Friday the 13th: The Amazing Spider-Man and More

It was a productive day today! I spent the whole morning writing my curriculum vitae (CV) just for this IT job I came across somewhere on the internet. Yes, I'm still hunting for full-time jobs, if that's what you're curious about. I have been sending out my resumes electronically, heaps of them, but only called in for few interviews so far *sigh with disappointment* So I thought maybe my resume and cover letter weren't good enough? I revamped my resume a little, sent out another batch of new applications, and finally, I received a call scheduling for a face-to-face interview next week =)

Burlesque (2010) Cher, Christina Aguilera, Cam Gigandet, Kristen Bell

Ratings: ★★★★★★★★★★
Director: Steve Antin
Writer: Steve Antin
Synopsis:
Small-town girl Ali (Christina Aguilera) leaves her job as an Iowan waitress, and heads for the big lights of Los Angeles. She stumbles upon a neo-burlesque club run by a former dance, Tess (Cher), starts working her way up, and eventually becomes the main attraction, with her intense vocal range and elaborate interpretations of dance numbers, which turns out to be a godsend for Tess, who struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. She starts living with the charismatic and sexy bartender Jack (Cam Gigandet), after her apartment gets robbed. Romance ensues, and things go from there...

Free Zombieland Movie Tickets

If you are a member of the USQ Student Guild, I'm sure that you've got an e-mail from Matthew Hogan with the title, "FREE MOVIE TICKETS! - Zombieland" just about yesterday. Not sure? Just go ahead and look at the 50214th e-mail in your mailbox. Since now you've noticed about the existence of such e-mail and its contents, all you need to do is to send an e-mail (doesn't matter if it's blank or whatever, as long as your e-mail address is there) to this person in-charge requesting for free movie tickets.

Michael Jackson's This Is It

As the title said, we went to watch Michael Jackson's This Is It in this late afternoon. The run-time of this movie was only 1 hour and 52 minutes.

Saw VI and The Final Destination (3D)

We watched two horror movies today, one was in 3D while the other one was not. For students, you're required to pay $15.50 only for each 3D movie ticket rather than $18.00. Don't you feel all excited? We can now watch 3D movies here, not Brisbane, not Gold Coast, but Toowoomba !!!

Five Hours Mega Movie Marathon

Mega Movie Marathons traditionally take place on the night of national public holidays in the local Birch Carroll & Coyle cinemas. On the night of April 12 (Easter Monday Eve), we've finally opened our eyes on the 5 hours non-stop movie marathon which began at 11.20 pm and ended at 4.20 am. There were 4 different marathon programs for us to choose from:

• Marathon 1: Too Fast Too Furious (Advance Screening), Death Race, Role Models. (SOLD OUT)
• Marathon 2: Race to Witch Mountain, Confessions of A Shopaholic, Bedtime Stories.
• Marathon 3: Monsters Vs. Aliens, Ghost Town, Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa. (OUR CHOICE)
• Marathon 4: 17 Again, Yes Man, Inkheart. (SOLD OUT)

Chinese New Year Mood

We intended to watch Bolt, the animated comedy of Walt Disney Pictures this afternoon.

Make It Happen

Oh, wait a minute, I wasn't there to watch "WALL·E". So, please don't misunderstood, okay? I was just there to watch "Make It Happen", the one starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead. To refresh your memory, she was once famous with her characters such as "Lucy" in Die Hard 4.0, "Wendy Christensen" in Final Destination 3, and "Gwen Grayson / Royal Pain" in Sky High.

Teen Horror Movie: Prom Night

Today, we headed to The Strand in the city once again, with the intention to watch the US top-charted teen horror movie entitled "Prom Night". The movie is a remake of a 1980 Canadian thriller starring Jamie Lee Curtis. According to Sony Pictures distributor, "Prom Night" has earned an estimation of $22 million during its first three days screening in North America.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The weather is turning unusually cold in the autumn, it was around 12 °C last night when we were playing "Chor Tai Tee" downstairs. Yesterday morning, we went for a fantasy movie called The Spiderwick Chronicles. This is NOT just another Bridge to The Terabithia or Pan's Labyrinth kind of films. I found myself pleasantly surprised as the story was tremendously entertaining and thankfully resolute, even the CGI effects were pretty amazing.

10,000 B.C. @ The Strand

Today, we begin our day by watching 10,000 b.c. at The Strand, which is just within walking distance from Grand Central Shopping Centre. You can easily spot the not-so-new yet not-so-old double-storey cinema building on the left side of the second intersection.

Step Up 2: The Streets

It's not where you're from. It's where you're at.

Casting:
Briana Evigan as Andie
Robert Hoffman as Chase Collins
Cassie as Sophie

The Most Recommended Comedies

These are some of the funniest comedies that I've watched recently. Here, I would love to share and recommend them to you. Hopefully, they will bring you joy and laughter. If you happen to know any good movies, you're most welcome to share the list with me and others.

Good Luck Chuck


Cast: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba
Release Date: 25 October 2007 (Australia)
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Watch trailer now...

Lust, Caution (色，戒 )

主 演：
梁朝伟 饰 易先生 (Tony Leung Chiu Wai)
汤　唯 饰 王佳芝 (Rebecca Tang)
王力宏 饰 邝裕民 (Lee-Hom Wang)
陈　冲 饰 易夫人 (Joan Chen)
朱芷莹 饰 赖秀清 (Zhu Zhi Ying)

Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller / War

Language: Mandarin / Japanese / Shanghainese / English

Watch Lust, Caution FREE online: 在线观看 “色，戒”【无删减超-超高清版】

剧情简介：

故事发生在二战期间各股力量交织混杂的上海，一个化装成学生的女特工为获取情报接近另一方的特工人员易先生的太太，却和易先生陷入了情网。虽然是间谍题材的小说，但是它把主要篇幅放在两人剪不断、理还乱的爱情上。看看小说中易先生的内心独白就可以了解小说的基调：“他对战局并不乐观。知道他将来怎样？得一知己，死而无憾。他觉得她的影子会永远依傍他，安慰他。虽然她恨他，她最后对他的感情强烈到是什么感情都不相干，只是有感情。……

"Lust, Caution" is the latest production of Ang, lee (Academy Award-winning director of Brokeback Mountain, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). Apparently, the storyline is based on a short story written by revered Chinese author, Eileen Chang (张爱玲), starring the Hong Kong famous actor, Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Tang Wei (newcomer from China).

The film has been rated "NC-17" for some explicit sexuality, and "R" for strong sexual content and a scene of brutal violence. I'm not sure whether this movie was being screened in Malaysia or not, but even if it was, I'm sure 99.99% of the sexual content is filtered in the local cinemas. Both the leading actor and the leading actress exposed the glories of their full naked bodies on the screen.

Shanghai, 1942: The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China. She is not in fact Mrs. Mak, but shy Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei). With WW II underway, Wong has been left behind by her father, who has escaped to England. As a freshman at university, she meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min (Wang Leehom) Kuang has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the theater troupes new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found her calling, able to move and inspire audiences and Kuang.

He convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung). Each student has a part to play; Wong will be Mrs. Mak, who will gain Yees trust by befriending his wife (Joan Chen) and then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself utterly inside and out, and the scenario proceeds as scripted until an unexpectedly fatal twist spurs her to flee.

Shanghai, 1941: With no end in sight for the occupation, Wong--having emigrated from Hong Kong--goes through the motions of her existence. Much to her surprise, Kuang re-enters her life. Now part of the organized resistance, he enlists her to again become Mrs. Mak in a revival of the plot to kill Yee, who as head of the collaborationist secret service has become even more a key part of the puppet government. As Wong reprises her earlier role, and is drawn ever closer to her dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the limit...

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P.S. I Love You

Hey guys, here comes a sweet and romantic movie for you to watch with your partner on this special Christmas Eve. I've watched the trailer just now, it's a very touching story indeed. How I wish I could watch it with my boi as well... Guys, remember to feedback to me if anyone of you happen to watch this movie, thanks! May you have a great day ahead!

Hilary Swank (Holly Kennedy)
Gerard Butler (Gerry Kennedy)
Lisa Kudrow (Denise Hennessey)
Gina Gershon (Sharon McCarthy)
James Marsters (John McCarthy)
Kathy Bates (Patricia)

On a country road in Ireland over ten years ago, it was love at first sight for Holly, a lost young tourist (Academy Award® winner, Hilary Swank), and Gerry, a charming local lad (Gerard Butler). Hollys formidable mother, (Kathy Bates), disapproved of the couple, concerned that her spirited daughter was too young for marriage.

In the years since, the once fearless Holly has become unsure of her own identity. When Gerry dies with a brain tumor and leaves Holly a widow just shy of her thirtieth birthday, her family and best friends (Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon) are concerned that she will never emerge from her takeout container-strewn Manhattan apartment.

After weeks holed up watching old movies, a birthday cake and tape recording message from Gerry mysteriously arrives, marking the beginning of a series of letters instructing her to perform unusual requests. With the help of her girlfriends, Holly begins a year of wild adventures and a life journey that Gerry has planned for her, helping her to discover who she is without him and reminding her - P.S. I Love You.

Source: Warner Bros

Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard is the ultimate summer action ride. In a season overflowing with CGI Fantasy, Love Free or Die Hard gets real - with real action, real humor and a relatable everyman hero: John McClane. On the July 4th holiday, an attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle - but he never figured on an old-school "analog" fly in the "digital" ointment. Bruce Willis is John McClane. No mask. No cape. No problem.

(Source: Die Hard 4.0 Official Website)

Interesting Trivias :

• Jessica Simpson auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of 'Bruce Willis (I)' 's daughter. She can be seen on the way to the audition and coming out of the audition in the "Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica" (2003) episode "Mismatched Threesome".
• Justin Timberlake was in talks to play John McClane's son.
• Bruce Willis's stunt double, Larry Rippenkroeger, was seriously injured when he fell 25 feet to the pavement. He suffered broken bones in his face and fractures in both wrists.

This film is filled with superb direction, fantastic acting, groundbreaking special effects and clever quirps that will leave you almost nothing to complain about. Die Hard may very well be the best action flick of 2007! The most famous lines in action film history "Yippy Ki-ya Motha ******!" said by Bruce Willis was censored in order to meet the censorship in local cinemas.

One thing that I really don't understand and can't tolerate is why most of the Chinese girls (Asian) always act as a Japanese cheeks in Hollywood films?! Chinese is Chinese, Japanese is Japanese, can't they tell the difference?!

I'm So in Love with Transformers

*Note: This is NOT a spoiler post.

What would be your reaction after you watch Transformers? Let me tell you the words that I would use to describe it : stunning, breath taking, awesome, extremely cool, splendid, exciting, superb, and definitely MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE... Transformers rock!!! They are the bombs!!!

Haha, alright! I must admit that I'm totally in love with it even though the storyline has started for just a few minutes. Impressive I must say! As usual, I'm gonna be a bad spoiler and start telling you the interesting story seal my lips and make sure nothing will leak out here, happy? Hehe, hurry up and book your movie tickets now as it's hard to get them especially during weekends.I know some of you must be thinking that I've gone insane or out of my mind but I'm still gonna tell you that I LOVE TRANSFORMERS!!!

This morning when I was listening to Hitz.fm, I found out about this website which belongs to a Transformers toys collectors who start collecting them since 1984 until now. He is having 3k plus of these Transformers toys and still counting. Sometimes, I really admire those who have the money and time to collect this kinda toys especially guys. I have a net friend who would spend 500 bucks or even more just to buy their "precious" and limited version toys from Japan or any other places.

A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark (the cube), a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain's glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. He is then carted away by the Captain's ship.

A century later, Sam Witwicky, nicknamed Spike by his friends, buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, as he bears the Captain's glasses and the map carved on them. But Bumblebee is not the only Transformer to have arrived on Earth - in the desert of Qatar, the Decepticons Blackout and Scorponok attack a U.S. military base, causing the Pentagon to send their special Sector Seven agents to capture all "specimens of this alien race," and Spike and his girlfriend Mikaela find themselves in the middle of a grand battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, stretching from Hoover Dam all the way to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, within the depths of the Pentagon, the cryogenically stored form of Megatron awakens...

Transformers: Protect or Destroy?

*Note: This is NOT a spoiler post.

This afternoon, my boi get an emergency call from our coursemate, Desmond saying that the flight tickets on 11th of July have been canceled by MAS due to double booking which we've made at both the travel agency and Penang International Airport.


Six of us decided to meet up and have discussion at Batu Lanchang Coffee Shop about the critical flight issue and accommodation problems.


After we finish discuss everything, my boi and I rushed to Penang Internation Airport to inquire about the flight tickets available. According to Desmond, the latest flight tickets available are on 4th of July and it's selling fast.


As soon as we reached there, my boi stopped his car at the entrance and rushed to the counter. I was sitting in the car and waiting, so worried and panic... At first, the counter person told my boi that there's only two ways tickets for 2nd of July.


After my boi passed me the message, he went in again but this time the counter person says that all of the flights tickets from 1st - 30th of July are fully booked and sold to passengers. I was like OMG!!! What should we do now?! Don't tell me we gonna fly there on 3rd of August?!


Then I asked my boi to call Desmond again whether the travel agency have updated him or not. Thank God, Thai Airline has 3 slots on 10th and another 3 slots on 15th of July. I was like.... phew, finally relief!!!


Now 6 of us will be separated into 2 teams (3 persons each), the disadvantage of this flight is... we have to stay overnight in Bangkok Airport and continue our journey in the next morning. What to do! It's Thai Airline that we're taking!!!


It ain't really that bad after all, at least we get to save 4 days expenses (in AUD). Why? the previous flight was on 11th of July, now it's changed to 15th of July. Hehe, 熟语说大难不死，必有后福！So for tomorrow, either we will go to watch Transformers or go for a final shopping with my boi, still waiting for his decisions...

Surf's Up

My boi has bought me some sweet cherries for desserts this afternoon. The lunch box he delivered with chicken drumstick & chicken wings taste good and not so oily compared to others.

This is completely insane, I received this SMS at 3.42 a.m this early morning saying, "Congratulations! Anda memenangi WANG TUNAI RM11,000.00 dari DiGi. Infor sila hubungi perkhidmatan DiGi: 006281399293555. Syarat dan Terma tertakluk."

This is not the first time but don't know how many times they have sent me this kind of SMS. Have you receive any of it before? I believe it's a mobile scam.

Based on the groundbreaking revelation that surfing was actually invented by penguins. In the film, a documentary crew will take audiences behind the scenes and onto the waves during the most competitive, heartbreaking and dangerous display of surfing known to man, the Penguin World Surfing Championship.

(Source: Sony Pictures Releasing International)

Do you know what Lani use to safe drowning victims? It's a squid!!! LoL

Still remember Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) from Blades of Glory ? That's right, it's him! Hehe, I like this funny character =P He acted so innocent...

What about these two? One just care about fames, another one is responsible to search for the next potential surfers =D

Hehe, little penguins are so cute >.<"

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Omeegosh... so handsome @_@

How I wish both of them could get married but too bad that they're siblings in this movie >.<"

Human Torch Vs. Silver Surfer

Wow, what had happened to them?!

Cool, multi-super powered Johnny?

Marvel’s first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.(Source: 20th Century Fox (M) Sdn Bhd)