Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

2009 has a whole list of greatly anticipated movies in store for movie lovers like you and me.

Below are some great movies that I anticipate will be in the top box office in 2009 (with opening dates for US in bracket).

Sequels

• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (January 23)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1)
• Angels & Demons (May 15)
• Terminator Salvation (May 22)
• Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (May 22)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (June 26)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 17)
• New Moon (November 20)
• Godzilla 3-D

Adaption

• Confessions of a Shopaholic (February 13)
• Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (February 27)
• Watchmen (March 6)
• Dragonball Evolution (April 8)
• Star Trek (May 8)
• Public Enemies (July 1)
• G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra (August 7)
• Sherlock Holmes (November 20)
• Barack Obama: Road to the White House
• Bram Stoker’s Vampire Diaries Renfield

Cartoon / Animations

• Monsters vs. Aliens (March 27)
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (July 1)

Others

• Inkheart (January 23)

Stay tune as this page will be updated from time to time!

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The Forbidden Kingdom is another movie based on the tale of the Monkey King. Jet Li and Jackie Chan are the main actors in this epic movie with Jet Li playing both the Monkey King and the Monk.

Many of us know movies that are based on books and novels or computer games are usually boring unless a little twist is added to the film. Films like Hitman and Beowulf have no storyline, thus, the entire film is based on the cinematography. Therefore, in The Forbidden Kingdom, don’t expect the tale of the Monkey King to be anywhere near the actual story.

This movie reminds me of The Myth and how horrible The Myth was with different races and culture blend together in that movie, the storyline and cinematography somehow fail to entertain. Hopefully The Forbidden Kingdom prevails the only bad “Jackie Chan” movie that I have watched.

Yahoo has recently released 6 posters of The Forbidden Kingdom displaying all the main actors in the posters. One particular poster which I like very much is Li Bing Bing with her white hair almost looks like its coated with gold as the lights shine from behind.

Check out The Forbidden Kingdom trailers.

(Via Filmplosion)

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2008 will be another great year for movies with more sequels, adaptions and animated movies among the top movies to watch out for. Sadly, The Hobbits will only be out in 2010, while Thundercats, Underworld 3 and Dragonball will only be out in 2009.

Below are some great movies that I anticipate will be in the top box office in 2008 (with opening dates for US in bracket).

Sequels

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) trailer (May 16) | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) movie review
• Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull trailer (May 22) | Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull movie review
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) trailer (July 11) | Hellboy II: The Golden Army movie review
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe trailer (July 25) | The X-Files: I Want to Believe movie review
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor trailer (August 1) | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor movie review

Cartoons / Animations

• Horton Hears A Who! trailer (March 14) | Horton Hears A Who! movie review
• Kung Fu Panda trailer (June 6) | Kung Fu Panda movie review
• WALL-E trailer (June 27) | WALL-E movie review

Adaption – Novel / Comic books / Video Games

• CJ7 trailer (Jan 31 (HK) ) | CJ7 movie review
• The Bank Job trailer (March 7)
• The Forbidden Kingdoms trailer (April 18) | The Forbidden Kingdoms movie review
• Iron Man trailer (May 2) | Iron Man movie review
• Speed Racer trailer (May 9) | Speed Racer movie review
• The Incredible Hulk trailer (June 13) | The Incredible Hulk movie review
• Wanted trailer (June 27) | Wanted movie review
• The Dark Knight trailer (July 18) | The Dark Knight movie review

Others

• John Rambo a.k.a. Rambo 4 trailer (January 25) | John Rambo a.k.a. Rambo 4 movie review
• 10,000 B.C. trailer (March 7) | 10,000 B.C. movie review
• Nim’s Island trailer (April 4) | Nim’s Island movie review
• Sex and the City trailer

That’s all for now. Stay tune as this page will be updated from time to time!

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The Wicker Man is a remake of the 1973 version of The Wicker Man originally starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee.

The Wicker Man is a cult British film combining thriller, horror and musical. The new film differs from the original with Nicolas Cage playing officer “Edward Malus”, and even Lord Summerisle has been replaced with Sister Summerisle, played by Ellyn Burstyn. Also starring Kate Beahan and Leelee Sobieski.

The Wicker Man is inspired by legends that the druids burned human sacrifices in a giant effigy or cage of wicker. The legend is offered in Julius Caesar’s Gallic wars: “Others have effigies of great size interwoven with twigs, the limbs of which are filled up with living people which are set fire from below, and the people are deprived of life surrounded by flames. It is judged that the punishment of those who participated in theft or briganage or other crimes are more pleasing to the immortal gods; but when the supplies of this kind fail, they even go so low as to inflict punishment on the innnocent”

It has been aruged that there is no other evidence for this practice, neither artifactually nor written record.

Click here to view the trailer of The Wicker Man.

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