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		<title>Disappointing Gothic &amp; Lolita Psycho</title>
		<link>http://rebzombie.com/2012/02/10/gothic-lolita-psycho/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spoilt Reel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gothic & Lolita Psycho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rina Akiyama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gothic &#038; Lolita Psycho is a fast-paced revenge movie that’s full of gore. It's about a girls quest to track down her mother's killers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Gothic &amp; Lolita Psycho</strong> is a fast-paced revenge movie that’s full of gore. It caters to a certain target market of which I don’t belong. To cut the story short, I didn’t enjoy it. The movie is about Yuki (Rina Akiyama) and her quest to track down the five villains who killed her mother and left her father crippled. She does all these wearing gothic Lolita dresses, thus the title of the movie.</p>
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<p>The movie is straight forward and the viewer should not expect any character developments from it. Gothic &amp; Lolita Psycho is just that and nothing more. The plot is thin and illogical. I tried hard to just enjoy the action and gore but the stupidity killed the fun for me.</p>
<p>Gothic &amp; Lolita Psycho is a non-stop action flick from start to finish. I wonder how much fake blood was used because it flowed continuously all through the movie. Limbs are severed backed by silly sound effects. Between the action sequences are some indications of a plot.</p>
<p>Fans of the genre would enjoy Gothic &amp; Lolita Psycho but everyone else should stay away from it. I’m not going to lie. I watched it in the hopes that <strong>Rina Akiyama</strong> would show some skin but she didn’t shed off her gothic Lolita garb at all. It is disappointing indeed.</p>
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		<title>Clipix – Great Tool to Organize Your Life</title>
		<link>http://rebzombie.com/2012/02/10/clipix-great-tool-to-organize-your-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sponsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clipix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SocialSpark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Clipix is an online tool that allows you to keep any item you see online and go back to it in the future.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I knew my life will be better when I stumbled upon <a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=21057&amp;oid=7230285" rel="nofollow">clipix</a>, which is an online tool that allows you to keep any item you see online. In short, it is your bookmark in the cloud. It doesn’t matter whether you browse using different computers. You just need the Clip button and you can start adding clips to your clipboards.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/clipix.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>At present I have boards for Upcoming Movies, Books to Read, Dog Stuff, Sports Related Items, Gaming Tips, and a General board where I keep stuff I want to read later. The options are limitless and I don’t think there’s a limit to the number of Clipboards you can add to your account. Check out the video below on how clipix can make your life simpler.</p>
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<p>Clipix has a feature called Syncboards that allows users to collaborate with their friends and family. You can make one called Vacation Suggestions and family members can use it to recommend places and things to do for the next family getaway.</p>
<p>If you’re a type who really wants to keep things tidy and organized, then you’ll love the Multiboards feature. This allows the user to group Clipboards by category. You can have a general clipboard called Games and place several clipboards under it.</p>
<p>Clipix is for everyone. At present, it has an iPhone app but as an Android user, I hope one is made for the Android as well. Visit the site today to find out what why people are raving about it. If you’re a clipix member, what will you use it for? Be sure to leave your answer in a comment below.</p>
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		<title>Skip the Dinner for Schmucks</title>
		<link>http://rebzombie.com/2012/02/08/dinner-for-schmucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spoilt Reel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dinner for Schmucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noncomedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dinner for Schmucks has the right premise to deliver a funny movie. But the result is bland and not funny at all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim (<strong>Paul Rudd</strong>) needs a promotion in order to impress his girlfriend. To get on the good side of his bosses, he takes on their challenge to bring an idiot to their yearly Dinner for Winners. This is a contest where white-collar executives supposedly celebrate the brilliance of people. But in reality, it is an opportunity for them to laugh at the eccentricity of the guests.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dinner-for-schmucks.jpg" rel="lightbox[3680]" title="dinner-for-schmucks"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3681" title="dinner-for-schmucks" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dinner-for-schmucks.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Tim meets the right guy for the Dinner for Schmucks in the person of Barry (<strong>Steve Carell</strong>), an IRS worker. One look at him and you can come up with the conclusion that he’s socially inept. Barry also has this weird hobby of creating dioramas out of dead mice, which made Tim think that he has the perfect man to help him win the contest.</p>
<p><strong>Dinner for Schmucks</strong> has the right premise to deliver a funny movie. But the result is bland and not funny at all. The extended runtime also didn’t help its cause. At 114 minutes, it’s just way too long with lots of boring parts. Yes, it could drag you down to hell.</p>
<p><strong>Barry (Steve Carell)</strong>: <em>So dare to dream. Dream your wildest dreams. You can climb the highest mountain. You can drown in a teacup, if you find a big enough teacup. And if somebody tells you that you can&#8217;t do something, you say, &#8216;Yes, I can. &#8216;Cause I&#8217;m doing it right.</em></p>
<p>I didn’t find a single funny moment in Dinner for Schmucks. Maybe we were misled to think that it was a comedy. Maybe the director wanted the audience to feel how miserable Tim’s life became after he met Barry. Because that’s the only emotion I got after watching this movie. Better skip this one even if your life depends on it.</p>
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		<title>Can’t Lose with These Two</title>
		<link>http://rebzombie.com/2012/02/07/cant-lose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can't Lose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choi Ji Woo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Soo Kyung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uhm Ki Joon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoon Sang Hyun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can’t Lose is an entertaining drama. It is different from any other romantic comedies around. You’ll get to learn about love and relationships from it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hyung Woo (<strong>Yoon Sang Hyun</strong>) and Eun Jae (<strong>Choi Ji Woo</strong>) are lawyers who met and fell for each other. After a few months they got married and started their own law firm. But their relationship began to crumple as they constantly fight with each other and they decided to file for divorce.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cant-lose.jpg" rel="lightbox[3662]" title="cant-lose"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3664" title="cant-lose" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cant-lose.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Can’t Lose has an interesting premise wherein the main couple was first seen as being madly in love with each other and during the course of the series, they fall apart. While they’re going through their divorce, the people around them are trying their best to make things better for the both of them.</p>
<p>Can’t Lose features a love story between two people coming from different worlds. Hyung Woo comes from a rich family who is close with his mother. On the other hand Eun Jae comes from a middle class family and hasn’t talked with her mom for a long time.</p>
<p>This is not the only difference that the two have. The cases they take on have also led to their constant bickering. Hyung Woo likes to take on charity cases while Eun Jae takes on the paying jobs to take care of the law firm’s bills.</p>
<p>Can’t Lose is a different type of drama because it started with the couple in love and got separated along the way. It ended rather predictably with both of them missing each other and reunite.</p>
<p>Well it’s a good thing that they didn’t have to change anything about themselves in order to make their relationship work. All it took was their desire to hold on to each other even though they still fight a lot. Yoon Sang Hyun and Choi Ji Woo had the perfect chemistry to make the story work.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cant-lose-face-off.jpg" rel="lightbox[3662]" title="cant-lose-face-off"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3665" title="cant-lose-face-off" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cant-lose-face-off.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Lee Soo Kyung</strong> had a brief appearance in Can’t Lose, which I thought was way too short. She played Hyung Woo’s ex-girlfriend Eun Hee Soo. Another actor who made his mark with his short cameo role in the series is <strong>Uhm Ki Joon</strong>. He played Eun Jae’s ex-boyfriend Cha Suk Hoon.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cant-lose-Lee-Soo-Kyung.jpg" rel="lightbox[3662]" title="cant-lose-Lee-Soo-Kyung"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3666" title="cant-lose-Lee-Soo-Kyung" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cant-lose-Lee-Soo-Kyung.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Can’t Lose is an entertaining drama. It is different from any other romantic comedies around. You’ll get to learn a thing or two about love and relationships from it. I can inspire people whether they are single, married, or going through a divorce.</p>
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		<title>Advantages of the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club</title>
		<link>http://rebzombie.com/2012/02/04/advantages-of-the-walgreens-prescription-savings-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sponsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Savings Club]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you lack prescription drug coverage then you should join the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club. It has more than 2 million members to date.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of <a href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7212595" rel="nofollow">Walgreens</a> for <a href="http://izea.in/rMyY" rel="nofollow">SocialSpark</a>. All opinions are 100% mine.</p>
<p>If you lack prescription drug coverage then you should join the <a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=20879&amp;oid=7212595" rel="nofollow">Walgreens Prescription Savings Club</a>. It has more than 2 million members to date. These people can get their medications at a discounted price. The PSC is open for people not receiving benefits from Medicaid, Medicare or any other federal or state health care programs.</p>
<p>You got nothing to lose when you join the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club. The company guarantees that you’ll save more than the club’s membership fee for a year or it would give back the difference.</p>
<p>Individuals can join the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club for just $20 a year. Or you can enroll your entire family for just $35 a year. This covers the immediate family members, including a spouse, dependents 22 years and below, and pets.</p>
<p>Advantages of being a member of Walgreens Prescription Savings Club include:</p>
<p>Members receive discounts on more than 8,000 brand-name and generic medications that are commonly prescribed for various medical conditions such as diabetes, cholesterol, and high blood pressure.</p>
<p>There are 400 generic medications available for a low price of $12 for a 90 day supply.</p>
<p>Discounts are also offered on select health care products and services such as flu shots, nebulizers, diabetic supplies, and compound drugs.</p>
<p>Weight loss, birth control and smoking cessation pills are also available at a lower price for members.</p>
<p>Selected pet prescriptions also have discounts.</p>
<p>Members also receive a 10 percent bonus on purchases of any Walgreens brand products and photofinishing services.</p>
<p>These are the advantages of the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club. If you want to know more about the company, follow <a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=20881&amp;oid=7212595" rel="nofollow">Walgreens on Twitter</a>. You can also check <a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=20883&amp;oid=7212595" rel="nofollow">Walgreens on Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>She’s Out of My League a Winner</title>
		<link>http://rebzombie.com/2012/02/02/shes-out-of-my-league/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Eve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Baruchel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Krysten Ritter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Sloane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Vogel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nate Torrence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romantic Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[She’s Out of My League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T. J. Miller]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[She’s Out of My League is a typical romantic comedy about two people from opposite worlds who met and fell in love with each other.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kirk (<strong>Jay Baruchel</strong>) is an average guy working as a TSA agent at the Pittsburgh airport with his friends – Stainer (<strong>T. J. Miller</strong>), Jack (<strong>Mike Vogel</strong>), and Devon (<strong>Nate Torrence</strong>). His ex-girlfriend Marnie (<strong>Lindsay Sloane</strong>) is still close with his family and she still participates in family activities with her current boyfriend.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/shes-out-of-my-league.jpg" rel="lightbox[3647]" title="shes-out-of-my-league"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3648" title="shes-out-of-my-league" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/shes-out-of-my-league.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Then he meets Molly (<strong>Alice Eve</strong>), an event planner. She’s out of his league but Kirk manages to make her fall for him. His friends offer him bad advice and his family is not really helpful in nourishing his relationship with Molly. This leads to several embarrassing moments that could have spelt the end of any healthy relationship.</p>
<p>But because it is a romantic comedy then you could have already guessed that things will go their way. His friends suddenly have a change of heart and said that he’s also a 10 and Molly deserves him too. Not only did he get Molly, Kirk also works on fulfilling his dream to be a pilot. Not bad for a guy who had no self-confidence and back bone at the start of the movie.</p>
<p><strong>Patty (Krysten Ritter)</strong>: <em>Oh, excuse me? Are you a plane doctor? No? So shut the fuck up!</em></p>
<p><strong>She’s Out of My League</strong> is a typical romantic comedy about two people from opposite worlds who met and fell in love with each other. It would make a good date movie and nothing more. It’s a light, feel-good movie that you can reserve for your next DVD movie date with your special someone.</p>
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		<title>Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2 The Final Score</title>
		<link>http://rebzombie.com/2012/01/30/nodame-cantabile-the-movie-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hiroshi Tamaki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a standalone, Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2 is an entertaining drama that featured great classical music.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I watched <strong>Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2</strong> without any prior knowledge what it’s all about. I didn’t read the manga, watched the anime series, or even the first movie. It was about Noda “Nodame” Megumi (<strong>Juri Ueno</strong>) and her relationship Chiaki Shinichi (<strong>Hiroshi Tamaki</strong>).</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nodame-cantabile-2.jpg" rel="lightbox[3637]" title="nodame-cantabile-2"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3638" title="nodame-cantabile-2" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nodame-cantabile-2.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Chiaki has become the resident conductor of the Roux-Marlet Orchestra and he had to move to a new place so that he could concentrate on his music. She was also struggling with her studies at the conservatory. These issues factored to the strain in their relationship. Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2 is about how Nodame and Chiaki evaluate their priorities. Through the course of the movie, they have to choose between music and their love for each other.</p>
<p>The flow of Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2 is somewhat choppy that it seemed like the director had to cut some scenes so that the movie can fit into its 2 hour long runtime. But the director made it up with a solid plot and music.</p>
<p>The supporting characters got the spotlight early in the movie but their subplots were quickly resolved and they were swept back into the background to make way for the main story. I didn’t even know who they were or what their relationship were with the Nodame and Chiaki.</p>
<p>As a standalone, Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2 is an entertaining drama that featured great classical music. I guess I should not have skipped the first movie first. But I’m thankful for this movie because it made me discover the beauty of Nodame Cantabile. After the movie, I read the manga and watched the anime but I have yet to watch the first live action movie.</p>
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		<title>The Deplorable Lovely Bones</title>
		<link>http://rebzombie.com/2012/01/27/the-lovely-bones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn Dando]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Wahlberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Weisz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reece Ritchie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lovely Bones is about Susie Salmon, a young girl whose life was stolen from her by her neighbor Mr. Harvey.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Lovely Bones</strong> is about Susie Salmon <strong>(Saoirse Ronan</strong>), a young girl whose life was stolen from her by her neighbor Mr. Harvey (<strong>Stanley Tucci</strong>). This is not a movie for guys like me. It’s about Susie’s feelings, hopes and fantasies. That’s why I couldn’t relate to it at all.</p>
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<p>It is a character-driven story based on a novel that I haven’t read and have no intentions of reading any time soon. The only reason why I watched the movie was because it was directed by <strong>Peter Jackson</strong>. And he didn’t cease to amaze me with the visual effects he incorporated into The Lovely Bones.</p>
<p>In order to enjoy a character-driven movie, the viewers should feel a connection with any of the characters but I felt none from anyone in the movie. And I can’t blame the cast for it. <strong>Mark Wahlberg</strong> portrayed the devastated father well and <strong>Rachel Weisz</strong> should also be commended for her performance in The Lovely Bones.</p>
<p>There were no surprises as to who raped and killed Susie Salmon. This was revealed in the first few minutes of The Lovely Bones. Harvey came out too creepy that you can immediately tell that he’s the one. It managed to suspend the logical mind for 2 hours and 15 minutes but it failed to be suspenseful at all.</p>
<p>I got a bone to pick with one of the sequences when Harvey was about to dump Susie’s bones into the sinkhole. Ruth (<strong>Carolyn Dando</strong>) saw him and she called Ray (<strong>Reece Ritchie</strong>) because she saw Susie’s reflection. Susie goes into Ruth’s body and instead of stopping the killer from dumping her body, she asked for a kiss from Ray. I guess for a 15 year old girl, a kiss was more important than catching the killer.</p>
<p><strong>Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan)</strong>: <em>These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence. The connections, sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it.</em></p>
<p><strong>The Lovely Bones</strong> is definitely not my type of movie. It is also not a book that I would read in this lifetime. The movie had several plot holes that Peter Jackson must have spent his time developing the CGI of the movie instead of devising a good plot. I want to know from those who read the book about their thoughts of the film adaptation. Anyone?</p>
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		<title>Athena the Iris Spin-off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebzombie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Athena]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Choi Si Won]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had high hopes for Athena because I really enjoyed Iris, well except for its tragic ending. But in the end, Athena was a disappointment.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had high hopes for <strong>Athena</strong> because I really enjoyed<a title="IRIS Needs an Alternate Ending" href="http://rebzombie.com/2010/04/26/iris/" target="_blank"> Iris</a>, well except for its tragic ending. But right off the bat, I had this feeling that it would not be as good as Iris. It got something to do with the main character Lee Jung Woo (<strong>Jung Woo Sung</strong>), a special agent from the National Anti-Terror Service (NTS).</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-Jung-Woo-Sung.jpg" rel="lightbox[3618]" title="athena-Jung-Woo-Sung"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3620" title="athena-Jung-Woo-Sung" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-Jung-Woo-Sung.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>I don’t know how Jung Woo became a NTS agent. He is too weak and he lacks the mental ability to be an agent. He risked his career and betrayed the country for a girl that he just met. I can’t imagine how a guy like him was able to qualify as a spy and be given sensitive assignments.</p>
<p>I was expecting to see an intelligent spy drama but what I got was a story of love and betrayal. The girl in question is Yoon Hye In (<strong>Soo Ae</strong>), a double agent. Jung Woo fell hard for her and he didn’t even suspect her of any wrongdoings even when all the evidence pointed towards her. He wholeheartedly forgave her when he learned about the truth in the end.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-Soo-Ae.jpg" rel="lightbox[3618]" title="athena-Soo-Ae"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3624" title="athena-Soo-Ae" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-Soo-Ae.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>It was not just Jung Woo who has a golden heart in Athena. Everyone in the NTS seemed to forget that Hye In is a traitor and she managed to escape any jail time. She even helped them go after Cha Seung Won (<strong>Son Hyuk</strong>), the Athena leader.</p>
<p>SM Entertainment must have invested a lot in Athena because the series featured some of its artists. <strong>BoA</strong> was featured in Episodes 7 and 8. She didn’t have any troubles with her role because she got to play herself. While I’m a BoA fan and enjoyed seeing her in the small screen for a cameo, I didn’t get the relevance of that Japan sortie to the story. All it showed was that Jung Woo is a player.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-boa.jpg" rel="lightbox[3618]" title="athena-boa"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3619" title="athena-boa" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-boa.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Another SM Entertainment artist in Athena is Choi Si Won of Super Junior. Now his character is a good one. He plays Agent Kim Joon Ho, a data analyst at the NTS who is reluctant to return to the field after a traumatic incident.</p>
<p>Then lastly, there’s Max Changmin of DB5K. He appeared starting from Episode 16 until the end. He played Agent Choi Tae Hyun, who seemed to be close with Agent Kim Joon Ho. While I still don’t like his lips, he did well with the action scenes. Si Won and Changmin were featured in an action sequence where they showed why they deserved to be in this action-packed drama.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-siwon-and-max.jpg" rel="lightbox[3618]" title="athena-siwon-and-max"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3623" title="athena-siwon-and-max" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-siwon-and-max.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Speaking of action, I don’t have any complaints about the action sequences. Each action scene was different and I enjoyed all of them. This was one factor why I stuck with the series until the end, even if I found the plot to be weak and unbelievable.</p>
<p>Another reason why I watched Athena until the end was <strong>Lee Ji Ah</strong>, who played NTS Agent Han Jae Hee. She’s not Kim Tae Hee but she’s close. Jae Hee used to date Jung Woo but then he already had his sights set on another. It’s a pity that the writer killed her character off instead of Hye In. That could have made the ending better for me.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-Lee-Ji-Ah.jpg" rel="lightbox[3618]" title="athena-Lee-Ji-Ah"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3622" title="athena-Lee-Ji-Ah" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/athena-Lee-Ji-Ah.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Athena is said to be an Iris spin-off and there are some recurring characters from the previous series. <strong>Kim Seung Woo</strong> returned as Park Chul Young, the North Korean liaison to the south. <strong>Kim So Yun</strong> also returned as Kim Sun Hwa but this time around she has a family and living peacefully in the south but the higher-ups in North Korea ordered a crackdown on defected agent and Chul Young’s warning came a little late. Her family was killed and she vowed revenge against North Korea. Will her story be the feature of the next season? I just hope that it wouldn’t be a love story again.</p>
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<p>I thought Athena’s ending would be as tragic as that of Iris. Hye In managed to kill Seung Won but she shot herself as well. Then a minor miracle occurred and we see Jung Woo and Hye In together in the end.</p>
<p>Athena would have been better if it stuck with being an action drama and got rid of the cheesy romantic story of boundless love. The main plot was interesting except for some holes in the plot. This is not a must watch but if you got the time then check it out.</p>
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		<title>Easy A for Awesome</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Spoilt Reel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easy A felt like an 80s teen comedy. It was realistic, fun and interesting and all thanks to Emma Stone.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Growing up in the 80s, I was exposed to some of the best teen comedies ever made. <strong>Easy A</strong> felt like one of them. It was realistic, fun and interesting. <strong>Emma Stone</strong> stars as Olive, a high school student who becomes a victim of her school’s rumor mill. Instead of letting it get to her, she uses it to her advantage.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/easy-a.jpg" rel="lightbox[3610]" title="Easy A Emma Stone"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3611" title="Easy A Emma Stone" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/easy-a.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p>Olive welcomes the attention she got from the rumors. She pretends to sleep with a gay friend Brandon (<strong>Dan Byrd</strong>) to make him appear straight. Her lies start to balloon out of control and she wants to have her old life back.</p>
<p>Easy A has <strong>Emma Stone</strong> to thank for its success. Her character doesn’t feel unnatural and she earned my sympathy off the bat. And it looks like she is having fun while making the movie. She makes it believable that Olive is a nobody one day and turns into a somebody the next day.</p>
<p><strong>Amanda Bynes</strong> plays Marianne, the school’s religious fanatic and Olive’s archrival. Her portrayal of the character is by-the-book when it comes to comedic stereotypes but it is nice to see Amanda acting again.</p>
<p><a href="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/easy-a-amanda-bynes.jpg" rel="lightbox[3610]" title="Easy A for Amanda Bynes"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3612" title="Easy A for Amanda Bynes" src="http://rebzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/easy-a-amanda-bynes.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Lisa Kudrow</strong> is also another actress who is worthy of mention for her performance as Mrs. Griffith, the guidance counselor who slept with Marianne’s boyfriend Micah (Cam Gigandet). While it might just be a minor role, her contribution to the story is important. She kind of reminded me of her Phoebe character in Friends.</p>
<p><strong>Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone)</strong>: <em>Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80&#8242;s movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80&#8242;s movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life.</em></p>
<p><strong>Easy A</strong> has creative plot twists to keep the audience guessing and it turns out better than what I expected it to be. It is an intelligent teen comedy that featured great performance from Emma Stone. You should check it out.</p>
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