STREET DANCE 3D (2010)

I have to admit this mix of the somewhat raw energy of streetdance and the controlled grace of ballet is enjoyable. So is this new three dimensional format any good for this genre? There are a few moments and scenes here specifically crafted with 3D in mind, such as the tossing of items toward the screen, from hats to a busy food fight in a school canteen. There's also some jarringly added bullet-time choreography during one of the street dance battles in a club, but the real treat here is for that depth of field when we sit around and admire the precision-timed and energetic dance choreography from procedural balletic moves to raw, improvisational street dancing. But this film does go the distance to explain and show the basics 101 of street dance, since it has characters from different camps put together to try and influence one another, and from their initial adversity come craft something unique from its diversity.

TWO WORLDS. ONE DREAM.

Director : Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini
Writer : Jane English (Writer)
Release Date : 19 May 2010 (France)
Genre : Drama | Dance
Cast :

Nichola Burley

...

Carly

George Sampson

...

Eddie

Tameka Empson	...	Sharonda
Sianad Gregory	...	Chloe
Ukweli Roach	...	Jay
Diversity	...	Dance Crew
Sacha Chang	...	Aimee
Flawless	...	Dance Crew

Plot: In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.

Moving, enjoyable and satisfying film that challenges more traditional concepts of dance
From a storytelling point of view I went to see Street Dance curious as to what kind of narrative could possibly be made out of such an unlikely premise - ie the combining of two such dissimilar dance styles as street dance and ballet. The story that emerges here (out of the protagonists initial reluctance to co-operate with each other) I found to be original, had plenty of interesting dialogue and built up to a very satisfying and exhilarating finish. Several of the film's characters are portrayed in sufficient depth that I could feel significant empathy for them and their aspirations. The numerous conflicts, which arise at intervals right up to the film's closing minutes, (together with the manner of their resolution) kept my interest at a high level. All the actors and actresses give believable performances for their respective roles. It was also good to see a number of faces I hadn't seen before. The cinematography I thought was excellent. I also noticed effective use being made of quite shallow depth of field - in which the subject is in sharp focus while nearer or more distant objects weren't. Finally I think this film has some of the most natural (and therefore most satisfying) 3D effect I have seen - which is apparent as much in the ordinary interior and exterior scenes as in dancing parts. All in all I think this is a very enjoyable film that might very well give you a whole new perspective on what the basic concept of dance ought to be.

TRAILER


DANCE CREW









NOTE: Click on the picture for further information about the dance crew. ^^

Soundtrack Listing

1. Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
2. N-Dubz feat. Bodyrox - We Dance On
3. Lightbulb Thieves - Work It Out
4. Ironik - Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)
5. N-Dubz - Strong Again
6. Pixie Lott - Live for the Moment
7. Aggro Santos feat. Kimberly Wyatt - Candy
8. Cheryl Cole - Fight for This Love (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
9. Lethal Bizzle - Going Out Tonight
10. Sugababes - Get Sexy
11. LP & JC - The Humblest Start
12. Wiley - Cash In My Pocket
13. Madcon - Beggin'
14. LP & JC feat. Skibadee, Mc Det, Chrome & Blemish - Club Battle
15. Fatboy Slim - Champion Sound
16. Vega4 - Life Is Beautiful
17. McLean - Broken
18. Swiss feat. Music Kidz - One In a Million

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THE EXPENDABLES (2010)

The expectation for this film is obviously very high with one of the best action hero line ups (if not the best) in cinematic history. I can honestly say that I was not disappointed. This was a high octane, unbelievably explosive, funny, blood thirsty, proper action movie! This film would not have been out of place in the 80s, but manages to fit into the market of today's cinematic action experience. It is easily much more graphic and gory than most modern day action films, but this adds to the film and creates a degree of realism. Let's face it; if you go around killing people it isn't going to be pretty! This film did what it needed to do, it wasn't afraid to contain blood, guts and violence for the sake of an age restriction but also wasn't overly ridiculous.

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON

Director : Sylvester Stallone
Writers : Dave Callaham (Screenplay and Story) and Sylvester Stallone (Screenplay)

Release Date : 13 August 2010 (Indonesia)

Genre : Action | Adventure | Thriller
Cast :

	Sylvester Stallone	...	Barney Ross
	Jason Statham	...	Lee Christmas
	Jet Li	...	Ying Yang

	Dolph Lundgren	...	Gunner Jensen
	Eric Roberts	...	James Munroe
	Randy Couture	...	Toll Road
	Steve Austin	...	Paine

	Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Trench
	Bruce Willis	...	Mr. Church

Plot : Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.

HEROES TODAY. LEGEND FOREVER

What I think about this movie :
1. The plot is not that original, but it doesn't need to be, nor was it expected to be. The cast, goes without saying, was fantastic. What could have been a disaster of conflicting egos ended up being a believable team of mercenaries where banter is rife and keeping each other alive is their number one priority. Stallone can give himself a big pat on the back for getting so many iconic actors onto the screen together and actually making it work. Though the much hyped cameo of two particular people was short lived, it was hilarious and I think a great moment in cinema.

2. This was a great film that keeps you glued to your seat, constantly makes you gasp and laugh out loud and leaves you pumping with adrenaline. It was ridiculous and wonderful all at the same time, with more bullets and bombs than Rambo and more fighting than Rocky. This is a must see film for any movie buff or action hero wannabe. It is certainly not for the faint hearted, or for kids, but for any true action movie lover this is the ultimate manly film.
3. The only negative: Some of the blood and explosions looked digital. Wish it could have been just a bit more authentic. Sometimes, there was a tad too many closeups during the fight scenes. With so many people fighting at the same time, sometimes I couldn't tell who was punching who. It didn't happen very often, but how cool would it be just for one moment to see three simultaneous fights from a super wide master shot?

TRAILER

We are the shadow, the smoke in your eyes, the ghosts that hide in the night.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Brian Tyler.

The Expendables: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Expendables"	3:22
2.	"Aerial"	2:58
3.	"Ravens And Skulls"	4:49
4.	"Lee And Lacy"	2:15
5.	"Massive"	3:24
6.	"The Gulf Of Aden"	6:56
7.	"Lifeline"	4:29
8.	"Confession"	2:56
9.	"Royal Rumble"	3:41
10.	"Scanning The Enemy"	3:47
11.	"The Contact"	1:31
12.	"Surveillance"	3:27
13.	"Warriors"	3:49
14.	"Trinity"	4:19
15.	"Waterboard"	3:01
16.	"Losing His Mind"	2:37
17.	"Take Your Money"	2:41
18.	"Giant With A Shotgun"	3:57
19.	"Time To Leave"	1:55
20.	"Mayhem And Finale"	5:47

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AVATAR : THE LAST AIRBENDER (2010)

After waiting extremely eagerly for this movie, I sat in the theater and was extremely eager for it to END. Ear-oh? Oong? Soak-ah?! Could they have butchered the names anymore than they did? Worse, the entire movie felt like a string of clips put together for an hour and a half and not like a movie at all. All the major parts of the Book of Water were skimmed over, while things like the freeing of the earth nation village (while important) were given screen time that could have been given to major events like the southern air temple. I was really disapointed after watched this movie.

FOUR NATIONS, ONE DESTINY

Director : M. Night Shyamalan
Writers : M. Night Shyamalan
Release Date : 4 August 2010 (Indonesia)
Genre : Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Cast :

	Noah Ringer	...	Aang
	Dev Patel	...	Prince Zuko
	Nicola Peltz	...	Katara
	Jackson Rathbone	...	Sokka
	Shaun Toub	...	Uncle Iroh
	Aasif Mandvi	...	Commander Zhao
	Cliff Curtis	...	Fire Lord Ozai
	Seychelle Gabriel	...	Princess Yue

Plot :

Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world. Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film “The Last Airbender” is the opening chapter in Aang’s struggle to survive.

He will need you... and we all need him.

What I think about this movie :

1. The actors were dismal, with the exception of Dev Patel as Zuko and to a lesser extent Shaun Toub as Iroh, who wasn't an accurate portrayal of Iroh visually but at least captured the character's wisdom much better than many of the other actors on board for the movie. He however failed to provide many of the aspects of Iroh that made him endearing in the series.
2. The music was great. The special effects looked amazing, I don't care what anyone says. The fighting was cool. The sets were adequately spectacular. I will give that the northern water kingdom was gorgeous, but that's about all I have to say kindly about this movie.
3. If you love Avatar: The Last Airbender as the series, I recommend giving this movie a miss. It's heartbreaking how they butchered something that had such fantastic and barely needing change source material.

Trailer :


enjoy ^^

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KILLERS (2010)

Let's start of with saying that Robert Luketic knows howto direct, the pace in the movie is good, he never takes this film to serious and he know how to film a couple of good scenes. Funny. Enjoyable. That's what I thought about this movie. Actually, I just like drama movies like this. Make the audience relax, laugh all the time. Beware if you're looking for a romantic comedy or a quick action flick. Watch it only if you are willing to stand an hour of nothing to finally get to a fun, ridiculous, sexy, and funny light-weight action film. xP

MARRIAGE.. GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT

Director : Robert Luketic
Writers : Bob DeRosa & Ted Griffin (Screenplay)
Release Date : 4 June 2010 (USA)
Genre : Action | Comedy | Romance | Thriller
Cast :

	Ashton Kutcher	...	Spencer Aimes
	Katherine Heigl	...	Jen Kornfeldt
	Tom Selleck	...	Mr. Kornfeldt
	Catherine O'Hara	...	Mrs. Kornfeldt

Plot : Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher) is just your average, undercover, government-hired super-assassin accustomed to a life of exotic European locales, flashy sports cars and even flashier women. But when he meets Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heighl) , a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recovering from a bad break-up, he finds true love and happily trades international intrigue for domestic bliss. Three years later, Spencer and Jen are still enjoying a picture-perfect marriage - that is, until the morning after Spencer's 30th birthday. That's when Spencer and Jen learn he's the target of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have been stalking the happy couple for years, and could be anyone: friends, neighbors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling across the street. Now Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all the while trying to save their marriage, manage his in-laws, keep up neighborly appearances ... and just plain survive.

What I think about this movie :
1. The movie is not in a hurry to tell its story, mostly due to the fact there is none. The couple gets married, move together and three years later (and half way through the film) his old boss calls him again, 'you're ain't going out that easy' he promises, and he's right on the money. All hell breaks lose, and almost everyone who gets introduced during the first half turns out to be a gunman hired to kill Spencer. The trailer practically tells the whole story and shows some of the best bits of the film. But the pace is good, sometimes it's funny and the action was good. But it has all been done before and in better films.

2. Kutcher is detail-oriented twitterer, and as an actor, his goofiness is unmatched. (BUT I really am going to tell you that actually he is cute.. xP) Up until the end, Kutcher monotone performance came across as lack of talent. But after the surreal note the film ended on, it made perfect sense. Him and Heigl have the best anti-chemistry, and casting them together was an unintentional stroke of genius; He's the Laurel to her Hardy.
3. Katherine Heigl plays the romantic comedy lead, she got the sexy part and at least tried on the funny part, but she was a very disjointed character that at times was really hard to care for or relate to. Ashton Kutcher played the action lead, and he got the sexy part but was very awkward when he tried to play the romantic comedy lead.

One Day Is Enough For You!

Trailer :


"Killers" Soundtrack Tracklisting

1. Beauty in the World – Macy Gray
2. Under the Sun – Salvador Santana
3. Cat and Mouse – Nikki & Rich
4. Ooh La La – Faces
5. A Moment – Bitter: Sweet
6. I Don’t Believe – Rox
7. Bon Bon Bon – Vanessa Contenay-Quinones
8. Montego Sunset – Menahan Street Band
9. I'm Gonna Kill Him – Rolfe Kent
10. Even The UPS Guy – Rolfe Kent
11. Arriving In Nice – Rolfe Kent
12. Falling In Bed – Rolfe Kent
13. Elevator Attraction – Rolfe Kent
14. New Home Office – Rolfe Kent
15. Killers Suite – Rolfe Kent

enjoy ^^

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SALT (2010)

UNPREDICTABLE and DIE HARD. That's the two impression which I got after watching this movie. 'Salt' is a surprisingly well-made, enthralling, thriller of a movie. The film has so many good twists and turns, it's hard not to be excited about anything that happens in the film.

I suggest to anyone who plans on seeing 'Salt' to throw away any knowledge they thought they knew about the film before seeing it. If you think you know everything about 'Salt' from the trailers and commercials and whatnot, think again. The plot from the trailers was really interesting, and good enough to get a lot of people to go see the film. HOWEVER, the genius part is whenever these people actually go and view the movie, 'Salt' delivers exactly what everyone expects from it… but just in its first 20 to 30 minutes. The majority of the film, the 70 minutes after that, is what 'Salt' is truly about!!

WHO IS SALT?

Director : Philip Novce
Writer : Kurt Wimmer
Release Date : 28 July 2010 (Indonesia)
Genre :Action | Thriller
Cast :

Angelina Jolie	...	Evelyn Salt
Liev Schreiber	...	Ted Winter
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Peabody
Daniel Olbrychski	...	Vassily Orlov
August Diehl	...	Mike Krause

Plot :

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

The reasons why I like this movie :

1. The story is unpredictable. That's for sure. At first, I really thought that this movie was just like an ordinary "spy" movie. You become a spy, get caught then run and a happy ending as usual. BUT, "salt" is really make me say "wow"! The majority of the film is amazing simply because you never know what's going to happen. The parts about Evelyn Salt being framed as a Russian sleeper agent, on the run from the government, trying to clear her name and find her husband, are practically all thrown away after the first 20 to 30 minutes – they're no longer important. During the duration of the film, we continuously run into a multitude of plot twists, and each one leads the main character onto her next destination. All of these plot twists are amazing and shocking in the right way; they're not badly thought-out twists. Each twist makes us ask a new question, most of which are never really answered by the end of the film.

2. ANGELINA JOLIE as the main character. She's really great as an action actress. She kept changing her appearance so that she could finish her mission :

THE TRAILER :



enjoy the movie ^^

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WHITE COLLAR TV SERIES (2009)

This is one of MANY TV Series which I watched recently. I first watched this on my way to Surabaya via airplane. The overview of this movie really caught my attention. I really like a kind of action movie: especially when a bad guy becoming a "good" guy but actually we all know that habits die hard, so a bad guy is actually still a bad guy deep inside. Haha.

Creator : Jeff Eastin
Seasons : 1 | 2 Full episode list »
Release Date : 23 October 2009 (USA)
Genre : Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery
Cast :

Matthew Bomer	...	Neal Caffrey
Tim DeKay	...	Peter Burke
Willie Garson	...	Mozzie
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Elizabeth Burke

Plot :

Neal Caffrey, a con-man, forger and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI. With four months left while serving a four-year sentence, he escapes from a maximum-security federal prison to find Kate, his ex-girlfriend. Peter Burke, the FBI agent who initially captured Caffrey, finds him at a dead end in his search and returns Caffrey to prison. This time, Caffrey gives Burke information about evidence in another case; however, this information comes with a price: Burke must have a meeting with Caffrey. At this meeting, Caffrey proposes a deal: he will help Burke catch other criminals as part of a work-release program. Burke agrees, after some hesitation. Through the successful apprehending of several white-collar criminals, Caffrey has proven to Burke that he will help him, and that he will not try to escape again. This begins an unconventional, but successful partnership.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN.

Things I like in this movie:

1. Forgery as the main topic. Forgery is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents (see false document), with the intent to decive. The similar crime of fraud is the crime of deceiving another, including through the use of objects obtained through forgery. Even though I know that this is a criminal act, BUT I couldn't help thinking that the process of making it (such as painting etc) is kind of art. To be forger, you need skill and knowledge. It's not an easy thing to get. You also need a desire to do that. What's the different of the forger and the artist?

2. The plot of the story is also good. Funny and enjoyable. Even though I think that they're mostly forgettable. But, like I said, It's easy to watch it especially for people who appreciates intelligent and witty TV. This show has something for everyone. The story line is not at all predictable. You want to watch how this might end.
3. The two main characters in this movie. (As usual). What the most important thing to make a movie enjoyable is the cast. And in this movie, they're :
Tim DeKay is pitch perfect as the agent who lives his job. He has a kind of "Tom Hanks meets young Jack Lemmon" quality that is spot on for the tone of the show. He's written as real guy in a tough spot. He truly loves his wife, but tireless dedication to "the job" causes him to forget anniversaries, and regularly arrive home after his wife is long 'a bed. His wife Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen) often eats dinners alone... well, sort of.









Matt Bomer, soon to be a household name, vaults from his supporting role of Bryce on "Chuck" straight into a major lead role that fits him like a glove.. like he was born to do this. Along with class A hunky good looks, Bomer also has a vulnerable quality that is quite touching. Ladies, he's Oooo so cute, slick, smart and gosh darn lovable, that your significant other may actually allow you to gaze...

The Trailer on USA Network :



enjoy it ^^

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