R.I.P. Paul Gray

Paul Gray , the bassist from Slipknot was found dead in a room at the Town Plaza hotel in Iowa . Great bassist from a great band . He will be missed .

Godsmack news album : The Oracle

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After a 4 years break , Godsmack has a new album called The Oracle .

The album will contain
- “Cryin’ Like a Bitch”
- “Saints and Sinners”
- “War and Peace”
- “Love-Hate-Sex-Pain”
- “What If”
- “Devil’s Swing”
- “Good Day to Die”
- “Forever Shamed”
- “Shadow of a Soul”
- “The Oracle”

Whiskey Hangover , I blame you and The Departed will be songs that will appear in limited editions. )

The band describes the sound as the return of the original Godsmack .( Meaning heavy-er <> )
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The invisible movie review

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The invisible is a 2007 drama,thriller, romance movie directed by David S. Goyer ( who also directed The Unborn , wrote the screenplay for : The Crow: City of Angels , Blade II , Blade: Trinity , Batman Begins , The Dark Knight , Jumper . He was also hired to direct x-men origins : magneto and to write the screenplay for the next superman movie : The Man of Steel ;<<<) and starting Justin Chatwin (he was Goku in Dragonball Z and appeared in many movies such as War of the Worlds or TV series Lost ) and Margarita Levieva (Who also appeared in Adventureland) . The movie shows the story of a boy that gets in a coma and leaves his body. He tries to ask the others to find his body but nobody seems to hear him besides 1 person ( won’t spoil ) and animals . He find out what is really said about him by his back ,how trustable his friends are and how one’s “image” can be extremely deceiving . During the time he is not in his body , he changes his way of thinking and opinion about some of the people he knows . The movie contains a high moral message ,that I will let you to find out by seeing the movie , that is amplified by the drama that appears from time to time and especially in the end . This is a good movie for : – People that like romance movies – People that like movies that don’t deal with actually day-to-day governments – People that like a main character different than the typical teen – People that like movies with a little mystery in them This is not good for people : – The want strict 100% realism and science – proven facts – That expect a fight movie – That don’t want romance – That do not like the actors that appear in the movie – That don’t want a movie with mostly teens Conclusion : I liked the movie and I think it has a nice moral message . It shows that people are not always what they seem to be . I recommend this movie .

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Ghost Rider 2 might not include Nicolas Cage

It seems that Sony is about to lose their right on Ghost Rider soon , and , since they haven’t tought of a sequel soner and , also, they don’t want to lose their rights to the movie , they will be making a sequel fast . The second movie might not include Nicolas Cage because of his schedule .
The first movie was not one of my favourites. ( It could have been better .. , much better )
So.. will the new actor (if there will be a new actor ) be better than Nicolas Cage , or will the next movie be a fail ? We just have to wait and see.(or maybe it will be with Nicolas Cage and be a total win..who knows ? )

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Murderdolls reunion

Murderdolls members Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13 have announced the reunion of the band . Unfortunently the new line-up will not include Acey Slade , Eric Griffin and Ben Graves . Though Eric Griffin was asked to be part of the new line-up , he had to decline . Ben Graves was not asked to rejoin the band . The new album will be called Women and Children Last .
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Into the wild movie review

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Into the wild is an 2007 American drama movie that tells the story of Christopher McCandless (played by Emile Hirsch ). Christopher McCandless (real person ) made the decision to travel all the way to Alaska with almost no money . I won’t tell you his story since the movie is kinda like a biographical movie ,so,therefore,if I tell you the story of Christopher McCandless then I will spoil the movie .

The movie presents the life of a man who decided to run away from the banality of day to day life in an adventure that , probably , no one home would have tough it was achievable . He shows that ,with some difficulty , even the most unimaginable ideals can be achieved . He denies being part of a society who is tied to it’s materialism and wishes to get free from those bonds so he leaves everything behind to live in the wild .

Warning : This movie contains nudism but at a minimal level .

This is a good movie for :
People that like movies with :
-Rebellious people
-People against materialism
-Stories that show that even without money , a determined person can achieve a lot
-Travel stories
-Drama

This is not good for people that :
-Hate this kind of freedom
-Do not like hippies :\
-Don’t like drama movies

Conclusion : I found this movie to be very interesting and showed me that even if you are all alone without anything , you can find support and help from places you would never expect . I suggest you see this movie to find for yourself the story of “Alexander Supertramp” .
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2010 Hong Kong Film Awards

I have not seen most of nominee movies from 2010 Hong kong awards ( though some of then were on my planing list ) , but , I have seen Red Cliff wich was nominee (even won one of the awards ) so , I guess ,the others should be pretty good .
Best Film
Won by Bodyguards and Assassins
Best Director
Won by Teddy Chen ( Bodyguards and Assassins )
Best Screenplay
Won by Alex Law ( Echoes of the Rainbow)
Best Actor
Won by Simon Yam ( Echoes of the Rainbow)
Additional info : Simon Yam has played in extremely many movies . Among those movies there are also :The Storm Warriors (wich I did not see yet but I plan to ) , Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (i don’t remember it ,but I had the name put here because Lara Croft Tomb Raider rings a bell ) and many many others )
Best Actress
Won by Kara Hui (At the End of Daybreak ) (don’t know much about her)
Best Supporting Actor
Won by Nicholas Tse ( Bodyguards and Assassins )
Best Supporting Actress
Won by Michelle Ye (Accident)
Best New Performer
Won by Aarif Lee ( Echoes of the Rainbow )
Best Cinematography
Won by Arthur Wong (Bodyguards and Assassins)
additional info : Arthur Wong is a Award-Winning cinematographer . Among the movies he worked on is The Warlords , a story of 3 men becoming “brothers” and helping each other fight their way to success , and The Medallion wich I has been many times on TV)
Best Film Editing
Won by Kong Chi Leung and Chan Chi Wai (Overheard)
Best Art Direction
Won by Ken Mak ( Bodyguards and Assassins)
Best Costume Make Up Design
Won by Dora Ng Li Lo ( Bodyguards and Assassins)
Best Action Choreography
Won by Stephen Tung Wai and Lee Tat Chiu ( Bodyguards and Assassins)
Best Sound Design
Won by Steve Burgess and Wu Jiang ( Red Cliff II )
additional info : Red Cliff is a war movie based on a fight that happened in China .
Best Visual Effects
Won by Ng Yuen Fai, Chas Chau Chi Shing and Tam Kai Kwan (The Storm Warriors)
Best Original Film Score
Won by Chan Kwong Wing and Peter Kam ( Bodyguards and Assassins)
Best Original Film Song
It was Echoes of the Rainbow composed by Lowell Lo , with Alex Law as lyricist and Aarif Lee as singer
Best New Director
Cheung King Wai ( KJ: Music and Life)
Best Asian Film
Departures ( From japan)

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Arch Enemy at Faroe Islands

Arch Enemy will sing at Faroe Islands on July 16th .  They announce that they are extremly excited to visit the Islands .

The concert will be part of the G! festival .  Enjoy the show .

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Crows zero 1,2

Both crows zero 1 and 2 are directed by Takashi Miike . The movie is based on the manga Crows written by Hiroshi Takahashi . Though I did not read the manga I have to say the movie was pretty good . It is an action movie that tells the story of a very violent school named Suzuran . The movies don’t have only high school characters but also 2 yakuza boss and their men .

The first movie presents the fights inside Suzuran while the second presents the fight between Suzuran and another school . ( P.S. though most of the movie is placed inside schools..we rarely get to see actual teachers . I think we get to see them actually only once .)

The movie starts Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada as the main characters .
I must say that besides some parts that I do not agree with (there always are parts where I would have changed in pretty much all movies I have seen ) this is a good movie .

This is a good movie for :
People that like Japanese / Asian movies .
People that like seeing most of the action in schools
People that like action
People that like fighting
People that like seeing strange schools .

It would not be a good movie for :
People that do not like seeing violence .
People that like order in schools
People that want to see normal characters (as in normal hair, clothing , etc)
People that do not like Asian movies .
People that do not like blood.

Movie may contain :
Blood
Fighting
Destruction of property (:D)

Conclusion : It is a good movie though elderly people might not like it (for many reasons.. some might be that most of the characters are young , but , it depends on his/her preferences ) . The movie contains a lot of action and maybe even some drama and comedy . It shows the life of a student that tries to conquers a school as he struggles to achieve what his Yakuza leading father has not . He makes friends that he probably wouldn’t have thought of ever making and tries to aim for success .

P.S. No..I will not focus my movie reviews on Asian movies .

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R.I.P. Peter Steele

Type 0 negative lead singer (among with bassist ) Peter Steele  has passed away on April 14 2010 .  The  death cause is heart failure but  the official cause of death will be determined after autopsy .This is a big loss for gothic metal .  Rest in peace Peter Steele .