New Movies in August 2008

Here's a list of some upcoming new movies this August 2008:

1. Mirrors

2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars



3. College




4. Death Race



5. Disaster Movie



6. The House Bunny



7. Fly me to the Moon



8. The Rocker

The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Finally, the third sequel of the Mummy Series has been released, and is still showing now. Of course, I have already watched the movie, and what could I say? It’s a very funny movie, though I’m not convinced with Maria Bello’s being Evelyn, I still prefer Rachel Weisz. But, should we not begin this question.

Now, about the movie, unlike other Mummy Series, the Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor does not talk about mummies from Egypt, it was about an emperor who once lived as a very powerful leader, who was cursed by a witch, and was brought to life by an ambitious general, who wanted peace and harmony for their beloved country China. But, peace and harmony was not brought because the emperor was still in raged because he was cursed, after he was betrayed by his former general, who has an affair with the witch, which by the way, was the emperor’s “wish” to be his queen.

And as the story goes, O’Conells, Zi Yuan (the witch), Lin (the witch’s daughter and the protector of the emperor’s tomb) came to the rescue to put the emperor back to his tomb.

For me, the movie was a good one, since it didn’t lost its being an adventure-comedy type of a movie.

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince

Have you heard? I guess you already have (hehe.). The new Harry Potter movie has already released their trailer for their upcoming movie sequel, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. For those who are Harry Potter fanatics, it’s very exciting news, because it’s over a year since you have waited for another movie to come out. You have probably seen some clips from the making of this movie, but seeing it all in just a glimpse in a trailer eases the thrill and excitement. However, some fans are quite disappointed because the trailer is released very ahead of time of its movie release. Since, the movie will be showing on November 2009, some fans didn’t want to see (yet) the trailer, but for some they don’t mind at all.

For this movie, another actor was introduced and he will play the role of the young Voldemort. The character is played by Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, who’s a nephew of Lord Voldemort, Ralph Fiennes. The director of the movie said that Hero has the attributes of a young Voldemort, not only do they look alike, but he can play a cruel, evil young Voldemort.

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin as the 11-year old Voldemort

Click here to see the trailer.

L: Change the World

As expected, a third movie from the Death Note (Japanese movie based on Manga), was released. Though it was so late for me to know that it already came out. When I knew that there's already a third movie, I got so excited and searched through the world wide web, finally I got the information. It was released in Japan last February 2008, and it was entitled: "L: Change the World". The rumors were true, that the third movie would star L. Though the first rumor that it's about L's life is not true, I wasn't disappointed because it's still good. It's a spin off, and it's the story during the remaining 23 days of L's life, after solving the Kira Case. Wherein, he had to face another case, and solve it before his death.

For those who are also interested, the movie can be viewed on www.crunchyroll.com, you need an account to watch it.

Click here to see the trailer.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

I’ve just watched this movie yesterday. I would never know that there’s such a movie if I haven’t watched Wanted. Because it was a fantasy movie, I was convinced to watch it. It has good effects, may be better with the 3-D version, although some parts are not good, especially when Brendan Frasier and Josh Hutcherson was running away from the dinosaur. This movie is an adaptation to the novel with the same title by Jules Verne. I’ll give thumbs up to the author, very good imagination and creativity. Overall, with a good story and good effects, it’s a must see movie for those fantasy movie lovers, and kids may love it as well.

One thing that I would critic is the trailer: Whatever you see in the trailer is like the 80% of the actual movie, it’s like giving away the movie.

Cast:

Brendan Frasier as Trevor

Josh Hutcherson as Sean

Anita Briem as Hannah

Click here to see the trailer.
Watch the movie, and comment here if you agree with me. :D

Wanted

Before the showing of this film, I was really interested in it, especially when I saw the trailer. So, when it came out, I really watched it, and as what I have expected, it’s a very good movie, and it’s my favourite now! Besides having Angelina Jolie as one of the cast, the movie has a good story, and very good effects, it’s indeed an action movie. Some action movies are so boring to watch, like you have to watch guns firing all the time, running around, explosions, and the like. But this movie, is quite different, an action movie that’s not boring to watch, even the elders can enjoy watching it.

Since it was released, it has received very good comments. You can go to http://www.youtube.com/, view its trailer and you can see that it has reached 2Million views already, and has received high rates. Please, don’t miss this movie! Love it!

The Ruins

I have just watched the movie “The Ruins” last night. Actually, before I watched the movie, I got no clue on what the story is about, and I never heard that such movie was released (honestly). I was just curious because people who have watched the movie, before me, commented that the book (where it was gotten from) was not as scary as what the movie portrays it. Some also said that it wasn’t a good movie, and the book was much better. Others seem to like it, they say it was scary. Because of those comments, I came to see the movie myself. And what do I have to say? Hmmm, the sound effects were a bit scary (indeed), the story is okay, but it wasn’t really clear, so people who weren’t able to read the book might not understand the story. I’m one of those people who didn’t read the book, and seems to me, that the movie wasn’t really understandable. But, I do understand what the movie is about, but it’s not too detailed like other thriller movies.

The ending was okay, however it was predictable. I’m not a spoiler, so I won’t tell you that part. But the story is about any other thriller movies: a group of friends went to an unknown place because someone invited them to. Then, when they reached the place, things started to happen. There were weird villagers, who were armed. The group of friends were killed.... one by one ... by the plants. That’s it. No more stories. Watch the movie yourself! :D

New Movies for June 2008

For all of the movie goers out there (considering myself), here's a list of new movies for this June 2008:

• Kung Fu Panda
  
  
  
  


• Mongol
  
  

• You don't mess with the Zohan

• The Happening

• Get Smart

• The Love Guru







• Wall-E







• Wanted
  
  

Iron Man

Here's another superhero movie, from the web-crawler, to the green giant, to the burning skull.. here's the iron man. Yes, the Iron Man movie starring Robert Downey Jr, is coming to theaters. And in some areas, it is now showing. But I haven't watched the movie yet, and I'm not quite interested in superhero movies such as this, like superheroes who build their own stuff, or armors and devices, and save the world from evil and chaos. I am more interested to those superhero who are being made naturally (sorry for Iron Man fans and the like). But this is just an opinion, since it's a new movie, i'll be watching it, and if it's good, then maybe my mind will change, and i'll be liking self-made superheroes. (hehe)

Click here to see the trailer.

Phantom of the Opera

I've just finished watching the Phantom of the Opera, a 2004 film. The reason I watched this film is that I was wondering if its really Gerard Butler (starred as Spartan King Leonidas in the movie "300") who played Phantom in this movie. Can he sing? Yes! He can! Actually, he's a good singer, and he's got talent. Maybe it's too late to say these stuff since the Phantom of the Opera was way back in 2004, so probably a lot of people already noticed that its Gerard Butler. But again, I'm just sharing my (so late) reaction.

The movie is based on a classical act, and it was filled with music, singing and dancing. Although some scenes were quite annoying (because they sing their dialogues even it's not needed anymore), for me, the whole movie was great and the actors and actresses where really good in singing.

Gerard Butler on 300:

Gerard Butler on Phantom of the Opera :

Click here for more information on the Phantom of the Opera

or Click here for information on Gerard Butler.

Upcoming Movie Sequels

Being a movie-goer, I have watched a lot of movies, and most of them are sequels. Other sequels are not as good as the first one, however, they're still to watch out for since they provide answers to hanging questions at the end of the first, the second.. and so on sequels. Upcoming movie sequels on this list are ones to watch out for, however, fans may be disappointed since some of them changed the original cast (which is not a good idea). But, just wait and see.. maybe the new cast will be better.. or worst.. who knows.

1. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2008) - sneak peek
2. Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard (2009)
3. Scary Movie 5 (2008)
4. Saw V (2008)
5. Final Destination 4 (2009)
6. Fast and the Furious (2009)
7. Transformers 2 (2009)
8. Spider Man 4 (2010)
9. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) - sneak peek
10. The Incredible Hulk (2008) - trailer

30 Days of Night

I just finished watching the movie 30 days of night. I was unable to see this movie on the cinema since I wasn't interested on another "vampire" movie. But I take back my word, since I liked the movie, especially the bloody scenes (I like the effects, not the blood thing.).

Hope that another vampire movie would come out this year, with a very good twist, and a good story. Actually, I'm getting tired of watching vampire movies, since the story is just the same, like: the vampires came to kill people, there's a hero who would kill the vampire, there's a love story, and the end. I am looking for a more different vampire movie, more exciting, more action, more eating and killing (???).

But, to score this movie, I will give it a thumbs up (especially on the effects).

Watch the movie trailer:

(Courtesy of Youtube.com)

The Incredible Hulk: July 2008

This year, our old friend Hulk, will again invade the cinemas. At first, I didn't believe that there would be another Hulk movie, since some fans just doing teaser trailer about the second movie. However, as I was looking for another topic on this blog, I came upon websites, that announces the new movie "The Incredible Hulk". For me, this movie would do better, than the last one, I didn't quite enjoy it. Another information about this new movie is that the cast are different from the first movie.

Director: Louis Leterrier
Release Date: July 13, 2008
Cast: Edward Norton as Bruce Banner ("The Incredible Hulk")
Liv Tyler as Betty Ross
Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky
William Hurt as Gen. Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross

Watch the trailer:

(Courtesy of Youtube)
For more info on this movie, click here.

Upcoming movies in March, 2008

Just a few weeks from now, and it's summber break! We can now enjoy relaxing, go to the beach, have party with friends, or just watch a movie on cinemas with family, friends, or just by yourself. To give you some guidelines on what to watch this summer, here's a list of upcoming movies, for the month of March:

Movie Title: CJ7

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Distributor: Sony Pictures Classic

Director: Stephen Chow
Cast: Stephen Chow, Xu Jian, Kitty Zhang Yuqi
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Movie Info: From the director and star of "Kung Fu Hustle", Stephen Crow, comes another comedy, with sci-fi action. Ti(Stephen Crow), has worked so much just to get his son, Dicky Chow (Xu Jian), to attend to an elite private school. Because they are poor, Dicky never got the chance to wear "clean" clothes, and never brought "cool" toys at school, which never made him stand out from his classmates. Ti, can't afford to buy his son expensive clothes and toys, so where else can he go? - - to the junk yard! While searching for a "new" toy for his son, he stumbled upon a mysterious orb, which turned out to be a bizarre "pet" with extraordinary powers. Dicky amazed with CJ7's ability, the orb, brought it at school with him, where he got the chance to show off to his classmates, for the first time. Little that he knew, that bringing CJ7 to school... was very bad idea.



Movie Title: Penelope
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Distributor: Summit Entertainment

Director: Mark Palansky
Screenwriter(s): Leslie Caveny
Cast: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, Simon Woods, Ronni Ancona, Nick Frost, Richard James
Release Date: February 29, 2008
Movie Info: The movie is about a story of a young girl, Penelope Wilhem (Christina Ricci), who was afflicted by a curse, which can only be broken when she'll be loved by a rich man. In searh of a new adventure, she decided to live her own life and with her own terms, so she went far away from the placed where her secrets lies.



Movie Title: College Road Trip
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Distributor: Buena Vista

Director: Roger Kumble
Screenwriter(s): Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul
Cast: Donny Osmond, Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symone, Will Sasso
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Movie Info: A story of a young woman, played by Raven, who wanted to become a public defender. Raven takes a trip to visit a number of potential universities. Her father, played by Martin Lawrence, happens to be a cop.


Movie Title: Shutter
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Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox
Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Screenwriter(s): Luke Dawson
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor
Release Date: March 21, 2008
Movie Info: A young newly wed couple (Jackson and Taylor), began to see ghostly images when they had their honeymoon in Tokyo.


Movie Title: The Bank Job
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Distributor: Lionsgate

Director: Roger Donaldson
Screenwriter(s): Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Richard Lintern, Don Gallagher, David Suchet
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Movie Info: This movie was inspired by a real bank robbery which happend in London, 1971, which was never solved. The robbers got on their hands million dollars and a handful of jewelry. The robbery was on the headlines for several days, but the reports where stopped by the government. The 'Bank Job'", involves murder and corruption and a sex scandal which links to the royal family.



Movie Title: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who
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Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Screenwriter(s): Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Cast: Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Dan Fogler, Dane Cook, Isla Fisher, Jaime Pressly, Jim Carrey, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Steve Carrell, Will Arnett
Release Date: March 14, 2008
Movie Info: This movie is based on the book, firt published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, under a pen name Dr. Seuss. It is about an elephant who hears a cry for help from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Believing that there might be life on the tiny speck, despite what the comunity thinks about him, a complete lunatic, Horton tried to help.

Movie Charts: 28th February 2008

Here is a list of the highest grossing films, as of thursday, February 28, 2008:

1. Vantage Point


2. Jumper


3. Spiderwick Chronicles
   
4. Fool's Gold


5. Step Up 2: The Streets
   
6. Definitely, Maybe


7. Juno


8. No Country for Old Men


9. Be Kind Rewind
   
10. There will be blood

Source: BoxOfficeMojo Website

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