Saturday, July 31, 2010

Hollywood Records 2010

Top Ten - 2010 (Up to July)


     1.    Toy Story 3
     2.    Alice in Wonderland
     3.    Iron Man 2
     4.    The Twilight Saga : Eclipse
     5.    Shrek Forever After
     6.    How to Train Your Dragon
     7.    The Karate Kid
     8.    Despicable Me
     9.    Inception
     10.  Clash of the Titans


Toy Story 3
Director - Lee Unkrich
Release Date - 18 June, 2010
Running Time - 1 hr. 38 min.
U.S. Box Office - $384,638,584
Actors - Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, 
             Ned Beatty, Don Rickles.

 
          Plot :- Andy is now 17 and ready to head off to college, leaving Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of the toy-box gang to ponder their uncertain futures. When the toys are accidentally donated to the Sunnyside Daycare center they are initially overjoyed to once again be played with but their enthusiasm quickly gives way to horror as they discover the true nature of the establishment under the rule of the deceptively welcoming "Lotso" Bear.
          Now all of the toys must band together in one final, crazy scheme to escape their confines and return home to Andy and he is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future.




























 









Friday, July 30, 2010

Hollywood Records 2009

Top Ten - 2009


     1.    Avatar
     2.    Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen
     3.    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
     4.    The Twilight Saga : New Moon
     5.    Up
     6.    The Hangover
     7.    Star Trek
     8.    The Blind Side
     9.    Alvin and the Chipmunks : The 
            Squeakguel
     10.  Sherlock Holmes


Avatar
Director - James Cameron
Release Date - 18 December, 2009
Running Time - 2 hrs. 40 min.
U.S. Box Office - $749,701,420
Actors - Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Michelle 
             Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, Sigourney 
             Weaver.


          Plot :-  When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Navi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "Avatar" identity.
          While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytin, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extemination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.






































Hollywood Records 2008

Top Ten - 2008


     1.    The Dark Knight
     2.    Iron Man
     3.    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the 
            Crystal Skull
     4.    Hancock
     5.    WALL-E
     6.    Kung Fu Panda
     7.    Twilight
     8.    Madagascar : Escape 2 Africa
     9.    Quantum of Solace
     10.  Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who !


The Dark Knight
Director - Christopher Nolan
Release Date - 18 July, 2008
Running Time - 2 hrs. 32 min.
U.S. Box Office - $533,316,061
Actors - Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie 
             Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Gary 
             Oldman.


          Plot :- With just one year having passed after taking out Ra's Al Ghul's plan to have Gotham eliminated and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA the Scarecrow and after the city was nearly plundered with his toxins, Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter-ego the Batman, continue the seemingly endless effort to bring order to Gotham, with the help of Lt. James Gordon and newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But a new threat has now emerged into the streets. The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter and inhuman morality makes him as dangerous than what he has yet to unleash.
          It becomes an agenda to Batman to stop the mysterious Joker at all costs, knowing that both of them are in an opposite line. One has no method at all and seeks to see the world plunge into the fire he has yet to light. One represents the symbol of hope and uses his own shadow to bring the peace and order he has yet to accomplish doing. 





































Thursday, July 29, 2010

Hollywood Records 2007

Top Ten - 2007


     1.    Spider-Man 3
     2.    Shrek the Third
     3.    Transformers
     4.    Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End
     5.    Harry Potter and the Order of the 
            Phoneix
     6.    I Am Legend
     7.    The Bourne Ultimatum
     8.    National Treasure : Book of Secrets
     9.    Alvin and the Chipmunks
     10.  300


Spider-Man 3
Director - Sam Raimi
Release Date - 4 May, 2007
Running Time - 2 hrs. 20 min.
U.S. Box Office - $336,530,303
Actors - Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher 
             Grace, James Franco, Thomas Haden 
             Church


          Plot :- Peter Parker has finally managed to piece together the once-broken parts of his life, maintaining a balance between his relationship with Mary-Jane and his responsibility as Spider-Man. But more challenges arise for our young hero. Peter's old friend Harry Obsourne has set out for revenge against Peter, taking up the mantle of his late father's persona as The New Goblin and Peter must also capture Uncle Ben's real killer, Flint Marko, who has been transformed into his toughest foe yet, the Sandman. All hope seems lost when suddenly Peter's suit turns jet-black and greatly amplifies his powers.
          But it also begins to greatly amplify the much darker qualities of Peter's personality that he begins to lose himself to Peter has to reach deep inside himself to free the compassionate hero he used to be if he is to ever conquer the darkness within and face not only his qreatest enemies, but also ...himself.


















































Hollywood Records 2006

Top Ten - 2006

     1.    Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's 
            Chest
     2.    Night at the Museum
     3.    Cars
     4.    X-Men : The Last Stand
     5.    The Da Vinci Code
     6.    Superman Returns
     7.    Happy Feet
     8.    Ice Age : The Meltdown
     9.    Casino Royale
     10.  The Pursuit of Happyness


Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest
Director - Gore Verbinski
Release Date - 7 July 2006
Running Time - 2 hrs. 25 min.
U.S. Box Office - $423,271,331
Actors - Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira 
            Knightley.

        
          Plot :- Captain Jack Sparrow is caught up in another tangled web of supernatural intrigue. Although the curse of the Black Pearl has been lifted, and even more terrifying threat looms over its captain and scurvy crew, it turns out that jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, Ruler of the Ocean Depths, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman, which no other ship can match in speed and stealth Unless the ever-crafty Jack figures a cunning way out of this Faustian pact, he will be cursed to an afterlife of enternal servitude and damnation it the service of Jones. This startling development interrupts the wedding plans of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who once again find themselves thrust into Jack's misadventures, leading to escalating confrontations with sea monsters, very unfriendly islanders, flamboyant soothsayer Tia Dalma and even the mysterious appearance of Will' long-lost father, Bootstrap Bill.
          Meanwhile, ruthless pirate hunter Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company sets his sights on retrieving the fabled "Dead Man's Chest". According to legend, whoever possesses the Dead Man's Chest gains control of Davy Jones and Beckett intends to use this awesome power to destroy every last Pirate of the Caribbean once and for all. For times are changing on the high seas with businessmen and bureaucrats becoming the true pirates and freewheeling, fun0loving buccaneers like Jack and his crew threatened with extinction.