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Time for more old movies. This movie was made in 1982. That’s 28 years ago. I guess that’s old, isn’t it?

Oh, Cat People. This is one of those movies I loved when I was way younger. It has the beautiful Natassja Kinski in it. That’s reason enough to watch it.

Malcolm McDowell is in it, too, which is awesome. And if that’s not enough, Annette O’Toole is in it, too. For the younger generation, she’s Superman’s mom in Smallville. But Annette is pretty young in this movie, and is damn sexy in it.

Cat People is not a masterpiece. It’s a bit entertaining, and I just like it for the nostalgic value. The plot is quite unrealistic and some aspects of it are just there just to provide some eroticism: there are people among us that can turn into Panthers….specially when they have sex…their problem is that they can’t turn human again unless they kill somebody. Irena (Natassja Kinki) is one of them; her brother Paul (Malcolm McDowell) is another one of these cat people. That’s it. There’s nudity, there’s blood, there’s dead prostitutes and wild panthers, naive cops and an unsatisfying ending.

Buy the dvd: Cat People

I saw The Astronaut’s Wife yesterday. It’s a good movie, with a big of a disappointing plot and ending, and with two great actors (as you can see in the photo: Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron). It’s weird to see Johnny Depp playing a normal person, sort of. Charlize Theron did well in the role of a wife who apparently is going crazy while bad things happen to her due to her husband. Sounds familiar? I thought so, too. It seems as if Charlize decided to reprise her role in The Devil’s Advocate, except this time she’s not married to an advocate (Keanu Reeves), but to an astronaut. There’s a lot of parallels in the story of both movies: a young couple living in Florida decide to move to New York as the husband gets offered a great job over there. The wife gets pregnant and she suddenly realizes something is not right; something is happening, and her husband is to blame. You see? I’m describing both movies there!

Go rent both movies, or buy the dvds (The Astronaut’s Wife for about $9 and Devil’s Advocate for about $7). I think Devil’s Advocate is a way better movie, and Charlize is better in it, too. Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching Charlize Theron as the wife of an astronaut.

There are four things that come to my mind when I think of Charlize Theron: She’s a great actress; she is an absolutely gorgeous woman; she isn’t afraid of nude scenes; her roles are a bit repetitive. Case in point was the two movies I just talked about, but you can also see her playing a sort of depressed woman with lots of psychological baggage, usually haunted by her past: see Sweet November,  North County, Sleepwalking and The Burning Plain.  She plays a woman with issues even in Hancock and The Italian Job. I haven’t seen Monster, but I suspect she also plays a very messed up woman there, too.

On a more positive side, go see some really great photos of this beautiful woman at the FB Gallery, and then go buy Aeon Flux (DVD) and see her running around in tight clothes.

I like browsing around imdb looking for old and new things to watch. I probably spend as much time on that site as I spend time watching movies (or even working, ha!). For example, I just found out about this young hottie named Lisa Marcos who is one of the protagonist of a Tv series called The Listener, which apparently has already been cancelled in the US.

Stephen McHattie appears in one episode of that series. He is in a movie I saw a few months ago, called Pontypool (which is also a town in Wales, but the movie doesn’t have anything to do with that). I thought that was an interesting movie, I’d even suggest you try to go see it (the DVD hasn’t been released yet, so I don’t know if you’ll be able to watch the movie in theaters for now). I found it to be original, and a bit entertaining. But, I have to warn you that this movie is not for everybody. Some might find it boring, because nothing really happens. It’s a zombie movie without zombies. It’s a dialog movie (in fact, words are one of the protagonists of this movie). In conclusion, it’s a movie that you’ll either love or hate; there’s no in-between.

Actually, I’d say that this is a movie that you don’t really need to see, but you need to listen to. Considering the entire movie happens in a radio station, and the star of the movie (Stephen McHattie) spends 70% of the time talking into a microphone, trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

It was directed by Bruce McDonald, who’s also the director of The Tracey Fragments (starring Ellen Page), which is a completely bizarre and confusing movie (I’ll have to watch it again to see if I like it). The movie is based on the novelPontypool Changes Everything. I’m interested in reading that book, although I don’t know if it’s any good.

Zombies aside, let’s talk about cheating wives for a bit. I recently decided that Nastassja Kinski is gorgeous, and now I’d like to see as much of her work as possible (there’s a reason for that, but I might talk about it in future posts). I just saw one of her movies: Cold Heart and it is a bad movie. I mean, it’s not that bad if you have nothing else to do, but it’s not original at all, you’ll have the feeling you’ve seen similar movies a thousand times before.

Why then should you see it? Reason one: you get to see Nastassja Kinski without any clothes (that always adds points to any movie); she’s also in a couple cool sex scenes. But, if that doesn’t convince you, let me ask you something: are you a fan of LOST? If so, this is a must see for you, because the movie has two of the stars of your favorite Tv shows in it: Josh Holloway, the crazy guy who seduces Nastassja Kinski, and Jeff Fahey (you know, he’s Frank the Pilot in LOST), who is the cheating husband. You see, everybody’s cheating everybody in this movie, so Nastassja Kinski is the cheating wife (the title of the post makes sense now). If you’re a woman, let me tell you this: Josh Holloway and Nastassja Kinski have a couple of very steamy scenes here.

Will you see any of these two movies?

I’d say Kate Beckinsale is one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. If you make me choose between her and Megan Fox, I choose the gorgeous Kate. I mean, she’s beautiful, her accent is hypnotizing, and she’s got style and elegance. As an example, look at this photo of her at the premiere of Whiteout, a movie I didn’t know existed, but now that I do, I’ll definitely go see; not only because it has Kate Beckinsale in it, but also because it looks interesting.

The perfect weekend for a wedding, but the storm is coming

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This is not my type of movie, but I might enjoy it, specially because Anne Hathaway is has the leading role, and I have to say, I’m a big fan of her. We’ll have to wait until October to see if this movie is any good (though it looks like it will be).

When Kym returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict along with her. The wedding Party’s abundant cast of friends and relations have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feating, music and love, but Kym — with her black-comic one-liners and knack for bombshell drama — is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic.

Megan Fox, the star of Transformers, is one of my new favorite actresses. I won’t say that it’s because I think it’s a talented actress…it’s just because I think she’s really beautiful, and really hot. She’s like a young Angelina Jolie.

These are only two photos of this gorgeous Hollywood actress, but as usual, you can see more photos of Megan Fox at the gallery.

That Transformers movie was not too bad, and she was specially hot in it. I hope Transformers 2 - Revenge of the Fallen is way better, and hopefully Megan looks even sexier in it…we’ll have to wait and see. At least we’ll get a chance to see this beautiful actress on October 3rd, when her new movie, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People hits the theaters. Check out the trailer, it looks like it’s going to be fun.

Trailer for ‘Vicky Christina Barcelona’ - starring Javier Bardem, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, and Rebecca Hall.

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Vicky and Cristina, these two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist and his beautiful but insane ex-wife. Vicky is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, both comedic and harrowing results ensue.

I’m not really a fan of Woody Allen, and I dislike Penelope Cruz quite a bit. BUT, I have to say this movie looks like it’s going to be good. And I can’t forget the fact that there’s at least one kissing scene between Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz, which I can’t deny, sounds awesome.

He’s not a legend. Talking about that, I never got to see “I am Legend“. It looked like a very cool movie, though what turned me off was the fact that everybody said the ending was awful. And, talking about movies I haven’t seen, is Step Up 2 The Streets any good?

Going back to the topic, Will Smith: it looks like Hancock is going to be a cool movie.

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