Tuesday 23 November 2010

Sky Line!





Written by: Universal pictures

CERFICIATE 15 (TBC)

This New scientific film out is all about extraterrestrial beings, aliens invading earth the universe.

The story was set primarily in Los Angeles USA, where most end days or scientific films are often set.

These wired aliens arrived one early morning about 4.30am unexpectedly, setting up camps above all major cities of the world. Pumping out blaze blue ray kind of light from their giant ship toward the ground, causing an early sunrise of which anyone closer in their house couldn’t believe it was morning already. Most looking at the time was curious about the time, then were carried away with the beautiful blue light that makes their eyes turn milky white and inflames blood vessels, prominently pronouncing them on the skin and holds them captive. The ship’s brilliant glow transfixes anyone staring at it long enough for them to be literally sucked off their feet and into the vesse’ls innards. The Aliens threatening to hoover mankind from existence as every hoover take at once every living being in a particular city living noting but just cars and houses.
What are they doing with humans?
Our heroes, some local LA resident’s, Jarrod (Balfour), Terry (Faison) and Elaine (Thompson), planed an escape for survival which is to run out of the city where the unreal is happening, not knowing that it is taking part in all parts of the world. But how can they exit the 20 story building with even smart cars when these aliens are everywhere with their lights and mostly little devil monsters swimming around on ground level. this made the chances of any one on earth surviving appear to be somewhere between really slim and none.


Taking a chance of staying in the paint house of the tall building didin’t help that much, thou they understood what was happing from there, knew they didn’t have much time to waist, because the monsters were now finding their way into the building and claiming human lives.

 What was it were they doing with humans again? Oh yeah! They sucks out humans brain, which glows blue and uses it to replace the damaged or worn out brain they have been using. Basically they use human brains as a means of strength and energy which fully revives them when damaged. The world appeared to be a jackpot for them, and they came to take as much fuel, resourses as they can find. "maybe this is might be what the Strause brothers think".






Lovers of scientific and Alien invasion films would find this film quiet entertaining and kept them waiting because usually in every invasion films mostly aliens, there is always a little narrow way out or the actors discovers an achihill of the mosters and uses it against them, but on this films, viewers kept hoping to see something to hook on to for a way out earlier in time and wouldn't find any "i didn't". "Skyline adds to them with an eerie sense of impending doom".

Special effects gurus Colin and Greg Strause, who also directed Aliens vs Predator in 2007, and worked on high profile films under their company Hydraulx such a "2012","Day after tomorrow", "300", "Avatar", and many more has set out to create the ultimate invasion tale, literally laying siege to the entire system, using their own special effects company. The film was made under a year and didn't cost much. Colin and Greg proved to their viewers that they can not only direct but can put together a whole film on their own.
The project began filming in February 2010 throughout March 31.This film was completely finance by the Strause brothers, they’ve only sought assistance from a major studio to help with distribution. It is also going to be the Strause brothers first film in a series, which will include at least one other film “now i know why it ended the way it did”.
The film was almost entirely shot in the apartment block where Greg Strause lives, in Marna Del Rey, California. The physical production was about five hundred thousand dollars, while the visual effects that total the budget was around ten to twenty million.With the background in special effects, the film actually has over 800 virtual effects shots, more than most studio blockbusters.The film was release on 12/11/2010 in North America and United kingdom and hopefully a sequel coming soon!

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Sunday 14 November 2010

Michael Douglas,His life today


Michael Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United states in September 25, 1944. He was the first son of actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress Diana Dill.


Michael Douglas is an American actor and producer since 1966 until present. He started his film career in the late 60s and early 70s appearing in little know films like Hail, Hero and Summertree. His first significant role came in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco from 1972 to 1976 where he stared along side with Karl Malden who became his mentor until her death on July 1, 2009.

Douglas‘s acting career propelled to fame when he starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy Romancing the Stone. The film was a respectable hit and earned over $86,572,238 worldwide in box –office receipts and an additional $36 million in video rentals. Being successful was followed by a sequel a year later in 1985 The Jewel of the Nile. 1987 opened more doors for him as he stared in the thriller Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close. And that was the same year when he played tycoon Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street. He received an Academy Award as Best Actor that year.

In his personal life, Douglas married Diandra Luker, 14 years his junior after 6 weeks of dating and had a son with her called Cameron. He got involve with serious skiing accident which sidelined his acting career for three years. Diandra divorced him in late 2009, then he met and Married Catherin Zeta-Jones the Welsh actress in November 2000, she was 25 years his younger. They had two children Dylan Michael and Carys Zeta.

There was an announcement on August 2010, that Douglas was suffering from throat cancer and will undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment. At the end of that same month, Douglas aired on Late Night Show with David Letterman and confirmed that the cancer is at an advanced stage.

The 66 year old actor is really worried about his illness which he revealed has spread beyond its original tumour and has advanced to more area than expected. He felt bad as he said the cancer was caused by a lifetime of drinking and smoking. He is still currently undergoing treatments of Chemotherapy and puts his survival odds at around 80%.

He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards. He was Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009 and the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

He just came back recently this 2010 with the sequel, reprised his role as Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps which was also directed by Oliver Stone. He came back with great energy and amazing experience. He was a legend in the film as his fans waited to see how he will take the sequel. He won plaudits for reprising the role of Gekko. The film premiered at 2010 Cannes film festival.

Today, the legend has been recuperating from the side effect of chemotherapy and radiation, he is looking thin and frail, prompting speculation his health has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. His 31 year old son is serving time in Lewisburg federal Prison Camp and is expected to be released in December 2013, they are hoping he could get out a year early if he completes a prison drug-treatment program.

Michael Douglas have stared in fourthly three films and six documentaries, he also have two more films on the making which are due in 2011. As a film legend and a great actor loved by many, what has the future got for him?



References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Douglas

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000140/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/01/michael-douglas-cancer-spread


http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/11/photos-michael-douglas-catherine-zeta-jones-take-a-bite-out-big-apple