Sunday, November 25, 2007
Detective Conan Movie
Case Closed, also known as Detective Conan (名探偵 コナン, Meitantei Konan?) in Japan and other countries, is a detective manga and anime series by Gosho Aoyama which has been published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine since 1994.
The series depicts the cases of a young private detective who was inadvertently turned into a prepubescent boy by a certain criminal organization. Although his body has been shrunk, he continues to solve many cases and is struggling to solve the mysteries of the criminal organization responsible in order to return to his normal body.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Hex Season 2
Hex is a British television programme developed by Shine Limited and aired on the Sky One satellite channel. The story is about a remote English country school that becomes the battleground between a demonic entity and the witches who oppose it.
The Illusionist
The Illusionist is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 period drama written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, and Paul Giamatti. Based loosely on Steven Millhauser's story "Eisenheim the Illusionist", The Illusionist tells the story of Eisenheim (Norton), a magician in turn-of-the-20th-century Vienna.
Pokemon Movie8-Lucerio and the Mystery of Mew
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew-Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie: Mew and the Wave Guiding Hero: Lucario) is the eighth Pokémon movie. It was released in theaters in Japan on July 16, 2005,
Aura is the type of energy that Aaron and Lucario are sensitive to. In defensive aspects, Aura allows a level of clairvoyance which would explain Lucario's knowledge of the move Anticipate. In offensive aspects, it can create powerful, but small energy spheres. (This is how Lucario uses its Aura Sphere move.) Aaron is not seen in the movie displaying any offensive capabilities with Aura. Aura is connected to the Tree of Origin due to Aaron's sacrificial attempt to transfer his Aura into the tree/Mew so that harmony could be spread all across the region, thereby ending the war. Ash Ketchum can also use Aura, but is very undeveloped and needs Sir Aaron's Aura-enhancing gloves to put it to good use. He can attempt such a feat because his Aura is similar to Aaron's.
According to the Japanese pamphlet, every object in the world exhibits some oscillation. Wave Guidance is supposedly a manipulation of this oscillation.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Britney Spears Live from Las Vegas
Live from Las Vegas is the fourth DVD collection from pop music singer Britney Spears, released on January 22, 2002. Recorded during Spears' 2001~2002 tour Dream Within a Dream Tour at MGM Grand Garden Arena in a special Las Vegas concert originally broadcast on HBO, Spears performed 14 songs in between dance routines and costume changes.
Kick
Kick is an Australian television comedy that first aired on 9 June 2007 on SBS and is set in Brunswick in Melbourne, Australia. The series follows the adventures of wild twenty-something Miki Mavros who is forced to move back in with her Greek-Australian parents on Hope Street after a failed attempt to "make it big". Miki meets Dr. Joe Mangeshkar, who has a girlfriend named Jan, and things spiral out of control. Miki manages a local neighbourhood soccer team, hence the series title Kick.
The show also follows the adventures of Miki's neighbors on Hope Street, including the Salim family, a Lebanese-Australian Muslim family with siblings Amen, Osama a.k.a. "Ozzie", Taghred and Layla. Amen is an aspiring businessman with questionable ethics. Osama is going through typical teenage angst and has a crush on Taghred's friend Tatiana. Taghred is an aspiring soccer star. Layla is a university student arranged to be married to Sharif, but everything changes when Layla falls for fellow fencer Jackie.
Lost and Delirious
Lost and Delirious is a 2001 Canadian drama film directed by Léa Pool and loosely based on the novel The Wives Of Bath by Susan Swan. Lost and Delirious is filmed from the perspective of Mary (Mischa Barton), who observes how homophobia destroyed the romantic relationship between her two teenage friends, Pauline (Piper Perabo) and Victoria (Jessica Paré).
Some of the themes explored are homophobia, gender issues and stereotypes, forbidden love, sexuality and gender identity.
Imagine Me and You
Imagine Me & You is a 2005 British film written and directed by Ol Parker. It centers on the relationship between Rachel and Luce (Piper Perabo and Lena Headey), who meet on Rachel's wedding day. The movie takes its title from a line in the song "Happy Together".
FingerSmith
Fingersmith is a three-part BBC mini-series that was televised in 2005. The story, which is an adaptation of Sarah Waters' Man Booker Prize nominated novel, follows the meeting of two very different young women and what madness ensues. Directed by Aisling Walsh, it stars Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Elaine Cassidy, Rupert Evans and Charles Dance.
Gia
Gia is a 1998 television film about the life of supermodel Gia Marie Carangi starring Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney. The original music score was composed by Terence Blanchard.