Movie Trailer Sunday (42)

This weeks trailers are about a wallflower,

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Description: Introvert freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman) is taken under the wings of two seniors (Emma Watson and Ezra Miller) who welcome him to the real world.
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson, Nina Dobrev, Dylan McDermott
Trailer: Trailer "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Comment: I'm really looking forward to see this movie. First I want to read the book though.

Sinister
Description: Found footage helps a true-crime novelist (Ethan Hawke) realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio
Trailer: Trailer "Sinister"
Comment: Disturbing...

2 Days in New York
Description: Marion (Julie Delpy) has broken up with Jack and now lives in New York with their child. A visit from her family, the different cultural background of her new boyfriend, her sister's ex-boyfriend, and her upcoming photo exhibition make for an explosive mix.
Director: Julie Delpy
Starring: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock
Trailer: Trailer "2 Days in New York"
Comment: Chris Rock doesn't look all hysterical. Thank you!!

Shadow Dancer
Description: Colette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough): widow, mother, terrorist. A woman who has lived the Republican cause for all her 29 years. A woman whose brothers are both heavily involved at the senior levels in the IRA, whose husband was killed by the British security forces. A woman who is now an informer for MI5. Arrested in an aborted bombing attempt in London, Colette is given two choices: talk and see her children again, or stay silent and spend the rest of her life watching them grow up from behind the bars of a prison cell.
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson
Trailer: Trailer "Shadow Dancer"

Big Easy Express
Description: Folk rock and bluegrass musicians Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes travel together by train from San Francisco to New Orleans in the spring of 2011.
Director: Emmett Mallow
Starring: Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, Edward Sharpe and the magnetic Zeroes
Trailer: Trailer "Big Easy Express"

In My Mailbox (51)

Four postcards this week. The first card came from Freising, Germany and is my favorite of the week. Maybe also one of my all-time favorites. Killer whales are my most belove animals and I love, love, love this card.

Sent on: june 6th 2012
Received on: june 11th 2012
Distance: 516 km (321 miles)
Travel time: 5 days

This card came from Boajhong, Taiwan is is also very beautiful. A very rustic sight.

Sent on: june 4th 2012
Received on: june 13th 2012
Distance: Distance: 9,533 km (5,924 miles)
Travel time: 9 days

I also got a card from Liminka, Finland. This is super adorable, with the furry bunnies. The right one looks a bit like my Oscar. He has his fluffines. his was sent to me by an eight year old boy.

Sent on: june 7th 2012
Received on: june 15th 2012
Distance: 1,904 km (1,183 miles)
Travel time: 8 days

The last card came from Słupca, Poland. Again a very touristic card, not really my favorites. And the sender didn't really write me anything. I always like reading about the people who send me the cards.

Sent on: june 3rd 2012
Received on: june 16th 2012
Distance: Distance: 812 km (505 miles)
Travel time: 13 days

Thanks Anja, Sjeng Jie, Niko and Dawid for the postcards.

50 Books Challenge 2012- # 24: The Lightning Thief by Rock Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians # 1)

Title: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians # 1)
Author: Rick Riordan
Story: Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school... again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus' master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus' stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
Start: june 7th 2012
End: june 15th 2012
Comment: If you know anything about Greek mythology, you'll know that their gods had a tendency to produce demigod kids by the dozen. So it's not too hard to guess what "The Lightning Thief" is about. A boy who discovers that he's the offspring of a god, and the other demi-god kids that he gets to know at a very special camp. The book has a short introduction when the adventure starts already in the first chapter. You're sucked into the story and from that moment on I had a hard time putting the book down. The book has several similarities with the Harry Potter series. It's an underdog story about a troubled boy who happens to have special qualities and becomes a hero. But the concept around it is totally different and very creative. The book is very easy to read, adventurous and it's a nice way for kids and adults to learn about Greek mythology. I really liked Percy Jackson, but I think his friend Grover was my favorite character. He had a lot of humor and enjoyed reading about him. The fact that the two teenage boys fight for their right together with a girl, points out to another aspect that this book has in common with the Harry Potter series. I liked reading "The Lightning Thief" and could recommened it to other readers who are in the mood for something very adventurous.
Rating: 4,5 / 5

Missing since yesterday!

Normally I post a top 5 every thursday. Yesterday I didn't post one, because it was such a busy day. I had a very long day at work and I didn't have the time and energy to post one. I promise you that next week there will be a top 5 again.

Pic Spam: Jason Segel

Jason Segel has stole my heart over the years. I mean, how adorable is he? Super adorable. And he's so funny. Here are some of Jason Segel's best pictures.

In the Picture: The Characters from "50/50"

This is the way a story like this should be told. Not over-dramatic, but with a touch of humor. “50/50” is such a fantastic film with some great characters. Here they are.

Adam Lerner
Played by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Adam works as a radio journalist and is 27 years old when he discovers he has a rare form of cancer in his spine. His chances are 50/50. He sees it as a burden that his girlfriend, his mother and his best friend have to take care of him. Adam is a kind man who wants to enjoy the little things in life and tries to enjoy it even though he’s sick. He finds that very hard, but he realizes that his mom, Kyle and his therapist Katherine are there for him all in a different way.

Kyle
Played by: Seth Rogen
Kyle is Adam’s best friend and mister positive. He thinks the odds of Adam surviving are good and better than expected. Kyle tries to make Adam still enjoy life by taking him out and getting him laid. When Adam is sick of being sick, he gets mad at Kyle for trying to make him forget about the illness, Adam finds a book that Kyle is reading “Fighting Cancer Together”.

Katherine McKay
Played by: Anna Kendrick
Katherine is Adam’s young therapist. At first Adam doesn’t think much of Katherine, because she is only 24, but they develop a close relationship. Katherine is very sweet and caring, though a bit insecure about how to deal with Adam. Soon Adam Realizes that Katherine is a fantastic woman and he wishes she was his girlfriend.

Rachael
Played by: Bryce Dallas Howard
Rachael is Adam’s girlfriend and very demanding and a bit selfish. When she first hears about Adam’s sickness, she says she wants to take care of him. Rachael can’t deal with it though. Kyle sees Rachael with another man and tells Adam. Rachael says it was hard on her to deal with the illness, but she doesn’t seem to realize how hard it is on Adam. They break up.

Diane Lerner
Played by: Anjelica Huston
Diane is Adam’s mother and is married to an Alzheimer patient. She is broken up about the fact that Adam is sick. Adam doesn’t allow her to take care of him, because she already has his dad to take care of. Diane feels powerless.

Favorite Character: Adam Lerner

Movie Trailer Sunday (41)

This weeks trailers are about a videogame, a heroic pilot, a slave, intersecting relatiosnhips and Marie Antoinette

Wreck-It Ralph
Description: Ralph (John C. Reilly) is tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix (Jack McBrayer), the "good guy" star of their game who always gets to save the day. But after decades doing the same thing and seeing all the glory go to Felix, Ralph decides he's tired of playing the role of a bad guy. He takes matters into his own massive hands and sets off on a game-hopping journey across the arcade through every generation of video games to prove he's got what it takes to be a hero. On his quest, he meets the tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun (Jane Lynch) from the first-person action game Hero's Duty. But it's the feisty misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) from the candy-coated cart racing game, Sugar Rush, whose world is threatened when Ralph accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens the entire arcade. Will Ralph realize his dream and save the day before it's too late?
Director: Rich Moore
Starring: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch, Jack McBrayer
Trailer: Trailer "Wreck-It Ralph"

Flight
Description: Whip (Denzel Washington) is a commercial airline pilot who pulls off a heroic feat of flying in a damaged plane, saving 98 lives on a flight carrying 106 people. While the world begs to embrace him as a true American Hero, the everyman struggles with this label as he is forced to hold up to the scrutiny of an investigation that brings into question his behavior the night before the doomed flight.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood, John Goodman
Trailer: Trailer "Flight"
Comment: Denzel Washington hardly ever makes a bad movie.

Django Unchained
Description: Django (Jamie Foxx) is a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles, dead or alive. Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South's most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago. Django and Schultz's search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of Candyland, an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody to battle each other for sport. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie's trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival...
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson, Kerry Washington
Trailer: Trailer "Django Unchained"
Comment: Can't wait!!!

360
Description: A moving and exciting dramatic thriller that dazzlingly weaves together the stories of an array of people from disparate social backgrounds through their intersecting relationships.
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Ben Foster
Trailer: Trailer "360"

Farewell, My Queen
Description: A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen
Trailer: Trailer "Farewell, My Queen"