anticipating

[THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT]
Julianne Moore and Annette Bening, front-runners at the Oscar race next yr. it might be a little too early to tell, but the reviews for this film have been spectacular. they play a couple, with a teenage son and daughter. when their kids found their sperm-donor father, played by Mark Ruffalo with manly charisma, their lives are turned upside down.
i love JM. and i cant wait for this film in Jan.







[I AM LOVE]
Tilda Swinton looks gorgeous in this. the trailer doesnt say much about the movie at all, except that Tilda is speaking in Italian. but the score, editing, and rave comments make this film desirable.
i'm killing myself for missing it when it's being shown in Spore last mth. oh well.







[BLUE VALENTINE]
so the trailer doesnt say much. here's the synopsis:
"The film centers on a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods."
but the star-power of Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams is enough to give me goosebumps. i love it when Ryan does indie films. cant wait.







[RABBIT HOLE]
Touted as Nicole Kidman's return to good films. The Best Actress curse has befallen many - Halle Berry's dramas didnt do so well after her win for Monster's Ball, and her highest grossing film was X-Men, which was not a film she anchored. Nicole Kidman's said to be a similar box office poison, after Fur-Golden Compass-Birth-Bewitched failed to give her the creds nor the box office success. it didnt help that these films werent that great either. Her role here is fast gaining Oscar buzz, and i cant wait for her to put some gold on this Pulitzer winning script. The Hour's a Pulitzer-winning book, so if it's any indication, 2nd time's the charm.

watching this trailer sorta makes my heart sink a little.

王菲

I love this song. i think it's so poignant, how you yearn to love, yet fear the many outcomes. I love how it comes right after 为非作歹，which is a total contrast in both theme and mood, yet fits beautifully.

it always almost makes my heart sink a little deeper.





This is finally up on youtube. IMO it's quite underrated. i love 周禮茂's lyrics； 天不變地變 - a theme which echoes in many of Faye's songs. "没有什么会永垂不朽”


作詞：周禮茂　作曲：黃舒駿

天空不變短　地為何變暫　海水不變枯　　為何石變爛
一去的你未返　一切帶走然而留下冀盼
不變的思念中　感覺浮進眼
溫馨的記憶　漫燃流滿面　仍走不出作天　跟過去糾纏
想我的生命中　只有你手從來是最暖　不要潻黑夜深　冰冷如永遠
這一分我在變　這一刻我在變
這一天我在變　　去不變地為你生存
天它不變地變　海它不變地變
心它不變地變　　卻又還未變　未能令你改變
天空不變短　地為何變暫　當初不變的　竟也要改變
海水不變枯　為何石變爛　當初不變的　終也要改變





here, i find my peace of mind. and through whatever i face in life, i know i'll always have these songs.

Eyes On Me

it's as if i'm seeing her for the first time. There's something different about her, a twinkle in the eyes, more expressive than usual.

Wow.

Brandon Flowers - Only The Young

This is shaping up to be my anthem of the year. I cant seem to get enough！ and the MV is GORGEOUSSSSS. froth in mouth kinda beautiful.

all time low

i think i've hit an all time low =(
true, there's no where left but up.
hopefully this period will serve as a humbling reminder

Eat Pray Love

i've not seen the movie yet (sigh), but reading the interview made me fall for Julia Roberts. I now understand why she is the best-paid actress in Hollywood. Few actresses nowadays can command the screen the way she does, without saying a word. that's star power, her whole being, and it's a throwback to the classic leading lady.



"EW: Have you ever been in such a dark and sad place as liz finds herself in the movie?
Roberts: As a younger person, (with) problems that are more unformed and immature, I'm sure. There's a moment where you're hitting the compass and it's just not giving you the way to go.

EW: When was that for you exactly?

Roberts: Well, my whole 20s was like that: trying out this idea of things, working a lot, and moving away from home at 17 and being away from my mom. So there are times when you're figuring out those puzzles where you really do feel lost. "Do I really want to be an actor? Is it really going to work out?" You want to talk about a series of breakdowns? Talk to any actors in their 20s. You just never know if it's going to click.
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EW: it's hard to believe, but this year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Pretty Woman. What advice would you give to your younger self if you could?Roberts: Nothing. The funny thing is, I'm still so much that same person, really. I think that you're born that person - becoming famous doesnt make tou crazy. I just dont believe any of that crap. Twenty years is, first of all, a drop of water. It's all still kind of hilarious and unbelievable to me. And I have so many places to put the big weight of identity of my life that movies just will never have that. They just fulfill me in a different place.

EW: Do you obsess over your appearance? Do you like the way you look today?

Roberts: I'm human. Sometimes I, like anybody, wake up in the morning and go, "F---, Really? THIS is the starting point?" Havent you ever picked up a picture of yourself from, like, five years ago, and you look at yourself and you go, "And I had no appreciation for how lovely I looked, how fit and healthy I looked." So now I say, "Now listen. Ten years from now, you're really going to think you should have appreciated yourself more." And I', raising a daughter, and I really want to empower her by example.

EW: At the end of the movie, your character comes up with one word to sum up where she is in her life. I'm sure you've been asked this dozens of times already, but what's your word?
Roberts: What is my word? Has anybody asked me that? I dont think so. What do you think it is? If someone said "What is Julia Roberts' word? You just spent an hour with her."

EW: Balance?

Roberts: Balance is good. You know, I probably would say happy. Just happy. It's so easy to be really, truly happy, and so easy to forget that and get grumpy. I know it's a shock, but I can be grumpy." - Entertainment Weekly #1114, August 6, 2010

Bionic

i should be writing about other things, but as usual music dominates.
i really like Christina Aguilera's latest album Bionic. 'Not Myself Tonight', 'WooHoo', and 'Elastic Love' are just crazy catchy, and i almost forgot that MIA helped her on this album. WooHoo is a cheeky reference to the, erm, groin area, and all expletives and anatomical references were replaced with a very ambiguous WooHoo. niceeeee =)

i love how in 'Not Myself Tonight', the MV is racy and raunchy, with a look and set that resembles Madonna in Express Yourself. Since the song is about one night of fun that is against who she is entirely, the sexy vid is rather ironic, cos we've all seen Xtina play dirrty before. (maybe she IS a convent girl afterall). and was she trying to break away from the Madge reference (ie: this is not me. not myself tonight) by pulling out that look? hmmmmm

'I am', 'You Lost Me' and 'Lift Me Up' are gorgeous ballads that i have on replay now. and with the recent news of her divorce, it only becomes more timely as i try to connect the dots with these songs. so there's plenty of ways to interpret the divorce.

i just found the ballads very very suitable for my mood these few days.

'I Am'


'I am' stripped


'You Lost Me'



'Lift Me Up', from the Hope For Haiti concert. Linda Perry on the piano. Beautiful