Category: Movies
Waves and Wipeouts – Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau
Dickie Cross lost his life at the Waimea Bay in 1943. Caught out by a large, rising swell at Sunset Beach, Cross and Woody Brown opted to paddle three miles down to Waimea. They hoped they might make it in through the channel, but arrived to find the place closing out, with waves in excess of 40 feet breaking across the bay. Brown barely made it ashore. Cross’s body was never recovered.
Artist: Freedom Hawk
Song Title: Land of the Lost
Album Title: Sunlight
Read more about the legacy of Waimea Bay and Eddie Aikau here …
Ten Must See Movies
2009 had some decent films, but with the year coming to a close we can start looking ahead to 2010 and what it is going to bring to our home and local theaters. Today’s Fileblog over on Fileplanet brought us ten outstanding examples of what makes going to the cinemas an adventure still. What I have done is to create a Ten Trailer playlist below. The movie trailers are all there. You can watch all ten trailers in order or use the navigation buttons on the player to jump forward or backward in the playlist. I have also taken the time to provide a link to a high-quality version of each trailer if you wish to download this and watch it at the very best quality.
19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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A paraplegic marine dispatched to the planet Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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The mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
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Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Full Synopsis @ IMDB …
Alma by Rodrigo Blaas
This is an award winning short cg animated film that has a delightful (yet devious) twist! Loved it!
[ Full Screen recommended ]
Alma is Rodrigo Blaas’ first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Rodrigo Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years, in Spain and in the United States.
Seizing the possibility of directing his first independent short film, Rodrigo Blaas asked some of the best artists in their field to take part in this independent project: French animator Bolhem Bouchiba, character designer Carlos Grangel and Sergio Pablos, ArtDirector Alfonso Blaas, music composer Mastretta and sound designer Tom Myers.
Written and Directed by: Rodrigo Blaas
Produced by: Cecile Hokes
Music: Mastretta
Art Director: Alfonso Blaas
Lighting Supervisor: Jonatan Catalán
Character Technical Supervisor: Jaime Maestro
Character Design: Bolhem Bouchiba, Carlos Grangel,
Sergio Pablos, Santi Agustí
Animation: Daniel Peixe, ManueBover, Remi Hueso
Sound Design: Tom Myers and David Hughes
Post Production Coordinator: David Heras
Special Thanks: Keytoon, Next Limit, UserT38Full credits: almashortfilm.com
Iron Man 2 by Paramount Pictures
This looks like it is going to be a fun ride!
Tony Starks saves the world for scheme terrorists and MBA CEO megalomaniacs but the world is still precarious spot. Even though Tony Sparks is a now reached god like status and renown across the globe for his exploits, many countries have been destroyed by Stark Industry weapons and even more dangerous enemies have come out to fight the Iron Man. Iron Man can protect the world but who will protect his back? ~ Fileplanet
Alice in Wonderland by Walt Disney Productions
I remember reading about this movie a few months ago over @ Geeks of Doom. This is the first good look at the movie though. Yet another of the upcoming 3D ventures to come on the scene. With the recent success of Avatar this one stands to make a killing. Found this video over on G4TV. Here is a quote from their page on the subject.
A brand new trailer has been released for Tim Burton’s upcoming version of Alice in Wonderland.
Last summer, a trailer and a slew of pictures gave us a pretty good idea about the how the morbid, Burtonesque style would be applied to the world established in Lewis Carrol’s original 1865 novel. However, this trailer seems to bring more to the table.
We now get more of a sense of the wider world being depicted in the film. Stunning visuals are on display, as the return of Alice (Mia Wasikowska) to Wonderland is wrought with intense, action-packed escapes from the forces of The Red Queen (a CGI-distorted Helena Bonham Carter) and some genuinely funny irreverence. Also present is some kick-ass action, as Alice goes all Joan of Arc, donning sword and armor to get the job done in a battle that, while not causing the Lord of the Rings team to lose any sleep, looks brilliantly done. However, it is Johnny Depp’s peculiar-looking Mad Hatter who steal the show in this trailer. He’s ALL over it, even picking up a sword to get into the thick of the action himself.
I don’t know too much about the “Alice” story, and I can’t say that I was extremely excited to see another (increasingly formulaic) Burton remake flood the market. In fact, my first impression was that it would be another “quirky” artistic rendition more concerned with proliferating a brooding atmosphere than a compelling story. However, while not radically different from what we’ve already seen of the film, I do like what I see in this trailer. It feels more like an epic story than some pretentious surrealist romp requiring various illegal substances to comprehend.
I may just be up for this one.
Alice in Wonderland hits theaters March 5, 2010.