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Hereafter - Official Trailer [HD]

2010-09-15T05:58:00.000-07:00

After working together successfully with the inspiring bio-film last year in 'Invictus', Director Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon team up again for another film that might earn them another Oscar nominations. Though empty handed from last year Oscar, 'Invictus' was nominated for two major acting awards, Best Actor for Morgan Freeman and Best Supporting Actor for Matt Damon. Clint Eastwood has a total of four Oscar Best Picture films and won two for Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). He was also nominated for Best Actor in lead role for both films. Other nominations include Best Films for Mystic River (2003) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). Matt Damon also has three nominations and won one for Best in Screenplay shared with best friend Ben Affleck in "Good Will Hunting". Other nominations include Best Actor for Good Will Hunting and Best Supporting role for Invictus.

Hereafter is a supernatural thriller film that centers in three different people that experience death in so many ways (imdb.com). Also starred by Bryce Dallas Howard (Eclipse, Terminator Salvation, The Village). "Hereafter" will be coming out in cinemas this October 22, 2010.

Salt - Movie Review

2010-08-12T22:32:00.000-07:00

Watched this film after the trip to Malaysia. Though this was shown before my flight I didn't have the time to watch it on the first day. I was planning to watch it in Malaysia but didn't have time either. So I waited to come home and watched it the next day after arriving to Manila.

Though the film got mixed reviews from the critics, most viewers (the ordinary people who watched the film and not the professional movie critics) liked it. I didn't expect a lot from the film, 'coz as a movie geek, I really trust the critics, but of course even them got their own views, and getting 50+% from rottentomatoes is already something, it means more than half of the critics like it.

The movie started with Evelyn Salt as an CIA agent (starred by my female action favorite Ms. Angelina Jolie) being tortured as mistaken to be a spy, she was rescued by Mike who later became her husband. While working as CIA agent again and living her marriage life with Mike, her reputation as CIA agent put at risk again when an interrogated Russian suspected her to be a spy and is planning to kill the Russian President. She ran for her life and tried to save her husband.

The plot may seem to be known and has been used in several movies but Salt offers more than we we have seen before. Twists were unpredictable and actions were breath taking and even made more intense by Jolie's effortless acting. Aside from the action thrills, movie is also filled with drama and romance for viewers' takeaway. With powerful support cast from Liev Schreiber (X-Men Origin: Wolverine) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012) the movie is one of the best spy films that I have seen. The movie somewhat ended telling the viewers that Evelyn Salt is coming back soon, and if its true hopefully it would be as good as this one.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice Review

2010-07-23T15:48:00.000-07:00

I watched this film without having too much expectations because of the mixed reviews from the critics and some viewers. Since the trailer came out, The Sorcerer's Apprentice is really on the list of my summer movie guide. I got the chance to watch it last Thursday, I even chose watching it over "The Last Airbender". I sat in the middle seat and there were few viewers since I watched it on the second week.

The movie started with the narration on how magic and sorcery and the battle of good and evil begun which common for movies with similar genre

The story begun with Baltazar (Nicholas Cage), Veronica (Monica Belluci), Horvath (Alfred Molina) as apprentices of Merlin, a good and powerful sorcerer. When Horvath along with Morgana, an evil sorcerer who turned against Merlin in order to user their powers and planned to awaken all the deads to bring havoc to people on earth. Baltazar and Veronica must stop them and should look for the apprentice that is destined to defeat Morgana. The apprentice turned out to be the science-geek Dave (Jay Baruchel). As Dave thorned between his personal life and his responsibilities as an apprentice, he should focus and believe in himself that he can fulfill his destiny to become a great sorcerer to save mankind.

Nicholas Cage and Jon Turtletaub seem to be comfortable working together since National Treasure 1 and 2. The comedic scenes though sometimes not funny at least with Cage, Jay Baruchel regulates it. He fills the boring side of the film. And Jay doesn't need to exert effort, he is really funny by nature. Sorcerer's Apprentice is not Nicholas Cage' best adventure film I've watched since National Treasure films have been phenomenon, but surely is entertaining and worth the admission ticket (3 out 5 stars).

"An Oscar-worthy Thriller" - 'Inception' Movie Review

2010-07-18T23:54:00.000-07:00

Christopher Nolan just gave us his another masterpiece after 'The Dark Knight' last 2008. This time it's a breath taking and mind-blowing thriller with great special effects that challenges your imagination or even your dreams. The film centered on a man named Cobb (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) who specializes in extracting ideas from a dream. He does it too well that he makes money out of it working for biggest corporations all over the world. When offered for one last task that would allow him to get back home where his kids are waiting for him, Cobb didn't think twice, without thinking how tough the job would turn out to be. Accompanied by Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer, G.I. Joe), Ariadne (Ellen Page, Juno, X-Men: The Last Stand), Saito, Eames and Yusuf, Cobb has to free his mind from the dreams he created that keeps on haunting him and focuses on the dream or even dreams that he is in. The job this time is not the usual way of stealing ideas from one person but planting one instead.

The film goes from one dream to another dream to another dream which makes the movie unique compare to similar movies created before (like Matrix). The scoring, though sounds like similar to which was used in 'The Dark Knight' it really plays well that intensifies all the scenes, not to mention the mind-bending visuals which really perfectly visible in Digital Screens. What I really like about the film is that, though its a fiction, it never deviates itself from reality. Like for instance, what Cobb says "You don't remember how it all begun when you are dreaming" which is really true, you don't know how everything begins in a dream. It just started with you in such situation. And in a dream you will feel everything is real. "When you are in dreams, everything is real while you are in it, you will only feel strange when you wake up" as Cobb explains. And lastly, when you are in dreams, subconsciously, your thoughts wander, and it mostly depicts your worries and conscience. In the case of Cobb's dreams, his dead wife, their children and with all the memories haunt him in every dream he created. Not just in this type of genre that the film has to be based from reality, the reason why most movies are not successful in making the film meaningful is that they stuck with their too wide imagination and forgot about their reality.

Also starred by Academy Award Winners Marion Cotilliard and Michael Caine, Christopher Nolan's Inception is really one of the best films created this year, it's original, thought-provoking and the cast performances are really outstanding. Unless there would be greater movies out this year, Inception will surely be one of the nominated films in Oscar Best Picture and performances of DiCaprio and Cotilliard might score an acting nominations too. Inception, is the type of film that lingers with you for a long time even after leaving the cinema. In fact I don't know if I am even over it. I'm thinking of watching the film again though in regular screen this time (5 out of 5 stars).

"A piece of crap" - 'Predators' Movie Review

2010-07-18T08:33:00.000-07:00

What would you expect from a remake of this thriller film?Bloody, more violence, and more actions as what it shown on the trailer .Well sorry to disappoint everyone that the movie is not as what it appears to be. If you enjoyed the old film with Arnold Schwarzenegger this time you might just want to skip watching it 'coz it was nothing but a piece of crap. Forgive me, it was too disappointing. It is more dramatic than what expected to be as action-thriller film.

The movie focuses on the story of eight different people who were trapped in a woods after falling from the sky on a parachute. None of them remembered anything. They later found out that they were trapped with unknown creatures in the forest. With no way out, they should stick together as they struggle to fight for their own survival. With the help of one survivor who came before them they must learn to fight and face their predators to live. Starred by Adriene Brody (The Pianist, King Kong) with Alice Braga (Repo Men, Crossing Over) and Laurence Fisburne (The Matrix).

The movie is lack of action and thrill. It started just fine but got worst and worst as it continues especially when the actual predators showed up. Though the acting is not that bad, the story is really dull (1.5 out of 5 stars).

"Not outstanding but better than the first two films" - 'Twilight Saga Eclipse' Movie Review

2010-07-17T16:34:00.000-07:00

Let me start with the review by saying that "Eclipse is the best Twilight film so far". With the direction from David Slade (who also directed the vampire film '30 Days of NIght' last 2007) the movie went a bit further from a traditional Twilight dilemma where it suffers from reaching to audience as the movie viewers and not as fans of the book who have read it several times. What I'm saying is, only those who have the read the books who can understand what's going on the film, if you are not a reader then just feel sorry for yourself as everything goes to oblivion and wait for the next film to come up to put the puzzle together. Or wait for twiligh-geek friends to tell you what's really going on which is a bit annoying (for some).

The film didn't pick up from the boring ending of the last film where Edward said "Will you marry me?" (don't know the exact line though). But instead it started decently with a young man missing who eventually became the leader of the new group of vampires, New Born. Meanwhile, Victoria (which starred by another actor for the third time) was still the main villain of the movie as revealed later in the film using the New Born to avenge her lover James (who died in the first film). Of course the film didn't forget about the Edward-Bella-Jacob love triangle. It is all about themm all the time, and this time competition almost became even (although we all know Edward would win in the end).

Acting didn't much improve, especially for Taylor Lautner, no one can blame him anyway,he is really a newbie. But the supporting cast is really superb. Charlie is pretty much convincing as Bella's father, Dakota Fanning as always delivers the best of the character of Jane. Jasper who has more exposure in this film has shown more enthusiastic when it comes to acting, it won't be surprising if he lands on bigger roles soon apart from Twilight series. Anna Kendrick just started to become my favorite, though with little role as Jessica, still managed to deliver a not-forgetful performance when she delivers a speech on a graduation scene.

What I really like about the movie is that there was an improvement in making the audience thrilled as they added extra violence, which is really the main ingredient in vampire-werewolves theme movie.Plus scoring is really better. I can't just spoil the whole movie. It is not really one of best movies released this year but at least it's better compare to its first two films. This might be the beginning of the Twilight series to be critically acclaimed as reviews are getting better. We'll hope and see what they have installed for us in 'Breaking Dawn' next year which will be released in two parts. (2.5 out of 5)

The Karate Kid Review

2010-06-24T02:46:00.000-07:00

When I came to know that 'The Karate Kid' would have a remake and to be produced by Will Smith, I thought it was not really a good idea. Then later I found out that his twelve-year old, Jaden Smith will star, I said 'Oh no, they would be just wasting their time. My judgment was not based from Will Smith producing the movie, but because of his son, who is so young for the role and that the old 'The Karate Kid ' had its time and had lost its attraction from the audience today due to countless number of movies released since then. Honestly, the movie was not even part of my list, I even watched 'A-team' (which opened on the same week) over it. But due to positive responses from friends, user and critics, I decided to watch the movie and tried to see it

for myself on how Jade Smith relive the spirit of the forgotten 'The Karate Kid'.

Dre, starred by Jade Smith (son of a celebrity couple, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith) is a 12-year old from Detroit, who was forced to move to China with his mother which starred by Taraji P. Henson. As Dre started to make friends with the kids in the new place in Beijing, he met a chinese girl practicing playing violin. The two started to get to know each other when they were interrupted by a chinese boy who knows kung fu and later beat up Dre. At school, same chinese boy and his group of kung fu kids always bully him. He got a chance to get even with them by showering them with a pail of filthy water which resulted to chasing him and got beaten up again. Mr. Han (starred by superstar Jackie Chan) rescued Dre and later helped him with his wounds. The next day, Mr. Han and Dre went to the gym (where kung fu kids are practicing) to make peace but instead they were forced to fight. Mr. Han refused to fight but instead made a deal with the Kung Fu Master trainer that Dre would be joining the Kung Fu Tournament. Mr. Han trained Dre and got along very well with each other and made it to the final of the tournament.

Jackie Chan really fits the role as Mr. Han, so far I can't imagine any actor portraying the role. Taraji P. Henson on the other hand is really good (I really like her since 'Benjamin Button') she is really one of the brilliant actresses in Hollywood. And Jaden Smith, WOW!what a good start for a starring role, really like father like son.

I can't say that this is the best Karate Kid film, but there is one thing for sure about this movie, you will really enjoy it, and the thought about Jaden Smith as the new karate kid (although he learns kung fu in the movie), he really did it just fine. What I really like about the movie is that the story was not rushed, it took its time introducing Dre, Mr. Han and the rest of the characters till you start feeling them and understanding them. It showed every detail that left all questions answered. And just like the whole movie was created with perseverance as gambled Jaden Smith for the role, every thing came out just perfectly fine. (4 stars out of 5)

A Fun Roller Coaster Ride (Movie Review : A - Team)

2010-06-15T09:34:00.001-07:00

As soon as I found out that Jessica Biel is starring on A-Team, I couldn't wait to watch the movie and hoped for a simultaneous release here in our country. After a few months of waiting, the movie didn't have a simul-premiere here in the Philippines, it was shown one day ahead the world premiere, but I was able to watch the movie on its third day. I didn't have any idea about ' the A-Team' before which later I found out was a successful tv-series back in 1983 to 1986, so the movie seems to have a strong reputation, no wonder the production cost is over $100 million and considered as one of the anticipated movies of 2010.

The movie started in Mexico with Liam Neeson as Hannibal, the leader of the A-team, was held as a captive of two Mexicans but escaped when he was left for two guard-dogs to be fed on. Somewhere else in Mexico, Face (Bradley Cooper) was also held as captive after seducing General Tuco's wife. Hannibal came to rescue Face with B.A. (Rampage Jackson), whom Hannibal met along the way. The three tried to escape General's people and headed to the hospital to rescue the funny and crazy-like pilot Murdock (Sharlto Copley). The four went on a chopper and General's people tried to stop them which lead to a thrilling aerial dogfight. The team later on involved in a dollar plate framed-up and killing General Morrison. They were sent to separate prisons for six months.

The movie went on with three other characters pursuing the team. Jessica Biel as Captain Sosa who is an ex-lover of Face, and completely believes that the team took the plates and killed General Morrison. Patrick Wilson as Lynch who framed the team and has a personal interest on the plates. Brian Bloom as Pike who later on revealed worked with General Morrison and also has interest in the plates.

The strength of this film is the powerful cast. Acting is just fair, thanks to Liam Neeson, Patrick Wilson, Brian Bloom, and Shorlito Copley. Jessica Biel and Brad Cooper had some few struggles but nevertheless they acted beautifully. Let's just forgive Rampage, acting was new to him though somehow he performed enough. The film itself suffers from focusing on the huge explosives and the thrill and somehow left small factors slid through hoping audience won't notice it. But it was a fun roller coaster ride packed with actions and laughter. (3.5 out of 5 stars)

Spotlight - Woody Harrelson

2010-05-30T16:24:00.001-07:00

Just revived my movie blog today. I realized that I couldn't just let go of doing this. Especially now that I learned that blogging is one way of releasing stress. Not just blogging though, anything that you do outside work, where pressure, deadlines, scorecards are totally none of your concern. So here I am, filling up this site with movie contents. It doesn't matter if someone reads this or none, although it's a plus point if someone does hehe..

Anyway, my first article for this week would be a regular section on this site. I called it "Spotlight". It really sounds mediocre, but I don't think there are other words to use as this word relates to light of the camera focusing on something or someone in which as the title implies, this section would talk about an actor, director or perhaps writer or producer that has been contributing to movie industries. And my first ever Spotlight Victim is Woody Harrelson. Why him?'Coz I just watched his latest movie "Defendor".

Mr. Woody Harrelson is the actor who has the most movies that I've watched this past 365 days. And the irony of it, I just came to know him in Roland Emmerich's "2012" movie. Since then, I watched most of his latest films, though just got them in videos. And I'm telling you this guy is really versatile. He can be a crazy jackass or a very serious and scary person. No wonder he got 2 Oscar nominations both for leading and supporting roles.

The following are the movies of Woody Harrelson that I've watched this past 365 days:

1. 2012 - Who would forget Charlie Frost in this box-office disaster film. He played the radio announcer who predicted the end of the world. Acted alongside John Cusack and Amanda Peet, this is his highest grossing film with a world wide gross of $769.7.

2. Zombieland - played as Tallahassee, the zombie slayer alongside Jessie Eissenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin. This movie opened at number 1 in North America with $24,733,155. The highest opening for Mr. Harrelson as the lead actor.

3. Management - this movie was released in late 2008 but got the chance to watch it early this year. He played the husband of Jennifer Aniston in the film and a pain-in-the-ass of Steve Zahn who is crazily in love with Jennifer.

4. Seven Pounds - I watched this film last 2 years ago. But I didn't know that he was in that film, 'coz I didn't know him yet 'til I have watched again the film in HBO. He was the blind man whom Will Smith shouted at over the phone but eventually donated his eyes to when he knew that he was dying.

5. The Messenger - Played the role of elite Captain Tony Stone whose task was to train the messenger (played by Ben Foster) in informing the departed families of soldiers who died during the war. His role in this film earned his 2nd Oscar nomination as Best Actor in Supporting role.

6. Defendor - his latest movie, that really made him more as one of the best actors in Hollywood. He played the title role as a hero-wannabe in this comedic film. Played alongside Kat Dennings.

Aside from the films above, you can also see Mr. Harrelson in these known films: Semi-Pro, No Country for Old Man, North Country and Anger Management. And he has several movies in production including the sequel foe Zombieland, movies with Josh Hartnet and Demi Moore to be out late this year and an animated film with Owen and Luke Wilson called "Turkey" next year.

2009 Movie Summer Guide

2009-04-13T02:47:00.000-07:00

It’s so summer time in Pinas, this time of the year happens only once. Perfect time for unwinding and relaxing. Forget schools and a lot of tiring stuff, for the meantime have fun, enjoy the summer. But if you are the type of person who can’t stand the heat of the sun outside, you can still relax yourselves in a cooler place. Go to cinemas and check the hottest movies to be released this summer.

These are the 10 hottest films that will surely make your 2009 summer much cooler.

Dragonball Evolution - Adaptation of Japanese animated TV series and computer game Dragonball is hitting big screen this month of April.

T2 – Star Cinema’s latest horror film is also out this month starred by Maricel Soriano and Directed by Chito S. Roño (also the director of the biggest horror films in the country, Feung Shui and Sukob).

X-men Origins: Wolverine – The X-men are back, this time focusing on the story of Logan aka Wolverine.Mutants like Gambit, Dead Pool, and Saber tooth also appear in this 4^th X-men film. Catch them this 1^st of May.

Star Trek – Technically the 11^th Star Trek film, but this one is the remake of the first Star Trek in 1980’s film. Also out this 8^th of May.

Angels and Demons – The most controversial film of the year, this Dan Brown’s prequel of The Da Vinci Code is finally out this May 15^th. Tom Hanks and Ron Howard from the first film reunited once more for Robert Langdon’s very first adventure.

Terminator Salvation – Starred by Christian Bale as John O Connor, this 4^th Terminator film is to be shown this May 21^st

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – Catch Ben Stiller’s adventure once more as night watchman of a very strange museum this May 22^nd.

Up – latest animated film from Pixar, the Creator of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille and definitely up and rising this 29^th of May.

Land of the Lost – an action-adventure film starred by Will Ferrell. Join him and his friends in a land of dinosaurs, monkey people and reptilian Sleestaks this 5^th of June.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – the most awaited action-adventure film of the year, Sam and Mikaela along with the Autobots are back. Catch them this 24^th of June.

Oscar 2009 Pick

2009-01-26T21:28:00.001-08:00

I had my own pick in this year's Golden Globe Winners and i was able to predict Kate Winslet and Health Ledger wins, i hope this time i would be able to predict all major awards for this year's Oscar. Its just a prediction anyway, who knows the Oscar will come across my blog and consider my side hehe..

Slumdog Millionaire - my Best Picture for this year's OSCAR, aside from almost swiping all the Best Picture awards in different award giving bodies, it is also doing well in the box office.

Ron Howard - Slumdog will win the Best Picture, but Ron Howard would still take home the award for Best Director for the Film Frost/Nixon.

Kate Winslet - although she is not nominated for the movie Revolutionary Road, its ok, coz it would be her acting in The Reader that would really give her the first ever Oscar.

Mickey Rourke - Its never too late for actors to have Oscar trophy, while Sean Penn has one already, this time it would definitely go to Mickey Rourke.

Amy Adams - after seeing her in the many movies along with Big Stars lately, i could say Amy is really one of them and i think this time she would win her first Oscar too.

Robert Downey Jr. - his acting in Tropic Thunder is really awesome, although Heath Ledger did well in the Dark Knight, i think others deserve the win, and besides he could benefit no more from it. That is why Robert will win for this year's OSCAR for supporting role.

WALL-E - after watching this cute animated film again and again and could have been nominated for Best Picture, I could really say this would win for sure as Best Animated Film this year.

The Final Top 10 World Wide Highest Grossing Films

2009-01-05T03:01:00.000-08:00

The Dark Knight remains as the highest grossing film of 2008 and so with the rest of the top 6 films that maintain its spot since November 2008. Meanwhile, latest releases Quantum of Solace and Madagascar 2 break into top 10 and kicked off Sex and the City and The Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The newbies occupy position 7 and 9 respectively.

The following is the complete list of Highest Grossing Films of 2008
1. The Dark Knight - $996.9
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull - $786.6
3. Kung Fu Panda - $631.9
4. Hancock - $624.4
5. Iron Man - $581.9
6. Mama Mia! - $572.2
7. Quantum of Solace -$539.6
8. Wall-E - $507.3
9. Madagascar Escape to Africa - $462.3
10. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $419.6

Source: boxofficemojo.com

My Pick for this year Golden Globe

2008-12-11T23:59:00.000-08:00

Critic Awards have been naming their picks for Acting Awards and Best Pictures and Golden Globe has already announced its rolls of nominees. I'm sure the Oscar Academy is also busy doing screening and other stuff in picking thier list of nominees. While the rest are busy with all its long processes of coming up with the winners, i also have my own list, and they are the following.

Best Picture Drama- Frost/Nixon - Its really my choice for Best Picture, coz i want to see more of Howard's Biographic Films. A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man were really my all time favorite movies and im sure this Fronst/Nixon would really add to my list. My runner-up would be the intriguing story of Slumdog Millionaire.

Best Picture Musical or Comedy - Mama Mia! - Its very relaxing with a very smooth choreography in dancing, with a very great actors like Meryl Streep and a surprising talent from Mr. James Bond, Pierce Brosnan.

Best Director - Ron Howards - Obviously, my pick, who is really my favorite director. Next to him is Steven Spielberg whose movie this year is not much an award-like.

Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio - I think this year is another year for Leonardo to win Best Actor for the film "Revolutionary Road" after winning the award with the movie "Aviator.

Best Actress - Anne Hathaway - This is really a surprise nod for Anne, from a teen star to a more matured role, i think she would make history like Reese Witherspoon did in 2006.

Best Animated Film - Kung Fu Panda - I'm sorry Wall-E, i like you very much, but I like Po more, and with all the outstanding casts, its really my this year's animated film favorite.

Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger - his outstanding performance in The Dark Knight is really unescapable. He was brilliant and really deserve the award.

Best Supportin Actress - Kate Winslet - By just reading the synopsis of this film, i can already imagine Kate portraying her role. If she would have been nominated Best Actress in this film, she could have been my pick for Best Actress.

So those are my picks, they might not all win in Golden Globe, but i'm sure they will make it in Oscar, atleat nominees.

Update on Highest Grossing Film of 2008

2008-11-09T01:25:00.000-08:00

Once again, lets take a look on the films that gained box office record world wide this year as of today.

10. The Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - earning almost 389 million, the Brendan Fraser's 3rd installment of this film is good at No. 10 as of now, which is the lowest rank among the three films for a yearly box office champ. The Mummy Returns in 2001 was number 7 in 2001, and The Mummy in 1999 was in number 6.

But with the success of High School Musical 3: Senior's Year in the box office and the box office prediction of 007's Quantum of Solace, the current top 10 film could be thrown out of Top 10 this year and be replaced by either of the two films.

9. Sex and City: The Movie- taking the No. 9 position is a TV drama turned to a box office champ this year, Sex and the City with the total gross of 401 million.

8. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - with 419 million of total gross, this 2nd film from Chronicles of Narnia book series have failed to surpass its predecessor 'The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe' which was in No. 3 in worldwide in 2005 with total gross of 739 million.

7. WALL-E - currently earning 482 million world wide. Although not as successful as Finding Nemo and Ratatouille, WALL-E is also not at the lowest rank as it surpassed Cars' and other early-released Pixar Films.

6. Mama Mia - this ABBA musical film is currently in No. 6. With almost 560 million world wide of total gross, Mama Mia is the biggest and most succesful musical film of all time.

5. Iron Man - one of the hottest superheroes of 2008, Iron Man's grossed to 572 million world wide.

4. Hancock - another superhero, Will Smith's film has earned 624 million wordwide.

3. Kung Fu Panda - From Pixar's Ratatouille last year, the highest grossing animated film this year taken by Dream Works Animation with world wide's gross of 634 million.

2. Indian Jones and the Crystal Skull - the runner-up this year goes to Indie. This Ford and Spielberg's comeback film surpassed the all previous Indiana films with the total gross of 784 million.

1. The Dark Knight - the champion this year, is another superhero, and a comeback film of Nolan and Bale. Following the success of thier last 2006 team up, this year has been the luckiest year of the two so far. With the total gross of 993 million, and breaking 29 records that include the Widest Opening and the Fastest film to reach 500 million in just 45 days after released.

Dark Knight has surpassed Titanic Box Office Record

2008-09-23T23:13:00.001-07:00

The latest Batman, The Dark Knight has finally surpassed Titanic gross by almost 400%. Titanic earned $1,835,300,000 during its theatrical run in 2007. After 11 years, Dark Knight claimed the top spot for All-time World Wide Box Office from Titanic with the total gross of $5,091,106,180 and still counting. Dark Knight cost around 185 million to make. The complete list is as follows.

The Top 10 All-time World Wide Box Office

1.	The Dark Knight (2008)	$5,091,106,180
2.	Titanic (1997)	$1,835,300,000
3.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	$1,129,219,252
4.	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)	$1,060,332,628
5.	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)	$968,657,891
6.	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)	$958,404,152
7.	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)	$937,000,866
8.	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)	$922,379,000
9.	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	$921,600,000
10.	Jurassic Park (1993)	$919,700,000

Top 10 2008 Films in All-time Wold Wide Box Office

1. The Dark Knight (2008) $5,091,106,180
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) $781,670,320
3. Kung Fu Panda (2008) $619,049,523
4. Hancock (2008) $614,646,274
5. Iron Man (2008) $570,419,154
6. Mamma Mia! (2008) $476,092,290
7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) $418,814,023
8. WALL·E (2008) $411,103,606
9. Sex and the City (2008) $400,637,269
10. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) $370,676,165

Robert Downey Jr. is portraying Sherlock Holmes

2008-09-22T21:55:00.000-07:00

After portraying Tony Stark a.k.a Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. is said to be portraying detective Sherlock Holmes which will be out in 2010 and will be directed by Guy Ritchie. But before Robert wore the iron suit and became superhero he had already proven his acting capability and was able to be recognized by the Academy with his nomination for Best Actor in 1992 with the film Chaplin.

He had also worked with Oscar Best Actress Halley Berry in Gothika, with Val Kilmer in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and with Jake Gyllanhaal and Mark Rufallo in Zodiac. Despite of all that it was really Iron Man that made him as one of the box office actors of today.

His latest movie, Thropic Thunder with Ben Stiller and Jack Black is still out and has already reached over 100 million in the box office.

Who will top the 2008 Box Office Films?

2008-09-13T20:43:00.000-07:00

2008 is almost over, it only means that we are getting closer to determining the Number One movie of the year. For 2007, Spider Man 3 ruled the top spot in North America, while Pirates of Caribbean: At Worlds End ruled the World-Wide Box Office. Let us check out some of the potential top films that would possible rule this year.

In America (As of Sept 14, 2008)

1. The Dark Knight (2008) $513,238,453
2. Iron Man (2008) $318,006,770
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) $316,202,690
4. Hancock (2008) $227,946,274
5. WALL·E (2008) $219,398,090
6. Kung Fu Panda (2008) $214,227,690
7. Horton Hears a Who! (2008) $154,529,187
8. Sex and the City (2008) $152,595,674
9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) $141,614,023
10. Mamma Mia! (2008) $137,268,695
11.Wanted (2008) $134,168,655
12. Get Smart (2008) $128,603,482
13. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) $100,570,825
14. You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) $100,018,837

Currently, The Dark Knight is in no. 2 in all time box office in America. Titanic is unbeatable by $600,779,824 box office record.

World Wide Box Office (As of Sept 11, 2008)

1. The Dark Knight (2008) $950,438,453
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) $781,202,690
3. Kung Fu Panda (2008) $611,227,690
4. Hancock (2008) $581,646,274
5. Iron Man (2008) $570,206,770
6. Mamma Mia! (2008) $417,368,695
7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) $416,714,023
8. WALL·E (2008) $403,898,090
9. Sex and the City (2008) $400,595,674
10. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) $355,970,825

The Dark Knight is in no. 6 and still trying to break the last year No. 1 record holder, Pirates of Caribbean: At Worlds End with a difference of almost 9 millions. Since these movies are still showing, box office record will still be changed.
Source: www.imdb.com

Jessica Biel has a new film, Easy Virtue

2008-09-12T01:59:00.000-07:00

Sexiest woman Jessica Biel has a new film out this 2008, Easy Virtue. After a long break, Jessica has finally engaged in acting again. Easy Virtue is a romantic comedy film about an American divorcée who meets her new in-laws after tying the knot with a young Englishman on the spur of the moment in France. Based on the play by Noel Coward. Also starred by Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Colin Firth.

Jessica is also busy working on her Debut Album and her boyfriend Justin Timberlake is rumored to sing with her in the album. It is said that her sound is like of Madonna and Alicia Keys.

Next year, Jessica Biel is also working on two other movies out next year, one with Jake Gyllanhaal called NAIL and one with The Rock which is an animated film.

The Dark Knight Updates

2008-08-11T00:38:00.000-07:00

The Dark Knight stays another week on top in North America. The new Judd Apatow's produced comedy film Pineapple Express failed to topple down the new batman film by 4 millions. The Dark Knight is already 4 weeks straight on number 1. Meanwhile in All-Time Box Office Record, The Dark Knight is now at No. 3, with over 400 million gross.

Here is the complete top 10 film this week in North America

1	The Dark Knight (2008)	$26M
2	Pineapple Express (2008)	$22.4M
3	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)	$16.1M
4	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)	$10.8M
5	Step Brothers (2008)	$8.9M
6	Mamma Mia! (2008)	$8.08M
7	Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)	$4.86M
8	Hancock (2008)	$3.3M
9	Swing Vote (2008)	$3.11M
10	WALL·E (2008)	$3.04M

Here is the Top 10 All-Time Box Office Hits in North America

1.	Titanic (1997)	$600,779,824
2.	Star Wars (1977)	$460,935,665
3.	The Dark Knight (2008)	$441,541,000
4.	Shrek 2 (2004)	$436,471,036
5.	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)	$434,949,459
6.	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)	$431,065,444
7.	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)	$423,032,628
8.	Spider-Man (2002)	$403,706,375
9.	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)	$380,262,555
10.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	$377,019,252

In World-Wide Box Office, Dark Knight is already in No. 34

30.	Forrest Gump (1994)	$679,400,000
31.	The Sixth Sense (1999)	$661,500,000
32.	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	$653,200,000
33.	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)	$648,200,000
34.	The Dark Knight (2008)	$644,041,000
35.	The Incredibles (2004)	$624,037,578

We'll see if Dark Knight will really climb to top spot to sink Titanic in all time box office.
Next week potential films to beat Dark Knight from the top are the following:

Hollywood's Director and Actor Team-Up

2008-08-04T18:53:00.000-07:00

In Hollywood, directors and producers just love to work with their favorite actors or actresses. It may be because of their compatibility (attitude towards work and pricing) in working together. Here are some of the Hollywood's best Team-up.

Johnny Depp and Director Tim Burton have 6 movies together. They previously made Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005) and Sweeney Todd in 2007. And they are working for an upcoming film out this 2010, Dark Shadows.

Next is Russel Crowe and Director Ridley Scott, started with the Oscar Multi-awards Film (including Best Picture and Best Actor for Russel Crowe) Gladiator in 2000 to A Good Year (2006) and American Gangster (2007). This year they have another film with Leonardo DiCaprio entitled Body of Lies. And another film together in pre-production Nottingham (2009). Russel Crowe also worked with Oscar Best Director Ron Howard for another Oscar Best Picture A Beautiful Mind in 2001, and Cinderella Man in 2005

Ron Howard with Tom Hanks also have 3 films together, Apollo 13 (1995) ,The Davinci Code (2006) and Angels & Demons (2009)

Harrison Ford had 4 films with Director Steven Spielberg; Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). He has also worked with George Lucas for 3 Star Wars Films Star Wars (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Aside from Harrison, Oscar winner Director Steven Spielberg also worked with two of the familiar Tom of Hollywood, Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. He had 3 films with Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), and The Terminal (2004)) and 2 films with Tom Cruise (Minority Report (2002) ,and War of the Worlds (2005))

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese worked together for 3 films Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), and Oscar Best Picture The Departed (2006) and working for another 2 films Shutter Island (2009) and The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (2010).

Heath Ledger, his best performance in Joker role

2008-08-03T23:30:00.001-07:00

His untimely death(Jan 22, 2008) shocked the fans and people of the movie industry, how could be one of the best actors of his times found dead in his own room? Everybody seemed to have difficulty believing that he already passed away, even up to now he seems to be just busy somewhere, out there giving his bests in his films acting and that we are just waiting for the his movie releases and press con.
Though he left us with forever goodbye, Heath Ledger gave his best performance in every film he had. I myself is very thankful that he was able to finish his role as Joker in the most anticipated film this year, the reason why The Dark Knight is a very huge hit now. When I watched The Dark Knight, I have nothing to remember but the character of Joker (no offense to the rest of the casts, they all did well, Christian Bale and Maggie are also my favorites). He is really 'Fearless' as Christopher Nolan (Dark Knight's Director) said. Who would have thought that Heath evolved from a teen star down to best villain of all time. Yeah , indeed he deserves an acting credit for the role.I like his every scene in the Dark Knight, but what i like the most is when he is attacking someone with his knife and always tell the story about how he got the scars and paint smile on his face with the line "...why too serious.."
Some of his films before Dark Knight were I'm Not There (2007) also with Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Richard Gere and his Oscar nominated performance Brokeback Mountain (2006) with Jake Gyllenhaal and his ex-wife Michelle Williams, Candy with Geoffrey Rush; The Patriot with Mel Gibson; The Brother's Grimm with Matt Damon; and his first known film in 1999, 10 Things I hate about you with Julia Stiles.

Top Films This week

2008-08-03T17:49:00.000-07:00

The new Mummy failed to fight Dark Knight in this week battle of the best films. Dark Knight earned 43.8 millions this week now reaching 393 million in 17 days while the new Mummy closed to 42.2 million. The latest Batman is currently no. 8 in all time box office in America, which falls between Spider Man and Star Wars 3 in no. 7 and 9 respectively.

Here is the complete All-time TOP 10 Films (from imdb.com)

1.	Titanic (1997)	$600,779,824
2.	Star Wars (1977)	$460,935,665
3.	Shrek 2 (2004)	$436,471,036
4.	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)	$434,949,459
5.	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)	$431,065,444
6.	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)	$423,032,628
7.	Spider-Man (2002)	$403,706,375
8.	The Dark Knight (2008)	$394,887,000
9.	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)	$380,262,555
10.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	$377,019,252

However in World-wide Box Office Record, Dark Knight is still fighting with Iron Man and Indiana Jones 4, but it already surpassed its fellow 2008 hits, Hancock and Kung Fu Panda: So far, it already reached to over 500 million and currently at no. 54.

24.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

$769,146,685

45.

Iron Man (2008)

$567,125,955

54.

The Dark Knight (2008)

$521,187,000

57.	Hancock (2008)	$515,995,000
58.	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	$513,997,686

Wanted is a must-see action film this year.

2008-08-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

Wanted is a must-see action film this year, director Timur Bekmambetov (Russian director known for vampire films that includes the trilogy Night Watch) opened this year the real action genre. With the very outstanding performances from Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, and the new comer James McAvoy who started his career appearing in romantic films (Penelope and Atonement), Wanted will thrill you as it takes you the real action scenes that you haven't seen in other films before. The twists were unexpected and every scene would really keep you locked on your seat.

The drama behind Wanted, though quite familiar but showed in a very nice way that pushed the film to its highest level, a real film out of wit, the sounds and effects (would remind you of Matrix films) and everything.

A not-to-miss action film this year...two thumbs up!

Top 5 Films of the Week

2008-07-31T18:59:00.000-07:00

This is a report of Top 5 Films of Today, hopefully i can update you every week with this. This is as of August 1, 2008.

This Week TOP 5 Film in North America

1. The Dark Knight
2. Step Brothers
3. Mama Mia!
4. X-Files: I want to believe
5. Journey to the Center of The Earth

2008 Top 5 Film in North America

1. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Iron Man (2008)
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
4. Hancock (2008)
5. Kung Fu Panda (2008)

2008 Top 5 Film in World-Wide Box Office

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2. Iron Man
3. Kung Fu Panda
4. Hancock
5. The Dark Knight

All Time World Wide Box Office

1. Titanic (1997)
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

All Time Top 5 Animated Film in World-Wide Box Office

1. Shrek 2 (2004)
2. Finding Nemo (2003)
3. Shrek the Third (2007)
4. The Lion King (1994)
5. The Incredibles (2004)

Lets see next week if how these films perform. The Dark Knight seems to be moving so fast that would reach the all time world-wide box office, or would it stay in the no.1 spot in America for a couple of weeks more.Who knows..

Source: imdb.com and boxofficemojo.com

Facts about The Dark Knight

2008-07-30T17:53:00.001-07:00

Wondering why Katie Holmes was not able to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes in the latest Batman? Find out why through some facts about The Dark Knight that I collected from imdb.com.

Turning down a salary estimated at between $1 million and $2 million (an increase over the roughly $1 million she was believed to have earned for Batman Begins (2005)) Katie Holmes chose not to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes. This was due to what was described as 'scheduling conflicts'.
Before Maggie Gyllenhaal replaced Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes, both Rachel McAdams and Emily Blunt were rumored for the part
Matt Damon was Christopher Nolan's first choice for the role of Harvey Dent but turned it down. Before Aaron Eckhart was cast in the part, other actors considered included Hugh Jackman, Ryan Phillippe, Liev Schreiber and Josh Lucas.
This is the first Batman film to not have "Batman" in the title
This is the third film of Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale together after Batman Begins in 2005 and The Prestige in 2006)
Robin Williams, Lachy Hulme, Paul Bettany, and Adrien Brody all expressed interest for the role of the Joker before Heath Ledger was cast.
Had the biggest three-day opening weekend of all time with $158 million beating Spider-Man 3 (2007).
Set a new record for the biggest opening-day gross at the box office with $66.4 million. Former record holder was Spider-Man 3 (2007).
Set a weekend box-office record for IMAX venues with $6.2 mil. Former record holder was Spider-Man 3 (2007).
Set a new mark for money earned in midnight showings when it grossed $18.5 million. Former record holder was Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
Holds the record for reaching the $200 million mark the fastest, after only 5 days.
Holds the record for reaching the $300 million mark the fastest, after only 10 days. Former record holder was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).
Made more money than Batman Begins (2005) entire domestic run in only 6 days of release.

The Dark Knight fever continues...

2008-07-30T17:25:00.001-07:00

The Dark Knight continuously breaking a lot of records kicking previous holders behinds, among its new record are the following; The best opening weekend of all time in America with the record of over 158 million in just a week that overthrown other movie sequels, Pirates 2, Spider Man 3 and Star Wars 3 and The first film to reach 200 million mark in just 5 days, while Pirates 3 made it in 8 days. Indeed, The Dark Knight is the best superhero film and the best movie sequel today.

Currently, the Dark Knight, is closely behind Spider Man-3 at number 16 in the all time box office in America, surpassing fellow 2008 hits that includes Iron Man and Indiana Jones 4 and Kung Fu Panda, and Hancock. And in the World Wide Box Office,The Dark Knight now is grossing up to $460,229,159 at and is already in No. 67 spot.

It is said that, if there would be any film that beats Titanic, it would be The Dark Knight.

The Dark Knight, the fastest film to reach 2000 million dollar

2008-07-24T18:00:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to all the casts and crews of The Dark Knight, specially the outstanding performances of lead stars, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, for being the fastest film to reach 2000 million dollar in just 5 days. Previous record holders, Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Spider Man -2 made to 2000 million in 8 days. Since the day it was released (July 18, 2008), the latest batman film has already reached $222,150,806. Truly Dark Knight is the hottest superhero this year or maybe for years to come.

The Dark Knight has the best opening weekend to date

2008-07-24T00:18:00.000-07:00

The latest superhero movie The Dark Knight has the best opening weekend to date with the total gross of $158,411,483 in its first week. It leaves Spider-Man 3 behind by almost 8 million in the 2nd place. This makes The Dark Knight as the most successful batman films ever created.

Completing the top 12 are both Hero Films, Indiana Jones 4 and Iron Man, which were also released earlier this year.

Since most of the anticipated films were already released earlier and some are scheduled next year, seems like The Dark Knight would be holding the top spot for quite a while.

The Complete list:(source:boxofficemojo.com)
1 The Dark Knight - $158,411,483 (2008)
2 Spider-Man 3 - $151,116,516(2007)
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $135,634,554 (2006)
4 Shrek the Third - $121,629,270 (2007)
5 Spider-Man - $114,844,116 (2002)
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End-$114,732,820(2007)
7 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith-$108,435,841(2005)
8 Shrek 2 - $108,037,878 (2004)
9 X-Men: The Last Stand-$102,750,665(2006)
10 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - $102,685,961(2005)
11 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull-$100,137,835(2008)
12 Iron Man - $98,618,668 (2008)

The Dark Knight, the 7th Batman Film released as a full length movie.

2008-07-22T23:52:00.000-07:00

The Dark Knight, is the 7th Batman film ever released in cinemas. Following the success of the Batman Begins in 2005, Christian Bale is back once again as Bruce Wayne and this time with the late Heath Ledger as Joker. The latest film is doing great in the US and World Wide Box Office.

The following are the rest of the Batman films with the actors in the title role.
All of these batman films were hits in the world wide box office record except for the first movie in 1966.

Batman: The Movie (1966) - Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin
Batman (1989) - Michael Keaton as Batman
Batman Returns (1992) - Michael Keaton as Batman
Batman Forever (1995) - Val Kilmer as Batman
Batman and Robin (1997) - George Clooney as Batman, Chris O'Donnell as Robin
Batman Begins (2005) - Christian Bale as Batman

Who rules the All Time World Wide Box Office?

2008-07-13T18:47:00.000-07:00

Who among our favorite actors and directors are champions in Box Office World Wide?Let's take a look on them:

Oscar Winning Director Steven Spielberg has the most box office films of all time as of 2008, his several hits includes Jaws in 1975, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Jurassic Park (1993)The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001), Minority Report (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War of the Worlds (2005), and his latest Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). (this doesn't include his Writing Credits)
Tom Cruise' Hits includes , Top Gun (1986), Rain Man (1988), A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) , Jerry Maguire (1996), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002) ,The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005) and Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Director/Writer George Lucas Box office Hits include Star Wars (1977), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). His writings and stories also include Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
WIll Smith has over ten films that gained box office records, his movies include Independence Day (1996), Men in Black (1997), Enemy of the State (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), Men in Black II (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), I, Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Hitch (2005),The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), I Am Legend (2007), and his latest Hancock (2008)
Tom Hanks, 2-time Oscar winner and a Box Office Champion, some of his films that gained Box Office record include, Forrest Gump (1994), Toy Story (1995), Apollo 13 (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998),You've Got Mail (19998), Toy Story 2 (1999), The Green Mile (1999),Cast Away (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Polar Express (2004), and The DaVinci Code (2006)
Mel Gibson - made box office record through acting and directing films, his films include (as an actor)Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Braveheart (1995), Pocahontas (1995), What Women Want (2000), Signs (2002) and as a Director The Passion of the Christ (2004).
Jim Carrey and Bruce Willis have 7 films as of this year. Jim's films include Dumb & Dumber (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Liar Liar (1997), The Truman Show (1998), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Bruce Almighty (2003), and Horton Hears a Who! (2008) while Bruce Willis movies include Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998), Over the Hedge (2006)..
Johnny Depp - Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Here are some of the actors/actresses that have more than one film in the world wide box office:
Nicholas Cage, Russel Crowe, George Clooney, Julia Robert, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, and Cameron Diaz.

However in 19997, James Cameron's version of Titanic is unbeatable for over a decade as No. 1 Movie of all time in Box Office. I'm not just so sure if it was because of Cameron's aura or the love story of Rose and Jack that really made the movie goer watched it for several times, (yes several times!). Rose and Jack were portrayed by the Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Source: www.imdb.com as of July 13, 2008 (all films have reached $200,000,000 at the box office during their theatrical runs to be included in the World-Wide Box Office Record).

Upcoming Movies 2008 and Beyond..Todays Busiest Toms of Hollywood

2008-07-09T18:31:00.000-07:00

Buzz to all movie freaks out there (just like me)..just wanna update you about the latest movies up this year, next year or perhaps very soon (who knows they might adjust the release dates). Of course i won't include the Hancock of Will Smith and Peter Berg who has already started its 2nd weeks or Christian Bale's Dark Knight which is out also this month ..I just wanna give you the idea that most of the famous Hollywood stars are coming back this year and very busy working again (either filming and promoting).

Let's start with Tom Cruise, who had just produced Ben Stiller's along with Kung Fu Panda Jack Black and Iron man Robert Downy Jr. movie Trophic Thunder (in which he also appeared in cameo in the movie, and another full length movie soon with Ben Stiller). Tom is done filming the action drama movie Valkyrie with director Bryan Singer which is out anytime next year (just waiting for the perfect time i guess hehe)

However another Tom is also soon to be reprising his roles as Robert Langdon in Dan Brow's novel and Woody in Toy Story 3. Tom Hanks is busy working with the prequel of the movie with Ron Howard (who also directed the Da Vinci Code) and this time with the book prequel "Angels and Demons" and with the Pixar's Toy Story 3. There are no fix released date of these films, but hopefully before end of 2009.

That's it for now, in the near future I'll be adding more coming soon films from your fave actors and actresses.

Inspiring True Story Movies of all time

2008-06-13T20:32:00.000-07:00

The following movies are the most inspiring movies of all time that are based from True Story. It talks about how life can be more worth to live for if we would always take it as challenge for us, if we always see it as an opportunity to grow and to be a better person. Here are some movies that really really inspire me every time i watch it again and again. Who knows it might do the same thing for you.

1. A Beautiful Mind - Starring - Russel Crowe & Jennifer Connely; Directed By - Ron Howard

This is about the story of John Forbes Nash Jr, a recipient of Noble Prize Award in the field of Economics. How he almost given up by his loved ones except his loving wife who was his former student. She stood by her through his struggles caused by the psychotic disorder called "Schizophrenia".
The movie's tag line is " The Only Thing Greater Than the Power of the Mind is the Courage of the Heart"

2. The Pursuit Of HappYness - Starred by Will Smith and Directed by Gabriele Muccino

This is about the story of Christopher Gardner who was left by his wife to raise alone his son through selling the obsolete medical bone density scanners. He struggled as a Salesman but now he is one of the respected millionaires in U.S.

3. Freedom Writers - Starred by Hillary Swank and Directed by Richard LaGravenes

This is about the story of a English Teacher Ms. Erin Gruwell who was in the worst situation with the students in her first time of teaching. Because of different culture and beliefs Ms. G had a difficulty dealing with students and the school administrator, until she changed them through writing Journal. Ms G. soon compiled and published the journals and name it as Freedom Writers.