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2009-01-09T11:05:00.000-08:00

Title : Ip Man
Actor : Donnie Yen
Review:

In the 1930s, Foshan thrives as the hub of Chinese wushu, with various sects actively recruiting disciples. They often compete against each other to prove their strengths.

While Yip Man is an accomplished martial artist, he is unassuming and keeps a low-profile, and doesn't run any martial arts school nor accept students. He only stays at home, quietly sparring with his compatriots in friendly competitions, swapping pointers with each other.

One day, Yip Man (Donnie Yen) is challenged by Master Liao (Chen Zhi Hui), who just set up a wushu school, in a closed match. Yip Man's teahouse owner friend (Wong You Nam) who witnessed the entire fight, tells everyone about Master Liu losing. Seeing it as a public humiliation, Master Liao gets into disputes with Yip Man.

Henchmen of Jin Shan Zhao (Fan Siu Wong) are going around challenging various wushu schools in Foshan. In one fight, Martial Zealot Lin (Xing Yu) is mortally wounded. Yip Man comes to his rescue, only to be stopped by Jin Shan Zhao. Everyone gathers around to watch the match whereby Ip Man dispenses the latter with ease using four Wing Chun Forms: fist, footwork, blade and cudgel.

Ip Man becomes an instant hero and there develops a craze for Wing Chun in Foshan.

Following Japanese invasion in 1937, everyone's life is adversely affected. Yip Man's property is confiscated and his family is forced to live in a decrepit house. Being one with strong pride, Ip Man refuses charity from his wealthy friend Zhou Qing Quan (Simon Yam), owner of a cotton mill, opting instead to work as a coolie at a coal mine to sustain his family.

One day, General Miura (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi), together with his troops, arrives. As a fanatical practitioner in martial arts himself, he sets up an arena, offering rice as a reward. However, to another high-ranking Japanese officer Sato's (Shibuya Tenma) mind, they cannot afford to lose, they must preserve Japanese superiority and dignity.

Eagerly taking up the challenge, Martial Zealot Lin makes use of the opportunity to demean the Japanese...

Most Recommended Movie on DVD

2009-01-09T10:40:00.000-08:00

Title : 7 Pounds
Actor : Will Smith
Review :
There’s a fine line between veiling plot points for the sake of mystery and obfuscating them to the point of annoyance. The problem with Seven Pounds (well, one of several) is that its intended twist is pretty easy to figure out, and it’s a paltry one at that. Director Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness) was striving for something heartrending with this meditation on mortality, but what he got was a schmaltzy do-gooder tale, with a disgruntled Will Smith playing the mysteriously tortured hero.

Smith plays Ben Thomas, a man whose plastered on frown attests to his empty emotional state. He moves from a lavish beach condo to a slummy motel, the headquarters for a perplexing personal mission whose details are unclear at first. The film opens on Thomas making a 911 call where he reports his own suicide to the operator, then we’re transported back in time to see how he arrived at such a desperate destination.

Ben's days are spent cruising hospitals and making cryptic connections with strangers rather than at a traditional nine-to-five. Why so serious, Mr. Thomas? Muccino gets to that, but it takes a labyrinthine journey to reach the faintest hint of clarity. Smith, who displayed solid dramatic cred in Ali, gives an android-like performance in Seven Pounds. Ben, despite the suggestion that he is on some moral crusade, is unlikeable, even when we learn what personal tragedy catalyzed his actions. Each scowl is hard-wrought, each line delivered with wooden indifference.

Ben is nothing without his tender female foil, played with candied affection by Rosario Dawson. Dawson’s Emily Posa is a cardiac patient in need of a transplant. Without one, doctors estimate that she has a mere month to live (cue strings), which is when Ben waltzes into her life. Not coincidentally, of course, but she doesn’t know that. Being the naturally good-natured gal that she is, Emily is eager to chip away at the sober partition Ben has placed between himself and the world. She prompts him to tell her bedtime stories, invites him for a home cooked meal, and shares her passion for printmaking with him, effectively melting his heart in the process. Dawson, who is both a capable actress and "aw, shucks" adorable, is the oxygen to Smith's asphyxia, and every frame she graces brings welcome lightness to this too-serious-for-its-own-good film.

Parallel to the budding romance between Emily and Ben we’re presented with flashbacks to Ben’s idyllic former marriage. As you may intuit, something oh-so-horrible happened to transform Ben from beach-frolicking spouse to socially-inept mannequin, but this “same ol’ [sad] song” material is best left to saccharine weekly dramas, not a film so obviously striving—and ultimately failing—at being meaningful.

Seven Pounds’ conclusion amounts to a neat little game of connect-the-dots. Why he courts Emily and six others for “X” purpose and why the suicide report at its outset coalesce into one giant, “Ohhhh, I see.” But if you pay close enough attention you’ll catch on much more quickly, despite having a smattering of helter-skelter facts and scenarios thrown in your face, but little logic.

It's a tearjerker for the most acutely sensitive among us.

SAW V

2008-11-17T22:25:00.000-08:00

Release Date: October 24, 2008
Director: David Hackl
Writer: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton
Starring: Julie Benz Tobin Bell Scott Patterson Costas Mandylor Mark Rolston Betsy Russell Samantha Lemole Meagan Good Laura Gordon Greg Bryk Carlo Rota
Studio: Lionsgate

SYNOPSIS

Jigsaw is dead and his apprentice, cop Mark Hoffman comes out as a hero out of the last film's jigsaw puzzle.However, Hoffman didn't expect Agent Strahm to survive his last trap, but he did and is suspicious of Hoffman. as the Strahm begins piecing together a case against Hoffman, flashbacks showing how Hoffman became Jigsaw's apprentice are unveiled. Jigsaw also arrives in a videotape to his widowed wife, Jill, who is left a Pandora box that will probably come into play in the next installment. At the same time, five questionable individuals are unleashed in a jigsaw trap and are given the typical puzzles and torture devices to master to survive.

Money No Enough 2

2008-11-13T00:24:00.000-08:00

Title : Money No Enough 2

In Mandarin with English and Chinese subtitles
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Neo
Cast: Jack Neo, Mark Lee, Henry Thia, Lai Meng, Vivian Lai, Lim Ru Ping
RunTime: 2 hrs 9 mins
Released By: GV
Rating: PG
Official Website: http://www.MoneyNoEnough2.com

Synopsis:

Ten-years since the first Money No Enough, local celebrity auteur Jack Neo's "Money No Enough 2" returns to lampoon life in Singapore where money is never enough. The story revolves around three brothers from a middle-income background in contemporary Singapore. They are caricatures to represent the three income classes of Singaporeans. It is the filmmaker's wish that Money No Enough 2, through the trials and tribulations faced by the three Yang brothers, gives us insight into the lives of Singaporeans today and a chance to laugh at ourselves.

Money no Enough

2008-11-13T00:15:00.000-08:00

Title : Money No Enough

ABOUT THE MOVIE

Genre: Comedy
Starring: Jack Neo, Mark Lee, Henry Thia
Director: Tay Teck Lock
Rating: PG (Some Coarse Language)
Year Made: 1997

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SYNOPSIS:

Singapore's top grossing film, Money No Enough is about three friends of different background who ends up facing the same problem of surviving in a cash-strapped society where lack of money can bring endless problems. The film stars Chew Wah Keong( Jack Neo ) who is a white collar but a spend thrift. Ong (Mark Lee) a contractor and Hui (Henry Thia) a coffee shop waiter who has a crush on his customer...

Hot Shot ( Basketball Fire )

2008-11-10T22:27:00.000-08:00

Title: Lan Qiu Huo
English title: Hot Shot
Also known as: Basketball Fire / Basketfireball
Genre: Sport and Romance
Main Cast:
Jerry Yan as Dong Fang Xiang
Alan Luo as Yuan Da Ying
Wu Chun as Wu Ji Zun
Zhou Cai Shi as Zhan Jie Er
Coco Jiang as Li Ying
George Hu as Wu Ji Wei

In a school where academic reigns supreme and sports are relegated to a dusty corner of the campus, Li Ying vows to revive the basketball team by volunteering to be the head coach. Her first member is Yuan Da Ying, a country boy who is passionate for basketball but has no skill. Their recruitment goes into high gear when Dong Fang Xiang, a legendary basketball player, transfers to their school.

Around the same time, Yuan Da Ying falls for Zhan Jie Er, a scholarship student who reminds him of his childhood friend. Things are complicated by the fact her family works for Dong Fang Xiang, who she also grew up with. Their encounter may just rewrite the school's basketball history.

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Kungfu Panda ( new ) : Secrets of the Furious Five

2008-11-10T21:46:00.000-08:00

Skadooshi!! it's the world premiere of po's all new adventure from the filmmakers that brought you Kungfu anda , He may have defeated the ferociousTai lung, but our Dragon Warrior ( Jack Black ) must now face shifu's ( Dustin Hoffman ) biggest challenge with the help of viper, Tigress, Mongkey, Crane and Mantis. The secret of the Furious Five are finally revealed as we discover it takes a lot more tha fast feet and fists to become a kungfu master.

New Release Hollywood Movies on This Month

2008-11-09T02:02:00.000-08:00

Title : Madagascar : Escape to Africa
This Madagascar sequel picks up right where the 2005 film left off, with the Central Park Zoo animals preparing to leave Madagascar to return to the Big Apple. Attempting to prove penguins can fly, the tuxedoed dudes pieced together a plane and now Alex and company, along with King Julien and his 2nd in charge, Maurice, believe they're on the way back to New York City. But penguins, as we soon discover, are not qualified to be airplane mechanics.

Title : Twilight
Twilight Synopsis: Twilight is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he doesn’t have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood. Intelligent and witty, Edward sees straight into Bella’s soul. Soon, they are swept up in a passionate, thrilling and unorthodox romance. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when a clan of new vampires – James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) – come to town and threaten to disrupt their way of life?

Title : Tranporter 3
Frank Martin has been pressured into transporting Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Ukraine, from Marseilles through Stuttgart and Budapest until he ends up in Odessa on the Black Sea. Along the way, with the help of Inspector Tarconi, Frank has to contend with the people who strong armed him to take the job, agents sent by Vasilev to intercept him, and the general non-cooperation of his passenger. Despite Valentina’s cynical disposition and his resistance to get involved, Frank and Valentina fall for each other, while escaping from one life-threatening situation after another.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

2008-11-09T01:56:00.000-08:00

Starring
Amber Tamblyn,
America Ferrera,
Blake Lively,
Alexis Bledel

Synopsis

Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling series of novels, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" catches up with four lifelong friends whose story began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now in college and embarking on separate paths for the first time, each will feel the freedom, separation, love, and challenging life lessons that mark their individual journeys toward adulthood. Though miles and worlds apart, they strive to stay in touch and share their new experiences and triumphs with heart and humor and, now more than ever, come to value the immeasurable power of their friendship.

Elegy

2008-11-07T02:57:00.001-08:00

Starring: Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Antonio Cupo

Director: Isabel Coixet

Director: Isabel Coixet
Screenwriter: Nicholas Meyer
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Andre Lamal
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Synopsis: Like director Isabel Coixet's previous film MY LIFE WITHOUT ME, ELEGY is consumed by the ideas of love and mortality. But while that film focused on a young protagonist, the hero of this drama is an aging writer and professor played by Ben... Like director Isabel Coixet's previous film MY LIFE WITHOUT ME, ELEGY is consumed by the ideas of love and mortality. But while that film focused on a young protagonist, the hero of this drama is an aging writer and professor played by Ben Kingsley. David Kepesh (Kingsley) is a minor literary celebrity in New York City who shies away from commitment, happy with his casual relationship with a businesswoman (Patricia Clarkson) who is rarely in town. But a date with a stunning grad student named Consuela (Penelope Cruz) surprisingly turns into a long-term romance, changing David from a confident Lothario into a jealous boyfriend. His age and her beauty haunt their romance until David begins to push her away. As its title suggests, ELEGY achieves a perfectly somber tone. Adapted from the Philip Roth novel THE DYING ANIMAL, the script from Nicholas Meyer (THE HUMAN STAIN) doesn't try too hard for the audience's tears. But much of the credit goes to the cast: Kingsley and Cruz make for a sexy, affectionate couple with their layered performances, and Clarkson (THE STATION AGENT) is wonderful as always. Dennis Hopper is nicely cast as David's philandering friend George, and Blondie frontwoman Deborah Harry is very non-rock-and-roll (but incredibly genuine) in a small appearance as George's longsuffering wife. The largely classical soundtrack further adds to the film's contemplative mood.

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Gossip Girl

2008-11-07T02:46:00.000-08:00

GOSSIP GIRL, based on Cecily-von-Ziegesar's best-selling book series of the same name, follows the exploits of privileged teens from Manhattan's wealthy Upper East Side as they hook up, party, and play out adult-sized dramas. At the heart of the action are best friends Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) and Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester). These two beautiful, rich girls rule the social scene at their elite private school, but their friendship becomes strained -- and sometimes vicious -- when they tussle over the same guy. Serena and Blair's schoolmates include Dan (Penn Badgley) and Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), siblings with a more middle-class background whose father was a popular rock star in the '90s. But the sweet, charming, and well-behaved Humphrey kids are attracted to the rich kids' chic lifestyle, and, through their association with them, get tangled up in some not-so-nice business. The series is narrated by the titular Gossip Girl, an anonymous blogger who keeps track of all the popular kids' actions (secrets travel fast when everyone gets them via text message...).

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REC

2008-11-07T02:32:00.001-08:00

The night begins uneventfully and Angela alleviates her boredom by playing basketball, laughing at the firemen's trousers, fiddling with her hair and generally behaving like the beautiful Catalan temptress that she is. Her wish for some excitement is soon granted as the station receives a call about an old lady trapped in a Barcelona apartment.

Manu (Ferran Terraza) and Alex (David Vert) are the firemen who respond to the emergency, with Angela and Pablo hurriedly tagging along behind. When they arrive, they find police already at the scene and the tenants anxiously gathered in the lobby. Breaking into the old woman's apartment, they find her rabid and covered in blood.

The old woman bites one of the policemen and no sooner has the entire building been quarantined by a silhouetted biohazard team than we're in familiar zombie survivor movie territory - people run from the zombies, occasionally fight back (notably with a sledgehammer) and more often than not, get bitten and become zombies themselves.

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Connected

2008-11-07T02:02:00.000-08:00

Starring:Lau Yip Barbie Hsu Nick Cheung Louis Koo
Sutradara :Benny Chan Muksing
Penulis :Benny Chan Muksing

Connected – action director Benny Chan’s official remake of Hollywood blockbuster Cellular – is not the first Hong Kong rip-off of a Hollywood film, but it is the first to actually admit it. An exhilarating joyride of a movie, it trumps its original in most conceivable aspects, from the more explosive car chases to the subtler fine-tuning of its tone and character settings. Some would suggest that the product placement is better executed here, too – and who’s to argue with that?

Following an unlikely hero (Bob, played by Louis Koo) who races through Hong Kong’s cityscape to stay on the line with a kidnapped woman calling on a broken phone (Grace, played by Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu), the story’s premise stretches the limits of credibility, but works wonders as an excuse for a frenzied action movie, if not also a mobile phone advertisement. Sometimes you just have to give it to the advertisers: four years on since Cellular, they’ve now seamlessly integrated such technologies as phone map, video calling, and MMS into the tight storyline...

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Baby & Me

2008-11-07T01:24:00.000-08:00

# Title: Baby and Me /아기와 나
# Genre: Comedy
# Film Date: November, 2008
# Total Episodes: 1
# Korea Casts:
Jang Keun-Suk, Manson Mun
# Description:

19-year-old problem of adolescent juvenile Toshihide (Zhang Kan decorated tin) is on course to play on Huhudashui, playing on the plane to the spirit of the enemy 17 times with a guy, all of a sudden one day, he met left 100,000 won on the left The home of the parents only 6-month-old boy Ulan (Mason decoration). In accordance with the provisions of the school day must not be Qiaoke, did not take care of the baby's experience Toshihide worry that he is anxious to have a woman or a split of the operation, Ulan "food problem" has become the most difficult things: Toshihide start looking for natural breast The two started the "outrageous" and the breathtaking wonders of continuous live life, full of humor in the process of ... ...

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10 Promises to My Dog

2008-11-05T22:23:00.000-08:00

Starring:Rena Tanaka, Ryo Kase, Etsushi Toyokawa
Director:Motoki Katsuhide
Running Time: 117 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue Japanese
Country Of Origin: Japan

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. Wherever Akari would go, Socks will follow. Akari would take care of Socks, and also Socks heeled Akari's sadness to recover from her mother's death. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend. One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks (and her mother)---

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Traitor

2008-11-05T22:15:00.000-08:00

Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Producer: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Don Cheadle, Jeffrey Silver
Composer: Mark Kilian
Studio: Overture Films

Synopsis: TRAITOR is writer/director Jeffrey Nachmanoff's powerful rumination on post-9/11 foreign affairs wrapped up into a taut contemporary spy thriller. Balancing the film's sometimes conflicted ideological heft is Don Cheadle, who... TRAITOR is writer/director Jeffrey Nachmanoff's powerful rumination on post-9/11 foreign affairs wrapped up into a taut contemporary spy thriller. Balancing the film's sometimes conflicted ideological heft is Don Cheadle, who turns in a smartly even-keeled performance as Samir Horn, a Sudanese-born, Chicago-raised former U.S. Army Special Forces operative. The action begins with a jarring prologue set in Sudan in 1978, where the young Samir witnesses the murder of his father by car bombing. Jumping swiftly to present day Yemen, Samir, in a dramatically ironic twist, is revealed as a mercenary selling explosives to Muslim extremists. But what is never completely clear throughout TRAITOR's numerous plot-twists is just where Horn's allegiances truly lie: is he an American spy infiltrating a Jihadist plot or a devout Muslim who has traded his sympathies with the West? When an arms sale runs afoul, Samir is jailed in a Yemeni prison where he befriends Omar (Said Taghmaoui), a ringleader of a terrorist organization that is being watched by the F.B.I. A bold prison break is hatched and the pair begins collaborating on a series of bombings throughout Europe. As Samir becomes embroiled in ever-escalating terror plots, it becomes clear that he is duplicitously playing both sides at growing danger to himself and the lives of innocent people. Cut with a breathless, war reportage-styled pace, TRAITOR is an action-packed, suspense-filled thriller whose seemingly equivocal ideological veneer can be summed up as: "In war, there are no winners."

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Make it Happen

2008-11-05T21:53:00.000-08:00

Starring

* Mary Elizabeth Winstead
* Tessa Thompson
* Julissa Bermudez
* Riley Smith
* Ashley Roberts
* John Reardon
* Karen LeBlanc
* Aaron Merke
* Matt Kippen
* Erik Fjeldsted

"Make It Happen" stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Live Free or Die Hard") in the role of Lauryn, a young woman from a small town who moves to Chicago with dreams of entering the Chicago School of Music and Dance. But after rejection and a series of misfortunes she finds herself working in a burlesque club. The club proves to be a place of conflict and self-discovery, helping Lauryn to realize that even though plans may change, dreams never do.

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