Avatar

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Plot: A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet's indigenous population.

(Source from IMDB)

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Academy Award Winning Best Director: James Cameron, now back with his latest film called "Avatar" is going to show at our nearby theaters on December. So excited bout it! James Cameron hasn't directed any movie since Titanic. It's around 12 years after Titanic then only comes the chance to watch his newly directed movie. At that 12 years time, he works on the TV series "Dark Angel" and also the documentary "Aliens of the Deep" & "Ghosts of the Abyss".

He directed blockbusters movies like The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, T2, True Lies and Titanic. And Titanic won 11 Oscars included Best Director and Best Picture!
Titanic also the Top Box Office of all time, which no other movies can beat at this moment.

Love to watch Sigourney Weaver in the big screen again. I also like to watch Sam Worthington too, he stars in Terminator Salvation and got a "Not-Bad" performance! Hope he will have a break through in Avatar. He really got the talent and one of the great actor.

Well,...again.....can't wait to watch it!

The Road

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Plot: A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible.

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The Road starring Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron. Nice trailer.
IMDB had rate it at 8.5 by the users. I think the rate is quite high, and may be it is another great movie which I may catch up soon too.
It's about the father and son to get survive at the world's end. And the father will do anything to protect his son.

This Is It (Review)

Genre: Documentary, Music

Tagline: Like You've Never Seen Him Before

Plot: A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.

(Source from IMDB)

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This is Stunning! Definitely will blown you away with his music, his dance, his performance! This is a classic! Whether you are a fan of MJ or a non-fan of him, you will still like this show as like his "last performance".

This movie is about his music of the concert he wanna performs in London. If this concerts ever happens in London, it may be one of the greatest concerts ever! The stage design, the arrangement, the musician, especially the dancers, all is so great!!

While I'm watching this film, is like i'm watching his performance on stage. It's feel so great and touch! Can feel his passion about the performance, the music, the dance,... he is so serious about every details. And he always thought people to "L O V E"~

He is one of the legend! One of the greatest artist, dancer, performer! The King of POP!
Marvelous! Bravo....Bravo!!

Trick 'r Treat (Review)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Tagline: Poison, Drowning, Claw, Or Knife. So Many Ways To Take A Life. more

Plot: Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.

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Happy Halloween!! Just watch this movie last night. Errh..... not really a good one, but just for the sake of entertaining, i think still okay. At first, after watch the trailer, would think it may be another good horror movie because the atmosphere and the environment of this film at the trailer was really not bad. But after watch the entire show last night, well..just found it's only "okay okay". Anyway, still ok and worth to watch as an "alternative" kind of horror movie.
It's not really that kind of "real horror" but bring a little bit fun, a little bit violence, and it's not scary at all.

Rate : 5.8 / 10

Amelia

Genre: Biography, Drama

Tagline: Defying The Impossible. Living The Dream. more

Plot: A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

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The scenery shot is so beautiful! Great actress and actors. Amelia stars 2 time Academy Award Winner Hilary Swank. She is one of the greatest actress who I like!

Directed by Mira Nair, who brought you Vanity Fair, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, etc.

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Tagline: Meet Darren. He's sixteen going on immortal.

Plot: A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and become a Vampire.

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Its interesting!~ Hope this will be another nice adventure film of the year.
Director Paul Weitz who brought you comedy like Down To Earth and American Pie.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller

Plot: After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family...

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The Next chapter begins....., I'm sure this will be another heat! For the trailers, I think it sells very well, and I'm attracted by the trailers too. Hopefully It wont disappoint the audience. Dakota Fanning is starring in this Twilight sequal too!

Director Chris Weitz who previously directed The Golden Compass. The Twilight Saga: New Moon will be another fantasy movie by him.

I Love You, Man (Review)

Are You Man Enough To Say It?

Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?

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Not bad not bad~ It's one of the good comedy and it's real funny! If you like The Hangover, then you might like this one too. I like Jason Segel performance, this character definitely suits him! I really enjoy the whole film.

Director John Hamburg is the one who brought you Along Came Polly.

Rate : 7.5 / 10

The Fourth Kind

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Tagline: There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.

Plot: Fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.

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Wow....this is a nice trailer, it's so intense. Starring Milla Jovovich, I think the character quite suitable for her and I believe it will be another great thriller + Sci-Fi film!

Enjoy the trailer!

The Canyon

Genre: Thriller

Plot: A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.

Green Zone

Genre: Drama, War

Plot: A thriller about a pair of CIA agents on the trail of certain Weapons of Mass Destruction and a foreign correspondent following their mission. Inspired by Imperial Life in the Emerald City.

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Green Zone, starring Matt Damon, and this is the latest trailer for this film.
Paul Greengrass is the director of the movie for The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Supremacy. Now Paul and Matt work together again for this thriller action movie Green Zone!

Paranormal Activity

Don't See It Alone

After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.

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Paranormal Activity claim to be the most scarriest film of all time. Hope can watch it soon at here. But don't know when it only can be show at the near by cinemas.....
The trailer quite good, at least it shows the impact of the scarry moment of this film.
After Blair Witch Project, then comes Cloverfield, ....then REC and Quarantine. All using the same method to shoot. But so far I think Blair Witch Project is the best. Hopefully Paranormal Activity will be another break through~

Again, one of the film I can't wait to watch!!

SAW VI

The Game Comes Full Circle

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

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Here comes the latest sequal of SAW! SAW series is really a classic. Now a days many audience like to watch how people can be tortured, and SAW can give you the "pain" feeling while you watching it.

SAW is one of the horror / thriller movie which I like the most. But for SAW VI, I still don't know how's the result, hope it will be as good as the original one. It definately will be another HIT~

Can't wait to watch!

Surrogates (Review)

How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you?


Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others’ surrogates.

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Bruce Willis is a one of the great actor. But this flim was "ok ok" only. Originally..."Surrogates" got his unique story and is quite interesting too, but the way it directed, is not that great.

For me, personally feel that if its directed in the way of suspense, thriller and more intense, it may be better. Now is like a drama and action film. Anyway...the effects of this film is NOT BAD! Bruce Willis is younger on screen again and the skin is so smooth!

Director Jonathan Mostow who directed movies like Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, U-571, Breakdown, etc.
I like U-571 and Breakdown. Breakdown is a full suspense + thiller + action film.
U-571 also not bad.
But Surrogates is a bit same feeling like T3.

If you miss it, you won't feel a thing.

Rate 6 / 10

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.

Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Jude Law

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This is another Fantasy film which directed by Terry Gilliam who directed movies like The Brothers Grimm and Twelve Monkeys.
The graphics of this film is stunning !!

...and this is the LAST film of Heath Ledger~ SALUTE~

The Wolfman

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.

Writers(WGA) :Andrew Kevin Walker (screenplay) and David Self (screenplay)
Director: Joe Johnston

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Personally feel that this may be another great adventure horror film. It only release in year 2010.

Director Joe Johnston have directed movie like Hidalgo, Jurassic Park III, Jumanji and The Roketeer.

Can't wait for it~

Definitely, Maybe (Review)

Three relationships. Three disasters. One last chance.

A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.

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"Definitely, Maybe" is definitely a romance movie which can't miss!!
This is a very good romance film, beautifully, and one of the best film of the year 2008~
I watch it again at HBO on few days ago and it was so~... touching.

Ryan Reynolds plays "Will" the father who will be divorce and telling the romance story to her daughter.

Best Quotes :
Maya Hayes: Dad!
[Will turns around, Maya runs to him, Will kneels]
Maya Hayes: Thanks for telling me the story.
Will Hayes: You're welcome. I didn't tell you the happy ending.
Maya Hayes: [getting tears] What is it?
Will Hayes: You.

Director Adam Brooks directed French Kiss, and I like it very much too~
But for Definitely, Maybe,...I love the most!
2 thumbs up!!
a must watch romance!

rate : 7.8 / 10

Law Abiding Citizen (review)

At first, thought it will be another great suspense and thriller movie. But after watch it last night, feel a bit disappointed.
I believe it can be a better version if directed in a better way.
It's kind of slow, not enough explanation.....Gerard and Jamie are great actors, but seems like they can't really match in this film. I would prefer Gerard than Jamie, because Jamie doesn't stands out the character.
The ending quite rush and simple too.

Originally I think it's a great story, a great impact after watching the trailer and read the plot.
But the result of this film is really not that good.

Director F. Gary Gray had directed movie like Be Cool, The Italian Job, A Man Apart, Negotiator, etc. and I like The Italian Job and Negotiator very much, both are the great suspense and thriller movie!

Rate : 6/10

The Perfect Getaway (Review)

Let The Games Begin.

Two pairs of lovers (Zahn & Jovovich, Olyphant & Sanchez) on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.

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Not a good thriller + suspense movie.
It really got the strong story line, but the way it directed, not really that interesting and not that entertaining too.
I believe it can be directed in a better way so that it will be another great suspense thriller film~

Starring Milla Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant and Steve Zahn.
Timothy is a great actor, he played well in his character in this film, even in his previous movies, he did quite well too~ Like the way he played in "Live Free & Die Hard", "Hitman", "The Girl Next Door", "Dreamcatcher", "Rockstar", etc. He really good at it.

Director David Twohy who directed "The Chronicles of Riddick", "Below", "Pitch Black", "The Arrival". I like "Pitch Black", it's an interesting story, and a strong character played by Vin Diesel.

For The Perfect Getaway, I will rate 5.6/10.

But I still think the story of Perfect Getaway can be able to develop into a great suspense thriller movie if its directed in a different way.

Sorority Row (Review)

Sisters for life... and death.

A group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer.

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I believe this film is a remake of a movie called "The House on Sorority Row" from year 1983.
Personally feel that this film is quite entertaining, but still not really that great, I think it still can be improve in some parts which will made viewer feel more intense.

Rumer Willis is one of the starring, who is daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis.

Rate 5.8/10

The Ugly Truth (Review)

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests...

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The Ugly Truth is just an "OK" romance film for me.
Not the best romance of the year, but still fun to watch.
Especially the "fact" which Gerard Butler had mentioned in this film, it was totally interesting and funny.
Of course....Katherine Heigl is so beautiful in this movie. Both of their acting is good and they are quite match in this kind of film.

Director Robert Luketic who directed movie like 21, Monster-in-Law and Legally Blonde.
I like the way he directed in 21, it's a unique film and a good story too.

well, The Ugly Truth still worth to watch....

Rate : 6.2 / 10

Up (Review)

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip

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Ooops.....PIXAR did it again!
Best animation film of the year 2009!
It feel so touching at the beginning, the entire movie is so "warm", the story is so meaningful, and the color of this entire film is so fantastic!
IMDB rank it at #42 top movies of all time!
Thumbs Up !!

Directed by Pete Docter, who also directed Monsters Inc. on year 2001.

rate: 8.5 / 10

The Hurt Locker (Review)

You'll know when you're in it.

Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.

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The Hurt Locker brings you intense!
One of the best movie in year 2009. It's realistic, action-pact, and thrill all the way till the end.
It shows you how's a real war looks like when you are in Iraq.
The story is about Sergeant First Class William James becomes the new team leader of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit with the U.S. Army's Bravo Company, .... joins Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge, whose jobs are to communicate with their team leader via radio inside his bombsuit, and provide him with rifle cover while he examines an improvised explosive device (IED).
It's intense when you watch it how they disarm the bombs.

Guy Pearce (Memento, L.A. Confidential), Ralph Fiennes (The Reader, The English Patient, Schindler's List) and David Morse (Disturbia, The Green Mile, The Rock) is appear in this film as well, but just a guest appearance.

Director Kathyn Bigelow, directed films such as POINT BREAK (starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze), K-19: The Widowmaker (starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson) which I have already watch long time ago.
And I like POINT BREAK very much!
Kathyn really can direct such action-pact movie! Bravo!

rate: 8/10

Okuribito [Departures] (Review)

Tagline: The gift of last memories
Plot: A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals

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This is a great movie! One of the great movie from Japan.
Departures won an OSCAR as best foreign film.
This movie is about a man who lost his career, his dream and move back to the small town where he was born. When he is back to this town with his wife, he accidentally interviewed a job which need to prepare the dead for funerals. Make up for the dead, clean the dead body and the ceremony of the funeral.

for me, its kind of spiritual, deep and "shot-beautifully" film!
When they prepare the funerals, they have to make sure the dead have to be as pretty / beautiful as natural,... like when they alive.
This film is full of laughter and tears~
It's really a great movie and must watch! Don't miss it!

Rate: 7.8 / 10

Terminator Salvation (Review)

Tagline: The End Begins
Plot: After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.

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This is only an "average" action movie,......from my point of view.
don't have surprises, don't have an impact story line, but the effects is good!
Character wise...i would prefer Sam Worthington, i think he is much more "stands out" than Christian Bale. Not even the character, but the acting too.

TS directed by McG, he directed Charlie Angels in year 2000.
I prefer TS than Charlie Angels. I think he got improvement in directing movies.

I give a 6.4 for TS~

Law Abiding Citizen

Genre: Drama Thriller
Tagline: The System Must Pay more
Plot: An everyday guy decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family's killers free. His target: The district attorney who orchestrated the deal.

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This movie is opening this week.
I think this will be a good movie.
Can't wait to watch it at this weekend!

You can watch the trailer at : http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/lawabidingcitizen/

Gerard Butler had been starring quite a few of good movies recently.
and almost every month....will see his face on the new poster / new movie at the cinemas....
he must be "hard working" on acting now-a-days.

well...really can't wait to watch his new movie again!

The Hangover (Review)

Some guys just can't handle Vegas

Plot: A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.

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This is the FUNNIEST movie in year 2009!
a must watch comedy!

you really dont have any idea what is going on till the end of the movie....
the way it directed the movie is really smart and good!
the clue, the answer will coming up one by one......

this movie is telling you the story of these few guys get drunk and when they wake up, they have already forgotten what they have done the previous night, so they have to search back their memories and while they exploring it...., the clue and answer is getting clearer one by one....

i love it!...
give an 8 for this!

the director Todd Phillips who directed comedy always,..and i think The Hangover is the best!

The Proposal (Review)

Plot: A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.

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This is a nice movie!
starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. Ryan starred in Definately May Be, Xmen, Smok'in Aces,......and he been a really great actor.
In The Proposal, the characted which Ryan played, is quite match with Sandra, and I personally feel that this film is one of the best romance movie for year 2009.
well,...seldom have this kinda movies which could bring you "good feel" ... since I watch "While you were sleeping" which starrring Sandra Bullock, I love that movie and I have watch several times....But anyway....The Proposal cant really compare to it.
Sandra is a great actress, she really can play well like this kind of character in The Proposal.
Overal, this movie will still make you enjoying it, but for me, the ending part is just a bit rush and kinda "simple"...~ :)
well....its a nice story anyway!

The director Anne Fletcher who directed 27 Dresses and Step Up.
and I think The Proposal is her best directed movie!

I will rate it at 6.5 for this~