Bolt

I wanted to watch this movie ever since i saw its trailer. As I like the dog and the design of every characters.

Bolt is a 2008 computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and is the 48th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animation Studios canon. It stars the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell, Diedrich Bader, Nick Swardson, Greg Germann, Susie Essman, Randy Savage and Mark Walton.

Bolt was released on November 21, 2008 and is available in certain theaters in Disney Digital 3-D. The film was rated PG by the MPAA.

Synopsis:

For super-dog Bolt (voice of JOHN TRAVOLTA), every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue—at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped... For super-dog Bolt (voice of JOHN TRAVOLTA), every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue—at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet—a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of MILEY CYRUS). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions—a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of SUSIE ESSMAN) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of MARK WALTON) -- Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero. --© Walt Disney Pictures

A trailer to see how good it is. =D


Starring: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Malcolm McDowell, Chloe Moretz, Kari Wahlgren, Sean Donnellan

Director: Chris Williams

On its opening weekend, the film opened #3 with $26,223,128 behind Twilight and Quantum of Solace. On its second weekend, it rose to #2 behind Four Christmases with a 1.4% increase. As of December 10, 2008 the film has grossed $100,473,215 worldwide.

Weekend Box Office Actuals in U.S [Dec 5 - 7 weekend]

On its third weekend, it dropped to #3 with Twilight rose to #2. It accumulated $79,381,422 from 3,516 theaters in US alone.

Domestic Total as of Dec. 11, 2008: $81,384,723.

Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Nominated - Best Original Song, "I Thought I Lost You"
Nominated - Best Animated Film

Satellite Awards

Nominated - Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media

Some photos of the movies.[Click on the picture to enlarge]

• Official Website

• English Wikipedia

• Internet Movie Database

45th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards/第45屆金馬獎

This year 45th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards/第45屆金馬獎 take place on 2008-12-06, 7pm at 台中市中山堂. This is a big ceremony for Chinese movie films.

So, i watched and realise that I'm so outdated. =.= Many movies I didn't even know but there are a few which I notice it last time but didn't went to watch it. 3 movie films caught my eyes and I wanted to watched it.

《The Warlords/投名狀》,《Assembly/集結號》,《Cape No.7/海角七號》. I like to watched CG(computer graphics) movie as the graphic is fill with explosive scenes and impressive effect so 《The Warlords/投名狀》,《Assembly/集結號》 definitely caught my eyes. As for 《Cape No.7/海角七號》, this movie has become so popular in Taiwan that on November 1, 2008 it became the 2nd top grossing film in the island's cinematic history, behind Titanic.

According to Chinese Wikipedia,

• 本屆金馬獎的入圍名單於2008年10月30日公佈，報名日期則為8月15日至9月8日。

• 《投名狀》、《海角七號》、《集結號》分別以12、9、6項提名成為入圍最大贏家，而且也是罕見港、台、中三地對決的場面。

• 年度台灣傑出電影工作者獎項分面，原入圍者分別為魏德聖、李龍禹、金城武，但由於金城武在出生後從未入過中華民國國籍，電影公司為其報名時並未察覺，經金馬獎委員會審查後確定撤銷入圍資格[1][2]。

• 《海角七號》總共拿下6項獎項，是本屆金馬獎的贏家，但主要獎項部分則由《投名狀》奪得最佳劇情片與最佳導演獎。

第45屆金馬獎得獎名單：

最佳劇情片：【投名狀】
最佳導演：陳可辛
最佳男主角：張涵予【集結號】
最佳女主角：劉美君【我不賣身．我賣子宮】
最佳原著劇本：蔡宗翰、林書宇【九降風】
最佳男配角：馬如龍【海角七號】
最佳女配角：梅芳【囧男孩】
最佳新演員：姜盛民【跳格子】
最佳改編劇本：劉桓【集結號】
最佳攝影：鄭兆強【文雀】
最佳視覺效果：【投名狀】
最佳美術設計：【停車】
最佳造型設計：【花吃了那女孩】
最佳動作設計：【保持通話】
最佳原創電影音樂：【海角七號】
最佳原創電影歌曲：國境之南【海角七號】
最佳剪輯：【保持通話】
最佳音效：【謎屍】
最佳紀錄片：【沿江而上】
最佳創作短片：【跳格子】
年度台灣傑出電影：【海角七號】
年度台灣傑出電影工作者：魏德聖
終身成就獎：常楓
特別貢獻獎：黃仁
國際影評人費比西獎：【停車】
觀眾票選最佳影片獎：【海角七號】

• Official Website

• 第45屆金馬獎 at Chinese Wikipedia

Celeb to Binbo Taro/ 名人与贫乏太郎

Title: セレブと貧乏太郎
Title[romaji]: Celeb to Binbo Taro
Also known as: Celeb & Poor
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, comedy
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-10-14～2008-12-23
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
主題曲：いきものがかり(生物股長)「気まぐれロマンティック」
插曲：Safarii 「Hero」

Story:

Wealthy daughter of a hotel chain mogul meets poor widowed father of three. Despite their vastly different values and beliefs, will their chanced encounter blossom into something more?

Cast／ 演　員
美田園アリス／ 上戸 彩(上戶 彩) 主演
佐藤太郎／ 上地 雄輔
安田幸子／ 国仲 涼子(國仲 涼子)
後藤田司／ 柏原崇
大野緑／ 三浦 理恵子(三浦 理惠子)
江原まなみ／ 中山 恵(中山 惠)
市井静／ 上野 なつひ
美田園真紀子／ 若村麻由美
安田啓一／ 山下 真司
郡司康夫／ 風間杜夫
佐藤優希／ いとうあいこ
津田智彦／ 是近敦之
公文晃／ 宅間孝行
坂本丈二／ 田村裕
佐藤二郎／ 小林海人
佐藤花子／ 北村燦來
佐藤一郎／ 清水優哉
坂本和樹／ 黒木辰哉
戸川誠一／ 酒井 敏也
柳沢茂／ 田山涼成
河田陽子／ キムラ緑子
美田園總一郎／ 森山周一郎

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編　劇：徳永友一
脚本：徳永友一(德永友一)
企劃：後藤博幸,成河広明
製作：土屋健
導演：松田秀知
制作：富士TV,共同TV

Episode Ratings/ 收視率

第1 回：2008-10-14 17.6 ％　　第2 回：2008-10-21 15 ％
第3 回：2008-10-28 15.2 ％　　第4 回：2008-11-04 11.6 ％
第5 回：2008-11-11 14.9 ％　　第6 回：2008-11-18 11.4 ％
第7 回：2008-11-25 10.2 ％　　第8 回：2008-12-02 11.2 ％
第9 回：2008-12-09 11.8 ％　　第10 回：2008-12-16 10.4 ％
最終回：2008-12-23 14.3 ％　　

平 均/ Average： 13.05 ％

This is a Japanese television drama. I like the storyline as I like to see poor,lousy people overcome difficulties and succeed in the end. ^^ Been watching this drama from the starts, there is some part I don't quite like as the story tells very less part of the romances between the main characters. Main female acted by Ueto Aya as Mitazono Alice, and male main character Kamiji Yusuke as Sato Taro. I like both of them since their past dramas. The drama is full of funny scenes and some serious ones but overall it's a well drama and I like it a lot. \(^^)/

• Official Websites

• Japanese Wikipedia

• Dramawiki

• SoundTrack at amazon.jp

• いきものがかり(生物股長)「気まぐれロマンティック」 at amazon.jp

• Safarii 「Hero」 at amazon.jp
  

• Watch Online[English Subtitle]

• Watch Online[Chinese Subtitle]

Prisoner

Title: プリズナー
Title[English]: Prisoner
Genre: Human, suspense
Episodes: 5
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2008-Nov-16 to 2008-Dec-13
Air time: Sunday 22:00
Theme song: Wise 「Unchain my heart feat. May J.」
Cast／演 員: 玉山鉄二(玉山鐵二)　鶴田真由　大森南朋　中村俊介　佐田真由美　小日向文世

Story:

A true based story of a Japanese man falsely imprisoned in Thailand who attempts to escape from jail. Tamayama Tetsuji, stars as the protagonist, Izawa Keigo, who quits his job as a teacher over some incident. He visits Yuzurihara Takuya, played by Nakamura Shunsuke, his senior from university days, in a small fictitious Southeast Asian country called Seraivia who runs an orphanage and Izawa settles down to help him. Then Yuzurihara loses his entire fortune in a scam and an angry Izawa asks for its return from the person who fleeced Yuzurihara, only to find himself set up and arrested. In jail, a mysterious man named Pon proposes a plan to break out of jail but …

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原作：沢井鯨　「P.Ｉ.P.プリズナー・イン・プノンペン」（小學館刊）
脚本：大石哲也
配樂：澤野弘之
導演：水谷俊之

This is a Japanese television drama which aired on WOWOW. It's like American action/serial drama television series [Prison Break]. I'm looking forward to watch this series. As the main character, Tamayama Tetsuji and Kohinata Fumiyo is my favourite male artists due to me watching [Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm] [Fuji TV,2007] last year. Kohinata Fumiyo also acted in
[Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu] [Fuji TV, 2008] which i also watched.

• Official Site

• Japanese Wikipedia

• DramaWiki

• Watch Online [Chinese Subtitle]

Gantz/ 殺戮都市

As i mention i bought a lot of manga yesterday,a few of it is Gantz volume 22 and 23. So now I'm up to the latest volumes. ^^ This series is always one of the series which i think is great given the sexy,nude scenes(^^") and fantasy fighting with the monster. I not sure how the author can manage to come out with this type of story. To me, the story is really good and glad i managed to buy this series. I hope one day it will have real life film although it could be difficult. I have posted similar thread so search other post for more information. ^^


I forgot to mention. ^^ Volumes 24 came out on 17 October 2008 in Japan. Volume 25 expected to be out beginning of 2009 in Japan. Recently, there is a pre-order of Gantz volume 26 with a figurine. The price is 4980yen[tax included]. The price is expensive then normal edition which is 650yen for volume 24. Volume 26 will be out in 19 June 2009. ^^ The deadline for pre-order ends 22 December 2008. The 2nd picture link leads to the figurine site. The figurine still can be zoom. 0.0 [Click both picture to go official site.]