2011年1月27日星期四

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A young unlikely hero from a dysfunctional family, Arthur, has a mission that must be completed by Christmas.Outlook: This is the folks who brought us Wallace and Gromit! And Jim Broadbent is the voice of Santa!Hugo Cabret (December 9)Martin Scorsese makes a huge departure, into movies for younger audiences — and a more fanciful replica Omega 1475.51 WoMen's watch story. A young boy hides inside the Paris train station and winds up repairing a mechanical man. And it's sort of a retelling of the life of Georges Méliès, one of the first ever science fiction film-makers.Outlook: Scorsese and steampunky automata? We can't wait!Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (December 16)Yes, a fourth Mission Impossible film.

But this one's directed by Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and features Josh Holloway, or Sawyer from Lost. Plus J.J. Abrams is still on board as a producer.Outlook: Brad Bird directing a high-tech spy thriller sounds like a recipe for greatness. Fingers crossed!Sherlock Holmes 2 (December 16)The sequel to 2009's runaway hit reunites director Guy Ritchie and stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Let's hope they have more weird replica Omega 1475.71 WoMen's watch steampunk doom machines this time around.Outlook: If it's as fun as the original, then we're down.The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (December 23)This one isn't strictly science fiction or fantasy, but Tintin lives in a kind of fantasy world, full of trips into space, weird occurrences and larger-than-life adventures —

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Outlook: Another prequel, to a film that stands alone perfectly well... but when we visited this film's set, we were impressed with the attention to detail and the fanaticism about paying tribute to Carpenter's film. So fingers crossed.Contagion (October 21)Stephen Soderbergh directs an all-star cast in this film about a global outbreak of a new replica Omega 1476.71 Ladie's watch disease, and the small team that races to stop it. Cast includes Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow.Outlook: If it's as gripping a globe-trotting epic as Soderbergh's Traffic, then it ought to rule.Paranormal Activity 3 (October 21)Did you know they were a third one? Us neither.

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It's going to be awesome. Probably.The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (November 18)The final book is divided into two parts, Harry Potter-style, as we discover what actually happens when Bella and Edward get together.Outlook: Bill Condon, one of the great directors working today, is this film — so it may actually transform the replica Omega 1371.71.00 WoMen's watch Twilight series into something worthy of the man who made Gods and Monsters. You never know!Arthur Christmas (November 23)The latest film from Aardman Animation shows how Santa Claus manages to deliver so many presents in one night — he has a UFO. It's just part of a huge, high-tech operation under the North Pole.

Outlook: Whenever Rodriguez makes a movie for kids

Outlook: Whenever Rodriguez makes a movie for kids, he seems to go “Ah, what the hell.” To enjoy these films, you kind of have to do the same thing.Final Destination 5 (August 26)Apparently, this film no longer has the inspired title of 5nal Destination. Sad, really. Anyway, they're cheating death again, or something.Outlook: replica watch gift Once you reach the fifth movie in a horror series, you don't really make judgments any more.Piranha 3DD (August sometime)The sequel to last summer's exploitation movie, and as the title suggests, the focus will be on getting even more boobtastic than the first movie, taking advantage of the 3D effects.

And the fish will probably be bigger, too.Outlook: We're really not sure there's such a thing as an objective criteria to judge this film on.The Apparition (September 9)A pair of college students unleashes something terrible and supernatural in a lab experiment — so they turn to Draco Malfoy himself, Tom Felton, for help.Outlook: There's something to be said for unleashing otherworldly forces with weird science. Plus Felton in his first replica Omega 1476.63 WoMen's watch post-Potter role.Now (September 30)The Truman Show writer, and Gattaca director, Andrew Niccol returns with his first film in years. It's a near-future parable set in a world where everybody can be eternally youthful — but you have a dial on your wrist counting down the time, and if the time on the dial runs out, you die.

Everybody has to work to earn more “time,” except the super-rich.Outlook: We read a big chunk of this movie's script, and we were blown away. We can't to see how Niccol brings it to life.Real Steel (October 7)Hugh Jackman plays a washed-up fighter who had to quit when human boxing was outlawed. Now he “trains” and promotes robot boxers. It's sort of a heart-warming father-son story about an underdog who chases a dream. replica Omega 1262.30.00 WoMen's watch Outlook: We read this film's script, too, and it was a lot of fun, and surprisingly moving. If you can buy into the idea of robot boxing in the first place, this should be a lot of fun.The Thing (October 14)A prequel to the John Carpenter classic, showing just what happened to that Norwegian camp.

The Smurfs (August 3)The Smurf village turns up in Central Park

The Smurfs (August 3)The Smurf village turns up in Central Park. Wackiness, presumably, ensues.Outlook: We're watching it for Neil Patrick Harris. Plus Hank Azaria as Gargamel.The Change-Up (August 5)Jason Bateman plays Dave, a married guy who switches bodies with his hot best friend (Ryan Reynolds) so he can try and date his replica Omega 1365.71 WoMen's watch coworker (Olivia Wilde). That's a set photo at left.Outlook: Body-switching comedies are almost always fun — plus Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds ought to make this entertaining.The Darkest Hour in 3-D (August 5)American teens on vacation in Moscow are shocked when aliens invade, and they're on their own.

This is one of a billion movies being produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby star.Outlook: The film was only shot last August, with filming disrupted and delayed due to Russian wildfires. No clue if it'll come out on time, or swiss replica watches whether they managed to pull together something cool.Conan 3-D (August 19)The Barbarian is back! Jason Momoa steps into Arnie's sandals, and instead of Thulsa Doom, we get Khalar Zym (Stephen Lang). There's plenty of dark magic once again, including Rose McGowan playing a half-human, half-witch character.Outlook: What is best in life? Possibly not this movie. But it could be fun.

Fright Night (August 19)A remake of the 1980s vampire movie — with David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor, as Peter Vincent, the stage magician who helps a teenager who discovers his next-door neighbor is a vampire.Outlook: It's David Tennant in a horror movie. We're not really going to be objective about this.Spy Kids 4: All the replica brand watches Time in the World (August 19)Robert Rodriguez reboots his high-tech spy series with a new set of kids. A catsuit-clad Jessica Alba is a retired agent who comes back. The third movie featured giant robots and virtual worlds, among other things, so this is probably going to have some over-the-top science fiction stuff as well.

2011年1月16日星期日

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