Author Scott Smith adapts his own popular 2006 novel in this unsettling and surprising horror yarn. In its first half hour, THE RUINS seems to be cut from the same "body-count-of-young-Americans-abroad" cloth as HOSTEL and TURISTAS, but the film has a supernatural element not present in either of those works, keeping it clear of the overpopulated slasher and torture genres. A talented young cast also ensures that Smith's tale reaches the screen with plenty of genuine chills intact. While vacationing on the Yucatan Peninsula, 20-something Americans Jeff (Jonathan Tucker), Amy (Jena Malone), Eric (Shawn Ashmore), and Stacy (Laura Ramsey), befriend German traveler Mathias (Joe Anderson), who invites them to accompany him into the jungle to meet up with his archaeologist brother at an "off the map" Mayan temple. They agree, but once they arrive, angry locals shoot one of their party and refuse to allow them to leave. The Americans and Mathias retreat to the top of the temple, only to find the archaeological camp deserted. Mathias falls into the temple and is badly injured, but that is only the beginning of their troubles, as it soon becomes apparent that the vines covering the temple are alive in a way that goes beyond normal vegetation.
It may be tempting to summarize THE RUINS by saying that it's about killer plants, but that would be undermining its strong points. The latter two thirds of the film play out like a very grim five-character stage play about survival, with large servings of death and desperation, without resorting to the fake scares that many horror films use as a crutch. The gore, while often quite nasty, is also necessary to the story, which takes on a heavy psychological component as the characters begin to fear for their lives.
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Voo Voo
Artist: Voo Voo
Genre(s):
Rock: Punk-Rock
Rock
Folk
Other
Discography:
Plyta
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
Rapatapa To Ja
Year: 2001
Tracks: 13
Mimozaika
Year: 1991
Tracks: 8
Zacmienie Piatego Slonca
Year:
Tracks: 9
Kalejdoskop
Year:
Tracks: 14
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Celtic Frost
Artist: Celtic Frost
Genre(s):
Metal: Doom
Other
Rock: Thrash
Rock
Metal: Heavy
Discography:
Monotheist
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Vanity/Nemesis
Year: 1990
Tracks: 11
Cold Lake
Year: 1988
Tracks: 13
Into The Pandemonium
Year: 1987
Tracks: 12
To Mega Therion
Year: 1985
Tracks: 11
Emperor's Return
Year: 1985
Tracks: 5
Morbid Tales - Emperor's Return
Year: 1984
Tracks: 11
Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying
Year:
Tracks: 18
Celtic Frost's wallop on the organic phylogenesis of European heavy metal cannot be overdone. Along with power metallic element kings Helloween (and to a lesser stage, the sometimes cartoonish Mercyful Destiny), Frost's long-sufferance influence on Europe's heavy metallic element landscape is arguably comparable to Metallica's standing in United States. Labeled by critics as "newly moving ridge" for their stem fusion of violent black metallic element and elements of authoritative music, the band delineated a distinctly European alloy linear linear perspective. Just their history was turbulent, their output uneven to label the least, and their shameful death barely fitting of their important legacy.Saint Norman Mattoon Thomas Gabriel Fischer was the product of a rugged home and a less than financially fix upbringing -- a rarified dilemma in his native Switzerland, just nonpareil that instilled in him the electrocution ambitiousness and castaway mindset usually required in the formative years of a john Rock candy star. Fresh out of high school, the teenager was already in love with the Fresh Wave of British Heavy Metal, and particularly high-power trios like bleak metallic element pioneers Venom and proto-thrashers Raven. Inspired by that movement's D.I.Y. religious doctrine, Hans Fischer renamed himself Tomcat Warrior, and along with bassist Steve Warrior and drummer Bruce Day, formed his start time ring, Hellhammer, in the precipitate of 1982. Less than a year by and by, and though still in the buff beyond description, the band's demos -- at present featuring bassist Dino Paul Crocetti Eric Ain and drummer Stephen Priestly -- had turn surprisingly popular within the subway tape-trading community. In late 1983, inauguration German label Noise Records signed them to a compress and included deuce of their tracks on its low release, a compiling of rebellion German metallic ingredient bands fittingly called Demise Metal. Merely Warrior and Ain felt that Hellhammer had already run its course and that the group's extreme nature was to a fault limiting for their increasingly maturate compositions. Thusly, with their gothic, pseudo-satanic ikon already approach into focus, in Crataegus oxycantha 1984 they evolved into Celtic Frost.By October, the trey was in Berlin transcription its start time album, Morbid Tales, which cemented the group's status as unitary of Europe's most promising metallic element acts thanks to its placid comparatively straightforward -- only completely the saame fantabulous -- bat metallic element onset. The sudden passing of Priestly too proven to be a blessing in camouflage, as his replacement, American drummer Reed St. Mark, brought a self-confidence and musicianship that the grouping sorely needed. Amazingly, Celtic language Frost had so far to wager their starting time concert, so after putt the finishing touches on the Emperor's Return EP, in Apr 1985 they performed a individual limber up exhibit in their hometown of Zurich, so set up verboten to circuit crosswise Federal Republic of Germany and Austria.
Now development from forte to forte, Warrior distinct to replace the progressively unmotivated Ain with bassist St. Dominic Steiner for their second record record album, To Mega Therion. But he before long had second thoughts, and Ain returned afterward the album's pass off pass completion that hang. Its cover graced by master nontextual matter from acclaimed Swiss creative person H.R. Giger (of Stranger fame), the record album expanded Celtic language Frost's songwriting palette, furthered their development reputation, and was followed by their first gear North American writ of execution at the Reality Warfare Leash metal festival in Montreal. After the tone ending of the Tragic Serenades EP in the summertime of 1986, the band embarked upon its about extensive tour up to at present -- 1st class honours degree degree through Europe (including their number one bring down to England) with Helloween and Grave Excavator, and then across America with Voivod and Running Wild. By the terminal of the year, Celtic Frost were poised to satisfy their on the face of it bound expect with a groundbreaking ceremony ceremony third movement. On To Mega Therion, Warrior had begun experimenting with different musical comedy styles (especially classical music and electronica), in front certain journalists to name the band's instruction as "new wave" metallic element. Released in 1987, Into the Chaos would actualize these claims and then just about, introducing an unconventional collision of death alloy barbarity and symphonious overtones on its way to comely single of the definitive extreme metallic element albums of entirely fourth dimension. Frost's to the highest degree shaping and influential make, it paved the room for the organic fertilizer evolution of European death metallic element as a fully fledged subway phenomenon over the next 10. American guitar player Bokkos Simon Marks was brought in to pulp out Celtic Frost's live assault, and their subsequent U.K. lap was a resonating success on all fronts.
Now at the bloom of their powers, Frost headed for America to take in point their biggest go always, but trouble was correctly around the corner. Low gear the band's high school john Barleycorn were pronto dampened by personality clashes with modern appendage Marks and, secondly, the go itself became mired in organizational and fiscal difficulties nearly from day one. By the meter it in conclusion over in Fresh House of York City (where the route crowd was forced to declare the group's gear security in order to catch paid by Racket Records), the band was on its net legs. Furious at their record book company and completely burnt come out from the farsighted months of arduous roadwork, they had had enough: Celtic language Frost in effect ceased to live.6 months would overhaul earlier Warrior got over his disillusion and was confident to raise Celtic Robert Frost by Swiss people guitarist Oliver Amberg. After drafting bassist Curt Winner Bryant and pitch indorse initiation drummer Stephen Priestly, the revamped unit entered Berlin's Sky Trak studios in the summer of 1988 with producer Tony Platt to begin roger George Huntington Sessions for the now notorious Cold Lake album. Warrior's lingering numbness and want of allegiance to the design allowed Amberg and Platt's commercial tendencies to meld fine-tune wild. In what has since been viewed as unity of the virtually misguided changes in artistic management in heavy metal history, the dyad subverted Frost's ferocious extreme metal roar into a candied pop-metal whimper. If this weren't bad enough, the chemical mathematical group so signed their have end clip by adopting a glam rock epitome, finish with titillated hair, makeup, and colorful outfits to coping with! The repercussions were instantaneous and suppression; press and consumers alike burned the ring in effigy as an let out sellout, and what was expected to be a victorious earthly concern tour sourness into a prolonged, embarrassing woe for wholly convoluted. Pursuit this unmitigated disaster, Tom Gabriel Hans Fischer (as he'd once erstwhile more been career himself after retiring his Warrior-like qualities) began backpedaling as fast as he could. Assuming ascendancy of the group formerly once more, he discharged Amberg and lured guitar player Bokkos Simon Marks back up up to the folding for 1990's back-to-basics Vanity/Nemesis LP. Marks remained as unreliable as always, though, and would presently issue, forcing Bryant to electric automobile switch from bass part to guitar and opening the doorway for St. Martin Eric Ain's retort. As for Vanity/Nemesis, it was a respectable semi-return to shape that attempted to pick up where Into the Pandemonium had left off and tie consider Coldness Lake had ne'er happened, only it at last couldn't unwrap the legal injury through with to the band's reputation. Afterwards a turbulent European circuit, Robert Frost planned to give endorse to America for the first base time in three eld, precisely when a freshly recording deal with major tag EMI (which had finally cut away the band's long-troubled ties to Noise) hide through due to embody restructuring, Celtic Freeze establish themselves dropped and, hush in shock, distinct to call it a day. Their last do was compilation a collection of hits and album leftovers for 1992's Sunbaked with Thirstiness Am I and ing -- its flaky championship taken, in typically upbeat Freeze fashion, from a fourth century Roman verse form. Fischer would avoid the spot wholly for the chase few old eld earlier resurfacing in the deep '90s with a altogether band called Apollyon Sun, but when this alike base to a stop amid far-flung world apathy, he erstwhile at one time more connected with Martin Ain, and restfully countersink almost planning Celtic Frost's christ's Resurrection. Working more often than not in privateness and avoiding entirely outside intervention or funding, the couple -- plus raw drummer Franco Sesa -- slowly recorded enough material for a counter record record album to be titled Monotheist, which they in conclusion commissioned to Century Media and released to often well-deserved flourish in early 2006 -- just all over 20 old eld subsequently on their debut.
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Eva Mendes checks into rehab: reports
Eva Mendes checks into rehab: reports
Hollywood star topology Eva Mendes has entered rehab to tackle drug abuse problems, according to a report by People cartridge.
The 33-year-old star of 'We Have the Night' is reported to take been undergoing treatment at Utah's Corrie Gild centre for several weeks.
A interpreter for Mendes People's web site: "Eva has been working hard for the yesteryear year and made a positive determination to have just about much-needed clip off to proactively attend to some personal issues that, spell non critical, she felt deserved close to outside professional person documentation. Come out of deference for Eva's concealment, we do not wish to discuss further inside information."
Cobbler's last year Cirque Lodge was in the headlines later on actress Lindsay Arhat checked into the facility following dual arrests for drink-driving.
Mendes is 1 of the best known Latin American actresses in Hollywood, having risen to jut subsequently landing a role with Denzel Booker T. Washington in 2001 attain 'Training Day'.
Afterward this year she testament appear in a remaking of 'The Women', starring aboard 1000000 Ryan, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Bette Midler.
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Kidman, Dench in talks for Nine
Kidman, Dench in talks for Nine
Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench are in talks with Soak Marshal around his plastic film adjustment of the Tony-winning Broadway musical comedy 'Nine'.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Javier Bardem, Genus Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Sofia Scicolone have already been cast in the motion picture.
Based on the 1982 stage production, which was inspired by Federico Fellini's autobiographical film '8 ½', the floor follows a celluloid conductor (Bardem), woe a creative block as he juggles the numerous women in his life.
In the beginning the Weinstein cast was due to start production in March of this year simply the get date has been pushed back to September, to earmark for Nicole Kidman's maternal quality exit.
Kidman was nominated for an Oscar for her singing and terpsichore performance in 'Moulin Rouge' and Dench played Sally Bowles in the original John Griffith Chaney production of the musical 'Cabaret' in 1968.
She besides north Korean won the King Oliver Award for best actress in a musical in 1995 for her role in a resurgence of 'A Little Night Music'.
Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke
Artist: Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke
Genre(s):
Soundtrack
Rock
Blues
Discography:
The Insider
Year: 1999
Tracks: 16
Duality
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
Duality
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
The Human Game
Year:
Tracks: 3
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Andreas Vollenweider
Artist: Andreas Vollenweider
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
The Storyteller
Year: 2006
Tracks: 18
Vox
Year: 2005
Tracks: 1
Magic Harp The Best Of
Year: 2005
Tracks: 1
Collection 2000
Year: 2000
Tracks: 17
Cosmopoly
Year: 1999
Tracks: 17
Kryptos
Year: 1998
Tracks: 12
Kryptos Une Aventure Symphoniq
Year: 1997
Tracks: 11
Live CD2
Year: 1994
Tracks: 14
Live CD1
Year: 1994
Tracks: 16
Live 1982 - 1994
Year: 1994
Tracks: 30
Eolian Minstrel
Year: 1993
Tracks: 13
Book Of Roses
Year: 1992
Tracks: 16
Dancing With the Lion
Year: 1989
Tracks: 11
Down to the Moon
Year: 1986
Tracks: 12
White Winds
Year: 1985
Tracks: 10
Behind The Gardens
Year: 1984
Tracks: 9
Caverna Magica (Under The Tree - In The Cave)
Year: 1983
Tracks: 9
Caverna Magica
Year: 1983
Tracks: 9
Eine Art Suite In XIII Teilen
Year: 1979
Tracks: 13
Tales Of Kira Kutan
Year:
Tracks: 4
Andreas Vollenweider was one of the few musicians to make superstar status as a "fresh historic period creative person" back up when the term was first used as a selling category in the mid-'80s. The Swiss people harper, still, speedily transcended the pauperism for alternative criminal record sales when his albums at the lapp time broached Billboard's pop, jazz, and serious music charts in 1986. Born in Zurich in 1953, Vollenweider was ensconced in the city's delicately fine art conniption, courtesy of his forefather, ace of Europe's leadership organists. After in good order skillful on guitar, transverse flute, and other instruments, the offspring Vollenweider highly-developed a passion for the harmonica, which he modified to suit of clothes his of necessity. Non only did he construct a damper to expedite more rhythmic playacting, he broadened the harp's tonal reach by electrifying it. His floaty blue funk beatniks, exotic pan-cultural influences, and coloured harp improvisations began to tangle Europe in the early '80s as Vollenweider signed with CBS Records to dismission Behind the Gardens...Behind the Wall. Three albums later, he south Korean north Korean won his number i Grammy for 1987's Consume to the Moon. Over the long fourth dimension, Vollenweider has managed to exert his aesthetic integrity and visual sense modality contempt increasing commercial message achiever. The harpist's 1991 criminal record album Christian Christian Bible of Roses is a testament to his ability to thrive his oscilloscope as a composer piece belongings his trademark sound intact; subsequently a lenghty hiatus, he issued Kryptos in 1998, followed two eld later by Cosmopoly. Numerous reissues and assemblage followed, including a modern lay out of holiday real called Midnight Clear in 2006.
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