Indie Zombies.

Let's get out of mainstream for a while shall we? For all of you post apocalyptic aficionados out there I would like to bring to your attention to an amazing zombie short film.

Directed by indie director Matt Simpson and co-directed and starring Joseph Luke Avery, Plague tells a story of a migrant who is a gun runner as well traveling to London in order to have a fresh start. But he comes across the walking dead and it's a whole different game then.

This film looks really good; the make-up looks good, special effects are great albeit the small budget the film producer gets. The plot is solid, as well as the storytelling which somehow reminds me of 28 days later.

Well, I won't hold you back any longer, here's Plague.



You guys have any favorite zombie film by any indie director? I really like to check up on more from the indie scene.

Love, Zombie.

Frosted Cigar Wishes You Merry Christmas.

It's Christmas and on behalf of the other writers of Frosted Cigar, I would like to wish you all a merry Christmas.

Since it's holiday, I'm going to post family friendly upcoming movies.

Alright, first, Shrek. I've covered this movie earlier this month, and apparently a teaser trailer has been released and floating around for quite some time. It's Shrek's final act (or so they say). Would you see this movie? I think it won't be much different than the other Shrek movies before this. But that does not mean it won't be funny anymore right? Kids will love Shrek and donkey return to the big screen.



Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Joan Cusack and Michael Keaton unite in Toy Story 3. This movie returns to the big screen brings more than just a promise of great animation (it's a Pixar), it also brings back memories. I remember watching the first Toy Story when I was eleven and now about 14 years later I finally get to blog about it. How's that...just looking at the number of years is enough to make me feel old. The trailer has been around since June but anyway here is Toy Story 3. Are you excited about it? I have mixed feeling about this one because lately sequels and remakes just don't work anymore. Just hope Toy Story 3 delivers just as I remember them to be.



Last but not least is the remake (uh-oh) of Karate Kid. I'm disappointed in Will Smith. Why do he has to rely on Karate Kid's name? I mean this movie is nothing like Karate Kid. The setting is in China, and that is already confusing because there is no Karate in China. Well, maybe there is but when you mention China, Karate probably won't even cross your mind. I've watched the trailer over and over again trying to make sense of this movie. Can't they just rename it to something else and drop it with 'karate kid remake'. There are a lot of movies out there that use the same formula as karate kid but surely they don't claim to be sequels or remakes. Will you see it? What do you think of the whole 'remake' thing?



Alright that's all I have for you guys. Hope you guys have a really great holiday.

Love, Zombie.

Math with faerie!

What?! You don’t believe I can do math? Here…I have a simple equation for you guys who do not believe that fairies also can do math. The equation:

Festive seasons + school breaks = wedding ceremonies

Simple enough? Ahaha...wedding ceremonies are one of important ceremonies that fairies need to attend. It is time to create the magical moments especially for the married couples on their big day. Yup! Time to spread those fairy dusts!

Wedding gifts are the most common way to congratulate a couple for their marriage. There's no need for it to be expensive, just simple and neat will do. So, it's not about what things that are given as a wedding gifts, but it's how you wrap for it to be neat and pretty. So here I will show how to wrap a simple wedding gift. What you need are scissors, wrapping paper, sellotape, double-sided tape, ribbon, stickers and of course your gift.

1. First, cut out wrapping paper according to the size of your gift. Here, I used the whole wrapping paper.
2. Before you start wrapping your gift, fold a few layers at one side of the wrapping paper to create the look of paper fan (please measure and determine the correct position of the layers so that it will look nice on top of your gift).
3. After you are finished creating the layers, you can start wrapping you gift.
4. For the finishing look, add a ribbon on top of your gift. The position of the ribbon is up to you. As what I did, I put it at the left top side.
   
5. This how you gift will look like…

Oh, I forgot, for the mini card, I cut a red colour paper (9cm x 15cm) and fold it into two. Next I cut another paper (blue) into 8.5cm x 7cm. Then, I put a few stickers on top of the blue paper and add on some glittering glue here and there. Later, I glued the blue paper on top of the red paper (front side).

I hope this simple tutorial is useful for you guys and for those out there who wants to share any tutorials on how to wrap a gift in simple, nice but creative ways, feel free to leave a comment and share it with us and the others.

p/s For the wedding dress and tuxedo stickers, you can have that too. Just download it from here http://dfc.c-ij.com/en/contents/3176/sticker-wedding002/index.html. After you download it, print it and start cutting and pasting your sticker.

** Thanks to Canon Creative Park for the wedding stickers set

Iron Man 2

On the 17th, Marvel just released the trailer for the new Iron man movie. As we all now RDJ will be back, reprising his role as the billionaire turned superhero. This time around, the movie packs in a lot of great actors to join RDJ on the big screen. Mickey Rourke plays the villain Whiplash which is, for me, a decent adversary for the iron clad hero. Scarlett Johansson will be playing the role as Natasha Romanoff or Black Widow, and did I mention Sam Rockwell will be in it also? After the great performance in the sci fi film Moon, I just can't wait to see his work again, although he will only play a minor role.

War Machine! Finally we get to see War Machine, but sadly there's only so much as a glimpse of him in the new trailer.

I heard that Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) will have more screen time and it's interesting to find out the extent of SHIELD intervention in this movie. Just hope that they are not being too ambitious and try to cramp up too many things in the movie.

Anyway, I won't hold you back any longer. Here's the trailer for Iron Man 2. Enjoy.



If you want to find out more, check out the links provided.

Love, Zombie.

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I am Kick Ass.

I love Kick Ass because...well...he kicks ass. Seriously I just love Kick Ass because he is the thing that lurks inside of us wanting to be a superhero. Only he goes to the extreme and take it to the street. That's kick ass, a 'superhero' with zero power and hilarious. He will be on the big screen next year which is bummer because I thought it was supposed to be this year. I've been hearing about this movie since summer of 08 when it was still in script stage and haven't heard anything else until last month. The official website is up but with limited contents; nothing much except for links to posters and trailer. Anyway here's the trailer and a short clip of a scene with Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage) and Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz).

Wait for Kick Ass in cinema next year. It's going to be hilarious.

Love, Zombie.

Jason Mraz Is A Virus!!!

This week viral video belongs to a five year old kid with an Ukulele. It has received over 4 million views (and rising) and also have been re-posted over and over again by different users.

So far this video has kept me smiling and laughing because it's funny. At first I thought he was singing in some kind of foreign language but it turns out that he was singing the original lyrics.

Thus, enjoy the latest web sensation and sing along with the kid's rendition of Jason Mraz I'm Yours.



What a cute kid XD

Zombie, out.

Nicholas Cage Is Mad Eye Moody?

It's been a really slow week for me. Nothing much happening that caught my interest except for the new trailer from Disney's Sorcerer's Apprentice

I bet by now you've already know what's this story is all about. But, if you don't, worry not. Sorcerer's Apprentice is an adaptation from the famous Goethe's poem and yes, it has been used before in Disney's ever famous movie Fantasia which I think is known better to us than the poem itself. If you remember the scene with Mickey and his mischief with the broom, then you got it, - Sorcerer's Apprentice is basically written (or adapted) from that scene. Only that it is done in a more modern tone and different take on storytelling.

Hah, I lied. I wish it was all about the broom because it would've make much more sense than what they are trying to pull here. I don't mean to be all negative about this movie but tying it to Fantasia is not a good move on their behalf. Watch the trailer and you get what I mean. It doesn't have anything to do with the Fantasia we know at all. So why bother saying that it is based on or resurrected Fantasia in the first place? But I have to give the movie a credit, though the trailer does look beautiful on the screen.

For your information, Jay Baruchel will play the role of the sorcerer's apprentice and Nicholas Cage will have the lead as the sorcerer (or Master Yen Sid if you prefer it in Fantasia context).

Anyway here's the trailer.



Will this movie works? It has Nicholas Cage in it, which all he does recently is spell disappointment on the screen. It's a Jerry Bruckheimer movie, but will it be a sure fire? It has loads of effects thrown in. Will it be just another CGI laden movie? Let me know what you think.

p/s: Is it me or Nicholas Cage looks like a cross between Mad Eye Moody in Harry Potter and Hugh Jackman Van Helsing?

Zombie, out.

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Preview

Warner Bros just released an exclusive behind the scene into the last two Harry Potter movies. Check out the vid guys and enjoy.


Dh Preview One - Watch more funny videos here

Seriously from Paris with Love

Most probably Hollywood has already dried up with a good, nice and significant title movies, because the title of this movie certainly not making any sense. Just take your time looking at the new poster, and while you're at it, grab a paper and pen and try to list down the significance of oversize gun and explosions with the word "Paris" and "love". I don't know about you, but it's sure a hard task for me.

When I heard this poster was out, I'm thinking of something more like "Big Ugly Truth" kind of poster, but instead got aimed directly by John Travolta with a huge rpg firearm, with game-like motion explosion at the back! But anyway, I expect great things from this movie. It's been long since we saw Travolta on the screen that I almost thought he had become the Governor. So, I hope you'll enjoy this recently released poster, and Frosted Cigar loves you all! Regards...

No Greengrass, no Damon…WHAT?!!!!

I kept asking myself, how the hell will Bourne 4 be on screen without its most talented director (Paul Greengrass) and its real Jason Bourne (Matt Damon)?! In the article I found in Cinema Blend about the issue, Matt Damon clearly stated that he will have nothing to do with the sequel of the movie without the involvement of Greengrass inside the production. That’s indeed a bummer!! Without Damon, what was really there to watch in Bourne heh? (or is it just me exactly? LOL!)

So the story goes on that the Universal Studio went on with the sequel of the movie despite previous saying that Bourne Ultimatum will wrap it up for Robert Ludlum’s novel on the screen. Demanding for Greengrass as the director, for his astounding performance in Bourne 3 which had somehow obtained the movie 2 Oscar awards, he slammed the door on them, saying that he won’t be back for Bourne 4. Maybe he thought the possibility to topple the last Bourne movie was impossible, or he was really done playing around Jason Bourne character. This decision thus affected Damon’s answer when asked whether he’ll be back as Jason Bourne. He said,

"I’ll just wait for him and when he wants to do one, we’ll do it. I’ve always said that. But I think it will happen down the road. We just don’t have a script right now."

Is it just me or this answer was tinged with hopeful thought? Or is it just a conspiracy spiraling among them before they began a new conspiracy for another Bourne? Anyway, there’s nothing much to be said about it. All we can do is wait, and truth shall surfaced along the way, leaving trails of speculations at the back heh?

New Moon - Really?!!!

First of all, I would like to clarify that I'm not a twilight-hater, and my opinions here are not influenced by any grudge or despise that usually became the case when it came to twilight, alright? I'll keep it brief, and as honest as I can be about this movie.

2008 - Twilight : This movie blasted away the audience, be it a fan or not, with fast paced storyline, blood thumping actions and the hotness of Robert Pattinson. A praise to Catherine Hardwicke as the director, who presented the movie in a grasping way that even captured the attention of non-fans and peoples' who don't even knew the existence of Twilight.

2009 - New moon : Well, for starters, there's too much "You're everything to me...", "You're the world to me...", "I don't want to live without you...", then it goes like hugs and kisses that drone on and on for the rest of the movie. Some people may be up for the romantic scenes and stuffs, but for others, it's boooriiing! Some of us are up to the actions promised by the cool new moon's trailers man! It doesn't have to be actions and brawling between werewolves and vampires for the whole movie, but at least be optimum for both romance and actions, you know what I mean? Keep all the details to books, and bring only the cool and important parts to the screen, don't cha think?

Okay, enough about that. I'll keep my promise to keep it short. But before I go, I have to say that the werewolves in the movie are probably the best I ever seen! It wows me, and I really wish I can see they fight for a little bit longer, but...oops! Okay, I'll just stop here okay? Thanks for reading and Frosted Cigar loves you all...

"You're the world to me Bella..."

For the records, Rotten Tomatoes had given New Moon 29% in Tomatometer...

Freddie's Revival, Shrek's End.

So what interest me today?

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street remake.

Yup, another remake. Produced by Michael Bay the movie will hit cinemas on 30th April 2010. Let's just hope it won't suck as much as well...all the other remakes out there.

2. Shrek, Forever After.

Our beloved ogre will return to the screen for the last time next year (somewhere in May if I am not mistaken) in full 3D. According to the interview with director Mike Mitchell, the final installment of the movie will bring back all that is to love about Shrek. The premise for the movie this time around is Shrek wanting to get his ogre badness back because he felt like being domesticated. Thus, he strikes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin (he appeared few times in Shrek 2 and 3) but the deal goes wrong and Shrek has to confront what life would be like in Far Far Away if he had never existed.

Shrek and Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek Forever After. Rumpelstiltskin returns for the final film after making brief pop-ups in Shrek 2 and 3.

3. Chronicle of Narnia: Voyage of The Dawn Treader.

Narnia will make a comeback for the third installment in the series and this time, they're all riding on a boat. Three new photos have been released and from the look of it, Dawn Treader looks really awesome. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is being directed by British filmmaker Michael Apted and is currently scheduled for release on 10th December 2010.

The helm of the Dawn Treader

Ben Barnes as King Caspian and Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie returning for an adventure to the utter east on board the Dawn Treader.

Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie on the Dawn Treader

Alright people, that's all for today. I'll return with more goodies soon.

Love, Zombie.

Iron man 2 + Deathly Hallows = Buzz!

Sorry for weird title, it's just that I can't think of a clever one. Okay, now what's buzzing this week? Check out the list I've made for you guys.

1. A teaser poster of Iron Man 2!
It is not just a poster, but a poster revealing War Machine! Cool huh?



2. Harry Potter released first still of Deathly Hallows.
Not much news on this one but hey, I guess it's a way of Yates and crew telling that they are okay and the movie is on its way. Potter will be released next year in a two part movie with the second part airing in 2011.



3. Jaden Smith in Karate Kid remake, few stills released.
As all of you know, the remake featured Jaden, Will Smith son, as the lead role and also Jackie Chan will play Mr. Miyagi. That's all wrong...There's just so many things that's wrong with this. Jackie Chan played a Japanese character? Don't get me started but anyway, check out the stills by following this link - Stills.


4.James Cameron released some behind the scenes from the highly anticipated Avatar.



Alright guys, that's all from me. Catch you guys later.

Love, Zombie.