Oscar's best 2013

Best Directing: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

 

Best Actress in a leading role: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

 

 

 Best Actor in a leading role: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

 

 

 Best Picture: Argo

 

 

 

To see all the results of this year's Oscars please visit: http://oscar.go.com/mypicks

 

Great job Seth Macfarlane, and awesome job on the red carpet and finale Kristin Chenoweth.

 

 

"Mobile Suit Gundam UC" episode 6 Trailer #2

Can't wait! I need to buy episode 5 soon.

Lover Never Dies

This love tale by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber tells the continuing story of The Phantom of the Opera. Occurring 10 years after the events of Phantom, this story takes place in Coney Island, NY. Christine and her family are called to NY to sing in a new opera. In their visit, they are invited to Phantasma, Coney Island's circus show run by Mr. Y (The Phantom).
This story unravels the relationship between Christine and the Phanton.

The Musical opened in London to mixed reviews. A revised version opened in Australia to more favorable reviews.

The only chance to see it outside those countries is through DVD, BlueRay, or digital download of the Australian Cast. This version, although amazingly staged and choreograph, it lacks emotion in the musical in performance.

If you want to listen to the songs, please do yourself a favor and listen to the original London cast recording performed by Ramin Karimloo (the Phantom) and Sierra Boggess (Christine). They also performed marvelously in the filming of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall.

Look out for the following songs:
-Til I hear you sing - The Phantom
-The Coney Island Waltz [Australian version]
-Beneath a Moonless Sky - Christine and the Phantom
-Once Upon Another Time - Christine and the Phantom
-The Beauty Underneath - The Phantom and Gustave
-Love Never Dies - Christine

Ramin Karimloo [original London cast] - Til I Heard You Sing

Sierra Boggess [original London cast] - Love Never Dies

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Coming May 20th, 2011.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Blue Ray/DVD/Digital copy combo

"Awakening of the Trailblazer" at NYAF

OMG!!! I have been waiting for this movie to premiere. I thought I'd have to wait months for this to come out in DVD, but now it's premiering at the New York Anime Festival (NYAF)! The showing will be on the last day, Sunday October 10. I sure hope I get to watch it. The trailer looks amazing, and I hear the ending will be surprising. I will give you a review once I watched the movie. Can't wait!!!

BK brunch and the weekend

I had brunch with Chris today before leaving my stay in the city. I had spent the whole weekend in the Manhattan and Greenpoint, since Friday.

Friday: I took the day off to relax from a stressful week full of turns and surprises, meltdowns and what not. I met Chris at Central Park to enjoy the sunny warm day. We had great conversations about all topics imaginable [which makes me believe that he's getting use to my craziness and randomness], which makes me appreciate the good guy that he is. We did some shopping in the afternoon, and had dinner later in the evening at Nooch [Nooch's homepage] on 8th Avenue. After dinner we made our way back to BK for the night.

Saturday: The next day I had a picnic, again, in Central Park with the guys and girls. By the end I was a bit exhausted; I got there at 1:30PM and left around 7:00PM. There were a lot of fun, laughs, and food. However, I was late to go to the village to attend my friend Ted's birthday dinner. I arrived around 7:30PM but everyone seemed in a good mood and not starving. It was nice to see everyone from college together again [Jason, Sunil, Andrea, Barry], at least for a couple of hours. Then I had to rush back to BK [since I was late; yet again] to meet Chris after work [I really had a busy day]. We went out to the Metropolitan Bar [Info page] on Lorimer Ave, between Metropolitan Avenue and Devou Street. We had a nice time there and I meet some of his friends, but I was tired from earlier in the day, so I was not very sociable. He was very understanding though, and we took a cab back home [well, his home].

Sunday: The day came and we had a nice brunch at [this] diner later in the morning. We sat outside, and although the air was humid, we enjoyed the sunshine and the warmth. While all this was happening I was carrying 20lbs of luggage in my backpack. I suppose that is a good strengthening workout for my back, but the humidity was damping my good mood throughout the afternoon. Not to the point where I would turn into a maniacal bothered beast, but more like "argh it's too hot, even for me [and that is saying a lot, since I love heat and I come from Peru]." After we parted ways, I made my way back into the city. I caught up with Tom and we decided to watch "Clash of the Titans 3D." No movie in my personal opinion can be made better through this 3D craze. The movie I’m afraid was bad. The story line was completely different from the original movie. The acting was not great. The 3D gimmicky, it served no purpose to the movie whatsoever, and I spent $17.50 to watch this movie; definitely the price was not worth it. This movie is a DVD rental if anything. This used to be my favorite movie as a child, and it was just disappointing. After that I made my way back home to LI.

I had great moments throughout the weekend, so it was definitely a good one. Can't wait for more to come; although I suspect more of these moments might be spent in BK going forwards [God willing].

The White Queen and the Olympians

[February 15-MLK Day] On Monday I went to the movie theaters with my sister and my cousin to watch "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief." The movie was great, it had many elements I liked, such as the mythology stories [duh], mystery, and action. I have to say though that the movie was a bit predictable from the beginning. My guess would be that the adaptation from the book was cut somewhat short. At least that is what I hear from people who read the book. The movie was enjoyable though.


Before going in we had to make a line to enter the theater. So this picture [the blog pic] was taken while waiting on line. It's an advertisement for the upcoming Tim Burton adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Anne Hathaway looks amazing in this movie, and from what I can see in the commercials I will like her character. I don't remember the “White Queen” from any previous adaptations, but then again I never paid any attention them, as I found the story itself quite boring. Perhaps this adaptation will change my mind about Alice in Wonderland.