last weekend - quadruple outing!

hhmm thot i already posted this .. well apparently not... so here goes

Colombiana : Zoe Saldana was volatile in this action packed drama about a little girl who goes Rambo after watching her parents killed by Colombian drug lords. After her performance in Losers, she manages to pull off this role of an revenge driven assassin who has to battle her pain in order to get payback.

Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy : Gary Oldman leads a strong cast in a throwback to the 70s style spy drama based on the role made famous by Alec Guinness in the tv adaptation. slightly slow moving, but still good drama and credible performances by Firth, Hardy n co to back up Oldman. Was ok to watch, but a little draggy at times.

Friends with Benefits : This one took me by surprise.. i was expecting the usual rom-com but it was actually hilariously good. Kunis and Timberlake pull of their roles well, and there's a lot of humour interjected to the awkard-at-first relation they have, but with the usual predictability out of the way, the two of them manage to pull this one off quite well. And with Patricia Clarkson having the best lines (HA HA!) it made for good entertainment!

30 minutes or less : Eisenberg returns to his comedy roots with Aziz Ansari in a comedy about a loser pizza delivery guy who gets a bomb strapped to his chest by two other losers who want a quick buck and make him rob a bank for him.. makes sense?

Well that's the plot and basically the whole movie. There are some laughs in it.. but i'd keep this one for DVD or downloading if u fancy some gags.

Cowboys and Aliens

Jon Favreau serves up another slick action flick loaded with effects and stars. Daniel Craig portrays a cowboy who wakes up in the middle of nowhere, with memory loss. Soon recovers his mean streak and ends up getting in trouble with the law... and enter Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell and Keith Carradine amongst others embroiled in this survival in the old wild west when aliens show up with some cool spider looking crafts and kidnap some of their townsfolk.

Cue some predictable sequences later, but coolly entertaining ride and we see Wilde n Craig lead the westerners and red indians into battle to save the day!

All in all a good viewing, but seems like Favreau is getting short on ideas. However, while there have been films on aliens in ancient egyptian times, and modern day as well... why not put a western and aliens on the same screen! good effort, enjoyable result!!

Hattrick weekend!

Dominic Cooper stars in this awesome telling of Latif Yahia's tale of his horror of being the body double Uday Hussain (yes.. that same one from Iraq). It's awesomely told, good performance by the main character in both roles, and also some good action in telling a tough tale. The movie goes to lengths to portray uday as a 'devil' and Latif as the troubled 'double'. Personally felt the actor who carried out the small part of Saddam Hussein was terrifyingly g o o d.

Super 8 is a cool sci-fi take on a 70s time during which some kids in a small town end up being part of a military secret, which end up creating chaos to that town and involves a life form (alien of course... it IS a JJ Abrams movie) that just wants to go home (ET anyone?).

The young cast does well to hold themselves and create the characters whom resemble any kid growing up in the US (in the 70s). The story itself while being predictable, does enough to keep you wanting more while entertaining at the same time. And boy, the train crash scene is a damn good one!

Another modern take on the classic tale, this time as a prequel..and i'd say they did well... with the human performances of caliber with Franco, Pinto, Lithgow, and Felton turning in solid shifts.. it's the apes characters (mainly Andy Serkis takes the credits here) that end up being the main stars of this film.

With an origin based tale on how the apes got superintelligent, and moving onto how they rebelled against cruelty to finally break out and break free... of humans!

Great CGI makes this one a very very good watch

Unlimited Card!!

YES... been enjoying a past month of flicks thanks to my new Cineworld Unlimited Card!.. with a nominal monthly fee, i'm able to enjoy as many flicks i want each month... the fee covers about 2 movies, so each time i watch a third one is already a bonus for me :D July i managed to cover 4!! yeahoo... onto August now...

the wolfpack returns!!

and boy does this pack entertain hehehehe

sorry but i couldn't resist. watched it, and while at most times i couldn't wait to punch Zach G's character Alan for all the nonsense he gets the pack into.... i totally enjoyed how Ed Helms' Stu gets into as much trouble as only he possibly could while Bradley Cooper's Phil attempts to save the day while trying to be cool .... again!! LOL.... but with the added comic relief by a monkey (worth the cheap laughs i tell u) and Ken Jeong add into the mayhem that ensues.

loads of reviews i got from my pals all said that the first one was better, i mean most prequels are... but this sequel holds it's own against it's predecessor, in more ways then the pack can handle :P

Verdict : Sweeeeeett!! hahahah

who will survive

Have your favorites made the cut? Check out our breakdown below and check back often for the latest renewal/cancellation news.

UPDATES below

RENEWED

30 Rock (NBC)
90210 (CW) (WHY?!?!)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Dad (Fox)
America's Next Top Model (CW)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Bob's Burgers (Fox) (WHY?!?!)
Body of Proof (ABC)
Bones (Fox)
Castle (ABC)
Chuck (NBC) (Last legs ?)
The Cleveland Show (Fox) (WHY?!?!)
Community (NBC) (ZZzzzzZZZzzz)
Cougar Town (ABC)
Family Guy (Fox)
Fringe (Fox)
Glee (Fox)
Gossip Girl (CW) (WHY?!?!)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
House (Fox)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The Middle (ABC)
Modern Family (ABC)
NCIS (CBS)
The Office (NBC)
Parenthood (NBC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Private Practice (ABC)
Raising Hope (Fox)
Rules of Engagement (CBS)
The Simpsons (Fox)
Supernatural (CW)
Survivor (CBS)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
The Vampire Diaries (CW) (aaaaarrgghhh?!)

LOOKING GOOD

American Idol (Fox)
The Bachelor (ABC) (WHY?!?!)
The Biggest Loser (NBC)
Blue Bloods (CBS)(YESSSSS!!) Renewed
Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
Criminal Minds (CBS)
CSI (CBS)
CSI: Miami (CBS)
Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) Renewed
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
The Mentalist (CBS)
Mike & Molly (CBS) Renewed
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
Nikita (CW)
Undercover Boss (CBS) (WHY?!?!)

LOOKING NOT SO GOOD

$#*! My Dad Says (CBS) (Uh-oh?!?!) Cancelled
The Cape (NBC)
Chase (NBC)
CSI: NY (CBS) (whaatt?!?!) Renewed PHEWWW
The Defenders (CBS)
Hellcats (CW)
One Tree Hill (CW) Renewed
Perfect Couples (NBC) Cancelled

CANCELED/ENDING

Better With You (ABC)
Breaking In (Fox)
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Chaos (CBS)
The Chicago Code (Fox) (SON OF A BITCH!!!)
Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC)
The Event (NBC)
Friday Night Lights (NBC)
The Good Guys (Fox)
Human Target (Fox)
Law & Order: Los Angeles (NBC)
Lie to Me (Fox)
Life Unexpected (CW)
Live to Dance (CBS)
Medium (CBS)
Mr. Sunshine (ABC)
No Ordinary Family (ABC)
Off the Map (ABC) (hhmmm?!)
Outsourced (NBC) (Nooooooooooooooo!)
Running Wilde (Fox)
Smallville (CW)
Traffic Light (Fox)
V (ABC)


NEW SERIES PICKED UP (Let's see how many of these last till the next cut!)
Alcatraz (Fox)
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (NBC)
Apartment 23 (ABC)
Awake (NBC)
Bent (NBC)
BFFs (NBC)
Charlie's Angels (ABC)
Finder (Fox)
Free Agents (NBC)
Good Christian Belles (ABC)
Grimm (NBC)
I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Fox)
The New Girl (Fox)
Last Man Standing (ABC)
Man Up (ABC)
Once Upon a Time (ABC)
Pan Am (ABC)
The Playboy Club (NBC)
Person of Interest (CBS)
Prime Suspect (NBC)
Revenge (ABC)
The Ringer (CW)
The River (ABC)
Scandal (ABC)
Smash (NBC)
Suburgatory (ABC)
Two Broke Girls (CBS)
Up All Night (NBC)
Whitney (NBC)
Work It (ABC)

MIDSEASON SHOWS/TOO SOON TO TELL

America's Next Great Restaurant (NBC) Cancelled
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (CBS)
Mad Love (CBS) Cancelled
Perfect Couples (NBC) Cancelled
Shedding for the Wedding (CW)

See the full article at the link below:

Fall 2011 TV Scorecard: Which Shows Are Returning? Which Aren't? - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com

Battle : Los Angeles

hot-diggity damn! wow that was intense.... finally i managed to get excited enough about a movie to write it up haha. Anyway, after being away too long from my movie/tv outlet of emotions..i thought i'd better get back to sharing all that i've been uploading to my mental servers. (still not yet a regular cinema-goer but i do what i can to watch good quality shows streaming online.. Vive le piracy!)

Battle: LA makes no effort to hide that this is an all out dogfight. and right from the get go it's a tactical display of planning and execution of a battle, fought against alien invaders (of course) set in the streets of LA (of course), with the humans almost pushed back to brink of defeat before making a superb comeback to survive against all odds (heck yeah!) of course with the standard emotional moments, human drama and humorous exchange in critical moments to smoothly progress to finale of euphoria and relief all rolled into one.

Standard story right, same as ID4 and any other alien invasion movie, except this was more Black Hawk Down meets District 9 (though that was exceptional) and i loved this more!! i know it received a lot of flak (pun intended) from a lot of box office critics et all, but who cares. Like i always try to tell myself and all those who accidentally tuned into this blog... watch it yourself and judge it for yourself.

Eckhart perfectly portrays a Staff Seargent battling inner daemons to lead his raggity band of troops to save the civillians and beat the baddie. Some folks said the characters were not properly developed... but come on it's a battle! who cares.

Verdict : HECK YEAH!! i'd so watch it a few more times.

FOX OFF!!

FOX has released although unofficially the latest slashes for the fall lineup. With American Idol and the new Xfactor soon to be taking up most of their schedule...the suits that be decided that actual acting and storylines was not worth saving compared to semi-talented wannabes producing scripted reality moments.

Luckily shows like Fringe, Bones and House survived (but given their storylines this season, i wouldn't give them much hope come this time next year) , but others like Lie to Me and Human Target fell alongside critical favourite Chicago Code. And with Breaking in also crashing out, means Christian Slater and Bret Harrison have two shows in a row that have been cancelled (The Forgotten and V respectively).

DAMN U FOX!!

Fox cancels 'The Chicago Code,' etc... - chicagotribune.com

and the gold statue goes to....

and so the wait is over.. the results are out .. aaaaannnnd it's as predictable as i thot it would be... no surprises.... Hathaway n Franco did an ok job as young excited hists, but seems a lot of the media didn't like em... too bad...so below is the full list of winners from ComingSoon.net (in case u missed it.... miraculously)

The Complete List of Oscar Winners!

Source: ComingSoon.net

February 27, 2011

The 83rd Academy Awards were presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre and we will be posting the winners as they are announced! The show was hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Let us know what you thought of the show and the winners by using the comments below!


BEST PICTURE:
**Winner** The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Darla K. Anderson, Producer
True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions), Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

DIRECTING:
**Winner** Tom Hooper - The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company)
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
David O. Russell - The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
David Fincher - The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - True Grit (Paramount Pictures)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
**Winner** Colin Firth - The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company)
Javier Bardem - Biutiful (Roadside Attractions)
Jeff Bridges - True Grit (Paramount Pictures)
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)
James Franco - 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
**Winner** Natalie Portman - Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole (Lionsgate)
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions)
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine (The Weinstein Company)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
**Winner** Christian Bale - The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
John Hawkes - Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions)
Jeremy Renner - The Town (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
**Winner** Melissa Leo - The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
Amy Adams - The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company)
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit (Paramount Pictures)
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom (Sony Pictures Classics)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
**Winner** The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
**Winner** The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler
Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
**Winner** In a Better World (Sony Pictures Classics), Denmark
Biutiful (Roadside Attractions), Mexico
Dogtooth (Kino International), Greece
Incendies (Sony Pictures Classics), Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (Cohen Media Group), Algeria

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
**Winner** Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Lee Unkrich
How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation), Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics), Sylvain Chomet

ART DIRECTION:
**Winner** Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures), Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (Warner Bros. Pictures), Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
**Winner** Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Wally Pfister
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Matthew Libatique
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Danny Cohen
The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Roger Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN:
**Winner** Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures), Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures), Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (Touchstone Pictures), Sandy Powell
True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Mary Zophres

FILM EDITING:
**Winner** The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), Pamela Martin
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tariq Anwar
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Jon Harris

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
**Winner** Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics), Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Exit Through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency, Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Gasland (Rooftop Films), Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment), Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land (Arthouse Films), Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

MAKEUP:
**Winner** The Wolfman (Universal Pictures), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Barney's Version (Sony Pictures Classics), Adrien Morot
The Way Back (Newmarket Films), Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

ORIGINAL SCORE:
**Winner** The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation), John Powell
Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), A.R. Rahman

ORIGINAL SONG:
**Winner** "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Coming Home" from Country Strong (Screen Gems), Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from Tangled (Walt Disney Pictures), Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

SOUND MIXING:
**Winner** Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt (Columbia Pictures), Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

SOUND EDITING:
**Winner** Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Richard King
Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney Pictures), Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable (20th Century Fox), Mark P. Stoeckinger

VISUAL EFFECTS:
**Winner** Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures), Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (Warner Bros. Pictures), Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter (Warner Bros. Pictures), Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Iron Man 2 (Paramount Pictures, Marvel Studios), Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
**Winner** Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Killing in the Name, Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl, Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
**Winner** The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Day & Night, Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let's Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
**Winner** God of Love, Luke Matheny
The Confession, Tanel Toom
The Crush, Michael Creagh
Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Read more: The Complete List of Oscar Winners! - ComingSoon.net

New Series!

right.. so since i'm here today haha... here's an overview of the new shows i'm currently busy watching!

highly recommended cos it's so damn good are Blue Bloods and The Chicago Code... both are cop dramas.. first one being about a family of cops starring Donnie Wahlberg, Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, n Jennifer Esposito amongst it leads while the second one is set in Chicago with Jennifer Beals, Jason Clark and Delroy Lindo, where the new superintendent is fighting corruption on all ends while trying to clean up the streets.

awesome stories, great styles, superb performances are enough to get me high on a weekly basis.

another one is the re-boot of Hawaii Five-O... now this was was launched with some skeptism as certain famous reboots didn't fare too well (Knight Rider anyone?) but has come out with some excellent ratings and with it's reputation intact. with Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim(yes he of Lost fame) and Grace Park as the team.

critical acclaim follows The Walking Dead... who gave zombie genre lovers it's first tv series... finally a good show about zombies. and it's apparently gonna get better as the story continues. nice!

a couple more dramas are making the rounds this 2011, like new med-drama from creators of Grey's Anatomy, but this time set in the jungle of some south american outback...looks alright for now... but the ratings don't look good...same goes for Sarah Shahi starer Fairly Legal.

comedies on the other hand have some new stars in the house!

call-center comedy Outsourced is crazy funny, same as Shit my Dad Says.. with William Shatner spewing cynical wisdom. guaranteed funny.

there are two ex-friends stars facing off over the ratings.. with Matt LeBlanc's Episodes seem to be doing better then Matthew Perry's Mr Sunshine...time will tell if both survive to a 2nd season.

another one that's just 2 episodes old is Mad Love with Jason Biggs (american pie), Taylor Labine (Reaper), Judy Greer(arrested development etc) and Sarah Chalke(scrubs) in a hilarious outing as a pair of dating couples.... although orthodox as they are.