Showing posts with label N. Show all posts
Showing posts with label N. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)


In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Naked Weapon (2002)


A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Nasib Do Re Mi (1966)


Do, Re and Mi in this sequeal tells the tale of a group of gangsters who are planning to rob a bank. So they use this oppurtunity to con them out of it and capture them at the same time. Many comedic memorable moments are carried out through the movie.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Nasib Si Labu Labi (1963)


This second (and final) movie in the 'Labu dan Labi' series follows the main characters after the death of the matriarch in the family. Hilarity ensues when the widower patriarch meets another woman and attempts to woo her with the help of his loyal but bumbling servants Labu and Labi.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Nujum Pa' Blalang (1959)


Pak Belalang was the laziest person in Pohon Beringin village. He has a son named Belalang. It all started when Belalang managed to trick two thieves, Badan and Nyawa, who had just stolen two cows and two goats. Not knowing who the rightful owners are, Belalang asked his father to be an astrologer. When the rightful owners complained to the village headman of their missing animals, Belalang told them to seek his father's help. Naturally Belalang and his father knew the exact locations of the missing animals. Soon the village people recognized him as a great astrologer. When the Sultan Shahrul Nizam's treasures were stolen by Badan and Nyawa, the village headman suggested to the Sultan to consult Pak Belalang the astrologer not realizing that Pak Belalang was a fake. Pak Belalang panicked and hid himself in a cave. Through pure luck and certain turns of event, Pak Belalang managed to locate the hidden treasure. In the meantime, Sultan Baginda Masai and his ministers approached Sultan Shahrul Nizam and placed a wager: the loser shall lose his kingdom. Sultan Shahrul Nizam was given 4 riddles to solve within 3 days and 3 nights. Pak Belalang was given the heavy task of solving the riddle. Did Pak Belalang's luck finally run out?

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Nightwatch (1994)


In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow student Jens, the police begins to think he is the murderer. Police detective Wormer wants to help him but Martin is more and more suspected.

Naked (1993)


Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, spending much of his time ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very much like his own.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Nur Kasih The Movie (2011)


This movie serves as a spin off that's based on the much-loved TV drama series "Nur Kasih". It centres on a religious girl, Nur (Tiz Zaqyah), who falls in love with two brothers who couldn't be more different. Adam (Remy Ishak) is a rebel, while his older brother Aidil (Fizz Fairuz) is a filial son. A total of 5 million viewers in Malaysia tuned in to catch the series finale on TV last year, and the anticipation to catch this movie as a big screen adaptation is not only experienced by the fans of the series, but also those who are in for a good local movie that deals with, love, sacrifice and separation.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Near Dark (1987)


A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.