Baby River was just too cute not to blog about. This is the first pic I see of Keri Russel’s baby, and awwwwwwww… x’D
Isn’t River adorable?
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The nominations for the Screen Actors Guild are in! Marion got a nod, woohoo!
Other nominations include, Ryan Gosling, Javier Bardem, Ellen Page, Julie Christie, etc.
Having Gosling for a SAG nod and not Johnny ups his chances for a GG win, non?
For a complete list of nominees, go here.
xD
I was ready to go to bed, when I decided to check imdb for something I can’t even remember now. I had promised myself I would cut down on gossip, but it’s impossible… Especially when you read headlines like Younger Spears Pregnant.
This will be the topic to talk about on MSN. Lol’ Just like Britney was MSN talk during the VMA.
To read all the articles, just check all gossip sites… they are bound to have countless posts on it already. Perez Hilton, Hate to love that… can’t stand his site, but it’s guaranteed to post fast. – Fave site, Lainey’s Gossip… she will probably have something on it by noon, with all the Pacific Time thing being 3hrs behind…
Must get rid of this small adrenaline rush now.
‘Nuff Said.
I’ve heart Christopher Gorham since I saw him on Popular. I’ve always melted while seeing him on screen, ha! and I’m so glad he’s doing so good as Henry on Ugly Betty.
But I saw him first!! Ha~ xD
We can all be jealous of Anel Lopez-Gorham. She’s so lucky, eh?
Here are some pics I’ve found.
*EDIT*
Images were offline so decided to find them again, and post. Hope you enjoy!
Ok, I admit it. OotP is the first Harry Potter film on DVD I’m not buying, as well as the first HP soundtrack that I’m not getting…
I didn’t even remember the DVD came out this past week, so I decided to check some of the reviews. It was interesting to see some complaining about the technical aspects of the discs, so I thought it important to write about.
wakecowboy writes about buying two different copies just to see if his dvd was damaged.
i bought another widescreen harry potter dvd from a different store, the first came from wall-mart, the second from best-buy.
same thing…at times, the images are so bad, faces are blurry and unrecognizable, sometimes the background wall-paper is over their faces.
terrible, terrible job of dubbing.
Ryan Rowley writes about how bad the video quality is, even if he enjoyed the film.
I thought I knew what I was getting when I bought this movie. I had watch it in the theater and was excited to watch on the big screen in my home. During the opening sequence I knew something was amiss and it just got worse from there. The video quality is the worst I have seen on a recent release highly touted movie.
Descent also writes about the technical aspects.
As for the DVD itself, generally you will see a smattering of special features on a primary disc with additional details added to a second disc. Not the case here. There is absolutely nothing on the primary disc but the film itself. This would be acceptable if the technical quality of the film was outstanding. It’s not. Far from it.
HPFan wrote too…
Think twice before ordering the two-disc Special Edition Order of the Phoenix in wide screen;
the DVD-Rom stuff works poorly or not at all on Macs; the menu designs are terrible;
there is no director or actor commentary; there is no real addtional information on the movie
except an extended piece of fluff with the character Tonks; a cheesy edit your own movie bit
is a waste of space. This DVD seems really thrown together in a hurry.
Important to note that I’m not even posting reviews based on the film, but the DVD in itself. I think one of the users pointed out that maybe this is happening so users are encouraged to get the HD version instead. However, the HD version seems as poorly transfered.
LOL’!
For real, did a quiz a while ago (meaning 2 days) – and supposedly got top scores!
See there… 100% in 1min 35secs… WTF is that! Feeling cheated xD
Follow up to this post~
This is the current list:
- Across the Universe (2007)
- The Other Boleyn Girl (Hopefully 2007)
- Goya’s Ghost (2007?)
- My Blueberry Nights (2007?)
- The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
- I’m a Cyborg, but it’s OK (2007???)
- Martian Child (Oct 26, 2007)
- The Savages (Sept. 7, 2007)
- Fido (Jun. 15th)
- Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (Jun. 1st)
- Becoming Jane (Aug. 3)
- Rocket Science (Aug. 10)
- Margot at the Wedding (Oct. 19)
- Paprika (out now)
Adding these titles…
- Persepolis
- No Country for Old Men
- Juno
- Gone Baby Gone
- Lars and the Real Girl
- El Orfanato
Been meaning to update my list for a long while…
Currently playing Darren Hayes with On the Verge of Something Wonderful.
On my most recent iTunes library, are:
- Akira Mitake
- Amel Bent
- Backstreet Boys
- Celtic Woman
- Christophe Mae
- Christophe Willem
- Chromeo
- Eberg
- Five for Fighting
- Juanes
- Justice
- Kent
- Los Campesinos!
- Maria Mena
- Radiohead
- Rajaton
- St. Vincent
- Tegan and Sara
- Vanessa Paradis
- Westlife
This is a follow-up of these posts:
Grammy Nominees were announce, but won’t post (full list here)
Music was pretty much disappointing this year, only counting with what’s nominated, xD~ However, still decided to pick some… starting from the categories at the bottom of the list… the ones no one cares much about, but I do.
Producer of the Year Non-Classical – I’m guessing Timbaland… but would like seeing Mark Ronson there.
Best Song for Motion Picture – It so totally has to be Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova from the Once Soundtrack.
Best Score – It probably is Babel, but I would like Pan’s Labyrinth.
Best Soundtrack – ONCE… like, TOTALLY.
Other winners would be, Vince Gill for Country Album if wanting a chance to win the nod on Album of the Year. Dierks Bentley for Country song, if winning Best Male Country… though Stupid Boy by Keith Urban would be cool~ Duo country, Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson with their cooler version of Clarkson’s own Because of You.
The Eagles, because… well, it’s them. Would love Alison Krauss winning Female Country, but probably Carrie Underwood will get that if she wants a chance at Song of the Year. Kanye West will probably dominate the Rap category… I’m suspecting Foo Fighters winning in the Rock categories to up the chances of them winning Album and Record of the Year~~~ Also White Stripes for Icky Thump (even though I would like Lily Allen or Bjork for Alternative Album)… Feist for Pop Album, to up her chances for Best New Artist – I just don’t like Amy Winehouse, but she’s got the most chances solely based on buzz.
Would love love Christina Aguilera for Candyman… but would settle for Feist with 12345 if that means that would up her chances at beating Winehouse for New Artist. Timbaland’s song with Furtado and Timberlake is probably a shoo in…
Justice for D.A.N.C.E – awesome song from Cross… hope that also wins for Video because that video is so rocking! Michael Buble for Pop Vocal or Traditional yara-yara Album Call Me Irresponsable even though he’s an ass for cheating on Emily Blunt.
U2 for Windows in the Skies… which should’ve also been nominated for the video.
Song of the Year, Like a Star by Corinne Bailey Rae just because I dun want any of the others winning. xD
Oh, yeah! And Amy was there for the 4.20pm show~~ Amy needed her fix of Northern Lights. There weren’t many people then, and even though it was a subtitled version, there were a few kids… one of them was annoying! Talking all throughout the film… kinda cute (bordering on ‘I want to kill that kid’), but really bad-looking on the parent there who couldn’t shut him up.
Quick facts about Amy and His Dark Materials Trilogy:
- Northern Lights (aka Golden Compass) was suggested by a friend who knew I liked Harry Potter.
- After a while, I finally got the books at the beginning of the year.
- Couldn’t control myself, and had to read one after the other.
- Amy’s not a die-hard fan of HDM Trilogy, but it’s become her favorite series overall.
- Amy liked the series so much, she gave her friend the trilogy as a gift. She liked it too.
Overall, the film was pretty good, except for the Flash pace. It is not as much as an editing fault because the film is not jumping, but many of the scenes don’t really flow… as, let say – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban artistically flows… or how Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is so choppy it makes you feel there’s a whole scene missing in between.
Now, onto the good stuff. Effects are pretty good. Iorek is great, though I think Ragnar (aka in the book as Iofur) looked better. The bear fight had me gasping, even though there was no blood… if there had been blood, I would’ve been even more so. I loved Eva Green as Serafina Pekkala… and oh! the Witches are so cool!! They flew and fought with such elegance, it left me in awe. I also loved Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter… evil or not, you have to love her. Dakota Blue Richards did pretty great as Lyra, there were times I thought it was not as good, but scenes like the one in Bolsvangar were very dramatic.
I enjoyed the confrontation at Bolsvangar, even though it’s not quite epic… it was quite thrilling. The kids running, about to be attacked then Iorek shows up and BAM! SNAP! The Witches show up, arrows begin flying… golden sparkles, SWOOSH! And the Gypsies SNAP SNAP!
Would love to watch that again… or wouldn’t mind some blood on the bears, uncensored version, non? x’D How about a Director’s Cut?? Because I would’ve love to have 30min more of it… especially since the film didn’t include the OH SO OMG ending chapter (or chapters…) but I guess it would’ve been unfair to have movie-goers wait for The Subtle Knife to hit theaters in 2009… or maybe even forever if GC bombs at the Box Office. Better leave this with no cliff-hanger…
Grade: 3.5/5 – (docked a whole point for fast-pacing)
