The world well-known singing pre-teen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes.
Girl power shines from the small female squirrels! Our friends Chipmunks will have girlfriends!
Release date: Fri 25, Dec 2009
The movie tells the origins of Solomon Kane and is hoped to be the first of a trilogy of movies. When the tale opens Kane is a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting in Africa, but after an encounter with a demon, The Reaper, he realizes he must seek redemption or have his soul damned to Hell. He returns to England and lives a life of peace, converting to puritanism, but soon the doings of an evil sorcerer upset his plans and he must take up arms again.
Release date:Wed 23, Dec 2009
After the fall of apartheid, South Africa was host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Mandela was in his first term as South African president, and he used the event as a way to end decades of mistrust and hatred between whites and blacks.
The movie Invictus is starring Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, the captain of South Africa’s rugby team and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, the then newly elected President of South Africa. A quite well selected cast:
Release date:
Sat 19, Dec 2009
A college professor (Richard Gere) takes in an abandoned dog, Hachi, and they form an unbreakable bond. After the professor dies while away from home, the dog keeps vigil waiting for his master for nearly a decade.
The tale of Hachiko is well known in Japan: the dog even has his own statue in front of the Shibuya train station! So Richard Gere’s Hashiko is much awaited over there.
If you’re wondering about the dog race, er, I mean the dog breed, it’s an akita.
Release date:
Fri 18, Dec 2009
I wonder if the Human soldiers will play the Ride of the Valkyries to scare off the aliens in the movie Avatar. I guess the Ride would be damn frightening for aliens’ ears! Also wondering about the color of a Navi’s blood… Is it blue?
Release date:
Fri 18, Dec 2009
A fairy tale centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana who lives in New Orleans’ French Quarter during the Jazz Age.
Kids may delight in the Princess and the Frog, but the way it looks, I reckon Disney is rather targeting grown-ups who are nostalgic of hand-drawn animation
Release date:
Fri 11, Dec 2009
