26. toukokuuta 2014

Species - Peto -

A message from outer space contains instructions on how to modify human DNA.

Planeetta 51

Planeetta 51:n asukit kokevat vihreän elämänsä hurjimman yllätyksen, kun heidän takapihallensa tipahtaa alus suoraan avaruudesta ja vieläpä kesken parhainta grillausaikaa. Muukalainen on nimeltään Chuck - reipas astronautti ja tyttöjen idoli planeetalta Maa. 51:n asukit luulevat Chuckia invaasiohirmuksi, jolla on pahat mielessään. Tästä alkaa hurja seikkailu takaa-ajoineen ja kommelluksineen, jotka naurattavat niin isoja kuin pieniä katsojia.

Sikin Sokin Saduissa 2

Hulvattomat Mambo ja Munk säätävät jälleen! Nyt uudet kuviot muuttavat Lumikin ja muiden tuttujen satuhahmojen seikkailuja aiheuttaen harmaita hiuksia juonittelevalle noidalle. Miten käy uudelleen järjestetyssä hyvän ja pahan välisessä kamppailussa ja saako paha palkkansa?

Sikin Sokin Saduissa 1

Hyvän ja pahan tasapaino on koetuksella satumaassa, kun Velho lähtee Skotlantiin golfaamaan ja jättää assistenttinsa Munkin ja Mambon vastuuseen onnellisista lopuista. Tuhkimo, jota myös Ellaksi kutsutaan, on helisemässä. Hänen paras ystävänsä, palatsin tiskaaja Rick, tykkää Ellasta, muttei kehtaa myöntää sitä. Ella puolestaan haluaisi illan tanssiaisiin unelmiensa prinssin kanssa.

Suunnitelmat pettävät pahan kerran, kun Ellan ilkeä äitipuoli Frieda puuttuu peliin ja tarinat lähtevät väärille raiteille. Pystyykö hyvä voittamaan pahan vai onko onnellinen loppu ikuisesti hakusessa?

Kummelistories

Kummeli Stories on vuonna 1995 ilmestynyt ensimmäinen Kummeli-ryhmän elokuva. Kummeli Stories oli vuoden 1995 toiseksi katsotuin kotimainen elokuva. Elokuva on myös esitetty neliosaisena sarjana ensimmäisen kerran syksyllä 1996 Yle TV2:ssa. Sarjaa varten kuvattiin lisäsketsejä, joita ei itse elokuvassa ollut. Varsinainen elokuva esitettiin ensimmäistä kertaa kokonaisuudessaan televisiossa kesällä 2000 Yle TV2:ssa. Kummeli Stories julkaistiin DVD:nä 26. marraskuuta 2004.


18. toukokuuta 2014

Monster In Paris

A Monster in Paris (French: Un monstre à Paris) is a 2011 French 3D animated musical adventure filmdirected by Bibo Bergeron based on a story he wrote. The film has received fairly positive reviews. Some aspects of the film are (very loosely) based onGaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera.

Plot:
The film is set in 1910. The story begins by documenting the flooding of the River Seine that year.

Shy projectionist Emile has a passion for film and is in love with his coworker at the cinema, Maud, but has trouble admitting his true feelings. His friend, an exuberant inventor and delivery driver, Raoul, picks him up from work to transport him in his bizarre vehicle (called "Catherine"), to pick up a new belt for his projector, which was broken due to Emile's inattentiveness while daydreaming. In the process of purchasing a new belt, Emile also gets himself a new camera (which almost gets stolen by a thief). The story also introduces Lucille, Raoul's childhood friend, who is a cabaret singer at the club L'Oiseau Rare ("The Rare Bird"). Though she is a successful singer, her aunt Carlotta does everything to push her into the arms of the wealthy Police commissioner, Victor Maynott, a man consumed by pride and ambition.

One evening, Raoul brings Emile with him to make a delivery to the Botanical Gardens. In the absence of the Professor who works there, the place is guarded by his assistant, a proboscis monkey named Charles. Seizing the opportunity to browse through the laboratory, Raoul experiments with an "Atomize-a-Tune" mixture which temporarily gives Charles the voice of an opera singer and an unstable "super fertilizer" which grows a sunflower seed into a giant sunflower in the blink of an eye. Its sudden growth left it unstable, and it starts to topple towards Raoul and Emile. In the ensuing chaos, an explosion occurs due to the mixing of the two chemicals. Everyone comes out unscathed, but Emile is convinced he has glimpsed a monstrous creature (which is in fact recorded on camera). The next day, the creature is featured in the newspapers.




An investigation is made into the whereabouts of the creature by Maynott's second in command, Paté, but is fronted by Maynott, who uses it as a scheme to maintain fear in Paris and increase his chance of being elected in the upcoming mayoral elections. At the same time, he tries unsuccessfully to seduce Lucille. Meanwhile, Lucille is trying to find a new musician for her show, and turns down the cabaret’s waiter, Albert (due to his terrible singing). Whilst trying to vacate the cabaret, Albert stumbles across the creature and tries to get back into the cabaret with no success and flees terrified. Lucille opens the door and accidentally pushes the creature aside into the alleyway after finding it curiously playing with the doorbell. Upon seeing the creature, she flees in an initial state of panic, but later hears the creature sing ("A Monster in Paris") and discovers it is not dangerous but has a lovely singing voice. She welcomes it into her dressing room, and gives it the name, Francœur (meaning "honest heart"), the name of the street where she had found it. The creature is nothing but a flea that the fertilizer, amidst all the other chemicals in laboratory explosion, caused to grow to human scale.

During the ongoing investigation, Emile and Raoul's secret of the laboratory incident is discovered and they are arrested. Brought before Maynott, Emile and Raoul think they are going to prison, but due to Maynott's interest in the creature, they are commended as heroes and are given the Medal of Honor. On a challenge he had been set earlier by Lucille during an altercation, Raoul uses the badge as an advantage to get the best seats at Lucille's show at the Rare Bird, which she had promised him. When the show starts, Francœur's skill in playing a guitar brings a new twist to Lucille's song and they both sing together as a duet. After the show, Emile and Raoul come to congratulate Lucille on her show, but upon been greeted by the musician, Lucille reveals the identity of Francœur. In the ensuing surprise, Albert overhears the situation and reports it to the police in an act of jealousy. The police arrive at the cabaret searching for the creature, but Emile, Raoul and Francœur narrowly escape and Albert is framed and arrested for lying to the police.

The following day, Maynott opens the MontmartreFunicular, which serves Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur. The trio, along with Francœur and Charles decide to use this opportunity as a way of staging the death of the creature. Things do not go according to plan as Maynott, his pride now turned to corruption, discovers the creature hiding under the trap door of the stage. Trying to escape, Francœur and friends are chased through the streets of Paris by the insane Maynott, who is hellbent on the death of Francœur, even if it means killing Francœur's friends in the process. A chase ensues, involving an airship and "Catherine". The chase concludes at the tip of the Eiffel tower. Meanwhile, Maud, who Emile finally had the courage to make a date with, also arrives there. After a battle to protect Francœur from Maynott, the fertilizer wears off, but a gunshot from Maynott and Francœur's disappearance leads everyone to believe he is dead. Despite believing that he has finally rid himself of Francœur, the megalomaniacal Maynott is then arrested by Paté on the basis that Francœur is innocent. Emile and Maud fall into each other's arms.

Later that evening Lucille is distraught after the "death" of Francœur. Lucille is hesitant to sing her number onstage, but Raoul convinces her to sing anyway. Whilst struggling to begin singing, she hears a humming in her ear, which appears to be Francœur still alive, as he perched on her earring singing to her ("Just a Little Kiss will Do"). Some time later, the Professor who was absent earlier returns from his trip, and when the three friends explain the situation, he makes a new mixture that permanently returns Francœur to human size. Francœur receives second billing on the posters advertising for Lucille's show. Lucille and Raoul share nostalgia for a childhood memory, and confess their true feelings for each other. They share their first kiss in Lucille's dressing room.

In a post-credits scene, Raoul, Lucille, Francœur, Maud, Emile, Charles, Carlotta and Paté (riding the airship from earlier) scatter super-fertilized sunflower seeds to help drain the flooded Seine. In a second scene, Maynott is shown in the same cell as Albert and the camera thief from the movie's beginning, where he is forced to endure their appalling singing.

18. huhtikuuta 2014

Stargate

Tähtiportti (engl.Stargate SG-1) on vuonna 1994 julkaistuun samannimiseen scifi-elokuvaan perustuva kanadalais-yhdysvaltalainen tv-sarja. Tähtiportti-sarjaa tehtiin vuodesta 1997 lähtien kymmenen tuotantokautta. Sarjaa kuvattiin Vancouverissa, Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassa. Tähtiportti SG-1 piti hallussaan kaikkien aikojen pisimpään jatkuneen pohjoisamerikkalaisen scifi-televisiosarjan titteliä kunnes Smallville ohitti sen neljällä jaksolla vuonna 2010.

aikka sarjan tuotanto lopetettiin kymmenen tuotantokauden jälkeen Tähtiportin tarina jatkuu suoraan DVD:lle tulevilla elokuvilla, joita on tullut vuoden 2008 loppuun mennessä kaksi. Ensimmäinen DVD-elokuva Stargate: The Ark of Truth on jatkoa sarjan 10. kaudelle ja toinen Stargate Continuum on irrallinen tarina. Sarjan tekijät haluaisivat tehdä tulevaisuudessa vähintään yhden Tähtiportti-elokuvan vuodessa.  Suomessa sarjaa on esitetty MTV3- ja SubTV-kanavilla viidennen kauden loppuun asti. 6. tuotantokauden jaksot alkoivat Subilla toukokuussa 2010. Tähtiportti on saanut kolme spin-off -sarjaa. Käsikirjoittajat aikoivat myös korvata alkuperäisen Tähtiportti-sarjan 8. kauden jälkeen sarjalla Stargate Command.  mutta Sci Fi Channel päätti tuolloin jatkaa sarjaa kymmenenteen kauteensa.

Suuren suosionsa vuoksi Tähtiporttia on myös parodioitu lukuisia kertoja. Muun muassa televisiosarja South Parkin 11. tuotantokauden jaksossa 11 Mielikuvitusmaa osa II (engl. Imaginationland pt. II) esiintyy Yhdysvaltojen hallituksen salainen, vuosikymmeniä vanha portaaliprojekti, joka on jo kohtauksen taustamusiikinkin perusteella täysi parodia Tähtiportista

Seed of Chucky

Chuck (Brad Dourif) and Tiff (Jennifer Tilly) return, resurrected by their son (Billy Boyd), and hit Hollywood in the fifth film of the CHILD'S PLAY series.

Whisper

Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

13. huhtikuuta 2014

The Ringer

The Ringer is a 2005 comedy starring Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, Christina Cartwright, and Brian Cox with cameos by Terry Funk and Jesse Ventura. Directed by Barry W. Blaustein, it was produced by the Farrelly brothers. The film was released on December 23, 2005 by Fox Searchlight.

Plot:
Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville) hates his job but after over two years of working, receives a promotion. His first duty is to fire his friend Stavi, who is the janitor. Steve fires Stavi, but hires him to work around his apartment. Stavi gets three fingers cut off in a lawn-mower accident, and reveals that he does not have health insurance. Steve must raise $28,000 within two weeks to pay for the surgery to re-attach his friend's fingers. His uncle Gary (Brian Cox), owes $40,000 in gambling debts and suggests that they fix the Special Olympics in San Marcos, Texas in order to solve both of their financial problems. Steve, who competed in track and field in high school as well as being in the drama club, enters the Special Olympics in the guise of a high functioning young man with learning difficulties named Jeffy Dahmor. Gary, assuming that Steve will easily defeat the legitimate contenders, bets $100,000 that reigning champion Jimmy Washington will not win the gold medal. Despite initially being disgusted at pretending to be mentally challenged, Steve goes along with it for Stavi.

During the competition, Steve falls in love with Lynn (Katherine Heigl), a volunteer for the Special Olympics. During this time, six of the other contestants see through Steve's ruse. Since they hate the egotistical, arrogant champion Jimmy and want to see him lose, they decide to help Steve defeat Jimmy. Steve begins to feel guilty for his actions, and tries to confess his sins to a priest but is instead beaten up.

At the final competition, Steve does not actually win; his friend Glen does, with Steve coming in third behind Jimmy. During the medal ceremony Steve admits that he is not developmentally disabled, reveals his actual name, and that he does not deserve his medal. He then gives his medal to Thomas, who had come in fourth. Uncle Gary still ends up winning his bet, since the condition was that Jimmy would not win. Lynn, upset at Steve for lying, slaps him.

Six months later, Steve has quit his job and is working in theater, helping produce a play with the friends he made during the Special Olympics, as well as Stavi, who got his fingers reattached. Glen and the others trick Lynn into coming to the theater, so Steve starts to apologize. Lynn, who was originally shocked at the ruse, already forgives him because Stavi told her why Steve pretended to be developmentally disabled. Lynn is relieved, and they kiss.

During the end credits, the play of Romeo and Juliet is performed which ends with the Kids of Widney High performing Arethra Franklin's "Respect".

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid on vuonna 2010 valmistunut kung fu -elokuva, jonka on ohjannut Harald Zwart. Elokuvan pääosissa nähdään Jackie Chan ja näyttelijä Will Smithin poika Jaden Smith. Se on uusintaversio samannimisestä elokuvasta vuodelta 1984 ja sai ensi-iltansa Yhdysvalloissa 11. kesäkuuta 2010.

Teinitähti Justin Bieber laulaa Jaden Smithin kanssa laulun "Never Say Never". Musiikkivideolla näytetään pieniä pätkiä elokuvasta.

Poutapilviä ja lihapullakuuroja 2

Poutapilviä ja lihapullakuuroja 2 jatkaa siitä, mihin Sony Pictures Animationin edellinen samanniminen herkullinen komedia jäi. Keksijä Flint Lockwood luuli pelastaneensa maailman tuhotessaan kuuluisimman keksintönsä - koneen, joka teki vedestä ruokaa aiheuttaen samalla juustopurilaiskuuroja ja spagettitornadoja. Flint saa kuitenkin pian tietää, ettei hänen keksintönsä itse asiassa tuhoutunutkaan, vaan nyt se valmistaa ruokaeläimiä! Flintin ja hänen ystäviensä seikkailunnälkä kasvaa syödessä, kun he käyvät taisteluun tacokrokoja, rapuapinoita, hippopottuja, hampparihämiksiä ja muita ruokaotuksia vastaan pelastaakseen maailman – taas kerran!

Suomenkielisinä ääninä: Lari Halme (Flint), Paula Vesala (Sam), Juha Paananen (Tim), Sami Uotila (Brent), Sasu Moilanen (Earl), Antti Jaakola (Manny), Kari Arffman (Chester V), Hanna Kaila (Barb), Katja Aakkula (Fran), Aku Laitinen (Mayor), Joel Bonsdorff (Cal). Suomenkielisen version ohjaus Samuel Harjanne.

The Year of Getting to Know Us

The Year of Getting to Know Us is a comedy drama film directed by Patrick Sisam and starring Tom Arnold, Jimmy Fallon, Lucy Liu and Sharon Stone. It premiered at 24 January 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival.

Plot:
Christopher Rocket is a man loyal to his work but unable to fulfill his girlfriend Anne or anything else in his personal life. He came back to his homeland after his estranged father Tom Rocket suffers a stroke. Jane Rocket, his mother, is a central figure in his dysfunctional past.

Madagascar

Madagascar on DreamWorks Animationin tietokoneanimaatio vuodelta 2005. Elokuva kertoo Central Park Zoon asukkaista, jotka ovat viettäneet koko elämänsä vankeudessa. He joutuvat laivan haaksirikkouduttua Madagaskarille.

Madagascar julkaistiin DVD:lle marraskuussa 2005 ja sen mukana on lyhytelokuva varsinaisessa elokuvassa esiintyneistä pingviineistä.

Elokuvan hahmot ovat esiintyneet myös 24-minuuttisessa Madagascarin joulu -animaatiossa.

Juoni:
Neljä eläintä asustaa onnellisina New Yorkin eläintarhassa. Alex-leijona, Marty-seepra, Mellman-kirahvi sekä virtahepo Gloria. Marty on kuitenkin kyllästynyt elämään eläintarhassa, ja haluaisi karata ”villilään” eli luontoon. Toiset vastustavat ajatusta, mutta siitä huolimatta Marty pakenee kaupunkiin. Toiset lähtevät etsimään häntä, mutta kaikki neljä eläintä jäävät kiinni. Ihmiset päättävät siirtää eläimet toiseen eläintarhaan ja kuljettavat heidät laatikoissa laivalla meren yli. Nelikon laatikot kuitenkin putoavat laivasta, pienen pingviiniryhmän vallatessa se päämääränään Etelämanner.

Eläimet päätyvät Madagaskarille, jota asuttavat vain makit ja fossat. Makit liittävät nelikon laumaansa, mutta Alex villiintyy täysin viidakossa ja alkaa käyttäytyä luontaisesti. Hän on ainoa lihansyöjä, ja hän on vaarassa vahingoittaa ystäviään nälissään. Alex pakenee saaren toiseen päähän, mutta ystävät palaavat hakemaan häntä. Hän kuitenkin on asettunut ilkeiden fossien alueelle, ja kaikki ovat vaarassa päätyä niiden ruuaksi. Alex kuitenkin hyökkää fossien kimppuun ja pelastaa ystävänsä. Alex on niin pelottava, että fossat pakenevat kauas viidakon syvyyksiin jättäen muut eläimet lopullisesti rauhaan. Ystävykset ovat iloisia ja Alexkin oppii syömään kalaa. He päättävät palata rantaan tulleella laivalla kotiin Amerikkaan, mutta viimeisenä repliikkinä yksi pingviineistä sanoo: ”Pitäisikö kertoa heille, että bensa on loppu?” Näin elokuva päättyy.

Stuart Little

Stuart Little – pieni suuri hiiri (Stuart Little) on vuonna 1999 valmistunut elokuva, joka kertoo pienestä hiirestä Stuart Littlestä, joka adoptoidaan Littlen perheeseen.

Elokuvan on käsikirjoittanut M. Night Shyamalan. Elokuvan budjetti oli 103 00 000 dollaria.

Open Season

Karvakamut (engl. Open Season) on tietokoneanimaatioelokuva, jonka maailman ensi-ilta oli 29. syyskuuta 2006. Elokuva kertoo harmaakarhu Boogin ja Elliot-peuran seikkailusta metsästyskauden aikana. Yksi elokuvan kolmesta ohjaajasta on Leijonakuninkaan ohjannut Roger Allers. Elokuvan englanninkielisen version ääninäyttelijöinä toimivat muun muassa Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Messing ja Gary Sinise. Suomenkielisinä ääninä toimivat muun muassa Mikko Kivinen ja Heikki Silvennoinen.

Elokuvan Suomen ensi-ilta oli 10. marraskuuta 2006.

Juoni:
Kesy harmaakarhu Boog, puistonvartija Bethin lemmikki, auttaa Elliot-peuran pakenemaan metsästäjältä, jonka jälkeen eläimet päätyvät metsään ja eksyvät. Metsästyskausi on alkamassa, ja Boog ei osaa selviytyä luonnossa.

26. maaliskuuta 2014

George of the Jungle


George of the Jungle is a 1997 American live-action film adaptation of the cartoon of the same name. The film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures with Mandeville Films and originally released to movie theatres on July 16, 1997. It stars Brendan Fraser as the eponymous main character, a primitive man who was raised by animals in an African jungle; Leslie Mann as his wealthy American love interest; and Thomas Haden Church as her treacherous fiancé.

A direct-to-video sequel, George of the Jungle 2, was released on DVD in 2003, however only four of the original actors returned for the sequel.

Plot:
The film begins with an animated introduction featuring a plane heading toward "the Heart of Africa" (more specifically, a region called "Bukuvu"). The plane crashes and George, an infant, is lost, but enjoys vine swinging and crashing into trees as a running gag. Over 25 years later, George (Brendan Fraser) is a Tarzan-like man, the "King of the Jungle". His friends include a sophisticated talking gorilla named Ape (voiced by John Cleese), along with a toco toucan named Tookie, a small capuchin monkey named Little Monkey, and an African elephant named Shep, whom he calls his "dog" (all voiced by Frank Welker).

The live action begins as heiress Ursula Stanhope (Leslie Mann) explores the jungle near George's home with the help of her guide, Mr. Kwame (Richard Roundtree) and some native porters. She has traveled to Africa alone, but she is joined by her wealthy fiancé Lyle Van De Groot (Thomas Haden Church) who has found her with the help of Max and Thor (Greg Cruttwell and Abraham Benrubi), two dopey poachers who are posing as trackers. That evening, Mr. Kwame recounts the legend of the White Ape, said to be a huge, super-strong primate who rules the surrounding jungle.

The next day, Lyle almost causes the death of one of the porters, and he abandons Ursula when the two of them are attacked by a lion. George saves Ursula and takes her to his treehouse home (albeit unconscious), and Lyle returns to the camp, claiming to have been attacked by the White Ape. While the exploration party searches for Ursula, George entertains her and teaches her to swing on vines. He also falls in love with her, so Ape advises him to woo her by making faces and beating his chest, as gorillas do. This fails to impress Ursula, but George wins her over with his charm, and they enjoy an evening of dancing around a campfire.

On the third day, the explorers discover George's treehouse, Lyle accidentally discharges his weapon and George gets shot in the arm (because the porters switched his pistol lighter for an actual gun) as George tries to prevent Max and Thor from shooting Ape with a tranquilizer gun. Seeing this happen, both Ape and Ursula scream in terror. While Lyle is arrested for the shooting (and called 'a big doofus' by the narrator), Ursula flies George to her home in San Francisco for medical treatment and buys clothes for him. George explores the city and saves a paraglider's life. With George's help, Ursula finds the courage to tell her parents that she no longer wants to marry Lyle, but her overbearing mother Beatrice Stanhope (Holland Taylor), who is intent on marrying her to a man of wealth and prestige, threatens George to give Ursula up or she would "remove his reason for wearing a loincloth".

Meanwhile, Max and Thor (who haven't left Africa, despite being deported) capture Ape, knowing that he can speak. Ape manages to send Tookie to San Francisco to ask George for help. When Tookie finds George, George returns to Africa to save Ape, and after realizing that she loves George, Ursula follows. George finds the poachers at the treehouse, with Ape in a cage, and he defeats them after an extended battle, with help from Ursula and his animal family. However, Lyle appears and it looks like he is no longer in prison and has joined a marriage cult. He kidnaps Ursula with help from several mercenaries associated with the cult. Lyle intends to marry himself to Ursula immediately. After escaping the mercenaries with help from his gorilla friends, George chases Lyle and Ursula as they float into some river rapids on a raft. George makes a super fast swing that sends him crashing into a tree so hard that he groans "George not feel so good." He then saves Ursula while Lyle enters a dark tunnel. After performing his wedding ceremony and exiting the tunnel, Lyle discovers that he has just married a gorilla. After professing their love for each other, George and Ursula have their wedding and ride off on Shep. They have a son and present him to the animals of the jungle on Pride Rock.

A little later, during the ending credits, Ape orders the credits to stop and reveals to the audience on his fate: he becomes a big singing star in Las Vegas. He is seen singing the Frank Sinatra song "My Way", with Thor and Max as background staff; they play as a coconut tree.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anch
orman 2: The Legend Continues is a 2013 American comedy film, and the sequel to the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. As with the original film, it is directed by Adam McKay, produced by Judd Apatow, written by McKay and Will Ferrell, and stars Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, and Christina Applegate all reprising their roles from the first film. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was released on December 18, 2013.

The movie marked a change in film history when Paramount became the first major studio to distribute movies to theaters in digital format eliminating 35mm film entirely.Anchorman 2 was the last Paramount production to include a 35mm film version, while The Wolf of Wall Street was the first major movie distributed entirely digitally.

Plot:
Several years after the events of the first film, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) are married and are both co-anchors for a prestigious news network in New York City. One day, Mack Tannen (Harrison Ford), the most famous nightly news anchor in New York, reveals that he is retiring. He intends to promote Veronica, making her the first female nightly news anchor in the history of television, and to fire Ron due to his continuously sloppy performance on air. Ron grows jealous of Veronica's success and storms out of the house, leaving Veronica and his six-year-old son Walter (Judah Nelson).

Six months later, Ron is back in San Diego, but barely able to hold a job due to his depression. After being fired from Sea World and botching a suicide attempt, Ron accepts a job with GNN (Global News Network), the world's first 24 hour news network, for GNN's official launch. He reassembles his news team, finding Champ Kind (David Koechner), who owns a fried chicken store (that sells bats secretly to cut down on costs), Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), now a famous cat photographer, and Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), who is presumed dead but appears at his own funeral. They are assigned the unpopular late night timeslot while rival reporter Jack Lime (James Marsden) is put in a primetime slot. Meanwhile, Ron finds that Veronica is dating another man, a psychiatrist named Gary (Greg Kinnear) due to his absence.

As GNN launches, Ron decides to broadcast what the people want to hear, rather than what they need to hear, and devise a sensationalist and attention grabbing newscast. Their new approach to news proves to be a massive hit, beating Lime in ratings by a massive margin, and the other news networks begin to scramble to emulate them. Ron and his team are then promoted to primetime, where they enjoy much fame and fortune. Meanwhile, Ron catches the attention of GNN's manager, Linda Jackson (Meagan Good) and they begin dating. Brick also meets a similarly eccentric GNN office worker named Chani (Kristen Wiig) and immediately falls in love. Ron begins to let his newfound fame get to his head, and he begins to neglect his parental obligations to Walter, angering Veronica. He also alienates Brian, Champ, and Brick. During a party celebrating GNN becoming the highest rated news network in the nation, Lime causes Ron to slip and suffer a head injury, becoming blind.

Unable to read the news, Ron isolates himself, but cannot adjust to living as a blind man. Veronica arrives with Walter, wanting to help Ron overcome his blindness. Ron bonds with his family, and overcomes his disability. Ron and his son rehabilitate a shark, who they name Doby. Ron finds out that Veronica was hiding that his doctor could perform an experimental procedure, leaves angrily, gets his sight restored, and returns to GNN.
Before his comeback, Ron is once again approached by Veronica, who pleads with him to attend Walter's piano recital, as Walter had composed a piece in honor of Ron. At the same time, an exclusive news story comes in, requiring Ron to cover it. Ron goes to the set, where he proceeds to go on a rant criticizing news networks, including GNN, for focusing on ratings rather than the news and leaves the set, intending to go to Walter's recital. However, he is intercepted by Jack Lime and the teams from a number of other national news networks, including Tannen, who want to kill him due to his fame. Burgundy's friends then arrive to defend him and a massive free for all battle ensues. Despite the fighting, Ron manages to reach Walter's recital in time.

Afterwards, Ron and his friends go to attend Brick and Chani's wedding on the beach. Ron then sees Doby in the water, and swims out to meet him despite the warnings from his friends and family. Doby then attacks Ron, but he is saved when Baxter swims out and banishes Doby back to sea. Thanking Baxter, Ron swims back to shore where his friends and family are waiting for him.

16. maaliskuuta 2014

Frozen – huurteinen seikkailu (Frozen)

Frozen – huurteinen seikkailu (Frozen) on vuonna 2013 ensi-iltansa saanut yhdysvaltalainen Walt Disney Picturesin 3D-tietokoneanimaatioelokuva. Elokuva on Walt Disney Animation Studion 53. animaatioelokuva. Se perustuu löyhästi H. C. Andersenin satuun Lumikuningatar. Sen pääosissa ovat Anna ja Elsa, joita näyttelevät alkuperäisversiossa Kristen Bell ja Idina Menzel.

Elokuva oli arvostelu- ja lippukassamenestys tuottaen maailmanlaajuisesti yli miljardi dollaria maaliskuuhun 2014 mennessä. Elokuva palkittiin sekä parhaan animaatioelokuvan että kappaleen ”Let It Go” Oscar-palkinnoilla vuonna 2014. Elokuva palkittiin myös parhaan animaatioelokuvan Golden Globella, BAFTAlla ja Annie-palkinnolla.

Juoni:
Pohjoisessa Arendellessa elää kuningas ja kuningatar, joilla on kaksi tytärtä: prinsessat Anna ja Elsa. Kruununperijä Elsa on syntynyt taianomaisten voimien kanssa, joiden avulla hän voi hallita jäätä ja lunta. Eräänä yönä tyttöjen leikkiessä Elsa vahingoittaa sisartaan pahoin. Kuningas ja kuningatar vievät tyttärensä peikkojen luo, jossa Peikkopappa parantaa Annan, ja neuvoo Elsaa opettelemaan voimiensa hallitsemista. Kuningaspari päättää eristää siskot toisistaan, ja sulkea linnan muulta maailmalta. Anna kasvaa optimistisena yksinäisyydessä, Elsa omia voimiaan peläten. Tyttöjen ollessa teini-ikäisiä heidän vanhempansa menehtyvät.
Vuosien kuluttua Elsa (Katja Sirkiä) tulee täysi-ikäiseksi, ja valtakunta alkaa valmistella kruunajaisia. Linnan portit avataan, ja ulkomaailma kohtaa kaksi hyvin erilaista prinsessaa: elämänmyönteisen ja iloisen Annan (Saara Aalto), sekä pidättyväisen ja hermostuneen Elsan. Juhlakansan myötä kruunajasiin saapuvat juonitteleva Weseltonin herttua (Vesa Hämes), sekä nuori ja komea Eteläsaarten prinssi Hans (Tuukka Leppänen).

Elsa kruunataan Arendellen uudeksi kuningattareksi ja juhlat alkavat. Hans ja Anna löytävät yhteisen sävelen nopeasti, ja pian Hans kosii Annaa, joka suostuu empimättä. Elsa kieltäytyy siunaamasta heidän liittoaan, jonka seurauksena sisarukset riitaantuvat. Hermostunut Elsa paljastaa jäiset voimansa koko juhlakansalle. Weseltonin herttua lietsoo ihmisiin paniikkia, ja Elsa pakenee Pohjoisvuorelle jäädyttäen tietämättään koko kesäisen Arendellen ikitalveen. Anna päättää etsiä sisarensa, ja jättää valtakunnan vastuun prinssi Hansille.
Paettuaan Elsa koettelee voimiaan, ja rakentaa upean jääpalatsin asuinsijakseen. Anna törmää saamelaiseen vuoristomieheen Kristoffiin (Axl Smith) ja hänen poroonsa Sveniin. Kristoff suostuu viemään Annan Elsan luo, sillä Anna auttaa häntä tarvikkeiden ostossa. Kolmikkoon liittyy pian myös Elsan luoma lumiukko Olaf (Tero Koponen), joka unelmoi lämmöstä. Ryhmä löytää Elsan palatsin, ja Anna yrittää taivutella sisarensa palaamaan Arendelleen. Elsa järkyttyy kuullessaan loihtineensa ikitalven, ja kiihtyneenä jäädyttää vahingossa Annan sydämen. Elsa luo Vaahtokarkki-lumihirviön, ja Anna ja Kristoff joutuvat pakenemaan palatsista.
Annan hiukset alkavat muuttua valkeiksi, ja Kristoff ymmärtää mistä on kyse. Hän vie Annan peikkoperheensä luo, ja Peikkopappa kertoo, että Annan voi pelastaa vain tosirakkauden teko. Kristoff päättää viedä Annan Hansin luo, jotta Hans voisi suudella Annaa, ja tyttö pelastuisi. Samalla Elsan itsehillintä alkaa järkkyä, ja joukko Arendellesta tulleita miehiä hyökkää Elsan kimppuun. Elsa taistelee vastaan kaikin voimin, kunnes Hans saa hänet järkiinsä. Jääpalatsi alkaa lyyhistyä, ja Elsa menettää tajunsa.

Elsa herää vangittuna Arendellen vankityrmästä. Hans kertoo ettei Anna ole palannut vieläkään, ja pyytää Elsaa palauttamaan kesän. Elsa paljastaa Hansille, ettei tiedä miten talven saa päättymään. Kristoff tuo heikkokuntoisen Annan takaisin Arendelleen, ja palaa Svenin kanssa kohti erämaata. Anna pyytää Hansilta tosirakkauden suudelmaa pelastuakseen, mutta Hans kieltäytyy, ja paljastaa todelliset suunnitelmansa. Hans jättää Annan jäätymään kylmään ja lukittuun huoneeseen.

Hans kertoo Annan kuolleen, ja määrää Elsan surmattavaksi maanpetoksesta. Elsa pakenee tyrmästä, ja Arendellen lumimyrsky voimistuu. Kristoff huomaa jonkin olevan vialla, ja palaa Svenin selässä takaisin Arendelleen. Olaf pelastaa Annan lukitusta huoneesta, ja saa Annan tajuamaan Kristoffin rakkauden.
Anna ja Kristoff koettavat tavoittaa toisensa ennen kuin on liian myöhäistä. Hans tavoittaa pakenevan Elsan ja kertoo Annan kuolleen Elsan taian vuoksi. Elsa lyyhistyy ja lumimyrsky alkaa laantua. Anna ja Kristoff huomaavat toisensa, ja Kristoff juoksee kohti Annaa voidakseen pelastaa tämän tosirakkauden teolla. Anna vaihtaa suuntaa viime hetkellä päättäen pelastaa Elsan itsensä sijasta, ja heittäytyy Elsan eteen Hansin yrittäessä surmata tätä miekalla. Anna jäätyy juuri kun miekan terä koskettaa häntä, ja Hans paiskautuu jäätymisen voimasta taaksepäin.

Elsa ymmärtää Annan uhrauksen, ja puhkeaa lohduttomiin kyyneliin. Hetken kuluttua Anna kuitenkin sulaa ikijäästä, sillä hänen uhrauksensa Elsan puolesta oli pelastava "tosirakkauden teko". Elsa ymmärtää rakkauden sulattavan jään, ja palauttaa viimein kesän Arendelliin. Juhlavieraat pääsevät lähtemään Arendellista, ja prinssi Hans heitetään laivan tyrmään kohti kotimaataan. Olaf saa nauttia oman lumimyräkkänsä ansiosta kesän riemuista, Anna ja Kristoff suutelevat, ja Elsa kokee viimein hyväksyntää. Elsa loihtii suuren luistinradan koko valtakunnan iloksi, ja lupaa Annalle, ettei linnan portteja suljeta enää ikinä.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 American dark comedy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and Benicio del Toro as Dr. Gonzo. It was adapted from Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel of the same name.
The film was a box office failure, grossing US$10.6 million at the North American box office, well below its $18.5 million budget. It has since become a cult film due in large part to its release on DVD, including a Special Edition released by The Criterion Collection.

Plot:
The film opens with a montage of news clips of Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War protests while The Lennon Sisters cover of "My Favorite Things" plays over them, before cutting to Raoul Duke (Depp) and Dr. Gonzo (del Toro) speeding across the Nevada desert. Duke, under the influence of mescaline, complains of a swarm of giant bats, before going through the pair's inventory of psychoactive drugs. Shortly afterward, the duo stop to pick up a young hitchhiker (Maguire), and explain what they are doing. Duke has been assigned by an unnamed magazine to travel to Las Vegas and cover the Mint 400 motorcycle race. However, they have also decided to take advantage of the trip by purchasing a large number of drugs, and rent a red Cadillac convertible. The young man soon becomes terrified of the antics of the duo, and flees on foot. Trying to reach Vegas before the hitchhiker can go to the police, Gonzo gives Duke part of a sheet of "Sunshine Acid", then informs him that there is little chance of making it before the drug kicks in. By the time they reach the strip, Duke is in full throes of his trip, and barely makes it through the check-in; all the while hallucinating that the hotel clerk is a moray eel, and that his fellow bar patrons are lizards in the depths of an orgy.
The next day, Duke arrives at the race, and heads out with his photographer, a man by the name of Lacerda (Bierko). During the coverage, Duke becomes irrational and believes that they are in the middle of a battlefield, so he fires Lacerda, and returns to the hotel. After consuming more mescaline, as well as huffing diethyl ether, Duke and Gonzo arrive at the Bazooko Circus casino, but leave shortly afterwards, the chaotic atmosphere frightening Gonzo. Back in the hotel room, Duke leaves Gonzo unattended, and tries his luck at a quick round of roulette. When Duke returns, he finds that Gonzo, after consuming a full sheet of LSD, has trashed the room, and is sitting fully clothed in the bathtub, attempting to pull the tape player in with him, as he wants to hear the song better. He pleads with Duke to throw the machine into the water when the song "White Rabbit" peaks. Duke agrees, but instead throws a grapefruit at Gonzo's head before running outside.
The next morning, Duke awakes to a massive room service bill, and no sign of Gonzo (who had returned to Los Angeles while Duke slept), and attempts to leave town. As he nears Baker, California, a highway patrolman (Busey) pulls him over for speeding, and advises him to sleep at a nearby rest stop. Realizing that he is being set up, Duke instead decides to return to Las Vegas, and reads a telegram from Gonzo, informing him that he has a suite in his name at the Flamingo Las Vegas so he can cover a District Attorney's convention on narcotics. Duke checks into his suite, only to be met by an LSD-tripping Gonzo, and a young girl by the name of Lucy (Ricci) he has brought with him. Gonzo explains that Lucy has come to Las Vegas to meet Barbra Streisand, and that he fed her LSD on the plane without her knowing. Sensing the trouble this could get them into, Duke convinces Gonzo to ditch Lucy in another hotel before her trip wears off.
Gonzo accompanies Duke to the D.A.'s convention, and the pair discreetly snort cocaine as the guest speaker delivers a comically out-of-touch speech about "marijuana addicts" before showing a brief film. Unable to take it, Duke and Gonzo flee back to their room, only to discover that Lucy has called. Their trips mostly over, Gonzo deals with Lucy over the phone (pretending that he is being savagely beaten by thugs), as Duke attempts to mellow out by trying some of Gonzo's stash of adrenochrome. However, the trip spirals out of control, and Duke is reduced to an incoherent mess before he blacks out.
After an unspecified amount of time passes, Duke wakes up to a complete ruin of the once pristine suite. After discovering his tape recorder, he attempts to remember what has happened. As he listens, he has brief memories of the general mayhem that has taken place (including a heated encounter with a waitress at a diner, convincing a distraught cleaning woman that they are police officers investigating a drug ring, and attempting to buy an orangutan).
Duke drops Gonzo off at the airport, after missing the entrance, driving across the tarmac and pulling up right next to the plane, before returning to the hotel one last time to finish his article. The film ends with Duke speeding back to California as The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" plays over the credits.