Director: David Fincher Writers: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book) Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake
In the fall of 2003 at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg computer genius (As played by actor Jesse Eisenberg) back to my room as expected, to sit on the computer and start with new ideas him. Social network Facebook was born. From now on, his mission is closely tied to Facebook. He and Facebook through many ups and downs, both on the social networking arena and private life. 6 years later, he has 500 million friends, Facebook became the largest social networking world.
The Social Network is not just a story about social networking site Facebook, but also a story full of depth and realism about relations, love of Mark Zuckerberg, about friendship and betrayal. As the film's poster: "You can not have 500 million friends that do not create a few enemies"
The film with the presence of the "stars" including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and seductive singer Justin Timberlake, has attracted the attention of many spectators, the majority of whom are young people under community network.
Director: Tom Hooper Writer: David Seidler (screenplay) Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter
The King's Speech is a natural history film produced by the British in 2010, directed by Tom Hooper from a script by David Seidler. The film won the Toronto International Film Festival 2010 by audiences. The film is about the King George VI by Colin Firth plays a doctor and therapist Lionel Logue played by Geoffrey Rush, who helped King George VI overcome stuttering evidence. The film began filming in the UK in November 2009. Started traveling widely in Britain on January 7, 2011.
Oscar Awards for The King's Speech
Best Achievement in Directing: Tom Hooper
Best Motion Picture of the Year: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: David Seidler
Director: Benny Chan Stars: Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse and Bingbing Fan
China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.
HD's higher resolution, broader color space, and advanced compression algorithms have opened the door for a substantial improvement in video quality, even for the most prosaic of home movies. Though prices for consumer models hover well above the budgets of many wanna-haves, as more units trickle into the market in 2007 we expect the prices to drop into mainstream territory. And pros need HD capabilities to stay competitive: even if you're not quite ready to go HD-only, some of the entry-level pro models are priced reasonably enough to merit an educational investment.
Canon Vixia HF S21
The good:Excellent set of manual features; dual SDHC slots; generally well-designed interface. The bad: Poorly designed touch-screen menu system; short battery life; defaults to low-quality video mode; doesn't support SDXC; relatively expensive. The bottom line:Though they're an excellent trio of camcorders, the Vixia HF S21, HF S20, and HF S200 are significantly more expensive than their respective competitors, especially since the S20 and S200 lack electronic viewfinders. If you can forgo some of the subtleties of the manual controls, you can probably get what you need with a cheaper camcorder.
Estimated Retail Price: $1,299.99†
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Panasonic HDC-TM700
The good:Very good low-light video quality; full set of manual features; 1080/60p recording option. The bad: Smallish, low-resolution LCD; coarse EVF; some edge artifacts in video; middling still photo quality. The bottom line:The flash-based Panasonic HDC-TM700 and its hard-disk sibling, the HDC-HS700, stand out for their low-light video quality and broad set of manual controls. However, while the TM700 is very attractively priced for its class, the HS700 is not, and not worth the price premium unless you absolutely need the hard disk.
Retail Price: $800
--------------------------------------- Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V The good:Full manual feature set for video; geotagging for video is fun, if not very practical; autofocus system performs very well. The bad: Annoying menu system; no wind filter or meaningful audio controls; relatively big and heavy; expensive; defaults to low resolution, not-full-HD video quality; cumbersome touch-screen interface.
The bottom line:The Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V fares well compared with the competition, though its video could be a bit sharper and the interface less cumbersome. Unless you absolutely need to store a lot of video on the camcorder--which I don't suggest--or if have large hands that could benefit from the extra grip that the hard drive provides, the CX550V is a better deal than its hard-disk-based sibling.
