New York City Public Library, Sex and the City Film Trailer

New York City Public Library

I am a massive fan of the TV show Sex and the City and with the forthcoming movie, Sex and city 2 has influenced todays choice. The above building featured the nearly wedding of Carrie and Mr Big in the first movie.

Below is the trailer of the second movie and hopefully I will be in New York to see it!

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince -

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is now released on DVD today.

below is my review of the film. Although I have read the book, it has been pointed out to me that

the film does make some departures from the original.

However I did enjoy the film and especially after watching the recent Twilight film ,

this series is really good.

Surrogates - A Film Review

People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates -- sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer (Willis) discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery. Written by Touchstone

This is my review of Bruce Willis latest film review, I hope you enjoy the review and share your comments via the comments section below.

Trojan's Corner Movie Review - District 9.

Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact.

Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them.

Now patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare - they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.

The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable - he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide:

This is my review of this hit movie:

Trojan's Corner Film Review - G.I Joe - Rise of the Cobra

Action-adventure based on the popular toys, cartoons and comics, starring Channing Tatum and Marlon Wayans as two soldiers who join an elite team of operatives known as G.I. Joe, in order to fight the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organisation. This is my review of the movie.

Trojan's Corner Film Review - Moon

Plot:Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. He's been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Selene, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3.

The precious gas holds the key to reversing the Earth's energy crisis.Isolated, determined and steadfast, Sam has followed the rulebook obediently and his time on the moon has been enlightening, but uneventful. The solitude has given him time to reflect on the mistakes of his past and work on his raging temper. He does his job mechanically, and spends most of his available time dreaming of his imminent return to Earth, to his wife, young daughter and an early retirement.

But 2 weeks shy of his departure from Selene, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange. And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him and the new recruit is eerily familiar.Before he can return to Earth, Sam has to confront himself and the discovery that the life he has created, may not be his own. It's more than his contract that is set to expire.

This is my review of this new film.

Trojan's Corner Film Review Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past

Here is my first thoughts of the new Harry Potter movie.

Trojan's Corner Film Review Bruno

Flamboyant Austrian fashionista Brüno takes his show to America -

Hit or miss?

I saw the movie and this what I thought!

Film Trailer - Kick off

I came across this trailer of this new up and coming British film called Kick off.

What happens when the hardest team in the Sunday Soccer league comes up against a gay team (pun intended) and finds they've finally met their match? Watch and wince as fledging referee Elton Glixton struggles to control this testosterone tsunami as rude-boy meets bum-boy in this outrageous new comedy set in the crazy gung-ho world of 5-a-side footie. Written by Rikki Beadle -Blair.

I watched this trailer and i laughed and laughed. This British film takes a look at the stereotypes of being gay and football in a comedic way and challenges your own perceptions on football and sexuality.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

I am a big fan of the Harry Potter Series and I have seen the new film trailer. This trailer features famous landmarks of London some that I have recently taken pictures of.

Check out my pictures of London many of which feature in the following pictures.

Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire

The trailer for the Sundance favorite Precious has hit the airwaves, and good heavens, it is stunning. Blessed by endorsements from Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, the film is an adaptation of Sapphire's beloved novel Push (they presumably changed the title to avoid conflict with the year's other Push movie). The first thing that struck me is Precious actually looks like it's about something. Namely, a teenage girl (newcomer Gabourey Sidibe) wrestling with pregnancy, economic hardships, and a monstrous mother (Mo'Nique) who berates her every chance she gets. This is a side of America most of us rarely see, especially in the movies

Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect

Star Trek - The Movie Review Blog

Last Saturday I went the see the highly anticipated movie Star Trek. Did I rate the movie? Yes and No. I loved the whole look and feel of the film and casting director deserves an Oscar. My mine problem was the poor story line but on the whole I did enjoy the film.

Below is my video blog review of the film.

Wolverine - Exclusive Trailer

As many of you know, I hyped about the forthcoming Wolverine movie which will hit the cinema this weekend. Here is an exclusive trailer of this film.

Enjoy enjoy enjoy!

Orange Wednesday Advert

I enjoy this advert and find it funny and as it is the Oscar season go and catch a movie.

Tyler Perry Talks 'Why Did I Get Married Too' Sequel, 'Star Trek' and 'Wolverine'

While Tyler Perry loves to play his signature role of Madea Simmons in his various films, they are not sequels. Each of those films have been successful, but many consider 'Why Did I Get Married?' his best work to date; which is why he is planning to do a follow-up with hopes for the return of original cast members, which includes Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Tasha Smith, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba, Richard T. Jones and Michael Jai White.While promoting his latest film, 'Madea Goes To Jail', which opens up on Feb. 20, Perry spoke to BlackVoices.com about the 'Married' sequel as well as his role in the upcoming 'Star Trek' film and his opportunity to be in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine.'Will there be another pairing with Tasha Smith?

Tyler Perry: 'Why Did Get Married Too?' I'm writing it right now. Why do a sequel to the film?

TP: Because there is so much I want to say. There's not another film that I have written that I felt like there's more to say; and there's more say in 'Why Did I Get Married Too.'

Will it the same cast or a new group of actors?

TP: It will be the same cast. Everybody. I won't do it without the original cast.

What's the story line?

TP: I can't talk about it now, but it's going to be great.How fun was it to work on 'Star Trek'?

TP: It was really exciting. J.J Abrams is a fan and he called and asked me if I would be interested in doing the film and I was shocked. The timing was perfect and it was only a week. It's a really small role. It really helped me to see what it's like to be on someone else's set.

What's your role in the film?

TP: I'm the Commander of the Star Fleet. I run the school. I'm a pretty big guy, literally, and in the film.Were you a 'Star Trek' fan?

TP: No, I only had two scenes with the two leads. I wasn't a trekkie, but after seeing the trailer, I may become one.

How was wearing the uniform? Did you get to keep it?

TP: Oh no. They were top secret about the uniform. We had to wear rain coats to cover them up so that they wouldn't be shot from the outside. This whole thing has been top secret, but it would be worth it when it comes out.

I know you mentioned that Abrams is a fan of yours, but considering you haven't acted in films outside of your own, did you wonder if he brought you on to bring in a large African American base to the film?

TP: I don't know if that is what he was thinking. Looking at him and talking to him, he is the Jewish version of me. He works on television and works on films. He does not stop. He writes as well. I was watching him work and rework the scene, and there's something about my story that is so similar to him in what I'm doing. I think it intrigued him as much as it intrigued me. I don't think that demographics was the case of me being in the film; because they would have given me a supportive role rather than just a cameo. I think it was about him feeling me out and me about him, and I think it worked out okay.

Was he the first to ask you to appear in a movie outside of your films?

TP: He was the first. It didn't make sense to do a movie that I can do myself. I don't want you to call me and ask me to do a film about a black family. I can do that myself. I don't want to be in your movie doing that. Now, if you want me to do 'Mission: Impossible', or 'Star Trek' or 'Wolverine', which I was called for but I couldn't do because I was doing 'The Family That Preys', but those sort of films, yes, I can do that.

You were called to do 'Wolverine'?

TP: Yeah. I was set to go to Australia but we couldn't work out the dates.What part were you suppose to play? 

Was it the role that Will.i.am has in the film, John Wraith?

TP: Could be. I don't know.

For those who have not seen the film why did I get married here is the trailer: 

Star Trek XI - The Movie Trailer

As a self confessed Trekkie (Voyager was my favourite series), I am thrilled to see the trailer of the new Star Trek movie.

Now the last few films have been really bad, but this new film directed by J.J. Abrams has been behind some of my favourite US TV series such as Alias and Lost. From the look of this trailer it looks like its going to be a big hit in the cinema's when its released in May 09.

2009, seems to be a good year for SCI FI and superheroes movies, keep them coming that's what I say!



The movie features Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto as the old and young Spock. Chris Pine is Kirk. The movie also features Eric Bana, Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Bruce Greenwood, John Cho, Simon Pegg and Anton Yelchin. It will be released on May 8th.

Exclusive Images Reveal McG's Terminator Salvation Vision

Exclusive Images Reveal McG's Terminator Salvation Vision - Text by By Hugh Hart



I am a huge fan of the terminator series and film and discovered this article written by Hugh Hart on new Terminator Salvation Movie.

New types of killer robots and a science-inspired conception of post-apocalyptic Earth are helping McG turn Terminator Salvation into an eye-scorching sci-fi flick.
The director knows it will take considerable polish to restore the franchise's sheen in the wake of Arnold Schwarzenegger's much-maligned 2003 swan song, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. And he cheerfully acknowledges that some observers initially questioned the wisdom of reviving the Terminator franchise with him at the helm.

"Nobody heard 'Terminator 4' and said, 'Oh that's a great idea -- I know, let's get McG to do it!" said McG when he rolled clips from his upcoming movie in Los Angeles earlier this month. "This asshole who did Charlie's Angels, and what kind of cock calls himself McG?'"
With one eye on the screen and the other on reactions from fans and journalists gathered at the Directors Guild of American screening room, the former music video director showed off the post-Judgment Day world he's crafting for Terminator Salvation. The scenes showed new Terminator models and bleak vistas from a nuke-ravaged Earth destroyed by sentient computer network Skynet.

Work-in–progress action sequences looked impressive enough to suggest that McG and his collaborators might just restore the franchise to its former glory.
The following exclusive concept art and images reveal McG's vision for Terminator Salvation as the director talks about putting the pieces together in time for the movie's May 22 release.
Getting the Robots Right: "The first film shows Schwarzenegger's T-800 coming from 2029 back in time," McG said. "Salvation takes place in 2018, so you see the R&D that went into the T-800. It's like the polio vaccine: You've got to go through a lot of lab rats to get to vaccine. In this film, humans are the lab rats. Skynet is testing on us to figure out how to make a photorealistic, leaner, smaller, more capable machine -- the T-800."

Skynet's arsenal includes the "Hydrabot," designed to seek and destroy humans trying to swim to safety.

A.I. Meets Skynet: "Artificial intelligence was so foreign during the glory days of '70s and '80s science fiction -– Blade Runner, Alien, Terminator," Mc G said. "In this day and age, it's here! You spell a word wrong on your BlackBerry, it spells it right for you. You got a bad knee, they put a titanium one in there. If you're depressed, we're not going to talk about your mom and dad, we're going to manipulate your serotonin re-uptake inhibitor and you're going to feel better in two weeks. I've always loved stories about 'That which makes us great will be our undoing.'"

Technology ramps up in Terminator Salvation with remote-controlled motorcycles dispatched by Skynet to destroy the humans.

Post-Apocalyptic Cinematography: "We talked to the people who monitored Chernobyl about what the world would sound and look and taste and feel like after the bombs have gone off," said McG. "Then we got a dead Kodak stock. We baked it in the sun a little bit too long to damage the film, and then we shot on uncorrected Panavision lenses that flare more easily and aren't quite as sharp as Primo lenses but have an interesting patina. Most importantly we added three times as much silver in the processing than one traditionally would to a color stock. Add it all up and you get this otherworldly, desolate feeling."

McG consulted with Caltech scientists to gather information on what a post-Judgment Day planet might look like.

Visual Effects: "It's critical to push the visual effects forward in this film," said McG. "In Terminator 2, when Robert Patrick's head came apart, that's pushing it forward. So we hired Charlie Gibson who's won two Academy Awards and did Gore Verbinski's last four or five movies. He's up there at [Industrial Light & Magic] cooking up a few things that I can say in fairness will go beyond viewers' expectation."

Calming James Cameron's Skepticism: "I didn't want to feel like the guy who gave birth to the Terminator is against what we're doing, so I go to see James Cameron to kiss the ring and tell him what I was trying to do," McG said. "He's cordial but says, 'I'm not going to endorse your movie. I reserve the right to hate it. But I wish you well, and if you're going to make a Terminator I'd prefer you make a good one to a bad one.'"

The devastation wreaked by Skynet in 2028 includes Hollywood's landmark Capital Records building, which lay in ruins.

The Quest for Credibility: "To get some credibility back into the Terminator mythology, we had to show the fans we really mean business by getting a great John Connor," McG said. "To me the choice was very simple: Christian Bale."

Bale Just Says No: "I met Bale at a pub in England while he was shooting Dark Knight," McG said. "He said, "I'm not interested in action, I'm not interested in pyrotechnics, I'm interested in story. If you can get the script to a place where actors on stage could just read it, naked, and it would be compelling for two hours because the characters change and evolve, then we'd have something to talk about." We had a respectful conversation, I gave him Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to read but his answer was: "Until it's on the page, I'm not doing it."

The Jonathan Nolan Rewrite: "I went to Jonah Nolan, who co-wrote The Dark Knight," said McG, "and A) has a good dynamic with Christian, and B) he's a very intelligent guy who puts story and character at the forefront. So after Jonah worked on the script, we got Christian on board."

Sam Worthington, left right, plays the mysterious man who may -- or may not -- help Christian Bale's John Connor destroy Skynet.
Co-star Sam Worthington: "Alan Horn, the guy who runs Warner Bros., likes to kid, 'If you want a tough guy, you've got to hire somebody from Australia,'" McG said. "Sam's a pretty powerful screen presence. He can hold his own with Bale in a two-shot."

Connor's Story: "John Connor doesn't come into the picture saying, 'Follow me and everything's going to be cool,'" said McG. "He's just one of many soldiers when we meet him. It's like [Spider-Man] where you're Peter Parker: 'Hey I'm just a lowly high school photographer,' and he learns with great power comes great responsibility. Or the hacker [in The Matrix]: 'They call me Neo, who cares?' 'quot;No man, you're the one, you're going to lead us!' Of course Luke Skywalker, on and on, all those Joseph Campbell archetypes. So this is the story of how John Connor becomes leader of the resistance. He has to earn it."

Machine Music: "I wanted the sound of the resistance to be very delicate, reminiscent of Gustavo Santaolalla's analog guitar, so I thought of putting Gustavo together with Thom Yorke of Radiohead for the machine sound," said McG. "But their schedules were too tough, so then Danny Elfman articulated his sonic vision for the picture. He's a huge Terminator fan. I wish I could show you his house. Elfman lives in a haunted house that has strange prosthetic limbs from the turn of the century hanging on the wall."

Flesh-and-Blood Robots: "A lot of people make CG movies where actors are emoting to poles with tennis balls on top of them," said McG. "That's the last thing I wanted to do. I don't like dealing with cartoons, so to speak. I wanted real robots for the actors to interface with so you could get that grittiness and realism. There's an archetype shape to the T-800. We needed body types to suggest the robot that would combat John Connor, and Roland Kickinger is a good body type. His shoulders are huge, his waist is narrow. The [Industrial Light & Magic] guys used their calipers to measure shoulder spatial differences and said he'd make a good body double. Roland as an individual is not in the movie."

Stop Them Before They Multiply: "Imagine it's 1944 and we sneak into Hitler's Germany and find all these V-2 rockets with nuclear tips they're not supposed to have," said McG. "We'd go back to the powers that be and explain, 'This is a huge problem; it's going to change everything.' That's what happens with Connor –-he's got to raise the curtain and defeat Skynet because the launch of the T-800 means curtains for everyone."

The Third Act: "Is Skynet smart enough to use the best parts of ourselves against ourselves? Can we trust the machine?" Mc G asked. "Therein lies the rub and that's what act three is all about. The ending of this film is elliptical. It's going to make a lot of people mad and you'll see lot of people scratching their heads. It's not disposable, where you forget about it before you even get to the parking lot. It's going to make you think."

Images courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Watchmen - Webisode - Rorschach:#39;s Mask

The eleventh Watchmen webisode is now online, and this one is focused on Rorschach's character and, in particular, how the filmmakers accomplished the effect of his perpetually shifting inkblot mask.

Seven Pounds - Will Smith

Seven Pounds is a movie about Ben Thomas (Will Smith), an IRS agent with a fateful secret, embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers. It is a movie with a lot of dramatic quality, so touching and heart-breaking. The movie presents how people, in this case Smith's character, manages his life and the consequences it carries no matter how good or bad they are. The movie has a very good story, the plot is well developed and convincing and it is full of unexpected twists that makes it even more interesting. The film starts slow but as it moves along it takes a very good rhythm until the end. The cast is formed by very good actors. Will Smith is constantly evolving as an actor, his performance in Seven Pounds is powerful and full of drama. Rosario Dawson was great, you can really feel her suffering and Woody Harrelson was so convincing in his role as Ezra Turner. In conclusion, Seven Pounds is heart breaking and tear dropping movie that you will enjoy. highly recommended.

Slumdog Millionaire - Film

The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" -- an endeavor made without prize money in mind, rather, an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika, who is an ardent fan of the show.



Danny Boyle's best film and 2008's Best Picture winner (it is written) bursts off the screen in a flurry of color and sound to immerse the viewer in the slums of Mumbai before lifting him to the sky with an invigorating tale of tenacity and young love. The film packs more exuberant energy and beautiful images per minute than any film in recent memory, and thanks to Danny Boyle's remarkably creative direction and the best efforts of his talented cast, the effect is exhilarating rather than exhausting, uplifting rather than oppressive. The eclectic story and international cast and crew have made a film that is both escapist and poignant, one that sweeps the viewer off his feet but stays with him after he lands.