yetanothermagazine filmtvmusic aug2010 lima film festival 2010 highlights blockbuster season from around the world in this yam we review // aftershocks, inception, toy story 3, the ghost writer, taeyang, se7en, boa, shinee, bibi zhou, jing chang, the derek trucks band, time of eve and more // yam exclusive interview with songwriter diane warren film We keep working on that, but there’s toy story 3 pg4 the ghost writer pg5 so much territory to cover, and so You know the address: aftershocks pg6 very little of us. This is why we need [email protected] inception pg7 lima film festival// yam contributors. We know our highlights pg9 readers are primarily located in the amywong // cover// US, but I’m hoping to get people yam exclusive from other countries to review their p.s.: I actually spoke to Diane interview with diane warren pg12 local releases. The more the merrier, Warren. She's like the soundtrack music people. of our lives, to anyone of my the derek trucks band - roadsongs pg16 generation anyway. Check it out. se7en - digital bounce pg16 shinee - lucifer pg17 Yup, we’re grovelling for taeyang - solar pg17 contributors. I’m particularly eminem - recovery pg18 macy gray - the sellout pg18 interested in someone who is jing chang - the opposite me pg18 located in New York, since we’ve bibi zhou - i.fish.light.mirror pg18 nick chou - first album pg19 received a couple of screening boa - hurricane venus pg19 invites, but we got no one there. tv Interested? Hit me up. bad guy pg20 time of eve pg20 books uso. pg21 We’re trying to get more variety in yam, trying to mix music in different languages – even though it still is predominantly Asian – and reviews from new film releases from around the world – which are still predominantly American. from the editor // index // toy story 3 the ghost writer Toy Story 3 brings back our favorite toys — including Woody bag heading for the attic. However, the bag is mistaken by — oftentimes taking jabs at Ken, which is just… REALLY Directed by Roman Polanski -- you know, the one he did I’m not gonna say that the ending blew me away, but it It’s just a very well-balanced film with really really great and Buzz — as they face their existential crisis… what are Andy’s mom as garbage, so she throws them away. The funny. And then there’s that feeling of sadness that creeps before all his melodrama -- based on the novel and script felt so satisfactory for some reason, that I couldn’t help actors. toys when they don’t play with them anymore? After all, toys, misunderstanding this accident as Andy wanting to in from time to time — which Pixar is mastering — because adaptation by Robert Harris, The Ghost Writer tells the story but leave the theater eerily content. Perhaps it was the their owner Andy is now heading off to college. It is obvious throw them out like trash, decide to head off to the pile of we know it’s the end. And Toy Story 3 SHOULD be the end, of a ghost writer (Ewan McGregor) - referred often as The performances, which made me think I had seen a great film, Once again, I need to see Williams getting really famous that he hasn’t played with them for years, and their toys are donated toys for the children’s daycare. the final installment of the franchise, there shouldn’t be any Ghost - who gets hired by the former British Prime Minister because let me tell you - Olivia Williams should at least be after this. Please. trying anything, in order to get him to open the toys’ chest in made-for-tv sequels, nor attempts to make a tv series. This, Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan) - following his wife Ruth’s nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the upcoming hopes of rekindling their childhood friendship. In there, they are welcomed by a Lots-o-Huggin’ Bear, who as it stands, is the perfect cycle, and shouldn’t be tampered (Olivia Williams) advise - to help him write his memoirs, after Award season. shows them how wonderful the daycare is… not. Soon, with. This should be Pixar’s trilogy legacy. the previously Ghost was found dead. As Andy begins packing, he seems to be unable to put Andy’s toys will find out that little kids are not very suited to The film is rather simple, you know what you’re supposed his faithful Woody away in the attic, so he adds him to the play with them. So now, they will have to plan their escape Best film of 2010 so far. Obvious Best Animated Film As The Ghost gets shipped to a secluded location for to find out, and when you find it you know that there should “University” box, while putting the rest away in a black to return to Andy before he heads off to college. candidate at the Academy Awards. a month-period with a $250K deal, he discovers things be something else behind that. When you finally get there, about the past that could jeopardize his life. “It’s all in the you don’t feel cheated or roll your eyes just because what What stands out about this is their inclusion of very tense beginnings” they said. was on screen. There’s hints of drama, and hints of thriller... pg4 moments, rivaling many action films, with a lot of humor there’s even hints of a mild action film, and some comedy. aftershocks When I think of IMAX… I think National Geographic under the sea films, Star Wars, and The Dark Knight. But let me tell you, Aftershocks is playing a complete different game. Aftershocks is a drama… it’s a tear-jerking, heart-tugging drama. It depicts the story of a family that was forever affected by the 1976 7.8 magnitude in the city of Tangshan, which had a reported death toll of 240 000 people. When I first heard about Aftershocks, not being familiar with Feng’s style, I thought “Oh, China is making their big Hollywood Disaster Film on IMAX” a la 2010 and boy, was I wrong. Sure, the film counts with a luscious (and devastating) sequence that last several long minutes of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake… which felt like a mega-earthquake on screen. However, after that scene, which pretty much starts the film, it aptly turns into a drama telling the struggle of a mother that had to choose between her daughter and her son, and the hurt of a daughter that believes to have been abandoned. The film lasts about 2hrs, and I was possibly in tears in the first few minutes as the earthquake struck, and the audience immediately feels connected to the mom and her inception kids. It instantly reminds me of writers telling me “You need Inception had been the most anticipated film of this hired by Saito (Watanabe) for an impossible task to secure combined with special effects that drags you into the story. something big so your reader believes the connection can Blockbuster season. I mean, we are talking about the disintegration of the competition’s company. For this happen,” and for the viewers watching Aftershocks, this Christopher Nolan -- whom people are referring to as the to happen, Cobb must enter the mind of Robert Fischer Jr. The acting is more than solid, it’s DiCaprio’s most interesting big event is the devastating earthquake. Then, when you new “insert name of any filmmaker” [Hitchcock/Kubrick] -- (Murphy) and insert this idea, and make him believe it came role since his snubbed performance on Revolutionary Road, thought the worse of the crying was done, a brand new with his stellar cast that includes Oscar nominee Leonardo from him. This is known as “Inception”. and I could easily see nominations for supporting acting for wave came over you and you were at it again. I think I was DiCaprio, Oscar nominee Ellen Page, Oscar nominee Ken Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard. bawling for a good 1.30hr of the film. Watanabe, Oscar Winner Marion Cotillard, Oscar Winner Cobb will be joined by his team that includes Arthur Michael Caine, as well as Golden Globes nominees Joseph (Gordon-Levitt), and a young architecture student named Of course, it doesn’t hurt at all to have an interesting story Oh how I wish this opened in America so there could be Gordon-Levitt and Cillian Murphy. No doubt, Inception has a Ariadne (Page). as the base of this action thriller. Dreams are interesting, ANY nomination for actress Fan Xu – playing the mother –, dream cast and crew. and leaves you enough space to mess around with people’s though the whole cast was remarkable. Despite everything said about this movie, I thought it was minds without making them feel like you’ve cheated on the In it, DiCaprio plays Cobb, a man on the run from the pretty straight forward. Of course, repeat viewings of the story. - amy US system who happens to work on what is known as film would be more than useful, but as a regular movie, “subconscious exploration” which refers to entering your Inception delivers as much thrill as any action flick released pg6 brain while on a dream-state to obtain information. Cobb is this season. The cinematography is breathtaking at times, lima film festival Lima became the capital city of Latin American cinema with the 14th edition of the festival. noteworthy films not noteworthy films in local films in in competition competition competition The 14th edition of the Lima Film Festival started on The Lima Film Fest week is certainly a busy one, and August 6th, a cold Friday night.