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Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:31 PM PDT

A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.

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The best show

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 01:06 AM PDT

South Korean superstar Rain's final concert before embarking on military service was packed with passion and love.

SOUTH Korean heartthrob Rain has left millions of fans craving for his performance after putting aside his celebrity role for a stint in the military.

Malaysian fans are a lucky lot as they will be treated to Rain: The Best Show tonight on Astro. It is the world TV premiere of Rain's farewell concert tour across Asia.

Pouring passion and love into the show, Rain's explosive energy and amazing dance moves are not to be missed.

Here is an interview transcript with the superstar provided by Celestial Movies:

This is your last concert before military service. How do you feel?

Since this is my last concert before I embark on military service, I would like to communicate with the audience in a more interactive way. I put more emphasis on communicating with them instead of giving the usual performance-oriented show.

You broke into tears on stage. Fans were deeply moved by your sincerity.

I was really moved by the audience. I made my debut as a singer on April 24, 2002, and time passes so fast. I have a lot of pleasant flashback and I just couldn't help breaking into tears.

Some artistes are afraid that they would lose their fans and audience after military service. What is your view on that?

For me, serving the army is my solemn responsibility and it is an honour to be able to become part of the military. I am sure there is nothing I should be afraid of as long as I live with positive thinking.

What have you learnt in the army so far?

I always get to experience new stuff and am happy when I manage to overcome the challenges. I always consider my life as a singer from 2002 up to the moment I started military service as Act One, and army life is the second stage in my life. I look forward to Act Three, which is when I get discharged from the Army.

Is there anything you would like to tell your loving fans?

I will let you 'cheat' on me during the two years when I'm serving the Army. Just make sure you come back to me when I return on stage.

What's the highlight of this concert?

I had toured various cities in South Korea, namely, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju and Jeju. It's the first time I presented my new song Busan Women on stage. I kicked off my concert tour in Busan, which went well with the title of my song Busan Women. I composed the music and wrote the lyrics myself and hope they'll like it.

How have you been doing recently? Any interesting episodes in the army you would like to share with your fans?

Recently, I have been appointed as jury member for the audition to pick talent for the programme, Be The Star, run by the military broadcast station. It is my honour to work with fellow singers KCM and Park Hyo-shin and exchange ideas. Among the participants, one of them sang my song, Ways To Avoid The Sun. He sang really well but I felt he should have been more confident and not be too influenced by my style.

Your new film Soar Into The Sun was released last month in South Korea. What's your character in the film?

I played a military officer at the air force and I was happy to act in this film because I experience life as an air force pilot.

Many people are talking about the kissing scenes between you and lead actress Shin Se-gyung. How was it?

I enjoyed the romantic scenes with her a lot but unfortunately, those scenes were deleted by the director.

Do you have any plans after your discharge?

I don't have any particular plans at the moment. People may think army life is tough, but I enjoy it and am even thinking if I should continue working in the army after my two-year term.

Do you have a busy life in the army?

Apart from the daily duties, I am also appointed as the publicity ambassador of the Military Manpower Administration. Attending the orientation ceremonies for the newcomers has become part of my work.

> Rain – The Best Show premieres tonight at 9pm on Celestial Movies (Astro Ch 322) and Celestial Movies HD (Astro Ch 309).

A monster ride

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 01:04 AM PDT

There's a lot of bite in Hotel Transylvania with Count Dracula manning the reception. Suite!

GETTING all the monsters under one roof has got to be quite a, erm, monstrous task. This, however, is an attainable feat for Dracula (who built the huge Hotel Transylvania for this very purpose) and for animated feature Hotel Transylvania director Genndy Tartakovsky.

The hotel is a getaway point for monsters and their families when they are in need of a break from living in the shadows, and to just live it up without having to worry about the bad guys – humans. It has been designed to keep humans away from the monsters, but only if precautions are taken.

On this particularly busy weekend at the hotel, monsters from all over have come to celebrate the birthday of Dracula's "teenage" daughter, Mavis. She turns ... 118, which means she will finally get a very special present left for her from her mother, who died when Mavis was just a baby.

Among the gang who are there to celebrate includes the Mummy, Frankenstein (or Uncle Frank to Mavis) and his wife, the Bride Of Frankenstein (but, of course!), the Werewolf, his wife Wanda and their big, unruly pack of wolf cubs, zombies, the Yeti, the Invisible Man, Quasimodo and the gremlins. The isolated hotel – somewhere in Transylvania, Romania, of course – is also home to Dracula and Mavis, as well as the hotel staff.

Troubles begin when Mavis, being a typical teenager, becomes restless and wants to see what the outside world has to offer. Her father is reluctant to let her do so, but finally her allows Mavis to fly out – they can turn into bats, by the way – and visit a nearby village.

However, a bigger problem occurs when a much-feared human somehow stumbles across the hotel and crashes Mavis' "monster-only" birthday party.

For Tartakovsky, Hotel Transylva-nia presented him with a chance to play with many of the stereotypes (be it from books, films, etc) that are connected to these classic monsters and reinvent them into something more unique, original and, most importantly, relatable to today's audience.

So, forget about Frankenstein being this horrible creature, but rather, see him as someone who has been cast out because of the way he looks. Underneath the blue (yes, he's blue in this film) skin and beyond the bolts in his head is a kind-hearted fella that loves a bit of fun.

Then there is the Werewolf, who suffers in silence – not because of what happens to him during the full moon – but because he has a huge family to take care of, and his cubs are in constant need of diaper changes. Seriously, anyone would howl at the moon at that.

And the vampire? Far from being the Prince of Darkness (a.k.a. the blood-sucking villain), Dracula is actually an over-protective parent who does not want to let his daughter out of his sight, especially after a tragic incident happened in their lives. Sure, he is a bit of a control freak – he has to oversee every little detail that happens in the hotel – but then again, which one of us isn't?

In a phone interview, Tartakovsky says: "They have the same problems we have – being misunderstood or misjudged. We have different versions of humanity being presented, making them very accessible to the audience."

Tartakovsky – whose family migrated from the Soviet Union (now Russia) to the United States via Italy when he was seven – shares that he feels a connection with Frankenstein. "There is something very accessible about him to me. He's an outcast and misunderstood. And I like him," he says with a laugh.

It may seem that Dracula was chosen as the "leader" of the monsters just because everyone is crazy about vampires right now (watch out for a really funny reference to the Twilight franchise in the film). Well, Dracula does wear a human face, although his fashion choices are a bit suspect ... However, there is a little something else too when it comes to vampires that make them immortal to us humans.

Tartakovsky explains: "The icon of Dracula is very powerful, he's got the most powers of all the monsters. He's the leading man type. It's hard to argue that point – whatever he is involved in, he's going to be in charge."

Starting with a fresh canvas, Tartakovsky and his team reshaped the iconic characters to bring out a very important element for the film – comedy. This comes clear in the way the characters look – Tartakovsky wanted to incorporate both caricature and cartoon-like designs to the characters, much like the cartoon series he created like Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars and Sym-Bionic Titan.

He notes: "They move in a different way, there is much more funny drawing sensibility than action. This is unique for an animated feature."

The comedic element is also obvious from the voice talents; a lot of comedy actors were recruited for the film, including Adam Sandler, Kevin James, David Spade, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher and Andy Samberg.

At a press conference in Cancun, Mexico, Tartakovsky explains how he went about treating the scary nature of the characters and turning them into not-so-scary: "We chose to go with very few scary moments, kind of kids' scary moments, and really go more for the comedy and the character relationships."

At the same event, producer Michelle Murdocca says: "We're also introducing vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein and the Mummy in our own way. So, younger kids who aren't really familiar with these characters – at least in the US, with the exception of costumes – we're defining these characters for them."

Sandler, who lends his voice to Dracula, came into the picture after one of his daughters asked him why he never acted as a cartoon character. He volunteered for a voice job, and the folks of Hotel Transylvania were casting. According to the director, Hotel Transylvania really spoke to Sandler as he is exactly in the same place in his life as Dracula. Like the fanged one, Sandler, too, wants to protect his two girls, like, forever.

Other than mastering the foreign accent (not unlike Bela Lugosi's in the 1931 movie titled Dracula), Sandler also learned to use his vocals differently to bring his undead character to life.

Says Tartakovsky: "I just encouraged him to be more cartoony ... to be broader, because the broadness of a caricature works well with animation. And he was able to push his voice and take it to the extremes. That's why in some instance, he is very loud – yelling and stuff – and then there is the other side of him, when he is talking to his daughter, he is more soft and warm."

Having found the suitable voice talents, Tartakovsky decided to do the recording like he used to do them when he was directing animated cartoon series – have the actors come into the studio all at the same time and do the recording together.

Tartakovsky believes that bringing them together will allow the actors to create a more believable chemistry. Luckily for him, actors like Sandler, Samberg, James and Spade were able to sort out their schedules to do just that.

"It was great because they can really work off each other; the chemistry was amazing especially between Adam and Andy because they had a lot of scenes together."

Murdocca also states in the movie's production notes: "It was really fun to see Adam Sandler playing off of Kevin James, and Kevin playing off of David Spade. It was the beginning of them creating these characters and personalities together – it helped make the characters really funny and really emotional."

> Hotel Transylvania haunts audiences nationwide from Sept 27.

Kredit: www.thestar.com.my

Isnin, 24 September 2012

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