Jack Black will be Gulliver

Actor Jack Black will play Gulliver’s role, famous adventurer of the british writer Jonathan Swift, into a new movie for “Travel of Gulliver” book. The new movie will be directed by Rob Letterman (“Shark Tale”) and will use a new approach for the masterpiece of the XVIII century. Black will interpret the role of a traveler who gets lost in Bermudas Triangle and gets on an island inhabited by very small people.

Filming is programmed to begin in March 2009. Swift’s book was put on screen in 1996, for television which had in main role on Ted Danson.

Jack Black could be seen recently in the comedy “Tropic Thunder”, in which he plays with Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller.

History of Moviemaking

When it comes to the history of moviemaking, people tend to assume that it all started with Hollywood in Los Angeles, California - with the place itself being synonymous with the moviemaking industry. But the truth is motion pictures themselves were already made as early as the 1890s, when Hollywood was nothing more than a little farm town a short distance away from Los Angeles, which itself is still in its infancy, with California only joining the union in 1850.

Motion pictures themselves were first made by employees of Thomas Edison’s laboratories in New Jersey, which led to the area dominating the movie industry during the first 15 years of its inception. Hollywood wasn’t a major player in the industry until 1918 when the place became home to as many as 20 different movie studios such as Columbia, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, MGM and its contemporaries.

As for the first movie itself, the first motion picture is a celluloid recording of a sneeze. It was recorded using a new camera called the Kinetograph in 1893, which was invented by an assistant for Edison’s laboratories named William Kennedy Laurie Dickinson. The Kinetograph was then attached to a device called a Kinetoscope, which allows a single viewer to watch the film loop using a peephole. This was a very crude means of watching movies, and it wasn’t until April 1894, when the first Kinetoscope parlor was opened in New York, that movies became commercially viable. It took 10 more years before new technology allowed movies to be projected onto screens that can be viewed by multiple people, and thus, the moviemaking industry is up and running.

Made of Honor – review

Made of Honor

Made of Honor, a harmless and fresh movie seems to be the best choice when we think of this month apparition.

After Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey is the second protagonist of Grey’s Anatomy, his career at Hollywood starts to flourish on with help of this TV series. Even if he is the star in Made of Honor, the one that attracts all eyes to her is Michelle Monaghan, eternal “good girl”, which we saw close to Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible III, or close to Ben Stiller in The Heartbreak Kid.

Made of Honor is a romantic comedy without any glitters and with very predictable action, but with a charismatic couple. Made of Honor uses the old receipt of bad timing: he (Tom, Dempsey) is a good looking guy and mad after women, he cannot imagine himself to have a date with same women for more than 2 days. She (Hannah, Monaghan) is best friend of his, she guesses all intentions and fulfills every wish (sounds like an ad to a … wife, isn’t it?). Of course, something has to happen to open Tom’s eyes to see what a wonderful person she is and how much he cares about her, therefore Hannah goes for six weeks in Scotland, from where she gets back with a 80 kilograms luggage heavier: a fiancé, Colin (Kevin McKidd), with which she wants to marry no matter what. So she asks Tom to be her… bridesmaid.

Movie charm is less into dialogue, and more in bond, chemistry between Dempsey and Monaghan. After Enchanted, where she was “quiet”, Dempsey resorts tricks for bringing money to film. She juggles with dishes, dresses in kilt and in a scene cut out at American CNC, she undresses everything in a sport locker. Talking about Monaghan, she confirms that he has a pretty smile.

It can be spotted very easy that Dempsey is somewhere around 30 years old (actor has over 40 years) and as harder as this is to pretend that you don’t see lack of scenery inspiration, Made of Honor is a viable solution for lovers of romantic comedies, especially because July tends to lack this genre. Even more, Weiland’s movie represents last apparition on screens of Sidney Pollack, in Tom’s father role, which almost surpasses his son in adventures.

Made of Honor

A piece of advice: if you are feminist and dream yourself in night surrounded by men, maybe it is a good idea to avoid Made of Honor. Weiland’s movie neglects this chapter, from Hannah which waits Tom for years (and for a long time you didn’t see such a misogynist hero), at other bridesmaids, one obsessed by Tom, other one obsessed to grow thin and get married (not necessary this order). Lovely and cool part are a grandmother and an aunt, but they don’t succeed to balance movie’s action.

Sex and the City: The Movie

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon reunite this time on big screens, in the newest story of “Sex and the City: The Movie”. This movie is addressing both genre fans and for men that wish to know how women think.

Sarah Jessica Parker comes back to role that devoted, made her famous, Carrie Bradshow, journalist always in the search of perfect partner. Her life cannot be conceived out of her magic group of friends in which we can find: voluptuous Samantha (Kim Catrall), ingenuous Charlotte (Kristin Davies), cynic Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and the newcomer her personnel assistant Louise (Jennifer Hudson). Together the best friends succeed to transform any sort of event, happy or bad, into an excellent occasion to go for shopping in famous stores of designers and a good occasion to talk about sex and about the men of their life. Big question stays unanswered: will Carrie marry with Mr. Big (Chris Noth)?

With stage direction and screenplay made by Michael Patrick King. “Sexn and the City: The Movie) is a romantic comedy that has shattered some good sex games and some unsuccessful too, spectacular dressing, discussions about men and again, sex.

Indiana Jones and the The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Archaeologist that spreads punches without any limit, but he gets too, enthusiast globe-trotter, always wearing old clothes, but damn he’s so hot, comes back to screens in “Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, movie launched Thursday, 22 may, 2008

Indiana Jones

The newest adventure begins in Sud-West desert, in 1957 – in the middle of Cold War. Indiana and his partner, Mac (Ray Winstone) just got away after a confrontation with soviet agents on a far away airport. Now, Jones – the teacher came back to Marshall College just to uncover that things are in a bad tournure . His closed partner, dean of college (Jim Broadbent), explains that his activities became very suspicious and government made pressure to take him out from university. Going to city, Indiana meets young Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) that launches a new challenge. If the archeologist helps Mutt into a problem with deep personal characteristics, Indiana will discover a new spectacular discovery: Crystal Skull from Akator, legendary object that radiates fascination, superstition and fear around.Crystal Skull

Indy and Mutt go to the furthest corners of Peru – a land of ancient tombs, of forgotten explorers that had the courage to search in the golden city, but soon they realize they are not the only ones that started this adventure. Soviet agents too search for Crystal Skull, having as leader, cold beauty Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett). Soviets search with excitement and without qualm legendary skull, about they think will help to made world domination much easier… if they are capable to decipher it’s secret.

Indy and Mutt find a trick to escape soviets, and to follow a path of impenetrable mysteries, to handle among friends and interest motivated enemies, and moreover try not to let the Crystal Skull come to the wrong hands.

Indiana Jones


Drillbit Taylor – deceitful appearances

Three teenagers take extreme measures to defend against some aggressors in “Drillbit Taylor” comedy. Prolific Judd Apatow offers us again a movie with qualities, but with elements that make it more viewable for grown up public, no way for young children.

Having their first day on highschool, skinny Wade (Nate Hartley) and stumpy Ryan (Troy Gentile), wish just to have a cool allure. But when they are witnesses to scene in which Fikins (Alex Frost), an older student that is capable of doing only bad things, and his partner Ronnie (Josh Peck), his partner in bad deeds, trap the new comer Emmit (David Dorfman) into a locker. Wade and Ryan realize that they are one step closer to disaster. In order that they don’t run all highschool of getting punched, boys have a brilliant idea, they hire an adult bodyguard only for them. The only one available and disposed to take this job is Taylor (Owen Wilson), a homeless veteran that deceives them with his exaggerated stories about army.

Infiltrating in school as “Dr. Illbit”, a substitute teacher, Taylor gets to distribute it’s time between protecting his friends and flirtation with his “colleague”, Lisa (Leslier Mann). Although confident that everything that everything he holds in hand, a coup of coffee makes him appear like a veritable teacher, only a coincidence saves Taylor from being exposed. Steven Brill’s movie underlines evolution of main character from a lazybones to a careful mentor, and the search of his young clients after courage and solidarity. But the dialogue is full of indecent terms, and main story, in which physical private intimacy loses any basic social interaction, is very problematic. Because of these reasons, “Drillbit Taylor” cannot be recommended young people, although they represent target audience in producers plans.

“Drillbit Taylor” contains partial nudity, premarital sexual relations, indecent terms, blasphemy, references related to drugs and pornography. “Drillbit Taylor” is classified by some as being A-III-(for adults) and others classify it as Ap-13- (recommended with parents approval, forbidden for ones under 13)

Drillbit Taylor

Drillbit Taylor

Wanted

Having it’s foundations on Mark Millar’s graphic novel and the creator of the russian movie Night Watch series (Timur Bekamambetov). Main story Wanted tells is the transformation of a common guy Wesley Gibson 25 year old Wes (James McAvoy), young man initial characteristics are to be a lazy person with an unknown future. His boss constantly criticizes, his girlfriend ignores most of time and he has no friends. Everything seem to flow very linear into his life, Wes hadn’t another options just to continue this routine day by day.

Wanted poster

Our hero will get pumped into action once with Fox’s apparition. After his stepfather is murdered, sexy Fox recruits Wes into a secret society called the Fraternity. This is the place where his life is going to change. He begins training to avenge death of his parent. Training wakes up his hidden powers as ultra fast reflexes, phenomenal agility. All this time he gets to take knowledge about rules of the Fraternity and finally because of his skilled masters he enjoys so much wished powers.

But when he finds more and more about the secret organization, he finds that things aren’t exactly as they might seem to be. He must take a critical decision, a decision that will influence his faith

Wanted poster

wanted poster

Kung Fu Panda

In Kung Fu Panda Jack Black is Po the Panda, a poor waiter in a restaurant of noodles, which is crazy about martial arts called karate, but because of it’s physical appearance he can’t practice it.

Actually, Po’s definition is to be the laziest animal from entire ancient China. And this is a real problem because strong enemies are at country’s boundary, and all hopes come into the prophecy that nominates Po as “ The Chosen One” to save the situation.

A group of martial art masters will need the black belt for having patience to transform this lazy into a fighter before it’s too late. What remains for us? Let’s just believe this little bear can do it’s job and defeat the coming evil.

  • Title: Kung Fu Panda - Kung Fu Panda
  • Producer: Pacific Data Images
  • Distributor (internationally): DreamWorks Animation
  • Launch date (USA): 06 June 2008
  • Filming period: 24 Septembrie 2005 - ??
  • Official site: Kung Fu PandaKung Fu Panda

Jumper - anywhere, anytime

With Jumper movie, SF thriller enters new territories. Jumper presents the story of a man that discovers an extraordinary ability of teleportation anywhere in it’s imaginary world. From New York to Tokyo, from Colosseum to Sahara desert, anyplace is possible for David Rice (Hayden Christensen) to reach, until he realizes that it’s freedom isn’t fully… it’s a part of a global war, in progress, that threatens even the survival of rare and extraordinary species he belongs to.

Jumper poster

David Rince grew up with a mysterious power that many wish to control. He has complete mobility, it’s capable to shrink the smallest whole and to reach, through time – space, in any city, any building, any place that he wishes. In a blink of an eye he can “jump” from a part of globe into other and reverse – he can see 20 different sunsets in the same day, can take breakfast on egyptian Sphinx , spend the day in Australia and after to “run” at Paris for dinner and enjoy a sherry in Japain. He can walk through walls and safety systems of banks. Until now he used it’s powers to run from past, to take advantage of numerous economical advantages, to remain incredibly independent. He never knew about limits, boundaries or consequences or links to his past.

But when David discovers another person like him, a young man called Griffin, the truth of it’s existence starts to reveal. He is no longer a weird of nature, he makes part of some genetic anomalies called Jumper and no one who makes part of it is completely safe. David has been identified by a secret agency that swear to kill and eradicate all Jumpers. Now he is involved in a race that takes part on entire planet, so he becomes the main player into an unseen fight that continues over centuries, being invisible for people.

Stage director, Doug Liman that has made a reputation taking a unique style with great movies in box office - The Bourne Identity and Mr. and Mrs. Smith – gives life to a fantasy – Jumper – into a mix of special effect, intrigue at international level and a super hero of our days that passes unthinkable adventures.

Jumper movie has in it’s distribution: Hayden Christensen (Star Wars Episodes II & III, Shattered Glass, Awake), Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, Flags of Our Fathers), Rachel Bilson (The Last Kiss, television’s “The OC”), Samuel L. Jackson (Coach Carter, Snakes on a Plane), Diane Lane (Unfaithful) that has been elected for Oscar, Michael Rooker (JFK), AnnaSophia Robb (Bridge to Terabithia) and Max Thieriot (The Pacifier).

Creation team, that shoot into different parts of world as Rome (Colosseum), was lead by image director Barry Peterson (Dark Blue); production designer Oliver School (Independence Day, Artificial Intelligence: AI); editors like Don Zimmerman A.C.E (Night at the Museum), Dean Zimmerman and Saar Klein (The Thin Red Line, The Bourne Identity), designer costume Magali Guidasci (The Professional), editors Don and supervisor for visual effects, winner of Academy Award, Joel Hynek (What Dreams May Come, The Matrix).


Hancock - the ultimate hero ?

There are heroes… there are superheroes… and among them you can find Hancock (Will Smith). Once with the power, responsibilities rise too – everybody knows this – everybody, excepting Hancock. Sarcastic, made to create conflicts, misunderstood, good intended heroic acts of Hancock solve problems and save countless persons, but they seem to let behind a mess, a disaster. Everybody got tired, however grateful they would be to have a local hero, the Los Angeles citizens are asking themselves what did to deserve a ‘dude’ like this. Hancock doesn’t care what people think about him, until he rescues PR director, Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman). That day Hanckock realizes he’s vulnerable too.

hancock

Columbia Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media, Blue Light/Weed Road Pictures/Overbook Entertainment production, a movie of Peter Berg, Hancock. Main characters are interpreted by Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and Eddie Marsan. In stage direction of Peter Berg, movie is produced by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Mann, Will Smith and James Lassiter.

The screenplay is written by Vy Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan. Executive producers are Ian Bryce, Jonathan Mostow and Richard Saperstein. Image director is Tobias Schliessler. Scenography is signed by Neil Spisak, Montage belongs to Paul Rubell, A.C.E and Colby Parker, Jr. Special effects are realized by Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. Visual effects are made by John Dykstra, ASC. Outfits creator is Louise Mingenbach and music is composed by John Powell.