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Showing posts with label les miserables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label les miserables. Show all posts

January 14, 2013

Les Misérables movie review

one word is not enough to discuss the grandeur of the movie Les Misérables which makes a buzz in the Philippines today. after a very unfortunate incident from last week's screening, every body still looked forward to seeing it finally.
so this one word is just: WOW! i've really anticipated for the performances by Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Russell Crowe as Inspector Javert, Amanda Seyfried as Cosette, Samantha Barks as Eponine, Eddie Redmayne as Marius, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen as the Thénardiers. all the cast had their own spectacular scenes and musical numbers. vocals are amazing and worked pretty well except for Russell Crowe who didn't have that vocal power among the rest. but he still stood out for that. haha!
among all the cast, Amanda Seyfried had the sweetest voice. but it was just used for their scene with Marius. and the most powerful was from Fantine. Anne Hathaway and Samantha Barks delivered the most emotional songs which i felt very well for the first time.
as for the make up and prosthetics, they were really executed very well especially for Hugh. adding to it when he dedicatedly lose some pounds for the Valjean role. Russell Crowe as Javert was different from Geoffrey Rush's delivery which was more obsessed in finding Valjean. but his death was more solid that Rush's.

well i hope you would also enjoy Les Miserables in the way i loved it. i'd like to see it again soon. :)

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January 11, 2013

OSCAR 2013 nominations

the countdown on night that will tell who's the best among the rest has finally began. the Academy has officially announced the contenders for this year's Oscar Awards. well surprisingly, The Hobbit didn't get the nominations for Best Picture. it's unusual for me because The Lord of the Rings trilogy got the Best Picture and Best Direction for a Feature film with Peter Jackson.
but now, as it was lately announced, i am so happy to see many of the movies i've seen were nominated. Argo, Life of Pi, Mirror Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsman, Skyfall are the movies that i saw from the past year. and the other movies like Zero Dark Thirty and Silver Linings Playbook are yet to be seen. hope they can get it her in the Philippines soon so everybody can check.

here are a partial list of nominees:

Best Picture - Amour, Argo, Beasts of Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln), Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Joaquin Phoenix (The Master), Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Actress in a Leading Role - Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin (Argo), Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master), Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Adams (The Master), Sally Field (Lincoln), Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables), Helen Hunt (The Sessions), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Director - Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

i cannot bet on my choices since i haven't seen them all. but it will be great to know if the movies i've seen gets major awards. to get the full list of nominations, you can check the Academy Awards website. the awarding ceremonies will be commenced on February 26 2013.

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November 13, 2012

the cast of LES MISERABLES

we're counting down the days to Christmas and to all Broadway musical fans, LES MISERABLES is the ultimate movie blowout. with the most-loved cast of Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Amanda Seyfried as Cossette, the dream definitely came into reality.
below are the cast photos that were recently released.

LES MISERABLES is a story of a paroled prisoner Jean Valjean who seeks liberty for him and the people at the time of the French Revolution. this is the latest adoptation of the musical inspired by the novel by Victor Hugo.

opening December 25 2012 in the USA and January 23 2013 in the Philippines, LES MISERABLES is directed by Academy Award-winner Tom Hooper and distributed by Solar Entertainment Corporation.

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September 28, 2012

SOLAR ENTERTAINMENT movie line up for 2013

Solar Entertainment Corporation and United International Pictures releases their movie line up for 2013! im really excited and very much looking forward to these movies.

starting off with a Tom Cruise movie, Jack Reacher, is based on a novel by Jim Grant (Lee Child) about an ex-military homicide investigator. he seeks truth behind what seems an open-and-shut murder case after a trained military sniper is arrested for shooting five random victims. release date: January 8 2013
the classic from Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, ia a heartwarming musical set in France in 1862. starring my favorite actors, Hugh Jackman (Jean Valjean), Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway and Helene Bonham Carter, Les Miserables opens in the Philippines on January 16, 2013.
another children's story in an older and fiercer setting, Jeremy Renner (Hansel) and Gemma Anderton (Gretel) are bounty hunters off to kill all wicked witches in the world. this action, comedy, fantasy movie is set to be in theaters January 23 2013.
Quentin Tarantino and his violent artistry is back with Man With the Iron Fists. he closes the month and opens the blockbuster about a blacksmith who makes weapons for inhabitants of a village in feudal China. RZA, Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and Jamie Chung stars in this movie opening on January 30 2013.
Denzel Washington saves an aircraft from crashing in the movie Flight, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something not quite right. opening on February 13, 2013.
what's it like to be 40? ask Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann in this post-valentine comedy, This is 40. joining them are Jason Segel and Megan Fox.
circus extravaganza comes to the silver screen! Cirque Du Soleil Worlds Away comes in 3D on February 27 2013. but seeing it live is still the best!
you've changed to be a woman. Jason Bateman can't even believe this when a woman takes his identity in this upcoming comedy, Identity Thief. see the game starting March 6 2013.
and for all Channing Tatum fans, he's back with GI JOE: Retaliation. Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson joins him in fighting Cobra and will contend with threats within the government that jeopardize their existence. blasting on March 30 2013.
missed Steven Spielberg? how about his Jurassic Park? the famous dinosaur theme park goes 3D on April 3 2013.
another Tom Cruise movie, Oblivion, is an action-sci-fi adventure about a veteran soldier who was sent to a distant planet to destroy the remains of an alien race. then an unexpected traveler causes him to question what he know about the planet, his mission and himself. see it April 18 2013.
Star Trek gets its sequel from the 2009 reboot. Star Trek Into Darkness stars Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg among others. opens May 16 2013.
the original cast of The Fast and the Furious franchise is back on its sixth installment. Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez hits the road again with the kick-ass cars starting May 24 2013.
World War Z. Z for zombies. Brad Pitt is a UN representative doing a report on the great zombie war. he interviews survivors in the wake of World War Z. on June 20 2013, prepare to escape.
Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) and Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor Johnson) goes separately in a conflict of interest. as Hit Girl tries to lead a normal and peaceful life, the other forms a team of superheroes. in an occurrence of the rise of new super villains, the two gets back together. Kick-Ass 2 kicks ass on June 26 2013.
Ryan Reynolds takes on a comedy as a police of the Rest in Peace Department or R.I.P.D. - a security force hunting down lurking ghosts who are not yet ready to depart this world. July 17 2013 starts recruitment for new officers.
and minions are back! bananas please! Gru (Steve Carell) and his three adopted orphans were in for a new adventure in Despicable Me 2 showing on July 3 2013!

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June 1, 2012

LES MISERABLES 2012 trailer released

the dream lives on this Christmas as Universal Pictures revives the well-loved musical Les Miserables in the movie screens. from the novel of the same title telling a story during the French Revolution in 1832.
involving a powerhouse cast with Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, Anne Hathaway as Fantine and Amanda Seyfried as Cosette. directed by Tom Hooper, this will probably spark the theater fans to rush to the ticket houses and reserve their slots until it is sold out. i've never seen this on stage but the one with Liam Neeson is quite good.

Hugh Jackman (Valjean) and Russell Crowe (Javert)

the musical on stage lasts about 3 hours so maybe does this movie. but i suggest that you have to stick on the message of it and see yourself in the situation of the cast. you'll hunger for justice and liberty for you and your children. the story will very much reflect of what the society experiences today.

in the teaser trailer that was released recently, we will hear Anne Hathaway performing I Dreamed A Dream. we'll see different scenes from the movie too. i remember Uma Thurman and Geoffrey Rush doing the same thing as with Liam Neeson.

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