Valentine's Day

A feel good movie about love.
Personally, I prefer "Love Actually".
But it's still enjoyable.

Cast: Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel,Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift

Synopsis from Cathay Website:

The film follows the intertwining storylines of a group of Los Angelenos as they find their way through romance over the course of one Valentine’s Day.

Avatar (3D)

I loved this movie!!
The CG was fantastic!
And I watched in in 3D.
Another great work by James Cameron.

Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver
Sypnopsis taken from Cathay Website:
AVATAR, a live action film with a new generation of special effects, takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, ultimately leading a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of actual production work, AVATAR delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film, disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The cast couldn't save the movie.
I fell asleep halfway through the story.
I expected more from it, but at the end,
I still couldn't make head and tail of what the movie is all about.

Cast: Heath Leger, Johnny Depp, Judd Law, Colin Farrell (all acting the same person)
Synopsis taken from Cathay website:
In the present day, immortal thousand-year-old Doctor Parnassus leads a travelling theatre troupe that offers audience members a chance to go beyond reality through a magical mirror in his possession. Parnassus had been able to guide the imagination of others through a deal with the Devil, who now comes to collect on the arrangement, targeting the doctor's daughter, Valentina. The troupe, which is joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony, embark through parallel worlds to rescue the girl.

Jennifer's Body

Watched "Jennifer's Body" with Junie, Nana, Dawn and Sng.
I thought this movie was going to be a whole lot of crap, but surprisingly,
it's actually quite entertaining..
Not fantastically nice, but watchable.

Movies that I watched on KrisWorld during my Business Trip to Bangkok and Japan

The Propsal

Typical Romance plus comedy.
Superb chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reyolds.

Synopsis taken from Golden Village website:
When high-powered book editor Margaret (SANDRA BULLOCK) faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that shes actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew (RYAN REYNOLDS), who shes tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own. The unlikely couple heads to Alaska to meet his quirky family (MARY STEENBURGEN, CRAIG T. NELSON, BETTY WHITE) and the always-in-control city girl finds herself in one comedic fish-out-of-water situation after another. With an impromptu wedding in the works and an immigration official on their tails, Margaret and Andrew reluctantly vow to stick to the plan despite the precarious consequences.

Coco Avant Chanel (28/Aug/09)

Watched "Coco Avant Chanel" (Coco before Chanel) with Junie, Nana and my sis.
Frankly speaking, before I went, I had really high hopes for this movie and
wanted to know how Coco Chanel got her inspiration and how she built her Chanel Empire.
Audrey TauTou was fantastic in the show,
and Alessandro Nivola was charming as the English Businessman.
But this movie falls below my expectation and I find it a tad boring at some points.

Synopsis taken from imdb website:

Several years after leaving the orphanage to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats. When she falls in love with English businessman Arthur Capel further opportunities open up, though life becomes ever more complicated

UP

Watched "UP" after STGCC.
Quite a funny movie and highly recommended.

Synopsis taken from Yahoo! Movie:
A 78-year-old man named Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. Due to his age, he thinks life has passed him by. One day, an 8-year old wilderness explorer named Russell, changes his outlook on life and the pair goes on adventures, encountering wild terrains, unexpected villains and jungle creatures.

Definitely, Maybe

With nowhere to go on a Friday night, I decided to watch this movie "Definitely, Maybe" online.
Starring Ryan Reynolds (Mr Scarlet Johansson), Isla Fisher (Mrs Borat) and Rachel Weisz.
Quite a different kind of romantic comedy.
You will be like Maya, trying to guess who her mum actually is.


Synopsis taken from Yahoo! Movie:
A thirtysomething Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love: Will's story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the presidential campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as an idealistic young man learning the 'ins' and 'outs' of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. Will hopelessly attempts a gentler version of his story for his daughter, and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back--and maybe even possible to find a happy ending.

The Notebook

Watched this movie online during the National Day holidays.
This movie was 1st released in 2004.
A typical but touching love story.

The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home.
The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun,
who meet one evening at a carnival and they fell in love eventually.
But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.

Then the movie went back to the present and we finally know the reason why the old man
is reading to the old woman and also what happens in the end to the old man and woman.

窃听风云 Overheard (07/Aug)

Highly recommended by Dawn, so me and my sis decided to watch.
Even if the movie is not nice, but at least there are handsome faces to see,
like Louis Koo and Daniel Wu.
But surprise, surprise, there were more, like Michael Wong and Fang Zhong Xing.
Even pretty lady like Xu Jingchun.
Overall, the plot is not too bad and quite unexpecting.
Great acting by the actors.
Heard a rumour that they are going for part 2 with Andy Lau and Donnie Yen on board.

Taken from Golden Village website:
From the team behind Infernal Affairs and Protege, Overheard is a financial thriller about stock-market manipulation. Three Criminal Intelligence Bureau cops become increasingly thrilled by the secrets they hear while conducting surveillance on a listed company, without knowing that it is a path of no return.

Nodame Cantabile ~ The Movie

OMG!! They are going to have a movie for this! and it's going to be in 2 parts!!
1st part will be releasing in Dec/09 and 2nd part will be releasing in spring 2010.
Heard that Golden Village has bought the copyright for this,
that means, it will surely come to Singapore?!!!?
*Keeping my fingers crossed"..
Please come!!!

20th Century Boys (Part 2)

Was really anticipating for the Part 2 of 20th Century Boys,
but I was abit disappointed with the movie.
I think somewhere in the middle, it gets abit draggy.
Nevertheless, I will still be waiting for part 3, cos I want to know the identity of "Tomodachi".

Synopsis taken from Golden Village website:
The chapter 2 of the 20TH CENTURY BOYS trilogy stars in 2015, 15 years after the world is nearly destroyed. People now believe that Kenji and his friends were satanic terrorists and Friend, the mysterious cult leader, is worshiped as the savior of the world. Kanna, Kenjis niece, is now in high school and she resents that the history textbooks tell a fabricated account of the fateful day. She is forced to participate in the Friend Land program to be re-educated when she is deemed to be anti-social. While in the program, Kanna uncovers clues to Friends real identity, and the shocking discovery of The New Book of Prophecies! Kanna tries to find out who wrote The New Book of Prophecies and unravels the true identity of Friend!

Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen (23/Jun/09)

Was given a pair of free tickets to watch Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen at The Cathay before everyone else! All thanks to my LG prada.
Surprisingly, the cinema was only 1/4 occupied.

Verdict: This is the best movie of 2009. I highly recommend it to all my friends.
The fighting scenes were awesome and the CG was really fantastic.
100% entertainment value, you want comedy, you have comedy,
you want action, you have action.
Looking forward for a Part 3, if there is one.

Blood: The Last Vampire (16/Jun/09)

Watched this movie in Genting (130am show).
Overall, the movie is not bad but ending is crappy.
and the vampires looks more like monsters than vampires.

Synopsis taken from Golden Village website:

On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year old girl, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400 year-old halfling.Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner, obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts. When she is sent onto an American military base in Tokyo by the clandestine organization she works for, Saya immediately senses that this may be her opportunity to finally destroy Onigen, the evil patriarch of all vampires. Using her superhuman strength and her sword, she begins to rid the base of its evil infestation in a series of spectacular and elaborate showdowns. However, it is not until she forms her first human friendship in centuries with the young daughter of the bases general that Saya learns her greatest power over Onigen may well be her ability for human connection.

Drag me to Hell (12/Jun/09)

It has been a long time since I've watched a horror movie.
Watched "Drag me to Hell" with Nana and Junie.
In conclusion, this horror movie is like a comedy to us, cos we couldn't help laughing.
There were the horror elements, but there were also parts which you couldn't help laughing.
And also how gross some of the scenes were.
But I pity Christine, think she is at the wrong place at the wrong time.
It's not your typical kind of horror movie....

Synopsis taken from GV website:
Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Evil Dead series) returns to the horror genre with Drag Me To Hell, an original tale of a young woman's desperate quest to break an evil curse. Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 1 & 2 (18/Apr/09)

Decided to watched these 2 movies online cos I was bored at home.

Part 1 of the movie centers around four teenage girls—Lena Kaligaris, Tabitha "Tibby" Tomko-Rollins, Bridget Vreeland, and Carmen Lowell—who are best friends and have been together all their lives in Bethesda, Maryland, but are about to separate for the summer. Lena is spending the summer in Greece with her grandparents; Tibby is staying at home; Bridget is going to soccer camp; and Carmen is visiting her father in South Carolina. On the eve of their separation, the girls visit a thrift shop and find a pair of pants that magically fits all four of them perfectly, although they have different measurements. The girls decide to share the pants equally among them over the summer as a way of keeping together when they are apart.
Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen part the next day, and the movie focuses on each girls' journey separately

Part 2 is the continuation of part 1.

3 of the actresses are familar faces that we know:

Blake Lively - who acted as Serena van der Woodsan in Gossip Girl

American Ferrara - who acted as Betty in Ugly Betty

Alexis Bledel - who acted as Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls

Fast and Furious 4 (11/Apr/2009)

Watched Fast and Furious 4 with Tracy and Junie at GV Tampines.
If you like fast cars, this movie is for you.


Synopsis taken from Yahoo Movie:

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker re-team for the ultimate chapter of the successful franchise built on fast cars and furious drivers. When crime brings them back to Los Angeles, fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Connor (Walker). However they are forced to confront a common enemy, so Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanoeuvre him. The two men go back to doing what they do best - push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

Twilight and Twilight series

Call me s-l-o-w..I didn't catch the movie when it was showing in cinemas.

But I managed to catch it online and I was captivated by the story!!

...To the extend that I went to buy the 2nd book: "New Moon"..

Can't wait for "New Moon" to be shown at the end of this year..

Synopsis taken from Wikipedia:

Seventeen-year-old Bella Swan moves to Forks, a small town on Washington state's rugged coast, to live with her father, Charlie, after her mother remarries to a minor league baseball player. She is quickly befriended by many students at her new high school, but she is intrigued by the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings. Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day of school; he appears to be disgusted by her, much to Bella's confusion. A few days later, Bella is nearly struck by a van in the school parking lot. Edward inexplicably moves from some feet away and stops the vehicle with his hand. He later refuses to explain this act to Bella and warns her against befriending him.
After much research, Bella eventually discovers that Edward is a vampire, though he only consumes animal blood. The pair fall in love and Edward introduces Bella to his vampire family, Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie. Soon after, three nomadic vampires—James, Victoria, and Laurent—arrive. James, a tracker vampire, is intrigued by Edward's protectiveness over a human and wants to hunt Bella for sport. Edward and his family risk their lives to protect her, but James tracks Bella to Phoenix where she is hiding and lures her into a trap by claiming he is holding her mother hostage. James attacks Bella and bites her wrist, but Edward, along with the other Cullen family members, arrives before he can kill her. James is destroyed, and Edward sucks James's venom from Bella's wrist, preventing her from becoming a vampire. A severely injured Bella is taken to a hospital. Upon returning to Forks, Bella and Edward attend their school prom. While there, Bella expresses her desire to become a vampire, which Edward refuses. The film ends with Victoria secretly watching the pair dancing, plotting revenge for her lover James' murder.

The rest of the series:

New Moon

Eclipse

Breaking Dawn

Departures (15/Apr/09)

Finally got to watch "Departures". Now I know why it won the Oscar's.
Superb acting by Masahiro Motoki. No wonder he won the Best Actor in the Asia Film Awards.
A very touching story accompanied by brillant music.
Totally worth my every cent.

Synopsis from Golden Village:

Its a story about a cellist, Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) who loses his job and must move back to his hometown. Once back there he reconnects with his past, and comes to terms with his life, love and dreams. Desperate to find a job, he answers an ad listed under departures, which turns out to be misspelled. It was supposed to say the departed, the job pertains to dressing, washing, and putting makeup on the deceased before the funeral. It is a job that most people look down upon because you earn money when someone dies. At first Daigo, does not like his job but little by little he comes to a new understanding of it. The process of prepping the corpse is shown in detail within the context of the story, and little by little we too as an audience get sucked in. it is an incredible ceremony to witness.

In case you find Mashiro Motoki familar, he was actually the Gatsby Guy before Kimura Takuya.