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January 26, 201212 years ago

OVO By Cirque Du Soleil is sexy, flexible, humorous, romantic and colorful

By Jenny Alvarez

Interview & photos By Alfonso De Elías.

Photos promotion;cortesi:  Cirque Du Soleil’s

Opening night of OVO (egg) was a magical experience with an equally magical setting under the big top one of the best Cirque shows that I have seen, of course this shows consisted of more acrobatic performances and is filled with surprises.

The show is about two hours long with 20 minutes. Intermission and involves different bugs and insects and their costumes were amazing and super creative with colorful costumes, humorous with a great orchestration, comedic sideshows and loving. So in OVO, a mysterious egg appears and all the insects are amazed and curious about it, brought to them by this new insect that is a bit different from everyone else.  And when he meets the ladybug amidst their midst, it’s love at first sight between the two of them.  Crew had tons of man holes in the stage itself, used a wall and over course had some spectacular mid air acts with cricket jumpers, contortionists, balancing, trampoline, and trapeze acts, a spider woman, and the cute bug couple on the single rope (this one with incredible flexibility in their bodies). Many people didn’t understand the real meaning of that Egg, OVO means Egg but It was still a little confusing as to what it meant. Nothing hatched from it so maybe it was supposed to be a food source or not.

Cheering the performers on audience was truly awesome experience, of course all as in Cirque Du Soleil’s phenomenally modern and unique style with an upper class circus event. Two thumbs up for this show!!!

 

 

 

 

 

January 25, 201212 years ago

THE IMMORTAL was MORTAL in the World Tour of Michael Jackson by Cirque Du Soleil

By Jenny Alvarez

Photo Cortesy: Cirque du Soleil

Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour will be in Anaheim, from January 24 – 25, 2012 at Honda Center, and in Los Angeles, from January 27 – 29, 2012 at the Staples Center.

 

 

 

 

It was the perfect tribute to a true immortal but some acrobatics were weak, the music wasn’t just a greatest hits but there were some songs that weren’t released in the United States that were used in the production. Speaking of music, combines Michael Jackson music and choreography with Cirque du Soleil creativity to give fans worldwide a unique view into the spirit, passion and heart of the artistic genius who forever transformed global pop culture, adding a fresh enhanced soundtrack to his original songs made it better. Besides, in some parts of the performance there were lack of choreography but the good thing, all the special effects were wonderful and impressive. There also was a large video screen in back of the performers which often showed trees, waterfalls, and other scenes, some of them had connection to the rest of the performance mainly with Jackson’s life. This show was written and directed by Jamie King, the leading concert director in Pop music with a musical band in life, and featured more than 60 international dancers, musicians and acrobats. Their costumes were elaborate, flashy, lighted and changing colors in the dark and were fantastic, but the quality of the show wasn’t worth it at all, especially with the loud sound!

 

 

January 24, 201212 years ago

Academy Awards nominees 2012

Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced in  January 24th by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar® nominee Jennifer Lawrence.

Sherak and Lawrence, who was nominated for an Academy Award® for her lead performance in “Winter’s Bone,” announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at 5:38 a.m. Lists of nominations in all categories were distributed in the following order:

 

 

 

Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”

George Clooney in “The Descendants”

Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”

Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”

Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”

Nick Nolte in “Warrior”

Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”

Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”

Viola Davis in “The Help”

Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”

Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”

Jessica Chastain in “The Help”

Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”

Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”

Octavia Spencer in “The Help”

Animated Feature Film

“A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli

“Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal

“Kung Fu Panda 2” Jennifer Yuh Nelson

“Puss in Boots” Chris Miller

“Rango” Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

“The Artist” Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

“Hugo” Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

“Midnight in Paris” Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil

“War Horse” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

“The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth

“Hugo” Robert Richardson

“The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki

“War Horse” Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

“Anonymous” Lisy Christl

“The Artist” Mark Bridges

“Hugo” Sandy Powell

“Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor

“W.E.” Arianne Phillips

Directing

“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius

“The Descendants” Alexander Payne

“Hugo” Martin Scorsese

“Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen

“The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

“Hell and Back Again” Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner

“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman

“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

“Pina” Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel

“Undefeated” TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin

“God Is the Bigger Elvis” Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson

“Incident in New Baghdad”James Spione

“Saving Face” Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

“The Artist” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius

“The Descendants” Kevin Tent

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

“Hugo” Thelma Schoonmaker

“Moneyball” Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

“Bullhead” Belgium

“Footnote” Israel

“In Darkness” Poland

“Monsieur Lazhar” Canada

“A Separation” Iran

Makeup

“Albert Nobbs” Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

“The Iron Lady” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

“The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams

“The Artist” Ludovic Bource

“Hugo” Howard Shore

“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias

“War Horse” John Williams

Music (Original Song)

“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie

“Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

“The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer

“The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers

“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer

“The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers

“Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers

“Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers

“Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers

“The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined

“War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

“Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon

“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

“La Luna” Enrico Casarosa

“A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe

“Wild Life” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

“Pentecost” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane

“Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren

“The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George

“Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey

“Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

“Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce

“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl

“War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson

“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

“Moneyball” Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin

“War Horse” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson

“Hugo” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning

“Real Steel” Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

“Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan

“The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

“Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin

“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius

“Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig

“Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor

“Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen

“A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi

 

January 24, 201212 years ago

Reel Steel is the best movie ever is now at home

By Jenny Alvarez

Real Steel is starring Hugh Jackman is launched in Blu-ray and DVD, Digital and On Demand on January 24th, 2012. This visually stunning action –adventure filled with hurt and soul includes 3 Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack with Dolby Digital Audio with close captions in different languages.

Charlie Kenton (Jackman) used to make his living as a boxer. He was good but not a super-elite pugilist. Now he makes his living in robot boxing, which replaces humans with big hulking pieces of metal controlled by humans. The child as an authority has enough maturity or more than Charlie but both have a dilemma with robots have replaced humans in the boxing world. In this movie you will see familiar values between a father with his son, courage, challenges, so in general is a good family movie for older kids (in my opinion over 10 years).Adrenaline is an element seen in many scenes at the end just to catch my breath even the ending wasn’t quite what I was expecting, but looking back I think I liked it better for that. There are also funny moments in some scenes that you will be thoroughly entertained so again it is a great movie with futuristic style.

 

January 24, 201212 years ago

Paranormal Activity 3 another movie with the same plot

By Jenny Alvarez

This master piece takes audiences back to where it all began with the masterminds behind the first two films returning to craft a hauntingly chilling follow up. This horror film arrives on January 24th in a Blu ray&DVD combo pack that includes Master Audio in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese with subtitles in the same languages. With Ultraviolet, consumers can easily add movies to their digital devices with a new way to collect and enjoy movies.

When I saw this movie legitimately scared me, especially when this invisible friend named Tobi who has some connection with the little daughters. This movie is for skeptic people when an invisible figure emerges from the dust, so the story is more clever than good, it has good shootings but the end is full of mystery with an all too explicit explication for what’s been going on. Although, I’m not a fan of these movies, this one is playing with our own fears of things that go bump in the night. Definitely, is not a familiar movie and I’m less interested in watching the 4th entry (according to some rumors) because by now this needs some closure.

 

 

 

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