october-2010

DID YOU KNOW?
Saturday Night Live alumni Adam Sandler started a fi lm production company, Happy Madison,
in 1999. It is named after two of his early comedies, Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison
THE TWILIGHT SAGA:
PRINCE P OF PERSIA:
ECLIPSE THE T
SANDS OF TIME
THE A-TEAM
BANGKOK TRAFFIC (LOVE STORY)
THE SECRET
REUNION PG-13/E
DIRECTOR HUN JANG
STARRING KANG-HO SONG,
DONG-WON KANG
117 MINS K E-SUBS
A shooting rampage in the
heart of Seoul between a
North Korean spy and a
former South Korean agent
results in the latter getting
fi red and the former getting
deserted by his agency. Six
years later, the two meet by
chance and start a business
partnership, each bent on
stealing information from
the other.
PRINCE OF
PERSIA:
THE SANDS OF
TIME PG-13/E
DIRECTOR MIKE NEWELL
STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL,
GEMMA ARTERTON
116 MINS E G K CS
In medieval Persia a rogue
prince and a mysterious
princess race to safeguard an
ancient magical dagger that
is capable of releasing the
Sands of Time – a gift from
the gods that can reverse
time and allow its possessor
to rule the whole world.
This is a “handsome,
fast-paced and innocuous
adventure that’s easy to
take”, writes Hollywood
Reporter’s Ray Bennett.
THE A-TEAM PG-13/E
DIRECTOR JOE CARNAHAN
STARRING LIAM NEESON,
BRADLEY COOPER
119 MINS E G K-SUBS F
Four Iraq War veterans look
to clear their name with the
US military. This big-screen
adaptation of the hit 1980s
TV series is, as Laremy Legel
of Film.com, writes, “a solid
action fi lm”.
BANGKOK
TRAFFIC (LOVE
STORY) NR
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DIRECTOR ADISORN TRISIRIKASEM
STARRING SIRIN HORWANG,
THEERADEJ WONGPUAPAN
130 MINS T E-SUBS
An urban love story set
in central Bangkok where
30-year-old Mei Li struggles
to fi nd true love.
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CROSSING
HENNESSY PG/E
DIRECTOR IVY HO
STARRING JACKY CHEUNG,
WEI TANG
103 MINS C C-SUBS
E-SUBS
An unlikely friendship
blossoms between a happygo-lucky
electric appliance
store owner and a quiet,
stubborn girl-next-door,
when they are reluctantly
brought together on an
arranged date.
HOUSE FULL NR/E
DIRECTOR SAJID KHAN
STARRING AKSHAY KUMAR,
RITESH DESHMUKH
115 MINS H E-SUBS
The story of a jinxed man
who believes his bad luck
can vanish if he fi nds true
love. To give himself better
odds he pursues three girls,
and fi nds that in his quest
for happiness one lie turns
into another and leads to a
hilarious comedy of errors.
ROCKET SINGH:
SALESMAN OF
THE YEAR NR/E
DIRECTOR SHIMIT AMIN
STARRING RANBIR KAPOOR,
PREM CHOPRA
120 MINS H E-SUBS
Harpeet Singh Bedi is a
fresh graduate trying to
fi nd a balance between the
maddening demands of
the ‘professional’ way and
the way of his own heart.
With a condescending boss,
competitive colleagues
and a dream to excel, he
needs to fi nd his own path.
Rachel Saltz of The New York
Times describes Kapoor’s
portrayal of Harpreet as
“skilfully understated”.
TRIVIA
ALL ABOUT
TOY STORY 3
TOY STORY 3 IS THE HIGHEST-
GROSSING ANIMATED FILM OF
ALL TIME, RAKING IN CLOSE
TO US$1 BILLION AT THE BOX
OFFICE WORLDWIDE SINCE ITS
RELEASE IN JUNE 2010.
SEASONED ACTOR BLAKE
CLARK REPLACED JIM VARNEY
AS THE VOICE OF SLINKY DOG
AFTER THE ACTOR’S DEATH
IN 2003, SHORTLY AFTER
TOY STORY 2 WAS RELEASED.
COINCIDENTALLY, THE TWO
WERE GOOD FRIENDS
BARBIE AND KEN ARE
BASED ON 1984 VERSIONS
OF THEIR REAL-LIFE MATTEL
COUNTERPARTS. KEN IS
SHAPED AFTER ANIMAL LOVIN’
KEN, WHILE BARBIE’S OUTFIT
IS FASHIONED AFTER GREAT
SHAPE BARBIE’S.
ANDY’S LAST NAME, DAVIS,
IS FINALLY REVEALED IN THIS
LATEST TOY STORY INSTALMENT.
IT CAN BE SEEN ON HIS HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMA DURING
THE SCENE WHERE HE GAZES
AT AN OLD PHOTO OF HIM
PLAYING WITH THE TOYS ON A
BULLETIN BOARD.
. DURING INITIAL
DEVELOPMENT, THE
ANIMATORS REALISED NONE
OF THE ORIGINAL 3D GRAPHIC
FILES FROM TOY STORY COULD
BE OPENED AND WORKED ON.
THE TEAM HAD TO REPRODUCE
EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH.
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