Monday, December 31, 2007

Wish you a very happy new year!!


Hey guys.. This is the first time I am writing a personal post in this blog. First of all Wish you a very Happy new Year 2008. May the year 2008 bring you all riches and happiness. Every new year enjoyment is always memorable for me. We reside in bay area, hence we enjoy on the beach road with all the friends. First we started on our bikes at 11.20. All the friends are collected at one place and started towards the beach road. But the police blocked the beach road from the entry of bikes. So we backed and went on other side of beach. We just parked the bikes and take off. We guys bought some playing instruments. We started playing the instruments and walked at the started playing the instruments at the centre of the road. Then the clock hit 12.00 clock. We started wishing happy new year one another and wishing everyone around us. Walked for a lot of time and ended it at 2.00 clock. Again we took off and landed at a friend's room. Some started playing cards and I watched movie. Again we took off to everyone's home and I wished my Mom a very happy new year. This concluded my Newyear celebrations for 2008. If u enjoyed your Newyear night, just write it here as comment so that everyone read your celebrations. Thanks for your patient reading.

(Almost) The Last of 2007: No Country For Old Men, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Simpsons Movie

Here are 3 of the last 5 films I saw in 2007. All three are some of the biggest acts to debut before the year's end, though my reaction to each of them spanned from "great" to "meh."

Monday, December 17, 2007

No Country For Old Men: I was terribly underwhelmed by this nebulous story on a western man in the dusk of his life, and thought it veered toward viciousness and violence rather carelessly. Stylistically, No Country is stunning, don't get me wrong. I have to tread on this thumbs-down criticism lightly, because there is no question the Coens are two of the most important and talented filmmakers of my generation. But at the same time I can't help but think the movie was too callous in the handling of its subject (the American West, its people) to be received with such adulation. I know I'm in a minority on this one, but I felt cheated by the movie's end; after two hours of slaughter there was hardly any account for its characters, as if they didn't matter to begin with. There is such a distance between the Coens and the characters they create that each one always feels forcefully drawn up, making it that much easier for them to be, finally, expendable.




Friday, December 21, 2007

And then came director Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and The Butterfly: a sheer visual delight, and a film that has such tenderness for human life. French Elle Editor Jean-Dominique Bauby is suddenly paralyzed from a stroke, and learns to communicate by blinking his left eye; one blink for "yes," two blinks mean "no." By these means he writes a short novel chronicling his experience trapped within his own body, with the assistance of a speech therapist who recites the alphabet until he blinks "yes" for the letter needed to complete his word. The film is based on this true short story, and features a performance by Max von Sydow as Bauby's (Mathieu Amalric) father that rivals for the most emotionally devastating moments on film.

If you don't like this movie, you can't be human.






Sunday, December 30, 2007

Yeah, I know, I got to this one right under the wire, just hours before the end of '07, and even then it's sort of pathetic to think I waited all this time for The Simpsons Movie to arrive before my eyes on DVD format. You could see the complexity of the animation, how this "episode" was crafted specially for the big screen. I kick myself for missing this one in theaters last summer for this reason; it truly was a spectacle that I missed (if not a cinematic phenomenon, it was surely a cultural one.) And yet, if you look at the animation there is nothing done that hadn't been done before, and the story was your typical Simpsons arc: Marge and Homer arguing, the whole family suffering a public humiliation for something minor one of the family members (most likely Homer) could have prevented easily; Lisa in love (and Milhouse in love with Lisa); Bart exacerbating an already bad situation by misbehaving; and Maggie as the mystery shooter. So yeah, it was, like, the greatest Simpsons episode ever. I still will always refer to this great review that sums up about everything there is to be said about The Simpsons Movie.

Some New Film, Some Old: Russian Dolls, Juno, and Carlito's Way

Sunday, December 9, 2007

L'Auberge espagnole (2002) was the first Cédric Klapisch film I saw, and now the second, appropriately, the sequel to L'Auberge, Russian Dolls (2005), is another lovely jaunt through Europe where I live vicariously through the characters who find amazing abodes in the heart of Paris, and meaningful, hair-pulling careers as writers. Ah, where is that bottle of Bordeaux? My glass is empty and I need a refill.

Russian Dolls finds the college flatmates now buried in work they are disappointingly tied to as they struggle to make do with a reality that doesn't mesh with their dreams of yore. Each one, teetering on bona-fide adulthood, is swept off their feet by love and lust, still in touch with that dewy freshness of youth and ideals. Pour heavy. That glass is already empty...

L'Auberge Espagnole and Russian Dolls are to Generation Y, who now march solemnly into the dawn of their thirties, what John Hughes and The Breakfast Club were to Gen X-ers in the 1980s: a celluloid catharsis that demands we not deny the spirit of youth, enlightenment, of who we are, of who we love, of what we want to do, of who we want to be. Pour on!



Friday, December 14, 2007

I listed Juno in the number 4 slot of this year's Top Ten List, but it very well could have been placed further up (or down?) depending on the day. I wrote a bit about Ellen Page on Seen's sister site Scarlett Cinema, which defines Page as one of the biggest female assets to the film industry. You can read about that right here.

I'm thirsty for more of Ellen Page's fresh attitude and wit that holds as much clout as her male counterparts.


















Saturday, December 15, 2007

Hello, Brian De Palma! I missed your movie Carlito's Way in 1993, but now, nearly fifteen years later, I finally saw it, and I have to say it's one of my favorites. Pacino is always great, that's a given (except for in Two For The Money), but the real winner is Sean Penn as the coke addled, high-power attorney. For as humorless and annoying as Penn can be of late, one ought not to forget his serious contributions to cinema; his acting is simply uncanny. I have yet to see Into The Wild, but did see The Pledge (2001) and remember being impressed with his skill as a director too.

Also, some brief observations on the camera work in Carlito's: an outdoor party scene in the Hampdens reveals Penn and Pacino in extreme long shot, from what looks to be a mile away from the subjects; the sound of their conversation is crystal clear, however, and it creates a real sense of surveillance. De Palma also has the incredible ability to make the streets of New York look like they're duplicates on a set; in a number of scenes outside of a night club and an evening exterior of a cafe look downright painted.

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Download STRANGERS songs


Hi,friends download the latest movie songs-strangers. The director of the movie is ANAND L RAI. *ing:KAY KAY MENON,JIMMY SHERGILL,NANDANA SEN,SONALI KULKARNI. I hope you will enjoy the best.
Please read the disclaimer before downloading:

YAAD AAYE WOH DIN
FARISHTA NAHIN MAIN
JAANE THI KAISI RAAHO MEIN
KHWABON KI EK
YAAD AA GAYI
SULGI HUYEE SAASEIN MERI
MEIN TERA AKS HOON
BAAT KEHNE KO
FARISHTA NAHIN MEIN(Remix)

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Download "Don movie"-PDVD rip


Hi guys.. Here is the telugu movie don. Don starring Nagarjuna, Lawrence and Anushka is an average movie with the routine story. But the question is who is the hero? Nagarjuna or Lawrence. This question haunted every tollywood fan. Anyway the movie is worth watching. But Don has got good collections of 16 Crs. for the 1st week. May be the movie might get into track but the movie took the beating by the hits of Mantra and Anasuya. Anyway here is the movie for download. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Don movie part-->1
Don movie part-->2
Don movie part-->3
Don movie part-->4
Don movie part-->5
Don movie part-->6
Don movie part-->7
Don movie part-->8

Friday, December 28, 2007

Download "Welcome movie"


Hi guys.. Here is the welcome movie for download. Welcome starred Anil kapoor, Akshay kumar, Katrina kaif etc. Welcome songs are already given in the blog. So check out the movie now. Marriage or Murder in mafia style.. This is the caption.. How appealing is it. This movie is fantastic and I recommend to download this movie and watch it. What an year to end for bollywood box office. We wish you all advanced happy new year. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Welcome Part-->1
Welcome Part-->2
Welcome Part-->3

Download "Andamaina manasulo songs"


Andamaina manasulo starred Rajeev, Sindhu menon and Archana gupta. 2007 for tollywood fans is ending with lots of music releases. Yesterday two song links have been given and today another one Andamaina manasulo. All the songs are in mp3 format with good quality. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Download Krishna songs-Raviteja & Trisha


Hello guys.. Here are krishna songs. Krishna-the power of indrakeeladri is the upcoming telugu movie starring Ravi teja, Trisha etc. All the tracks are composed by Chakri and director of the movie is V.V.Vinayak. I think v.v.vinayak and raviteja is a very good mass combination which might click at the box office inthe early of next year. Anyway here are the songs, enjoy.. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Download Pourudu songs(2007) mp3's @320kbps


Hi guys.. Here are pourudu songs. Pourudu is the upcoming telugu movie starring Sumanth and Kajal. Our point of interest is that music is composed by Mani sharma. All the songs are in mp3 format@320kbps. Enjoy your stay. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Download Taare zameen par movie


Hi guys.. Here is the movie Taare zameen par starring Amirkhan and others. This movie is directed and produced by Amir khan himself, also the movie is pretty cool. Just check it out. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Taare zameen par Part-->1
Taare zameen par Part-->2
Taare zameen par Part-->3
Taare zameen par Part-->4
Taare zameen par Part-->5
Taare zameen par Part-->6
Taare zameen par Part-->7
Taare zameen par Part-->8

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Mr. Medhavi songs download


Hi guys.. Mr.Medhavi is the telugu movie starring Raja and pretty famous Genelia. This movie turns around the corporate circle and will definitely represent Software guy's lifestyle which might be my future also. But i doubt this can appease the masses. This can definitely hit the big malls if it has stuff but among masses it can be a stub. Thats all about the movie and here are the songs now.. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Download "Krishnarjun songs"


Hi guys.. Here are the krishnarjun songs. Krishnarjun movie starring manoj and "manmadhudu" nagarjuna. This movie is directed by P.vasu. So hope thiswill be a nice flick. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.


Monday, December 24, 2007

Okka magaadu songs download


Hi tollywood fans. Here is okka magaadu song for download. Okka magaadu starred bala krishna and directed by Y.V.S.Chowdary. I think the movie lives upto the expectations. This movie must kick back balayya babu into the limelight. We are also eagerly waiting for the movie. Enjoy the songs first. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Song-->1 Okka magaadu
Song-->2 Devadi deva
Song-->3 Ammatho
Song-->4 Aa Ee eee
Song-->5 Nannu palinchaga
Song-->6 Rey kya bey
Song-->7

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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Download Saval songs

Hi guys.. Here are the Saval songs. Saval movie starred Bharat and suhani. All the tracks are composed by Jassie gift. All the songs are in mp3 format with great quality. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Download "My name is anthony gonslaves Songs"


Hi guys. Here are My name is anthony gonslaves songs. This movie casting Nikhil Dwivedi, Bubbly Amrita rao etc. All the songs are in mp3 format with great quality(as usual). Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Download "Sunday movie songs"


Hi guys.. Here are the songs from the hindi movie Sunday. Sunday movie starred Ajay devagan, Ayesha takia, Arshad warsi etc. The story of this movie is inspired from telugu movie Anukokunda oka roju. The trailer is already given before. So check out the songs too. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Friday, December 21, 2007

Download Bombay to bangkok songs


Hi guys. Here are Bombay to bangkok songs for download. All the songs are in mp3 format with great quality. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Download TASHAN movie trailer


Hi friends TASHAN movie has been released,the trailer is xcellent.I liked it very much,i hope everyone will enjoy the movie trailer.Yashraj Films and *ing: Kareena,Saif,Anil,Akshay kumar.
Please read the disclaimer before downloading:

Download the trailer-TASHAN

Gamyam songs dowload


Hi guys.. Download the songs from the movie "gamyam". Gamyam starring Allari Naresh, Kamilini mukharjee and Sharvanandh etc. is a nice cool upcoming movie. Just check out the songs first. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Download BILLA Movie-tamil


Hi friends download BILLA movie,The distracted team is hoping that you all are enjoying the postings in the blog.Enjoy the movie.*ing:AJITH,NAYANTARA.
Please read the disclaimer before downloading:
DOWNLOAD THE MOVIE:

PART-1
PART-2
PART-3
PART-4
PART-5

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Download Itlu Nee Vennela songs


Hi guys download ITLU NEE VENNELA movie songs from your favorite blog.I hope you will enjoy the songs very much. *ing: Varshini,Vasu and the director of the movie is Mamidi Krishna and the music director is SUNDAR.
Please read the disclaimer before downloading:

INV1
INV2
INV3
INV4
INV5
INV6
INV7
INV8
INV9

Okka magadu song- title song-short


Hi tollywood fans. Here is okka magadu song for download. Okka magadu starred bala krishna and directed by Y.V.S.Chowdary. I think this is title song rather like a theme song leaked in the net. Just check it out. The song is just 1.44 mins. of length. Original audio songs will be uploaded when released. Subscribe to receive more uploads from our blog.

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Sunday movie Trailer Download


Hi guys. Here is trailer of Sunday, the upcoming hindi movie starring Ajay devagan, Ayasha takia, Arshad warsi etc. It is surprising to know that the script is taken from a telugu movie "Anukokunda oka roju". Story of this movie revolves around a girl who looses one day in her life. Story is really very strong, I expect this movie to be a big hit. Anyway download the trailer first. Trailer is fantastic with great quality. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Hanuman returns songs download


Hi guys.. Here are hanuman returns songs for download. All the songs are in mp3 format@320kbps. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Monday, December 17, 2007

Download "Mee Sreyabhilashi songs"


Hi guys.. Mee sreyobhilashi is the tollywood movie starring Nata kiriti Rajendra prasad. You must have identified Rajendra prasad have shifted from the characters which audience like to the characters which gives him satisfaction. It would be great if they satisfy audience also. Anyways here are the songs. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Download HIGHWAY songs


Hi friends download the Highway songs.The clarity of the songs are good,i hope you will enjoy the songs.Rajeev action may be good in this film.And after a long time Sai Kumar is acting in the movie.
*ing:Sai Kumar,Rajeev Kanakala,Santosh Pawan,Suhasini,Nataraj.
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Song-1: Maa Daarina
Song-2: Uppu Karam
Song-3: Veseyyi Chindulu
Song-4: Naatugallu
Song-5: Abba Rabba

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Vaana songs Download


Hi guys.. Here are the songs from the movie Vaana. Vaana is the telugu movie casting Vinay and Bangaram fame Meera chopra. All the tracks are composed by kamalakar. All the songs are in mp3 format with great quality. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog..

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Song-->1 Aakasha ganga
Song-->2 Yeduta nilichindi chudu
Song-->3 Dolare damadam
Song-->4 Venta padu
Song-->5 Vunnatta lenatta
Song-->6 Muvvante maina
Song-->7 Aakasha ganga
Song-->8 Sirimalle vana

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Shakira singing Gujarati song- Video download


This is a red hot download which you should not miss. Shakira, pop dancer is singing and dancing to a Gujarati song. The video song contains a big set where she sings and dances which contain some hip moves and all crazy steps.. Don't miss this download. It must a part of your collection. Subscribe to receive more updates from our blog.

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Download "Road side Romeo trailer"


Hi guys.. Welcome back after some break.. Road side romeo is the animated movie from the big guns, Yash raj films along with Walt disney. This film is another mark of hollywood on bollywood after saawariya. Road side romeo starred Saif ali khan, Kareena kapoor etc. This movie is planned to be released the next summer. Trailer is really fantastic, a complete comic dog imitating hrithik and performing some action. I liked the trailer very much and Yashraj films also want to cash out the upcoming Animation field. So just check out the trailer.. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Download "Khoya khoya chand movie"(DVD-rip)


Hi.. Here is the movie khoya khoya chand for download. All the links are from zshare. Khoya khoya chand movie starred Rang de basanti fame Sohalikhan and shiney ahuja etc. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.
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Khoya khoya chand part-->1
Khoya khoya chand part-->2
Khoya khoya chand part-->3
Khoya khoya chand part-->4

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Download "Dus kahaniyan movie"[P-dvd rip]


Hi!! Here is the latest hindi movie "Dus kahaniyan". I must say that this flick is an experimental one with all the hell of actors and directors and the mixing of 10 irrelevant stories into a 21/2 hr movie. So you guys watch out and give response to all. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.
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Dus kahaniyan Part-->1
Dus kahaniyan Part-->2
Dus kahaniyan Part-->3
Dus kahaniyan Part-->4

Download "Satyabhama" original DVD-rip[230 MB only]


Hi guys.. Here is the dvd-rip movie Satyabhama starring Sivaji and Bhumika. The print is dvd rip and size of the total file is 230mb only. Though this movie hasn't clicked at the boxoffice, the concept of the movie is very nice one, though copied from an English flick. Anyways enjoy the movie. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Satyabhama Part-->1
Satyabhama Part-->2
Satyabhama Part-->3

Monday, December 10, 2007

Download Takkari movie-pdvd quality


Hi, download nithin takkari movie.This movie was his biggest estimation,the clarity of the movie is good.Download and enjoy the movie.

Rapidshare links:
Part-1,Part-2,Part-3,Part-4
Part-5,Part-6,Part-7,Part-8

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Download OKKAMAGADU trailer


Hi our hero is back to form with a good movie OKKAMAGADU,we hope it should give him a great success.Download the trailer of the movie and enjoy.

OKKAMAGADU-trailer

Download DON trailer


Hi everybody,before you had downloaded the songs of DON with a good quality and now you enjoy with the trailer.
DON-trailer

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Download DON movie songs ~(320-Kbps)


Hi,friends it is good to hear that our romantic hero Nagarjuna came with a powerful and dynamic movie DON.The director of the movie is Raghava Lawrence who gave him a big hit with Mass.The songs are good to hear.I hope you will download and enjoy the songs.

Song-1: Su_Su_Suriyana
Song-2: Intha_Andanga_unnave
Song-3: Mudde_Pettu
Song-4: Yedho_Undile
Song-5: Neekai_Nenu
Song-6: Dada_Puttistha

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Download Abbo Aadavallu movie songs


Hi friends the movie Abbo Aadavallu movie songs had released.Download and enjoy the songs.
The story-screenplay-direction of the movie is T.N.RAJU. and Producer of the movie is G.Ashok Reddy.

Song-1: Lancham Vanchana
Song-2: Adagaleka Adigesi
Song-3: Mukkera Pettani
Song-4: Naa Peru Naizamu Nerajana
Song-5: Apple Pallu

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Welcome video song-download


Hi guys.. Welcome is the upcoming movie starring the namaste london couple Akshay kumar and Katrina kaif with the addition of Anil kapoor. Here is the title video song from this movie welcome. Song is with very good quality and the promo is comic and really exciting. Read the disclaimer before downloading. Subscribe to receive more uploads from this blog.

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Photos on canvas by Big prints

Photo to canvas prints are very quickly becoming a popular approach to decorating rooms throughout homes all over the world. Plus, many people are creating heirloom quality gifts by transforming Photos on canvas prints. Yet, many people ask, 'What exactly is a canvas print?'
A canvas print is basically a replica of artwork, drawing, or photograph printed on special canvas using either pigment or some other type of archival ink. Their popularity has risen largely because they are generally far less expensive; yet, tend to be just as stylish and eye catching as any normal canvas painting. These prints are simply a quick and effective way of making a decorative statement that is uniquely your own.
In our modern world of new technologies, one of the greatest advantages of photo to canvas prints is with the evolution of printing methods. The results can be spectacular. When properly done, canvas prints carry an heirloom quality. The person that receives the print (whether they've purchased it or received it as a gift) looks at it with much more value. It becomes a piece of art, rather than a simple snapshot and a unique way to preserve familial history at the same turn.
Prior to a photo transfer to canvas print a few steps are taken to ensure a near perfect finished product. Once the canvas and the method of printing are selected, the photograph needs to be analyzed to gauge the feasibility of the print. Most reputable canvas printers will let you know if there is going to be substantial color or quality drop offs when going to canvas. You should understand that some minor color and quality drop off is inevitable. After printing the next step in the process is trimming the canvas and preparing it to be mounted, or stretched onto its frame. This stretching process is a somewhat specialized skill and is the reason many leave the preparation of canvas prints to professionals such as Big Prints, Australia's original and still leading company in canvas printing.
Printers today have come a long way; earlier offset printing had its limitations, however with digital printing solutions available, and with the onset of specialized printing techniques like Giclée, you can easily tranform a cherished photo to canvas with very little time, effort, or expense. Be sure you order thru a reputable canvas printing company or else you risk receiving reduced quality prints. We suggest you take a visit over to the original canvas printing company, Big Prints Australia, they are located in Australia but well worth the additional shipping time to get the best finished product possible. After all, longevity for these canvas prints is a minimum of 75 years and that will outlast the majority of us so be sure to get it done right and risk free with a bit of assistance from Rob at BigPrints Australia. Other companies just do not compare in quality or service.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Download Bheema songs


Hi, friends download the latest songs of VIKRAM, the movie is BHEEMA,and the director of the movie is N Lingu swamy.The music director is none other than HARRIS JAYARAJ.
*ing: Vikram,Trisha

Song-1: Kanu Choopula
Song-2: O Manasa
Song-3: Oka Mukamo
Song-4: Paruvappu Vaana
Song-5: Rahasyapu Kalale
Song-6: Rangu Rangamma

Rating componets to merchant's needs

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Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition


One of the fast cars coming out next year the Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition will be sporting a cast-aluminum V8 engine capable of running on biofuel. The burning of ethanol in biofuel has the positive side effect of cooling the combustion chambers. This combined with a higher octane rating provides the enviro-friendly Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition supercar with 1,018hp at 7,200rpm and peak torque of 1,060Nm at 6,100rpm which will require special performance tires to transfer the power to the ground. The 4.7L engine features a four-valve double overhead cam design with a compression ratio of 8.2:1 and a sequential multipoint fuel injection. Twin Rotrex centrifugal superchargers provide up to 1.5 bar boost pressure. The combined highway/city fuel cycle stands at 10.7mpg (22L/100km). Accelerating from 0-100km/h takes
approximately 2.9 seconds and the top speed is claimed to be above 400km/h. We can’t wait to see some official times, and, if you must know, the price tag is around the €1.5 million mark.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Short Experimental Films: Len Lye

Saturday, December 1, 2007



The Chicago Filmmakers' screening of Len Lye's short films earlier this month (12/01/07) was a fantastic film experience, and if you were so unlucky as to miss the 16mm tour of his oeuvre, there are a handful of Lye's films available for a peek on YouTube. I've posted my favorite above, Free Radicals (1958/1979), which begins at about 3:30 on the counter, and you can read a full description of each film in the series in an earlier post over at Seen's sister site Scarlett Cinema.

The Films of Pedro Costa

The Gene Siskel Film Center concluded its retrospective on filmmaker Pedro Costa a few weeks ago, and it was awesome. Here's a quick breakdown of what I saw, and again, please mind my brevity, but with two days left of 2007 I am scrambling to review everything that's been released in the past month. But, suffice it to say, in short, that everything I saw from Costa last month (and earlier this month) was fantastic and constitutes some of the best cinema I've seen in 2007.



Tuesday, November 27, 2007

With the release of Costa's Colossal Youth last year, his filmmaking has been at the fore of my mind, though not having seen any of his films before it was diffcult to gauge my expectations. Let me say now that the first Costa screening I attended in late November, Down To Earth (1994) was an aesthetic delight. The story follows a young nurse who travels back to her patient's rural hometown; he is in a coma, she seems in search of some meaning in her life. Surrounded by the mountainous landscape, littered with lava rocks and a scarce few trees, Costa's characters become abstract figures in disconnected space. His shot sequences lie somewhere in between the long takes of Bela Tarr that take on a life of their own, and the bouncy disconnect of Godard, a la Breathless, making us keenly aware of the technology that informs and mediates the actual landscape, at the same time showing us pure moments of beauty that mixes the live human being with the heavy force of nature.


Friday, November 30, 2007

Where Lies Your Hidden Smile (2001) is a must for anyone interested in editing, language, and the semiotics of them both. Following filmmakers Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub as they strain to find the precise moment to cut their film, the story is as much a show of their labor as it is a labor of love for one another. The filmmakers painstakingly advance and rewind the reel of celluloid frame-by-frame, in one scene, to find the the spot where the root of a character's smile begins, a subtle expression overlooked by the untrained eye. The film is an exercise in seeing how a film is edited, and though it requires an almost tedious amount of concentration, it's an experience unparalleled in its drive to show us what it takes to get just the right frame of film onscreen.


Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Colossal Youth was the big to-see film of 2006, and now that it has been released one year later I'm glad to say I finally saw it. Maybe it was the build-up of 365 days of rave reviews that made me slightly less than thrilled about the feature overall, but more likely, Colossal Youth simply fell to the shadow of the predecesors I was lucky enough to see before it, the aforementioned Down To Earth and Where Lies Your Hidden Smile. In retrospect, it actually seems like a familiar exercise for Costa who employs much of the same long-take/long shot aesthetic in Down To Earth (and undoubtedly others, which unfortunately I was unable to see), and, as illustrated in the image above, Costa's characters here too are contrasted against local buildings, structures, and other ubiquitous pieces of the landscape that really pull them out of space. Colossal Youth, for me, looked much like an urban version of Down To Earth. All of that being said, despite any repetition Costa exercised in this particular film it is still an individual masterpiece. The run-time is a bit longer than the others (and felt that way too), but you can think of this movie like you're taking an extended look at artwork on a museum wall; time is handled with a lot of texture that very much slows things down to make you notice everything you're seeing in the shot.

Bee Movie and Another 'B' Movie

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Late Marriage - 2001 - DVD

Late Marriage was a 2001 Israeli film that landed on my Netflix queue for reasons unknown. It won best everything from the Israeli Film Academy, but I found it just depressing. Though, before I begin to sound hateful of it, I'll stop; it wasn't the movie's fault I wasn't ready (or wanting) to watch it when it came, so I shall reserve criticisms for now.



















Monday, November 26, 2007

Most underwhelming and overhyped movie of the year: Bee Movie. Okay, Transformers was hyped more than Jerry Seinfeld's Bee flick, but I think most of us trusted that Seinfeld would end up with the smarter of the two animated films. Though I haven't seen Transformers to know for sure, the independent polling I took among friends and acquaintances was that Michael Bay's summer blockbuster was surprisingly fun. On the other end of the spectrum, I imagined hilarious and endlessly entertaining consequences for Seinfeld's script, so believe my profound disappointment when the movie turned out to be about not much more than a few jokes of the Seinfeld sort sprinkled throughout a contrived kids' story. The only thing good about the film was Seinfeld himself (as the bee's voice anyway), and I'd rather have him in non-computer animated form on the stand-up stage instead. Bummer, I was excited about this one...

A Few New Films in '07: Oswald's Ghost, I Think I Love My Wife, and The Darjeeling Limited

Friday, November 16, 2007

Oswald's Ghost was a short, and a shade sentimental documentary by Robert Stone on the Kennedy assassination's impact on U.S. society. As the title suggests, the film is centered on the role of Lee Harvey Oswald and the many subsequent conspiracy theories in the years after his murder. Though the film doesn't offer any new perspective on the history of the assassination, it does make use of long reels of news footage that are usually only seen in the length of a soundbite. Dan Rather is young, dewy-skinned freshman reporter, and the now gray and frazzled conspiracy theorists looked like young and frazzled conspiracy theorists; Jim Garrison is one in particular, the story of whom is the base of Oliver Stone's JFK (1991).

In all, what makes the movie compelling is not actually cinematic, but the result of the subject matter itself that's an inextricable part of the American political and social sphere. Looking at the Zapruder film up close and re-magnified is like living through that moment, now over forty years in our past, again for the first time (even for those of us who weren't alive to see it upon release.) The film mentioned a figure somewhere around the 70% range for the section of Americans that believe President Kennedy's death was conspired by our own government, using Oswald as he himself says on one famous newsreel, a "patsy." The film is kind of like an undergraduate level paper on the Kennedy assassination; interesting and genuinely curious and earnest in its questioning, but doesn't uncover anything new on the subject. That said, history buffs will delight (as I did) in the rekindling of facts it provides.


Friday, November 16, 2007

I Think I Love My Wife, Chris Rock's second directorial feature, was the most misogynist film of the year, gleefully congratulating itself with an internal monologue of cat calls from the film's lead character Richard Cooper (Chris Rock). Meanwhile back at home, his wife stakes her claim as a shrewish, demanding and humorless teacher/homemaker. Is Richard honestly shocked by their non-existent sex life when he is the only half of their so-called partnership that gets to have fun and make a joke or two?

Rock's adaptation is based on Eric Rohmer's Chloe in the Afternoon (1972), but is written for a much wider base; likely Rock's target audience is a far cry from those who sit down for the high concept ideas of Rohmer. The modern version of the film then becomes more of an exercise on bashing the low points of marriage, which are summed up from the male perspective only, thus pinning the roots of that anxiety on the boring, humorless wife. If only she were more fun, more spontaneous, then maybe he wouldn't be so tempted to undress every attractive woman with his eyes.



Sunday, November 18, 2007

Besides Rushmore (1998), The Darjeeling Limited might be the best Wes Anderson flick yet. I think the main criticism I've read about the film is its redundancy in terms of style, that it looks like every other W. Anderson film. His signature is surely there onscreen, but I adored it anyway. Everything from Bill Murray's opening cameo, to Jason Schwartzman's pepper spray scene was a lot of fun, and most of it was done with so little dialogue that it gave us a good chance to just watch a solely visual story. The fact that the three American brothers are deserted in a country where their language isn't understood in the first place, is a good premise for the muted scenes. Most notable are the shots of simple human movement: watching the brothers walk or run with old-school designer suitcases in tow, regular mundane exercises become elegant.

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