Surpassing its popular prequel Eragon, this second volume in the Inheritance trilogy shows growing maturity and skill on the part of its very young author, who was only seventeen when the first volume was published in 2003. The story is solidly in the tradition (some might say derivative) of the classic heroic quest fantasy, with the predictable cast of dwarves, elves, and dragons--but also including some imaginatively creepy creatures of evil.
The land of Alagaesia is suffering under the Empire of the wicked Galbatorix, and Eragon and his dragon Saphira, last of the Riders, are the only hope. But Eragon is young and has much to learn, and so he is sent off to the elven forest city of Ellesmera, where he and Saphira are tutored in magic, battle skills, and the ancient language by the wise former Rider Oromis and his elderly dragon Glaedr. Meanwhile, back at Carvahall, Eragon's home, his cousin Roran is the target of a siege by the hideous Ra'zac, and he must lead the villagers on a desperate escape over the mountains. The two narratives move toward a massive battle with the forces of Galbatorix, where Eragon learns a shocking secret about his parentage and commits himself to saving his people.

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, J.K. Simmons.
Directed by: Sam Raimi.
Written by: David Koepp

Based on the legendary flagship character of Marvel comics, this is the story of Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), a geeky high school student living with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben after the death of his parents when he was just a baby. He's an avid student with a much-less-than-stellar social life and a knack for bad luck. While attending a scientific demonstration, a freak accident bombards a stray spider with radiation, and that same spider finds its way onto the unsuspecting Peter's body and bites him, miraculously granting him incredible spider-like abilities; in effect, turning him into the amazing Spider-Man. Peter will find that there's a thin line between an ordinary man and an extraordinary hero; and he'll have to be the one to cross it as he does battle with the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) and tries to win the love of his next door neighbour Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst}.

As relentless as the taciturn titular villain, The Terminator (1984) established James Cameron as a master of action, special effects, and quasi-mythic narrative intrigue, while turning Arnold Schwarzenegger into the hard-body star of the 1980s.

When the villains of Kung Fu Hustle introduce themselves with a swishy line dance, you know you’re in for something special. No it’s not the latest Baz Luhrman musical; it’s the new Hong Kong film from actor/writer/director Stephen Chow.

The well choreographed bad guys are “The Axe Gang”, and they’ve just finished killing off their gangland competition. They call the city’s ineffective cops out of hiding to pick up the bodies, and go back to celebrating. It’s 1940’s Shanghai and they have the run of the town. Enter Sing (Stephen Chow), a wannabe gangster and two bit crook. In the poor neighborhood of “Pig Sty Alley” he attempts to con a barber out of some cash. He botches everything and suddenly the whole Axe Gang is declaring war on the residents of “Pig Sty”, with the mewling, prat-fall prone Sing stuck somewhere around the edges.

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The creative and financial successes of two franchises - Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings - have changed the way in which fantasy is viewed by movie-goers. Once a genre pigeonholed as fit only for Dungeons & Dragons nerds, fantasy has gone mainstream. So why has 20th Century Fox released this embarrassment - whose quality would be dubious for a direct-to-video release - into theaters? Eragon, based on the inexplicably popular by-the-numbers fantasy novel written by then-teenager Christopher Paolini, is a throwback to the Dungeons & Dragons movie crapfest of 2000. It's hard to imagine anyone having the patience to sit through this movie except perhaps a handful of 11-year old boys seeking vicarious wish fulfillment.

The Unborn looks like a ghost story, feels like a ghost story, and kinda sounds like a ghost story, but it's dead on arrival. Because writer/director David S. Goyer has been associated with a host of projects with which I have a natural affinity, I was cautiously optimistic that his fourth directorial outing (after ZigZag, Blade: Trinity, and The Invisible) might reflect more of the pulpy, noirish mood and momentum that are evident in some of the best scripts for which he's been credited in part or in whole (Dark City, Blade II, Batman Begins).

Instead, all the juice has been drained from The Unborn. Not even the sight of the lovely, lean and fit Odette Yustman, whose last name became Yowza! when the trailer and pics first hit the net, can salvage the film from mediocrity.

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Director: Yip Wing-Kin
Producer: Jeremy K.P. Cheung, Song Dai
Action: Louis Fan Siu-Wong
Cast: Vanness Wu, Lam Chi-Chung, Chan Kwok-Kwan, Tin Kai-Man, Emme Wong Yi-Man, Leung Siu-Lung, Louis Fan Siu-Wong, Lee Wai (Li Hui), Max Zhang, Cheung Man-Kit
t's cheap cinema deja vu. The My Way Films-produced martial arts movie Kung Fu Fighter looks enormously like Kung Fu Hustle, from the English title to the Chinese title font, to the costumes, sets, situations, and even the actors, many of whom were in Kung Fu Hustle, and some play similar roles here. Lam Chi-Chung is the portly sidekick, while Chan Kwok-Kwan is a suit-wearing, goatee-sporting gang boss. Tin Kai-Man was Chan Kwok-Kwan's lackey in Kung Fu Hustle, but here he's a gang boss. Leung Siu-Lung, the big bad from Kung Fu Hustle gets a role-reversal and plays a good guy this time. And lovely Lee Wai, who wasn't in Kung Fu Hustle, but appeared as the girl who slipped on a banana peel in Shaolin Soccer, shows up as a cheongsam-wearing bad girl. There's your Six Degrees of Stephen Chow update, which may constitute 25% of the audience's interest in Kung Fu Fighter....

Release Group: SAPHiRE
Release Name: The.Informers.LIMITED.DVDRip.XviD-SAPHiRE
Filename: sph-informers.avi
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Source: DVD
Size: 700 MB
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Video: Xvid | 624256
Audio: 142 kbps 2ch VBR MP3
Runtime: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 1,080 votes
Directed By: Gregor Jordan
Starring: , Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke

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