miércoles, 23 de enero de 2008

Oscars 2008, nominees



2008 Academy Award Nominees
Nominations for the 80th Annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, January 22, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar winner Kathy Bates.
The 2008 Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
Best Actor

George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best Supporting Actor

Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Animated Film

Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Art Direction

American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Costume Design

Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Director

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Julian Schnabel
Juno - Jason Reitman
Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Documentary Feature Film

No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld
La Corona
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

Film Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Foreign Language Film

Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12

Achievement in Makeup

La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Original Score

Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma

Original Song

"Falling Slowly" from Once
"Happy Working Song" from Enchanted
"Raise It Up" from August Rush
"So Close" from Enchanted
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted

Best Picture

Atonement
JunoMichael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Animated Short Film

I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love
Peter & the Wolf

Best Live Action Short Film

At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Sound Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Sound Mixing

The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers

Visual Effects

The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Adapted Screenplay

Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Original Screenplay

Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

Orlando Bloom



Orlando Bloom


Full Name, Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom.
Date of Birth, 13 January 1977. In Canterbury, Kent, England.
Height, 180 cms (1,80 mts).
Hair, brown
Eyes, brown.
First Job, A clay trapper at age 13.
Parents, Sonia (mother) ran a language school; Harry Bloom was a campaigner against apartheid in South Africa, and he died when Orlando was four. Recent articles have stated that Orlando's biological father is Colin Stone, who had been Orlando's guardian.
Siblings: Older sister Samantha.
Education, National Youth theatre, british american drama acdemy, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Favorite Music, Jeff Buckely, Beck, Jurassic 5, Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Coldplay.
Peoples he admires, Johnny Depp, Edward Norton, Daniel Day Lewis.
Pets, Used to have Maude (dog). Apparantly he had to give Maude away, because of his tight filming schedules.
Tattoos, A sun near his belly button, and the Elvish symbol for '9' on his wrist. There are rumors that he has a third.

Orlando´s fan mail address,

Orlando Bloom
c/o Spanky Taylor
3727 W. Magnolia Blvd.
Suite 300Burbank, CA 91505
USA

Biography.
Orlando was born in Canterbury, Kent on the 13th of January, 1977. His mother, Sonia, was a businesswoman and writer, who ran a language school for foreign students, while his father, Harry, was a Professor of Law at the University of Kent. In the eyes of millions, Harry was a hero. A South African, he had spent much of his life battling against apartheid. And he had not done this by penning a few outraged essays while cocooned in some academic safehouse. Harry had been out there on the frontline, working as a lawyer alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela. His first novel, Episode (later titled Transvaal Episode), published in 1956, had described an uprising in a township following the ANC's campaign of defiance in 1952-3. The book had been banned by the authorities who believed it might stir up racial tension and endanger the state. Harry was now a marked man. His second novel, Whittaker's Wife, was written while he was behind bars serving a 3-month sentence.These were important books. Exported across the world, for many they were the first glimpse of the horrors of South African apartheid. And consequently for many they marked the beginning of the fight to set things right. The South African state knew this and persecuted Bloom without cease. Come 1963, he exiled himself to Canterbury.Sadly, Harry Bloom died when Orlando was four, leaving Sonia to raise the boy and his sister Samantha, two years his senior. She did a fine job. Canterbury had a strong hippy history and a continuing ken for creative bohemianism, and Sonia fitted in well. She would constantly encourage her children in their artistic endeavours and, by her influence, young Orlando would become fascinated by language, photography, and art. He'd also be an avid horse-rider, something that would stand him in good stead in his breakthrough film role.And, of course, there would be drama. As a kid he would always appear in school plays, his enthusiasm and early abilities usually earning him a plum role. Sonia would take the kids to see plays and musicals whenever possible. Then, at age 12, spending one Christmas in Boston with family, his cousin, an art director working in Los Angeles, rented a heap of videos to watch over the festive period. One of them was The Hustler, Orlando being so impressed by Paul Newman's advanced state of cool that he decided that he, too, would become an actor. Stand By Me, featuring kids of his own age, was another prime influence. Quickly he moved into community theatre, Sonia also getting the kids involved in the Kent Festival where they'd recite poetry and passages from the Bible. The pair were prize winners on several occasions.Orlando's early teens brought another momentous experience. At 13, while on holiday with the family, he was told that Harry Bloom had not, in fact, been his biological father. His real father was Colin Stone, his appointed guardian and someone he'd known as a friend of the family. It made sense. Harry Bloom would have been 64 at the time of Orlando's birth. Not, perhaps, a responsible age to become a parent.A cool customer from an early age, Orlando would wander round Canterbury dressed in original Sixties gear borrowed from the collection of a mate's mother. It certainly suited his chiselled Byronic features. But he was also a hard worker, at Canterbury's St Edmund's School earning 8 O-levels and 3 A-levels (he got A-grades at Photography and Art & Sculpture and a C at Religious Studies).Yet it was acting that fired his blood and, in 1993 at age 16, he went off to London where he spent two seasons with the National Youth Theatre. This gave him a social education, too. Hanging with older kids he gained an early experience of London's clubland. Following this, he won a one-year scholarship to BADA, the British American Drama Academy which had already produced the likes of Jennifer Ehle, Oliver Platt and David Schwimmer. Here he received a crash course in theatre classics, starred in A Walk In The Vienna Woods, and gained an agent. He also made his debut on both TV and the Big Screen. First, in the long-running hospital drama Casualty, he played a kid who mutilates himself to gain attention. Then, in Wilde, he was a rent-boy propositioning Stephen Fry's titular Oscar Wilde.Though offers for parts were flowing in, Orlando thought it best to continue his education and so signed up for a 3-year course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Reading Shakespeare, Milton, Chekov and Donne, this gave him what he considered to be his first real education. It also helped him with a longstanding case of dyslexia. Onstage, he honed his craft in the likes of Twelfth Night, The Trojan Women, The Seagull, Mephisto and Antigone - there could be few better starts for an actor.Suddenly, in 1998 when he was 21 and all was set fair, it nearly all ended. While at a friend's apartment for Sunday lunch, the roof terrace door was found to be warped and stuck, and the ever-resourceful, all-action Orlando attempted to climb out of a window and clamber onto the terrace to kick the door in. Unfortunately, when he set his weight on some guttering it came away, with Bloom plummeting three stories and landing on his back between some iron railings and an old washing-machine left out to rust. Taken to hospital, he was found to have one crushed vertebra and three fractured. It was thought that he would never walk again, let alone slide down stone castle steps while shooting Orcs with his trusty longbow.In the next bed was a young soldier who'd also suffered a paralysing injury (prophetic, considering a part Bloom would soon play himself). Orlando had plenty of time to consider the future he had lost before a deft operation involving pins and plates allowed him to rise up and go home after a mere 12 days. His broken back was just another addition to a list of injuries that would eventually include cracks to his ribs, nose, arm, wrist, finger, toe, both legs and, on three separate occasions, his skull. And they say Steven Seagal is hard to kill.While he was coming to the end of his three years at the Guildhall, an event took place that excited the students no end. Peter Jackson was coming to town, casting for his highly anticipated Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Everyone and his uncle was up for audition. Orlando did a video audition for the part of Faramir and was pleased when Jackson himself showed up to tape him in the role once more. Then the call came from Jackson. Australian actor David Wenham was to play Faramir. But would Orlando consider playing the juicier role of Legolas? Does the Pope poop in the Vatican? Of course, he would.Two days after winning the role of Legolas, Orlando graduated from Guildhall as a BA in Drama. At the same time he scored a part in the rural crime series Midsomer Murders where he suffered a pitchfork in the stomach. It was not a fitting end for Legolas Greenleaf, the 2931-year-old Elf Prince of Mirkwood (interestingly, "legolas" translates as "green leaf", meaning Bloom's character is actually called Greenleaf Greenleaf). On and off, Orlando would spend the next 18 months in New Zealand, learning knife work, canoeing, archery and all the other skills necessary to play the character who is the eyes and ears of the Fellowship of the Ring. There was also the small matter of one of the most gruelling movie shoots in history. Yet Bloom enjoyed it heartily, ever aware of his good fortune at working alongside the likes of Ian McKellen, Ian Holm and Viggo Mortensen. Much spare time was spent with the Hobbit guys, indulging in surfing and extreme sports (Bloom was ever an adrenaline junkie - all the more so since he nearly lost the ability to walk). There was only one bad situation of note. Orlando was at the time engaged to Jemma Kidd, sister of supermodel Jodie, and though she spent 7 months in New Zealand with him, their relationship was not to be. Later rumours would connect him to actresses Kate Bosworth and Joanne Morley.Come Christmas and New Year of 2001, Orlando took off for a holiday in India with some friends. Consequently he was not aware of the explosive success of the first part of the Lord Of The Rings. On his return he was shocked to discover its enormous popularity, and all the more so by the realisation that, of all the cast, it was he who had risen to heart-throb status. On the Internet, he had entered the Top 20 of the most searched for people in the world. And this with his very first proper role.Amazingly, there was yet more success to come. Perhaps it was the fact that he'd broken his back that swung it, but he scored a part in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, the true life tale of US special forces coming under horribly heavy fire in Somalia. Bloom played trigger happy Private First Class Todd Blackburn, the first man out of the helicopter in the original assault, who falls 70 feet, cracks his spine and, as the company's motto is "Never leave a man behind", causes all manner of chaos.Black Hawk Down was hailed as the best war film in years and was the movie that finally knocked The Lord Of The Rings from the top of the box office charts, Orlando thereby replacing himself at Number One. 2002 would, of course, bring more glory with the release of the second Rings epic, The Two Towers, Legolas joining the human heroes in the extraordinary battle for Helm's Deep. He'd also appear alongside Kate Beckinsale in a Gap ad directed by Cameron Crowe. Bloom, that is, not Legolas.2003 would be the biggest year yet, quite outstanding in terms of exposure and success. Bloom would begin with Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl where, with the help of Johnny Depp's Keith Richards-inspired Jack Sparrow, he would attempt to prevent Geoffrey Rush's undead buccaneer Barbossa from sacrificing his young lover, Keira Knightley. Many believed the film would go the way of Renny Harlin's Cutthroat Island. Few expected its sudden surge through the $200 million barrier. Orlando had struck gold again.Naturally, it had to get smaller for a while. Next came an Australian production, Ned Kelly, where Bloom played Joe Byrne, the smartest member of Kelly's gang, who briefly romps with Rachel Griffith but spends most of his time persuading the fiery Kelly to keep cool. Geoffrey Rush would appear once more as the fearsome Superintendent Hare, charged with bringing the gang to justice. After this came Orlando's first headlining role, in Brit flick The Calcium Kid. This, a mockumentary action comedy, saw him as a young milkman and amateur boxer who somehow finds himself fighting for the world title.The end of 2003 would bring The Return Of The King, the final part of The Rings trilogy. Many who'd found fame with the movies would now see their time at the top ending. Orlando, though, just kept going. 2004 would see him starring alongside Brad Pitt and Eric Bana (his co-star in Black Hawk Down) in Wolfgang Petersen's epic, Troy. Those Byronic looks would stand him in good stead once more as he played Paris, the poet and lover who stole Helen from King Menelaus and thus caused the 10-year siege. His fight sequence with Pitt's Achilles, where he flees in the face of certain death, thereby shaming and demoralising his countrymen, was one of the film's more inflammatory scenes. After this, he'd join Geoffrey Rush yet again in Eric Idle's Merchant-Ivory spoof The Remains Of The Piano. Then would come Haven, a thriller set on the Cayman Islands. Here Bill Paxton would play a dodgy businessman who flees to the islands with his ill-gotten loot as the movie flashes back and forth over a four month period to tell a tale of criminal gangs, robbery and revenge. Orlando would play a man in love with a local gangster's daughter who's seeking vengeance after the girl's bad-ass brother throws acid in his face.2005 would prove a busy year. It would begin with Bloom splitting from Kate Bosworth who he'd been seeing for two years (for the first year in relative secrecy). Onscreen, he'd star in another epic, this time Ridley Scott's Kingdom Of Heaven where he'd play a humble blacksmith and heir to an estate in the Holy Land, who rises to knighthood and leads his people against Saladin's mighty army in the siege of Jerusalem in 1187. He'd also engage in an onscreen affair with Eva Green, playing the young wife of Baldwin, the city's leper king. Following this would come Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown where he played an industrial designer on the verge of suicide after a product launch loses millions. On the way home to his southern patriarch father's funeral, he meets airline stewardess Kirsten Dunst and she, along with the wacky characters he meets back home, leads him back to love-filled sanity. It was a role Bloom nearly missed due to scheduling problems but, once replacement Ashton Kutcher had tested badly with Dunst and the project was delayed, he was able to come back onboard. Even more happily, the year would end with a reunion with Kate Bosworth, now hugely famous in her own right as the hype around Superman Returns began.2006 would begin with a now rare occurrence - a low-key Bloom release. This was Love And Other Disasters, a Brit flick where Brittany Murphy played a US intern at UK Vogue who tries to find love for her friends and herself. In dream sequence, Gwyneth Paltrow would play an idealised Murphy, with Bloom appearing as a prettified version of Murphy's intended beau, Santiago Cabrera. The movie would pass without notice, unlike Bloom's next effort, Dead Man's Chest, sequel to Pirates Of The Caribbean, one of 2006's few event-movies. Once again he'd star alongside Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley, this time helping Depp to escape when Bill Nighy's heroically unpleasant Davy Jones comes calling. Pirates 3, filmed at the same time as 2.

Filmography,
1994,
Casualty (Tv).
1997,
Wilde.
1998,
The Ben Elton Show (Tv).
2000,
Midsomer Murders (Tv, episode #3.3 "Judgement Day"), Smack the Pony (Tv, episode #2.6)2001,
The Lord of the ring: The Fellowship of the ring, A passage to Middle - earth: Making of "The lord of the ring" (Tv), FOX´s Quest for the ring (Tv), The big breakfast (Tv), The Saturday Show (Tv,episode # 1.12), Total Request Live on MTV (Tv).
2002,
Black Hawk Down, The lord of the ring: The two towers, Live with Regis and Kelly (Tv), The Johnny Vaughn Show (Tv), The Richard & Judy Show (Tv), Gap Commercial (Tv), So Graham Norton (Tv).
2003,
Ned Kelly, The calcium kid, Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the Black Pearl, The lord of the ring: The return of the king, V Graham Norton (Tv), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Tv).
2004,
Troy, Haven.
2005,
Kingdom of heaven, Elizabethtown.
2006,
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man´s chest, Love and other Disasters, Extras (Tv).
2007,
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World´s end, Everest: A climb for Peace (Narrator).

Frequently Asked Questions.

Is it true that Orlando once broke his back?.
Yes. When he was 21, Orlando fell three stories from a friend's balcony and broke his back. At first, his doctors thought he might never walk again, but luckily, he managed to walk out of the hospital on crutches and is fully recovered. Orlando's daredevil tendencies are well known, and he has also broken many other bones.
Is Orlando really afraid of the internet?.
Orlando is a self-professed technophobe who does not do much web surfing, and doesn't even watch TV. He has been quoted as saying that he thinks the internet is "scary" and a "little dangerous," but he also recently said that he was both "amazed" and "freaked out" at all the attention that has been focused on him since the release of LotR. He has also said that his mother has been encouraging him to get his own official website, but Orlando doesn't seem that interested in doing so. Hopefully his mother will get him to change his mind, and we will certainly keep you posted on that.

Does Orlando sing or play an instrument?.
Sources tell us that Orlando can sing and can play the guitar, at least a little bit.

Has Orlando really converted to Buddhism?.
We don't know for sure whether Orlando has really converted to Buddhism or not. All we have are dodgy news reports where he supposedly attended conversion ritual in the UK. We personally don't believe the Gossip rags. It is a difference if you convert to a belief-system entirely or if you only adopt some rituals to help you emotionally. When Orlando spills the beans in an interview we let you know.

Notes,
He used to smoke, but quit in 2002, which started making him bite his nails instead.
Supports English football team Manchester United.
Can speak French.
His first car was a dark green VW Golf that costed £160.
His favourite vegetable is spinach.
His first job was as a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range when he was 13.
First concert he attended was in Canterbery watching Jamiroquai
Is "mildly dyslexic".
Has three A-Levels. One A in Art, one A in Photography and one C in Religious Studies.
Gets name-checked in the theme song to Disney Channel show Hannah Montana when Hannah sings, "Is that Orlando Bloom?".
Has three A-Levels. One A in Art, one A in Photography and one C in Religious Studies.
Graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1999)His cousin, the photographer/director Sebastian Copeland, is Brigitte Nielsen's ex-husband.

Salary,
Elizabethtown (2005) $3,000,000
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) $2,000,000

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lunes, 21 de enero de 2008

There Will Be Blood



There Will Be Blood

Drama
USA 2007
(26/12/2007)
Running Time, 158 min



The Story (Synposis)
There Will Be Blood is set on the incendiary frontier of California’s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon.


Director,
Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast,
Daniel Day Lewis (Daniel Plainview)
Paul Dani (Eli Sunday)


The water horse: Leyend of the deep



The water horse: Leyend of the deep

Adventure - Fantasy
USA 2007
(25/12/2007)
Running Time, 112 min


The Story (Synopsis)
Rooted in one of the most enduring and intriguing legends of our time, the story begins with an enchanted egg...and what hatches will set in motion an adventure that will take a young boy on the unforgettable journey of a lifetime




Director,
Jay Russell

Cast,
Ben Chaplin (Lewis Mowbray)
Alex Etel (Angus MacMorrow)
David Morrissey (Captain Hamilton)
Emily Watson (Anne MacMorrow)

Alien Vs Predator: Requiem



Alien Vs Predator: Requiem

Horror - Accion - Science Fiction
USA 2007
(25/12/2007)
Running Time, 94 min


http://www.avp-r.com/


The Story (Synopsis)
The battle between aliens and a predator continues in a small town




Director,
Colin Strause
Greg Strause

Cast,
John Ortiz (Morales)
Johnny Lewis (Ricky)
David Paetkau (Dale)

Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street



Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street

Thriller - Musical
Usa - United Kingdom 2007
(21/12/2007)
Running Time, 117 min



The Story (Synopsis)
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller "Sweeney Todd." Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who "shaved the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again." Joining Depp is Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's amorous accomplice, who creates diabolical meat pies. The cast also includes Alan Rickman, who portrays the evil Judge Turpin, who sends Sweeney to prison and Timothy Spall as the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford and Sacha Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli.

Director,
Tim Burton

Cast,
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
Helena Bonham Carter (Mrs. Lovett)
Alan Rickman (Turpin)
Timothy Spall (Beadle)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Pirelli)


National Treasure: Book of Secrets



National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Accion - Adventure
Usa 2007
(21/12/2007)
Running Time, 128 min



The Story (Synopsis)
In this follow-up to the box-office hit "National Treasure", treasure hunter Ben Gates once again sets out on an exhilarating, action-packed new global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures. When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben's great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's death. Determined to prove his ancestor's innocence, Ben follows an international chain of clues that takes him on a chase from Paris to London and ultimately back to America.
Director,
Jon Turteltaub

Cast,
Nicolas Cage (Ben Gates)
Diane Kruger (Abigail Chase)
Harvey Keitel (Sadusky)
Jon Voight (Patrick Gates)
Helen Mirren (Emily Appleton)
Ed Harris (Jeb Wilkinson)


I am Leyend



I am Leyend

Accion - Science Fiction
USA 2007
(14/12/2007)
Running Time, 101 min



The Story (Synopsis)
Robert Neville is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable…and manmade. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City…and maybe the world. But he is not alone. He is surrounded by 'the Infected'—victims of the plague who have mutated into carnivorous beings who can only exist in the dark and who will devour or infect anyone or anything in their path.


Director,
Francis Lawrence

Cast,
Will Smith (Neville)
Alice Braga (Anna)
Dash Mihok (Alpha Male)
Charlie Tahan (Ethan)
Salli Richardson (Zoe)

Alvin and the chipmunks



Alvin and the Chipmunks

Animation
USA 2007
(14/12/2007)
Running Time, 90 min
The Story (Synopsis)
Alvin and the chipmunks, a global phenomenon to generations of fans, becomes a live action/CGI motion picture event with a contemporary comic sensibility. Songwriter Dave Seville transforms singing chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore into pop sensations - while the out - of - control trio lays waste to Dave`s home, wreaks hacov with his career, and turns Dave`s once - orderly life upside - down.

Director,
TimHill
Cast,
Jason Lee (Dave´s Seville)
Justin Long (Alvin´s voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler (Simon´s voice)
Jesse McCarney (Theodore´s voice)


Juno






Juno


Drama - Comedy
USA 2007
(07/12/2007)
Running Time, 91 min


http://www.foxsearchlight.com/juno





The Story (Synopsis)
Juno stars Ellen Page as the title character, a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker. With the help of her hot best friend Leah, Juno finds her unborn child a 'perfect' set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa, longing to adopt. Luckily, Juno has the total support of her parents as she faces some tough decisions, flirts with adulthood and ultimately figures out where she belongs.


Director,
Jason Reitman

Cast,
Ellen Page
Jason Bateman
Jennifer Garner

The Golden Compass



The Golden Compass

Adventure - Fantasy
United Kingdom - USA 2007
(07/12/2007)
Running Time, 113 min



The Story (Synopsis)
The Golden Compass is set in an alternative world where people's souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches co-exist. At the center of the story is Lyra, a 12-year-old girl who starts out trying to rescue a friend who's been kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as the Gobblers - and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well.

Director,
Chris Weitz

Cast,
Nicole Kidman (Marisa Coulter)
Dakota Blue Richards (Lyra belacqua)
Sam Elliott (Lee Scoresby)
Eva Green (Serafina Pakkala)
Daniel Craig (Lord Asriel)


Atonement



Atonement

Drama
United Kingdom 2007
(07/12/2007)
Running Time, 130 min



The Story (Synopsis)

In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony’s headstrong older sister Cecilia. Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony – who has a crush on Robbie – is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested – and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever.


Director,
Joe Wright

Cast,
James McAvoy (Robbie Turner)
Vanessa Redgrave (Briony Tallis)


Hitman



Hitman

Accion - Thriller
USA 2007
(21/11/2007)
Running Time, 100 min



The Story (Synopsis)
Based on the top-selling, award-winning videogame franchise, the "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47. His hallmarks are a lethal grace, unwavering precision, and resolute pride in his work. But even 47 couldn't anticipate a "random equation" in his life of exactitude: the unexpected stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a mysterious Russian woman.


Director,
Xavier Gens

Cast,
Timothy Olyphant (Agent 47)
Gougray Scott (Mike Whittier)
Olga Kurylenko (Nika)


Enchanted



Enchanted

Comedy - Fantasy
Usa 2007
(21/11/2007)
Running Time, 107 min



The Story (Synopsis)
Beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. When Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid, even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home, she has to wonder: can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?.

Director,
Kevin Lima

Cast,
Amy Adams (Giselle)
Susan Sarandon (QueenNarissa)
Patrick Dempsey (Robert Phillip)
James Marsden (Prince Edward)


Beowulf



Beowulf

Accion - Adventure
USA 2007
(16/11/2007)
Running Time, 114 min



The Story (Synopsis)
Director Robert Zemeckis offers a vision of the Beowulf saga that has never been told before. In a time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf slays the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of its monstrous, yet seductive, mother in a conflict that transforms a king into a legend.


Director,
Robert Zemeckis

Cast,
Ray Winstone (Beowulf)
Anthony Hopkins (Hrothgar)
John Malkovich (Unferth)
Robin Wright Penn (Wealthow)
Brendan Gleeson (Wiglaf)
Crispin Glover (Grendel)
Alison Lohman (Ursula)
Angelina Jolie

Lions for Lambs



Lions for Lambs

Drama
USA 2007
(09/11/2007)
Running Time, 96 min



The Story (Synopsis)
The story begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America.


Director,
Robert Redford

Cast,
Meryl Streep (Janine Roth)
Tom Cruise (Jasper Irving)
Robert Redford (Dr. Stephen Malley)


Bee Movie



Bee Movie

Comedy - Animation
USA 2007
(02/11/2007)
Running Time, 90 min



The Story (Synopsis)
Take a closer look at the world of bees through the eyes of one bee in particular - Barry B Benson. A recent college graduate, Barry wants more out of life than the inevitable career that awaits him and every other worker in New Hive City - a job at Honex…making honey. Barry jumps at the chance to venture out of the hive, and soon encounters a world beyond his wildest dreams. When Barry inadvertently meets a quirky florist named Vanessa, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of beedom — he talks to her.


Director,
Simon J. Smith
Steve Hickner

Cast,
Jerry Seinfeld (Barry´s voice)
Renee Zellweger (Vanessa´s voice)
Matthew Broderick (Adam´s voice)


30 Days of Night



30 Days of Night

Horror - Thriller
USA 2007
(19/10/2007)
Running time, 113 min



The Story (Synopsis)
30 Days of Night is set in the isolated town of Barrow, Alaska, in the extreme northern hemisphere, which is plunged into complete darkness annually for an entire month. When most of the inhabitants head south for the winter, a mysterious group of strangers appear: bloodthirsty vampires, ready to take advantage of the uninterrupted darkness to feed on the town’s residents. As the night wears on, Barrow's Sheriff Eben (Josh Hartnett), his estranged wife Stella (Melissa George), and an ever-shrinking group of survivors must do anything they can to last until daylight.


Director,
David Slade

Cast,
Josh Hartnett (Eben Olemaun)
Melissa George Stella Olemaun)
Danny Huston (Marlow)

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising



The Seeker: The Dark is Rising

Accion - Fantasy
USA 2007
(05/10/2007)
Running Time, 94 min



The Story (Synopsis)
The film tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. Traveling back and forth through time, Will discovers a series of clues which lead him into a showdown with the forces of unimaginable power. With The Dark rising, the future of the world rests in Will's hands.


Director,
David L. Cunningham

Cast,
Alexander Ludwig (Will Stanton)
Ian McShane (Merriman Lyon)
Frances Conroy (Miss Greythorne)


The Heartbreak Kid




The Heartbreak Kid

Comedy - Romantic
USA 2007
(05/10/2007)
Running Time, 115 min

http://www.heartbreakkidmovie.com





The Story (Synopsis)
Single and indecisive, Eddie (Ben Stiller) begins dating the incredibly sexy and seemingly fabulous Lila. Upon the urging of his father and best friend, Eddie proposes to her after only a week, fearing this may be his last chance at love, marriage and happiness. However, while on their honeymoon in sunny Mexico, Lila reveals her true beyond-awful nature and Eddie meets Miranda, the woman he realizes to be his actual soul mate.






Director,
Peter Farrelly
Bobby Farrelly

Cast,
Ben Stiller (Eddie Cantrow)
Michelle Monaghan (Miranda)
Malin Akerman (Lila)

domingo, 20 de enero de 2008

The Kingdom



The Kingdom

Accion - Thriller
USA 2007
(28/09/2007)
Running Time, 110 min



The Story (Synopsis)
FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury has just received the assignment of his career: assemble an elite team and go to Riyadh to hunt down and capture the terrorist mastermind behind a deadly attack on Americans working in Saudi Arabia. The feds have only one week to infiltrate and cripple a cell bent on jihad to western society.


Director,
Peter Berg

Cast,
Jamie Foxx
Jennifer Garner


sábado, 19 de enero de 2008

The Game Plan



The Game Plan

Comedy
USA 2007
(28/09/2007)
Running Time, 110 min



The Story (Synopsis)
"The Game Plan" tells the story of rugged superstar quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson), whose Boston-based team is chasing a championship. A 'serial bachelor', Kingman is living the ultimate fantasy: he's rich, famous and the life of the party. But this dream is suddenly sacked for a loss when he discovers the 7-year-old daughter (Madison Pettis) he never knew he had – the product of a last fling before parting years ago with his young wife. Now, during the most important time in his career, he must figure out how to juggle his parties, practices and dates with the newfound ballet classes, bedtime stories and dolls that come with his daughter. Equally perplexed is his hard-edged mega-agent, Stella (Kyra Sedgwick), herself without a parental bone in her body. Despite the often hilarious misadventures that come with being a new father, Joe discovers that's there's more to life than money, endorsements and thousands of adoring fans: the love and care of one very special small fan is the only thing that matters.

Director,
Andy Fickman

Cast,
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Kyra Sedgwick


Resident Evil: Extinction



Resident Evil: Extinction

Horror - Accion - Science Fiction
Germany - United Kingdom - Australia - USA 2007
(21/09/2007)
Running Time, 95 min


The Story (Synopsis)
Alice, now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera and LJ, along with new survivors Claire, K-Mart and Nurse Betty to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead…and to seek justice. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.

Director,
Russell Mulcahy

Cast,
Milla Jovovich
Oded Fehr


The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford



The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Drama - Accion - Western
USA 2007
(21/09/2007)
Running Time, 160 min



The Story (Synopsis)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford delves into the private life and public exploits of America’s most notorious outlaw. As the charismatic and unpredictable Jesse James (Brad Pitt) plans his next great robbery, he wages war on his enemies, who are trying to collect the reward money – and the glory – riding on his capture. But the greatest threat to his life may ultimately come from those he trusts the most.

Director,
Andrew Dominik

Cast,
Brad Pitt
Casey Affleck
Sam Shepard

Eastern Promises



Eastern Promises

Drama - Thriller
USA 2007
(14/09/2007)
Running Time, 100 min



The Story (Synopsis)
The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen) who is tied to one of London’s most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family. Now Nikolai must put into motion a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.

Director,
David Cronenberg

Cast,
Viggo Mortensen
Naomi Watts


The Brave One



The Brave One

Drama - Thriller
USA 2007
(14/09/2007)
Running Time, 119 min

http://www.thebraveone.com


The Story (Synopsis)
New York radio host Erica Bain has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible. Her dark pursuit of justice catches the public’s attention, and the city is riveted by her anonymous exploits. But with the NYPD desperate to find the culprit and a dogged police detective hot on her trail, she must decide whether her quest for revenge is truly the right path, or if she is becoming the very thing she is trying to stop.

Director,
Neil Jordan

Cast,
Jodie Foster


Superbad



Superbad

Comedy
USA 2007
(17/08/2007)
Running Time, 114 min



The Story (Synopsis)
Superbad is a coming-of-age cautionary tale about two socially inept teenage boys about to graduate high school. Theirs is a ridiculously dependent friendship-but now they've gotten into different colleges and are forced to contemplate life apart. Evan is sweet, smart, and generally terrified. Seth is foul-mouthed, volatile, and all-consumed with the topic of human sexuality. This is the story of their misguided attempts to reverse a lifelong losing streak with the ladies in one panic-driven night... that awful, humiliating night you cherish for the rest of your life.

Director,
Greg Mottola

Cast,
Jonah Hill
Michael Cera


Stardust



Stardust

Accion - Adventure - Fantasy
USA 2007
(10/08/2007)
Running Time, 130 min

http://www.stardustmovie.com/


The Story (Synopsis)
"Stardust" begins in the sleepy English village of Wall, so named for the cobblestone wall that has, for hundreds of years, kept the villagers safely apart form the strange, supernatural realm that lies just on the other side. It is here that young Tristan Thorne makes a wild-eyed promise to the prettiest girl in the village, whose heart he hopes to win: that he will bring her back a fallen star. But in order to make good on his promise, Tristan will have to cross the forbidden wall, and enter a mysterious kingdom lit by unending magic and unfolding legends of which he will quickly become a part.

Director,
Matthew Vaughn

Cast,
Claire Danes
Charlie Cox
Sienna Miller
Rober De Niro
Michelle Pfeiffer

Rush Hour 3







Rush Hour 3

Comedy - Accion
USA 2007
(10/08/2007)
Running Time, 90 min

http://www.rushhourmovie.com/




The Story (Synopsis)
Rush Hour 3 sees the beloved action comedy duo of Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan reprising their roles as LAPD Detective James Carter and Chinese Chief Inspector Lee respectively. This time around, the two must travel to Paris to battle a wing of the Chinese organized crime family, the Triads.





Director,
Brett Ratner

Cast,
Jackie Chan
Chris Tucker

viernes, 18 de enero de 2008

Underdog



Underdog

Comedy - Adventure - Fantastic
USA 2007
(03/08/2007)
Running Time, 84 min



The Story (Synopsis)
After an accident in the mysterious lab of maniacal scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister, an ordinary beagle unexpectedly finds himself with unimaginable powers and the ability to speak. Armed with a fetching superhero costume, Underdog vows to protect the beleaguered citizens of Capitol City and, in particular, one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebread. When a sinister plot by Barsinister and his overgrown henchman Cad threatens to destroy Capitol City only Underdog can save the day.

Director,
Frederik du Chau

Cast,
Jason Lee (underdog´s voice)
James Belushi
Alex Neuberger


The Bourne Ultimatum



The Bourne Ultimatum

Accion - Thriller - Adventure
USA 2007
(03/08/2007)
Running Time, 111 min



The Story (Synopsis)
Jason Bourne has to hunt down his past in order to find a future. He must travel from Moscow, Paris, Madrid and London to Tangier and New York City as he continues his quest to find the real Jason Bourne - all the while trying to outmaneuver the scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents with him in their crosshairs.

Director,
Paul Greengrass

Cast,
Julia Stiles
David Strathairn