The Dark Knight (2008)

The film begins with the Joker robbing a mob-owned bank with his accomplices, whom he tricks into killing each other before killing the last one himself. That night, a trio of Batman impersonators interrupts a meeting between mobsters and the Scarecrow. The real Batman appears and apprehends all of the criminals and impostors, but suffers injuries from dog bites, leading him to re-design his batsuit. Batman and Lieutenant James Gordon contemplate including new district attorney Harvey Dent in their plan to eradicate the mob, as he could be the public hero Batman cannot be. Bruce Wayne discovers the new D.A. is dating Rachel Dawes and chooses to host a fundraiser for Dent.

When mob bosses meet to discuss Batman, Gordon, and Dent, a Chinese mobster accountant, Lau, informs the gang leaders he has hidden their money to pre-empt a plan Gordon has hatched to seize the mobsters’ funds. The Joker arrives unexpectedly, offering to kill Batman for half of their money, but the offer is refused. After Batman abducts Lau in Hong Kong and delivers him to the Gotham City police, the mobsters agree to hire the Joker. The Joker tells Gotham that if Batman does not turn himself in to police and publicly reveal his identity, people will die each day. When Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb and the judge presiding over the mob trials are murdered, Bruce decides to reveal his identity. Before he can, Dent announces that he himself is Batman and is arrested as part of a plan to draw the Joker out of hiding. The Joker attempts to ambush the police convoy carrying Dent, but Batman and Gordon intervene and arrest him; in recognition of his actions, Gordon is appointed police commissioner.

Later that night, when Dent disappears, Batman interrogates the Joker at the police station, who reveals that Dawes and Dent have been captured by corrupt police and placed in warehouses rigged with explosives on opposite sides of the city; they are far enough apart that Batman cannot save them both. Batman leaves to save Dawes, while Gordon and the police head after Dent. With the help of a bomb planted at the police station, the Joker escapes with Lau. Having been deceived by the Joker, who gave him reversed addresses, Batman arrives at Dent’s location in time to save him, but the left side of Dent’s face is burned in the explosion. Gordon does not arrive in time to save Dawes and she perishes. In the hospital, Dent is driven to madness over the loss of Dawes. After burning Lau with his half of the mob’s money, the Joker goes to the hospital and convinces Dent to exact revenge on the corrupt cops and mobsters responsible for Dawes’ death, as well as Batman and Gordon.

Dent, calling himself “Two-Face”, goes on a personal vendetta confronting the cops and mobsters one by one, and deciding their fates with the flip of a coin. The Joker announces to the public that anyone left in Gotham at nightfall will be subject to his rule. With the bridges and tunnels out of the city closed due to a bomb threat by the Joker, authorities begin evacuating people by ferry. The Joker places explosives on two of the ferries—one ferry with convicts, the other with civilians—telling all the passengers the only way to save themselves is to trigger the explosives on the other ferry; otherwise, he will destroy both at midnight.

Batman locates the Joker and prevents him from destroying the ferries after the passengers on both decide not to destroy each other. The Joker acknowledges that Batman is truly incorruptible, but that Dent was not, and his madness has been unleashed upon the city. Subduing the Joker and leaving him for the SWAT team, Batman leaves in search of Dent. At the remains of the building where Dawes died, Batman finds Dent holding Gordon and his family at gunpoint. Dent judges the innocence of Batman, himself, and Gordon’s son through coin tosses. He shoots Batman in the abdomen, but before Dent can determine the boy’s fate, Batman tackles him, and they both fall over the side of the building. Dent appears dead, and Batman and Gordon realize the loss of morale the city would suffer if Dent’s murders became known. Batman persuades Gordon to preserve Dent’s image by holding Batman responsible for the murders. Gordon destroys the Bat-Signal, and a manhunt for Batman ensues.

cast:

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Heath Ledger as The Joker
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent / Two-Face
Michael Caine as Alfred
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman as Det. Lt. James Gordon
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Monique Curnen as Det. Anna Ramirez
Ron Dean as Detective Wuertz
Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow
Chin Han as Lau
Nestor Carbonell as Mayor Anthony Garcia
Eric Roberts as Salvatore Maroni
Ritchie Coster as The Chechen
Anthony Michael Hall as Mike Engel

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I liked this movie, the story was so complicated, yet, it thrilled me. The visual effect was great, and Heath Ledger (RIP) played the Joker character so well.

and the infamous quote of this movie

WHY SO SERIOUS?

Trailer:

Idiom for the day: Eleventh hour

Eleventh hour

If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens right at the last minute.

Cake @ The Hollywood Knights VIP Party

Some new CAKE pitchers @ Hollywood Knights VIP party, yaaaay

CAKE duet )))

Idiom for the day: Dark horse

Dark horse

If someone is a dark horse, they are a bit of a mystery.

Touch of Pink (2004)

Touch of Pink is a 2004 movie about Alim (Jimi Mistry), a young gay Ismaili Muslim man. He faces the hardships of coming out of the closet to his mother Nuru (Suleka Mathew), as well as hardships in his relationship with Giles (Kristen Holden-Ried). Alim has an imaginary friend (or maybe a guardian angel or ghost friend, depending on how literally or symbolically one takes the film) who is supposedly Cary Grant. Grant (Kyle MacLachlan) gives Alim advice when Alim is in trouble. Unfortunately, the advice often seems to make more trouble.

Cast:

Jimi Mistry as Alim
Kyle MacLachlan as Spirit of Cary Grant
Suleka Mathew as Nuru
Kristen Holden-Ried as Giles
Brian George as Hassan
Veena Sood as Dolly
Raoul Bhaneja as Khaled
Liisa Repo-Martell as Delia

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I liked this movie, the director could deliver this lightly although the subject was a heavy one. I think he did a great job on directing the movie.

A picture of Jimi Mistry

and one of Kristen Holden-Ried

best quote:

Nuru: Laughter is the very best medicine, hmm?
Alim: Then I must be in the placebo group.

trailer:

Idiom for the day: Cake’s not worth the candle

Cake’s not worth the candle

If someone says that the cake’s not worth the candle, they mean that the result will not be worth the effort put in to achieve it.

New CAKE pitcher

New CAKE pitcher, yaaayayayayayyaya

OMG, I’m sooo happy to see them together again ))))

Cowboy Junction (2006)

“Cowboy Junction” was originally conceived as a short story entitled Me, Bobby McGee and the Gun. The simple yet sweet tale of two men who meet by chance and throw caution to the wind has always resonated for screenwriter Gregory Christian. “It is a fairy-tale of sorts,” he has said. “Just think back to the last time you fell in love with a stranger.” But this “boy meets boy” tale took on a completely different twist when he began adapting it as a short screenplay for entry into the film festival circuit. Suddenly, one of the boys was now a married man caught up in a world of homo-erotic fantasy and coveting his gardener (the Bobby McGee character now envisioned as a rugged cowboy).

When the script was ready, the problem of finding two suitable leads arose. While working at the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival, Mr. Christian decided, after much debate, to cast himself as the MAN and fellow actor James Bobby as the COWBOY. Bobby was more than up for the task of tackling such challenging and tongue-in-cheek material. The wheels were in motion and a summer 2004 shoot was set. Gregory calls the short a “one-day wonder.” The entire piece was shot on a Saturday in August in less than 14 hours. When the final cut was ready, he began submitting it to numerous film festivals.

In May 2005, the “Cowboy Junction” short premiered at the Miami Film Festival. It played on multiple screens at the Regal Theatre as part of their wildly popular “Boys’ Shorts” program. The piece was a definite crowd pleaser and also garnered a cover on local Floridian magazine “411″ as part of an article about the festival. The short was so well-received, Mr. Christian announced at the showings that the short would be pulled off the circuit and a feature would be going into production.

The script was ready, the cast and crew were in place and production was set for five days following the conclusion of the festival. The character of the wife was now a prominent part of the storlyine and would be played by veteran actress Elyse Mirto (another Kingsmen Shakespeare alumni). The tale was now a story of her husband’s sexual repression and gut-wrenching “coming out,” amongst the most dire of circumstances. The entire movie was a wonder in it’s own right: completed in nine days of total production time.

Cast:

Gregory Christian – The Husband
James Bobby – The Cowboy
Elyse Mirto – The Wife
Bryan Hixson – The Kid
Greg Fitzpatrick – Angry Cowboy Hustler
Matt Austin – Young Cowboy

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I found this movie really boring, I guess I just don’t like movie about cheating, besides the acting was not really that good… I’ve no comment about the story, like I’ve said, I lost interest to watch this movie from start to the end.

A pitcher of James Bobby

at least one of the lead character was hott, lol

anyway, you could watch the trailer here

Idiom for the day: Backseat driver

A backseat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something, especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome.

Blake Lewis in Modesto

I found a clip of Blake Lewis’ performance in Modesto, yayyy

and a pitcher of him