Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Left Me Unimpressed

I've watched all of the Harry Potter movies to date although I haven't read a single book of its ever famous franchise. Dating back to the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001, Harry Potter faithfuls have thronged the cinemas on the opening weekends of every Harry Potter film released until the latest Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in 2009, which I find to be the least interesting of all. It carried me through the entire movie without the suspense and elevated mystery that I was looking forward to. To be honest, I expected better. I hope the next installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, would be much better. The first part is due for release on 19 November 2010, the second part on 15 July 2011. DVD Collectible Set: Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset (Widescreen Edition) available at Amazon.com, my trusted online retailer.

Movies: The Bucket List (2007)

One movie which made it into my list of movies to watch earlier (last year). However, after watching it over the weekend, I couldn't figure out why it got into my list at the first place. A cast pair-up of Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman would normally present something big like a box office hit. Instead, I got an average movie. I expected more, honestly. It's about a story of the friendship that developed between 2 terminal cancer patients, all beginning in a hospital room. It all circles around the concept of a list called "The Bucket List" -- things to do before they kick the bucket (die). They did skydiving, drag racing and travelling to exotic places around the globe. Most importantly, the discovery of friendship what's important in life through the journey, through one another. Grab a copy of The Bucket List from Amazon and watch it if you want.

Movies: Speed Racer In Theatres!

Finally, after briefly mentioning about this movie Speed Racer in 2007, it finally hits the screens this weekend! Adapter from the original Japanese cartoon of Speed Racer, this movie is a must watch for me mainly because of that. Speed Racer's car, the Mach 5, is a true technological marvel as it can use a lot of gadgets from the Mach 5. It'd be a real dreamcome true if I can sit in its replica car and pose for some sweet photos to post on my blog. Put myself in Speed Racer's seat and race against Racer X!

Transformers the Movie (2007)

I just watched Transformers the movie (2007). Yeah, I am very late for such a good movie. I was quite shocked by the ending of the story as in the cartoon, Optimus Prime was supposed to sacrifice himself to save the Earth. And now the little boy did it. He saved the Earth. Anyhow, it was a good movie which kept me glued to my PSP screen for the whole night. I am actually thinking about buying it's DVD for collection. Since HD DVD is officially dead, I should look out for the Blu Ray DVD of the Transformers movie. I'll look for a special edition set because that's what I collect. So both movies, the real life one and the cartoon on are on the right, just to show you that the gap is about 21 years. Yup, for the same movie title. 21 years. Where have all the creative people been?

Upcoming Movie: Sweeney Todd

There's this Tim Burton's new movie, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of the Fleet Street, coming out on December 21st starring the ever capable Johnny Depp. In this movie, Johnny Depp is Sweeney Todd. Here's a link to the trailer. Depp is one of my favorite actors because of the variety roles he took on in many different movies. The characters he took on were completely unique and non-conventional. Just look at him in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Willy Wonka was a character I never understood and I never figured out why he would take up this role given his popularity in the acting world. Captain Jack Sparrow's character was definitely made much more interesting by Depp. These two characters easily explains how good Depp is at acting. He never failed to captivate the audience in these unconventional characters.

Once more, he is carrying another character which I think is unconventional, Sweeney Todd.
The revengeful 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd is definitely to come alive in this movie because Depp is at his finest and we all know what a movie like this becomes when Depp brings his A game. I am looking forward to a good outing by Depp for he never disappoints as we can all see from his much respected filmography. To find out more, visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site or you can visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace. If you need a proxy to access MySpace at your school or workplace, there's one which I mentioned here. It's an unblocker/proxy.

Stephen King's "The Mist"

It was Halloween 13 nights of horror, there were a ton of horror movies shown on TV during the countdown of Halloween freakfest. Personally, I love watching horror and suspense thriller such as Saw, Hostel, House of Wax, Halloween, just to name a few. The experience of adrenaline thrill while watching the victims escape their death while trying to solve the puzzle of the suspense in my head is the most entertaining element of watching horror films.

My friends and I had a horror movie marathon two weeks before Halloween, we were searching every nook and corner of Four-Star-Movie Rental for some top of the line horrifying thriller to satisfy our scary parties. We came across Stephen King's latest movie, 1408, also recommended by coursemate who covered his eyes throughout the movie in the theater. We were brought along into John Cusack's fear in the movie where he acted as a man who specifies in debunking paranormal occurrences and discovered the unexplained horrifying phenomena in the hotel room while combating his own hallucination.

I can't wait to see The Mist by Stephen King where it is also full of mysterious fear involving survival of blood-thirsty alien-like creatures. I'm sure I will be riding along the fear of people fighting their lives in a small supermarket, combating mental toll in the middle of thick mysterious mist. Well, is that a movie of human sacrifice, or the noble will prevail? You'll have to watch it for yourself.

Harold and Kumar 2 Movie Trailer Teaser

They back! Harold and Kumar are flying going to Amsterdam this time. The two dudes who paired up to give you the hilarious Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle movie are teaming up once more to bring you Harold and Kumar 2. Should be as funny as ever. This movie is due in 2008 and is not yet rated. Enjoy the teaser trailer.

Movie Review: Hannibal Rising

We rented a copy of Hannibal Rising from Four Star Haven last night. Taking advantage of a night when it was raining cats and dogs outside, we settled in to a round of Texas Hold 'em Poker and a few bottles of beer before starting the movie. This movie is the prequel to the famous Silence of the Lambs. You all have watched how he did it in Silence of the Lambs, now you know why he did it. The story started out a little slow with the story build up. The overall horror level was unexpectedly sub-par. Although it was an unrated version, the movie wasn't that scary afterall. The storyline was clear enough for viewers to follow, which is always good because you don't wanna have unanswered questions lingering in your mind after you're done watching the movie. I don't remember exactly the details of Silence of the Lambs, but after seeing Hannibal Rising, I am much more interested to grab a copy of the movie made popular by Anthony Hopkin and see what happened next.
Overall I give Hannibal Rising a 3/5.

Rob Zombie's Halloween Movie Review - Boo!

Rob Zombie wrote and directed the upcoming movie Halloween. I watched the trailer a while ago (don't recall from where) and I was really interested in the movie's prospect when it hits the screens. It is a under the genre of Remake and Sequel, and Suspense/Horror on Yahoo! Movies. Distributed by MGM, this film's release date is set to August 31 2007, which is about 3 more weeks away. Halloween has been such a loyal tradition and a huge hit among Americans that I think this movie is going to be one of the top earners in gross earnings. It is dubbed as the new take and new chapter to the "Halloween" saga.

Halloween the movie is definitely one of the movies for you if you're a Halloween addict/fanatic. You can get the DVD and play it on Halloween day at your house's party. I can guarantee that many would stay and finish the movie before hitting the streets and bars. The dark settings and suspenseful scenes are going draw many's attention to the movie. The suspense tops up with the blend of violence and killing spree mixed into the mood of Halloween. This film is rated R and not suitable for the faint hearted. Evil has a destiny. You better watch it, yourself. Be there, August 31 2007.

Here's the review after watching it myself. I think we wasted our money by going for this movie. The storyline is so-so and doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. Some scenes were too unreal, thus suppressing the suspense. Not really a blockbuster hit I would say. Don't waste your time and money if you have something better to do.


Check out its trailer on YouTube I embedded below and decide for yourself how bad the movie is gonna be:

CriticsRant - Movie, TV Show and Video Games Review

Critics Rant is the hub for all the reviews I need. Movies, Tv Shows and yes, video games.
Catch the movies reviews if you're undecided on which movie you would like to watch at Marcus Point Cinemas. Check the Tv show reviews to see what's not and what's not this summer season. I bet you miss all the Grey's Anatomy. The following review of this summer's latest Tv comedy series - Greek — "Hazed and Confused" has all the information I need to convince my girlfriends and housemates to stay at home to watch with me rather than wasting themselves and their money on beers on tap or Newcastle Brown Ale. The CriticsRant has daily DVD giveaway for its members too. Just simply sign up yourself for their daily newsletter and you could win some DVD's to add to your collection. Join their movie discussion to voice your opinions on the movies you just watched. Freedom of speech is applied.

Live Free Or Die Hard Movie Review

From Die Hard 1 to Die Hard 2 to Die Hard 3, and now to Live Free or Die Hard (aka Die Hard 4), Bruce Willis is still the man you count on when you need a senior investigator to arrest some hacker. Die Hard 3 - With a Vengeance hit the screens in 1995. Some freaking 12 years ago and back then I was still a small skinny kid in primary school and Michael Chang and Pete Sampras were still slugging it out at the top of the ATP rankings. Boris Becker and Thomas Muster were still active. David Beckham was still at Manchester United and single. Foooh, damn long ago man! Back to Die Hard 4. . .

Live Free or Die Hard was excellent from my point of view. Action packed till the end. Add a little bit of humor into the tough, heroic figure of Bruce Willis. And voila! You would enjoy the whole movie. The grumpy balding Bruce Willis is still not too old for this it seems to me. Justin Long (aka the Mac Guy)-played the Matt Farrell character brings more humor into the movie and Maggie Q is as stunning as always, even though she plays the villain. Nice kicking kung fu actions thrown in there. Hacking the network with a mobile phone, hmm... isn't that not possible? Well there are many things which are obviously impossible. You can't outfight the jetfighter with you driving a trailer truck and you can't hit the helicopter with a car, well, unless you're John McClane (Bruce Willis).

"The film is character-driven, anchored by one of pop culture's toughest yet most endearing everyman heroes."
Definitely worth the money. You won't yawn even a bit. So I give it a ¢¢¢¢¢. 4 cents out of 5.

Movies: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)

I just saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trailer aired over the TV last night. Being a big TMNT fan, I can hardly wait. March 23rd 2007. A CGI movie. Right on!
This first video is the trailer from youtube:

This second one is the one I saw on TV:

The third one is a clip from G4TV:



More links:
IMDB
Multiple sources of its trailer are available on this page.

Visit the New Spider-Man 3 Website

Sony Entertainment has updated its Spiderman 3 movie website. I am sure many of you have seen the trailer in the cinemas. For all Spidey fans out there, do check it out. Here's the face of the website.

American Pie 5: The Naked Mile

The American Pie tradition is continuing on! After a so-so American Pie 4: Band Camp, the people who turned the American Pie Trilogy into one of the best reflective movies on American youngsters, they have decided to come out with American Pie 5: The Naked Mile.

New Jack Black Video (Tenacious D)

First Jack Black and Kyle Gass gave us the world’s greatest band. With the help of Dave Grohl and Satan, they now unleash the world’s greatest movie.

Jack Black and Kyle Gass have had a career as the world’s most awesome rock band, Tenacious D, since their pretty damn funny but short-lived series on HBO. That series, and a 2001 album, have garnered them a loyal following of fanboys and fangirls who like their twisted, sexually explicit, and wonderfully disgusting humor. Their movie, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, attempts to introduce their comedic, but actually solid, musical talents to a broader audience.

The movie was as I predicted - silly. So silly that some bits were actually funny in a weird way. Everyone else loved it, but I thought it was kind of ridiculous.

A movie with Jack Black in it must be very good I suppose. Look at School of Rock, Nacho Libre and now Tenacious D. No particular point, laughter is the best medicine as Reader's Digest always pointed out.

Casino Royale - A Must Watch

This is the best Bond movie, yeah better than Pierce Brosnan, well maybe not better, but surely more heroic than Mr Brosnan is.

This is Bond redefined.

Worth every penny of it. For those who still have doubts, like I initially had, set it aside and get yourself a seat ( and a ticket) and enjoy the actions! I was glued to the whole story till the end. I must say I was very impressed.

And SONY has this limited edition CyberShot James Bond themed T-50 . That's hot!

Movies: All spiderfans of Spiderman 3 (teaser)

May 4th is still a long wait for all spiderfans out there (me inclusive).
I bet all excited spiderfans out there have already seen the teaser trailer available here.

Sony's Spiderman 3 website provides little info to satisfy spidey fans' appetite.

In the meantime, spiderfans, you all can take some time (while waiting for May 4th 2007) to check how much you know about Spiderman. Are you a true spiderman fan???

One great website to get you started is http://www.spiderfan.org/

The comics/books and characters sections would provide fans with all the info they all know about spidey.
Shows/Software sections would help fans to determine if they ever missed any spiderman shows or games. I browsed over it and found some which I remember. However, Spiderman 1 wasn't listed there. Hmmm... I have no clue. But seeing back the cartoons thingy really brought back some childhood memories.

Cards section has the trading cards and phone cards. I never had any of those. Fans can check out the latest news, most importantly about the upcoming Spiderman 3 movie in the News section.

The general layout of the is simple. If the navigation panel on the left was interactive, that would be awesome. With some sound effects and interesting menus, the site would definitely attract tons of spiderfans.

Movies: Wait 'Til You're Older (2005) starring Andy Lau

sypnosis of the movie (credits to HK Entertainment News in Review):

(Official synopsis) Twelve-year-old Kong is an unhappy child. He has not been happy since his mother's suicide three years ago, which he blames on his father and stepmother. He runs away from home one day and meets an eerie old man who claims he has a potion that can speed up the life process. As much as he would like to believe it, this is all baloney to him. So when he accidentally taints his blood with the potion, he hardly expects his fate is about to change forever. It is an impossible dream come true when Kong wakes up the next morning to find himself already a twenty-year-old young man.

Directed by
Teddy Chan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Suk-Yin Chan
Chi-Kwong Cheung

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Nicola Cheung
Xiaogang Feng .... Bum
Ka Tung Lam .... Vice-Principal Chow
Andy Lau .... Kwong
Bingbing Li
Karen Mok .... Tsui Mun
Kristal Tin
Chapman To
Felix Wong .... Chan Man
Cherrie Ying .... Miss Lee

Movies: Brokeback Mountain (2005) starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal

Last night, they rented Brokeback Mountain from State St's Blockbuster. The DVD is so hot that we had to hide it somewhere (in the afternoon) so that we would be able to rent it when we return the other DVD later into the night.

Everyone knows this winner of 3 Academy Awards which caused quite a stirr in the community. Well, it's a gay cowboy movie, what do you expect? And it's directed by a Chinese, Ang Lee. It's titled "Secreto en la montaña" in Mexico. (=Secrets in/on the Mountains). LOL :D

I was told that it was gonna last 3 hours. I tucked myself under the mini blanket and layed (laid?) slouchily on the sofa. The build-up was very boring. If I was watching alone, if it wasn't for the occasional teaser scenes of nudity or homosexual secrecy, I'd stopped watching.

The whole story circles around the relationship of 2 cowboys who worked/hooked up one summer near Brokeback mountain. After the job was done, they went seperate ways and were not to meet until 4 years later. By then, each has a family, you know, wife and kids. They would then go on frequent "fishing trips" and enjoy the time like they did on Brokeback mountain 4 years ago. One of the two eventually died. And the story unfolds.

Yes, I watched Brokeback Mountain. Peace out.

Movies: The Jacket (2005) Starring Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley

Last night, I woke up in the middle of the night coz the fire alarm rang. It hadn't rung for quite a before yesterday. Still, it's a false alarm (as expected). I woke up but didnt go out. Instead, I went on to heat up my leftover dinner (buffalo chicken fingers) and also grabbed a bottle of Coca-cola Blak. Turned on my TV box and browsed through the channels, and stopped at HBO. It was showing a movie, with Adrien Brody in it. So heck, I watched it. It was good. Whichever movies that relates to time travel totally turns me on. Like for real, for real. In the end I found out the title of the movie, The Jacket.

Recommended.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366627/
http://wip.warnerbros.com/thejacket/