Having worked in Asia for a couple of months last year has rekindled my fondness for martial arts movies. At the tail end of last year, I also had the opportunity to visit Beijing which only further increased my appreciation of Chinese culture. I guess this is why the newest movie by director, Benny Chan, “Shaolin” struck a chord with me. It took me back to the ancient places like the Forbidden City that I checked out in Beijing and helped me imagine what living conditions were like in that historical context.

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Our favorite toy heroes are at it again with the upcoming sequel of the successful Pixar Studio Toy Story film series – Toy Story 3. If you watch the teaser below, you’ll see that it’s set to be released around this same time next year (June 18, 2010).

I for one can’t wait to see what the old-fashioned cowboy and adventure-seeking astronaut will get up to.

YouTube – Toy Story 3 Teaser Trailer HD

For those die-hard Terminator fans, you may want to close your eyes and not view this latest Terminator Salvation preview on YouTube – it reveals 4 minutes of heart-pounding action from the movie.

As for the rest of you folk, enjoy

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Do you have fond memories watching cartoon shows before school? I do. One of my favorite cartoons was of a pint-sized boy-shaped robot who could beat enemies of all-sorts; some were even double or triple his size. There were also countless times when in a middle of a battle he would run out of battery power and would be endlessly falling from the sky in what would seem his perilous finish. However, in the end he’d always turn out the victor

I am of course talking about Astro Boy.

Today as I watched Monsters Vs Aliens with my family (not a bad movie btw 7/10), the Astro Boy movie trailer appeared and it rekindled my wonder years.

Any else looking forward to see how this ol’ cartoon will turn out on the big screen?

Here’s a snippet:

YouTube – Astro Boy Movie

Set in 2018, John Conner is played by Christian Bale as Skynet and the resistance prepare for the final onslaught.

Coming soon : U.S. Summer 2009

YouTube – Terminator 4: Salvation Teaser

As a kid, I loved watching movies where the heroes used all sorts of gadgets to save the day. These gadget heroes were part of the inspiration which drove me to create this website. Here’s my list of the top 10 gadget movie heroes.

1. Maxwell Smart: Maxwell Smart is on the top of my list because of one gadget that he regularly used to communicate with Control headquarters – the Shoe-Phone. This epitomized the ultimate in spy gadgetry at the time. Besides the fantastic gadgets he would employ, Smart was known for his bumbling antics as Control Agent 86 who was followed around by the lovely Agent 99. How accident-prone Agent 86 was considered to be an elite agent baffles me to this day. Maybe it was because of his kung-fu moves? The show “Get Smart” actually won 7 Emmy Awards and 2 Golden Globe Awards.

2. Batman: Although not having any super-powers, this cape crusader was able to use brains and gadgets to get himself out of sticky situations. Most gizmos were found on his yellow utility belt which is arguably the most characteristic part of Batman’s costume. Some of the neat gadgets readily available to him were: Batarang, Bat-cuffs, smoke pellets, master-key and even a cache of cash. Another gadget hero known for leet martial art skills too.

3. Inspector Gadget: If you’ve ever wondered why Maxwell Smart and Inspector Gadget sound similar, it’s because the same actor – Don Adams is both! Interestingly, Inspector Gadget’s character is also overly clumsy who somehow manages (with the aid of his niece Penny and Brain the dog) to save the day. I would actually classify him as a gadget himself with all the weird and wonderful widgets tucked underneath his sleuth hat and classic-detective trenchcoat. He’s famous for gadgets like: extending arms, in-built propellers and magnifying-glass. He of course is famous for coining terms such as “Go go gadget arms!”.

4. MacGyver: The thing that differentiates MacGyver from the three gadgeteers above is that he was famous for making gadgets out of normal everyday household items. For example, who else could diffuse an advanced nuclear bomb with a paper clip, cause a traffic jam with a credit card or create a bomb out of a fire extinguisher? These incredible and many times laughable feats were augmented by the acting skills of Richard Dean Anderson (aka RDA). I loved his cool, calm and collected approach to life.

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