News/Updates (World Movies)

**mappi** · 28th March 2014, 07:13 PM

Reviews for "Noah" by Darren Aronofsky starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins & Emma Watson are out. Came across some good percentage of favorable ones, but the tickling part is that it looks like the reviewers are taking precautious steps not to slash the movie down, fearing it could turn into all time master piece film work like The Fountain when indepth views start to folow in (LoL).

And the funniest was a straight forward one, which I liked very much, that says "Noah is better than the book".
Another one even goes to an extent to cover all the scales, just to be sure : "Noah floods the screen and mind" (but inside the "mind" particle was missing). Now they can go either side, whichever way the stone is turned (LoL).

Releasing here in France on 09/04. Check the trailer if you have not yet done it.

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**mappi** · 28th March 2014, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by R.Latha

howz the LEGO movie?

Excuses for the late reply (think you would have watched the movie by this time ... anyway) :

Lego was pretty decent, given the group of audiences it addresses. It takes much care for the adults who are still struck with Lego nostaligia. I am not, as I never played with Lego. Consulted with few around, and they told me that it was not like what they played during the 80's, but a very mordern version. I would never know. Lego-The Movie, begs and borrows its story from almost every single animation movie out there, but what makes it interesting is that it can be funny in most parts, the whole Lego set up was kind of different and few "you-already-know-me" characters sprinkle their charm in their Lego Getups.

Lego-The Movie - Amusing but misses the Awesome factor

**NOV** · 28th March 2014, 08:19 PM

Watched Devil wears Prada - what a performance by Streep!

Also watched The Call -

thrilling to the end with psycho kind of ending

**mappi** · 31st March 2014, 05:26 PM

Popular Forthcoming Attractions 2014 (my wish list) :
[Check the trailers on youtube if you are interested too]

Godzilla (My favorite monster is back, this time much bigger and more fierce)

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (the wait was long, finally arrives this August)

Blood Ties (Clive Owen, YES !)

Noah (Darren Aronofsky film)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (this would be just awesome)

Under the Skin (Scarlett Johansson, another YES !)

Lucy (Scarlett Johansson, a film by Luc Besson)

Deliver Us From Evil aka Beware the Night

Dom Hemingway (Jude Law, adore his accent)

Transcendence (Jhonny Deep & other interesting cast ; time to make a soup out of your brians)

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Chirs Pine)

Interstellar (Christopher Nolan film)

Jane Got a Gun (Natalie Portman)

Open Grave

Guardians of the Galaxy (can't miss it if you are a comic freek)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (hope there are signs for X-men vs Avengers)

Maleficent (Madame Jolie)

Edge of Tomorrow (yet another "come back" film for Tom Cruise (LoL))

3 Days to Kill

Non-English / Indie movie :

The Raid 2: Berandal (Indonesia)

Big Bad Wolves (Isrel)

Il ragazzo invisibile aka The Invisible Boy (Italy)

iNumber, Number (South African)

The Crossing (Chinese, John Woo Film)

The Pirates (Korean)

Tony Jaa's Skin Trade (Thailand) [maybe this year, not sure]

Already Released :

RoboCop (quite OK, but still prefer the drama parts from the original)

Snowpiercer (Excellent)

Lego (Amusing)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier ("hey! what else did you expect" feeling)

Monuments Men (tries hard to convince us, but fails miserably)

Cheap Thrills (Weird and clumpsily violent => +18 for some gruesome self tortures, violence, nudity & language)

300:Rise of an Empire (Gore Festival (+18). A good percentage of production cost was spent on red color liquid. Eva Green surprises you)

Non-Stop (Daddy takes the baddies yet another time, this time, does some laundry on the plane. Quite engaging.)

And ofcoarse many others on the way ... !

**mappi** · 4th April 2014, 06:22 AM

Expendables 3 trailer released today.
[Action Heroes joining Expendables III are Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas & Others]

And well, as world movies discussions are a bit silent these days, let me give the teaser link for those who have not yet watched it. The teaser is a BOSS.
[The music used in the teaser is the theme from 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' originaly composed by Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold and adapted (hardcore 'awesome' remix) for the trailer by Brian Tyler]

[And if you had hit the repeat button on the teaser, then you are a FAN just like me, welcome to the club of Expendables)

And now for the 1 min Trailer :
[The song in the trailer is 'The Stroke' by Billy Squier]

Expendables 3 - Lots to digest !

**mappi** · 25th April 2014, 05:40 AM

Remeber the cult Spanish series on found footage REC !?!
Here is the volume 4 : [REC] Apocalypse
[+18 for few distrubing scenes]

A bit disappointed how the series is shaping up. Eventhough it retains the principle characters from 1&2, the found footage ambience is missing. Liked the way it was editted and presented, but part 4 looks like a cheesy zombie slasher movie. Well, got to wait and watch !

**mappi** · 7th May 2014, 04:50 PM

Coherence - Movie Trailer

The basic idea itself freeks me out, watch the trailer to know more :

@1m43s : that was creepy !

**mappi** · 9th May 2014, 03:47 PM

Dawn of the Planet Of the Apes - (awesome) Trailer

Caesar you have to go! Go !
Caesar : Where ? => Epic

They have worked a lot on Caesar's facial motions, found it really amazing.