'gay yuletide'

i just want to wish everyone...

'merry spanking-hunky christmas'
&
'happy hunky-licking new year 2008'

December First

is world AIDS day..

a week ago..

i was given an opportunity to be an event producer for charity movie premier. how excited i was when i know about it. i could not explained the joy in my heart. it always been my dream to produce a movie premier. it was held at gsc, mid valley.

the reason behind of this movie premier will be reveal later part somewhere in this blog.

myself and one of my crazee munke was busy putting the event. we went back at 430 am to finish the presentation and artwork for the whole concept. the organiser and sponsor apparently love the concept and it going to be big.

the camera are rolling and no turning back in everything. it went sooooo fast that i could not believe it was over. am still living in the world of tinseltown!

some picture i took...

ny skyline as a backdrop at the cocktail area



another view of ny skyline



resting at starbucks, drinking latte



pringles! pringles! oh pringles!



waaarrggghhhhhh! pringgggggggggleeees!


say pringeeeeeeeeees!

weather: nice chilly after raining

my joint: idol

am listening to: this is my now - jordin sparks

pinkville's first look: kelly clarkson promo picture

here is the latest promo picture from kelly clarkson. rumors said that her upcoming studio album will be release on july 24th, 2007.

her new single 'never again' making huge on the airwaves. glad to hear the truly american idol came back again. yehaaaaa! enjoy the picture..

my joint: still indon band

am listening to: mungkin nanti - peterpan

reelbytes

and yes! the news is out on the official dvd release date for dreamgirls. it reported that date official dvd release in the united states is May 1st, 2007. apparently, there are 2 versions of packaging for the dvd which is package 1 is a single disc and the other is double discs. jennifer hudson name is mentioned (finally) in the cover of the dvd for the movie. check out the cover for single disc version.


my joint: mushy mushy

am listening to: any other world - mika

and the nominees are...

the musical "dreamgirls" led academy awards contenders tuesday with
eight nominations, but surprisingly was shut out in the best picture
category after being considered a potential front-runner.

the sweeping ensemble drama "babel" was close behind with
seven, including best picture and acting honors for two newcomers to u.s. audiences, adriana barraza and rinko kikuchi.

other best-picture nominees were martin scorsese's bloody crime
saga "the departed," clint eastwood's world war II spectacle "letters from iwo jima," the road-trip comedy "little miss sunshine" and the
monarchy-in-crisis chronicle "the queen."

going into nominations day, the best-picture competition looked
unusually wide open, with no consensus on a favorite. with
"Dreamgirls," a golden globe winner out of the race, the best picture
competition is even more up for grabs.

but front-runners in all four acting categories nabbed
nominations and seem poised to come home with oscars on feb. 25: helen mirren for best actress as british monarch elizabeth II in "the queen"; forest whitaker for best actor as ugandan dictator idi amin in "the last king of scotland"; and eddie murphy and former "american idol"
finalist jennifer hudson as soulful singers in "dreamgirls."

all four preceded the oscar nominations with wins at the golden globes.

more details about nomination story here

who got nominated? read nominees list here

am listening to: i am changing - jennifer hudson

sex will be on the big screen

samantha say 'yes, honey' to news that movie is on.

actress kim cattrall has confirmed the film version of sex and the city is still going ahead. cattrall, who played sensualist samantha jones on the racy hbo series, told star magazine that the film version will occur despite rumors to the contrary.

"i've just come home, and there was just this flood of excitement," the actress said. "i'm just so glad we haven't been missed or forgotten!"

sex and the city ran for six seasons on hbo, and along with the sopranos helped establish the cable channel as a major player in original content programming. the film version reportedly languished because of backstage bickering between cattrall and the other actresses, sarah jessica parker, kristin davis, and cynthia nixon.

source: tv.com

64th golden globe awards nominations

come january 15 2007, tinseltown going to be sparkle with stars as hollywood will celebrate another round of awards presentation honoring tv and motion picture. this year, nominees list came no surprise but one thing that i want to highlight that the fact beyonce was nominated for best performance by an actress in motion picture - comedy or musical, it should have been jennifer hudson nominated for that category. however, jennifer hudson nominated for best performance by an actress in supporting role - comedy or musical.

why did i highlight this? because, in the movie jennifer hudson who play effie play most significant role than beyonce in the movie. well, that what i call publicity, to generate more interest in the movie with huge beyonce name on it.

other than motion picture, tv categories generate my interest, especially in best television series - drama. in this category all the hits tv series up against one another. 'grey's anatomy' nominated again this time but previous winner 'lost' was not in the list due to the series on break and returning in january. heroes, a new phenomenon series on nbc, nominated as well in this category and i'm pretty confident that heroes will garner an interest but most unlikely to win the awards as it was a rare tradition to awarded a new series in golden globe.

for complete list on the nominations of 64th golden globe awards, please click here.

pink first look : spiderman-3 posters

the buzz came in and fans are eagerly for the third installment of spiderman. what happen next? we all have to wait and see. but meantime, here is the official poster for spiderman-3.

Very Scary House...

When you hit puberty, you definitely have the hormones gushing around you to explore something new. But this is very unlikely for a kid around this neighbourhood. Met DJ, Chowder and errrr... Jenny.

It is Halloween eve and everyone is preparing for trick or treat! For this 3 kids, their life is about to change in a night as they tried to uncover the mystery house that belong to his neighbour across the street.

To keep the twist of the movie, am just gonna shut up about whole things. Instead, I'm going to share with you all what do i feel about this movie. As an adult, I found that this movie is scary (for kids) and umm.. adventurous (for adults). Throughout the movie, you'll always entertain by the mis-adventure of DJ, Chowder and Jenny. On their spying to their plan on destroying the house. As the mystery unveil, you couldn't help notice that you actually sink in with the kids on their quest to find the truth.

But then again, you will wondering at the end of the movie, why isn't this movie release during Halloween season?

The (Voice) Cast: Mitchel Mutsso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Loke and Stephen Buscemi
Director: Gil Kenan
Official Website: http://www.sonypictures.net/movies/monsterhouse
Feel Good Rating: 4 out of 5

Do We Need Superman?

Finally, I managed to catch this epic last Friday (yes, after so many months it released here in Malaysia).

Superman Returns is a movie of everyone waiting for. The man of steel superhero won many hearts since in the 70s, thanks to DC Comics for creating this mega superhero for everyone. The early years, Superman was played by the late Christopher Reeves. And yes, Brandon Routh a little resemblance of him, that is why Routh was the first choice by Bryan Singer, director of the movie.

Putting X-Men III script away to direct Superman Returns, was a choice that Singer hard to make since the X-Men was his baby from the begining. Nonetheless, realised his dream to bring Superman to silver screen was something that Singer could not turned down.

The movie kicks off with the absence of Superman for five years. World became chaotic, war everywhere and yes Lois Lane, the broken hearted journalist who in denial that she in love with Superman, wrote 'Why The World Doesn't Need Superman?' and won pulitzer prizes. But her mind changed again because she was saved by Superman. When come to think to this matter, logically, Superman always saved Lois Lane from any kind of disasters. But when Superman missing for several years, who is the one that save Lois Lane (ponder, ponder)? And then we introduced to ever menacing Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), who cheat widower's estate and embark on journey and find Superman sanctuary and steal the crystal that can help him conquer the world. So, we do need Superman after all.

Although the movis launches slow at the begining, but it engaging as it was progressed. The special effects are impressive, the story has an intriguing bittersweet quality and Brandon Routh acquits himself nicely as a more emotionally vulnerable Clark Kent/Superman. Stepping into such an iconic role is not easy, considering that the late Christopher Reeve remains for most of us the seminal Superman.

Kate Bosworth is a rather lackluster Lois Lane, and the romance is less than combustible. Kevin Spacey's comically villainous Lex Luthor is appropriately sneering and sardonic.

Overall, this movie is entertaining, engaging and yes more human. It is good to see Superman back to our life again but I hope that we will not see the newspaper headline 'Where Has He Gone?' again, for real! Up, Up and away!

The Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey
Director: Bryan Singer
Official Website: http://www.superman-returns.com
Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Pink Reel Review Is Back

Hell yeah... look who's back? Back again... jeng jeng jeng jeng...

The summer season is almost end and I've missed reviewing some of the movies, especially the one that I blogged about during productions. Anyhow, I'm going to give my 2 cents worth for fall release movie..

The (Un)Breakable Code

2006 most anticipated summer blockbuster finally arrived and boy, it received lukewarm response form moviegoers all over the world. However, it could not prevent The Da Vinci Code from recording a $224 million worldwide opening, the second-biggest debut ever at the global box office, its distributor said.

This movie adapted from Dan Brown's under the same title. As the book took the world by storm, the movie said different way. With so many controversies, tight filming security, called for banned and boycott by christians and arguement about the historical facts that Brown's put in his book, the movie turned out to be something that will sink forever.

Am not going to say more about the plot of this movie, as by now, each and everyone who visited this blog have watch the movie themselves. I'll evaluate the movie. I catched the movie over the weekend with anticipation that I could get more 'visual' (I have not read the book) and I left my high expectation at the entrance of the cinema. But it turned out to be the other way around. The 'visual' was not impressive with so many scenes are draggy as my tired feet walking around Paris town. I do blamed on the adapation from the book and not the director himself. But then again to adapt hunderds over pages into 2 hr and 33 mins movie is not an easy task. The problem here lies where Dan Brown involvement writing the scripts for the movie was 'denied'. If involvment by the writers himself in adapting it to a movie, it would make this movie more interesting.

As far as the plot it concern, the movie was such a mess and the movie does disjointed. Each scenes jump too fast and I did not feel any attachment to the scenes/movie at all. But moviegoers understanding would be the essence of the book managed captured in the entire movie. About the historical facts which argue theorically and the bloodline was too much too digest in the short of time. It gave me headache.

Overall, this movie is an entertaining if you ignored the hypes and controversies and enjoying it although you might 'lost' in certain part of the movie itself. Silas (Paul Bettany) as albino monk assassin and Sir Leigh Teabing (Ian McKellen) as grail hunter gave a memorable performances. However, Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) sank deeply with the messy plot and there is no chemistry on silver screen. If you have read the book, you will disappointed with the movie and my friend told me.. NOW, READ THE BOOK!

The Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Paul Bettany, Sir Ian McKellen, Jean Reno

Director: Ron Howard

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

First Look : World Trade Centre

World Trade Centre tells the true story of the heroic survival and rescue of two Port Authority policemen – John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno – who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, after they went in to help people escape.

The film also follows their families as they try to find out what happened to them, as well as the rescuers who found them in the debris field and pulled them out. Their story shows how the best in people rose above the tragic events of that day.

This movie is helm by Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone and written by Andrea Berloff stars Nicholas Cage. Along side with Cage in this movie is Michael Pena, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jay Hernandez. This movie will be open in the US nationwide on 11 August 2006 and will be coming to Malaysia in 19 October 2006.

By the look of the trailer, this is going to be an emotional ride for those who lost their loved one in the most merciless terrorist attack in American history. Enjoy the trailer.

X-Men III: The Last Stand

X-Men III : The Last Stand is one of the most anticipated summer blockbuster for 2006. With the trailer have been invaded cinemas worldwide, by now, X-Men's fan are gearing up to see their favourite mutant on silver screen.

What is this movie all about? Does it picking up where it left in X-Men II? The return of Jean Gray is definitely. X-Men III: The Last Stand is the final chapter in the X-Men motion picture trilogy, a "cure" for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers and become human. The opposing viewpoints of mutant leaders Charles Xavier, who preaches tolerance, and Magneto, who believes in the survival of the fittest, are put to the ultimate test - triggering the war to end all wars. Sound exciting isn't it?

Judging from the trailer, we can see more of the mutant in this movie that you could ever think of. The CGI are very impressive. New cast join the third installment. This is going to be super duper mega action movie.

Well, today, I managed to glimpse 7-minutes preview of X-Men III: The Last Stand. And it does look good. However, usual of me always being sceptical about good stuff, I think this movie will not liven to its expectations and I hope I'm wrong and the mean time I'm just waiting for the movie to be release.

If you want to watch 7-Minutes preview of X-Men III : The Last Stand click here
(p/s: you have to click 'play' button if the movie stop)

Below is some of the photos of X-Men III : The Last Stand.

The Sinkable Ship

As summer blockbuster with mission cashing in mulla from the cinemas worldwide, one ship fated to sink this year. The sinkable ship does not have any mercy and it does not pick its victim. It kills whatever in it. However, a group of cruiser does not want the ship to take their life away, thus they find their way out of the ship and that is climbing and swimming their way from the top to the bottom. They must stick together if they want to survive from this merciless sinkable ship. Welcome to the world of 'Poseidon'.

This movie is a remake of classic 1972's 'The Poseidon Adventure' starring Gene Hackman. The remake helm by Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm) on Director's chair and writing credits goes to Mark Protosevich (screenplay) and Paul Gallico (novel).

The first 20 minutes or so, the viewers given a brief introduction about the ship via a grand opening scene and then a brief introduction as well to our survivor. Then, during the coundown to the New Year, on the count of 10, 9, 8 ,7 ,6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (what a good way to countdown your own disaster), wham bam yes mam, the ship hit by massive rogue wave (unknown phenomena) and turn it upside down. And so the adrenaline of the movie kicks off.

Petersen gave us heart stomping non stop actions, mega explosive scenes, dive and swim around the ship accompanied with oh, ah, eee, ew and screaming-NO scenes. Petersen also gave us heroes, calm hero, survivor that meant to be die as they not contributing anything to the movie (sound like reality tv show eh), irritating girl who claustrophobic, mother and her kid who have a guts to join the surviving-cruise-adventure and unmemorable scenes and characters. In fact, as am writing this, i barely recalled any of the scenes at all.

I have yet to watch the original 'Poseidon' however, overall, I found that this movie is a feel-good movie that you wanna watch beside contributing to the Hollywood slumped movie industry. There is no story-line, just escaping. Not many conversation, just action, screaming, yelling and yes escaping. No 'you jump, i jump' and 'I am the king of the world, wooohoo' scene, just 'Conor, are you alright', 'daddy..', 'mommy..' and yes escaping. Yes, escaping is what have been planted in the survivor's mind and the ship is meant to be sinked. And yes, the movie will sink away and left forgotten but maybe not for Stacy Ferguson a.k.a Fergie Ferguson of Black Eyes Pea as she pouting her lips while singing on the Poseidon's ship that makes us mesmerised for a while!

The Cast: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russel, Emmy Rossum, Richard Dreyfuss, Mia Maestro

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Official Website: www.poseidonmovie.com

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Mission Accomplished?

I can't believe that this movie is finally here! I blogged about the production of this movie in April and a month later the movie open worldwide. Altho, according to today's news, underwhelming response to MI3 in US due to short weekend and speculation of Cruise charm on screen is over after he became open about his personal life.

Well, I went to see this movie over the weekend and decided to watch it on Imax. Huge screen, mega sound blaster.. hmmm.. you figure it out! Its just a mere an experience for me as i want to tried something new. Oh, mind you, altho they showing on Imax but this is 2D movie on 35 mm film but on HUGE screen.

Ok, on with the show...

Agent Ethan Hunt that we know in first 2 movies are tough, sexy, sleek, fast and cool super agent. Forget James Bond for a while.. just embrace Ethan Hunt! :P However, in this 3rd installment, we saw a different side of Hunt. He is more mellow, in love with a woman and more like human being to me. Its like Cruise being himself on screen except not with Kat but with Michelle Monagahan (she looks a lot like Katie Holmes). Anyway, typical JJ Abrams art, the movie started where its going to be end. So, if any of you familiar with JJ Abrams work, to which am sure that you all watch Alias and Lost. Espionage and mission is what this movie all about. If you look at it, there is not story line in this movie, it is just a movie about a mission.. with me so far? Not quite!

You see, the main mission of IMF is to retrieve Rabbit's Foot form China. As simple as that. But there are 2 mini mission that need to be done, uno, rescue Hunt's protege, Lindsey and dos, to capture Owen Davian! With me so far? Ok, the plot is similar with Alias! I'm thinking that if Alias was made into a movie, this should be the way. Daring, bold and energetic. Me likey! But again, as i mentioned to a friend today that I might biased as i like JJ Abrams way of directing. Alias is addicitive!

However, typical of Abrams again to left the ending open. "What is Rabbit's Foot?" Hunt said. Brassel's replied that he will tell Hunt what is Rabbit's Foot if he agrees to return as an agent! Cliffhanger? Yes! Same way how JJ Abrams did for Alias, thru 5 seasons, and Alias' espionage is still chasing over Rimbaldi artifacts. Same plot.. you tell me? Will we see Mission Impossible 4 still chasing over Rabbit's Foot? Does this mission accomplished?

Nonetheless, this movie is entertaining. Action packed that make you glued to your seat. Hot Maggie Q to look at. Cute Jonathan Rhys-Meyers to see. Nail bitting torture scenes. All in one world. Espionage rule in MI3!

The cast: Tom Cruise, Laurence Fishbourne, Billy Crudup, Maggie Q, Keri Russel, Jonathan Rhy-Meyers

Director: JJ Abrams

Rating: 4 out of 5

Reel Review is back..

It has been a while i did not blog anything about movie. Reason: no nice movie, got updates but lazy to ... but here we go, am back on track to give my cent worth!

Gubra

Gubra (anxiety) is a film that by its own and setting its own standard among it predecessor, "Rabun" and "Sepet". If you think that Yasmin Ahmad latest offering is as light as Sepet, please leave those thought behind the door. Unlike Sepet, Gubra tells 2 different stories. First story in this movie tell us the story of Orked's family seven years after Jason and the second, tell us about muezzin and his tiny village community. Two different stories and yet it has universal theme; love, hurt and forgiveness.

In Orked's tale, she has gotten over Jason and married to older man, Arif, who love her to deep down of his heart. Orked's family affair rocked down when Pak Atan was ill and has to be hospitalized. At the hospital, Orked met with Alan, Jason's elder brother. Orked and Alan immediately formed unlikely friendship as Alan became Orked path to Jason's past. They shared all the old time memories. One question raised when Alan mentioning that Jason's phone was ringing when he was lying motionless on the road. In Sepet, we remembered that someone answered the phone. But who? Anyway, you can see in Orked's eyes that she still has not gotten Jason, at least no to her heart. Things took more serious for Orked as her loving husband seeing someone else. In muezzin story took different angle. Pak Bilal lead his community which consist of two prostitutes, Kiah, who constantly abused by her regular client, and Temah, whose son in entering Primary One and she suffering from incurable illness. For the rest on how the story goes, grab your seat at the cinema.

Yasmin Ahmad gathered the bulk of Sepet cast with addition to Adlin Aman Ramlie and Alan Yun. We get to know each character even more in this movie as it explore each character relationship with each other.

While the movie started lightly off, half way it deteriorates into a web of human emotion that one can't imaginable. This movie will make you laugh and the same time will make you cry when you realized that afterall we all are different from each other.

p/s: Do not leave the theatre until the credit have rolled. Catch the surprise ending!

The Cast: Sharifah Amani, Adlin Aman Ramlie, Ida Nerina, Harith Iskandar, Adibah Noor, Ng Choo Seng, Alan Yun

Director: Yasmin Ahmad

Rating: 4 out of 5

The Red Kebaya

I was browsing and as usual looking for material to blog in pink@movies. I decided to look for any local movies that going to be released this year. To my surprised, I found 'The Red Kebaya'. I never heard any news about this movie before. So i dig out.

What is 'The Red Kebaya' all about?

Latiff, a famous but lonely photographer who was orphaned as a small child, sets out on an expedition to photograph abandoned houses around Malaysia. On his journey he is haunted by images and sounds that remind him of his traumatic childhood.
At one particular house on the island of Penang he is transported back through time to witness the shocking events that took place in the house over 50 years ago.Through his experience, Latiff understands the tragic circumstances that led to him being orphaned and also finds an old friend.

Production Note

Brain child of the producers Andre Berly and Ramli Hassan, The Red Kebaya ideas started in the plane from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur in 2005. The primary synopsis about lonely man who is searching for his past and love story also need to be included in plot is born. They took the idea to British writer/director Oliver Knott, recently moved to Malaysia from London. Knott agrees to write and direct the movie. Knott identified the movie's theme: love, loss and betrayal; a lifelong search for long lost friendship, an extraordinary journey told in unusual way and one's man decision to go with what his heart told him and not his head.

The biggest problem in making this movie is to find 'John Reynolds', the lead Englishman. The casting went from Malaysia to Singapore but 'John Reynolds' is nowhere to be found here in SE Asia. However, Knott has one person in mind and that is Bob Mercer, an English actor who based in London.

The movie shot in various location in Penang, Genting Tea Estate and Kuala Lumpur under the helm of Raja Mukhris as Director of Photography and of cos Oliver Knott as Director. This movie is in Malay and English.

The Cast

Ramli Hassan, Vanida Imran, Bob Mercer, Samantha Schubert with Zahim Albakri, Shabera Shaik, Paula Malai Ali, Elaine Daly, Fauziah Nawi, Patrick Teoh and introducing Mohd Afif.

Release date: 2006 (date yet to be confirmed)

Director: Oliver Knott

Official Website and movie trailer: http://www.theredkebaya.com