Adriana...

... was in Istanbul last weekend for charity related activities which includes a popular TV show. She was angelic as usual..

GTFO!

So many things have been written about Obama so I am not gonna go into that. I am also hopeful. However, I am not a US citizen so it does not affect me directly. On the other hand, whatever USA does, has an impact on the world. I just do not think it can get any worse than the 8 painful years with the dickhead below.

Three Monkeys

With his latest work, 3 Monkeys, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, the talented Turkish director, presents a masterpiece. I have seen the movie yesterday and I am amazed by the poetic expression of Ceylan.

The movie is dark and painful. It questions the moral of society and how one suspends himself from other people's pain and suffering. Even though it is a story of a family and the paths they take to avoid facing the truth, it's also about personal tendency to close our eyes to that we prefer to ignore.

Shots are brilliantly composed and the colors match the mood of the film perfectly. 3 Monkeys is such a great art-house film and a proof of how much a director can show his brilliance. Ceylan's movie has recently won the best director award in Cannes. It is now included in the shortlist for last eight in the Foreign Film Oscar. Since it is not a commercial movie I doubt that it will win the Oscar but it is very obvious who I am rooting for.

Wingsuit Base Jumping

I have seen some extreme sports videos but this is nothing like that. I cannot imagine anything else that exceeds the adrenalin level in your blood than doing this.


wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

Prison Break to be Cancelled After This Season

According to the latest news, this will be Prison Break's last season.

"The show just played out," says Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly. "Creatively everybody feels enough stories were told ... we want it to finish strong and not just gimp out next season."

"Prison" has four more episodes set to air, and might shoot a could extra series-ending episodes as well.

"They have a cool ending," Reilly reassured.

I could not have agreed more with this decision. It started great, it continued great but this season you really feel that everything that can be told has been told and they are now stretching it. I hope they have a good ending for this great show!

The North Wind Blew South

Kudos to Keith Loutit. Awesome video technique and composition

The North Wind Blew South from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

For the ones who are interested; The technique that makes it look like he is shooting the miniature models is called tilt-shifting and the fast forward is called time-lapse.

If you liked this, check out his other videos as well here.

Vicky Cristina Maria Elena

Aceto's post about this subject inspired me to write about this great movie I have seen recently.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is about two American girls, spending the summer together in the beautiful Spanish city of Barcelona. The tale starts with Vicky and Cristina who have opposite attitudes towards life and love. They meet Juan Antonio, a mysterious yet magnetic painter and are seduced by him. Things get even more complicated when the crazy ex wife of Juan Antonio, Maria Elena, is added into the picture.



The film stresses out the impossibility of love. As Maria Elena puts it "only unfulfilled love can be romantic." It also analyzes the issues of traditional marriage and partnership in today's world. In the end, we are puzzled with the questions of if anyone in the world can achieve a desired level of total satisfaction through relationships. Otherwise, we are stuck with the "idea" of overrated romantic love affairs.

Even though it sounds like otherwise, this film is a classical comedy without exhausting you with the overused theme of love. However, this movie manages to leave you sour after the end with its approach to love and happiness.

I would highly recommend Vicky Cristina Barcelona, to anyone who would enjoy some self exploring. Besides it has two great scenery in it; Barcelona and Scarlett Johansson

Amazing Biology Videos

I have stumbled upon this great list of Top 10 Amazing Biology Videos. There are really interesting videos that will thrill you. Below are some of them.

Immune Cell Chasing a Bacterium
It may look like the predecessor to Pac Man, but this vintage clip shows a neutrophil wending its way through a crowd of red blood cells to destroy its bacterial prey.



Shrimp Jogging on a Treadmill
While comparing the stamina of sick shrimp to their healthy brethren, David Scholnick filmed this video of a cute little crustacean running on a treadmill. He had no idea that it would be come an internet sensation.



Evolution and Human Ancestry
Genetic tests can tell us a lot about our ancestry. This charming cartoon, made by 23andMe, offers a fantastic overview of how humans evolved. It is the first in a series of shorts about the relationship between genetics and our human heritage.

Pirate Bay reaches 25 million peers

According to the article from Techradar Swedish website The Pirate Bay has hit 25 million record users, just two months after hitting 15 million peers on its file-sharing tracking network.

That means more people are downloading Pirate-tracked music, movies, TV shows and software using the BitTorrent protocol than there are people in Scandinavia. The site's founders have asked the Guinness Book of Records to recognize it as the world's largest torrent tracker.

Co-founder Peter Sunde suggested the content owners to get onboard and try to work with the people they brand as pirates to find a way to distribute movies and more legally. He urged "Stop hating the future. Be smart and come over from the dark side." We fully support you Peter!

Points of View

New WATCHMEN Trailer is up!

One of the most celebrated graphic novels comes to movie screen in March 2009. Here is the second trailer of the movie.

Arrested Development Movie is ON!!!

I have been waiting for this news for a long time. The best comedy series since Seinfeld left us in tears when it unexpectedly ended after only 3 hilarious seasons According to the Redeye article Arrested Development movie project has a "GO".

That’s according to star Jeffrey Tambor anyway, who told Steve Weintraub of collider.com that the much-rumored film is a go. Tambor said he talked to “AD” creator Mitch Hurwitz last week, who said it was on.

Tambor didn’t know any specifics about the project, but said that fans can be sure it’s happening.

“When the writer calls you, and the director, and the executive producer calls you, it’s a pretty good sign,” Tambor said in the interview, which you can watch for yourself at Collider.

Tambor said he’s looking forward to revisiting “Arrested Development” and his character, George Bluth Sr.

“We want to close that,” he said. “We want to bring that all to fruition.”

The show starred Tambor, Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Tony Hale, David Cross and Jessica Walter, among others.

Here is a collection of funny Bluth moments: