The trailer is up on our facebook page here.
Here's the first teaser poster:
Friday, April 19, 2013
Only God Forgives
The trailer is up on our facebook page here.
Here's the first teaser poster:
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Original Songs in Film
I was just rapping along Eminem to Lose Yourself and realized that this song won an Oscar for Best Original Song, so I just went on to check some other tracks in the same category and saw how many great songs were actually written for some particular film.
The first ever Oscar for Original Song was given at the 7th Academy Awards in 1934 and it went to Con Conrad and Herb Magidson for The Continental in The Gay Divorcee .
Now, it would take a hell lot of time for me to post every single song that has ever won this award, and you can find them all on the internet anyway, so there's no point, really. I'm just gonna share my favorites and songs from the last decade.
Of course The Way You Look Tonight just has to be here. In 1936 film Swing Time, performed by brilliant Fred Astaire is definitely one of the most popular songs still to this day.
White Christmas from Holiday Inn (1942) is definitely one of my favorite holiday songs of all time. Performed by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds.
Another winter-ish classic would be Baby, It's Cold Outside from Neptune's Daughter (1949).
I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder is one of my favorite songs ever. I still listen to this from time to time. Undying classic. Song from The Woman in Red (1984).
(I've Had) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing (1987) has got to be one of the most romantic songs ever. It was so perfectly perfect for the scene.
I would lie, if I'd say that I didn't like My Heart Will Go On from Titanic (1997) performed by Celine Dion. Although, I wouldn't call myself a fan of the movie, but the song is truly amazing. I get goosebumps every time I listen to it.
Now we should take a moment to appreciate all great songs from animated features, because honestly, there's just so many.
1940 When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio.
1989 Under The Sea from Little Mermaid.
1991 Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast.
1992 A Whole New World from Aladdin.
1994 Can You Feel The Love Tonight from The Lion King.
1995 Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas.
1998 When You Believe from The Prince of Egypt.
1999 You'll Be In My Heart from Tarzan.
2001 If I Didn't Have You from Monsters Inc.
And there's one more, but it happened in the past decade, so I'll post it a little bit later.
Best Original Songs in the last decade 75th - 85th Academy Awards:
2002 Lose Yourself from 8 Mile. That was the song that I've been listening to when I thought, hey, I should really know which songs were actually made for movies.. It is just so beautiful. I'm gonna steal someone's words, because I can't remember where I red this beautiful phrase, that this song has so many word and none is wasted.
2003 Into The West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Now, please, don't judge me, but I've never seen any of LOTR film, so I don't really have much to say about this, except for the fact that it really is beautiful.
2004 Al Otro Lado Del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries. It is not very common for a foreign song to win, but this one did it.
2005 It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp from Hustle & Flow was a huge surprise for me. Especially when In the Deep from Crash was also nominated, I would've given it to this song.. Anyway, I guess it's okay to salute range and to say this is one of a very few songs that won Oscar not being a cliche classical sad and depressing song..?
2006 I Need To Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth. I can honestly say that right now I am listening to this song for the very first time and this is just so beautiful.
2007 Falling Slowly drom Once.
2008 Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire not only won an Oscar but after collaborating with PCD became a worldwide hit.
2009 The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart.
2010 We Belong Together from Toy Story 3. The film itself for me is the best animated feature ever, so the song couldn't be taken any other way than as perfect.
2011 Man or Muppet from The Muppets.
2012 Skyfall from Skyfall. At some point I felt like the song was overplayed everywhere possible, but I would never argue that it wasn't worth it, and Adele is such a sweetheart, her acceptance speech was really genuine.
Well, it took me some time, and I am so sure that I've missed some great tracks, because I might know songs, but its titles, that's a little complicated, but oh well.. Hopefully this was at least a little bit useful, or interesting to read, even though, there's not that much to read, more to listen:) Anyway, now after posting all this I realized that I really should watch more animation, because I've only seen Beauty and the Beast and it makes me kind of sad..
See you sometime soon, have a nice week:) If you're reading my blog, don't forget to like on facebook, there's a little badge on your right. As soon as I'll get some more people there I will start posting trailers, pictures and all that fun stuff, that I wouldn't want to spam my blog with.
Bye bye lovelies!
The first ever Oscar for Original Song was given at the 7th Academy Awards in 1934 and it went to Con Conrad and Herb Magidson for The Continental in The Gay Divorcee .
Now, it would take a hell lot of time for me to post every single song that has ever won this award, and you can find them all on the internet anyway, so there's no point, really. I'm just gonna share my favorites and songs from the last decade.
Of course The Way You Look Tonight just has to be here. In 1936 film Swing Time, performed by brilliant Fred Astaire is definitely one of the most popular songs still to this day.
White Christmas from Holiday Inn (1942) is definitely one of my favorite holiday songs of all time. Performed by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds.
Another winter-ish classic would be Baby, It's Cold Outside from Neptune's Daughter (1949).
I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder is one of my favorite songs ever. I still listen to this from time to time. Undying classic. Song from The Woman in Red (1984).
(I've Had) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing (1987) has got to be one of the most romantic songs ever. It was so perfectly perfect for the scene.
I would lie, if I'd say that I didn't like My Heart Will Go On from Titanic (1997) performed by Celine Dion. Although, I wouldn't call myself a fan of the movie, but the song is truly amazing. I get goosebumps every time I listen to it.
Now we should take a moment to appreciate all great songs from animated features, because honestly, there's just so many.
1940 When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio.
1989 Under The Sea from Little Mermaid.
1991 Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast.
1992 A Whole New World from Aladdin.
1994 Can You Feel The Love Tonight from The Lion King.
1995 Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas.
1998 When You Believe from The Prince of Egypt.
1999 You'll Be In My Heart from Tarzan.
2001 If I Didn't Have You from Monsters Inc.
And there's one more, but it happened in the past decade, so I'll post it a little bit later.
Best Original Songs in the last decade 75th - 85th Academy Awards:
2002 Lose Yourself from 8 Mile. That was the song that I've been listening to when I thought, hey, I should really know which songs were actually made for movies.. It is just so beautiful. I'm gonna steal someone's words, because I can't remember where I red this beautiful phrase, that this song has so many word and none is wasted.
2003 Into The West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Now, please, don't judge me, but I've never seen any of LOTR film, so I don't really have much to say about this, except for the fact that it really is beautiful.
2004 Al Otro Lado Del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries. It is not very common for a foreign song to win, but this one did it.
2005 It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp from Hustle & Flow was a huge surprise for me. Especially when In the Deep from Crash was also nominated, I would've given it to this song.. Anyway, I guess it's okay to salute range and to say this is one of a very few songs that won Oscar not being a cliche classical sad and depressing song..?
2006 I Need To Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth. I can honestly say that right now I am listening to this song for the very first time and this is just so beautiful.
2007 Falling Slowly drom Once.
2008 Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire not only won an Oscar but after collaborating with PCD became a worldwide hit.
2009 The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart.
2010 We Belong Together from Toy Story 3. The film itself for me is the best animated feature ever, so the song couldn't be taken any other way than as perfect.
2011 Man or Muppet from The Muppets.
2012 Skyfall from Skyfall. At some point I felt like the song was overplayed everywhere possible, but I would never argue that it wasn't worth it, and Adele is such a sweetheart, her acceptance speech was really genuine.
Well, it took me some time, and I am so sure that I've missed some great tracks, because I might know songs, but its titles, that's a little complicated, but oh well.. Hopefully this was at least a little bit useful, or interesting to read, even though, there's not that much to read, more to listen:) Anyway, now after posting all this I realized that I really should watch more animation, because I've only seen Beauty and the Beast and it makes me kind of sad..
See you sometime soon, have a nice week:) If you're reading my blog, don't forget to like on facebook, there's a little badge on your right. As soon as I'll get some more people there I will start posting trailers, pictures and all that fun stuff, that I wouldn't want to spam my blog with.
Bye bye lovelies!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
TOP 5: April releases
I know it's already the 6th of April, but I want to share my top 5 films that are coming up this month. Now, all those films are coming up this month in the UK, so dates might be different in other countries.
5. Scary MoVie (Malcolm D. Lee)
What's it about?
We all know what Scary Movie is all about. In my own opinion the first one was the best, but I did enjoy the rest just as well, so I couldn't resist putting the fifth franchise into my watchlist the moment I found out it's happening. This one is going to make fun of Paranormal Activity, Inception, Black Swan, Insidious, The Hunger Games, Mama, Ted and many other films. Hopefully, it won't be a huge disappointment and it really is the last part of it.
Who's in it?
Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Sarah Hyland, Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, Jerry O'Connell, Kate Walsh, Tyler Posey, Heather Locklear, Snoop Dogg, Bow Wow and Terry Crews.
4. To The Wonder (Terrence Malick)
What's it about?
It is going to be a romantic drama, but the fact that it is directed by Terrence Malick enthused me, after watching the trailer I knew that this is something I need to see. The cast is brilliant, the film is going to be just visually beautiful, and knowing Malick, we should expect heart breaking, and soul touching story.
Who's in it?
Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko.
3. Oblivion (Joseph Kosinski)
What's it about?
Can I confess that all I know is that short description on IMDb.com and what we can see from the trailer. It fascinated me, I was never a huge fan of this kind of films, but this one has something in it that caught my eye. It is in my watchlist because of the cast mostly, and I bet you wouldn't argue with this choice.
Who's in it?
Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko and Melissa Leo.
2. Olympus Has Fallen (Antoine Fuqua)
What's it about?
It can be considered as yet another "rescue the president of the United States" film, but smart storyline, great casting and end of the world movie-worth special effects can assure you that you're gonna see something really great.
Who's in it?
Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Dylan McDermott and Melissa Leo.
1. The Place Beyond The Pines (Derek Cianfrance)
What's it about?
Beautiful film from the director of Blue Valentine is one film that I've been waiting for so long. Trailer simply left me speechless, I have a huge expectations and, hopefully, the film will exceed them all. I am excited about motorcycles, and about Ryan Gosling being a bad guy.
"If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder." Plus, one additional reason, in the trailer there's a quote from US Weekly saying that "Ryan Gosling is electric." it is one from the bottom film before Gosling take a pause in his acting career.
Who's in it?
Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes.
Monday, April 1, 2013
My Sassy Girl (2008 Yann Samuell)
IMDb.com trailer
The Cast
Elisha Cuthbert - 24, Love Actually, The Girl Next Door, House of Wax.
Jesse Bradford - According to Spencer, Clockstoppers.
The Crew
Yann Samuell - director, My Sassy Girl was his second directed franchise after Jeux d'enfants in 2003.
Ho-Sik Kim - writer of the novel that film is based on.
Jae-young Kwak - writer of this film and the original Korean version.
Victor Levin - writer.
Quote
Charlie Bellow: Once in your life, if you are very lucky, you will meet the person who divides it to the time before you met her and the time after.
What do I say?
I saw this film a while ago now, but I didn't forget it. It simply is one of those films that not a lot of people know, not a lot of people like, but I am one of those people. It just has something magical inside. I will confess that I've never seen the Korean version, but I do like this one very much. The cast was brilliant, the story, the film itself was so artsy, if that's the right word. Just beautiful. Now, I will not go into the details, because I may not remember everything clearly, but I do remember the end and as we all know, the endings are the best part and this film had a brilliant one.
Rating
7/10
Friday, March 29, 2013
Avatar (2009 James Cameron)
Just to introduce you to my system, I should tell you that I will write short reviews and thoughts of films that I've watched and not necessarily most recently. I'm gonna start off with films that I've watched quite a long time ago and then, hopefully I will catch up to my recent views. So, I am gonna write a little bit about the cast and the crew, I will share my favorite quote from the film, and then I will write my own take and my rating.
So let's go ahead.
IMDb.com Trailer
The Cast
Sam Worthington - was unknown before Avatar, after Avatar played leading role in Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans and Drift, also appeared in Last Night. Rumored to play in Avatar 2.
Zoe Saldana - appeared in Blackout, The Skeptic and Star Trek before Avatar, played leading role in Columbiana and supporting role in The Words after Avatar, will be in the sequel of Star Trek. Rumored to play in Avatar 2.
Sigourney Weaver - three time Academy Award nominee : Best Actress in a Leading Role for Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988); Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Working Girl (1988) and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Aliens (1986) (directed by James Cameron).
Stephen Lang (Public Enemies, The Treatment, The Men Who Stare at Goats), Michelle Rodriguez (mostly recognized for Fast and Furious series, Resident Evil, Machete), Giovanni Ribisi (Saving Private Ryan, Gone in Sixty Seconds).
The Crew
Director and Writer - James Cameron, known for directing such films as The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986) and Titanic (1997). James Cameron announced that from now on he is only going to make Avatar films.
Quote
Jake Sully: All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
What do I say?
I accidentally watched the premiere screening at the movie theater, I just wanted to kill some time, in this case, saying everything happens for a reason actually fit. I was fascinated by this movie since the very first scene. I was thinking that maybe I lived under a rock, because I didn't know about this before, but that lasted for about ten minutes and then I just disappeared into the film. Stunning Oscar winning visual effects, soul touching message, brilliant cast, amazing music. Everything to the tiniest detail allowed me to feel the movie. It was one of those films that I thought about quite long time after actually watching it, it really touches you, and from my own experience, I have to say that one time isn't enough, and it doesn't matter that it is so long. 3D effect was a brilliant choice and still to this day I am telling everyone that Avatar is what 3D's been made for. It will forever be on my favorite films list and I will shout no way! at people, who will tell me they never saw it.
Rating
9/10
So let's go ahead.
The Cast
Sam Worthington - was unknown before Avatar, after Avatar played leading role in Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans and Drift, also appeared in Last Night. Rumored to play in Avatar 2.
Zoe Saldana - appeared in Blackout, The Skeptic and Star Trek before Avatar, played leading role in Columbiana and supporting role in The Words after Avatar, will be in the sequel of Star Trek. Rumored to play in Avatar 2.
Sigourney Weaver - three time Academy Award nominee : Best Actress in a Leading Role for Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988); Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Working Girl (1988) and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Aliens (1986) (directed by James Cameron).
Stephen Lang (Public Enemies, The Treatment, The Men Who Stare at Goats), Michelle Rodriguez (mostly recognized for Fast and Furious series, Resident Evil, Machete), Giovanni Ribisi (Saving Private Ryan, Gone in Sixty Seconds).
The Crew
Director and Writer - James Cameron, known for directing such films as The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986) and Titanic (1997). James Cameron announced that from now on he is only going to make Avatar films.
Quote
Jake Sully: All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
What do I say?
I accidentally watched the premiere screening at the movie theater, I just wanted to kill some time, in this case, saying everything happens for a reason actually fit. I was fascinated by this movie since the very first scene. I was thinking that maybe I lived under a rock, because I didn't know about this before, but that lasted for about ten minutes and then I just disappeared into the film. Stunning Oscar winning visual effects, soul touching message, brilliant cast, amazing music. Everything to the tiniest detail allowed me to feel the movie. It was one of those films that I thought about quite long time after actually watching it, it really touches you, and from my own experience, I have to say that one time isn't enough, and it doesn't matter that it is so long. 3D effect was a brilliant choice and still to this day I am telling everyone that Avatar is what 3D's been made for. It will forever be on my favorite films list and I will shout no way! at people, who will tell me they never saw it.
Rating
9/10
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Welcome!
Hello, I will call myself citizen here, I will write about films that I recently (and not so much) watched and liked, or hated and why. I love film and I think it would be hard to find one person, who doesn't. The film for me is the greatest form of art of all, I mean, everything, acting, dancing, music, art, photography, fashion, design combines into a one great thing we can call film. I have no favorite genre, so there will be a generic variety of films I will write here about. I will share my own opinion, and you have every right to disagree and argue with me, in fact, I would love you to argue with me. Despite the previous sentence, I am quite nice and friendly.
Since it's almost 2 am, let's call this little piece of nothing the opening post of my blog.
Since it's almost 2 am, let's call this little piece of nothing the opening post of my blog.
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