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Online Mattress in Boleh Land

OperaGhost — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 09:17:26 +0800

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Hacksaw Ridge

OperaGhost — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:42:51 +0800

Mel Gibson back in the Director's chair. FINALLY 😎

Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 Australian-American World War II biographical film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Corr, Teresa Palmer, Richard Pyros and Rachel Griffiths.

Sypnosis - The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers for his pacifist stance but went on to earn respect and adoration for his bravery, selflessness and compassion after he risked his life -- without firing a shot -- to save 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa.

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-1hz1juBI&app=desktop

La La Land

OperaGhost — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 08:23:25 +0800

After a long hiatus. Finally a new Musical by the director of Whiplash.

La La Land is a 2016 American romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, J. K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Tom Everett Scott, & Rosemarie DeWitt.

Synopsis - Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love. But as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?itct=CAkQpDAY...v-google-'N

Manchester By the Sea

OperaGhost — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 08:15:55 +0800

This movie has been getting a lot of buzz lately.

Manchester by the Sea is an upcoming 2016 American drama film directed and written by Kenneth Lonergan. The film stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Gretchen Mol and Lucas Hedges.

Synopsis - After the death of his older brother Joe, Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is shocked that Joe has made him sole guardian of his teenage nephew Patrick. Taking leave of his job as a janitor in Boston, Lee reluctantly returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea, the fishing village where his working-class family has lived for generations. There, he is forced to deal with a past that separated him from his wife, Randi (Michelle Williams), and the community where he was born and raised.

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsVoD0pTge0&app=desktop

Your Favourite Youtube Movie Critics

OperaGhost — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:11:05 +0800

Guys.... there are some pro movie critics.... I used to be a fan of ebert and roeper. but since the passing of ebert i'm now resort to youtuber and i ejoyed their video review better especially Chris Stuckmann. There's a few out there namely Stuckmann, Jeremy Jahns, Schmoes Know etc.... Whose your favourite? Do share and also recommend if there's any good ones out there. By the way I hate Beyond the Trailers... she's too long winded, emo and annoying but I still watch em sometime lol.

Oscar Prediction 2014

OperaGhost — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:10:48 +0800

It's that time of the year again, who's going to take home the trophies this coming 86th Academy Awards.

My Prediction:

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)

Best Animated Feature
The Croods (Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, Kristine Belson)
Despicable Me 2 (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Chris Meledandri)
Ernest & Celestine (Benjamin Renner, Didier Brunner)
Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki)

Best Cinematography
The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)
Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael)
Prisoners (Roger A. Deakins)

Best Costume Design
American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)
The Grandmaster (William Chang Suk Ping)
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
The Invisible Woman (Michael O'Connor)
12 Years a Slave (Patricia Norris)

Best Directing
American Hustle (David O. Russell)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)

Best Film Editing
American Hustle (Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, Alan Baumgarten)
Captain Phillips (Christopher Rouse)
Dallas Buyers Club (John Mac McMurphy, Martin Pensa)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
12 Years a Slave (Joe Walker)

Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Stephen Prouty)
The Lone Ranger (Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny)

Best Original Score
The Book Thief (John Williams)
Gravity (Steven Price)
Her (William Butler, Owen Pallett)
Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)
Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

Best Original Song
Happy (Despicable Me 2)
Let It Go (Frozen)
The Moon Song (Her)
Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Best Production Design
American Hustle (Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler)
Gravity (Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard)
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Her (K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena)
12 Years a Slave (Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker)

Best Sound Editing
All Is Lost (Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns)
Captain Phillips (Oliver Tarney)
Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Brent Burge, Chris Ward)
Lone Survivor (Wylie Stateman)

Best Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips (Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro)
Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Tony Johnson)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland)
Lone Survivor (Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow)

Best Visual Effects
Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds)
Iron Man 3 (Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, Dan Sudick)
The Lone Ranger (Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, John Frazier)
Star Trek Into Darkness (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)
Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)
Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)
12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)
Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack)
Her (Spike Jonze)
Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen)
Cutie and the Boxer (Zachary Heinzerling, Lydia Dean Pilcher)
Dirty Wars (Richard Rowley, Jeremy Scahill)
The Square (Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer)
20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined)

Golden Globe 2014

OperaGhost — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:16:24 +0800

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine (2013)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Winner: American Hustle (2013)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Winner: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (2013)

Best Director - Motion Picture
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity (2013)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Winner: Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation" (2009)

Best Animated Film
Winner: Frozen (2013) - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Michael Douglas for Behind the Candelabra (2013) (TV)

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: The Great Beauty (2013)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Winner: Andy Samberg for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (2013)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Winner: Her (2013) - Spike Jonze

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Winner: Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Winner: Robin Wright for "House of Cards" (2013)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Winner: Amy Adams for American Hustle (2013)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Jon Voight for "Ray Donovan" (2013)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Winner: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) - Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Brian Burton("Ordinary Love")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Winner: All Is Lost (2013) - Alex Ebert

Best Television Series - Drama
Winner: "Breaking Bad" (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Winner: Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Elisabeth Moss for "Top of the Lake" (2013)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Behind the Candelabra (2013) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Jacqueline Bisset for "Dancing on the Edge" (2013)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle (2013)

2013 BEST MOVIES

OperaGhost — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:58:41 +0800

Updated - 24/2/14

It's been a great year except for summer. Here's my top ten fav 2013 movie. Let me know what you guys think and ur personal 10 best for 2013 as well. Cheers

Updated list as of 24th Feb 2014:

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. American Hustle
3. Gravity
4. Her
5. Before Midnight
6. The Place Beyond the Pines
7. Drinking Buddies
8. Blue Jasmine
9. Saving Mr. Banks
10. The Wolf of Wall Street

Honourably Mention: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Rush, Dallas Buyer Club, August: Osage County, Captain Phillips, Enough Said, Nebraska, Inside Llewyn Davis

Yet to Watch - Philomena

Movie Twist

OperaGhost — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:28:34 +0800

What's your favourite movie twist..... Here's a few that I like (also remember) to get the ball rolling....

1. The Sixth Sense
2. Oldboy
3. Usual Suspect
4. Prestige
5. Memento
6. The Others
7. Fight Club

Musical

OperaGhost — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:19:38 +0800

Guys n girls.... what's your favourite musical.... Here's a list of those I've seen Do recommend and update if there's any musical coming to our shore. Gracias !

1. Phantom of the Opera (Singapore) - 5/5
2. Les Miserables (London) - 5/5
3. Cats (Malaysia) - 4/5
4. Once (London) - 4/5
5. Snow Wolf Lake (Malaysia) - 4/5
6. Lion King (Singapore) - 3/5
7. Beauty and the Beast (Malaysia) - 2/5

Nymphomaniac - Lars von Trier

OperaGhost — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:19:13 +0800

This is abit on the cult side.... but anyone exited about Nymphomaniac by Lars von Trier. With it's stellar cast and explicit scene with an ambitious director.... My expectation is high with this one

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1937390/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1