Solomon Kane

Oleh: Fatchur Rochim

kapanlagi.com, Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) mungkin tak pernah mengira kalau ia akan sering berurusan dengan makhluk-makhluk gaib dari dimensi lain. Tapi ketika panggilan itu datang, Solomon tak punya pilihan selain mengabdikan dirinya untuk memburu dan memusnahkan makhluk-makhluk jahat ini walaupun itu artinya ia harus berkeliling dunia dalam misi sucinya ini.

Solomon awalnya adalah serdadu Ratu Elizabeth I yang ditugaskan di Afrika. Sebagai seorang serdadu bayaran pekerjaan Solomon memang tak jauh dari urusan mencabut nyawa. Itu semua ia lakukan tanpa ada penyesalan sampai suatu saat ia bertemu makhluk gaib bernama The Reaper (Ian Whyte). Pertemuan ini mengubah hidup Solomon dan ia memutuskan untuk kembali ke Inggris.

Solomon lantas mengabdikan hidupnya untuk Tuhan dan berharap mendapat pengampunan atas dosa-dosa yang telah ia lakukan selama menjadi serdadu bayaran. Sayang, takdir Solomon sepertinya bukan di sana. Tak lama berselang Solomon kembali tergoda untuk mengangkat pedang. Kali ini bukan untuk membunuh sesama manusia tapi untuk memburu makhluk-makhluk jahat dari dimensi lain.

Film laga bertema supranatural seperti ini biasanya diasosiasikan dengan film-film kelas dua yang artinya tak memerlukan penggarapan terlalu rumit. Yang diperlukan hanyalah CGI yang meyakinkan dan selebihnya hanyalah cerita sederhana untuk merangkai beberapa adegan dramatis yang memang sudah direncanakan dari awal. Tak bisa disalahkan karena memang kebanyakan film seperti ini memang punya titik lemah di bagian itu.

Tapi sepertinya kita harus membuat pengecualian untuk film berjudul SOLOMON KANE ini. Ada beberapa poin yang membuat film ini jadi berbeda. Misalnya saja sang sutradara yang mampu mengarahkan para aktornya untuk mencapai hasil yang maksimal. James Purefoy mungkin memang nama baru tapi kemampuan aktingnya tidak bisa dipandang sebelah mata. Karakter Solomon Kane yang melewati masa transisi dari seorang pria jahat menjadi seorang pahlawan pun bisa diterjemahkan dengan baik oleh James Purefoy.

Dari sisi visual, SOLOMON KANE memang tak bisa dibilang yang terbaik karena ini sepertinya menyangkut soal dana yang dikucurkan untuk membiayai produksi film ini. Terlepas dari dana yang tak terlalu besar, SOLOMON KANE ini masih termasuk memadai. Alur kisah memang masih tetap sederhana seperti pada kebanyakan film sejenis tapi kalau mau jujur, film seperti ini memang tak memerlukan naskah yang rumit.(kpl/roc)


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Robin Hood

Sutradara: Ridley Scott
Penulis Skenario: Brian Helgeland
Russell Crowe: Robin Longstride
Cate Blanchett: Marion Loxley
Max von Sydow: Sir Walter Loxley
Mark Strong: Godfrey
Oscar Isaac: Prince John
Danny Huston: King Richard The Lionheart
Mark Addy: Friar Tuck
Kevin Durand: Little John
Scott Grimes: Will Scarlet
Alan Doyle: Allan A'Dayle. (uky)

okezone.com, TAK ADA aroma Amerika dalam film ini, bahkan iringan lagu Bryan Adams yang terpatri dalam benak kita. Itulah Robin Hood ala Kevin Costner. Lalu, akan seperti apa film Robin Hood yang dirilis 14 Mei 2010 lalu ini?

Jangan Anda kira lagu-lagu modern dapat Anda nikmati di dalam film yang menjadi pembuka Festival Film Cannes. Hanya ada lantunan lagu-lagu tradisional Inggris yang akan menenggelamkan Anda ke dalam legenda Robin Hood, si penjahat kelas kakap yang bermarkas di hutan Sherwood.

Ridley Scott, sutradara Gladiator asal Inggris, sejak awal ingin mengangkat dongeng rakyat Inggris di abad ke-16 ini secara utuh. Ada beberapa penggalan kisah yang tak pernah terangkat, yakni siapa sebenarnya Robin Hood? Mengapa dia didapuk menjadi penjahat kelas kakap di bawah kekuasaan Raja John pascakematian Raja Richard ‘Si Hati Singa’?

Dalam film yang dibintangi Russel Crowe dan Cate Blanchett, semua dikemas ala cerita rakyat yang diangkat ke layar kaca. Keindahan tanah Inggris, hutan hijau, dan semenanjung pantai selatan digambarkan nyata dan membawa Anda ke masa tahun 1600an. Namun melihat Russel Crowe dalam balutan baju perang tentara kehormatan Koloni Inggris, menjadikan bayangan Crowe dalam perannya di Gladiator juga hadir di sini. Tak heran, Crowe dan Scott telah bekerja sama sejak bermain dalam Gladiator.

Alkisah, Robin Hood ternyata hanyalah seorang pemanah di pasukan Raja Richard dalam Perang Salib ke Palestina. Dalam perjalanan pulang melewati Prancis, Raja Richard benar-benar berhasrat menaklukkan kerajaan Prancis di bawah pimpinan Raja Phillip. Raja Richard pun sempat mengenal pribadi Robin Longstride, setelah dia berkelahi dengan Little John, musuh yang kemudian menjadi partnernya.

Lalu dalam penyerangan ke Kastil Prancis, Raja Richard pun terkena anak panah pasukan musuh. Dokter yang ikut dalam pasukan Raja Richard pun menyatakan, Si Hati Singa telah gugur di medan perang. Robin ‘Hood’ Longstride paham usai kematian raja akan terjadi kekacauan di pasukan Inggris. Dengan mengajak Little John, Will, dan Alan, serta beberapa rekan lainnya, Robin menuntun mereka pergi ke selatan Prancis, yang diketahui kalau ada kapal kerajaan yang menunggu.

Cerita yang sangat kompleks menggambarkan kalau ada pembelot di kerajaan Inggris yang menjadi informan ke Raja Phillips. Awalnya Ibu suri (ibunda raja Richard dan Pangeran John) menengarai informan ini adalah istri kedua John, Isabella of Angoulême (Léa Seydoux). Tapi siapa sangka, ternyata sahabat Pangeran John sendirilah yang menjadi informan dan bahkan memecah belah masyarakat Inggris.

Singkat cerita, Robin pun bisa kembali ke Inggris setelah menekuk pasukan Prancis yang sengaja menghalangi perjalanan Sir Walter Loxley, tangan kanan Raja Richard, untuk membawa pulang mahkota sang raja. Loxley gugur di perjalanan. Jadilah Robin dan teman-teman menyamar menjadi pasukan kerajaan yang ditugaskan mengirim mahkota, sehingga bisa masuk ke dalam kapal kerajaan.

Di sinilah muncul Lady Marion (Cate Blanchett), perempuan yang membuat Robin jatuh hati kepadanya. Lady Marion adalah perempuan yang kuat dan juga ksatria tangguh. Meskipun menantu dari orang terkaya di Pepper, Nottingham, dia adalah perempuan yang setia.

Sebaiknya Anda menyempatkan diri menonton film epik Inggris ini. Sedikit merogoh kocek di akhir pekan tidak akan membuat Anda rugi. Pasalnya, film yang berdurasi 2 jam ini memang bisa menenggelamkan Anda ke dalam peperangan klasik dua negara koloni terbesar, Prancis dan Inggris. Dalam film ini juga banyak percakapan dalam bahasa Prancis. Tak heran, jika film ini kemudian diputuskan menjadi film pembuka di Cannes, Prancis.

Film ini juga tidak menyinggung patriotisme rakyat Prancis tentunya. Namun semangat nasionalisme rakyat Inggris tergambar di akhir cerita, saat Raja Phillips memimpin langsung pasukannya untuk menyerbu Inggris, setelah si pengkhianat kerajaan Inggris, Godfrey, mengatakan Inggris telah terpecah belah karena para bangsawan di Utara dan Selatan akan menyerang Buckingham.

Bagaimana lengkapnya cerita ini? Tonton saja! Ingat, jangan pernah membayangkan alur cerita Robin Hood ‘Kevin Costner’. Biarkan imajinasi Anda lepas sejak detik pertama film ini diputar. Inilah kisah sejati Robin Hood, seperti Ridley Scott menyatakan: The Untold Story of Robin Longstride, sebelum menjadi Robin Hood dan hidup damai di dalam Hutan Sherwood.


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The Book of Eli

Eli (Denzel Washington) telah melakukan perjalanan selama 30 tahun, berjalan ke barat di seluruh Amerika setelah perang dahsyat yang mengubah bumi menjadi gurun total. Dunia telah menjadi sebuah peradaban tanpa hukum di mana orang harus membunuh atau dibunuh. Jalan tandus milik geng pemotong leher yang merampok dan membunuh untuk air, sepasang sepatu, ringan, atau hanya untuk bersenang-senang. Eli adalah orang damai yang hanya bertindak dalam pertahanan diri, dan menjadi seorang prajurit dengan keahlian membunuh luar biasa ketika ia ditantang. Setelah perang dan "Big Flash", Eli dipandu oleh kekuatan yang lebih tinggi untuk sebuah buku yang tersembunyi dan diberi tugas melindungi buku itu dan membawanya ke tujuan akhir. Eli penjaga buku dengan hidupnya, karena ia tahu bahwa buku itu adalah satu-satunya harapan umat manusia yang telah untuk masa depan.

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Eli dan Solara adalah dayung di perairan dangkal Samudra Pasifik ke Pulau Alcatraz. Saat mencapai pulau itu, Eli memberitahu para penjaga bahwa ia memiliki utuh King James Bible. Mereka mengatakan kepadanya untuk menunggu di mana dia berada.

Kembali di kantor Carnegie di kotanya, seorang insinyur berusaha hati-hati memilih kunci buku Carnegie merebut dari Eli.

Eli dan Solara yang dikawal ke pulau di mana kurator itu, Lombardi (Malcolm McDowell) menjelaskan bahwa pulau ini lebih dari sebuah museum - itu adalah di mana ia dan semua pengikutnya bekerja untuk menyimpan dan mengumpulkan segala pengetahuan, seni, dan lain sisa-sisa kebudayaan manusia sebelum kiamat, karena mereka dapat, dengan tujuan, ketika mereka siap, berbagi dengan manusia sehingga mereka dapat mulai kembali belajar semua yang mereka kehilangan. Mereka telah mengumpulkan sejumlah besar literatur, tetapi melewatkan Alkitab utuh - sampai sekarang. Eli mengatakan Alkitab itu adalah 'memukuli, tetapi akan melakukan pekerjaan itu. "

Kembali di kantor Carnegie, insinyur akhirnya berhasil memicu mengunci dan membuka buku diambil dari Eli. Carnegie sita itu, membukanya, dan mulai melihat-lihat halaman dalam kekafirannya, mengulang-ulang, "ia tidak dapat 'dan' tidak mungkin." Kita melihat bahwa buku ini ditulis dalam huruf Braille.

Eli telah membawa orang-orang Lombardi's Lombardi besar tumpukan kertas dan mulai membaca Alkitab dari memori, setelah menghafal lebih dari tiga puluh tahun membaca kembali. Saat ia mengucapkan, dan menulis Lombardi, dan Solara jam di daya tarik penuh, kamera perlahan memperbesar pada wajah Eli untuk menunjukkan bahwa matanya jelas mengalami kerusakan parah - mungkin dari flash super terang-intens dari sebuah ledakan nuklir - dan ia menatap kosong ke angkasa. Eli telah membutakan dalam kiamat dan navigasikan jalan di seluruh benua melalui indra yang lain, untuk mengasah ketajaman luar biasa selama tiga puluh tahun.

Carnegie telah Claudia dibawa ke kantornya untuk membaca Alkitab Braille. Claudia tahu bahwa Solara belum kembali dan menyalahkan Carnegie. Tangannya sikat halaman dan ia menyadari bahwa Carnegie kebutuhannya untuk membaca buku ini karena dia buta dan dididik dalam huruf Braille. Merasa daya tiba-tiba atas dirinya, Claudia tersenyum vindictively dan kebohongan untuk Carnegie, mengatakan bahwa dia belum membaca huruf Braille dalam jangka panjang sehingga dia lupa caranya. Dia juga mengatakan kepadanya bahwa ia dapat mencium kakinya, menyiratkan bahwa itu telah menjadi sangat terinfeksi. Tangannya mengulurkan tangan untuk wajahnya, dan ia membungkuk ke depan untuk menyentuh dahinya ke tangannya. Claudia mengatakan kepadanya bahwa dia mengorbankan begitu banyak orang, begitu banyak penjaga dan penegak bagi buku itu, bahwa semua orang kota yang takut untuk berbicara nama-Nya telah meledak menjadi anarki habis-habisan dan merobek bar, dan bahwa dia bisa merasakan dari dahi Carnegie bahwa ia menderita demam yang buruk. Merasa puas seberapa dekat Carnegie adalah untuk sesuatu yang dia berjuang begitu keras untuk dan mengorbankan begitu banyak kehidupan, hanya untuk itu harus sama seolah-olah satu juta mil jauhnya, Claudia berjalan pergi, meninggalkan Carnegie. Dia berkelana ke balkon di atas ruang bar bar dan melihat semua orang bebas untuk penjarahan semua itu, mengambil apa saja yang mereka dapat membawa dan cara mereka melawan siapa pun masa lalu di depan mereka. Setelah kehilangan kendali di seluruh domain, dan sekarang mati juga, merosot Carnegie terhadap pegangan tangga putus asa.

Kita melihat Eli mencukur kumisnya dan kepalanya dan don jubah putih bersih. Sebuah sulih suara dari Eli mengucapkan apa yang mungkin kata-kata terakhir, sebuah doa kepada Allah, seperti yang kita lihat dia terus membaca Alkitab kata demi kata, ayat untuk ayat, untuk Lombardi yang tanpa lelah menulis semuanya di atas kertas, sementara Solara tidur pada sofa kecil di ujung meja. Seperti Eli doa terus, kita melihat percetakan Alcatraz membuat salinan cetak hardcover baru disiapkan menyelesaikan King James Bible, dan kita melihat Solara berlutut di atas kuburan Eli, menunjukkan ia akhirnya meninggal karena luka-lukanya. Dia diam-diam berdoa di kuburan dan meletakkan bunga di sana. Lombardi naik ke Solara dan meyakinkan bahwa dia memiliki rumah di sana, di Alcatraz dengan dia dan orang-orangnya jika dia keinginan, dan bahwa dia akan aman di antara mereka. Solara bersyukur untuk menawarkan, tetapi dia merasa kewajiban untuk melakukan apa yang dia percaya dia harus. Lombardi bertanya di mana ia berencana untuk pergi dan ia berkata polos, "rumah."

Kita melihat Solara melangkah keluar dari gerbang kompleks Alcatraz sebagai berkat doa Eli sulih suara Tuhan untuk persahabatan Solara, dan bagi Allah untuk mengawasinya seperti Dia telah mengawasi Eli sendiri. Kita melihat Solara menyarungkan parang Eli atas bahunya, dan plug earphone untuk iPod-nya ke telinganya. Eli doa berkat Allah untuk istirahat, ia sekarang pergi ke, seperti yang kita lihat tempat Lombardi Alkitab diselesaikan pada rak di antara karya agama lainnya, termasuk salinan cetak dari Taurat Ibrani dan Quran Muslim.

Film ini ditutup dengan kata-kata akhir doa terakhir Eli, mengatakan ia telah menyelesaikan pekerjaannya, memenangkan perlombaan, dan memelihara iman, seperti yang kita lihat Solara memulai iPod Eli, dan mulai berjalan jalan di awal perjalanan sendiri. .. untuk menemukan ibunya, dan menyebarkan berita harapan bahwa Eli membawa; kata-kata harapan bagi umat manusia masa depan ... dan menggembalakan mereka ke tempat mereka bisa belajar dari harapan mereka hampir hilang.

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Moviesqy: Clash of the Titans

Moviesqy: Clash of The Titans - Trailer 1


Moviesqy: Clash of The Titans - Trailer 2


Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast:
Sam Worthington as Perseus
Liam Neeson as Zeus
Ralph Fiennes as Hades
Jason Flemyng as Calibos / Acrisius
Gemma Arterton as Io
Alexa Davalos as Andromeda
Tine Stapelfeldt as Danae
Mads Mikkelsen as Draco
Luke Evans as Apollo
Izabella Miko as Athena
Liam Cunningham as Solon
Hans Matheson as Ixas
Ashraf Barhom as Ozal
Mouloud Achour as Kucuk
Ian Whyte as Sheikh Sulieman

"The Clash of the Titans" diatur di kota Yunani Argos di mana perang adalah untuk meledak antara manusia dan para dewa. Perseus (Sam Worthington) dibesarkan sebagai seorang nelayan, tapi sebenarnya adalah seperdua-dewa. Perseus adalah putra Zeus (Liam Neeson) yang akan mengambil dewa setelah kematian keluarganya. saudara Zeus 'Hades (Ralph Fiennes) adalah orang yang membunuh keluarganya, dan Perseus ingin membunuhnya. Namun, takdir Perseus untuk menyelamatkan kota Argos dari marah kejam nya Hades dan rakasa Kraken. Dengan ada ruginya, Perseus memimpin sekelompok prajurit pada quest untuk mengalahkan Kraken. Dalam melakukan ini, Perseus akan mencegah Hades dari menggulingkan Zeus dan pada gilirannya menghancurkan umat manusia.


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My Name Is Khan

Pemain : Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Shabana Azmi, Sonya Jehan, Jimmy Shergill
Sutradara : Karan Johar
Penulis : Shibani Bathija 
Official Website: 
http://www.mynameiskhanthefilm.com/

My Name Is Khan adalah Film terbaru dari Hindi Movie yang di bintangi oleh Shahrukh Khan. Film dimulai saat seorang anak, Rizwan Khan (Tanay Chheda), seorang muslim yang mengidap sindrom Asperger, hidup bersama ibunya (Zarina Wahab) di wilayah Borivali di Mumbai. Saat ia dewasa (Shahrukh Khan), Rizwan pindah ke San Fransisko dan hidup bersama adik dan iparnya. Selama disana, ia jatuh cinta kepada Mandira (kajol).

Peristiwa 9/11 telah mengubah sejarah dunia, ketakutan dan kebencian terhadap muslim menyebar dengan cepat di tengah masyarakat Amerika. Rizwan dan Mandira mulai menghadapi beberapa kesulitan hanya karena Rizwan adalah seorang muslim. Dimulai dari sebuah tragedi, mereka berpisah. Ingin kembali memenangkan hati istrinya, Rizwan melewati sejumlah petualangan diberbagai negara bagian di Amerika. Sebuah petualangan panjang hanya untuk satu tujuan, menyampaikan sebuah pesan untuk Presiden Amerika.

Trailer:

Batman - The Dark Night

"Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now...and so we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not a hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector...a dark knight."

quallesqy : The true fear is not facing an ugly monster, but facing a terribly smart evil guy called Joker.

Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) continues to eliminate crime in Gotham City with the help of Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). The Dark Knight wants to finally get rid of organized crime for good and be free of their corruption. Batman soon finds that a new psychopathic mastermind known as the Joker (Heath Ledger) has taken over organized crime. After the fall of Carmine Falcone, the remaining crime bosses try to pick up the pieces. However, the Joker is killing them off one by one. The Joker's plan is to terrify the citizens and throw the city into chaos, and then kill Batman. Batman takes the fight with the Joker personal, which makes him confront his own beliefs. The Joker is the most dangerous criminal that Batman has encountered, and he will need all his strength and vigilance to defeat him.

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda Trailer

quallesqy : Must See!

 

 

Kung Fu Panda is the story of Po, (voice Jack Black), a sweet, but clumsy Panda who has dreams of fighting with the legendary Furious Five and protecting the city against all threats. The only problem is that Po has no real life experience of kung fu, and his real job is serving noodles at his dad's noodles shop. News of selecting the Dragon Warrior is sent out from the Jade Temple, and the whole city along with Po, go to the celebration. The competition is between the Furious Five: Tigress (voice Angelina Jolie), Viper (voice Lucy Liu), Crane (voice David Cross), Monkey (voice Jackie Chan), and Mantis (voice Seth Rogen). Po accidentally enters the contest and is named the Dragon Warrior. Master Shifu (voice Dustin Hoffman) must find a way to train Po and make him a Kung Fu Master, especially, after they learn that the snow leopard, Tai Lung (voice Ian McShane), is headed their way. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)

 

Nancy Drew

Miss Perfectionist -> Yucks!!!

Director: Andrew Fleming
Writers (WGA): Andrew Fleming (screenplay) and Tiffany Paulsen (screenplay)
Release Date: 15 June 2007 (USA)

Nancy Drew is a girl detective (in the town of River Heights) who is working on a case involving burglaries...Lawrence McNabb is a locksmith (a person who makes or repairs locks and keys) who is working with thieves (by giving~such keys to article~locations)...Charlie, a security~guard, is tied~with~ropes as Nancy hides in a closet in Pastor Murray's office (in a church)...a burglary is~in~progress and Nancy is found by thieves Steve and Gary...Nancy promises to make~a~bargain with Chief McGinnis of the River Heights Police Departgirlt if the criminals agree to give up...a bargain is made and police soon arrive...Nancy sneaks out of the church and police arrest Steve and Gary...Nancy's friends Bess Marvin, George Fayne, and Ned Nickerson arrive as well as (news~)photo~graphers and Carson Drew (Nancy's father), an attorney...Ned is about to give Nancy a box then Carson and Nancy leave in Nancy's light~blue roadster (an auto~mobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a trunk [or rumble~seat])~convertible (having a canvas~top that can be raised or lowered)~auto~mobile on their way to California...Carson has business there, and would like Nancy to give up being a detective while~staying...a stop is made at the Drew home, where Nancy lives with her father and a house~keeper, Hannah Gruen...Ned arrives and gives Nancy the box...in~it is a (gift~of~a) compass adjusted to point~toward River Heights...Nancy explains how she and her father will be staying in the house of Dehlia Draycott, a movie~actress who vanished mysteriously then returned only to leave this world via a swimming~pool...Carson and Nancy take a train to Los Angeles (,California), where an auto~mobile is rented and Dehlia's home driven to...there, Barbara Barbara, of Heritage Real Estate company, is greeted who shows Nancy and Carson the home...Nancy is frightened by a ghost that turns out to be a projected~image of Dehlia...Leshing is greeted, who is the~homes'~care taker (and lives close~by [in an apartgirlt])...that night Nancy is about to study some notes on Dehlia that she has brought when what do you suppose but the folder containing~such is gone!..Nancy tele~phones the Los Angeles Police Departgirlt to report the vanishing of both the folder and (her) shoes...foot~steps are heard and Leshing is tele~phoned, who arrives...noone (sic) is found but Nancy sees boxes with Dehlia's books inside and Nancy begins to read...a note from Dehlia (to Z) is inside speaking of her vanishing and~of the need to create a will that will provide for someone...the next day Nancy attends school in Los Angeles...Corky, Inga (sibling of Corky), and Trish are students (of the~school) who are greeted...Nancy speaks with the principal and watches a basket~ball game at the school...Corky starts choking and Nancy performs the Heimlich Girleuver and CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation [a life~saving technique])...it turns out to be a trick~played on Nancy and Nancy returns to the estate...that~night Nancy attempts to read Dehlia's journal and once again hears~foot~steps...in a down~stairs room, a door reveals a film~projector with canisters of motion~picture~film inside...the films are Dehlia's scenes in some of (Dehlia's) movies and Nancy watches~such...Dehlia says her parts relatively~correctly and scenes are re~filmed...Dehlia needs to stop...Leshing enters and tells Nancy that guests are not allowed to watch the footage...Nancy asks if Leshing understands where Dehlia vanished~to, and Leshing does not...the next day at school, Corky apologizes...Nancy asks Corky to stop by and asks Corky about Dehlia and Z...Corky is not familiar with Z and says Dehlia never~had~children...photos of Dehlia show her looking~pregnant wearing a robe with an X on it...Nancy and Corky visit Union Station where a motion~picture is being filmed...a costume person believes Nancy to be an extra and pushes her onto the set...(as) Nancy and Corky walk~away, the X from the robe is seen (to~be) palm trees in a hotel logo (The Twin Palms)...Nancy heads to~such to find that records of Dehlia were burned in a fire...Nancy checks a hospital for birth records to find that only a court order can give permission to view them...individual~doctors' files may be seen, and a clerk gives Nancy a location...there, Nancy finds three babies (Martine Dahlberg, Jane Brighton, and Susan Thebits) born around~the time Dehlia's would~have~been (were she pregnant)...Nancy researches the names and visits~some...a person named Jane Brighton is greeted, who is adopted...Jane tells of never being familiar with her parents and has a child of her own, named Allie...Nancy tells Jane that she believes Jane is the child of Dehlia...the next day Nancy tells Carson of working on a herstory project...a tele~phone~call threatens Nancy to not investigate Dehlia further...the next day Nancy is at school and an SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) almost hits Corky and Nancy...Nancy remembers the type (but there is no license~number)...the next day, Nancy visits the office of Dashiel Biedermeyer, who is Dehlia's attorney...Dashiel gives a business~card, but is busy...Nancy returns to Jane's home, where Jane is no longer interested in Nancy investigating her family...Nancy watches Dehlia's movies on DVD that~night and hears a piece~of~script: "the will is in the Chinese box"...the next day Nancy asks Leshing about Dehlia owning Chinese pieces and Leshing says that the pieces are sold...in a tele~phone book the name of an Asian store (K.G. Louie) is~seen circled...Ned arrives, who has driven Nancy's roadster to Los Angeles...Ned, Corky, and Nancy visit an establishgirlt, where Inga and Trish show~up...later, everyone goes~to K.G. Louie's and searches every Chinese box for a will...none is found...a bomb is seen in the back seat of Nancy's auto~mobile that Nancy tries to stop by cutting wires, then throws into a sewer~hole (where it explodes!)..the SUV is seen driving~away...the next morning Nancy is working on a painting and sees a crooked panel in the wall...she finds it to be the entrance to a~secret~passage and Nancy explores (as Ned and Corky wait [outside])...the passage leads to the near~by apartgirlt~complex...the next day at school Nancy gives invitations to the other students to her birthday party...when Nancy drives to give one to Jane and Allie, it is found they no longer live at their~place...that~weekend~is Nancy's birthday and Corky helps place~aesthetics for the party...guests arrive and Nancy sees Leshing in the secret~passage...Leshing leaves, and there is another threatening tele~phone call...Trish cannot breathe so Nancy performs emergency aid...Carson returns to see a wild~party, but is glad Nancy is being normal...the next day Nancy sees a cellular~tele~phone left as a birthday~gift love, dad...the next day, Jane visits, who has lost custody of her daughter (Allie)...what is more, someone has been threatening her not to prove she is the child of Dehlia...Carson agrees to help, so speaks with Dashiel Biedermeyer...Nancy watches one of Dehlia's movies with Jane and sees one of the Chinese boxes from K.G. Louie's...the character in the movie makes the figurine (dragon) on the box bow and a secret~panel is~re~vealed...Nancy rushes back to Chinatown, where at K.G. Louie's, Nancy is allowed to view the boxes one~more~time...Nancy makes the dragon bow and a secret~panel is found, with Dehlia's~will~inside!...Nancy tele~phones Carson but Carson stops and asks Nancy what number she is calling~from...as Carson did not purchase (Nancy) a cellular~tele~phone, Nancy hangs~up, but is grabbed by~two~individuals...the SUV is viewn and Nancy loses consciousness...she awakes in the projector~room of a motion~picture~theatre...Nancy escapes and is able to return to her roadster that crashes when hit by the SUV...Nancy awakes in a hospital where Carson is, and Nancy tells she has~been~detectiving...Dashiel Z. Biedermeyer is there, who drives Nancy and Carson from the hospital...Nancy remembers Z from the note and recognizes Dashiel as being one of the attackers...Nancy escapes the car and telephones the Los Angeles Police Departgirlt...at the~movie~actress' home, Nancy is caught by Dashiel, who admits to trying to steal Dehlia's money...Dehlia had Allie with Lesher and Dashiel hid the evidence...Lesher arrives; and then police, who arrest Dashiel...Nancy tells Lesher of being the parent of Jane and returns Dehlia's will to Carson, who will ensure Dehlia's estate is reverted to Jane (and not Dashiel)...Carson, Nancy, and Ned return to River Heights where Ned repairs Nancys auto~mobile

Forbidden Kingdom

Personal Comment:
Nih film membosankan, hampir gak ada hal yang baru, bahkan jurus-jurus silatnya juga agak basi. Jalan cerita klasik dan juga ending yang ampun deh flat abis. Raja musuh masa bisa kalah gitu doang. Alasan gw nonton cuman pengen liat gimana kalo Jet Li ketemu Jacky Chan, gak taunya gak begitu oke. Lebih baik nonton film mereka sendiri-sendiri, karakteristik masing-masing orangnya lebih kelihatan.

Entah kenapa, setelah semua artis China ke Hollywood, kualitas cerita film mereka jadi menurun drastis, sebut saja Chow Yun Fat dengan the Replacement Killernya, atau Jet Li dengan The One, dan sekarang Forbidden Kingdom menambah daftar hitam film2 Hollywood tidak berkualitas lainnya.

Director: Rob Minkoff
Writer (WGA): John Fusco (written by)
Release Date: 18 April 2008 (Indonesia)

In Forbidden Kingdom, American teenager Jason (Michael Angarano), who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kungfu classics, finds an antique Chinese staff in a pawn shop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King (Jet Li). With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself transported back to ancient China.

There, he meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan (Jackie Chan); an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk (Jet Li); and a vengeance-bent kungfu beauty, Golden Sparrow (Crystal Liu Yi Fei), who lead him on his quest to return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King - imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord (Collin Chou) for five hundred years. Along the way, while attempting to outmaneuver scores of Jade Warriors, Cult Killers and the deadly White Hair Demoness, Ni Chang (Li Bing Bing), Jason learns about honor, loyalty and friendship, and the true meaning of kungfu, and thus frees himself.

Alvin and The Chipmunks

Director: Tim Hill
Writers (WGA): Jon Vitti and Will McRobb
Release Date: 14 December 2007 (USA)
Tagline: Here comes trouble.

Golde Compass

Director: Chris Weitz
Writers (WGA): Chris Weitz (screenplay), Philip Pullman (novel)
Release Date: 7 December 2007 (USA) more view trailer
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Thriller
Synopsis:
Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) is an orphan living at Jordan College in the Oxford of an alternate universe. In Lyra's world every person is accompanied by a daemon, a physical representation of their soul in animal form. Because Lyra is still young, her daemon, Pantalaimon (voice: Freddie Highmore), can change his shape to appear as any animal he chooses. Adults' daemons settle in to one shape and don't change.

Lyra overhears an interview between the master of Jordan College (Jack Shepherd) and Fra Pavel (Simon McBurney), a representative of the powerful and sinister religious body called the Magisterium. They're discussing an expedition to the far north planned by Lyra's uncle, Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig); he wants to study a mysterious substance called Dust that seems to enter Lyra's world from parallel universes. Fra Pavel pressures the master to withhold his support for Lord Asriel's expedition. The master refuses, so Fra Pavel poisons a decanter of wine that's been prepared for Lord Asriel. Lyra emerges from her hiding place to stop Lord Asriel from drinking the poisoned wine, but Lord Asriel sends her back to eavesdrop on the meeting that's about to begin. The master and fellows of Jordan College convene to hear about Lord Asriel's proposed expedition and research on Dust, which they agree to fund.

Even before we meet Lyra, boys and girls have been disappearing, snatched off the streets. The children call the kidnappers Gobblers. Lyra and her friend Roger (Ben Walker) promise one another that if either is caught, the other will come to the rescue. That night, while Lyra is at dinner being introduced to Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman), Roger and another friend, Billy Costa (Charlie Rowe), are taken by the Gobblers.

Lyra is taken with her new acquaintance and agrees eagerly when Mrs. Coulter, who is also planning a trip to the far north, proposes that Lyra come along as her assistant. The morning of Lyra's departure, the master gives her a strange golden instrument called an alethiometer. He tells her that it is capable of telling the truth, but he can't tell her much about how it works. He admonishes her to keep the alethiometer to herself.

After some time in Mrs. Coulter's company, Lyra learns that Mrs. Coulter is deeply involved with an arm of the Magisterium called the General Oblation Board (the Gobblers!); that the General Oblation Board is using children to investigate something called intercision; and that Billy Costa and Roger have been taken. Immediately after discovering this, Lyra catches Mrs. Coulter's golden monkey daemon trying to steal the alethiometer. Pan grabs it back and they flee. They're pursued and caught by Gobblers, then rescued by fierce but friendly Gyptians, who have been watching over Lyra at Lord Asriel's request. One of Lyra's rescuers is Ma Costa (Clare Higgins), Billy's mother.

Lyra travels with the Gyptians and becomes acquainted with John Faa (Jim Carter), lord of the Gyptians, and his advisor Farder Coram (Tom Courtenay). She learns how to ask the alethiometer questions and how to interpret its responses. She also meets Serafina Pekkala (Eva Green), queen of the witches, who tells Lyra that she is the subject of a prophecy concerning the fate of the world; that the missing children are being held at Bolvangar in Norroway; and that Lyra will find help in Trollesund, a town on the coast. Meanwhile, Mrs. Coulter has dispatched a pair of mechanical spy flies to locate Lyra. When the spy flies find the Gyptian ship, Farder Coram captures one and seals it up in a tin, explaining that its sting contains a sleeping potion. The other escapes, though it's not clear that it does Mrs. Coulter any good.

When they arrive in Trollesund, Lyra meets the Texan aeronaut Lee Scoresby (Sam Elliot), who offers to help her -- but first he wants to get a friend out of a jam. The friend is Iorek Byrnison (voice: Ian McKellen), one of the great Panserbjørne -- armored ice bears -- of Svalbard. Iorek, exiled from his home after losing a fight, is a virtual prisoner in Trollesund; the townspeople got him drunk and stole his armor, which he cherishes the way humans cherish their daemons. Now, alcoholic and despairing, he works as a mechanic and metalsmith in exchange for whiskey. Consulting the alethiometer, Lyra learns that Iorek Byrnison was heir to the throne of Svalbard until he was betrayed and defeated by Ragnar (voice: Habib Nasib Nader), the current king. She also learns where the armor is hidden and tells Iorek, who promises in return to help her find the missing children. Lee Scoresby and the Gyptians dissuade the soldiers who try to stop the re-armored bear, and Lyra and her allies march into the interior toward Bolvangar.

When they camp for the night, Lyra puzzles over something the alethiometer is telling her and seeks out Iorek Byrnison. She asks him to take her to a valley nearby, where she finds Billy Costa, feeble and miserable because he's been separated from his daemon. This, Lyra realizes, is what intercision means; it's a fate so horrible she and Pan can hardly bear to think about it.

Iorek Byrnison and Lyra take Billy back to the Gyptians' camp, which is immediately set upon by the ferocious Samoyed people who live in that area. They capture Lyra and carry her to Svalbard as an offering to the armored bears. Recalling that Mrs. Coulter told her King Ragnar longs to have a daemon of his own, Lyra asks Pan to hide and introduces herself to Ragnar as Iorek Byrnison's daemon. As she hoped, Ragnar becomes furiously jealous. Lyra tells him that if he can defeat Iorek in single combat, she will become Ragnar's daemon. Ragnar agrees to fight Iorek Byrnison, and Iorek gallops up on cue, intending to rescue Lyra. When Lyra explains what she's arranged, apologetic and frightened because after running all that way Iorek seems in no shape to fight, Iorek surprises her with his enthusiasm. He wants nothing more from life than a chance to fight Ragnar, and dubs her Lyra Silvertongue for her skillful manipulation of the bear king.

Iorek fights Ragnar and kills him by feigning an injury, then hitting him so hard that his jaw comes off. This victory wins back Iorek Byrnison's rightful place as king of the ice bears, but he leaves his kingdom to complete his obligation to Lyra. He takes her most of the way to the experimental station at Bolvangar where the children are being held, but has to leave her and go for help when the bridge over a crevasse breaks, leaving Iorek on the wrong side.

Inside the experimental station, Lyra asks Roger to get the others ready to escape. He shows her to a room where she can be alone with the alethiometer, but she has to hide under the table almost immediately because the experimental station staff and Mrs. Coulter come in to confer about their work. After Mrs. Coulter leaves, Lyra's foot slips, giving her away. She's captured by the staff and she and Pan are put into the intercision device, the machine used to separate children from their daemons. The separation is almost complete when Mrs. Coulter, looking terrified, runs in and stops the procedure.

Lyra and Pan wake up with their bond intact, and a distraught Mrs. Coulter assures Lyra that she's safe and she'll never be hurt. Lyra, shrinking from Mrs. Coulter, asks why they're separating children from their daemons. Mrs. Coulter explains that Dust (which she seems to equate with original sin) came into the world long ago when people first disobeyed the Authority (God). While children are immune from Dust, it contaminates adults through their daemons. The goal of the intercision research is to prevent people from ever being affected by Dust. (This explanation is a slightly more palatable version of the one given in an earlier scene, in which high officials of the Magisterium, disturbed about Jordan College's rebellious support of Lord Asriel, look forward to a future when intercision will mold a population that never questions the Magisterium's authority.) Mrs. Coulter says that intercision doesn't hurt -- "it's just a little cut."

If intercision is such a good thing, Lyra counters, why did Mrs. Coulter stop the lab staff from doing it to Lyra? Mrs. Coulter admits that the procedure isn't perfect yet. When she mentions taking Lyra home, Lyra says venomously that her home is Jordan College. Mrs. Coulter reveals that she is Lyra's mother -- a relationship Lyra rejects -- and that Lord Asriel is her father. Lyra pretends to cooperate when Mrs. Coulter asks for the alethiometer, but gives her instead the tin holding the spy fly. The fly's sting knocks out Mrs Coulter and her daemon. Lyra escapes and leads the children out into the snow, pausing only to sabotage the intercision device, which explodes in a very satisfactory manner.

Outside the experimental station the children confront the guards, who attack them. Iorek Byrnison intervenes, but is nearly overcome before the arrival, at dramatic intervals, of Lee Scoresby, the witches led by Serafina Pekkala, and the Gyptians. There's a ferocious melee; whenever someone is killed, their daemon disintegrates in a swirl of Dust. Lyra's friends win the battle.

Lyra sets off with Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scoresby to find Lord Asriel, who has been captured by the Samoyed people. Roger insists on coming along. Meanwhile Mrs. Coulter, having learned that Lord Asriel has bribed his captors and set up a laboratory to continue his research on Dust, sets off to stop him. In the final scene, Lyra and Roger curl up with Iorek Byrnison in the back of Mr. Scoresby's flying machine, heading north.