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The Tourist Gulliver’s Travels The Green Hornet Tangled
Two of Hollywood’s biggest
stars—Johnny Depp and
Angelina Jolie—come together
in The Tourist, an action packed
movie that’ll have your head
spinning judging by the trailer.
The sexy Jolie with her English
accent gets involved with the
sexy Depp, a tourist travelling
through Europe on a train, and
has a fling. Except that it’s not
a fling, it’s the beginning of a
nightmarish journey for Depp
who’s inadvertently caught
in a web of intrigue. It turns
out that Jolie is being spied
on by Scotland Yard, which
wants access to the criminal
Alexander Pierce and only has
Jolie as its lead to him. Poor
Depp is like collateral damage
in all this—which provides for
a fast-paced plot, fun action,
good ole’ fashioned humour and
all the stuff that a lazy Sunday
afternoon action flick brings.
It doesn’t hurt that the most
beautiful names in Hollywood,
including Paul Bettany, lead the
way.
Opening Dates
Written in 1726 by Jonathan
Swift, Gulliver’s Travels plot
is perhaps one of the best
known worldwide and one
that filmmakers aren’t afraid to
adapt. Here, Gulliver is played
by Jack Black, a rather brave
choice given that Black usually
plays buffoon-ish roles. Gulliver
is a travel writer en route to
Bermuda for an assignment
when he gets tossed onto an itty
bitty island inhabited by itty bitty
people played by Jason Segal,
Emily Blunt and Billy Connolly.
Because the plot is well known,
you know what happens and
since Black is involved, you
can expect much of the hilarity
he has come to be associated
with—are we ready for Gulliver
to be played by the lovable and
big-bellied Black It seems
audiences are as first reviews
showed that Black plays the
role of a man worshipped as a
god by the itty bitty people with
aplomb.
The Green Hornet, a classic
character has appeared in print,
radio and film (and gave the
world Bruce Lee) returns, this
time played by Seth Rogen. The
vigilante crime-fighter, whose
real identity is only known by his
faithful butler Kato (Jay Chou), is
Britt Reid, a successful publisher
by day, and crime-fighter at
night in his Black Beauty vehicle
(souped up machine complete
with high tech gadgets that
deliver knock out blows of
varying degrees). The film also
stars Cameron Diaz who plays
Britt’s secretary, a smart and
witty role she plays as well as
can be expected. Screenwriters
Rogen and Evan Goldberg
who delivered great scripts
with Superbad and Pineapple
Express do so here as well with
lots of hilarious dialogue between
the hero and his sidekick. Michel
Gondry, who directed the sweet
Be Kind Rewind last, does a
surprising job with this action
flick, proving that he’s the right
man for any job.
The classic story of Rapunzel
gets a cheeky makeover
in Disney’s 3D animation,
Tangled. We all know the story
of Rapunzel (played by Mandy
Moore) a young princess whose
hair has magical powers to
rejuvenate for which reason a
wicked witch (Donna Murphy)
steals her and locks her up in
a tower. Rapunzel aches to
get out and see this real world
and is, one day, startled by a
surprise visitor, Flynn (Zachary
Levi), a bandit on the run. They
talk and enter a deal: he’ll escort
her through the forest to the
kingdom (and her family) after
which she will return the items
he has stolen which are in her
possession. The couple are on
the run from several people: the
wicked witch, the goons Flynn is
on the run from and the guards
who want him too. It proves to
be an entertaining adventure.
CINEMAS
G: Galaxy
www.galaxycine.vn
M: Megastar
www.megastarmedia.net
T: Thang Long
www.giaitrithanglong.com/cinema
Gulliver’s Travels (January. 14)
The Tourist (January. 31)
The Green Hornet (January 21)
3D Tangled (January 28)
Gulliver’s Travels (January 14)
The Green Hornet (January 21)
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