My Blueberry Nights

There again, my favourite actor , Jude Law . .... . . .. . .

Movies to watch out for 2008

1) Must watch !!! when will it be showing in Singapore ??
Sleuth (Michael Caine / Jude Law)

2) I am Legend ( Will Smith ) Opening 25 Dec 2007
Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague—The Infected—lurk in the shadows…watching Neville’s every move…waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered…and quickly running out of time.



2) Must watch too !!!!!My Blueberry Nights (Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Norah Jones)
Opening dec 21 2007



3) Must watch !!!!! Across the Universe (Beatles songs)Jan 8 2008
The performances are solid throughout, even if the characterizations are, as they so often are in musicals, thin and predictable. Wood surprises with her singing voice, while Sturgess makes a winning stateside debut as Jude. Also noteworthy is Joe Anderson, who looks like a cross between Jude Law and Kurt Cobain. Cameos include the aforementioned Bono and Cocker, as well as Salma Hayek, Dylan Baker, and Eddie Izzard (as "Mr. Kite").

Unfortunately, the film is almost a half-hour too long. Nearly every '60s political and pop cultural touchstone is covered, making the viewer feel as if this journey down the long and winding road really has taken an entire decade. The picture falters after tripping out in the "Mr. Kite" sequence, which feels out of place tonally with the rest of the movie. The viewer loses their connection to the characters during this overlong sequence, a jarring and silly misstep given all the time spent emotionally investing in them.

These flaws aside, Across the Universe is Fab, fun, soulful and moving. It isn't just another movie about the momentous events of the '60s, but rather a valentine to the era's artistic and idealistic spirit as symbolized by the music of The Beatles.



4) Alien vs Predator Requim 94min . Opening on Jan 1 2008

5) Reservation Road Starring Joaquin Phoenix
opening feb 12 2008

is the compelling new dramatic thriller from two-time Academy Award-nominated writer/director Terry George ("Hotel Rwanda"). Ethan (Joaquin Phoenix) and Dwight (Mark Ruffalo) are two fathers whose lives become intertwined after a hit-and-run accident leaves one of their sons dead.



6) Breath (Korean) starring my favourite China actor Chang Chen.
Opening Dec 27 2007
After her husband’s confession of having an affair, Yeon finds herself heading towards the prison to meet a condemned criminal Jin who repeatedly attempted suicide. She doesn’t know why, but Yeon meets Jin and treats him like an old friend. Jin doesn’t open up to her that easily at first. While Yeon brings spring, summer and autumn to Jin in the prison, they fall for each other. But Jin’s clock is ticking away, and Yeon doesn’t want to send him away like that.



7) Body #19 (Thai movie ) Opening 17 Jan 2008
Chon, a med student, starts seeing a psychotherapist after he dreams about a woman who he had only met once in a restaurant.

In his dreams, a mysterious man murders her, slices her body into pieces, and flushes them down a toilet one by one. The murderous dreams haunt him into his waking memory, and eventually he feels as if his own body is being dissected and carved up by the surgical knife. Slowly, the terrifying images take control of him. He comes to believe that the dead woman is sending him messages through these nightmares. But these are not messages for him, they are meant for her murderer. They speak of revenge, and say: “I am still here.”




8) Sweeney Todd ( London )
Based on the 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd and the hit Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pie Shop were she sells "the worst pies in London." With the help of Mrs. Lovett, Todd tries to rid of all the people who have ever done him wrong and hopes to be reunited with his daughter, Joanna, who is now Judge Turpin's ward

9) Eastern Promises ( London ) Opening Jan 3 2008
Eastern Promises follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence again the family. Now Nikolai must put into motion a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.



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