[INFO] Film Yang Release Minggu Ini (12 Januari 2008)

Beberapa film yang direlease minggu ini di indonesia (sampai dengan tanggal 12 Jan 2008) :

1408

Pemain : John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub
Produksi : Dimension Films
kategori : Horror, Thriller
Sinopsis : Hanya ada iblis di ruangan 1408 bersamamu.

Penulis novel horor Mike Enslin (cusack) hanya percaya dengan apa yang ia lihat dengan kedua matanya. Meskipun dirinya tidak mempercayai adanya hal-hal yang berbau mistis, ia mencoba untuk menginap di sebuah kamar hotel di New York untuk melengkapi penelitiannya. Ternyata kamar tersebut menyimpan kisah-kisah masa lalu yang menyeramkan. Dengan rasa ingin tahu yang tinggi untuk membuktikan bahwa kamar tersebut tidak berhantu seperti yang dikatakan orang, Enslin justru harus menghadapi kehidupan horor yang sebenarnya.

AMERICAN GANGSTER

Pemain : Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Carla Gugino, Common, TI, RZA, Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Yul Vazquez, Roger Bart
Produksi : Universal Pictures
kategori : Crime, Drama
Sinopsis : Diangkat dari kisah nyata tahun 1970-an di Harlem, Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) seorang supir yang pendiam dan sederhana dari seorang pimpinan pengedar narkoba di kota New York. Saat atasannya mengalami kehancuran, Frank masuk ke dalam bisnis haram tersebut, bahkan kesuksesannya melebihi sang atasan. Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), polisi yang memastikan akan membawa Frank ke pengadilan

IT'S A BOY GIRL THING

Pemain : Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Emily Hampshire, Libby Adams
Produksi : Icon Films
kategori : Comedy
Sinopsis : Dua orang tetangga yang saling membenci, suatu hari terbangun dan menemukan mereka berada disebuah tempat yang asing: tubuh mereka tertukar. Dalam kondisi pertukaran identitas tersebut, masing-masing ingin menghancurkan reputasi sang musuh di sekolah

KAWIN KONTRAK

Pemain : Ricky Harun, Heri Tjan, Dimas Aditya, Wiwid Gunawan, Masayu Anastasia, Dinda Kanyadewi, Lukman Sardi, Mieke Amalia, Unang Bagito
Produksi : MVP Pictures
kategori : Drama, Comedy, Romance, Asian
Sinopsis : The Gank, yang terdiri dari Rama (Dimas), Dika (Harry Tjan) serta Jodi (Ricky) sama-sama mempunyai satu obsesi, yakni merasakan nikmatnya seks tanpa "resiko", tanpa resiko hamil, tanpa harus kawin, resiko kepergok dan dihakimi warga bahkan resiko harus momong anak. Dan mereka sepakat cara termudah bagi mereka adalah Kawin Kontrak. Dengan bantuan Kang Sono (Lukman Sardi) yang merupakan perantara urusan kawin kontrak, mereka akhirnya melakukan kawin kontrak didepan penghulu Pak Aan (Unang) dan Bu Aan (Mieke Amalia) yang juga menjalankan bisnis penginapan dan penyediaan surat nikah.

Jody yang terobsesi dengan perempuan yang lebih tua (Grantophilia) kawin kontrak dengan Teh Euis (Wiwid) janda kembang beranak satu. Dika yang cenderung suka kekerasan (Masochist) memilih kawin kontrak dengan Rani (Masayu) yang lihai menggebuk kasur. Rama si playboy pemilih justru jatuh cinta dari pandangan pertama dengan kecantikan Isa (Dinda Kanya) yang natural. Kawin kontrak yang inginnya dijadikan sebagai jalan keluar justru menjadi awal dari petualangan libido yang penuh kelucuan dan kejutan bagi sang tiga jagoan dalam perjuangannya menaklukkan cewek idaman mereka.


Beberapa film yang release di luar negeri minggu ini :

27 DRESSES

Pemain : Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Ed Burns, Melora Hardin, Judy Greer
Produksi : 20th Century Fox
kategori : Comedy, Romance

FIRST SUNDAY

Pemain : Ice Cube, Regina Hall, Chi McBride, Loretta Devine, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Malinda Williams
Produksi : Screen Gems
kategori : Crime, Comedy

IN THE NAME OF THE KING: A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE

Pemain : Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, Burt Reynolds, Will Sanderson, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Brian J. White, Kristanna Loken, Gabrielle Rose
Produksi : Freestyle Releasing
kategori : Action, Adventure, Fantasy

TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE

Pemain : Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Willie Brand, George W. Bush, Greg D'Agostino, Carlotta Gall
Produksi : ThinkFilm
kategori : Documentary

THE PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING -- A VEGGIETALES MOVIE

Pemain : Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer
Produksi : Universal Pictures
kategori : Animation, Adventure

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR - REQUIEM (2008)

Synopsis in Bahasa :
Ketika sebuah pesawat Predator mendarat hancur di kota Colorado. Aliens di kapal itu lari kabur dan membunuh semua predator kecuali satu. Satu-satunya predator ini harus menghancurkam semua alien-alien yang hebat seperti yang pernah muncul di film pertamanya. Sementara penduduk kota yang tidak dapat melakukan apa-apa melihat pertarungan antara 2 mahluk mistik yang luar biasa. Perang pun berlanjut dari film pertamanya.

Synopsis in English :
Two Predators load several live Alien facehuggers and his dead comrade onto a ship, intending to return to the Predator homeworld. Unbeknown to him, the dead comrade was impregnated with an Alien before dying. The alien bursts from the corpse's chest, then quickly grows into a Predator-Alien hybrid (Tom Woodruff, Jr). The hybrid attacks the crew, killing them and forcing the ship to crash land in Gunnison, Colorado. Before one of the Predators is killed, he sends a distress call to the homeworld. His message is received by a Predator warrior (Ian Whyte) who immediately embarks on the journey to earth to rectify the situation. Meanwhile, the facehuggers escape from the crashed ship and impregnate a father and son hunting team (Kurt Max Runte and Liam James) and, later, two homeless men living in the sewer system. Read more...

Review in bahasa by Eric at Exodiac :
So, how about AVP 2 ? .... Simpy said, its garink abis ... tegang enggak, actionnya memorable enggak, ceritanya menarik juga enggak .... malah kebanyakan bumbu2 cerita ala sinetron imho ... cowok loser, jagoan yg baru dateng ke village tsb., ...... yah, boleh2 aja sih si filmmaker mo nambah unsur humanis di film ini .. tapi ya, penonton kan pasti nggak mengharapkan itu ... dari judulnya aja pasti yg diharapkan adalah kiprah sang predator dan para alien ...

Cuma satu fighting scene yg oke, saat si predator memainkan gadget2nya menhadapi serbuan alien di gorong2 ... tapi itupun kurang mantep ... sisanya? ga jelas fightingnya, fighting scenenya ikut2an pake gaya Batman Begins .. close-up shot dan kamera bergerak ngalor ngidul ampe ga kliatan siapa yg dipukul siapa yg mukul .. ditambah settingnya di tempat gelap dan sosok kedua monsternya hampir sama ..... padahal gue mo liat sosok si predalien .. hybrid antara predator & alien ... ternyata cuma gitu thok ...
.. Hollywood semakin lama semakin garink nih klo buat film ... klo dibanding film2 action jaman dulu payah deh ... padahal teknologi visual effect jaman sekarang dah jauhh di atas .... mungkin karena dimanja teknologi ini maka produser mengesampingkan sisi kekuatan cerita, mutu koreografi action scene dan penyutradaraan .....

Review by Ethan Alter at Film Journal :
It's a debate that has raged on playgrounds for decades: who could take whom in a fight, Batman versus Superman? The Hulk versus Thor? Strawberry Shortcake versus She-Ra, Princess of Power? Now some of the same kids who once argued over such schoolyard trivialities have grown up and run movie studios, which explains how we end up with pictures like Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, the second feature to pit the rasta-haired intergalactic bounty hunters that took on Arnold Schwarzenegger against the penis-headed space lizards that drove Sigourney Weaver to a fiery grave. You might be wondering why this particular grudge match requires two movies to resolve and the short answer is that it doesn't. But because the first film cleared $170 million worldwide, we're being treated to a second round anyway.

The good news is that Requiem is a leaner, more efficient picture than its excruciatingly dull predecessor, in which the title characters didn't even face off for the first time until the 60-minute mark. Incoming directors Colin and Greg Strause, making their feature debut after lengthy careers as F/X supervisors on such titles as Galaxy Quest and 300, understand that they are making a shlocky B-movie and, in fact, the film is modeled after drive-in staples like The Blob and It Came From Outer Space where the citizens of a small town are menaced by invading aliens in silly costumes. In this case, the small town is Crested Butte, Colorado, and the citizens are the usual stock types, including the clueless local sheriff (John Ortiz), the ex-con trying to go straight (Steven Pasquale), the dorky teenager (Johnny Lewis) and his much hotter love interest (Kristen Hager). In one of many tips of the hat to the Alien quadrilogy, there's also a Ripley-esque female soldier (Reiko Aylesworth) who spends most of the movie protecting her cute little girl (Ariel Gade). Read more...!

Review by Mark Dujsik :
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem is not so much a movie as much as it is a series of blurs and shapes moving quickly across a screen. People might enjoy it more if it were run out of focus, because then they might be able to blame shoddy theater management for hiring an inept projectionist instead of realizing they just threw down too much money (anything over a dollar is too much in this case, by the way) to watch a movie by people who don't know how to make a movie.

There's not a specific element of this movie I especially hate; it's kind of a collective thing. The characters are less than cardboard cutouts, existing solely to be killed after spouting a line or two of clichés. The creatures, once genuinely scary (the aliens) or sort of cool (the predators), are reduced to screeching blurs or barely lit silhouettes that are not scary, cool, or, in a lot of cases, even visible. Speaking of bad lighting, the whole movie seems to have been lit by lighting bug behind a foggy window, and don't get me started on the editing, which makes it impossible not only to follow the action but also to realize that there is anything resembling action happening on screen. Read more...!

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Overview :
Directors: Colin Strause/Greg Strause
Writers : Shane Salerno/Dan O'Bannon ("Alien" characters) ...
Release Date: 3 January 2008 (Indonesia)
Genre: Action / Horror / Sci-Fi more
Cast :

• Steven Pasquale ... Dallas
• Reiko Aylesworth ... Kelly
• John Ortiz ... Morales
• Johnny Lewis ... Ricky
• Ariel Gade ... Molly
• Kristen Hager ... Jesse
• Sam Trammell ... Tim
• Robert Joy ... Col. Stevens
• David Paetkau ... Dale
• Tom Woodruff Jr. ... Alien
• Ian Whyte ... Predator
• Chelah Horsdal ... Darcy
• Meshach Peters ... Curtis
• Matthew A. Ward ... Mark (as Matt Ward)
• Michal Suchánek ... Nick

INFO : Film yang Release minggu ini (4 Januari 2008)

Beberapa film yang direlease minggu ini di indonesia (sampai dengan tanggal 04 Jan 2008) :

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR - REQUIEM

Pemain : David Paetkau, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Reiko Aylesworth, Sam Trammell, Shareeka Epps, Steven Pasquale
Produksi : 20th Century Fox
kategori : Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Sinopsis : Ketika pesawat Predator medarat darurat di kota Colorado, para Alien melarikan diri dan membunuh semua Predator tanpa menyisakan satupun. Sejak itu Predator yang tersisa bertekad untuk menghancurkan semua Alien seperti yang terjadi pada kisah AVP pertama. Sementara itu para warga kota yang depresi karena berada di arena pertempuran dua makhluk luar angkasa ini. Bagaimanakah nasib para warga kota Colorado?

SUSAHNYA JADI PERAWAN

Pemain : Nova Eliza, Restu Sinaga, Tio Pakusadewo, Al Fathir, Julia Perez, Andra, Olga Syahputra, Emmi Lemmu
Produksi : Destiny Films
kategori : Drama, Asian
Sinopsis : Halle (Nova Eliza) adalah seorang musisi berbakat yang terpaksa bekerja sebagai pramusaji di sebuah bar untuk menghidupi dirinya. Frustasi dalam berkarir, kehidupan pribadinyapun tidak lebih baik . Kerap patah cinta, ditipu, ditinggal dan disakiti, ia menjadi sangsi atas ketulusan lelaki yang mendekatinya Untuk menghibur diri, ia mengisi acara di tempatnya bekerja, menyanyi dan membawakan lagu lagu ciptaannya.

Suatu hari aksinya menarik perhatian Andra (Dewa 19) dan Kevin Purba (Restu Sinaga) seorang produser musik dan langsung mengajaknya untuk bergabung di labelnya. Apa memang semudah itu menembus industri musik? Ataukah hanya kekecewaan yang menunggu Halle untuk kesekian kalinya?

THE GOLDEN COMPASS

Pemain : Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards
Produksi : New Line Cinema
kategori : Action, Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Sinopsis : Sebuah film pertama yang diangkat dari novel terlaris karya Philip Pullman, yaitu trilogi "His Dark Materials" yang terbagi menjadi "The Golden Compass", "The Subtle Knife" dan "The Amber Spyglass". Dalam film The Golden Compass, berkisah tentang perjalanan seorang anak perempuan, Lyra (Dakota Blue Richards) yang sangat jauh menuju ke Utara untuk menyelamatkan sahabatnya. Selama perjalanan, ia menemui makhluk-makhluk yang dapat berubah-ubah bentuk, tukang sihir dan bermacam-macam karakter dari segala penjuru dunia. Petualangan yang menarik menantinya, termasuk juga niat jahat dari orang maupun makhluk yang ditemuinya.



Beberapa film yang release di luar negeri minggu ini :

THE COUNTERFEITERS

Pemain : Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow
Produksi : Sony Classics
kategori : Drama
Sinopsis:
"The Counterfeiters" ("Die Fälscher" in German) is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog (Devid Striesow). Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger (August Diehl), is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones.

THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON

Pemain : Jonas Ball, Thomas A. McMahon, Robert C. Kirk, Krisha Fairchild
Produksi : IFC Films
kategori : Drama
Sinopsis:
A dramatization of Mark Champman's plan to murder John Lennon.

ONE MISSED CALL

Pemain : Ed Burns, Shannyn Sossamon, Ana Claudia Talancon, Ray Wise, Azura Skye, Johnny Lewis, Jason Beghe, Margaret Cho
Produksi : Warner Bros
kategori : Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Sinopsis:
What will it sound like when you die? In "One Missed Call," a chain of people receive terrifying cell phone messages of their own final fatal moments. Though the messages can be deleted, their number is up. Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon) is traumatized when she witnesses the gruesome deaths of two friends just days apart. Even more disturbing, she knows that both of them had received chilling cell phone messages-actual recordings of their own horrifying last moments. Impossibly, the calls were received days before they died, but each death occurred precisely when and how the messages foretold. The police think Beth is delusional-except for Detective Jack Andrews (Edward Burns) whose own sister was killed in a freak accident that bears a strange similarity to the deaths of Beth's friends. Together, Jack and Beth work feverishly to unravel the mystery behind the ominous calls. But even as they get closer to the truth, Beth's cell phone begins to ring with an eerie tune, and the readout says One Missed Call...