00.007+07:00

Director
Marc Forster
Screenwriter
Paul Haggis
Starring
Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton
Studio
Columbia Pictures (Sony), MGM
Release Date
5 November 2008 (Indonesia)
Official website
007.com

Direct Sequel of the Adventure of James Bond "Casino Royale"

Synopsis: Following the betrayal and death of Vesper Lynd, James Bond (Daniel Craig) makes his next mission personal. The search for those who blackmailed his lover takes Bond to ruthless businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a key player in the organization of coerced Vesper. Bond discovers that Greene is conspiring to gain total control of a vital natural resource, and must navigate a minefield of danger and treachery to foil Greene's plan.

Review: Quantum of Solace, Bond's newest adventure, for the first time ever in the typically formulaic franchise is a direct continuation of its predecessor, Casino Royale. With an intriguingly internalised central plot and outrageously exhilarating action, the new Bond movie is grittier and faster than we expect. And that much more engaging as a result. The new film starts uncharacteristically without the usual gun- barrel and blood logo but the trademark logo has been relocated to the end of the film. A quantum is something very miniscule. Solace is another word for comfort. Thus, the enigmatically titled Quantum Of Solace refers to the modicum of peace that our central character is searching for.

"Quantum of Solace" picks up from the previous film with Bond looking to avenge the death of his lover. It picks up a few minutes after the last one. Big car chase as Bond, barely recovered from the death of his lady love Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), burns rubber all over Italy with the wiggling body of Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) in the trunk of his Aston Martin. While still on the hunt for the people responsible for the death of his gal pal Vesper, James Bond (Craig) discovers a plot by energy tycoon Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) to corner the market on the world's most precious natural resource. It is part of a much bigger scheme by Quantum, a notorious criminal syndicate, to influence events in the world. They include the overthrow of the current Bolivian government and the installation of former military dictator General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio) there, and a continued stranglehold on world intelligence. Clues lead Bond to the sexy but dangerous Camille (Olga Kurylenko) who also harbors a wish to avenge the death of her father. She in turn, brings him to Greene who is, of course, happy to finally make Mr. Bond's acquaintance. Meanwhile, M is getting pressure from her superior to rein in 007. She finds herself surrounded by traitorous MI6 agents now working for Quantum, an agency bent on world domination. Under the suspicious eye of MI6 director M (Judi Dench), Bond sets out to uncover the plot, determine the purpose of Quantum, and get revenge.

This is a story about James Bond exorcising his personal demons, and Craig clearly relishes the double challenge of introspective drama and high action. Although he doesn’t brings nothing new to the role than his first outing, but he remains a charismatic and tough bond, even more relaxed and also sexier. Beside all its fine-tuned precision and expertly timed twists, sexy style, and jaw-dropping action sequences, it's Daniel Craig's blue-eyed Bond that steals Quantum's show. His ability to play a remorseless assassin one moment and a suave, tongue-in-cheek British agent the next is what makes him the best 007. Meanwhile, Kurylenko is given a much more robust role than we usually get with Bond girls, including a personal quest all her own. She is fiery hot as the vengeful Camille, a former Bolivian agent who acts more as Bond's accomplice than his bedroom partner. Although Kurylenko has a few more auspicious moments that border on great, Amalric, who is a tremendously talented actor in the French language, manages to deliver a toothless performance that pales in comparison to all that came before him, even many of the late Bond villains. He tends to let his character's madness show too much with bulging eyes, one of which threatens to start blinking at any moment.

In general, Quantum of Solace has one of the more complex and satisfying of the Bond film plots. The character of Bond has more depth than he does in some of the more pulpy entries in the series. It is one of the rare Bond films that can be appreciated on an adult level. Craig might not take all of Casino Royale's crossover audience with him for Quantum Of Solace but thanks to a strong cast - including Judi Dench, who reprises her role as M and Mathieu Amalric's oily villain - this is a solid sequel for the reinvented franchise.

Did you know?

* The character of MI6 Agent Fields (Gemma Arterton) is a tribute to the Bond girls of the 1960s, notably Tracy Bond from On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Goldfinger (1964)'s Pussy Galore, both of which are Atherton's favourite performances. Gemma Arterton described Fields as "not as frolicsome or femme-fatale as other Bond girls, but is instead fresh and young."

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UN CONTE DE NOEL aka CHRISTMAS TALE (2008)

2008-11-25T14:37:00.004+07:00

Director

Arnaud Desplechin
Screenwriter
Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Amalric, Melvil Poupaud, Anne Consigny, Chiara Mastroianni, Laurent Capelluto, Jean-Paul Roussillon
Studio
IFC Films
Release Date
21 May 2008 (France)

Christmas Drama...

Synopsis: Junona (Catherine Deneuve) and Abel (Jean-Paul Roussillon) are the parents of three children: Elizabeth (Anne Consigny), a melancholic playwright with a mathematician husband (Hippolyte Girardot) and a tortured teenage son, Paul (Emile Berling), Henri (Mathieu Amalric), the self-destructive black sheep, banished from the family events by Elizabeth five years prior, young Ivan (Melvil Poupaud), the peacemaker, is married to the lovely Sylvia and has two eccentric little children, while fourth - Joseph, the eldest - died of leukemia in a child. When the disease reappeared again in the family, all are tested to see who can become a donor, and then everyone - including lovesick cousin Simon and Henri's girlfriend, Faunia - return home for a long weekend of Christmas . Everything crowded again under the same roof, solidarity quickly - and hilariously - lies in conflict, drunkenness and bed-hopping, as the whole world struggle to make sense of the mysteries of family life, and what lies ahead.

Review: "A Christmas Tale" is a marvel of intimate character study, revealing a wealth of behavioral complexity among the members of a dysfunctional family gathering for Christmas. It is about a family laughing and crying off its own curse, and the joy is in knowing the filmmaker and we are laughing and crying right along with them. It center on a large, fractious family gathered in a comfy house for one of life's big rituals and feature a depressive grown daughter, a wild, wonderful soundtrack, and filial dynamics that strain and stretch the boundaries of civility. This is an intimate character-based drama with a sprawling ensemble and a 151-minute running time to match.

The Film introduces us to Junon (Catherine Deneuve) and Abel (Jean-Paul Roussillon), the matriarch and patriarch of the none-too-harmonious Vullard clan, whose roots are in the provincial French town of Roubaix (near the Belgian border). At the very beginning of the film, the movie opens with a narrator outlining the family back story which is the crucial background information. In the early 1960s a young couple, Abel and Junon Vuillard, give birth to two children, Joseph and Elizabeth. Joseph has a rare genetic condition, and only a bone marrow transplant can save him. But Abel and Junon, as well as Elizabeth, are incompatible. And so the couple conceive a third child, Henri -- but his marrow doesn't match, either. Joseph dies at age 7. The couple have a fourth child, Ivan. And as "A Christmas Tale" moves forward to the present day, we learn how each member of the Vuillard family has moved on, and away, from this initial seed of loss and sorrow. At Present, only a few days before the sugar plums and wassail are set on the table, Junon Vuillard, the grand matriarch of a family of lunatics, is diagnosed with a serious case of leukemia, the same disease that already claimed her eldest son Joseph. A bone marrow transplant is her only chance and now circumstances conspire to bring the entire family together for the Christmas for the first time in six years. They are include the eldest surviving child, Elizabeth (Anne Consigny), and her emotionally withdrawn son, Paul (Emile Berling); the black sheep of the family, Henri (Mathieu Amalric), and his bubbly lover, Faunia (Emmanuelle Devos); the youngest son, Ivan (Melvil Poupaud), his devoted wife, Sylvia (Chiara Mastroianni), and their two young children; and Simon (Laurent Capelluto), the son of Junon's dead brother. This moment is also the "reunion" of Elizabeth and Henri, who don't like each other. Elizabeth is a successful playwright who is consumed both with worry about her fragile teenage son, Paul and with rage toward her ne'er-do-well brother Henri. Henri is a fast-talking hustler, an alcoholic whose entire personality is a compensation for always having been despised by his parents. He returns to his family home piss drunk with his new lady friend Faunia, fully prepared to pour salt in every familial wound he can locate, including the mutual distaste felt between Junon and himself. And it's not only past grudges and Junon's illness that color the weekend but also unforeseen romantic complications, a heady mix that produces completely unpredictable results.

Desplechin's narrative strategies can be puzzling at first glance, but it's still OK because his drama unfolds with a comforting acuity that defies easy analysis. A holiday family gathering, A terminal illness, Bitter resentments and feuds, Secrets revealed, Relationships kindled and others in a state of flux. If all of this sounds overly familiar and potentially treacly, fear not. Desplechin is a past master at this sort of Chekhovian orchestration of multiple story lines. He treats its characters and their lives with an uncommonly raw and complicated realism. Desplechin isn't out to explain as much as explore the complicated relationships between family members and the complexity of feelings behind those connections. It's a tender and lovely scene, an evocative way to suggest the theatricality of memory and the blurring of detail over time. It's also a prelude to the playful storytelling and inventive technique to come in the mercurial, knotty and cinematically vibrant drama of family dysfunction stirred up over a Christmas gathering, The performances in A Christmas Tale are uniformly wonderful. The actors are individually good. They work together to feel like a family. Deneuve is imperious, but also impossible not to feel for. Amalric makes for a ridiculously endearing bad seed. Devos, in just a supporting role, sparkles -- an amused family outsider who brings levity to the amassed tension. As Elizabeth, Consigny is taut with supressed rage. Deneuve's real life daughter Mastroianni is lovely.

In General, roiling with laughter, tears, drunken confessions, revelatory soliloquies, pain, sorrow, hospital visits, and various kinds of love, A Christmas Tale is a smart, sprawling, and sublimely entertaining feast. "A Christmas Tale" is emotionally rich and cinematically thrilling film. With at least nine primary characters and running two and a half hours, it's a big, fat novel of a movie, a domestic epic that fuses bitterness and forgiveness in completely satisfying ways.

ROLE MODELS (2008)

2008-11-25T00:38:00.005+07:00

Director

David Wain
Producer
Mary Parent, Scott Stuber, Luke Greenfield
Screenwriter
David Wain, Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Tim Dowling, W. Blake Herron
Starring
Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jane Lynch, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Elizabeth Banks
Studio
Universal Pictures
Release Date
7 November 2008 (USA)

Official website
RoleModelsmovie.com

It's Killer Funny...

Synopsis: Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. After their arrest, the court gives them a choice do hard time or spend 150 hours of service with a mentoring program. After a day with the children, however, the prison does not look half bad. Surrounded by annoying do-gooders, Danny struggles with his every neurotic impulse to guide Augie through the trials of becoming a man. Unfortunately, the guy just dumped by his girlfriend has only sarcasm to offer a shy 16-year-old obsessed with medieval role-playing game. Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to trade of the addiction to partying and women to help fifth grader named Ronnie reorient his foul-mouthed ways. It would probably help if the new mentor of Ronnie was not an overgrown adolescent whose idea of quality time includes keggers in Venice Beach. Once the center's former director gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to adapt their brand of immature wisdom to their charges.

Review: Role models takes a familiar PG-rated plot and adds enough profanity and nudity to earn it a family unfriendly R. Despite its R rating, "Role Models" is basically a kids' comedy for adults where funny people say funny things in funny situations. It is a consistently pleasant, often funny, sometimes clever, occasionally even touching little movie that does what it sets out to do. This is yet another film in which adults bond with kids and, in the process, both members of the pair learn important life lessons.

Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott play Danny, a spokesperson for Minotaur Energy Drink who spends his days telling teenagers not to do drugs with a fluffy Minotaur dancing behind him and Wheeler, a cheerful horndog who wear a ridiculous Minotaur costume. They are teammates who drive a Minotaur-mobile super truck from school to school, touting a Jolt-like drink as the high-octane energy boost that will get you high without a jail sentence: "Just say no to drugs, and YES! to Minotaur!". Unlike Wheeler who always cheerful and optimistic, Danny, in his mid-30s, is feeling miserable. After he hit his 10th anniversary on this job, he starts fights with people who say "ASAP" and his girlfriend of 7 years, Beth (Elizabeth Banks) surprisingly dumps him. An unfortunate series of events driving Danny into an intractable depression and Danny loses it and tells a cafeteria filled with teenagers how awesome drugs are and how life sucks. That's before he running their monster truck up a school's and crash it into a statue of a horse which is also a public properties. For that crime of stupidity (among others), Wheeler and Danny are offered a choice: go to jail for a month or mentor two boys in a Big Brothers–type organization called Sturdy Wings, run by a rather unsteady former coke whore played by Jane Lynch. Danny gets assigned a fantasy-obsessed loner dork named Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), whose parents don't understand him and offer no support, while Wheeler gets paired with 12-year-old Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson), a self-proclaimed "booby man" who says "fuck" every time he exhales, who is living with his single mom and though tough on the outside is fragile inside because he doesn't trust men ever since he was abandoned by his dad.

A pair of overgrown adolescents (Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd) indulge in bad behavior and are assigned to mentor troubled kids in a Big Brother-type program sounds predictable. But it is consistently funny, largely because of the sharp dialogue, written by Rudd and director David Wain and a well-chosen ensemble cast. There are no mysteries here, but there’s some solid comedy writing and pretty effective playing. The characters, in a very movie way, become likable as things progress, but the film is smart enough that they never quite lose their edge. A live-action, loopy, medieval-battle role-playing event is without a doubt where Role Models delivers the most laughs. Wain's take on LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) (which is essentially a live-action version of D&D with padded swords and no dice) is amusing and avoids the trap of being too condescending to those productive members of society who participate in this activity. What's interesting about the fantasy medieval warfare is that the players take it with deadly seriousness. Danny and Wheeler, with their two young charges, join the nerdy, armor-clad throng in a Los Angeles park, crossing swords, striking down the enemy armies and addressing one another as "thou" and "my liege."

As much as low expectations are built into films like this, Role Models unexpectedly overcomes its tepid veneer, often flying into propulsive bouts of comedic energy. It gives up much of the humor and high ground gained in previously offering a good combination of observant comedy and intelligent social conscience drama, as it climaxes poorly with a wishful pat ending. Everything is satisfactorily resolved in the end, as the formula requires. But since their problems were a little deeper than usual in this genre, our pleasure is increased a little. Not to the point where we're cheering, you understand. But to the point where we're thinking, hey, I sort of liked that.

Did you know?

* In the background of a scene before a "battle" some actors are dressed up in Stormtrooper-like armor, contradicting the medieval fantasy theme of the game.

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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

2008-11-23T09:20:00.008+07:00

Director

Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Producer
Mireille Soria, Mark Swift
Screenwriter
Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Etan Cohen
Starring
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin, Will.I.Am
Studio
DreamWorks Animation
Release Date
7 November 2008 (USA)

Official website
Madagascarmovie.com

Africa or Zoo...?

Synopsis: Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins and chimpanzees are isolated in the remote coast of Madagascar. Given this obstacle, New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane-type. Once up, this unlikely crew stays airborne just long enough to make it to the wildest place of all--the vast plains of Africa, where members of our zoo-raised crew encounter species of their own kind by the first time. Africa seems a great place - but is it better than his home in Central Park?

Review: The pleasant crew of the cheerful 2005 DreamWorks animated film "Madagascar" reunite for "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa". Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa features the same lovable quartet of zoo animals out of their element, plus their canny penguin pals, brainy chimps and clever lemurs. But it adds dozens more creatures into the mix and moves the action to the African plains. Fans of the original will find plenty to love in the sequel (including 40% more covert penguin action).

This new film starts years ago with a young lion being trained by his father in the ways of Savanna survival. But the lion cub is much more interested in being a ham and not learning endurance techniques. And then an African lion named Zuba squares off against his scheming, underhanded rival Makunga (Alec Baldwin), and in the process the young lion goes off the reservation and is captured by some poachers. His crate falls off the truck and he drifts across the ocean to NYC. Once found, he is placed in the Zoo and quickly becomes Alex the dancing lion (Ben Stiller), the king of NYC. Then the scene jump back to where the last film ended. Our penguins have rescued a plane and have gotten it up to a running flight status. Alex, Marty the acid-tongued zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the dour giraffe (David Schwimmer), and Gloria the happy hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) are all together trying to get back to their Zoo home from the titular country, Madagascar. Of course, everything goes horribly wrong and our animated heroes fall short of their goal, landing someplace, not in New York City but on a very familiar Savanna (Africa). Here, the four main animals encounter their wild counterparts and experience culture shock as they meet legions of their own species and also these four each have an adventure. The wreck fortuitously reunites Alex with his dad Zuba (the late Bernie Mac) and mom (Sherri Shepherd) which is a great news for Makunga, who longs to lead the group and sets in motion a series of events that leads to Alex and his father being cast out of the group, leaving him in charge. Marty finds a herd of zebras and discovers that all the zebras look, sound and act exactly like him. He is initially gleeful about joining a herd, but then becomes despondent when he find that he may not be as unique as he thought. Melman discovers his obsessive belief in being sick makes him a perfect Savanna doctor, while secretly pining for Gloria. Gloria falls in love with macho dumb lug hippo Moto Moto (voiced with dripping sexiness by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas) which sends Melman into a tailspin of jealousy. For in an implausible case of inter-species attraction, the giraffe turns out to be madly in love with the hippo. All four stories eventually converge as Alex has to save all the animals from a water shortage.

Escape to Africa is a vast improvement over its predecessor. The plot moves forward into wildly funny and heartfelt character exploration. New characters are added to the mix without losing the fast-paced beat and all the original voices are back for more. The creative forces behind the last Madagascar, Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa also extends what Madagascar did best, fill up the screen with computer-generated visual novelty. With full, vibrant colors and richly detailed backgrounds, Madagascar 2 has as much "pop" as any recent digitally animated production. The animation is sharp, and whenever things start to get confusing, a penguin or lemur comes onscreen and does something really funny. As was the case with the first film, the penguins get all the best lines. They once again steals every scene they are in, making the most of the little amount they are put into this film.

Generally, most of the story is influenced by The Lion King, not because of similar settings only, but also familiar plot. Though it will get no points for originality, there's no denying the sense of fun the film contains, supplied primarily from its game voice cast who elevate the material with their inspired work. The cast of characters is also obviously has grown and the story still focuses on the value of friendship. The plot expands to include familial and romantic love, and to celebrate diversity and uniqueness. Though it doesn't add anything new to the genre, Madagascar 2 is amusing animated fare.

Did you know?

* The sequel Madagascar 3 (2011) was confirmed months before this one came out.

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ROCKNROLLA (2008)

2008-11-22T15:41:00.007+07:00

Director

Guy Ritchie
Producer
Joel Silver, Guy Ritchie, Susan Downey, Steve Clark-Hall
Screenwriter
Guy Ritchie
Starring
Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Toby Kebbell
Studio
Warner Bros
Release Date
31 October 2008 (USA)

Official website
Rock-n-Rolla.com

Lets Rock and Rolla...

Synopsis: When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are at stake, and all of London's underworld wants in on the action. Everyone, from a dangerous crime lord to a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and down-on-their-luck petty thieves conspire, collude and collide with each other in an effort to get rich quick.

Review: For Guy Ritchie fans, welcome back to the world of Guy Ritchie as it stood back in 2000 with Snatch, Guy Ritchie’s new film RocknRolla consists of a nonstop parade of improbable dastardly characters, assorted incompetent criminals, burned-out rockers, wigged-out junkies, criminal masterminds and dimwitted hoods, and that’s not even taking into account unkillable Russians, an ice queen of a duplicitous accountant, gay gangsters and the gangsters they make nervous, plus a few man-eating crayfish tossed in for good measure. RocknRolla is sexy, fast, loose, smart, and extremely funny. It's crammed with colorful criminals, which Ritchie and cinematographer David Higgs backlight to great effect. It chokes on delightfully screwy schemes, which the director and his editor James Herbert slice, tape, and test-drive at breakneck speeds. And that's the key. It keeps moving, hardly caring if you are keeping up.

The story features a congregation of bad guys who sleaze around London's underworld. They include a boss played by a scenery-chewing Tom Wilkinson as Lenny Cole and the Wild Bunch, a group of small-timers from Ritchie's earlier gangster films who are hungry to challenge the raised bar of crime world which include One-Two (Gerard Butler), more handsome than he is smart, but he's learning, and his longtime mates, Mumbles (Idris Elba) and Handsome Bob (Tom Hardy). "RocknRolla's" deliberately convoluted plot centers around the hunt for a painting that belongs to a Russian mobster, Uri (Karel Roden) who's trying to muscle his way into London's real estate boom with the help of old-school gangster Lenny Cole. One Two and Mumbles have borrowed $7 million from Lenny to buy real estate, all well and good except Cole already owns the land and refuses to sell. He makes arrangements to steal the money, then demands to be paid back. Lenny needs the money for a deal with a council member and so on and on. The money and the painting change hands through double crosses. It all concerns millions of Euros in payoffs for a crooked land deal, with said payoffs being hijacked twice by the same inept crooks, thanks to the inside information provided by Uri’s less-than-honest accountant, Stella (Thandie Newton). She sells them the location of the bank where the Russian is preparing to make a major withdrawal. Add in Uri’s “lucky painting,” which he’s given to Lenny for luck, and which has been subsequently stolen by Lenny’s crackhead rock ‘n’ roll star stepson, the supposedly dead Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell). Johnny has faked his own death in an attempt to boost album sales, Johnny should be laying low but can't resist turning up to throw a wrench into his father's carefully laid plans. and that’s the basic story.

The plot of RocknRolla is a little on the labyrinthian side, but that’s mostly owing to the number of characters and the details. The story itself is a pretty straightforward one concerning old-school Brit gangsters (personified by Tom Wilkinson’s crime boss Lenny Cole and his underlings) and the new influx of Russian gangsters (represented by Karel Roden’s Uri and his underlings). The movie, narrated like a graphic comic, spins off in many directions, and afterward you realize there were several spins and scenes more than necessary. The narrator is Mark Strong who, through a quirk of scheduling, is appearing in other two movies released in the same weekend, one of them is Body of Lies. There are various double-crosses, a Maguffin in the form of a painting we never see, and a Russian land developer who hires some unsavory underlings. The busy plot grows exponentially more complex each time writer-helmer Ritchie drops another colorful character into the mix. The action is in-your-face and always contains an element of dark humor. Also, there's a seconds-long sequence that's arguably one of the most economical sex scenes ever filmed. It's brilliant, and shows how deftly Ritchie is at moving along a moment necessary to the plot without the hindrance of details. Ritchie acknowledges his audience's intelligence in this scene and throughout the movie.

In general, RocknRolla gives off the impression that the once-heralded filmmaker isn't trying so hard any more to jolt, confuse, stimulate, and entertain his demanding followers. As a result, he delivers his most jolting, confusing, stimulating, and flat-out entertaining picture since 2000's Snatch. If you enjoy the likes of "Get Shorty," "Reservoir Dogs" and "Smokin' Aces," you're going to have a great time at Guy Ritchie's latest heist/doublecross flick about, of all things, real-estate swindles.

Did you know?

* The band playing in the club scene are 'The Subways' with their song 'Rock & Roll Queen'.

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CHANGELING (2008)

2008-11-10T20:26:00.003+07:00

Director

Clint Eastwood
Producer
Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Robert Lorenz
Screenwriter
J. Michael Straczynski
Starring
Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Michael Kelly
Studio
Universal Pictures
Release Date
31 October 2008 (USA)

Official website
Changelingmovie.net

A Provocative Thriller Based on Actual Events

Synopsis: In 1928, Los Angeles, single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) arrives home to find her son, Walter, disappeared. Five months later, her prayers are answered and Walter is in Illinois. But, to Christine's horror, the boy who gets off the train is not his son. The authorities vehemently disagree with the assessment of Christine, and her only ally is a clergyman (John Malkovich), who sees the case as his opportunity to expose the corruption of the police in LA and the government.

Review: "Changeling" is based on a true story, but knowing that it's true couldn't have made it any easier for Eastwood and the actors to pull off the pivotal scene. It is the factual account of a mother whose little boy disappeared, and of a corrupt Los Angeles Police Department running wild. The story, in an incidental way, touches on the respective differences in status between men and women in this earlier time.

Set in 1920's L.A., the film stars Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, a single mother who adores her young son Walter. She leaves him home alone one day after unexpectedly being called into work, and when she comes home from work, she find that her son is missing. Gone. No trace. Vanished. Christine calls the police. They won't even look into his disappearance for 24 hours. Besides, they tell her, most kids who go missing return by the next day. Walter doesn't. Weeks go by, and still no sign of him. Five months later, LAPD Captain J.J. Jones (Jeffrey Donovan) contacts Christine and tells her that her son had been found alive in DeKalb, Ill. He arranges for them to be reunited at the train station. Accompanied by the police captain, she goes to meet the boy at the train, but there was a problem, Collins said the boy was not hers. The returned boy was three inches shorter than Walter, was not recognized by his teacher and classmates, and had dental records that did not match. The police, under fire for lawlessness and corruption, had positioned the case as an example of their good work. They were determined to suppress Collins' protests. When she starts to insist more loudly that the LAPD is pulling a fast one, Jones has her committed to a mental institution where no one can hear her pleas. Her disappearance became the cause of an early radio preacher named the Rev. Gustav Briegleb (John Malkovich). Gustav Briegleb is devoted to calling out the LAPD for its sins. He fights side-by-side with Christine as she looks for ways to take on a corrupt system and searches for the true whereabouts of Walter.

Eastwood makes the changeling’s world so visually appealing and fascinating in its details that we just want to linger there, when the story intrudes, it feels like an intrusion on our world, too. Eastwood's telling of this story isn't structured as a thriller, but as an uncoiling of outrage. The film has no single unnecessary stylistic flourish, no contrived dramatics, no shocking stunts. This is what so interested about Changeling, all the "normal" things that can be enjoyed about a well-made drama, the eloquent screenplay, the masterful direction, the fine performances, but what really hooked above all else was the chance to peer into a different era where trust went a lot further than it does today. The actors are uniformly good. Jolie gives a performance of enormous passion and intelligence. Jolie is superb in presenting a mother’s heart, so intertwined with her child’s safety, she will defy these policemen who have subverted their duty to serve the people with staggering arrogance. It’s interesting to see Jolie, whom we know to be something of an independent sort, playing a character who’s often forced to hold her tongue.

Running two-hour-and-21-minute, “Changeling” could have been tightened up a little, but the story is told so clearly and efficiently. The lack of wasted space and motion makes this film continuously interesting. Even though Changeling isn’t very good, it satisfies.

Did you know?

* Based on the true story of the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, also known as the Wineville Chicken Murders.

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TINKER BELL (2008)

2008-11-10T10:53:00.005+07:00

Director

Bradley Raymond
Producer
Jeannine Roussel
Screenwriter
J.M. Barrie, Jeffrey M. Howard
Starring
Mae Whitman, Kristin Chenoweth, Anjelica Huston, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Jane Horrocks, Jesse McCartney
Studio
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Release Date
28 October 2008 (USA)

Official website
http://www.disney.com.au/DisneyOnline/fairies/movies/movies.html

Sweet and charming CGI Disney movie

Synopsis: Tinker Bell must save Pixie Hollow by finding the true magic of pixie dust.

Review: After spending decades as little more than Peter Pan, Walt Disney’s favorite fairy finally gets a tale of her own in Disney’s Tinker Bell, who’s a major supporting character of Peterpan, a playful, headstrong and ultimately powerful little blonde fairy. "Tinker Bell" is a nice introduction to the frisky fairy and her friends. The image appears to be fairly accurate, too, because the young Tink in the film is so stubborn just as Peter Pan fans would expect her to be.

Tinker Bell introduces us to the origins of this little fairy. Brought to life by a baby’s first laughter, each new fairy flies to Pixie Hollow, where she then gets her wings and discovered her talent. When the new fairy, Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman), arrives, she discovers that she's a tinker fairy, which means that she is responsible for the creation of important devices that help the other fairies do their job.

However, as fairies are preparing to usher in another spring, Tink starts to feel inferior to the other fairies, and then struggles with the limitations of her birth (being a lowly fix-it fairy instead of one with more glamorous roles in life). After all, while stuck in the Tinkers' corner, in collaboration with Clank and Bobble (Jeff Bennett and Rob Paulsen) to make teapots out of acorns, her nature fairy friends are preparing for an exciting trip to mainland.

Determined to join the other fairies in the continent, Tink recruits her friends to help her change her talent, but she soon learns that she's a tinker fairy for a very good reason. And, finally, she achieve the success and happiness as a true tradition of Disney.

Tink is surrounded by all sorts of cute new characters, too, and each one adds to the charm of the film. You’ll meet Tink’s friends, the nature fairies (voiced by Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy Liu, America Ferrera, and Raven-Symoné). Each has its own style, its own personality, its own special abilities, and although not a lot of time on the screen, you still get to know each of them. The movie’s animation is also very nice. From the fairies' costumes to their bright, natural environment, everything is crisp and colorful, and the characters look almost natural. The CG sets are filled with all kinds of imaginative little details, from acorn teapots to carts made out of seeds.

Colorful, fun and unremarkable, Tinker Bell is much better than the average of children movies, and while the backgrounds in most scenes are predictably static, given the modest budget of this sort of production, it generally looks pretty good. Despite the story offers some adorable characters and a sprinkling of laughs, it still mentions a valuable lesson, but really isn’t really new. The moral of the story is to be proud of who you are, 'Be true to yourself and anyone can be a hero. "

Did you know?

* Mae Whitman replaced Brittany Murphy as the voice of Tinker bell.

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PRIDE AND GLORY (2008)

2008-11-04T14:03:00.001+07:00

Director

Gavin O'Connor
Producer
Gregory O'Connor
Screenwriter
Gavin O'Connor, Joe Carnahan
Starring
Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, Noah Emmerich, Jennifer Ehle, Lake Bell
Studio
New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Release Date
24 October 2008 (USA)

Official website
PrideandGlorymovie.com

Family or Justice...

Synopsis: A gritty and moving portrait of New York City Police Department, the film follows a multi-generational police family whose moral code is tested when one of the two sons of force is investigating a case of arson of his brother Wholesale and brother-in-law. The case forces the family to choose between their loyalties to one another and their loyalty to the department.

Review: "Pride and Glory," rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and brief drug content. Stars Edward Norton, Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall. The title refers to the qualities that draw men and women to the force. But the movie is brimful of observations and insights that are, in many ways, deeper and richer than its stated themes. The film is about The premise of a hardened police veteran passing on the family trade to his sons which is full of meaty dramatic possibilities. And when one of those brothers is possibly mixed up in shadowy bad-cop shenanigans, things can get downright explosive.

In the film, Edward Norton, who can be great but is capable of coasting on his inner fire, clamps down on the multi-faceted role of Ray Tierney. Soft-spoken and melancholy, Ray Tierney, could have been the epitome of crusading good cop. Noah Emmerich matches him as his brother, Jon Voight does his juiciest, freest acting in years as their father, and Colin Farrell is startlingly good as their brother-in-law. Ray has been on desk duty for a couple of years after a a controversial case that wounded him physically, emotionally and morally. O'Connor gradually clues us in to Ray's checkered past, which involves a headline-grabbing scandal that put him on the stand where he thought he'd have to testify against fellow officers. Now a grisly ambush of four officers from Francis (Noah Emmerich)' precinct are gunned down in a botched raid in Washington Heights, in which he lost a close friend, has prompted Ray's return to the active investigative beat. Ray's father (Jon Voight) pulls his talented son, Ray, back into the fold to investigate, even though clues start pointing back to Jimmy (Colin Farrell) and other cops who are under Francis's watch. Ray is obviously working through some serious law-enforcement career issues. When he starts to get a whiff of wrongdoing in the department during his investigation, the stakes are raised.

In "Pride and Glory," featuring the acting bravado of Edward Norton, Colin Farrell and Jon Voight, we're treated to a well-crafted and sharply plotted version of the genre. Norton takes the lead, delivering a raw and subtle performance that bares his character's conflicted soul. Emmerich, as Norton's brother, is particularly fine in the role as a mostly genial, somewhat distracted commanding officer who has let his personal life overshadow work responsibilities. Farrell gives a typical bushy-browed, rough-and-scuff performance as a conflicted officer, but he's never able to make the character his own in the way that Norton does. The actor's commitment trickles down through the ensemble, sweeping up Voight and Emmerich (both first-rate) and even elevating Farrell to a level rarely seen from the volatile actor.

O'Connor, for his part, makes a number of intelligent decisions. He doesn't hurry his action, giving his absorbing characters room to breathe. He doesn't hew exclusively to Ray's point of view, but he conspires with Norton to make us see the action through Ray's eyes. And hear it through his ears. And feel it through his skin. And filter it through his brain, by far his most dangerous organ. Even if his dad is proud of Ray's superior intelligence and deductive skills, they mark his boy as a man apart. The distance can be felt from the moment he aarives late to the football game. O'Connor gives us strong back stories in these characters' lives, from Ray's dying sister-in-law to the distinctive power structure in a family ruled by an old-school cop. In brisk but defining terms, we capture the flavor of this clan: a tipsy Voight dominating the table with gushy oratory over Christmas dinner; a screaming mother interceding in an argument between father and son; the hint of pent-up frustrations between brothers.

Pride and Glory explodes the boundaries of melodrama. It's genuine drama, except that it's acted out by men who express themselves with fists, billy clubs and guns. The textured story is stitched together with a thick emotional fabric that is weaved by the excellent cast. In the film, evil does sleep with the good - in the department, in cop families and in the hearts of its antiheroes. It doesn't devalue the thin blue line that separates civilized life from animality, but it doesn't give cops a free pass just for leaping boldly on either side of it, like Egan, or for protecting the reputation of the force at all costs, like Voight's grizzled, overemotional patriarch. Though it has a lot in common with other similar movies genre, Pride and Glory" stands on its own for a couple of good reasons.

Did you know?

* Nick Nolte was originally cast as Francis Tierney, Sr. But an old knee injury flared up and Nolte found himself unable to perform when he came to the set.

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SAW V (2008)

2008-11-04T14:02:00.000+07:00

Director

David Hackl
Producer
Mark Berg, Oren Koules
Screenwriter
Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Starring
Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Carlo Rota, Julie Benz, Greg Bryk, Laura Gordon, Meagan Good
Studio
Lionsgate
Release Date
24 October 2008 (USA)

Official website
Saw5.com

The Jigsaw legacy V...

Synopsis: In the fifth delivery of the "Saw" franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry out the legacy of Jigsaw. However, when his secret is threatened, you must go to the game to remove all the loose ends.

Review: Like the previous sequels and other horror franchises like Touristes and Hostel, the film shows the majority of the "torture" elements. The saw movies have always stressed in the Saw Fans mind because of the motivations of the "villain" and the means with which the "games" are presented. From purely a horror standpoint, the potential victims with a mysterious history to be revealed are shown painful devices before being given an ultimatum to survive, then we are treated to the reality of the anticipation and given more information about the victims. Although it is not really important, but the reasons for them who are being made to suffer are a good substitute.

There will be no really fresh plot synopsis, the film again picks up right at the end of the previous film, and that the surviving characters all return. Since the death of Jigsaw (Bell), FBI agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) has been trying to track down his "other" accomplice. With helper Amanda (Shawnee Smith) also dead, all leads point to Det. Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor). New agency head Dan Erickson (Mark Rolston) isn't so sure. In the meantime, as five new players (a fire inspector, a building permit bureaucrat, a trust fund baby/drug addict, an investigative journalist, and a property developer ) find themselves playing a new life or death survival game originally designed for them by the late Jigsaw, Hoffman and Strahm play a game of cat and mouse that only one will survive. But don’t worry, because the secrets of the sixth and reportedly final Saw film are safely in a box which is received by Jigsaw's ex-wife Jill (Betsy Russell).

The Saw sequels have had an obsession with return to previous entries and shows us a "behind the scenes" of the earlier plot and the pitfalls of events. A solid of the picture is made up of flashbacks to previous scenes from the previous films. Without them, there is no way to bring Tobin Bell into the story, so the filmmakers are in a bit of a bind. Therefore, this film is not recommended for people who had never seen the previous sequel.

In general, Saw V has a better image of Saw IV. And although it is far less ambitious, it’s better written and acted to overwrought and absurd Saw I. It's not as good as Saw II and Saw III, but it's a step back from the abyss. It combines teamwork aspect of Saw I, with the group of people trapped in a house from Saw II. Like Saw II, the scenes of group imperilment are more about Funhouse horror traps than prolonged misery and suffering, but this tale is told much better than the disjointed narrative that made Saw II.

MAX PAYNE (2008)

2008-11-04T13:45:00.004+07:00

Director

John Moore
Producer
Julie Yorn, Scott Faye, John Moore
Screenwriter
Beau Thorne
Starring
Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Olga Kurylenko, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue, Amaury Nolasco, Kate Burton
Studio
20th Century Fox
Release Date
22 October 2008 (Indonesia)

Official website
MaxPaynethemovie.com

Maximum Pain...

Synopsis: A maverick police (Mark Wahlberg) is facing a battle supernatural when it descends into a dark underworld to find those who killed his family and his partner.

Review: "Max Payne," a crime thriller wrapped in a supernatural mystery, was based on a video game. As an adaptation, the Max Payne film is very different from the game in pretty much every aspect besides the tone and the characterizations. John Moore's obvious goal in the film was to match the spirit, tone, and grit of the game. Speaking of violence, there’s plenty of it in Max Payne. Shootings, beatings, torture -- take your pick. But director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines) wisely alternates these sequences with scenes of verbal and psychological confrontation as well as a few glimpses of those frightening, mysterious valkyries. By no means is Max Payne just thrown together to make a quick buck. It is well made, and well thought out.

Detective Max Payne lives in a dark and dangerous world. Played by Mark Wahlberg in this film adaptation of the popular video game, Wahlberg our morose anti-hero never cracks a smile as Max Payne, a hard-boiled cop right out of pulp novels, a pariah in self-imposed exile in the police basement (where someone seems to have stolen all the lights) who spends most of his time trying to solve the murder of his wife and baby in order to wreak vengeance upon the guilty party. While Wahlberg’s solid performance makes us feel sorry for Max, we also worry about the drastic actions this emotionally wounded man will take when he discovers the villains responsible for the tragic loss of his wife and child. Max’s investigation brings him face to face with powerful forces, nightmarish creatures called valkyries, and a crazed warrior priest who seems to command shadow armies of winged creatures. They could be the personal demons of drug addicts transformed into the literal in a crazed reworking of Norse mythology.

Mark Wahlberg’s action really not failing. Wahlberg delivers a quiet, yet subtle and intense performance in the title role as the most "pain" and "pun" inducing detective of all time. Despite the surreal nature of Max Payne, supporting cast members Mila Kunis, Bridges, Ludacris and Amaury Nolasco also turn in believable turns. Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) endows her character, an assassin who helps Max with his mission, with the right blend of toughness and sexiness in this key role. Mila Kunis as Mona Sax wasn't the best casting in the world, but Mila proves that it wasn't the worst casting either. There isn't as much depth to her in the film as there was in the game. Bridges (The Ballad of Jack & Rose), who was actually playing a character for once instead of himself on screen. lends gravitas to his portrayal of a former partner of Max’s father who now claims “Max is part of the family.” Ludacris (Crash) is completely convincing as a police official hoping to get to the bottom of everything. And Amaury Nolasco (from TV’s Prison Break), who can scared the socks off audience as a huge thug with nothing but violence on his mind.

It was disappointed to find the lack of action sequences. Max Payne is not an action movie at heart. Max Payne is an effective mystery film It is a mystery film with some action scenes (and some very well done visual effects) that is driven by the main character and the exposition around him. It has a great conceptual hook from a director who visualizes better than he dramatizes. Moore creates a vivid fantasy noir world that moves so stylishly is can carry you through all the absurdities by sheer imagery and momentum. The game may have been a shoot 'em up style game, but it is difficult to do this on film and expect to be taken seriously, which Max Payne should be.

Did you know?

* James McCaffrey, the voice of Max Payne in the video game franchise, makes a cameo as the FBI agent that Lt. Jim Bravura introduces to the "real" police officer.

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BODY OF LIES (2008)

2008-10-10T09:44:00.012+07:00

Director

Ridley Scott
Producer
Donald DeLine, Ridley Scott
Screenwriter
William Monahan
Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Simon McBurney
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date
10 October 2008 (USA)

Official website
Body-of-Lies.com

Gambling Life to New Partner...

Synopsis: Based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, 2007, a novel about the CIA, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who discovers a lead in a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris develops a plan to infiltrate his network, it must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) and the collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of Jordanian intelligence. Though ostensibly his allies, Ferris questions how far you can really trust these men without putting his entire operation - and his life - on the line.

Review: Body of Lies is a plot-driven espionage thriller that demonstrates the basics of Western intelligence that he has done good and evil in the post 9 / 11 was not too preachy or pushing the audience. It has a dense narrative that even a brief trip to the bathroom can be key in the plot points that were lost. Body of Lies Crisscross the world, with scenes that take place in no less than a half dozen countries including the United States, England, Holland, Iraq, Jordan and Syria. For the most part, the tone is a serious, but Scott lets a scene of frivolity and a bit of light romance. Visually, the movie is interesting in the way they used satellite images to present a broader, bird's eye view of the action.

The film follows Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) as a team from the CIA. Ferris was the kind field, you have all the contacts and know the layout. He can move easily from Iraq to Jordan to Syria. We can say that a nurse working in Amman of Iran is based on his accent. Hoffman is certain his desk chief, who acts as a spider in the center of a web in Langley, Ferris watching from above through real-time satellite images. For spymaster Ed Hoffman (Crowe) in Langley, informants are live bait to catch a slippery fish. By her man in Amman, Roger Ferris (DiCaprio), who are trusted allies in the war against al-Qaeda. One is a technocrat who is confident in their monitoring instruments, the other a humanist who trusts the people. This is the last stage of Big Brother. Ferris and Hoffman of the latest operation is going after Osama Bin Laden clone, Al-Saleem (Alon Aboutboul). This must be associated with the head of the Jordanian Intelligence Agency, Hani (Mark Strong). However, Hani is the clever and manipulative as any director of the CIA and anyone who reads the title of the film can guess the foundations of what happens next: Ferris falls in a web of lies, some created by him, by some his boss, and he will struggle to do the right thing and get rid of everything that has been built. The lies are actually relatively simple and easy to keep track of. There is no betrayal of treason, so many movies that get caught in these days, but the pace does not suffer due to a plot that forces to be intricate, but it would be better served by simplicity. There is one point about halfway through the film where Ferris comes with the idea of building a false terrorist cell to cell challenge that is going after. The idea is not all bad, but basically restarts the plot instead of building it. The pace of Body of Lies is suspected with a lot of these moments. Ferris does not seem to learn much from their paths to the end, so that the characters, while compelling, are also stalled for most of the film.

However, the results are excellent if not extraordinary. DiCaprio has established himself as the best young actor out there for quite some time now. His command of different voices, different languages (I've never heard a southerner speak Arabic, as well as it does in this movie), and different mannerism make him a consummate professional. Crowe, in my opinion one of the few major actors working today, is underused in what is really a minor role than what showed trailers. The biggest highlight Mark Strong, who plays the head of Jordanian intelligence has just slick and serious enough to make you wonder what their real interests are. Gives the impression of how Satan May have convinced Eve to take part in the Garden of Eden.

Many recent movies have used the current unstable geopolitical situation as a backdrop. Few have done as effectively as the Body of Lies, and almost none are free of preaching. It is intelligent and complex. For those who care about the existence of more than a thriller persecution of cars useless and edited most of the fight sequences, the Body of Lies offers a satisfying dose of truth.

Did you know?

* For Manchester scenes (filmed on actual streets in the USA), any overly "American" curbside items (like certain fire hydrants) were hidden by dropping bottom-less slatted metal trash cans over them and then adding prop "English" rubbish; however, extras and crew unaware of this subtle artful touch continuously filled the apparently-normal-looking receptacles with their own trash. Between filming sessions, rueful set dressers would have to remove a foot-high layer of discarded plastic water bottles (and then reset and fluff the "official" rubbish).

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APPALOOSA

2008-09-22T21:47:00.003+07:00

Director
Ed Harris
Producer
Ed Harris, Robert Knott, Ginger Sledge
Screenwriter
Robert Knott, Ed Harris
Starring
Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Timothy Spall, Lance Henriksen
Studio
New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Release Date
3 October 2008 (USA)

Once Upon a Time in the West

Located in the Old West territory of New Mexico, "Appaloosa" revolves around a pair of hired guns (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) who come to clean up a town hazardous led by a ruthless, powerful rancher (Jeremy Irons) and his gang of outlaws. While boldly what new order in the city, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocation of others (Renée Zellweger), whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy his ten-year-old bond.

Official website
WelcometoAppaloosa.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0800308/Appaloosa.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809942136/trailer

GHOST TOWN

2008-09-21T15:01:00.003+07:00

Director
David Koepp
Producer
Gavin Polone
Screenwriter
David Koepp, John Kamps
Starring
Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Kristen Wiig, Tea Leoni, Billy Campbell
Studio
DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount)
Release Date
19 September 2008 (USA)

Haunted Comedy..
Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, everyone wants something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Téa Leoni).

Official website
GhostTownmovie.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0995039/Ghost_Town.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809969246/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995039/trivia

THE DUCHESS

2008-09-21T14:09:00.000+07:00

Director
Saul Dibb
Producer
Gabrielle Tana, Michael Kuhn
Screenwriter
Jeffrey Hatcher
Starring
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell
Studio
Paramount Vantage
Release Date
19 September 2008 (USA)

Georgiana Spencer Movies...

Long before the concept existed, the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley), was the original "It Girl." Like her direct ancestor Princess Diana, she was ravishing, glamorous and worshiped by an entire country. Determined to be a player in the affairs of the wider world, she proved that she could out-gamble, drink and out-Outwit most of the aristocratic men who surrounded her. She helped usher in sweeping changes to England as a leader of the forward-thinking Whig Party. But even as her power and popularity grew, she was haunted by the fact that the only man in England she seemingly could not seduce was her very own husband, the Duke (Ralph Fiennes). And when she tried to find her own way to be true to her heart and loyal to her duty, the resulting Controversies and convoluted liaisons would leave all of London talking. "The Duchess" is the story of an extraordinary woman who rose to fame by staying true to her passions in a world of protocol, gossip and social rules - and paid the price.

Official website
TheDuchessmovie.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0864761/The_Duchess.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809972633/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864761/trivia

MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL

2008-09-20T23:04:00.003+07:00

Director
Howard Deutch
Producer
Greg Lessans, Adam Herz, Josh Shader, Guymon Casady, Doug Johnson, Barry Katz, Brian Volk-Weiss
Screenwriter
Jordan Cahan
Starring
Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin, Lizzy Caplan
Studio
Lionsgate
Release Date
19 September 2008 (USA)

An Outrageous, Sexy, No-holds-barred Romantic Comedy

Intelligent, beautiful and responsible for, Alexis is the girl dreams of Dustin. But after only five weeks of dating, love-struck Dustin comes from so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things - permanently. Devastated and desperate to get her back, Dustin becomes your best friend, Tank, the rebound specialist. A teacher at seducing - and crime - women, Tank was recently hired by dumping guys to take their ex-girlfriends at the worst moment of his life - an experience so horrible that sends running with gratitude to their beaus. But when Tank works his magic on Alexis, who ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime. Alexis is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon is caught between his loyalty to Dustin and a strange new attraction to her best friend of the girl.

Official website
MyBestFriendsGirlmovie.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/1046163/My_Best_Friend_s_Girl.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809923613/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046163/trivia

LAKEVIEW TERRACE

2008-09-20T22:38:00.002+07:00

Director
Neil LaBute
Producer
James Lassiter, Will Smith
Screenwriter
David Loughery, Howard Korder
Starring
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Eva La Rue, Bitsie Tulloch
Studio
Screen Gems (Sony)
Release Date
19 September 2008 (USA)

The Unstable Police Officer as Neighbour...

A taut police officer (Samuel L. Jackson), the self-appointed monitoring of their neighborhood, strongly disapproves of interracial newlyweds (Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington), who just moved in next door. He became increasingly hostile towards the pair of innocents, they go to great lengths to force to leave their home. Events take a tragic turn when the couple decided to return to the fight.

Official website
LakeviewTerracemovie.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0947802/Lakeview_Terrace.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809886698/trailer

BURN AFTER READING

2008-09-18T14:25:00.004+07:00

Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Screenwriter
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring
George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt
Studio
Focus Features
Release Date
12 September 2008 (USA)

A Dark Spy-Comedy

A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent goes to the hands of unscrupulous gym two employees who try to sell it.

Official website
N/A
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0887883/Burn_After_Reading.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809931646/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/trivia

RIGHTEOUS KILL

2008-09-18T14:00:00.003+07:00

Director
Jon Avnet
Producer
Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Lati Grobman, Randall Emmett, Rob Cowan
Screenwriter
Russell Gerwitz
Starring
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg, Carla Gugino
Studio
Overture Films
Release Date
12 September 2008 (USA)

A Vigilante Serial Killer in the Adrenaline Fueled Psychological Thriller

A pair of veterans of New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial murderer. After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives Fisk and David Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but are not. Before they can hang their badges, are called to investigate the murder of a known pimp, who seems to have ties to a case that resolved years ago. Like the original murder, the victim is an alleged criminal whose body is accompanied by a poem in four lines justifying the murder. When other crimes take place, it shows the detectives are looking for a serial murderer, one of the objectives that criminals who have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. Its mission is to do what the police can not do on their own - have the guilty off the streets forever. The similarities between the recent murders and his previous case raise a pressing question: Does putting the wrong man behind bars?

Official website
RighteousKill-themovie.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/1034331/Righteous_Kill.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809921377/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034331/trivia

BANGKOK DANGEROUS

2008-09-12T11:26:00.004+07:00

Director
Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
Producer
Jason Shuman, William Sherak, Nicolas Cage, Norm Golightly
Screenwriter
Jason Richman, Oxide Pang Chun
Starring
Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnarm, , Charlie Yeung
Studio
Lionsgate
Release Date
5 September 2008 (USA)

Killer's Heart

Remorseless murderer Joe (Nicolas Cage) is in Thailand to complete a series of contract killings by a crime boss named Surat (Nirattisai Kaljaruek). The contract to name a street punk Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm) to run errands for him, all the time planning to kill young people to conclude its assignment. Instead, Joe becomes unlikely mentor Kong, and begins a tentative romance with a local shop girl. But as Joe starts to leave your guard down, Surat decided that the time has come to clean house.

Official website
BangkokDangerousmovie.net
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0814022/Bangkok_Dangerous.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809761612/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814022/trivia

BABYLON A.D.

2008-08-27T15:06:00.006+07:00

Director
Mathieu Kassovitz
Producer
Ilan Goldman
Screenwriter
Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric Besnard
Starring
Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong
Studio
20th Century Fox
Release Date
29 August 2008 (USA)

Kill or be Killed...

It is the not too distant future. Thousands of satellite exploration, observe and monitor our every move. Much of the planet is a war zone, the rest, a collection of stations so miserable, full megacities, and large areas of wasteland dotted with left radioactive nuclear meltdowns. This is a world made for hardened warriors, one of whom, known only as a mercenary Toorop, the life of a simple code of survival: kill or be killed. His latest mission has smuggled a young woman named Aurora in a convent in Kazakhstan to New York City. Toorop, his new position couple Aurora Aurora and the sister of Guardian Rebeka embark on a 6,000-mile trip that takes them from Eastern Europe, through a refugee camp in "New Russia", through the Bering Strait in a PiLFER submarine, then across the frozen tundra of Alaska and Canada, and finally to New York.

Official website
BabylonADmovie.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0364970/Babylon_A_D.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809805797/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364970/trivia

DEATH RACE

2008-08-27T14:19:00.005+07:00

Director
Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer
Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson, Paula Wagner
Screenwriter
Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring
Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez
Studio
Universal Pictures
Release Date
27 August 2008 (Indonesia)

The World's Most Brutal Sporting Event

In 2012, the United States economy collapses and life for the whole world is not the same. Once a champion of Formula One, Jensen Ames, (Jason Statham), hits rock bottom and spent several years in prison. His life is improving and changing for the better after meeting and marrying Suzy (Janay Stephens) and having a baby girl. Then the steel mill is closed, and he loses his job. But that was not the worst thing to happen to Jenson that day. Suzy is brutally murdered, and is framed for his murder. Jenson is sent to the terminal on the island, the worst and hardest-profit prison in the country led by Warden Hennessey (Joan Allen). She has created the country's most popular pay-per-view, sports, a kill or be killed-racing game where inmates race to win his release from prison after 5 victories. Each prisoner is driving a car driver who built monster that is loaded with machine guns, missiles, flamethrowers, napalm, and no rules. Warden Hennessey Jensen secretly persuaded to take the place of the late superstar 4-time winner, Frankenstein, and wear his mask metal in the race. If Jensen won only one race, he can go home to her daughter. To reach the finish line, Jensen must kill his competition before killing him.

Official website
DeathRacemovie.net
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0452608/Death_Race.htm
Trailer
http://www.deathracemovie.net/
Trivia
http://www.mcomet.com/movie/Death_Race-250504/plot_story_awards.html?#MovieTrivia

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

2008-08-23T17:32:00.003+07:00

Director
Dave Filoni
Screenwriter
Henry Gilroy, Scott Murphy
Starring
Ian Abercrombie, Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Matt Lanter
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date
20 August 2008 (Indonesia)

Star Wars Animation
Star Wars: The Clone Wars showcases a new look and feel to the galaxy far, far away - which combines the expansive scope of the Star Wars Saga with the state of the art computer-generated animation. In the first lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padme Amidala, along with brand new heroes like Anakin's Padawan learner, Ahsoka. Claims villains - led by Palpatine, Count Dooku and General Grievous - are ready to rule the galaxy. Much is at stake, and the fate of the Star Wars universe is in the hands of the Jedi Knights daring. Their deeds lead to action-packed battles and startling new revelations that fill Star Wars: Clone Star Wars.

Official website
http://StarWars.com/
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/1185834/Star_Wars_The_Clone_Wars.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809991325/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185834/trivia

TROPIC THUNDER

2008-08-23T16:33:00.004+07:00

Director
Ben Stiller
Producer
Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld, Eric McLeod
Screenwriter
Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen
Starring
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel
Studio
DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount)
Release Date
13 August 2008 (USA)

An Action Comedy of Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr

Tugged Speedman (Ben Stiller), pampered superstar action, provides for Southeast Asia to participate in the largest, most expensive war film produced. But shortly after the shooting begins, he and his co-stars, Oscar winner Kirk-Lazarus (Robert Downey), comedian Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black) and the rest of the crew, must become real soldiers in fighting breaks in that part of the jungle.

Official website
TropicThunder.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0942385/Tropic_Thunder.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809912814/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/trivia

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE

2008-08-19T00:42:00.007+07:00

Director
Chris Carter
Producer
Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Screenwriter
Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Starring
David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, Billy Connolly
Studio
20th Century Fox
Release Date
25 July 2008 (Indonesia)

X-Files 2

This is a stand-alone story in the tradition of some of the show's most acclaimed and beloved episodes, and has a complicated relationship between Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) in unexpected directions. Mulder continues its unwavering pursuit of truth, and Scully, the passionate, fiercely intelligent doctor, remains inextricably linked to Mulder persecution.

Official website
XFiles.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0443701/The_X_Files_I_Want_to_Believe.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809953361/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443701/trivia

THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR

2008-08-19T00:22:00.007+07:00

Director
Rob Cohen
Producer
Stephen Sommers, Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, James Jacks
Screenwriter
Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Starring
Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Michelle Yeoh
Studio
Universal Pictures
Release Date
1 August 2008 (Indonesia)

Asian Mummy Featuring Jet Li
Brendan Fraser returns as Rick O'Connell explorer to combat resurrected Emperor Han (Jet Li) in an epic that races the catacombs of ancient China in the high Himalayas frigid. Rick joined everyone in this new adventure by son Alex (Luke Ford), his wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and his brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O'Connells must put an end to a mummy attracted a 2000-year-old curse that threatens to plunge the world into his piety, without service. Convicted by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's Dragon ruthless emperor and his warriors have laid 10000 forgotten eons, buried in the mud as a vast, silent army of terracotta. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is deceived in awakening the ruler of eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than they do about taking the No.: their parents.

Official website
RobCohenTheMummy.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0859163/The_Mummy_Tomb_of_the_Dragon_Emperor.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808497672/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0859163/trivia

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

2008-07-19T16:04:00.000+07:00

Director
David Yates
Producer
David Heyman, David Barron
Screenwriter
Steve Kloves
Starring
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date
11 July 2008 (USA)

More About Lord Voldemort's Dark Past

Voldemort is tightening its grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that the dangers can even be found inside the castle, but Dumbledore is more intention to prepare him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together we work to find the key to unlock the defences of Voldemort, and for this purpose, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, well connected and bon vivant unwary professor Horace Slughorn, who owns cree that crucial information. Meanwhile, students are under attack from an adversary very different as teenage hormones rage through the walls. Harry is increasingly drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. Lavender Brown and has decided that Ron is the only for herself, only she had not counted on Romilda Vane of chocolates! And then there is Hermione, with simpering jealously, but determined not to show their feelings. As flowers of romance, a student remains on the sidelines. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark. Love is in the air, but ahead Hogwarts and tragedy may never be the same again."

Official website :
http://www.harrypotter.com/
Poster :
www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0417741/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half_Blood_Prince.htm
Trailer :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syER0vkOk1w
Trivia :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/trivia

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

2008-07-19T15:50:00.001+07:00

Director
Guillermo Del Toro
Producer
Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson
Screenwriter
Guillermo Del Toro
Starring
Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss
Studio
Universal Pictures
Release Date
11 July 2008 (USA)

Bigger Muscle, Greater Weapons and More Ungodly Villains

After an ancient truce between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to explode. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and below defies his blood and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it's up to the world's toughest, roughest superhero to fight ruthless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. It may be cornudo. He can be misunderstood. But if you need the job done right, it's time to call in Hellboy (Ron Perlman). Along with the expansion of its team in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic Empath Abe (Doug Jones) and the mystique of protoplasm Johann-the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and not sees magic, where the creatures fantasy of being corporal. And Hellboy, a creature of two worlds that accepted by neither, must choose between life and knows that an unknown destination that attracts him.

Official website
http://www.hellboymovie.com/
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0411477/Hellboy_2_The_Golden_Army.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809826056/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411477/trivia

WALL-E

2008-07-19T15:44:00.000+07:00

Director
Andrew Stanton
Producer
Jim Morris
Screenwriter
Andrew Stanton
Starring
Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Release Date
13 August 2008 (Indonesia)

A new Cosmic Computer Animated Comedy About a Robot Called WALL-E.

After hundreds of years of solitude doing what he was built for, WALL-E (abbreviation Waste Land allocation of high load-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting Knick-Knacks) when meets an elegant search robot called EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently encountered the key to the future of the planet, and races back into space to report their findings to humans (who have been waiting impatiently for word that is safe return to their homes). Meanwhile, WALL-E EVE pursued across the galaxy and sets in motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventure ever brought to the big screen. Joining WALL-E in his fantastic journey through a universe never before imagined visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of misfit robots malfunction.

Official website
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/wall-e/
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0910970/Wall_E.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809902253/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/trivia

THE DARK KNIGHT

2008-07-19T15:31:00.000+07:00

Director
Christopher Nolan
Producer
Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Starring
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date
18 July 2008 (Indonesia)

New Version of Batman and Joker

With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman seeks to destroy organized crime in Gotham forever. The triumvirate proves effective, but soon they are prey to an increase in criminal brain known as the Joker, which thrusts Gotham into anarchy and the forces of Dark Knight ever closer to cross the thin line between hero and vigilant.

Official website
http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0468569/The_Dark_Knight.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809271891/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/trivia

RED CLIFF

2008-07-19T15:27:00.000+07:00

Director
John Woo
Producer
John Woo, Terence Chang
Screenwriter
John Woo, Khan Chan, Kuo Zheng, Sheng Heyu
Starring
Tony Leung, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Chi-Ling Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Studio
Summit Entertainment
Release Date
15 July 2008 (Indonesia)

Another Three Kingdoms Movie

In 208 AD, in the last days of the Han dynasty, shrewd Prime Minister Cao Cao convinced the voluble Han emperor, the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and Eastern Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by Prime Minister himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of East and Xu Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Many battles of wits and strength then, both on land and in water, eventually culminated in the Battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand boats were burned, and the course of history of China has changed forever.

Official website
Not Available
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0425637/Red_Cliff.htm
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLgDcvqVAw
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425637/trivia

WANTED

2008-07-19T14:40:00.000+07:00

Director
Timur Bekmambetov
Producer
Marc E. Platt, Jim Lemley, Jason Netter, Iain Smith
Screenwriter
Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan
Starring
James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann, Common
Studio
Universal Pictures
Release Date
25 June 2008 (Indonesia)

From an Apathetic Nobody to an Executor of Justice

25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, housing buzzing hub of the planet has ever known. Until I met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie). Once separated from his father is killed, the deadly Fox sexy Wes recruits in the fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes avenge his father by the death of his unlocked latent powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-fast reflexes and agility phenomenal, Wes discovers this team lives of an ancient, unbreakable code: carrying out the death orders given by the destination itself. With wickedly brilliant tutors-including the fraternity's enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)-Wes grows to enjoy all the strength that ever wanted. But, slowly beginning to realize there are more dangerous to its partners that meets the eye. Wes will come to learn what nobody could ever teach him: he alone controls its destiny.

Official website
http://www.wantedmovie.com/
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0493464/Wanted.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809878244/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/trivia

HANCOCK

2008-07-19T14:37:00.001+07:00

Director
Peter Berg
Producer
Akiva Goldsman, Michael Mann, Will Smith, James Lassiter
Screenwriter
Vy Vincent Ngo, Vince Gilligan
Starring
Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan
Studio
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Release Date
2 July 2008 (Indonesia)

Edgy, Conflicted, and Sarcastic Superhero

John Hancock (Will Smith) is an unhappy and reluctant superhero, lives in his own world. If the world reluctantly Hancock swings into action - he can fly at supersonic speed, weight lifting and is insensitive to all weapons.
For some unknown reason, Hancock is depressed and has begun to drink heavily. his drunken recklessness always causes more damage than it's worth He has saved many lives in Los Angeles over the years, but he is not related to damage to the buildings, railways, roads, cars, or everything in its path the job done. . Although valuable to the police, Hancock has a bad reputation with the public for its destructiveness, impudence and everything around Bad attitude.
One day, Hancock saves the life of Ray EMBREY (Jason Bateman) from operated by a train. Ray is a public relations executive, now can go home to his wife and child, because Hancock was there. Saved from certain death by rasty hero, Ray returns the favor by inviting him to dinner with his wife Mary (Charlize Theron) and son Aaron (Jae leader) and announced he will remake to Hancock's image. he makes it his mission to change his superhero image and the public cheering him. The strongman's first step will be to rehab and anger management training, along with some prison time.

Official website
http://www.hancock-movie.com/
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0448157/Hancock.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809801452/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448157/trivia

GET SMART

2008-07-19T14:33:00.001+07:00

Director
Peter Segal
Producer
Andrew Lazar, Charles Roven, Alex Gartner
Screenwriter
Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember
Starring
Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date
25 June 2008 (Indonesia)

Spy Agent with a few Technology Gadgets and Unbridled Enthusiasm

When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency control is under attack and the identity of its agents in danger, the boss (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his increasingly anxious analyst Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell), which has always dreamed of working in the stalwart field alongside superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson). Smart is an alliance instead with the only other agent whose identity has not ceased to be: the lovely but lethal veteran agent-99 (Anne Hathaway). As Smart and 99 approaching discover KAOS "master plan-and among them-are discovering that the main KAOS Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his Sidekick Shtarker (Kenneth Davitian) are scheming to cash in its network of terror. Given little field experience and even less time, Smart-armed with nothing more than a few spy tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm for the defeat should KAOS is whether to save the day.

Official website
http://getsmartmovie.warnerbros.com/
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0425061/Get_Smart.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809824006/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/trivia

KUNG FU PANDA

2008-07-19T14:15:00.000+07:00

Director
Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Producer
Melissa Cobb
Screenwriter
Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Starring
Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu
Studio
DreamWorks Animation
Release Date
13 June 2008 (Indonesia)

Enthusiast, Large and a bit Clumsy

Po the Panda (Jack Black) works in his family noodle shop and dreams of becoming a kung-fu master. His dream becomes a reality when, unexpectedly, he must fulfill an ancient prophecy and study skills with their idols, the Furious Five. Po needs all the wisdom, strength and ability that we can to protect its people from an evil snow leopard.

Official website
http://www.kungfupanda.com/
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0441773/Kung_Fu_Panda.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809826133/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/trivia

THE HAPPENING

2008-07-19T14:02:00.000+07:00

Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Producer
M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, Barry Mendel
Screenwriter
M. Night Shyamalan
Starring
Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley
Studio
20th Century Fox
Release Date
11 June 2008 (Indonesia)

An Inexplicable and Unstoppable Event That threats not only Humanity

It begins without a clear warning. Within minutes, episodes of strange, chilling in rash of deaths in major cities throughout americas. For Philadelphia high school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) the most important thing is to find a way to escape the mysterious and deadly phenomenon. Although he and his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel) are in the midst of a marital crisis, they hit the road, first by train, then by car, with Elliott's math professor friend Julian (John Leguizamo) and its 8 year-old daughter Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez), heading for farmlands of Pennsylvania, where I hope it will be beyond the reach of the grisly increasingly attacks. However, it soon becomes clear that nobody - and nothing - is safe. This frightening, invisible murderer can not be outrun. It is only when Elliot starts to discover the true nature of what lies out there that he discovers a sliver of hope that their fragile family might be able to escape from what is happening.

Official website
TheHappeningmovie.com
Poster
http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0949731/The_Happening.htm
Trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809921595/trailer
Trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/trivia