11/23/2005

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (JOHNNY DEPP) and Charlie Bucket (FREDDIE HIGHMORE), a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory.

Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (HELENA BONHAM CARTER) and father (NOAH TAYLOR) and both pairs of grandparents. Theirs is a tiny, tumbledown, drafty old house but it is filled with love. Every night, the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory, and he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside.

One day something wonderful happens. Charlie finds some money on the snowy street and takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight, thinking only of how hungry he is and how good it will taste. There, under the wrapper is a flash of gold. It's the last ticket. Charlie is going to the factory!

Once inside, Charlie is dazzled by one amazing sight after another. Wondrous gleaming contraptions of Wonka's own invention churn, pop and whistle, producing ever new and different edible delights. Crews of merry Oompa-Loompas mine mountains of fudge beside a frothy chocolate waterfall or ride a translucent, spun-sugar, dragon-headed boat down a chocolate river past crops of twisted candy cane trees and edible mint-sugar grass.

Almost as intriguing as his fanciful inventions is Willy Wonka himself (Jonny Depp), a gracious but most unconventional host. He thinks about almost nothing but candy - except, every once in a while, when he suddenly seems to be thinking about something that happened long ago, that he can't quite talk about.

This modern version of the child’s classic is a mesmerizing magical tale from start to finish that is a must for any movie lovers list.

11/19/2005

Kung Fu Hustle

Set in China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a hapless wannabe gangster who aspires to become a member of the notorious "Axe Gang."

From Asia’s top comedy star Stephen Chow comes “Kung Fu Hustle”, the much anticipated follow-up to his smash 2001 hit “Shaolin Soccer”, which broke box office records across the region, becoming the highest grossing action comedy in Hong Kong history. A Sony Pictures Classics title directed by and starring Stephen Chow, who plays a wannabe thug and failed extortionist.

Set amid the chaos of pre-revolutionary China, small time thief, Sing, aspires to be one of the sophisticated and ruthless Axe Gang whose underworld activities overshadow the city. Stumbling across a crowded apartment complex aptly known as “Pig Sty Alley ,” Sing attempts to extort money from one of the ordinary locals, but the neighbours are not what they appear. Sing’s comical attempts at intimidation inadvertently attract the Axe Gang into the fray, setting off a chain of events that brings the two disparate worlds face-to-face. As the inhabitants of the Pig Sty fight for their lives, the ensuing clash of kung fu titans unearths some legendary martial arts Masters. Sing, despite his futile attempts, lacks the soul of a killer, and must face his own mortality in order to discover the true nature of the kung fu master.

A potent blend of hysterical slapstick comedy, dazzling action choreography and superb special effects this action/comedy is a striking film that benefits from the incredible imagination of Stephen Chow, director and Asian superstar.

11/17/2005

Cinderella 2

A new sequel to the classic fairy tale, the lives of Cinderella and her friends Gus and Jaq have changed forever. And this story tells of the magical adventures that they went on...

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