coming- soon animations

if i may say so myself, i’m a BIG fan of animation… whatever it may be

as you all might have gathered, in the very least i’m crazy of animes

well, that’s right and now,  include hollywood animations too

animations had been one of the constants in my life since i was little i grew up watching cartoon network especially and lil of disney channel. even now i still do

but, i didn’t make it a point to actually watch all the animations released in cinemas, and from today onwards I WILL

all thanks to watching G- Force a fortnight ago and i suppose it’s also partly because i watched in it 3D and, yeah… it’s my first time watching in that dimension LOVE IT!!!

okay, so for the remaining of this post i gonna be ranting on the animations that are set to hit our Malaysian cinemas in the near future

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

it was only after throwing the title around in my brain cavity for few hours that i realize it sounds almost similar to what one would hear coming from the weatherman on tv i guess that’s the point

only from the title and watching the trailer so far, i’m already sure that this gonna be one of my fav animation movies the food, the food, the food !!! *says it in a sing- song voice*

director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller shoutout to you guys, thanks for this film- o- licious movie =D

released by Sony Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures this animated film’ s also available in 3D

is inspired by a 1978 children’s book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett

tells the tale of a young inventor, Flint Lockwood who invents a machine that converts water into food (having rain come down from above as food), only to have those that they eat becoming bigger and BIGGER…. then it becomes the usual save- the -world thing

i suppose the end then can be easily guessed *seals lips* i ain’t spoilin anythin for you

the cast:

Bill Hader as Flint Lockwood, a young inventor and the main protagonist

Anna Faris as Samantha “Sam” Sparks, a weather intern from NYC and Flint’s love interest ♥

Neil Patrick Harris as Steve the Monkey, Flint’s pet monkey who can communicate through a speak and spell thought-translating device

James Caan as  Tim Lockwood, Flint’s widower technophobic father

Bruce Campbell as Mayor Shelbourne, the mayor of Swallow Falls and the primary antagonist. He hates being the mayor of such a small town and does whatever he can to attract tourists

Andy Samberg as “Baby” Brent, a celebrity mascot of Baby Brent’s Sardines and Flint’s school bully. His fame then slows down, due to the raining food and the town renamed to “Chewandswallow”

Mr. T as Officer Earl Devereaux, the town’s athletic cop who can’t stand wearing actual police pants

Bobb’ e J. Thompson as Cal Devereaux, Earl’s son, the “cool” kid

Lauren Graham as Fran Lockwood, Flint’s deceased mother

to be released on the 15th of october nationwide

if such a place exist, i’d consider livin there… whaddya say?

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

the one thing i’ll always remember bout christmas is the christmassy  movies on tv

Home Alone (the first one), The Nightmare Before Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas… among others that i can’t recall

a 2009 film adaptation of a Charles Dickens’ 1843 story of the same name

director: Robert Zemeckis and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures

so, even though i don’t feel like having a synopsis of this film here, for i feel that knowing it’s some christmas tale is more than enough… i’ll still put it up for the benefit of those who wanna know, even a lil bit, of what they are  soon to be watching

a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption in one night. He is a financier/money-changer who has devoted his life to the accumulation of wealth, thus holding anything other than money in contempt, including friendship, love and the Christmas season. But an encounter with the ghostly figure of Jacob Marley sets the stage for a mysterious and magical encounter with three phantasmic beings to help him realize the true magic of Christmas itself

the cast:

Jim Carrey as;

Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character of the film

The Ghost of Christmas Past

The Ghost of Christmas Present

The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come

Gary Oldman as;

Jacob Marley, a former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge and is now a dead man

Bob Cratchit, the abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge

Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit’s youngest son

Cary Elwes as;

Dick Wilkins, Scrooge’s old roommate

Mad Fiddler

Colin Firth as Fred, Ebenezer Scrooge’s nephew and only living relative

to be released on the 19th of november nationwide

ASTRO BOY

i’ve got mixed feelings on this one because astro boy is SO TOTALLY NOT something that i’ll watch… it’s just not my kind, no offense

however, when i heard of this, i think i’ll give it a try kinda a big deal for me

director: David Bowers and is produced by Inagi Animation Studios

set in futuristic Metro City,  this film is about a young robot  with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist, Dr. Tenma , in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, becoming part of a group of rowdy kids led by a girl named Cora, experiencing betrayal, and a netherworld of robot gladiators led by the greedy ring master, Ham Egg, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him

the cast:

Freddie Highmore as Astro Boy, created by Dr. Tenma and was meant as a replacement for his deceased son, Tobio

Nicolas Cage as Dr. Tenma, the father/ creator of Astro Boy

Kristen Bell as Cora

Charlize Theron as   ‘Our Friends’ Narrator

Samuel L. Jackson as Zog

Bill Nighy as Dr. Elefun/ Robotski, the head of the Ministry of Science and was also the one who rescued Astro Boy from a robot circus

Donald Sutherland as President Stone

Eugene Levy as Orrin

Nathan Lane as Ham Egg, the villain

to be released on the 19th of november

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

seeing as this is a fairy tale animated movie, i don’t think it’ll appeal to me

fairy tales just appear to me as a bore, but i don’t think such tales as this are childish

director: Ron Clements, John Musker

released by Walt Disney Animated Classics, and me hating to disappoint; it’s available only in 2D

loosely based on E.D. Baker’s version of The Frog Prince

this film revolves around a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana

the cast:

Anika Noni Rose as Tiana, a 19-year-old waitress and aspiring chef who dreams of owning her own restaurant one day. The heroine of the film.  She was originally named “Maddy” and had the job of a chambermaid , but this was changed due to racial prejudice suspicion

Elizabeth Dampier voices Tiana as a child

Bruno Campos as  Prince Naveen, an early twenty-something gregarious, smooth-talking, and fun-loving prince who comes to the French Quarter for the Jazz scene and with whom Tiana and Charlotte fall in love. Was originally named “Harry.”

Jennifer Cody as Charlotte La Bouff, an 18-year-old spoiled southern debutante, diva, and Tiana’s best friend

Breanna Brooks voices Charlotte as a child

Keith David as Doctor Facilier, the main antagonist of the story. He was originally named “Doctor Duvalier” and was a voodoo magician and fortune teller

Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie, a 200-year-old voodoo priestess who serves as the film’s fairy godmother

Terrence Howard as James, Tiana’s father

Oprah Winfrey as Eudora, Tiana’s mother

to be released worldwide YAY!! on the 11th of december

TOY STORY 3

I LOVE TOY STORY as much as i can love anything, with all my heart

i remember having a toy of Buzz Lightyear when i was a kid and i remember myself tearing while watching toy story 2

i heard of the comings of the third installment from a friend who apparently is as eager bout this as i do, and i’d like to assume they’re many like us out there

anyways, i’ll provide on as much as i can bout this film

director: Lee Unkrich

produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures

Andy, now a young adult and departing for college, has his toys, including Woodyand Buzz Lightyear sent to storage. Having a change of heart, he then decides to keep Woody.  However, before the rest of the toys can be put in the attic, they are accidentally thrown away and are picked up by the garbage men. Then, they find themselves at a local day-care center, where they must try to survive the pre-school children. Here, Woody attempts to save his friends and find themselves a new home

the cast:

Tom Hanks as Woody

Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear

John Cussack as Jessie

Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head

Wallace Shawn as Rex

John Ratzenberger as Hamm

Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head

Jodi Benson as Barbie

Michael Keaton as Ken

John Morris as Andy

Timothy Dalton as Mr. Picklepants

to be released next year and the exact dates are here for the respective countries

I CAN’ T WAIT!!!!!

ah, and that wraps it up =K

robert pattinson fandom

i remember the day i watched the twilight movie in cinemas

the faces of most of the girls that filled the seats around us when we were in the cinema

the way in which they talk that tells me they haven’t even read the first book of the twilight saga yet

and that all of them are swooning when edward cullen comes to the screen

well, now,  precisely for the sake of these people and his fans, i’m directin you guys to one good site which is all bout rob that i had found quite a while back when surfin the net

Letters to Rob

enjoy the sights of him and may it make you delude that you’ve seen him in person, if you haven’t got the chance

=K

balls of fury

if any of you people out there want a good laugh and haven’t watched this movie yet, you gotta go grab the DVD and spend two hours with a PG-13 rated sports comedy

it’ll be worth to spend that money, i swear

i’ve heard it before sometime around last year, but it didn’t occur to me as something worth watching

now i knew i’m wrong

i came across it on HBO today while browsing through the channels on Astro, searching for something actually interesting to watch; Ultraman Dyna, Dragon Ball and Mr Bean live asides

Maggie Q’s appearance was the one that caught my attention to decide on this movie

she’s beautiful =)

i’ve never actually hear the word Chinese usually use to address the whites in a movie before: Gwei Lo (Master Wong portrayed by James Hong calls Randy Daytona by Dan Fogler that)

i love the Chinese elements in it

i was utterly, utterly, utterly shocked when “The Dragon” was introduced and i saw a Chinese girl behind the opened door instead

the locals of China Town speak of her as if she was some great ping pong player and impossible to beat

fortunately, she loses but man, she was not one to accept her defeat graciously; she gave pretty lame excuses in Mandarin and even cried like some silly kid then kicks Daytona before running off in defeat

Feng, the bad guy has an flamboyant dressing sense with clothes similar to like those that Elvis Presley wore

before seeing him appear in the movie, i thought he was a Chinese from his name and seing his residence that was in such an Oriental deco, located somewhere in the jungles of Central America

geez, i realized i had some spoilers here. sorry though

it’s certainly one of the best comedy i had ever watch, in actual fact i hate comedies ever so much

not my favorite movie genre, i prefer horror and action movies

the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor review

months before the release of this movie i was hoping for something really good from director

something that is somewhat similar to the previous installments yet different in a way

but what i had watched recently certainly isn’t similar in any way to the previous Mummy movies

there’s not even a single mummy in sight

well, the title implies that there should be mummies or maybe, creatures wrapped in linen

however, what we see in here is three- headed dragons, the Yeti (abominable snowmen) and a fur- covered triceratops

and there’s Maria Bello as Evelyn O’Connell, replacing Rachel Weisz

she just don’t act like the scholarly Evelyn whose attitude is in contrast to the sarcastic Rick O’Connell

she’s completely different, like another person

i miss Rachel Weisz!!

but i’m glad that Rob Cohen didn’t make a wrong choice in casting Michelle Yeoh as sorceress Zi Juan and Isabella Leong as her daughter Lin

perhaps, i wouldn’t be really bothered about those things mentioned above if the movie was entertaining

the movie was one huge cliche, same old script with same old jokes

the clichés in this movie seem to be never- ending and i kinda like can expect what the next scene will be

the movie progresses exactly like the previous Mummy movies, hardly any different

however there are few hilarious moments

one of it was Rick O’Connell trying to catch some fish for dinner, and with him failing to do so decided to SHOOT the fishes with his gun; during dinner time when the fish is served, Evelyn eats it and found a bullet in the fish

the sight of skeletons being harmlessly skewered by arrows

one more thing that disappoints me is the portrayal of Jet Li as the Dragon Emperor

he doesn’t have a frightening aura as an evil emperor, and he’s kinda gay

he’s just a pyrokinetic and cyrokinetic emperor with a shape- shifting ability, that’s all

his awakening don’t seem like something that will destroy all mankind, unlike what we see in Mummy and The Mummy Returns where unspeakable evil is once more free to roam the Earth and rule

all in all, this movie has managed to entertain me a lil bit and there’s lots of room for improvement

i love the O’ Connells mansion!

my rating: 5 out of 10

Queen of the Damned

i got to now about this movie through an article in StarTwo honouring late stars that had left their mark in the entertainment industry with a memorable performance

now, probably the name Heath Ledger comes to the mind of those reading this post

his recent on- screen performance in The Dark Knight as Batman’s clown- faced nemesis, the Joker had mesmerized many, including me

this article also reminds me of Aaliyah, the American singer, dancer, actress and model that starred alongside Jet Li in Romeo Must Die

OMG! i love that movie and yeah, i’m still not bored of it yet

from there on i started watching all Jet Li;s movies such as The One, Kiss of the Dragon, Hero, Fearless, The Forbidden Kingdom and soon, The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

at the same time, i also started watching Jackie Chan’s movies which i don’t know why, such as Shanghai Noon, Rush Hour 2, The Accidental Spy, The Tuxedo, The Medallion,Shanghai Knights, New Police Story, The Twins Effect, , The Twins Effect II, Around The World In 80 Days and The Forbidden Kingdom

actually, i watched The Medallion, The Twins Effect and The Twins Effect II because Edison’s acting in those movies

i watched The Medallion but in the end, i didn’t see Edison (or Nicholas Tse) which are playing cameo roles at all =(

the article also mentioned that Aaliyah had just completed the vampire flick, Queen of the Damned before her death on August 25, 2001

she plays the character of Akasha, Queen of the Damned (mother of all vampires)

she’s got eyes and eyebrows like the eye of Horus

is that how the eyes of queens of Ancient Egypt look like??

from what i had known, Queen of the Damned is the third novel in The Vampire Chronicles series after Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

i’ve got a few of her books, namely Interview with the Vampire and New Tales of the Vampires

soon after reading the article, i watched Queen of the Damned

OMG! it’s just so cool

i like Stuart Townsend’s portrayal of Lestat in the movie ! i like him!

the ending of this movie is so SWEET! Lestat and Jesse are together in the end, and i hope they’ll be together till the end of the universe!!!

i suppose he also joins Edison Chen as Kazaf in The Twins Effect as my favorite vampire, and i hope that it’ll be the same case with Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen in the upcoming Twilight movie

i’m gonna buy the two more remaining novels in The Vampire Chronicles series

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

this much- anticipated film was first released in Japan in September

screened in South Korea on 24 January ‘08, Singapore on 13 March ‘08, Hong Kong on 3 April ‘08, and Taiwan on 18 April ‘08

Australian-based Red Ant Enterprices announced Evangelion 1.0 as one of 35 titles they will bring to this continent throughout 2008 and into 2009

Dybex distributor (France) has announced it will release Evangelion 1.0 in France at the 2008 Annecy International Animated Film Festival

Evangelion:1.o You Are (Not) Alone ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序 premiered at The Picturehouse, Cathay Cineplex, Damansara on last Thursday

this film was awarded anime of the year at the Tokyo International Anime Fair, while its director received best director

Evangelion New Theatrical Version: The Beginning was also nominated for Animation of the Year at the 2008 Japan Academy Prize

its finally here, even so will it receive a warm welcome from Neon Genesis Evangelion fans here?

we all know, there’s never been an anime like this one

Neon Genesis Evangelion is also known as Shin Seiki Evangelion

this anime created a sensation when it was aired in the mid -1990’s in Japan

what’s more, this anime was even credited back then for helping to revive a flagging industry, literally merchandise leapt off the shelves in a mere blink of an eye

presently, Evangelion director Hideaki Anno is ‘rebuilding’ his iconic creation into a Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy based on the original tv series

this animated film is produced by Anno’s Studio Khara

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, the first of the four scheduled movies is bringing back Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi and Yuriko Yamaguchi

the plot:

it’s in the year 2015 and Earth is recovering from a global catastrophe that killed half of the world’s population

The Second Impact, said to be a meteor that struck the Earth, paved the way for the arrival of monstrous beings, Angels

unlike what their name will seem to mean, Angels devastate cities and the only thing that can defeat them are Evangelions, or Eva; whichever you please

a depressed boy, Shinji Ikari arrives in Tokyo-3, summoned there to meet his long- time- no- see dad, Gendo

at the NERV Headquarters, his dad turns out to be Supreme Commander of NERV responsible for stopping Angels and buildind the Eva units

Gendo orders his son to pilot an Eva unit and battle the Angel attacking the city, unexpectedly his son refuses

however, after seeing the sight of Rei Ayanami, too injured to pilot; he finally changes his mind

in the final scene, a naked Kaworu Nagisa is awakened by SEELE on the barren surface of the Moon

he engages in brief, cryptic conversation with one SEELE monolith, saying that “the third one” hasn’t changed at all and that he looks forward to meeting Shinji

Kaworu’s coffin is flanked on each side by four open tombs to the left and four unopened tombs on the right

in front of him is an unknown white giant who resembles Lilith, wears the purple SEELE ‘Seven-eyes-of-God’ mask seen in the original series, and is surrounded by construction and scaffolding

the creative team assures that 1.o to 4.0 will be portrayed in a new light

there will be new characters and it seems as if, the storylines are different here

an Evangelion 2.0 is slated for release in Japan this year

i’ll be watching Evangelion: 1.0 soon enough

the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor

i’ve watched the previous instalments of the Mummy and just couldn’t wait for the release of this movie on 1st August ‘08

anyways, this is the trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

twilight movie in theatres on 12/12/08

i’m gonna grab this book the next time i go Kino

i’m feeling a lil bit lazy today, so i’ll just copy paste the plot summary from wiki for those who do not have the slightest idea about this young adult vampire novel

ok, here goes.. >_<

Isabella Swan, commonly known as Bella, moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington to live with her dad, Charlie, so that her mom, Renée, can travel with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, a “strictly minor league” baseball player. Even though she never had many friends in Phoenix, Bella soon discovers she is the new subject of curiosity at her new school in Forks, where she is quickly befriended by several students. Much to her dismay, several boys in the school compete for shy Bella’s attention.

While sitting next to Edward Cullen on her first day of school, he glares angrily at her and displays extreme tension. This leads Bella to believe that he dislikes her. However, his attitude towards her soon begins to change. He displays supernatural abilities while saving Bella from being hit by an out-of-control van about to crush her into another car. After seeing a dent on the side of the van in the shape of Edward’s shoulder, she realizes the van hit him and that he seemed to be holding it away from her, keeping her safe. Bella confronts him afterwards about the strangeness of the situation, but he refuses to talk to her about it. As time passes, Bella and Edward are repeatedly attracted to one another, even though Edward desperately tries to stay away in order to keep her out of the danger that he will likely put her in.

Bella eventually learns from her friend Jacob Black of the Quileute tribe and her own observations that Edward and his family are “vegetarian” vampires who drink animal blood rather than human blood. Despite this, Edward and Bella fall deeply in love. Their foremost problem is Bella’s “alluring scent”, making it difficult for Edward to restrain himself from killing her. However, despite this and Bella’s strange knack for constantly landing herself in dangerous situations, they manage to stay together safely for a time.

The seemingly blissful state of affairs is thrown into chaos when another vampire coven sweeps into Forks and James, a tracker, sets his sights on Bella. Under the assumption that James has kidnapped her mother, Bella is lured to her former dance studio, where James attacks her. Edward, along with the rest of the Cullen family, rescues Bella before James can kill her.

The book ends with the two going to Bella’s prom. Beneath the surface, tension remains as Bella wishes for Edward to turn her into a vampire and Edward refuses to do so. The reason for Edward’s adamant decision not to turn Bella into a vampire is not revealed.

i suppose no vampire would ever turn their lover into a vampire…

i’ve got a whole lot of vampire novel at home and it’ll be a shame if i couldn’t get my hands on this book

Twilight has spawned two sequels, New Moon and the latest, Eclipse

Twilight is a #1 New York Times Best Seller which has sold over five million copies worldwide

the sequel Eclipse most recently debuted at #1 on the USA Today bestseller list unseating the newest Harry Potter

currently, Stephenie’s working on Breaking Dawn which will be officially released on 2nd August 08

for now, the cover of Breaking Dawn is still not made available to the public but come 31st May 08 the Eclipse Special Edition can be purchased during the annual BookExpo America Show

this book will include Eclipse and the cover art of Breaking Dawn, plus the fist chapter of Breaking Dawn

since both the cover of this fourth book AND the first chapter will be revealed to the public for the first time, there is definitely no excuse to not buy this book

i hope that the date will also be the worldwide release of this book

there will be an upcoming Twilight movie by Summit Entertainment LLC with its production slated to begin this month

got to know about this when i visited a link on msn.com

Kristin Stewart as Bella

and…..

Robert Pattinson as Edward

the Cullen vampire family will be comprised of Peter Facinelli as Carlisle, Elizabeth as Esme, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper, Nikki Reed as Rosalie, Ashley Greene as Alice and finally Kellen Lutz as Emmett

good job to the production team for being able to find such great actors that could portray supernaturally beautiful and talented vampires

if the actors of a vampire movie couldn’t portray such vampires, then i suppose the movie couldn’t be a vampire movie

this Stephenie Meyer romance novel will be directed by Catherine Hardwicke of Thirteen (2003) and Lords of Dogtown (2005) fame

with the script written by Melissa Rosenberg, Karen Rosenfelt, Greg Mooradian and Wyck Godfrey

i just couldn’t wait for this movie

death note 3

finally, the third installment of death note is coming to malaysia

death note 3 change the world

check out the trailer

this sequel depicts the last 23 days of L’s life

*sob sob* i don’t want L to die

there’s a new girl in the cast and i think she might be the new Shinigami

the theme song is I’ll Be Waiting by Lenny Kravitz

its simply awesome

i love the movie a lot but i haven’t been reading the manga or watched the anime yet

*gonna read the manga sometime this year*

the movie is said to be quite faithful to the manga

so for those who had read the manga or watched the movie, the story doesn’t really change much but i’m not really sure bout the anime

for those who don’t know death note, watch the trailer and you’ll find the trailer is sorta cool

if you wanna know more bout death note, visit this site: www.deathnote.tv

then, you’ll probably be watching the movie too during the nationwide release soon