New movies for this week – i managed to get a sneak peek of it when they were putting it up tonight for tomorrow.   You all know that new releases comes out on Tuesdays right?   I am not very much into shows like the Clash of the Titans but I would definitely watch Warloads – i hope they have the cantonese version of it – that way the kids can watch in English and i can watch in Cantonese.  Jet Li is in this movie – i know it’s actually an old movie that got re dubbed into English – the movie is from 2007.

Repo Men is the other big movie that came out this week – I’m going to watch that too.  So look out for a review here shortly after this week.  Those who likes Jude Law – don’t forget to get it from your favorite local store.  Forest Whitaker – the guy who looks like a pug  – is also the other lead in the show.

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in Bounty Hunter and check out the binoculars Gerard Butler had in the movie!   Some equipment as a bounty hunter – i know my father-in-law who does bird watching would like to have something like that. Did i like the show?  yes definitely – and Jennifer Aniston whom everyone said cannot act seems to be doing better in this show – so do watch it and give her a chance.

A down and out ex-police officer Milo Boyd gets a job hunting down his ex-wife who is a reporter – Nicole (Jennifer).  Although he is still in love with her – he refused to admit it.  What i loved most about the movie was his ex-mother-in-law – now that the kind of mother-in-law I want to be.  Christine Baranski famed for A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1982 – she was hilarious.

So the two ex -es met in an awkward circumstances and both trying to outwit each other and in the end – they helped solved a mystery – and Nicole gets her “real” story – Milo got his friend back in the police officer they suspected of foul play and did they managed to find love again?  watch it if you want to know.  Recommended watching – and it can be a family show – but not too young please.

Crossing Hennessy has Jackie Cheung in the movie – and I’ve had it for a long, long time now – but was just waiting for the Cantonese version to come out on DVD.  The actress in this show is Tang Wei famed for that Tony Leung movie – Lust & Caution some few years ago – that created some controversy with her role as a spy and some explicit show of the skin and body.  You cannot deny that Tang Wei’s acting was pretty good.

Anyhow, Crossing Hennessy was a confusing movie to me – even though it was supposed to be a light hearted movie about Jacky Cheung who is the 41 yrs old son of an electrical appliances store owner.  It’s about fixed marriages – it’s about tradition and a little outta tradition since his mother got married like at 60 something years old which we don’t really see often in real life in Asia.

Although both Jacky and Tang Wei was seeing someone else then – when they were matched mate – something or was it fate that happened?  that brought them together and the mysterious “ah seng” – well – i still don’t really know whether he was for real after the end of the movie.  Did i enjoy it?  yup ! for sure – Maggie Cheung is also in it – so have fun watching it.   Here’s a preview of the show.

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So the kids and I went to see The Karate Kid with Jackie Chan in it and Jaden Smith – at first I didn’t really clued in who this kid was – till i saw the poster of him and Will Smith together.   Well, Jaden Smith was pretty good in the movie if you asked me – but i’m wondering now if people went to see the movie because of Jackie Chan or Jaden Smith? LOL!  Jaden in his own rights must be quite popular just because he is Will Smith’s kid right?   But Jackie Chan sure looked older than he is – now need he hunched the way he did in the movie?  So drama- rama right?  It’s funny to watch Jackie Chan speak in English and truth be told – i too sometimes mis-pronounced some words that can make one shy away from certain words.

Anyhow, lets come back to the movie – i had a few good hearty laugh and so did my kids.  My kids said we are so getting the movie when it comes out on DVD.  The movie was certainly interesting and showed a lot of parts of China – and China has definitely changed  tremendously.  A part of me is so proud but the other part – sad because i missed traveling.   But the show is for the entire family of any ages – i strongly recommend it because of all the good values in the show.

Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) is a 12-year-old living in Detroit when his mother Sherry (Taraji Henson) gets a job in China. Once in China, Dre misses home and wants to go back to the US. His mother tells him that China is home now, and he must learn to accept his new home. Dre begins to like China when he falls for his classmate Mei Ying (Wenwen Han). Dre’s feelings for Mei Ying are seen by Cheng (Zhenwei Wang) the class bully who is out to stop it. Cheng puts Dre to the ground with ease using his Kung Fu training. Dre doesn’t have a chance using the little karate that he knows, and Cheng proves it the next time he sees Dre. Dre is getting beaten badly when Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) the maintenance man, secretly a Kung Fu Master, stops the fight. Dre persuades Mr. Han to teach him Kung Fu. With this knowledge, Dre must now face down Cheng in a fight to win his respect in a Kung Fu tournament.

We were out looking for high risk life insurance for the outlaws – but instead got distracted and went to our favorite movie store downtown.  You see if you didn’t know by now – tuesdays are new movies days and we need to be the first one to grab the movies – since it is cheap here and they only have a few copies.

This week there are so many movies – it was quite eye boggling even for me an ardent movie fan.  The big one is The Bounty Hunter – which was a pretty good movie – i saw that one – then we have Saint John of Las Vegas, Greenbert,  Play the Game,  Happy Tears, Aegri Somnia,  Shark City,  Chloe, Coach, The Greatest.

We took a long time to decide if we should see The Greatest or watch Bounty Hunter again.   But we finally rented 2 of them. At $3 a night you can’t go wrong with that.

Next week or the weekend – we can rent the rest i guess.

Another awesome movie that I’ve had in the house for a long time but failed to find time to watch it till this week.  Actually, my best buddy reminded me to watch it while getting our bathroom fixtures – now how weird is that! Based on a true and extraordinary story  – Sandra Bullock portrays – the foster mom of Micheal Oher – who became a successful athlete.    What i found most extraordinary was how a rich woman would help someone whom she didn’t know at all and put her life in danger – by going to Micheal Oher old home – to look for him and even having a word or two with those drug dealers.  Some parts i find it so hard to believe – and the family that took Micheal in were too good to be true family.   It’s like WOW!!  are there kids like that..??   I do like the movie – and everyone should watch it but like i said – the real Leigh Ann must be a really, really incredible woman – wanna be like her.

I have mixed feelings for this show – why?  and watched it while applying the  best under eye cream for dark circles.  On one hand I can understand what Samuel Jackson was doing – on the other hand – I think it is wrong. But if it was for the greater good – wouldn’t you do what you have to – to save thousands of life?  I would and I don’t think it is wrong – even though – if it meant hurting people you don’t want to or morally wrong – to save thousands of other children.

I don’t think it was a huge budget movie – because the movie revolved only one dirty and big looking building – but Samuel Jackson – of course did a awesome protrayer or this monster who seems to be able to do anything just to get results – but on the other hand is willing to do anything for his own kids – and keep them away from anything bad – even hearing bad stuff was not ok in his house. So if you are watching it make sure no kids are around – because it get gross and awful – and ugly and bloody – need i say more?

The movie “Unthinkable” is a psychological thriller centered around a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent who press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons sets to detonate in the U.S.

It’s funny how one can come across all sorts of movies/tv shows while shopping for patio furniture – you see – they always have some movies playing to entice you to sit and try the furniture.  Anyhow, that was where we came across The Good Guys.  I didn’t think much of it after – but the spouse – well, you know he is always looking out for movies where the entire family can watch together especially the boys.

The Good Guys is like an old school cop tv sitcom – very much like Cagney &  Lacey from the 80s – but not quite the same.   Anyhow, this tv sitcom started in May and we’ve already watched quite a few episodes  and although it isn’t a spectacular tv show – it is definitely funny in some ways and a show that the entire family can watch.   But Jack Bailey’s ex – g/f  (Jenny Wade) is definitely stunning looking if you asked me.  Can watch but if you didn’t  – then you didn’t miss nothing.

We were out looking for extended laptop warranty at Staples and Walmart and had no intention to buy any movies when this sitcom keeps sticking its cover right at our face.  So since it was on sale for less than $30 for the entire Season 1 – we bought it just because.

They had an interesting packaging for the sitcom and i had thought it was going to be a bit like Californication but I was wrong.  We just started watching it yesterday and went thru’ 3 episodes in one night but boy! it was a slow, slow start – i just hopes it gets better really soon with Season 2 just out last week.

So the story is about Ray ( i’ve never seen him before) who is divorced and broke, who also burned his house down and have the most ugly twins as children and his ex – wife Ann Heche (she i recognized immediately) who ran away with a friend – a successful dermatologist and kinda going crazy.   With not much options, he went for a seminar to get rich to find out from a friend with benefits that his greatest asset is his D.I.C.K.

So while trying to pimp him – his friend Tanya – not very successful in life – begin the Happiness Consultants with him but not without a lot of trouble and heartache.  They were being cheated by a woman who is arrogant and obnoxious.  I really won’t recommend to buy the dvd like i did – but to watch it on HBO if you can first.  The second season just started – and i’m hoping it will get better.

This isn’t a new show at all but while the spouse was looking for video cards, i happened to see this on sale in a local video store and bought this.  I was sure i’ve watched this before but since it was Steve Martin – i just had to watch it and collect it.  If you don’t know by now – I love Steve Martin – he is hilarious.

Anyhooo, the show was based on Steve Martin’s best-selling novella and it’s a chick flick for sure!!  like the show said Shop Girl is about a Shop Girl played by Claire Danes from The Family Stone who is also an aspiring artist working behind a glove counter at a Beverly Hills shopping mall.  Meeting 2 guys from different back ground – Shop Girl needs to choose between two guys.   For me – it’s an easy choice – what about you?  The rich older fella or the Jeremy Schwartzmann who don’t seem to have a proper career but young and good looking. If you haven’t watched the show – go ahead and rent one or like myself buy it for $5 – can’t go wrong with just a $5 movie right?