Archive for August, 2008

The Dark Knight


Category: Action
All Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 152
Rating: 8.4 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Christopher Nolan
Sound: Sonics-DDP, SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • Why So Serious?
  • Welcome to a world without rules.
  • I Believe In Harvey Dent.

  • Writing by: Jonathan Nolan – (screenplay) and
    Christopher Nolan – (screenplay)
    Christopher Nolan – (story) &
    David S. Goyer – (story)
    Bob Kane – (characters)

    Produced by: Kevin De La Noy – executive producer
    Jordan Goldberg – associate producer
    Philip Lee – line producer: Hong Kong
    Karl McMillan – production associate producer
    Benjamin Melniker – executive producer
    Christopher Nolan – producer
    Charles Roven – producer
    Emma Thomas – producer
    Thomas Tull – executive producer
    Michael E. Uslan – executive producer

    Cast: Christian Bale – Bruce Wayne / Batman
    Heath Ledger – The Joker
    Aaron Eckhart – Harvey Dent / Two-Face
    Michael Caine – Alfred
    Maggie Gyllenhaal – Rachel Dawes
    Gary Oldman – Det. Lt. James Gordon
    Morgan Freeman – Lucius Fox
    Monique Curnen – Det. Anna Ramirez (as Monique Gabriela Curnen)
    Ron Dean – Detective Wuertz
    Cillian Murphy – Scarecrow
    Chin Han – Lau

    Music: James Newton Howard Hans Zimmer
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits.
    Plot: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 5 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    A gray and blue Warner Bros. logo is used in the films opening, instead of the usual golden one.

    Goofs: We know about 16 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: The cooling ducts on the side of Bruce Waynes Lamborghini Murci?lago LP640 are closed at the beginning of the scene and are open immediately following a cut. They are motorized but take time to open and close.

    Trivia: There are 57 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Matt Damon was Christopher Nolans first choice for the role of Harvey Dent but turned it down. Before Aaron Eckhart was cast in the part, other actors considered included Hugh Jackman, Ryan Phillippe, Liev Schreiber, Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Lucas.
    • As a joke, one bat suit was made with nipples, as in Batman & Robin (1997). It was presented to Christian Bale as the real bat suit, but he knew instantly it was a joke, having seen a few design pictures during preproduction. He did pose for some publicity photos in the “nipple” suit.
    • This is the first Batman film to not have “Batman” in the title.


    • Step Brothers


      Category: Comedy
      All Genres: Comedy
      Release Year: 2008
      Country: USA
      Runtime: 98
      Rating: 8.4 (0)
      Languages: English, Spanish
      Director: Adam McKay
      Sound: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
      Taglines:

    • They grow up so fast.

    • Writing by: Will Ferrell – (screenplay) &
      Adam McKay – (screenplay)
      Will Ferrell – (story) &
      Adam McKay – (story) &
      John C. Reilly – (story)

      Produced by: Judd Apatow – producer
      Joshua Church – co-producer
      Jessica Elbaum – associate producer
      Andrew Epstein – associate producer
      Will Ferrell – executive producer
      David B. Householter – executive producer
      Adam McKay – executive producer
      Jimmy Miller – producer

      Cast: Will Ferrell – Brennan Huff
      John C. Reilly – Dale Doback
      Mary Steenburgen – Nancy Huff
      Richard Jenkins – Dr. Robert Doback
      Jason Davis – TJ
      Wayne Federman – Blind Man
      Kyle Felts – Wine Mixer Heckler
      Travis T. Flory – Redheaded Kid (as Travis Flory)
      Kathryn Hahn – Alice Huff
      Chris Henchy – First Homebuyer Husband
      Bryce Hurless – 9-Year-Old Brennan

      Music: Jon Brion
      Official Website: Visit Website


      Plot Outline: A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his fathers superhuman killing abilities.
      Plot: Two spoiled guys become competitive stepbrothers after their single parents get hitched.

      Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
      There are two additional short scenes, one during the credits and one afterwards.

      Goofs: We know about 7 goofs. Here comes one of them:
      Continuity: When Brennan is singing at the Wine Mixer, he holds a note that shatters the glass helicopter sculpture. A few moments later, when the scene shows his mom and step dad smiling at the end of the song, the sculpture is intact in the background.

      Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list – like these:

      • Shipped to some theaters under the name “The Insane Team”.


      • Wanted


        Category: Action
        All Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
        Release Year: 2008
        Country: USA, Germany
        Runtime: 110
        Rating: 8.4 (0)
        Languages: English
        Director: Timur Bekmambetov
        Sound: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
        Taglines:

      • Choose your destiny.

      • Writing by: Michael Brandt – (screenplay) &
        Derek Haas – (screenplay) and
        Chris Morgan – (screenplay)
        Michael Brandt – (story) &
        Derek Haas – (story)
        Mark Millar – (comic book series) and
        J.G. Jones – (comic book series)

        Produced by: Gary Barber – executive producer
        Roger Birnbaum – executive producer
        Sally French – co-producer
        Jeff Kirschenbaum – executive producer
        Geyer Kosinski – executive producer
        Jared LeBoff – co-producer
        Jim Lemley – producer
        David Minkowski – co-producer
        Jason Netter – producer
        Marc E. Platt – producer
        Adam Siegel – executive producer
        Marc Silvestri – executive producer
        Iain Smith – producer
        Matthew Stillman – co-producer

        Cast: James McAvoy – Wesley Allan Gibson
        Morgan Freeman – Sloan
        Angelina Jolie – Fox
        Terence Stamp – Pekwarsky
        Thomas Kretschmann – Cross
        Common – Gunsmith
        Kristen Hager – Cathy
        Marc Warren – The Repairman
        David OHara – Mr. X
        Konstantin Khabensky – The Exterminator
        Dato Bakhtadze – The Butcher

        Music: Danny Elfman
        Official Website: Visit Website


        Plot Outline: A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his fathers superhuman killing abilities.
        Plot: “Wanted” tells the tale of one apathetic nobodys transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, were introduced to a hero for a new generation: 25 year old employed slacker, WESLEY GIBSON. Wes is the most disaffected, cube-dwelling, clock-punching drone this planet has ever known. His boss chews him out hourly, his girlfriend ignores him routinely, and his life plods on in interminable boredom and routine. Everyone knows this disengaged slacker will amount to absolutely nothing, and so does he, until he meets the sexy, foxy woman named FOX, and then everything changes. Wes estranged father is murdered, and the deadly Fox recruits him into The Fraternity, a secret society that trains him to avenge his fathers death, by unlocking his dormant powers. And oh boy does he have powers, as she teaches Wes how to develop his lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, he discovers that The Fraternity lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: to carry out the death orders given by emotionless Fate itself. Wes, with his wickedly brilliant and sexy tutor, plus the paternal guidance of The Fraternitys enigmatic leader, SLOAN, young Wes grows to enjoy all the strength and success he ever wanted. But, slowly, he realizes theres more to his dangerous associates than meets the casual eye. And, as he wavers between new found heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one can ever teach him; that he alone controls his destiny.

        Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
        There are no opening credits. The title appears as a headline on a newspaper well into the movie.

        Goofs: We know about 15 goofs. Here comes one of them:
        Continuity: When Wesley Gibson has been tied to the chair and had his face punched, there is a clear cut on the bridge on his nose which disappears then re-appears in some shots.

        Trivia: There are 9 entries in the trivia list – like these:

        • This is Director Timur Bekmambetovs first American film.
        • Originally a comic book by Top Cow Productions written by Mark Millar.
        • In the office at the end of the film a nameplate is visible on one of the cubicle walls. The nameplate reads “J.G Millar” which is a composite of writer Mark Millar and artist J.G. Jones, on whose comic the film is based.


        • Mamma Mia!


          Category: Comedy
          All Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance
          Release Year: 2008
          Country: USA, UK, Germany
          Runtime: 108
          Rating: 8.4 (0)
          Languages: English
          Director: Phyllida Lloyd
          Sound: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
          Taglines:

        • Take a trip down the aisle youll never forget
        • A mother. A daughter. Three possible fathers. Take a trip down the aisle youll never forget
        • Mark The Date. July 18th
        • …Here We Go Again.
        • Everybody Is Coming To Sophies Wedding.
        • On July 18th, The Wedding Celebration Begins.
        • The Music. The Romance. The Movie
        • Sophie has just one wish, to meet her father……whichever one he is.
        • With every wedding come a few surprises.
        • The only missing from Sophies wedding is the father of the bride…whichever one he is.
        • Who said a wedding couldnt be this much fun?
        • Eine Hochzeit die man nie vergisst. (A Wedding youll never forget.)

        • Writing by: Catherine Johnson – (screenplay)
          Catherine Johnson – (musical book)

          Produced by: Benny Andersson – executive producer
          Judy Craymer – producer
          Gary Goetzman – producer
          Tom Hanks – executive producer
          Mark Huffam – executive producer
          Björn Ulvaeus – executive producer
          Rita Wilson – executive producer

          Cast: Amanda Seyfried – Sophie Sheridan
          Stellan Skarsgård – Bill Anderson
          Pierce Brosnan – Sam Carmichael
          Nancy Baldwin – Sams PA
          Colin Firth – Harry Bright
          Heather Emmanuel – Harrys Housekeeper
          Colin Davis – Harrys Driver
          Rachel McDowall – Lisa
          Ashley Lilley – Ali
          Meryl Streep – Donna Sheridan
          Julie Walters – Rosie

          Music: Benny Andersson
          Official Website: Visit Website


          Plot Outline: A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.
          Plot: The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 70s group ABBA.

          Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
          After the final scene of the movie Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Julie Walters appear on a sound stage in matching 1970s glam-rock costumes and sing “Dancing Queen”. When they finish Meryl asks the audience if they want an encore. The three ladies are then joined by Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard who are similarly attired. Along with Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper, they provide a rendition of “Waterloo” as the main credits roll.

          Goofs: We know about 10 goofs. Here comes one of them:
          Continuity: During the scene above the old goats house in which Donna is singing Mamma Mia, the amount of dust/dirt on the knees of her dungarees changes between shots.

          Trivia: There are 17 entries in the trivia list – like these:

          • According to Variety the plays original producer and writer, “were broke when they first tried to put the show together and were even snubbed by the Swedish pop group whose music formed the basis for the show. They are now two of the wealthiest women in England.”
          • Based on the hit ABBA single of the same name. Mamma Mia! first opened in London on April, 6th, 1999 at the Prince Edward theater. It had its North American debut at Torontos Royal Alexandra Theatre on May 23rd, 2000. The original Toronto cast then moved on to Mamma Mia!s pre-Broadway tour starting in San Francisco, moving on to Los Angeles, then Chicago. It was while the original Toronto cast was performing in Chicago that Louise Pitre (Donna) and Tina Maddigan (Sophie) were invited to play their same roles in the original Broadway cast, which opened on October 18th, 2001 at the Winter Garden Theater, the former home of Cats. It now has toured in over 140 cities across America. As of April 2007, Mamma Mia has open run productions in: New York, London, Las Vegas, Madrid, Moscow, Stuttgart, Fukuoka (opens May 19th 07) Gothenburg (opening May 9th 07) Essen, also has an US tour and an International tour traveling to cities all over the globe. Mamma Mia! has also played in Melbourne, Australia and Utrecht, The Netherlands, and in Copenhagen and Horsens, Denmark.
          • Phyllida Lloyd also directed the original ‘Mamma Mia!’ Broadway Play.


          • Twilight


            Category: Action
            All Genres: Action, Horror, Romance, Thriller
            Release Year: 2008
            Country: USA
            Runtime:
            Rating: 8.4 (0)
            Languages: English
            Director: Catherine Hardwicke
            Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
            Taglines:

          • When you can live forever what do you live for?
          • The Forbidden Fruit Tastes the Sweetest
          • And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.

          • Writing by: Melissa Rosenberg – (screenplay)
            Stephenie Meyer – (novel "Twilight")

            Produced by: Wyck Godfrey – producer
            Jamie Marshall – co-producer
            Greg Mooradian – producer
            Mark Morgan – producer
            Karen Rosenfelt – producer

            Cast: Kristen Stewart – Bella Swan
            Robert Pattinson – Edward Cullen
            Taylor Lautner – Jacob Black
            Billy Burke – Charlie Swan
            Peter Facinelli – Dr. Carlisle Cullen
            Elizabeth Reaser – Esme Cullen
            Nikki Reed – Rosalie Hale
            Ashley Greene – Alice Cullen
            Jackson Rathbone – Jasper Hale
            Kellan Lutz – Emmett Cullen
            Cam Gigandet – James

            Music: Carter Burwell
            Official Website: Visit Website


            Plot Outline: A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.
            Plot: Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy, plastic girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarried and sent Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she didnt expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy shes ever met. Hes nothing like anyone shes ever met, period. Hes intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance – unorthodox because Edward really isnt like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasnt aged since 1918. Like all vampires, hes immortal. Thats right – vampire. But he doesnt have fangs – thats just in the movies. And he doesnt drink human blood, though Edward and his family are unique among vampires in that lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. Somehow or other, they will have to manage their unmanageable love. But what will they do when Laurent and James, the Cullens mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for Bella? A modern, visual, and visceral Romeo and Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair – between vampire and mortal.

            Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
            There are no opening credits besides the DC logo. Not even the title is shown, only a swarm of bats flying across the screen making out the new Batman symbol. The title card “Batman Begins” does not appear until the start of the closing credits.

            Goofs: We know about 21 goofs. Here comes one of them:
            Continuity: After Rachel slaps Bruce in the car outside Falcones, his hair is messed up; the next shot its nicely combed; and the next its messed up again.

            Trivia: There are 11 entries in the trivia list – like these:

            • Kristen Stewart has naturally green eyes. She wears brown contacts for filming because Bella is supposed to have brown eyes.
            • Kellan Lutz intended on keeping his natural curly hair for the role of Emmett Cullen. However, his previous role in _”Generation Kill” (2008) (mini)_ required a buzz cut and his hair didnt grow fast enough for the filming of Twilight.
            • Henry Cavill was Stephenie Meyers first choice to play Edward, but by the time the film came to be, he was 25 years old, and no longer looked the part of a 17-year old. He was then offered the part of Carlisle Cullen but turned it down due to his commitment with The Tudors


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