2012年10月7日星期日

The Star: Leonardo DiCaprio

Name: Leonardo DiCaprio
Other names: Leo
Nationality: United States 
Place of Birth: Los Angeles
Date of Birth: November 11, 1974
Constellation: Scorpio
Blood Type: B
Height: 185cm
Occupation: Actor

Representative works: Titanic, Catch Me If You Can, The Aviator, Blood Diamond, Inception

Major achievements: 1997 Berlin International Film Festival Best Actor, 2005 American Film Golden Globe for Best Actor, 2005 Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, 2007 Academy Award nomination for Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio start his screen road on just 16 years old, and best-known for his awesome play of Titanic. We hope you will enjoy his another terrific movie tonight - Catch Me If You Can.

An FBI agent hunts down a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, and assistant attorney general, cashing more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries.

Catch Me If You Can Trailer


2012年10月6日星期六

In name of Oscar: Inception

Inception(2010)

















Also Known As: Inception: The IMAX Experience
Country: USA | UK
Language: English | Japanese (a few words) | French (a few words)
Release Date: 22 July 2010 (Australia) 

Technical Specs
Runtime: 148 min
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital  | DTS  | SDDS
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio ... Cobb
         Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... Arthur
         Ellen Page ... Ariadne
         Tom Hardy ... Eames
         Ken Watanabe ... Saito
         Dileep Rao ... Yusuf
         Cillian Murphy ... Robert Fischer
         Tom Berenger ... Peter Browning
         Marion Cotillard ... Mal
         Pete Postlethwaite ... Maurice Fischer
         Michael Caine ... Miles
         Lukas Haas ... Nash

Box Office
Budget: $160,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $62,785,337 (USA) (18 July 2010) (3792 Screens)
Gross: $825,532,764 (Worldwide) (6 January 2011)
Ratings: 8.8

Awards
2011 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography
2011 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing
2011 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
2011 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
2011 Academy Award nomination for Best Motion Picture of the Ye
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Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Inception Trailer


2012年10月4日星期四

The Star: Anne Hathaway

Name: Anne Hathaway
Other names: Anne Jacqueline Hathaway
Nationality: United States 
Place of Birth: New York Brooklyn
Date of Birth: November 12, 1982
Constellation: Scorpio
Height: 173cm 
Occupation: Actor
Graduated: New York University

Representative works: The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, Becoming Jane, Rachel Getting Married

Major achievements: 81st Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, 66th American Film Golden Globe  nomination for Best Actress  - Motion Picture Drama, Venice International Film Festival nomination for Best Actress

Anne Hathaway has a bright sunny smile and elegant correct temperament, but also with a little bit naughty and lovely, viewed as the "Julia Roberts and Audrey Hepburn" composition. Tonight we will go through her best play -  Rachel Getting Married .

Kym is released from rehab for a few days so she can go home to attend her sister Rachel's wedding. The home environment is always challenging for a recovering addict, no less so when the visit if only for a few days. While the sisters feel genuine affection for one another, there is tension in their relationship. Rachel feels that her father dotes on Kym far too much and Kym is upset to learn that Rachel has selected a friend to be her maid of honor. Their father is genuinely concerned about Kym's well-being but doesn't see the stress the relationship is causing. Both women also have to deal with their selfish mother who is clearly more concerned with her own well-being ahead of that of her children. Underlying the family's dynamic is a tragedy that occurred many years previously and for which Kym is held by some to be responsible.

Rachel Getting Married Trailer


Classic glance: The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada(2006)

















Also Known As: El diablo viste a la moda
Country: USA
Language: English | French
Release Date: 28 September 2006 (Australia)  Technical Specs
Runtime: 109 min
Sound Mix: SDDS  | DTS  | Dolby Digital
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Director: David Frankel
Writers: Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay), Lauren Weisberger (novel)
Cast: Meryl Streep ... Miranda Priestly
         Anne Hathaway ... Andy Sachs
         Emily Blunt ... Emily
         Stanley Tucci ... Nigel
         Simon Baker ... Christian Thompson
         Adrian Grenier ... Nate
         Tracie Thoms ... Lily
         Rich Sommer ... Doug
         Daniel Sunjata ... James Holt
         David Marshall Grant ... Richard Sachs

Box Office
Budget: $35,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $27,537,244 (USA) (2 July 2006) (2847 Screens)
Gross: $124,732,962 (USA) (3 December 2006)
Ratings: 6.7

Awards
2007 Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Costume Design
2007 Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role(Meryl Streep) 

In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices.

The Devil Wears Prada Trailer

2012年9月29日星期六

The Star: George Clooney

Name: George Clooney
Other names: George Timothy Clooney
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States 
Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky
Date of Birth: May 6, 1961
Occupation: Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Graduated: Northern Kentucky University

Representative works: ER, Out of Sight, Three Kings,Ocean's Eleven, Up in the Air

Major achievements: 78th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor,  American Film Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor

George Clooney is one of the most famous movie star in the world. His screen image is always smart and mature, thus many movie fans in  favor of his screenplay. Tonight we present one more classic film by this well-known actor - Ocean's Eleven.

Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven member team, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million.

Ocean's Eleven Full Movie

2012年9月25日星期二

In name of Oscar: Up in the Air

Up in the Air (2009)

















Also Known As: Amor sin escalas
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 14 January 2010 (Australia)

Technical Specs
Runtime: 109 min  | Canada: 108 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Sound Mix: DTS (as dts) | Dolby Digital  | SDDS
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Director: Todd Field
Cast: George Clooney ... Ryan Bingham
         Vera Farmiga ... Alex Goran
         Anna Kendrick ... Natalie Keener
         Jason Bateman ... Craig Gregory
         Amy Morton ... Kara Bingham
         Melanie Lynskey ... Julie Bingham
         J.K. Simmons ... Bob
         Sam Elliott ... Maynard Finch
         Danny McBride ... Jim Miller
         Zach Galifianakis ... Steve
         Chris Lowell ... Kevin

Box Office
Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $1,181,450 (USA) (6 December 2009) (15 Screens)
Gross: $163,227,071 (Worldwide)
Ratings: 7.6/10

Awards
2010 Academy Award nomination for Best Motion Picture of the Year
2010 Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Directing
2010 Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role(George Clooney)
2010 Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role(Vera Farmiga) 
2010 Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role(Anna Kendrick)

Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. 

Up in the Air Trailer

What's in your backpack?How much does your weight?Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack.I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders.Feel them?

The Star: Jason Statham

Name: Jason Statham
Gender: Male
Nationality: United Kingdom
Place of Birth: London
Date of Birth: September 12, 1972
Height: 174cm
Occupation: Actors, Models, Athletes

Representative works: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Bank Job, The Transporter, The Mechanic, The Expendables


Jason Statham is the one of my favorite actors, his unique tough guy image, degage action, attractive deep-voice are really impressive. 
Tonight I am glad to present to you a Statham's style moive -  The Bank Job(2008)

Business is slow for Terry Leather, a London car dealer, married with children. He's an artful dodger, so Martine, a former model with a thing for him, brings him her scheme: a bank's alarm is off for a couple weeks, so let's tunnel into the vault. He assembles a team, not realizing her real goal is a safe-deposit box with compromising photos of a royal: she needs the photos to trade for avoiding a jail sentence - and MI-5, or is it MI-6, is pulling the strings two steps removed. A Trinidadian thug, a high-end bordello owner, and a pornographer also have things stored in the vault, so the break-in threatens many a powerful personage. Is there any way these amateurs can pull it off?

The Bank Job Trailer





2012年9月23日星期日

Classic glance: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998)

















Also Known As: Juegos, trampas y dos armas humeantes
Country: UK
Language: English
Release Date: 12 November 1998 (Australia)

Technical Specs
Runtime: 107 min  | 120 min
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng ... Tom
  Dexter Fletcher ... Soap
  Nick Moran ... Eddy
  Jason Statham ... Bacon
  Steven Mackintosh ... Winston
  Nicholas Rowe ... J
  Nick Marcq ... Charles
  Charles Forbes ... Willie (as Charlie Forbes)
  Vinnie Jones ... Big Chris
  Lenny McLean ... Barry The Baptist
  Peter McNicholl ... Little Chris
  P.H. Moriarty ... Hatchet Harry
  Frank Harper ... Dog

Box Office
Budget: £960,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: £941,638 (UK) (30 August 1998) (222 Screens)
Gross: $3,650,677 (USA) (23 May 1999)
Ratings: 8.2/10

Awards
1999 BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Editing
1998 British Comedy Awards for Best Comedy Film

Four Jack-the-lads find themselves heavily - seriously heavily - in debt to an East End hard man and his enforcers after a crooked card game. Overhearing their neighbours in the next flat plotting to hold up a group of out-of-their-depth drug growers, our heros decide to stitch up the robbers in turn. In a way the confusion really starts when a pair of antique double-barrelled shotguns go missing in a completely different scam.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Trailer






2012年9月21日星期五

The Star: John Travolta

Name: John Travolta
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States 
Place of Birth: New Jersey
Date of Birth: February 18, 1954
Constellation: Aquarius
Height: 188cm
Weight: 76k

Representative works: Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Shorty, Face/Off

Major achievements:
50th Academy Award nomination for Best Actor,23th British Film Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, 35th American Film Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor,67th Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, 52nd American Film Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor

We introduce another famous screenplay of John Travolta, co-star with Nicolas Cage on this Saturday - Face/Off (1997)

Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent. Who is still grieving for the dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy, a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor, however, their fight has knocked out Troy cold. As Archer finally breathes easy over the capture of his enemy, he finds out that Troy has planted a bomb that will destroy the entire city of Los Angeles and all of its inhabitants. Unfortunately the only other person who knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux, and he refuses to talk. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off people's faces, and can place a person's face onto another person. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to Pollux. However, Castor Troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on Archer for taking his face. Not only is Troy ruining Archer's mission...

Face/Off Trailer



In name of Oscar: Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction (1994)


















Also Known As: Tiempos violentos
Country: USA
Language: English | Spanish (only a few words) | French (only a few words)
Release Date: 24 November 1994 (Australia)


Technical Specs
Runtime: 154 min  | USA: 168 min (special edition)
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: John Travolta ... Vincent Vega
         Samuel L. Jackson ... Jules Winnfield
         Tim Roth ... Pumpkin / Ringo
         Amanda Plummer ... Honey Bunny / Yolanda
         Eric Stoltz ... Lance
   Bruce Willis ... Butch Coolidge
         Ving Rhames ... Marsellus Wallace
         Phil LaMarr ... Marvin
         Maria de Medeiros ... Fabienne
         Rosanna Arquette ... Jody
         Peter Greene ... Zed
         Uma Thurman ... Mia Wallace
         Duane Whitaker ... Maynard

Box Office
Budget: $8,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $9,311,882 (USA) (14 October 1994)
Gross: $213,928,762 (Worldwide)
Ratings: 9.0/10


Awards
1995 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino)
1995 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture 
1995 Academy Award nomination for Best Director (Quentin Tarantino)
1995 Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role (John Travolta )
1995 Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Samuel L. Jackson) 
1995 Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Uma Thurman)
1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Quentin Tarantino)

Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

Pulp Fiction Trailer

Jules:There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." 


2012年9月20日星期四

Classic glance: The Children of Heaven

The Children of Heaven(1997)






















Also Known As: Bacheha-Ye aseman
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Release Date: 19 August 1999 (Australia)

Technical Specs
Runtime: 89 min
Sound Mix: Mono
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Director: Majid Majidi
Writer: Majid Majid

Cast:Mohammad Amir Naji ... Ali's Father (as Amir Naji)
        Amir Farrokh Hashemian ... Ali (as Mir Farrokh Hashemian)
  Bahare Seddiqi ... Zahra
        Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi ... Roya
  Fereshte Sarabandi ... Ali's Mother
  Kamal Mirkarimi ... Assistant (as Kamal Mir Karimi)
  Behzad Rafi ... Trainer (as Behzad Rafiee)
   Dariush Mokhtari ... Ali's Teacher
        Mohammad-Hasan Hosseinian ... Roya's Father
  Masume Dair ... Roya's Mother

Box Office
Budget: $180,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $20,100 (USA) (24 January 1999) (3 Screens)
Gross: $925,402 (USA) (23 May 1999)
Ratings: 8.2/10

Awards
1999 Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film

Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits. Will the plan succeed?

The Children of Heaven Full Movie




2012年9月19日星期三

In name of Oscar: Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)




















The winner of 81st Oscar

Also Known As: Quisiera ser millonario
Country: UK
Language: English | Hindi | French (opera)
Release Date: 18 December 2008 (Australia)


Technical Specs
Runtime: 120 min
Sound Mix: SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1


Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Dev Patel ... Older Jamal
         Saurabh Shukla ... Sergeant Srinivas
         Anil Kapoor ... Prem
         Rajendranath Zutshi ... Director (as Raj Zutshi)
         Jeneva Talwar ... Vision Mixer
         Freida Pinto ... Older Latika 
         Irrfan Khan ... Police Inspector
         Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail ... Youngest Salim
         Ayush Mahesh Khedekar ... Youngest Jamal


Box Office
Budget: $15,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $360,018 (USA) (16 November 2008) (10 Screens)
Gross: $141,319,195 (USA) (24 May 2009)

Ratings: 8.1/10


Awards
2009 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography
2009 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing
2009 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing
2009 Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year
2009 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay


The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati? (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But...

Slumdog Millionaire Full Movie























Jamal Malik is one question away from winning 20 million rupees.
How did he do it?
A.He cheated
B.He's lucky
C.He's a genius
D.It's written