September 10, 2010, the movie Resident Evil is coming out.

Since the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer is a big success, fans are awaiting the premeire of the third installment, Eclipse.

In this movie, the main character Bella once again is conflicted between her love for Edward the vampire and Jacob the werewolf. She has to choose between the life of a vampire or of a werewolf. Not only that, but with her high school graduation approaching, she is faced with a tough decision that could potentially alter her life completly. Eclipse comes out in theatres June 30, 2010. Can’t wait to see it!

Jacked Up  released in 2001 was a movie directed by Timothy Wayne Folsome. Staring actors RonReaco Lee, Alekis Fields, Anna Maria Horsford, Bizzy Bone, and T-Low.

Andre Carter (RonReaco Lea) is a 17-year old pushed to the edge one day in his Ohio ghetto neighborhood when a carjacking goes awry and he ends up shooting dead the driver. Wracked by guilt and inspired to confess his crime, Andre does odd jobs for the widow (Anna Maria Horsford), becomes a mentor to her young son and begins a romantic relationship with the dead man’s daughter. It would appear Andre is struggling to go straight, but the gang members in his life won’t let him get away that easily. Soon, Andre finds himself fighting for not just his life, but the lives of those in his new family.

Jean Harlow was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the “Platinum Blonde” and the “Blonde Bombshell” because of her blonde hair.

She was ranked as one of the greatest movie stars of all time. She came out in several films, but mainly to show off her sex appeal that brought many people to see her in the films. She was so good and she had so much fame, that it wasn’t even funny, so then she got a contract under Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Her popularity and the way she attracted boys was very different to her personal and private life, which was mostly disappointment, tragedy, and the worst, her sudden death from renal failure at age 26.

She was well known by everyone and very well loved. She was an actress that everyone loved, the girls would die to be like her, and the guys wished they had her. She was a very well known lady that left the perfect life to early and didn’t get to take advantage of all the things that came for her.

Belly is a 1998 movie, the feature film debut of music video director Hype Williams. Filmed in New York City as an urban drama, the film stars rappers DMX and Nas, alongside with Taral Hicks, rappers Method Man and Vita. This movie also stars dancehall artist Louie Rankin,R&B singer T-Boz from TLC and Chairman of the Hip Hop Summit Action Network Dr. Benjamin Chavis. Besides starring in the film, Nas also narrates and collaborated with Hype Williams on the screenplay.

The movie begins when Tommy (DMX) and Sincere (Nas), along with fellow crew members Mark and Black, rob a nightclub. After dropping Black off, the others go to Tommy’s house to hide out for a while. Their noise wakes up Keisha (Taral Hicks), Tommy’s girlfriend, who is trying to sleep. Sincere says that he too is tired, and he and Mark leave soon after. Sincere returns to his house, where his wife T/Tionne (Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins) and baby Kenya wait. Back at Tommy’s house, Tommy learns of a new, potent drug that is making its way to America.

After a passionate night with their women, Tommy and Sincere meet early in the morning and Tommy tells Sincere about the new drug, and also how much money they could make if they got involved with Tommy’s friend Ox, a drug lord who is receiving shipments. Reluctantly, Sincere agrees.

Sincere, at the end of the movie changes his attitude towards dealing and using drugs. Sincere after knowing everything that was going on, he decides to change his life for the good of his family, and surviving an attempt on his life too by his old friend Black, takes that moment to get out of New York and start a new life in Africa with his wife and son.

Students can win a free pass to a special screening of Avatar at the Nokia Theatre on Earth Day simply by writing a short essay on the environment. The screening will feature an appearance by the director, James Cameron and his wife Suzy, as well as the actress Michelle Rodriguez. Mayor Villaraigosa will be introducing the film.

Student Responsibility

In order to share in this wonderful experience student must complete an essay to be used as their ticket for entry.  The topics are as follows:

Questions:

High School: (Choose one)

• Please describe: An environmental lesson you learned from Avatar and how to apply it to your community, city, and the world.
• How can we prevent global warming by reducing energy use?
• What’s your wish for the world having to do with the environment?
• How does what you eat affect the environment? (Hint: Do some foods contribute more to global warming than others?  If so, what would be the best diet for kids who care about saving the planet?)

Teacher: (Choose one):

• Please Describe. An environmental lesson you learned from Avatar and how you can apply it to my instructional practice/classroom?
• Three ways you can incorporate environmental lessons and awareness into your curriculum.
• Is there a “True Cost” to energy sources and foods that might not be included in the price of those energy souces and foods?  If so, how can we incorporate those “external” costs?
• How does what you eat affect the environment? (Hint: Do some  foods contribute more to global warming than others?  If so, what would be  the best diet for kids who care about saving the planet?)

Essay Contest: Avatar Awards

Students

§ 1st Place: $5,000 worth of scholarship and prizes

§ 2nd Place: $2,500 worth of scholarship and prizes

§ 3rd Place: $1,000 worth of scholarship and prizes

§ 4th – 10th: $500 Scholarships

Teachers

§ 1st Place:$2,500 from DonorsChoose.org

§ 2nd Place: $1,250 from DonorsChoose.org

§ 3rd, 4th, 5th $500 from DonorsChoose.org

I’ve never read any books by Nicholas Sparks other than The Notebook, and the movie wasn’t half bad. I watched the movie A Walk to Remember as well, but never got the chance to read the book.

I loved both movies, and they really got me into reading more books by Nicholas Sparks, so when I saw that the movie based on The Last Song, I couldn’t help going out to buy the book right away.

Now the book tells the story of Veronica “Ronnie” Miller, whose parents got divorced, turning her life completely upside down. Three years later, she’s managed to completely alienate herself from her parents, especially her father, and her mother decides it would be best to send Ronnie and her younger brother, Jonah, to stay with her father over the summer. Ronnie becomes furious and refuses to accept any attempts her father tries to reach out to her.

She never expects on finding something as confusing and painful as first love.

Now, I’m no sappy romantic, but the story told in this book is bound to hook any reader, let’s just hope the movie lives up to it, like The Notebook did.

So i know that this sounds all childish or whatever, but my favorite movie of all times is “The Wizard of Oz”. This movie got to me ever since the first day I saw it which was in the third grade. I think that this is the best movie ever made. But yet again this is just my opinion.

In the movie there are four main characters, Dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin man and the Lion.

So the movie starts with Dorothy at home in Kansas. She has a dog “toto”, who an evil woman wants to take away from her. Dorothy decided to run away when suddenly, a tornado starts to develop and she has to run back home to her aunt. while she’s back home the tornado strikes her house and the window hits her and she is knocked out unconscious. She starts hallucinating that she is inside the tornado(if that’s possible) and then lands in Munchkin Land. Here is where she meets the witch Glinda. Dorothy tells her that all she wants is to go home. the good witch later tells her that she needs to follow the yellow brick road which is going to take her to Emerald City where she would have to meet with the Great Oz.

Dorothy decides to go and see the Great Oz, but on the way she makes these friends who also want to go and meet with the Great Oz ad see if he can grant them a wish as well. The Scarecrow needs a brain to help others and help himself. The tin man needs a heart, so he wont be so shallow finally, the lion wants courage, since all lions are suppose to be the “brave” ones. Wile trying to get to Emerald City, these 4 new friends had to struggle with some obstacles that kept getting in the way, one of them being the wicked witch of the East. regardless of all the obstacles Dorothy and her friends didn’t give up and got to where they were going, to Emerald City. once there they asked to speak to the Great Oz.

To their surprise the Great Oz was just a man standing behind a curtain. little did they know that this “Oz” was gonna help them realize that they had he brains, the heart and the courage inside them all the time. But there was Dorothy left to get her wish and get her back home to Kansas. the Wizard told her that she had to go with him but ends up leaving her behind. so once again Glinda helps her go back home she just tells her to click her heels 3 times and say “there’s no place like home.”

Eventually she goes back home and it was all a dream she was having.

So all though this might be a kiddy movie, at the end it does help us understand that whatever we think we are missing, like the brains, the heart or the courage, we always have to look  for it within ourselves. This movie is really good. I love it !!!

American Me released in 1992 which depicts a fictionalized account of the founding and rise to power of the Mexican Mafia in the California prison system from the 1950s into the 1980s. The movie focuses on the life of a 13 year old Chicano boy name Santana and his friends Mundo and J.D. The actors in this film are Edward James Olmos as (Montoya Santana), William Forsythe as (J.D.), Pepe Serna as (Mundo), Daniel A. Haro as (Huero), Sal Lopez as (Pedro Santana), and Vira Montes as (Esperanza Santana).

Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over all the drug and murder activities behind bars. Santana is back in the streets for the first time since his teenage years. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. Santana  then learns that life on the outside is as hard as it is behind bars. But the harsh reality of barrio life and his blood-stained past will not give Santana the chance to turn his back on his former way of life.

On April 9, 2010 the movie  The Runaways is coming out in theatres. The movie takes place in the 1970s and it is about a group of four sixteen-year-old girls who form a band.

Through all of their struggles, they were able to become the first all girl band to perform in a filled arena. The story is based on the life of Joan Jett and what she had to go through to achieve fame.

Joan Jett is played by Kristen Stewart.