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JOHNNY DEPP IN PUBLIC ENEMIES

November 29th 2008 14:32
He's been a pirate, a drug dealer, a writer, a scissorhand, a barber and a gangster...

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Johnny Depp in Public Enemies, released summer 2009.
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STAR TREK MOVIE - TRAILER

November 19th 2008 12:41
star trek movie
Exciting stuff for all the fans out there, but really, for all the other movielovers as well. J.J. Abrams is directing this epic (hopefully) filmversion of Star Trek, and the trailer has been out for few days now. Looks good. Yea. Looks interesting and fresh, whatever that means.

Seriously, I love that it begins grounded in "reality" and continues into the sci-fi world we recognize. And most importantly, dear movielovers, it looks like something you don't have to be a fan of to enjoy.

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007: QUANTUM OF SOLACE - REVIEW

November 4th 2008 12:54
quantum of solace review
After much awaiting the new Bond movie, ever since the success of Casino Royale, I was finally able to see it this past weekend. And ever since the success of Casino Royale, a Bond movie never had as high expectations.It begins few moments after the last movie, with a wild car chase. Bond's Aston Martin is closely followed by an Alfa Romeo (some policemen even mention it's an Alfa Romeo, in case the audience didn't notice). Then the credits, with the new Bond theme, a fitting tune if you ask me. Then we get into the real story, where Bond meets girl, girl tries to kill Bond, and both ultimately end up in the same team. The villain is called Dominic Greene, an appropriate name for an environmentalist. His goal is to take control of a country's water supply in South America, which is what Bond tries to stop through a global hunt. But really, deep down, James Bond is out for quantum of solace, some personal comfort [definition].

This time, directed by Marc Forster, we get a different style than what we're used to. There's a lot of action, too much at times, and the editing is as if it was made by a hypochondriac. Think "Jason Bourne", but even more of that. It's fast paced and a lot of action. So much action that almost every scene ends up with someone being killed, or something in that direction. It's not bad, but unfortunately it causes the story to sore. Marc Foster is a great director, I genuinely enjoyed his other movies, like Finding Neverland or Kite Runner, but looking at his previous work, I can't see a single action flick. Maybe that's the problem. Like a little kid that hasn't had candy in ages drops head first into it when it's finally offered.

quantum of solace review

Performance wise it was as good as usual, nearly flawless. I was pleasantly surprised by the so called Bond-girl Camille who gave great likability to her role. There's a fire scene towards the end where we can see through her whole character. Of course the real credit for that should also go to writer Paul Haggis, who really knows how to translate emotions into pictures.

As for the villain, Mathieu Amalric, I can now understand why they didn't need any scars or something of that sort to make him bad, because he is incredibly creepy as it is. My only problem with him was he never used this creepiness in action. We never see him do anything bad or disgusting (other than pushing forward his evil plan with verbal threats), but on the other hand, there are moments when he acts like a wimp. I'm not sure that's so good.

It was refreshing to see Judi Dench as always, you can see she really enjoys her part, and Daniel Craig as well, who played a meaner, more straight forward Bond. Yes, I miss the "shaken not stirred" (his drink this time is a coctail of a whole different sort) and the cool gadgets, but there are so many other new things to balance that out and make me wait for later installments to see that stuff.

All in all, an entertaining time, maybe not all the way up there with Casino Royale, but very close. I still hope Marc Forster does another one, because having had Quantum of Solace as his first big action experience it could blow our minds, hopefully more metaphorically this time.

3.5/5


Watch the trailer of Quantum of Solace here.
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TROPIC THUNDER - TRAILER

July 17th 2008 13:31
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I thought I would share this trailer for Tropic Thunder with you, since I myself laughed really hard watching it. Love the characters and especially Robert Downey Jr. I can already smell comedic success.

Released 13th August


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quantum of solace
As a fan of the latest installment in the 007 franchise, Casino Royale, it's really exciting to watch the new trailer for the up-coming Quantum of Solace.

Daniel Craig is James Bond once again, and this time he'll get personal while trying to revenge the death of his love. The villain is played by Mathieu Amalric, an immensely talented french actor. [IMDB
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the year my parents review
Filmpeek.net got an early DVD-preview of The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, Brazil's selection for this year's Academy Awards. In Portuguese with English subtitles, released by City Lights Pictures.

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THE INCREDIBLE HULK - REVIEW

June 13th 2008 23:22
Hulk review
This is a review of The Incredible Hulk, which I looked forward to since the success of Iron Man. It seems like Marvel has found the correct way to make these movies and I am hungry for more.

If you remember about 5 years ago Ang Lee made a movie about The Hulk, that became a total disappointment. For me the movie sucked for what it tried to be, but I still think it's one of the most original and technically advanced Marvel movie yet. However, when you go to watch Hulk, you don't care. All you need is lots of action and noise


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BABYLON A.D. - TRAILER

June 11th 2008 16:33
Babylon A.D.
Vin Diesel does finally deliver a serious action-flick again, being away on dramas and kids movies. Babylon A.D. has had some photos and posters circulating now and then, but ultimately we got a trailer on which we can base our expectations a bit more.

More info and some behind-the-scenes footage of Babylon A.D. can be found over here
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NEW IPHONE WITH 3G SUPPORT

June 10th 2008 08:08
Iphone 3G
In Europe and a lot of other countries the iPhone wasn't available due to the varying technique and support by local suppliers. Yesterday the new iPhone got released in a press conference and is set to be available in 70 countries as of this July.

It'll have


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Hulk and Iron Man
I saw Iron Man few week ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's really smart to have Tony Stark, the Iron Man in human state, appear in The Incredible Hulk since it connects the two Marvel movies implying that they're on the same level of awesomeness. If you like the one, you'll like the other. Here you can watch the TV Spot with both in it:

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Comment by peeker
on DANIEL RADCLIFFE'S NEW FILM - JOURNEY

November 19th 2008 15:36
Release date is not yet set, mainly because financing issues... So I wouldn't expect it before summer 2009 the earliest.

Unfortunately...

Hi ShaunK,

I can't really relate to your point of view of the film, but surely QoS was a good addition.

To add clips put this in the text (without brackets and spaces) "[ HTML3456 ]"code"[ /HTML ]"

cheers,

peeker

Comment by peeker
on 007: QUANTUM OF SOLACE - REVIEW

November 11th 2008 01:58
You should certainly do so, it's a good fit if you want an action packed, zone out session

//peeker

Comment by peeker
on THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION - DVD REVIEW

July 14th 2008 23:55
Hey Cib,

It's always nice to see that quality is more than big Hollywood budgets... I love Mexican and Italian cinema, but south America is getting some focus lately, not only Brazil, but Argentina and others as well.

Cya around

Comment by peeker
on EDDIE MURPHY DECIDES TO RETIRE

July 3rd 2008 21:38
Hey Tracy!

Yea, it seemed like one of those rumors that just can't be true. Even if Eddie didn't deny it, I wouldn't believe that he would actually retire from acting at his age and popularity.

Nice post though, didn't know some of that info about Eddie Murphy...

Cya around, keep it up

//peeker

Comment by peeker
on THE INCREDIBLE HULK - REVIEW

June 14th 2008 15:28
Well I don't think you will be disappointed... if you like this kinda movies.

cya

Comment by peeker
on NEW IPHONE WITH 3G SUPPORT

June 11th 2008 22:24
lol, that's right Damo...

Comment by peeker
on JUMPER - MINI REVIEW

May 29th 2008 09:26
Hi Tracy, you don't miss out on much if you don't anyway. Interesting concept though, it could make a good movie. A sequel is announced so I hope they learned their lesson with this one.

Laterz

Comment by peeker
on JAKE GYLLENHAAL IS PRINCE OF PERSIA

May 23rd 2008 16:29
Oops =)

I hope you didn't get too far in the text and if there's anything you wanna add or talk about in specific just make a new post on this post...

Interesting and new for Jake Gyllenhaal indeed... Like I said, Prince of Persia is not something I would ever think him in...

Cheers,

peeker

Comment by peeker
on Sa Som I Himmelen (As It Is In Heaven) (2004)

May 20th 2008 21:41
Hey Mike,

It's an ok movie, your rating is pretty spot on.

However, it's a Swedish movie, not Norwegian. And he returns to his boyhood home in northern Sweden, called Norrland.

This was actually Sweden's Oscar nominee for foreign films few years ago.

Cheers,

peeker