Falling For Grace (Trailer)

Falling For Grace Grace Tang is an ambitious Wall Street banker determined to work her way up the ladder of life and out of working-class Chinatown. Mistaken at an opera soiree as the heiress of a famous Hong Kong fashion dynasty, Grace is suddenly swept into the inner circle of Manhattan’s elite and ushered into the arms of New York’s most eligible bachelor. What follows is a whirlwind of romance and white lies, as Grace carefully negotiates her personal ties to Chinatown and the politics of Wall Street and high society. (Source)

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Then She Found Me (Trailer)

Then She Found Me Adapted from Elinor Lipman’s novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with THEN SHE FOUND ME, a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother (Bette Midler), who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth), only to find that the mystery to life’s questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation. (Source)

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Mamma Mia (Trailer 2)

Mamma Mia Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, Summer 2008 is the season for Mamma Mia! The three women who created the worldwide smash stage hit—global producer Judy Craymer, writer Catherine Johnson and director Phyllida Lloyd—repeat their roles in bringing this joyful, musical story to the big screen. The Mamma Mia! film is produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper join Streep in this celebration of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads. An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she’s raised alone. For Sophie’s wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends—practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski)—from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna’s past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities. Inspired by the storytelling magic of ABBA’s songs from “Dancing Queen” and “S.O.S.” to “Money, Money, Money” and “Take a Chance on Me,” Mamma Mia! is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found. (Source)

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Trailer 1)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Based on Ann Brashares’ best-selling series of novels, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” catches up with four lifelong friends whose story began with “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Now in college and embarking on separate paths for the first time, each will feel the freedom, separation, love, and challenging life lessons that mark their individual journeys toward adulthood. Though miles and worlds apart, they strive to stay in touch and share their new experiences and triumphs with heart and humor and, now more than ever, come to value the immeasurable power of their friendship. (Source)

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Tropic Thunder (Trailer 1a)

Tropic Thunder Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in “Tropic Thunder,’ an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys. (Source)

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The Life Before Her Eyes (Theatrical Trailer)

The Life Before Her Eyes Diana is a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life–and perhaps her sanity–on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies–cutting class, fantasizing about boys–and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she’s now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana’s life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels. (Source)

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Iron Man (Film Clip)

Iron Man Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios’ big screen adaptation of Marvel’s legendary Super Hero Iron Man will launch into theaters on May 2, 2008. Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the story of a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. The film also stars Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and Oscar nominees Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges and will be directed by Jon Favreau. (Source)

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5 Centimeters Per Second – Review

5 Centimeters Per SecondI just watched Makoto Shinkai’s latest masterpiece: 5 Centimeters Per Second (秒速5センチメートル). You might remember Makoto Shinkai from his previous works such as Voices of a Distant Star (ほしのこえ) or The Place Promised in Our Early Days (雲のむこう、約束の場所).

This animated film was so beautiful, yet so heart wrenching, and I think I’m going to be depressed for some time. The drawing was just spectacular and the music/soundtrack was nothing short of Tenmon‘s best. The storyline was so amazingly beautiful, I’m not sure exactly how I feel with such an open ended ending.

The main theme of this story is that time and distance is very relative. Something can be very close, but you’d never be able to reach it. Other times, a minute can seem like an eternity.

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Did you know that sakura (cherry blossom) petals fall at a rate of 5cm/second?

The story starts off with 2 elementary school friends: a boy named Takaki and a girl named Akari. They’re only friends were each other and when Akari tells Takaki that she was moving after elementary school graduation, it was very painful to watch.

A series of letters go between them during middle school and Takaki finally decides to go visit her. It required transferring several trains and he was expected to get their by 7pm. However an unexpected snow storm caused delays and the closer he got, the worse the situation was. There was a point the train was stuck in the middle of nowhere for 2 hours. Takaki had hoped Akari would’ve gone home by now and not wait for him at the train station.

He reaches there and finds Akari slouched next to the fire, fast asleep. He wakes her up and they both enjoy an Akari-made bento together. Takaki originally had a letter with everything he’s wanted to say to Akari, but never had the courage to, but unfortunately during one of the stops, the high winds blew it away. Takaki was also moving away, furthering the distance between them. On the walk back to Akari’s house, they kissed.

Fast forward to middle school, there’s a girl named Kanae that has a crush on Takaki. Takaki never seems to notice and appears to keep text-messaging someone. We later find out that he’s sending text-messages without a receiving address. When Kanae was ready to confess to Takaki, she realizes that Takaki’s heart is lost in some place different and there’s no way for her to reach it.

Fast forward to Takaki’s adult life. It starts off with 2 people walking across the train tracks in different directions with sakura petals floating around. The woman looked like a grown up version of Akari. Takaki turns around and trains are just passing by at that moment. A series of flashback entails.

It appears Takaki has returned to Tokyo and works as a programmer. A woman keeps on trying to reach him, but he ignores her call and never returns them. Takaki’s life appears to be going nowhere and he keeps dreaming of Akari. We find out later that Akari was getting married soon, but not to Takaki. Akari apparently found an old treasure box, including a letter she never had the courage to give to Takaki, but she’s only feeling nostalgic.

We return to the back to the initial point of where the trains were just crossing. Takaki waits for them to completely pass and the woman is no longer there. He turns around and smiles and the movie ends.

My thoughts:

I’m guessing either middle schoolers don’t carry cell phones or this was just an atypical situation where Akari and Takaki weren’t able to contact each other during the train ride. Of course, this made the trip that much more touching.

I had hoped the letter that Takaki lost would somehow end up with Akari, but unfortunately, that never happened.

I’m not exactly sure who the long black hair girl with glasses is. At first, I thought it was Kanae, but they mentioned that Takaki was in a relationship for 3 years, so I’m guessing it’s someone new he met after returning to Tokyo to work.

In part 2, there was was a scene with a rocket launch and couple that with the cell phone text messaging, it reminded me of Voices of a Distant Star, and thought Akari was the girl who had gone into space. After checking the sources, it appears I was wrong as the characters are completely different.

I personally thought the ending was sad, but Tera disagrees and thinks the ending was a happy one. It is interpretative and the director purposely left it open ended, with the smiling Takaki at the end. The reason I’m going to be depressed is that I find many similarities between Takaki and myself. It’s so sad that he appears to be stuck in time, unable to move forward and forget about Akari, pushing away people who truly love him. Yet he doesn’t do anything about his situation and prefers solitude. Sigh…

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I truly recommend this film to not only anime fans, but anyone who enjoys heart-felt love story. As noted earlier, I’ll only be reviewing movies I truly enjoy and The Kite Runner, A Battle of Wits, and The Orphanage have been queued for review for some time, and my decision to blog about this immediately should indicate just how incredible it is.

Bangkok Dangerous (Trailer)

Bangkok Dangerous The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, instead finds himself mentoring the young man while simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok’s intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard …just as Surat decides it’s time to clean house. (Source)

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