Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) là một người đàn ông có cuộc sống hết sức bình thường bên vợ và con trai. Nhưng tất cả đã thay đổi hoàn toàn kể từ ngày Walter nhận được món quà do vợ tặng. Đó là một cuốn sách mang số 23, kể về cuộc đời kinh hoàng của một người có tên là Fingerling... Cuốn sách như có một ma lực kỳ quái, nó cuốn hút và hớp hồn Walter. Anh bắt đầu lo sợ vì cuộc đời của nhân vật chính trong sách giống hệt như cuộc đời anh. Hàng loạt những sự kiện, cho dù là ngày sinh, địa chỉ hay thời gian, tất cả đều bị con số 23 bí ẩn chi phối. Nhưng điều làm Walter lo sợ nhất chính là đoạn kết của cuốn sách. Một đoạn kết mà không ai mong đợi, một đoạn kết đẫm máu dành sẵn cho Walter. Số 23 Bí Ẩn (The Number 23) (2007)

Phiêu lưu Một xứ sở tuyệt vời được kết tinh từ những âm thanh, sắc màu của cuộc sống. Nơi mà chỉ những hình ảnh đơn thuần như con nhện giăng tơ hay một chú cua tìm cách gỡ chiếc càng bé tẹo ra khỏi hang đá nhỏ cũng trở nên thật sống động đến ngỡ ngàng. Đó là thế giới mà hai anh em Noah và Emma đã tìm thấy từ chiếc hộp đồ chơi. Một chiếc hộp ma thuật kỳ diệu, nơi cô bé Emma có cơ hội làm quen chú thỏ Mimzy sở hữu khả năng dùng ngoại cảm để nói chuyện với mình. Mimzy trở thành đại sứ dẫn Emma cùng anh trai đi từ ngạc nhiên này tới ngạc nhiên khác. Tâm hồn trẻ thơ được thả sức tưởng tượng nên những cung bậc và gam màu tuyệt duyệt của cuộc sống. Xứ Sở Thần Tiên (The Last Mimzy) (2007)

Hoạt họa Hai anh bạn Timon và Pumbaa bắt đầu ngồi xem bộ phim Vua Sư Tử để ôn lại những kỷ niệm xưa, nhưng Timon cứ muốn tua tới đoạn mà họ xuất hiện. Pumbaa thì lại nghĩ khác, chú muốn kể cho khán giả nghe câu chuyện của chính mình, những chuyến phiêu lưu hào hứng cùng với Timon trước khi cuộc hành trình của Simba bắt đầu... Vua Sư Tử 1½ (The Lion King 1½) (2004)

Iraq archbishop kidnappers wanted $1 million: police

Kidnappers of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop found dead in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had demanded a $1 million ransom, a senior police official said on Friday.


Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho attends a press conference in Rome in this November 23, 2007 file photo

Paulos Faraj Rahho, the archbishop of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, was abducted on February 29 after gunmen attacked his car and killed his driver and two guards.

Rahho's body was found in an empty lot in eastern Mosul on Thursday and is due to buried on Friday. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has blamed al Qaeda for his death.

"Reports reached us that there were talks between the kidnappers and relatives of the kidnapped archbishop ... we heard that a ransom demand reached $1 million," said Brigadier-General Khaled Abdul Sattar, the police spokesman for Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital.

Andraws Abuna, assistant to the Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, said there had been talks between Christian officials and the kidnappers but he did not know about the ransom.

The U.S. military also said it had no details about the ransom but U.S. commanders in northern Iraq have said the kidnappers may have wanted money.

Abuna said the Church in Mosul had received a call on Thursday telling them Rahho was dead.

Church members found his half-buried body in an empty lot and took it to Mosul morgue, Abuna said, adding he did not know who made the call.

Chaldeans belong to a branch of the Roman Catholic Church that practices an ancient Eastern rite and form the biggest Christian community in Iraq.

Rahho's death drew condemnation from the Vatican, President George W. Bush and Maliki.

Police said it was not clear whether Rahho, 65, had been killed or died of other causes. He appeared to have been dead a week and had no bullet wounds, police at the morgue in Mosul said. He was dressed in black trousers and a blue shirt.

Sattar said the body showed signs of decomposition.

A number of Christian clergy have been kidnapped and killed and churches bombed in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. A former archbishop of Mosul, Basile Georges Casmoussa, was kidnapped in 2005 but was released after a day in captivity.

Source: Reuters

Int’l film star supports children’s road safety campaign

Renowned Chinese Malaysian film star Michelle Yeoh will speak at a press conference in Hanoi on March 18 at the World Bank Vietnam Office, to give her support to a children’s road safety initiative.






The event is being held by the Vietnam Helmet Wearing Coalition (VHWC) and the FIA Foundation for road safety campaigning and research.

A panel of VHWC members will be on hand to discuss the upcoming Phase III of the National Helmet Wearing Public Awareness Campaign, focusing on children’s helmet use and road safety education.

In addition, Yeoh, a Road Safety Ambassador with the FIA Foundation will discuss the organization’s efforts to highlight the importance of children’s road safety worldwide, as well as upcoming road safety activities of the United Nations.

Reported by Vinh Bao

Versatile beauties

Not all of Vietnam’s most popular starlets have always been career actresses – in fact several of Vietnam’s biggest hits recently have starred models and singers.

Model Thanh Hang proves she can act in Nu Hon Than Chet

Thanh Hang surprised local audiences this Tet as a sharp-tongued but soft-hearted bartender in Nu Hon Than Chet (Kiss of Death), one of Vietnam’s highest-grossing films ever.

Initially famous for her long legs, Hang made a splash with her first supporting role in 2002’s Gai Nhay (Bar Girls), which is considered a landmark Vietnamese film.

She took on the role confidently without ever attending an acting class.

Beauty queen Truong Ngoc Anh plays a scrap vendor in Phat Tai

In this year’s romantic comedy Kiss of Death, Hang plays An, a young bartender who meets her dream man just days before she is scheduled to die.

The audience learns that she is about to die because her dream man is in fact an angel of death sent to take her to the underworld.

An desperately tries stay alive but gives in to her death in the arms of her lover, whose kiss takes her away from the earthly world.

Nguyen Quang Dung, who wrote and directed Kiss of Death, says he auditioned over 100 actresses before Hang finally showed him the lively character he was looking for.

He says he was not necessarily aiming for Hang, despite her popularity in Bar Girls.

“The producer asked me whether I was sure about hiring Hang, but at that time I was torn.”

Ngo Thanh Van’s first role in Sai Gon Tinh Ca

Hang then tested out her skills by playing the lead as the director spent a week auditioning the male lead and was able to convince Dung she had what it takes.

Due to several scandals, the musical Sai Gon Tinh Ca (Saigon Love Story), originally made in 2004 by Vietnamese American director Ringo Le, has not been released in local cinemas until this year.

The movie was the first time singer Ngo Thanh Van, one of the film’s female leads, had ever acted.

Van has just won best actress at the 15th Golden Lotus Vietnamese Film Festival for her lead role in last year’s Dong Mau Anh Hung (The Rebel), which was filmed after Saigon Love Story, but released before.

Lastly, this movie season, actress Truong Ngoc Anh in her first ever humorous character plays a pretty countryside girl who sells scraps and waste in Phat Tai (Becoming Rich).

Hilarious antics ensue when a wealthy man falls in love with Anh’s character and the bumpkin tries awkwardly and desperately to act rich.