Artist: Nick Parkin
Genre(s):
Ambient
Discography:
Island Of Dust
Year: 1999
Tracks: 9
Descent
Year: 1996
Tracks: 9
Alanis Morissette's Entanglement Tastes Good...
Monday, 16 June 2008
Nick Parkin
Artist: Nick Parkin
Genre(s):
Ambient
Discography:
Island Of Dust
Year: 1999
Tracks: 9
Descent
Year: 1996
Tracks: 9
Alanis Morissette's Entanglement Tastes Good...
Stuntman killed on Woo movie set
A stuntman filming John Woo's new movie in Beijing was killed in a bizarre fire when a small boat rammed into the set of an ancient warship, state media said.
At least three people were injured in the accident during the shooting of the battle epic Chi Bi, or Red Cliff.
"The fire broke out early Monday morning when the crew were shooting a scene in which a small, smoking boat crashed with a large ancient war vessel," Xinhua news agency said.
At the point of collision, at which machines let out smoke, an unchoreographed flame jumped 30 metres into the air, the Beijing News said, citing crew at the northern Beijing location.
Woo, director of such hits as Face/Off and Mission Impossible II, was in Hong Kong at the time of the accident.
The film, adapted from China's classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is set in 208 AD in the dying days of the Han dynasty, culminating in the battle of Red Cliff in which 2,000 ships were burnt.
It stars Hong Kong's Tony Leung, the Chinese mainland's Zhang Fengyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro, whose father is from Japan and mother is from Taiwan.
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REVIEW: Wanted (18 TBC)
Wanted sees two rising stars getting their ‘big shot’: renowned Russian director Timur Bekmambetov (perhaps easier to remember as ‘the guy who directed Nightwatch’) directs his first English language movie, whilst young British star James McAvoy follows up hits Atonement and The Last King of Scotland with this action film, based on the comic book series by Mark Millar.
Wesley (McAvoy) is a loser. He works a job he loathes, sleeps with a girlfriend he hates, and generally does not leave much of an impression on the world. That is until Fox (Angelina Jolie) comes into his life. She finds him and introduces him to The Fraternity, a secret society of assassins who kill targets chosen by the mysterious Weavers. Their philosophy: kill one to save one thousand. Wesley’s late father (who left when he was two) was one of them, until he was killed by a renegade member. Wesley must be trained by Fox and The Fraternity’s leader, Sloane (Morgan Freeman) in their fighting techniques (which includes bending bullets) in order to seek out the renegade and get his revenge.
Wanted's plot feels like all three Matrix movies squished into one: a great opening; an action-heavy but so-so middle; and a disappointing final third. Whilst it’s unlikely that the Wachowski’s will be ringing their lawyers, there’s an awful lot of similarities, particularly a scene where Wesley has to shoot a fly(!). Freeman may as well have put on a leather jacket and whispered “Free your mind”. That said, there’s a lot of fun to be had here - no shocks, but a lot of big bangs, blood spurting and some genuinely funny gags.
McAvoy was an inspired choice as Wesley. Had this been, say, Paul Walker in the lead, this would have been a fraction of the film. Adeptly putting across his character’s pathetic/apathetic existence, you feel Wesley’s a genuine loser. The same can’t be said for Jolie, who gives an incredibly phoned in performance. She’s the eye-candy, simple as that. There’s one speech that attempts to flesh her out as a character, but it’s not enough. She looks good with a gun, and fantastic without any clothes on, but other than that she is redundant. Morgan Freeman is great, even though he’s here for the paycheque, and the only one who seems to have his tongue in his cheek. Hearing him swear is worth the ticket price alone.
Wanted is a great ride - bullets, babes, and tonnes of wish fulfilment for the frustrated male 9-to-fiver. However, it takes itself far too seriously, especially given its very silly script (again, we point you to the ‘shoot the fly’ scene). Great fun for a Saturday night, or for a slow weeknight when it’s out on DVD, but not the action movie reinvention that the brilliant trailers promised.
Dir: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman.
Release date: 27th June.
Wesley (McAvoy) is a loser. He works a job he loathes, sleeps with a girlfriend he hates, and generally does not leave much of an impression on the world. That is until Fox (Angelina Jolie) comes into his life. She finds him and introduces him to The Fraternity, a secret society of assassins who kill targets chosen by the mysterious Weavers. Their philosophy: kill one to save one thousand. Wesley’s late father (who left when he was two) was one of them, until he was killed by a renegade member. Wesley must be trained by Fox and The Fraternity’s leader, Sloane (Morgan Freeman) in their fighting techniques (which includes bending bullets) in order to seek out the renegade and get his revenge.
Wanted's plot feels like all three Matrix movies squished into one: a great opening; an action-heavy but so-so middle; and a disappointing final third. Whilst it’s unlikely that the Wachowski’s will be ringing their lawyers, there’s an awful lot of similarities, particularly a scene where Wesley has to shoot a fly(!). Freeman may as well have put on a leather jacket and whispered “Free your mind”. That said, there’s a lot of fun to be had here - no shocks, but a lot of big bangs, blood spurting and some genuinely funny gags.
McAvoy was an inspired choice as Wesley. Had this been, say, Paul Walker in the lead, this would have been a fraction of the film. Adeptly putting across his character’s pathetic/apathetic existence, you feel Wesley’s a genuine loser. The same can’t be said for Jolie, who gives an incredibly phoned in performance. She’s the eye-candy, simple as that. There’s one speech that attempts to flesh her out as a character, but it’s not enough. She looks good with a gun, and fantastic without any clothes on, but other than that she is redundant. Morgan Freeman is great, even though he’s here for the paycheque, and the only one who seems to have his tongue in his cheek. Hearing him swear is worth the ticket price alone.
Wanted is a great ride - bullets, babes, and tonnes of wish fulfilment for the frustrated male 9-to-fiver. However, it takes itself far too seriously, especially given its very silly script (again, we point you to the ‘shoot the fly’ scene). Great fun for a Saturday night, or for a slow weeknight when it’s out on DVD, but not the action movie reinvention that the brilliant trailers promised.
Dir: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman.
Release date: 27th June.
Artificial Intelligence
Artist: Artificial Intelligence
Genre(s):
Drum & Bass
Discography:
WR001
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
VRECSUK005
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
VRECS008
Year: 2005
Tracks: 1
Soul Good Embrace
Year: 2003
Tracks: 1
Britney Spears - Spears Gibson Meet Up At Cigar Bar
BRITNEY SPEARS and MEL GIBSON's odd friendship has continued following their Costa Rican holiday last month (May08) - the odd couple was spotted chatting at an exclusive Beverly Hills cigar
lounge on Tuesday night (10Jun08).
Spears and the movie star spent almost three hours talking at what appeared to be a business meeting at a members-only bar, called the Havana Club.
In a bid to avoid a paparazzi frenzy, both stars arrived separately as patrons were watching the Los Angeles Lakers/Boston Celtics basketball final on a big screen.
The bar has long been a favourite for smoking stars - Ben Affleck, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have all been known to frequent the Havana.
When Spears left with a business associate and her bodyguard, Gibson stayed at the bar for a further hour, leaving at about 11pm, according to People.com.
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