On a slightly lighter note, a review of ‘Pursuit of Happyness‘, a story of a man’s determination to make a better life for himself and his son. It stars Will Smith and his son and is based on a true story.

Will Smith truly makes this movie. It is his best performance ever. He really got into the emotion of the role. The ambitions and sacrifices and pain of the father. If you have seen it already – that scene in the bathroom! Wow. So much is said by the expressions on Will Smith’s face.

Congratulations to Will Smith on an outstanding performance. I have intense respect for him as an actor, and the story itself will inspire you to seek out greatness in your own life too.

Here is the trailer:

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Last week we saw ‘Children of Men‘, and I am truly convinced it should win as best movie of the year. I cannot see another movie topping it.

It is an intense, moving and depressing movie. It feels historical in its accuracy, even though it portrays the future – it is an extension of our actions into the future and a reflection of the human condition and our obvious social flaws. It is so much more than just a movie about infertility.

I spent most of my time gripping the seat and probably rarely blinked. It was just amazing.

The production company is giving very little push to this movie. Why, I am not sure. Obviously, a great deal of money went into making it – the effects, the score, the actors. Yet, how many people know what it’s about? Have seen a preview?

I think it’s one of those movies you have to see. It will teach you something about yourself and the capabilities of mankind and the outcome of our ill ways.

Here is the trailer:

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The Smurfs are getting a movie!! Scratch that, a trilogy!

According to MovieHole, it will be a 3D movie.

Kerner says he has been researching the popular 80s cartoon extensively. “Having seen all 234 episodes of the show, numerous times, Herb Ratner and I have been working really hard at looking where all the holes were in the episodes – ya’know, like all of a sudden another woman appears, it’s not just smurfette – and what we’ve done is we’ve plugged all those holes in a trilogy of three movies, and we reveal things as we go along”.

“They’re all so very protective of [The Smurfs], so it took me five years of negotiation to get the rights. And then, they were very uncertain about what story we wanted to tell – we weren’t going to tell them until we had the rights, either. Then we got the rights on everyone’s faith that they also had an ability to veto, and presented them with the treatment. They just loved it. To be told that they loved it – not just liked it – and to be told that [creator] Peyo would’ve loved it, is a huge blessing and a great thing to have happen”.

The “Smurfs” trilogy will be “the animated Lord of the Rings – through the world of these idiots. Because they’re sweet characters but they’re goofs. It’s a comic version, but still very heartfelt, version of Lord of the Rings – though not literally Lord of the Rings, but an epic story like that.”

The fan favourite to voice the character of Gargamel seems to be John Lithgow. “Very interesting”, smiles Kerner. “I love John Lithgow”.

Gargamel’s back-story is going to be fully examined in the film trilogy. We’ll learn “[more] about Gargamel and Smurf Soup and how all that began and what really goes on in that castle. What his backstory really was. There’s an all-powerful wizard… there’s all sorts of things that get revealed as we go along”.

Do you think the theatre will be kids or 80s tv show fans like me?

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Peter Jackson has announced that he will not be making The Hobbit, due to differences with New Line Cinema.

However, The Hobbit will be made. I don’t know how I feel about having The Hobbit made by somebody other than Peter Jackson.

Here is a portion of the explanation:

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and his partner, Fran Walsh, won’t be tackling a film version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit or a second proposed Rings prequel film after New Line told them the studio would be seeking another director, Jackson and Walsh told fans on the OneRing.net Web site. Jackson said that New Line producer Mark Ordesky told Jackson’s manager, Ken Kamins, that the studio was moving ahead with the project without Jackson and Walsh because the pair declined to agree to do The Hobbit as a condition of settling a lawsuit against New Line to recoup income from the Rings films.

"We have always said that we do not want to discuss The Hobbit with New Line until the lawsuit over New Line’s accounting practices is resolved," Jackson and Walsh wrote. But Michael Lynne, co-president of New Line Cinema, insisted that Jackson and Walsh commit to the project before the studio would settle the suit. When Jackson and Walsh declined, "Mark Ordesky called Ken and told him that New Line would no longer be requiring our services on The Hobbit and the LOTR ‘prequel,’" Jackson and Walsh wrote. "This was a courtesy call to let us know that the studio was now actively looking to hire another filmmaker for both projects." [SciFi Wire]

Read the full statement from TheOneRing

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Mission Stardust, a SF/Horror/Fantasy film from 1967.

Mission Stardust, with a four man crew commanded by Major Perry Rhodan, is launched to the Moon. But the rocket is pulled off course by a ship containing two female aliens from the planet Archon who are looking for another humanoid race to breed with. One of the aliens is diagnosed with leukemia so Rhodan arranges a rescue mission to obtain an experimental cure from a doctor in Mombassa. But the mission is endangered by the Kenyan army and international criminals who want to get their hands on the Archons plentiful supply of diamonds. [Moria]

Check it out here on YouTube (how they uploaded a 95 minute video, I have no idea!):

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