Fast & Furious (2009) - Synopsis

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker).

But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
*Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
*Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
*Michelle Rodriguez as Letty
*Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto
*Laz Alonso as Fenix
*Gal Gadot as Gisele
*John Ortiz as Antonio Braga
*Sung Kang as Han
*Kofi Natei as Main Thug
*Tego Calderon as Tash
*Ron Yuan as David Park
*Liza Lapira as Agent Sophie Trinh
*Shea Whigham as Agent Ben Stasiak
*Neil Brown Jr as Malik
*Mirtha Michelle as Car

Dragonball Evolution : Top Five Bad-Ass Females in Movies

Top Five Bad-Ass Females in Movies

With women still fighting for their right for equal pay, there’s one thing they can be sure of: when it comes to being bad-ass, they’re equal all the way. To celebrate the release of Dragonball Evolution (2009) on April 8th , a film containing two feisty females who show the boys one or two things about ‘feminism’ via the method of kicking some ass, we’ve put together a list of the 5 strongest, scariest, toughest women ever to fight their way across the screen.

5. Angelina Jolie in Wanted

Okay so pretty much every other movie Angelina has been in, she could be classed as pretty bad-ass. Even in Changeling, she still manages to come off as force to be reckoned with. But it’s her performance in Wanted, as highly-skilled assassin Fox, that truly cemented her status as a woman you wouldn’t wanna annoy. Even just a bit. In fact, a TV ad for the film was recently pulled as Angelina was blamed for making guns and violence seem sexy. Even if you were her next target, chances are you wouldn’t put up much of a fight.

MOST BAD-ASS LINE: ‘I want you to curve the bullet’

MOST BAD-ASS MOMENT: Leaning out of a fast car, with a gun, shooting the life out of her pursuer. At this point you’re not sure if you want her to kiss you or kill you.

4. Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns

Ignoring the foul-smelling odour that Halle Berry left on the screens in 2004, the definitive Catwoman has to be Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1992 sequel Batman Returns. We already knew she was hot but no one could have guessed that she would look this good in a leather cat-suit. Purring and slinking around, this Catwoman cements her place as one of the sexiest female villains ever to grace the screen. Cue poorly conceived cat pun.

MOST BAD-ASS LINE: ‘I am Catwoman. Hear me roar.’

MOST BAD-ASS MOMENT: Back-flipping into the middle of a Batman/Penguin tête-à-tête, Michelle gives out a ‘meow’ and a building behind her explodes. Both are suitably taken…

3. Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Playing mainly the victim in the first film, well up until the finale at least, Linda Hamilton finally showed us what she was made of in T2. As the troubled Sarah Connor, she tried to warn everyone that they were coming but no one listened. By the end of the movie, after she had fought and shot her way to victory, they started to take notice. Not many actresses could convince us that they could take on an android in a fight but Linda Hamilton was a force to be reckoned with. Sadly, only a voiceover is what we can expect from her in the upcoming Terminator:Salvation. It’s probably for the best anyway; if she was back in person, then the battle would be over way too quickly…

MOST BAD-ASS LINE: ‘There's 215 bones in the human body. That's one.’

MOST BAD-ASS MOMENT: Watching her, mistakenly put away for being crazy, it’s clear that Sarah Connor isn’t someone you should restrain. Finally snapping and stabbing her doctor in the knee, she quips next time she sees him, ‘Good Morning, Dr. Silberman. How's the knee?’

2. Uma Thurman in Kill Bill

It was a long time coming. All those years wasted, trying to figure out the truth about cats and dogs and being unfortunate enough to star in both The Avengers and Batman & Robin. Then finally in 2003, Uma unleashed her bad-ass side and we all thanked Tarantino a whole bunch. As the multi-named heroine, done wrong by her assassin ex-colleagues, Uma spent two entire films getting her own back. Blood was shed. Bodies fell. Daryl Hannah lost an eye. In Kill Bill Parts 1 and 2, Uma Thurman fought her way to the top of Hollywood’s deadliest women.

MOST BAD-ASS LINE: ‘I am gonna ask you questions. And every time you don't give me answers, I'm gonna cut something off. And I promise you, they will be things you will miss. Give me your other arm!’

MOST BAD-ASS MOMENT: Easy. Buried alive by Michael Madsen, it seemed that Uma was done with. But against all odds, she fought her way out of a coffin. Not something most of us could count as a talent…

1. Sigourney Weaver in Aliens

Ripley - the original bad-ass female and still one of the best. Spanning four films, over almost 20 years, Sigourney Weaver was probably the first woman to take control of an action film and kick some serious ass. After the first instalment, she had created a strong screen presence but by the time Aliens arrived in 1986, it was tough to know who was scarier: the aliens or Ripley herself. Rumours persist of a 5th movie and even at the age of 59, predominantly slumming it in TV movies, Weaver would still show those creatures who to truly fear.

MOST BAD-ASS LINE: ‘Get away from her, you bitch!’

MOST BAD-ASS MOMENT: Taking on the alien queen, with a giant mechanical machine, Weaver manages to have you totally on her side but also kinda worried for what the hell she’s gonna bring down on that pesky alien.

Columbia Pictures Changes the Name of ‘Karate Kid’ Remake

When Columbia Pictures announced last year that it would be remaking the 1984 classic “Karate Kid,” not too many fans were pleased with the idea. The movie studio would only ruin the original, most said, harshly criticizing the Hollywood tendency of always returning to the past and “reinventing” classic movies for different audiences. Now, in a move to distance itself from this controversy, Columbia has changed the name of the film, FirstShowing informs.

The news, although not officially confirmed yet, comes from none other than Jackie Chan, who would be appearing in the film as the iconic Mr. Miyagi. According to him, Columbia Pictures is trying to send a message to all those fans who took offense (in some form or another) with the remake, by showing them that this upcoming project will only be loosely based on it, and not a reinvention as it was speculated.

“They don’t want to call it ‘Karate Kid’ any more. They want to call it ‘The Kung Fu Kid’.” Jackie Chan reportedly said in a recent interview, as quoted by the aforementioned source. However, the name change does little for the fans and movie-oriented publications, who are still complaining about how Will Smith is using this classic film as a vehicle for his son, the aspiring actor Jaden Smith, who will be the “kid” in the movie, of course.

With a screenplay by Chris Murphy, the “Kung Fu Kid” (provided Columbia sticks with this name), will only “borrow elements” from the 1984 film, which technically does not qualify it as a remake, SlashFilm reports. Harold Zwart (“Pink Panther 2”) will be at the helm of the project, while Will Smith’s Overbrook company will oversee the production. Other than Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, the film will possibly also include Jada Pinkett Smith, Will’s wife, in the role of the kid’s mother. As fans can see, the upcoming film will be, by all means, a family business.

With all the changes and the controversy, Columbia Pictures has not yet announced a release date for the movie. However, for more on this, keep an eye on this space.

Knowing

Academy Award® Winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in KNOWING, a gripping action-thriller of global proportions about a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future—and sets out to prevent them from coming true.

In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.

Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule’s contents and the girl’s cryptic message ends up in the hands of young CALEB KOESTLER. But it is Caleb’s father, professor JOHN KOESTLER (Nicolas Cage), who makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50 years. As Ted further unravels the document’s chilling secrets, he realizes the document foretells three additional events—the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve Ted and his son. When Ted’s attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from taking place.

With the reluctant help of DIANA WAYLAND (Rose Byrne) and ABBY WAYLAND, the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the prophecies, Ted’s increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster—and the ultimate sacrifice.

Madonna pays visit to Britney’s ‘Circus’

Britney Spears opened her "Circus" tour in New Orleans on March 3. The tour moves on to Newark, N.J., on March 13.
NEW YORK - After Britney showed up at Madonna’s tour in Los Angeles last November, the material mom returned the favor showing up at the pop princesses’ sold-out “Circus” tour stop Wednesday night in New York City — but just as a spectator.

According to Us Weekly, Madonna took in Spears' show with her manager Guy Oseary — along with multiple bodyguards — from a VIP suite at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.

“She purposely walked up the main stairs in front of everybody so they would all notice her,” an concert source told the mag. “Celebrities definitely don’t need to go up the main stairs to get to their suites.”
Madonna reportedly left just before Spears' encore of “Womanizer,” which caused quite the scene.

As she made her way out of the venue, fans gathered around Madonna screaming. The fan frenzy reportedly made Madonna smirk as she exited.

On Spears' Web site, the “Circus” star’s team thanked Madonna for coming, saying; “Britney was thrilled to have her there!”

The “Circus” tour will continue on Friday in Newark, N.J.

Craig lands role in Tintin movie

British actor Daniel Craig has landed the role of Red Rackham opposite Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell, who will play the intrepid young reporter Tintin.

Filming for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg, has already begun.

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Mackenzie Crook will also appear in the film.

Terminator Salvation (2009)

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, “Terminator Salvation” stars Christian Bale as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

The latest installment of “The Terminator” film franchise, “Terminator Salvation” is directed by McG, from a screenplay by Michael Ferris and John Brancato. The film is produced by Moritz Borman, Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek and Jeffrey Silver, and executive produced by Peter D. Graves, Bahman Naraghi, Mario F. Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, Joel B. Michaels, Dan Lin and Jeanne Allgood.
The film also stars Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese, Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Brewster, Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams, Helena Bonham Carter as Serena Kogen, Common as Barnes, and Jadagrace as Star.

The Halcyon Company Presentation of a Moritz Borman Production of a McG Film, “Terminator Salvation” is being distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures, with Sony Pictures Releasing International handling distribution in most international territories (excluding Korea and select Mideast territories).

realesed:5th June 2009 - UK Release

Watchmen : ZACH SNYDER LAUNCHES WATCHMEN CONTEST

LOS ANGELES - Zack Snyder is offering you the opportunity to create "Veidt Enterprises" TV commercials that could end up in the feature film WATCHMEN, scheduled to be released in theaters on March 6, 2009.
To get started, download the standard definition and/or high definition assets from the links below, and then shoot your own original TV commercial that advertises one of the products! Remember, the movie is set in 1985, so TV commercials should be in 4:3 aspect ratio (so it looks like standard TV, not widescreen) and they should be either 15, 30 or 60 seconds in length. The products are all made by "Veidt Enterprises," and you can download the product logos for your use as well.

Make your TV commercial in NTSC standard definition (720x486) or higher resolution, upload it, and then others can vote on your work. The contest ends on June 2, 2008. The 40 finalists will win signed posters from Zack Snyder. The top five finalists from user votes will win High-Definition Canon Vixia HG10 camcorders. Up to 20 of Zack's favorite finalists will win $1000.00, and have a chance to be included in the WATCHMEN feature film itself.

Contest Website: http://youtube.com/watchmenmovie

watchmen in teather 6 march

In an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity...but who is watching the watchmen?
cast: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino
Director: Zac Snyder
Date of released:
5th March 2009 - Australia Release
5th March 2009 - Germany Release
5th March 2009 - Netherlands Release
5th March 2009 - Russia Release
6th March 2009 - UK Release
6th March 2009 - US Release
18th March 2009 - Belgium Release
18th March 2009 - France Releas