Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

Mulan i the epic adventure of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father. Starring Zhao Wei, Jaycee Chan, Vitas, Mulan opens on December 3, 2009 in Singapore.

Popularity: 1%

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action adventure film based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time opens on May 28, 2010.

Popularity: 1%

Everybody’s Fine is an adventure comedy about a widower (De Niro) who takes an impromptu road trip in order to reconnect with his grown children, only to discover that his family members are living far from perfect lives. Starring Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Everybody’s Fine opens on December 4, 2009.

Popularity: 1%

The Book of Eli is an action adventure film about a post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, The Book of Eli opens on January 15, 2010.

Popularity: 1%

Solomon Kane is a action adventure fantasy film about Solomon Kane and who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. Based on a fictional character by Robert E. Howard, Solomon Kane is directed by Michael J. Bassett and stars James Purefoy. Solomon Kane opens on September 24, 2009.

Popularity: 1%

Avatar is James Cameron’s action adventure sci-fi thriller about a band of humans who are pitted in a battle against a distant planet’s indigenous population. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Avatar opens on December 18, 2009.

Popularity: 1%

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a live-action film based on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise by Hasbro.

SPOILER WARNING: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Saïd Taghmaoui, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans in "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"

Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) are military and are involved in transporting extremely dangerous warheads. Their caravan is ambushed by a group of mercenaries led by the Baroness (Sienna Miller), who possesses highly advanced weapons far more superior than the NATO transport unit. Duke and Ripcord’s fellow soldiers are all killed by the mercenaries. The Baroness spares the life of Duke, as Duke knows her as Amy Lewis. All of a sudden, G.I. Joe appear out of nowhere and attack the mercenary, forcing them to escape leaving behind the warheads.

Sienna Miller in "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"

Later on, Duke and Ripcord are recruited by General Hawk (Dennis Quaid) to join the ranks of the Alpha Team, the G.I. Joes and they are brought to The Pit, the home of the Joes where Duke and Ripcord have to go through military training where most parts involve virtual reality. When they pass their tests with flying colors, they are immediately engaged in battles with the mercenaries when the mercenaries invades The Pit to steal the warheads. It is known that the mercenaries known as Cobra is led by James McCullen (Christopher Eccleston), the person responsible in using NATO’s funds to make the warheads and then steal them back.

Duke, Ripcord, Scarlett (Rachel Nichols), Snake-Eyes (Ray Park), Heavy Duty (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and Breaker (Saïd Taghmaoui) are sent to Paris to stop Cobra from activating the warheads. However, they are too late as Baroness and Storm Shadow (Lee Byung-hun) manage to activate the warhead, killing Baron de Cobray in the process.

After all the high speed car chase with Duke and Ripcord in highly advanced suits which make them incredibly fast and nearly invincible, Scarlett in a superbike and Snake-Eyes on top of the jeep that Baroness and Storm Shadow are in, Storm Shadow manages to destroy The Eiffel Tower even though Duke manages to stop the nano bugs which come from the warhead to continue to destroy the entire city.

Throughout the movie, there are numerous flashbacks to further depict the story behind everything includes how Duke’s ex-fiancée, Amy Lewis is recruited into Cobra and how the entire military thinks Rex Lewis (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Amy’s brother is killed but actually survived and becomes “The Doctor”, Cobra’s highly intelligent scientist.

The movie is like the combination of “Watchmen” and “Terminator Salvation” in which the world is going to end but in G.I. Joe, “When All Else Fails, They Don’t”. That’s the motto of the movie. And as a matter of fact, it doesn’t fail. It is surely highly entertaining, full of actions and has the right elements and is occassionally comical.

My ratings: 8 out of 10.

Popularity: 1%

Alice in Wonderland is a Tim Burton’s movie based on a novel about the adventures of a young girl, Alice, who falls into a magical world full of strange characters and darkness behind every corner. Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen, Stephen Fry, Christopher Lee, Alice in Wonderland opens on March 5, 2010.

Popularity: 1%

The Last Airbender is M. Night Shyamalan’s big screen adaption of the animated series. Starring Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis, Nicola Peltz, The Last Airbender opens on July 2, 2010.

Popularity: 1%

Sherlock Holmes is Guy Ritchie’s latest film. Detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Jude Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Sherlock Holmes opens on Christmas Day 2009.

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