mad detective (sun tam) - so good/smart/inventive hollywood definitely gonna bastardize this.

notebook - cheese...i sorta like cheese.
the leads are ok, ryan g is also good in half nelson, the movie is one note until the love scene, it suddenly feels alive, i guess nicky c learnt a thing or two during his softcore days. man, james marsden cast again as the loser who don't get the girl (cyclops 1-3, superman, enchanted)

thanx for the heads up. if its a foreign adapatation/remake, its gonna be good.



track down The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

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link provided

willing to trade you with something good that i've never heard of

here are some alternatives:

(500) Days of Summer - shadowboxer
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Gus Van Sant's gerry
Ghostbusters - stripes
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - johnnie to's vengeance
Julie & Julia - junebug / Adrienne Shelly last flick, waitress
The Fast and the Furious - two lane blacktop / boiler room
Fast & Furious - one nite in mongkok
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - sid and nancy
Martian Child - say anything
Alvin & the Chipmunks - porco rosso
College Road Trip - albert brooks' lost in america
The Day the Earth Stood Still - thumbsucker
Role Models - gen-y cops
Paranormal Activity - cache
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey - the lost boys
Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - duckman

mamat khalid's double bill 'ROCK' (80's mat rock scene) + Kala Malam Bulan Mengambang (noir.femme fatale.komunis.shaw studio.p ramlee.pontianak.were-harimau) renew my faith in local cinema. both are funny as hell

black dynamite (blackspoiltation homage) my vote for the funniest of 2009. didn't know michael jai white has IT in him.

avatar 3d - zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

australia - wolverine, nicole's outfit, the kid, david gulpilil, outback....MAGIC

to live and die in L.A. - William Friedkin directed this 80's cult classic, most realistic counterfeit money printing every portrayed on film, wang chung scored soundtrack, counted more than 7 person shot in the face, willem dafoe burn fake money in the nude while watching home made sex vid, William Petersen as a cocky as fcuk cop doing a full frontal. car chase here, tops the one in french connection.
double bill with: point break

vanishing point [1971] - the name kowalski (primal scream tributed a song) or supersoul ring a bell? this movie is so cool that badass Viggo Mortensen did a shitty remake. essential road movie with awesome visual especially the nude chic on a motorcycle, can't get the visual out of my mind.
double bill with: faster pussycat kill kill

american psycho: perfect 80's tribute on corporate soullessness and c.bale doesn't suck. i reakon this fcker can only do intense. his take on phil collins. hughy lewy, whitney are classics
double bill with: ichi the killer

dostana: hindi cheese escapism set in miami. i like it. the homage to kkkg and kush kush are surprisingly good. i want myself a DESI girl
double bill with: anyone one of those i mentioned

blue: another hindi cheese!! a worthy watch for its underwater cinematography, beautiful bahamas, bangkok, lara dutta bikini homage to jessica alba's into the blue
double bill with: the deep

fantastic mr fox: classic wes anderson. lovely costume design, soundtrack n superb voice cast
double bill with: alice aka Neco z Alenky

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Added on March 15, 2010, 11:57 pmmerantau warrior: shit of a flick and where the hell is salty balls when u need em? they manage to hire token evil white ppl in a form of an aussie that sounded like george w bush then when the scene became intense he pulled a sam worthington n after that his silly accent is all over the place and his eurotrash bf. better than.... our local action movie? u bet ..than ong bak? no where there. stop watching after the 1 hour mark.
better than: prob our local action movie
inferior to: storm warriors in HD, sf: chun li: chris klein is the bomb!

muallaf: i love this! wanna hang out with the sisters. the censored part, can anyone pls help me to fill in the blanks thanks

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i'm looking forward to summer wars

[rec]2 - scary at the edge of the seat intense. dam i wanna shoot those teens so badly.
companion piece: rosemary baby

bangkok dangerous - screw yip man! this has nic cage doing wing chun. smart move hiring Charlie Yeung (last seen in police story 4) as the mute thai love interest. why most hk actresses have flat asses?!!!
companion piece: midnight my love - dirtyBalls plays a love sick taxi driver

rayray thanx for the recommendation

rumble fish - heartthrobs ahoy! 80's b&w teenage rebellion flick by francis ford coppola starring Mickey "damn i'm sexy" Rourke, Matt "i'm just gonna be like my badass bro (the rourke)" Dillion, Dennis "i might be a drunk but i don't eff with my kids" Hopper, Tom "i provide the quirks" Waits, nik "screw you if u say i got this part because of my uncle" cage, chris "i used to be better looking then my bro" penn, and diane "i can't believe she's that effin hot" lane.

The Losers
+ Jason Patric and his sidekick - can see this mofo is having a great time reminded me of Chris Klein's performance in Street Fighter: Chun Li
+ that avatar chic in leather
- the gang...boring
- Chris Evans has nothing on Ryan Reynolds
- to those who say Glee's don't stop believin'....go fark yourselves. using the song is just tiresome, cringe inducing....its too soon la! Some memorable ones that I can think of Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (American Dad), The Cars - Drive (Transformers), You're the Voice (Hot Rod), the Nirvana song during the beginning of a shoot em up in Shoot Em Up.

macgruber - one of the funniest this year

expandables - gang had zero chemistry, sadistic, mean spirited, sly + the rourke = freakshow, a sign your flick gonna suck if Lundgren outshines everyone, surprisingly gave a very sympathetic performance. the two female cast are hot though.

180° South - docu about a dude inspired by his hippy heroes to retrace their footsteps to Patagonia. awesome stuff one of my fave this year.

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Added on September 13, 2010, 5:48 pmhe needs someone like darren aronofsky to direct his ass not letting him do as he pleases.

This post has been edited by fragglerock: Sep 13 2010, 05:48 PM

predators - boring but at least danny trejo didn't outstay his welcome unlike machete, another one that i've lost interest in half way through.
alternative to these borefest: check out the ori predator and the funny as hell and very true to the grindhouse/blaxploitation spirit, black dynamite.

hey old timer, time is short, stop watching shit n get on with the good stuff.
here are some i would like to recommend you:
-Nicolas Roeg's Don't look now [1973] beside the psychological fright fest that it is, its also has one of the best shot husband/wife fark scene. remember soderbergh's out of sight?
-the innocents [1961]. its available on bluray.
-polanski's other gems like repulsion, knife in the water, cul de sac, the tenant and lastly i've got a feeling you might miss this...chinatown
any recommendation old timer?

enjoy hope these titles accessible to you

idi amin titled himself "His Excellency President for Life Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, King of Scotland Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular"

he's also good playing charlie parker in bird n crying game

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hi MF is little women as enjoyable as say...sense and sensibility? just the title and especially the poster kinda turns me off... eg eat pray love

hates chick flick but who can resist angLee, winslet, emma thompson?!!!

the last airbender - why the hating? m night knows how to shoot action, appa looks awesome

i like the cartoon particularly the relationship between zuko n his uncle. someone said that the way m night shoots the flick its as if he's directing a cartoon. thats why the one note/kayu performance. come to think of it this is exactly like avatar.

not the best but highly enjoyable.

can't wait for The Sorcerer's Apprentice, effin nik cage in it

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - i guess ny is no vienna n the two leads aren't hawke n delpy.

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Added on November 9, 2010, 10:45 pmnotorious - ingrid bergman is just sublime and that NOTORIOUS kiss..WOW

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entertainin fluff. is video gaming culture that hollow? thats what i got from edgar wright's directed flick. my least fav among his others.