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transformers dark of the moon

A few months clear of college, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) has a hot new girlfriend, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), and a lot of time on his hands: he can't get a job to save himself, no matter how many times he mentions that "POTUS" gave him a medal.

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and learn its secrets, which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

--Story Line--

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) crosses paths with the enigmatic Angelica ( Penelope Cruz), he’s not sure if it’s love or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the “Queen Anne’s Revenge,” the ship of the legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know whom to fear more: Blackbeard or Angelica, with whom he shares a mysterious past.

--Review--

"On Stranger Tides" feels as fresh and exhilarating. It is a pretty good movie in my opnion. By not having Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom in it, the film didn't feel like just a rehash of all the other Pirates of the Caribbean films. Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane really added a lot to the film, and I loved Sam Claflin's performance. But of course you have to have Johnny Depp, because it wouldn't be Pirates of the Caribbean without him, and Geoffrey Rush was spectacular as always.

Big Mommas

--Story Line--

The FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) and his 17-year-old stepson, Trent (Brandon T. Jackson) go undercover at an-all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. In order to keep Trent out of the harm’s way and solve the case behind the killing that Trent saw, Malcolm posts as the titular rotund old lady, Big Momma, and Trent dresses up as a heavy female named Charmaine, to find out the murderer before he finds them.

--Review--

“Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son” is the third movie in this series. The first one is hilarious, the second one not so much and now the third one unleashed upon us movie-lovers. Honestly, Martin Lawrence does a good job in this movie as he did in the previous two movies. However the story line is somehow too simple and cannot attract the viewers. He might have considered stopping after the second movie. It was a disappointed experience to watch this movie, it keep squeezing the lemon when there is no juice come out.

Black Swan

                                                           --Story Line--   

Nina Sayers is a young dancer with a prestigious New York ballet company. She lives with her mother, Erica who was a former dancer, now an amateur artist.

The company is preparing for a production of Swan Lake. The lead must be able to portray both the innocent, fragile white swan and the dark, guile, sensual black swan. Nina is chosen to compete for the part alongside with the other dance, Lily. Nina has to find the darker and sensual side of herself as she is beautiful, vulnerable and naïve. As the two young dancer expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side which is a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.

--Review--

Black Swan is a great movie and it deserves the Oscar nomination. It is about a piece of beauty and the intensity of perfection. The heroine, Natalie Portman in this film undergoes a form of mental torture, but she subjects herself too. This is where the genius and madness of the director, Darren Aronofsky. 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts.

In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort.

It all ends here.

The Sixth Sense(1999)

--StroyLine--

Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a child psychologist whose new patient, Cole Sear has a problem beyond his area of expertise. He claims that he is able to see the spirits of dead people around him. Cole has psychic powers but doesn’t understand his power and he cannot manage to control over them and he’s constantly scared of what he sees. 

When Dr.Crowe met the child, he thought the child was having possible mental disorders. But later Dr.Crowe comes to believe that the child is telling the truth through some proofs. On the other hand, Dr. Crowe is also having some issues with his wife due to his dedication to his work and the wife thinks that she is always the second to him and unhappy and two of them, the child and the doctor share their secrets with each other and the child also trusts that Dr. Crowe is the only person who can help him. 

Dr. Crowe suggests Cole that he should try to listen to them instead and perhaps aid them with their unfinished business on Earth. Cole at first too scared but he decides to try it. He finally talks to one of the ghosts, a very ill girl called Kyra who wants to give a message to her father that her stepmother is trying to kill her and her sister. Cole accomplished to help Kyra. And he even advises the doctor that he should try to talk to his wife while she is sleeping. 

Crowe returns to his home and finds his wife asleep on the couch and as she sleeps, her hand releases their wedding ring, revealing the surprise ending of the film: Crowe was actually killed by Vincent, his previous patient and was unknowingly dead the entire time he was working with Cole. Crowe’s unfinished business are to rectify his failure to understand Vincent case which he failed to complete and the second reason is to tell his wife that she was never second and that he loves her. And finally he is free to leave the world of the living.

The ending part is much unpredicted and I was quite surprised. At the start of the movie, it seems to be a bit boring but it gets increasingly interesting as it goes deeper. We will see Cole's innocent little face hidden behind his absent father's large-framed spectacles betrays a child actor displayed such maturity role. It gives wondrous two-hours. 

Director: M.Night Shyamalan 

Writer: M.Night Shyamalan

Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment and Toni Collette

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Eat, Pray, Love (2010)

--Storyline--

At 32 years old, Elizabeth Gilbert was educated, had a home, a husband, and a successful career as a writer. In the eyes of many, she was a woman who had it all. She once made it her goal in life to marry and have a family finds her priorities suddenly shifting and she was unhappy in her marriage and finally they divorced.After finalizing her difficult divorce, Gilbert spent the next year traveling around the world. The trip was paid for in advance with a book deal from the publisher.

She spent four months in Italy, eating and enjoying life (“Eat”). She spent three months in India, finding her spirituality (“Pray”). She ended the year in Bali, Indonesia, looking for “balance” of the two and found love (“love”)  with Brazilian factory owner.

--Review--

In my opinion, Julia Robert’s character is a selfish female focused only on herself, doesn’t mind that her husband loves her who has never cheated on her. She immediately falls into a 28 year old before she divorces, but figures out 2 weeks later that they are not as passionate anymore, so off to Italy she flies in search of herself. 2 second clips in Tuscany. In Italy, she drinks lots of wine, indulges in plates of spaghetti, and learns that life is about really living in the moment and loving yourself. After 3 months of self indulgence in Italy, she’s off to a compound in Calcutta in search of the Guru who will bring her peace. There she learns that through scrubbing floors on her hands and knees, attending early morning prayers to the Guru and learn that God is within you. And she leaves India for Bali to meditate at the feet of a medicine man and ends up with the Brazilian expat who now calls Bali his home. And finally, she has now found true love and inner peace. I don’t really like the story. I watch this because of enjoyable scenes in a tourist sort of way; the charms of each location and loving portraits of colorful bystanders, the brilliant costumes by Bill Groom and Micheal Dennison.

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The Illutionist (2006)

A poor talented magician Eisenheim falls in love with Sophie well above his social class in his teenage; her parents have hired his father as a cabinetmaker. He makes her a puzzle locker, when if twisted to open correctly reveals a hidden photo of Eisenheim. Although they are forbidden to see each other, they meet in a secret hideout chamber in the woods. One day, two of them are separated.

Years after, he meets Sophie at one of his performances where he finds out that Sophie is expected to marry the Crown Prince, who purportedly has a history of abuse towards women. They finds out that two of them are still in love with each other and they plan to flee the Empire together.












The Crown Prince, Leopold finds out from inspector Uhl that Sophie has been meeting with Eisenheim. The tension between Eisenheim grows. Eisenheim prepares a new kind of magic show which summons spirits on the stage. And in one of the shows which Leopold also attends, Eisenheim summons the spirit of Sophie who says someone in the theater murdered her, which panicks Leopold.


Uhl is ordered to arrest Eisenheim by Leopold, Eisenheim’s body fades and disappears like his summoned spirits. And this is how the couple disappear and flee the Empire just in front of the crowd and lives together happily. Uhl informs the Emperor of the Leopold’s murder of Sophie and while the Army approaching his Palace to arrest him, Leopold shoots himself after angrily justifying his plans to overthrow his father.


I am not a person, who likes to watch magic shows, and it would be even worse to watch magic in movies, however, in the Illusionist movie, the impressive plots and tricks are very stunning and breathtaking. The Illusionist is the right blend of romance and mystery and it is a masterpiece of movie magic.

Director: Neil Burger

Writers: Neil Burger (screenplay), Steven Millhauser (short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist")

Stars:Edward Norton, Jessica Biel and Paul Giamatti

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A Beautiful Life

A Beautiful Life

Cast: LIU YE,SHU QI

Langauge:

Mandarin with English&Chinese sbutitles

Opening:14Jul 2011

RunTime: 124mins

Love relationship is unpreditable and amazing. when they first meet, no want can see this coming. they met each other in a change in karaoke lounge leads to an unfriendly relationship.

she is young, aggresive beijing real estate agent from hong kong. she has an affair with a married man whom also happens to be her boss.

he is an honest but way too rigid policeman. he got divoce before, and remain single. he has to take care his kid brother whom suffered difficulities in expressing his communication.

he loves how she pronounce his name.

she is wrestling with being dumped by her boss, cheat her money and lost her job at the same time.

however, she still belived that she can stand up in beijing if she start her own real estate business. but what she faced now is that she kep rejected by banks in bejing, they refused to let her loan. so she ask he for help. he therefore sold away his house, and give her all her entire savings to let her start her business. there is sad things comes, she eventually run off after borrowing all he entire savings.

she is miss him at hongkong, and she takes time realized that he is the one of her. then she comes back to look for him, however found out he suffered vascular dementia. she made up her mind to married him and take care of him for the rest of his life. days passed, he is become worst in his situation of illness, he could not remember his own name, but he still love her.

The Mask

--Storyline--

The Mask is a 1994 American superhero film based on a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. Jim Carrey was chosen to play the hero (Stanley Ipkiss) in this film. Stanley Ipkiss, a clerk in an Edge City bank who is an incredibly nice man but luckless romantic and regularly bullied by nearly everyone around him. Occasionally, he finds a mysterious wooden mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. When he puts the mask on, Loki transforms him into a green-headed figure and gives power to him. Stanley Ipkiss becomes an unconventional superhero in search of justice and woos a singer, Tina Carlyle.

--Review--

In recent years, there are lots of movies about superhero. However, the Mask is one of the classic examples. Jim Carrey is important to the successful of this film. He also gained a Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor when he was cast as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask. This film is really an entertainment masterpiece.

Rush August (2007)

--Storyline--

Lyla Novacek , a cellist and Louis Connelly, the lead singer of The Connelly Brothers met during a party and slept together. And they are forced apart by fate. Despite the fact that they do not remain together, however, their fleeting union has created something amazing that neither could have ever anticipated -- a baby. Unfortunately, just after the child's birth, the mother is misinformed that the infant has died by her father who opposed Lyla to get married to Louis.



Eleven years later, Evan lives in an orphanage, hoping against all hope that his biological mother and father will turn up to claim him. He has the ability to hear music wherever he is. He meets with Richard Jefferies, a social worker who gives Evan his card, and Evan soon runs away to New York to find his family.

Since Louis and Lyla being separated, both of them gave up their careers and Louis now lives in San Francisco and Lyla in Chicago. Meanwhile out on the streets, the child falls into the clutches of a manipulative, untrustworthy street person named Wizard (Robin Williams), who renames Evan "August Rush" and Evan, who has never touched a musical instrument, picks up a guitar for the first time and plays it like a pro. Wizard opens the boy up to the depth and breadth of his own musical talent even as he smells the opportunity to grow rich off of the foundling.

Meanwhile, Evan/August's hope persists that he will be reunited with his folks, and Louis and Lyla, unable to forget their initial night of love, feel themselves being drawn back together by fate.

Overall, it's a pretty good movie with happy ending and it's a touching story of family reunion through a lot of obstacles.

Duration: 1 hr. 53 min.

Director: Kirsten Sheridan

Writers: Nick Castle (screenplay), James V. Hart (screenplay)

Stars: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers

~~~Watch trailer~~~

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

--Story Line--

Voldemort's power is growing stronger as he gains the power throughout the Wizarding and Muggle worlds. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for the Trio, and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned. If the trio is unable to locate and destroy them all, Voldemort will remain immortal. Despite their long friendship, a combination of dark forces, romantic tensions, and long-held secrets threaten to sabotage the mission. The movie ends with Voldemort opening Dumbledore's tomb and taking the Elder Wand.

--Review--

The movie is many parts thrilling, as there are quite a number of intense action sequences. Many of them are done with well-rendered visual effects.  Furthermore, the sequences of these actions are perfectly blended in with the gripping, dramatic moments. They don't feel heavy handed and it's beautiful to look at. The whole movie looks spectacular and it is truly Oscar worthy! 

 

 

A beautiful mind

--StoryLine--

Based on a real story of John Nash, director Ron Howard has created a movie masterpiece. A young John Nash (Russell Crowe) was an introvert student at Princeton. He competes with other students in brutally competitive Math department; all are striving for one truly genuine idea. He keeps to himself for most of the time and spends a lot of time with his roommate, Charles, who eventually becomes his best friend in his imaginary world. Inspiration strikes him while he's studying in a local bar surrounded by his rowdy classmates. As they vie for the attention of a stunning blonde, Nash observes their rivalry and, from that, develops his “game theory.” Nash's theory contradicts 150 years of accepted theory and earns him a coveted position at MIT where part of his duty is to teach a course to eager young minds.

Jennifer Connelly acts as one of his students, Alicia Larde. She falls for the nervous, socially inept Nash, inviting him to dinner and starting a romance that breathes life into Nash's carefully ordered world. As Nash's mental condition unveils itself, being diagnosed with schizophrenia, worsening with time, Alicia is the only one true thing in his world that remains reliable and dependable for Nash. Gradually returning to research and teaching, in 1994, John Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.

--Review--

In this movie, both Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly prove to be talented actor and actress. A Beautiful Mind isn't really about math. It's about the math genius, John Nash, and the complexity of his brain as he struggles for a long time. A beautiful mind includes all of the ingredients of drama, action, romance, pathos, excitement. And it is also inspiring as well.

~~Watch Trailer~~

Bolt

--Storyline--
Bolt, an American White Shepherd, has lived his whole life on the set of his action TV show, where he believes he has superpowers. When separated from the studio by accident, he meets a female alley cat named Mittens and a hamster named Rhino. Along the way, he learns that he doesn't have superpowers and that the show is not real.

--Review--
All the characters were great. The pigeons were great comic relief. It's amazing the amount of detail the animators put in. Watching the way the pigeons moved their heads was entertaining in itself. Rhino and Mittens were also hilarious while having more depth as well. A lot of Rhino's great lines were in the preview but didn't exactly play out in the story the way they seemed like they were going to. Even with that, he was hilarious. Obviously the plot is predictable but it's a very fun story. Few times I laughed, few times I had watery eyes, and it's impossible not to adore the characters and be at the edge of the seat as you follow the story. Also really loved the "authentic" finale with Penny and Bolt. 


--Trailer--

Spirited Away

--Storyline--

Ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino moves with her parents to a new town. When they are losing, they find an abandoned amusement park. Chihiro’s father insists on exploring it, even though Chihiro finds the place is very creepy. Her parents discover an unattended stall and sample the delicious food there.  After eating, they turn into giant pigs magically. Chihiro has to survive herself and finally she manages to save her parents and returns to her own world. Through her experience she learns how to live, gaining the true will and power, she is changed from a sulky girl who is languidly lying on the backseat of a car into a lively and truly courageous girl.

--Review--

The “Spirited Away” stayed in the theaters for almost 10 months, breaking all the previous box-office records in Japan. The film is charming enough to all ages of people. It delivers one of most colorful fantasy worlds. It is a triumph of psychological depth and artistic brilliance.

 --Movie Trailer--

 

Shutter Island

--Storyline--
It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity. 

--Review--
The story follows Teddy, a federal Marshall, and his partner Chuck (Played by DiCaprio and Ruffulo). They go to this mysterious island enveloped in fog to investigate an escape. From these opening scenes, Marty has set up a dark and creepy premise.

Almost the whole movie incorporates this story as Teddy desperately tries to find the truths he seeks. Teddy is shown as a scared man; a man of war and violence as portrayed in various flashbacks. These will go on to be increasingly important as the story progresses. We follow Teddy on his quest, through every dark corridor and perilous confrontations. Slowly, we are given pieces to the puzzle, but the audience does not even realize it. For we, like Teddy, are blind. For the moment at least. It is because of this that the thrilling conclusion will leave many blindsided. But, you see, that is where this thriller becomes something more. We as the audience are put in Teddy's shoes, and we feel all the things he feels. It is a complete assault on the senses, and it works beautifully. 


This is also a film I would recommend seeing a second time. In fact, it is even better the second time. All those pieces of that puzzle you didn't catch the first time, you will the second. You see, we as the audience are first put in the shoes of Teddy. The second? Well, without giving too much away, lets just say you are put in someones else's shoes entirely during the second viewing.

Shutter Island. A film that will make you question your own sanity. A film that will leave you breathless. A film that has re-ignited the thriller genre. A film that will leave you, and the main character, searching for answers. 


--Trailer--

Twilight

--Story Line--

Bella was sent to live with her father in the little town of Forks, Washington, when her mother remarries. As she starts her junior year in high school, she becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen who is unlike any boy she is ever meet. He is intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. Soon, Edward falls in love with Bella, while Bella learns Edward’s secret, he is a vampire.  However, she is not afraid of his blood-thirsty needs and the fact he could kill her at any moment. The thrill begins when James, a nomadic vampire finds it is a challenge to hunt Bella down for her irresistible blood. Edward and his family risk their lives to protect her from the attack of James. Finally, James is destroyed.

--Review--

Twilight is the first movie adapted from Stephenie Meyer’s series of teen novels. It is a big hit with young girls. The romance between Edward and Bella was the crux of the film; it probed the timeless dilemma of wanting what you can’t have. It is an interesting and compelling story.

Hanna

Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is 16 years old. She is bright, inquisitive, and a devoted daughter. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her widowed father Erik (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of North Finland. Erik has taught Hanna to hunt, put her through extreme self-defense workouts, and home-schooled her with only an encyclopedia and a book of fairy tales. Hanna has been living a life unlike any other teenager; her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. But out in the world there is unfinished business for Hanna’s family, and it is with a combination of pride and apprehension that Erik realizes his daughter can no longer be held back

Kung Fu Panda 2 (Review)

---Plot---

In Kung Fu panda 2, Po(dragon warrior) face his second challenge in his life, he is trying to find inner peace that master shifu teaches him and he have to master the this Kung Fu skill before he can fight with the evil shen(peacock) that plan to take over the entire china city.

The enemy is a Peacock called evil lord shen, shen create the most powerful deadly weapon to destroy traditional Kung Fu. As Po knew this news, he was furious because he can’t let Kung Fu been destroy.
So the Furious Five (Snake, Mantis, Tigress, Crane, Monkey) and Po, the Panda set out to get rid of shen.

Po also discovers who his birth parents are and what had happened to them when he meets evil lord shen. Then on, it's a battle for survival.

---Cast(some main)---

Jack Black - Po(voice)

Angelina Jolie - Tigress(voice)

Dustin Hoffman - Shifu(voice)

Gary Oldman - Shen(voice)

Jackie chan - Monkey(voice)

Seth Rogen - Mantis(voice)

Lucy Liu - Viper(voice)

David Cross - Crane(voice)

---Review---

The movie start off with the a short story of lord shen, it was say that lord shen will be defeat by a black and white warrior(which is a panda) then the story goes back to Po. The story goes on to Po had a mission is to save Kung Fu which lord shen wanted to destroy. The characters have fully matured and been fleshed out to the point where even Jack Black fits comfortably as Po, though regrettably the Furious Five barely get any screen time. Overall is a nice movie to watch with your family and friend also it is worth watching it in 3D, it gives you twice the awesomeness!