UNSTOPPABLE

Railway company tried to stop an unmanned freight train carrying flammable liquids and toxic gases that lost control so as not to destroy the city. Before too late, a veteran locomotive engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young machinist (Chris Pine) tried to stop the train of a different locomotive.




Producer: Tony Scott, Julie Yorn, Mimi Rogers
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast : Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson
Kevin Dunn, Ethan Suplee
Director : Tony Scott
Author : Mark Bomback

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HIGH LANE: Dangerous Ascent

Holiday is a good time to do something completely different from the daily routine. Vacation is an opportunity to escape from the bonds of routine. One interesting activity is to conduct a trip to a strange place. Create Chloe (Fanny Valette) and Loic (Johan Libéreau), their choice fell on mountain climbing event.

Croatia is the location of their choosing. This time the leave is not just Chloe and Loic only. Guillaume (Raphael Lenglet), Karine (Maud Wyler), and Fred (Nicolas Giraud) also participated in this trip. Should this trip is a pleasant journey but there are a hindrance to them.

First, the route was covered with debris and could not continue the ascent. Fred is also a professional climber and then propose to continue the ascent. At first they all think this trip will be easy but over time turned out to climb this time not as easy as they imagined. Not only was not easy but there is a risk lives have been lost because of some accident that happened, not to mention the fact they are not the only one who is on the mountain.

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Genre	:	Thriller
Release Date	:	June 24, 2009
Director	:	Abel Ferry
Script	:	Johanne Bernard, Louis-Paul Desanges
Producer	:	Alain Benguigui, Thomas Verhaeghe
Distributor	:	IFC Midnight

Knight and Day

If you do like me and have no expectations about this film probably you will enjoy it as a true American escapist film with all the necessary elements (action sequences, big names actors, exotic settings, romance, bad guys, etc.) to make the film safe to watch. But there is one (important) element missing: a good/credible story; but the odd thing is that even if the plot is pure absurd fantasy and was not really well-developed, story was entertaining and fun to watch probably because lead actors did well their job and characters became alive above the story.

Film tells about a woman that’s used as a mule to pass a top secret gadget by airport security and as she boards an almost empty plane -after having a hard time getting in as was told flight was oversold- she starts a conversation with the man that use her as the mule. That’s how Diaz and Cruise characters meet and from there on you have a ‘normal’ woman releasing and conquering her action skills and a secret agent trying to not get kill by his CIA’s colleagues. Plot gets so absurd that director has to use fade out techniques to allow characters to escape and remain alive, which was funny after all.

So if you haven’t seen the film yet I suggest you do when you get the ‘urge’ to escape reality for almost two hours, as probably you will enjoy the film if you don’t take it too seriously.

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Winter’s Bone

An intense story and great performance by lead actress Jennifer Lawrence make this Debra Granik sophomore film absolutely must be seen for those that appreciate rare American indie films that transcend the indie standards and take you in a visual and narrative voyage that will delight your senses even when story is not necessarily a pleasant one. In a sense, this indie film made me recall the huge and positive surprise with Frozen River and if you enjoyed this film I’m sure you will enjoy Granik’s film too.

Film tells about a seventeen-years-old girl that is forced to look for her father after learning that if he does not appear in court she will lose her house and land that father posted as part of bail. Her search becomes an intense personal voyage into the darkish side of living in an American poor rural area as is set in the Ozarks where moonshine, pot, methamphetamine and OxyContin put inhabitants in the wrong side of the law. Kudos to Granik and Anne Rosellini for a great screenplay based on Daniel Woodrell novel as what could have been a told-many-times story becomes anew in this film.

But it’s Jennifer Lawrence performance what makes this film out-of-the-ordinary and makes this film her film; just to watch Lawrence’s performance the film is more than worth watching so the icing in the cake comes from the well developed story and quite nice visual narrative. Lawrence been getting Oscar buzz and if she gets a nomination will be more than well-deserved as she is really good here.

Film won Grand Jury Prize and Screening Award at 2010 Sundance fest plus the CICAE Award and Tagesspiegel Reader Award at the 2010 Berlinale and don’t doubt that will get more honors during the current award season, starting with the many nominations at the Gotham Independent Film awards, probably followed by the Spirit Awards and surely Oscar that now has 10 slots for Best Film. But this year has been so good for American indie films that races in different awards will be tight.

I liked the film a lot more than I imagined as watch it like in one very long sigh with my eyes glued to the screen all the time. Very intense. Absolutely must be seen for many that read this blog and enjoy strong women stories, but also to those that like very rare but excellent American indie cinema.

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SHANGHAI

In the months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an American man (Cusack) arrives in Shanghai to find his friend Conner recently murdered. After further investigation, Cusack realizes Conner had an affair with Japanese Captain Tanaka's lover, Sumiko. Unconvinced that Sumiko betrayed Conner, he later dons his Nazi-sympathizer/German cover and he meets Mr. Lang-Ting and Captain Tanaka. Paul later uncovers numerous photos Conner took, in his darkroom, some of which include Captain Tanaka and his officers.

After a few bizarre encounters with Ms. Lang-Ting and Antony Lang-Ting, Paul realizes that Mrs. Lang-Ting secretly leads the Resistence-a group that is anti-Japanese,while her husband, Anthony, who is partners with Captain Tanaka's soldiers, is oblivious to this. In investigating his friend's death, he stumbles upon a secret the United States government has been keeping and falls in love in the process.

Producer : Mike Medavoy, Barry Mendel, Jake Myers

Production :The Weinstein Company

Players :John Cusack,Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Gong Li,Chow Yun-Fat,Ken Watanabe,Rinko Kikuchi,Nicholas Rowe

Director :Mikael Håfström

Author :Hossein Amini

Prince of Persia (The Sands of Time)

That said, according to Persian legend, anyone who has an hourglass containing the Sands of Time (sands of time) will be able to reverse time. This hourglass is the gift of the gods that can not be used carelessly. n the hands of good people, at this sand can bring good and vice versa in the hands of bad people who caused the destruction is also not inconceivable.

The only person who can issue a 'sands of time' is from the hourglass is Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal)who has the Dagger of Time (dagger of time). Dastan, the prince, not a bad man but with his trickery vizier (Gisli Orn Gardarsson), Dastan finally release 'sands of time' and cause chaos everywhere.

Detective Dee: Came With A high promise For a New Franchise

Famous Hong Kong movie director who has a list of well-received martial arts flicks in his credit, Tsui Hark, is coming back with an all- star historical martial arts suspense thriller – “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”. Starring a stellar cast also featuring the action choreography by Sammo Hung, though the title sounds like the latest installment of the “Harry Potter” series, but this film seems really exciting especially after the trailers out and they indeed looks truly alive and kicking and are able to boggle our tender mind. Based on the iconic figure of Di Renjie, known as Judge Dee to Western audiences, a legendary minister of state in the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 AD) who was known for his ability to solve the most complicated cases, Detective Dee is also a uniquely appealing counterpart to the modern western equivalent, Sherlock Holmes. If Holmes was able to success via the re-imagining by British director Guy Ritchie, so why not Dee? Here Tsui attempt to blends fantasy with martial arts and special effects in a drama infused with love and intrigue that aims to create a complex but entertaining story around the historical character.

Fight Club

Fight Club
Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Drama

Main Cast:
Edward Norton
Brad Pitt
Helena Bonham Carter

Director:
David Fincher


About the movie:
Fight Club is an action movie adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's award winning novel Fight Club in 1996. The story is based on the unnamed protagonist who hates his job and his life.

The film is narrated by a depressed and unfulfilled man played by Edward Norton. He is an average-guy living in a consumer culture generation, with no family and friends. During a flight for a business trip, he met Tyler Durden, a soap salesman and a rebel with intriguing personality. Eventually they became friends as they have a mutual hatred for corporate consumer-culture hypocrisy. Later on, the two started the Fight Club, a ferocious bare-knuckle bouts of angry men, which convenes in a bar basement. It attracted the crowd and soon becomes the place for men - mostly are victims of the dehumanizing power of the modern-day society.

The film is about becoming of a real man. That fighting is a way of standing out against several other members of the species called men. Its a fact the Fight Club is a violent film but there is a purpose for the brutal scenes. It was the most talked about aspect of the movie because of the graphic portrayal of violence, and it is somehow being linked to the controversies of A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick.

The depth of the film is truly incredible. Edward Norton is outstanding in this film and Brad Pitt will always be remembered as Tyler Durden.