Monday, August 20, 2012

Movie Review: The Expendables 2

  The Expendables 2 has again brought together a crowd of muscle man to us in this summer, and we couldn’t deny that The Expendables 2 got a huge improvement over its predecessor in 2010. All of bloody actions, hot gun battles, endless supply of kinds of weapon and a lot of funny joke, all of those make Expendables knocked out the competition at the box office the weekend. 
How to Enjoy Expendables on your ipad3 
The expendables 2
    The Expendables 2 is a reason to believe in second chances. The film opens with a rescue mission in which the team (Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, and Liam Harmsworth) assault what could pass for a Battlefield  map packed with armed bad guys. They plow through the defenses in vehicles that should be sold in G.I. Joe toy sets, firing guns that sound like cannons and do about as much damage. The action is kinetic, exciting, and absolutely hilarious.
    Whatever notions the first film had of telling a serious story are mostly gone here, and that's great because it didn't work at all. The original was bogged down in exposition and tough guy sentimentality. That, combined with some flat action led to a film that was often dry and boring. Many lessons were learned between the first and second film, resulting in something that takes itself much less seriously. The Expendables 2 is dumb, action-packed fun assembled in a way that's incredibly smart and self-aware.
The expendables   fight
    I can't think of a comedy in 2012 that provided as many laughs as The Expendables 2 does. Whether its from some overly dramatic delivery from Stallone, silly quips from Lundgren or Crews, or Van Damme chewing scenery as the film's villain, there's just a ton of goofy stuff to chuckle at here. When Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis are added to the equation, the action movie one-liners flow like wine. There are references to the old action films, so-bad-they're-good puns like "I now pronounce you man and knife," and some genuinely clever jokes to boot.
   The action is fast and loud. The aforementioned bullet cannons don't just put holes in the bad guys, they turn them into blood and flesh confetti through over-the-top CG effects. Yes, it's cheesy and not necessarily in the spirit of 80s action films, but the CG massacres are so over-the-top that it's an even trade-off. There were too many audible "Ooohs" and bursts of laughter from the audience to complain.
    While The Expendables 2 brings an amazing cast of retiree action heroes to the table, one of my only complaints is the film's choice for the heroine . Bringing a lady into the fold is a great idea, but Nan Yu simply doesn't hold her own against the rest of the cast. Actions veterans and UFC-fighters-turned-actors get a pass when they deliver their lines poorly, but a relative unknown like Yu isn't going to get the same treatment (newbie Liam Hemsworth, conversely, is probably the best actor in the film, so he gets a pass).
Nan Yu  The expendables 2
    As to the sequel of the Expendables in 2010, Expendabls 2 is a film we should go for in the box office in the summer. Think about other films released in this summer…. The one is surely  worth seeing.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Galaxy Note 10.1 could Challenge ipad?

Galaxy Note 10.1, the new tablet made by Samsung had announced this week, is attempt to chip away at the market dominance of ipad. Apple sold 28.8 million iPads in the first six months of this year to hold 64.4 percent of tablet market in the world, and Samsung sold only 4.4million to take less than 10percent market share. The new released Galaxy note 10.1 had be inspired high hopes to challenge Apple’s iPad.

Galaxy Note 10.1 Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1:
Price: $499 for 16GB and $549 for 32GB
Hardware: 
10.1inch screen with 1280 by 800   pixels resolution
 quad-core processor with 1.4 GHz clock   speeds 2GB Ram         
1.3 pounds weight
 5 megapixel rear camera and a 1.9 megapixel front facing camera 
 9 hours battery life  
Operating System: Android 4.0



The new iPad:
iPad sizePrice: $499 for 16GB and $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64 GB
Hardware: 
9.7inch screen with 2048 by 1536 pixel
1.44 pounds weight 
5-megapixel camera on back and a low-resolution camera on front 
10 hours battery life
Operating System: iOS



   Besides being slightly larger than the 9.7-inch iPad, the 10.1-inch Samsung model has other differentiating factors including a stylus-based note taking and sketching function and screen split feature that allows users simultaneously to use two different apps side-by-side. And this would be the most attractive new feature of the one.
  Starting at $499, Samsung's base Note 10.1 model seems a reasonable enough buy when you factor in the addition of the S-Pen, PS Touch, Exynos 4 processor and 16GB of storage. However, until you take a glance at other Android tablets like ASUS' Transformer Infinity Pad TF700, which boasts a crisper 1,920 x 1,200 display, double the storage (32GB) and a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU. The Galaxy Note 10.1 was just so-so. And compare with ipad, Apple's iOS ecosystem is where most consumers will instinctively want to it. Moreover, 2,048 x 1,536 Retina display with the same price $499, that would be easy to make the choice for us.

galaxy note 10.1 VS iPad
The new one may not the best one , if you have plan to get a tablet, ipad3 still at the top of this area and the new Galaxy note 10.1 seems hard to change the situation . what’s more, next generation iPad is on the way now.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Films Upcoming in September

1.The Words
In Theatre: Sep 7th, 2012
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Ben Barnes, J.K. Simmons

2.Resident Evil: Retribution
In Theatre: Sep 14th, 2012
Genres: Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Sequel
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Johann Urb, Boris Kodjoe, Shawn Roberts, Sienna Guillory

3.Finding Nemo 3D
In theatre: Sep 14th ,2012
Genres:  Family, Adventure, Comedy
Starring:  Geoffrey Rush  as ... Nigel (voice)
Ellen DeGeneres ... Dory (voice)
Willem Dafoe ... Gill (voice)
Albert Brooks ... Marlin (voice)

4.The Perks of Being a Wallflower
In theatre: Sep 14th 2012
Genres: Teen, Drama, Comedy
Starring: Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Mae Whitman, Nina Dobrev, Paul Rudd, Johnny Simmons

5.Dredd
In theater: Sep 21st 2012
Genres: Action, Adventure, 3D
Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris

6.House at the End of the Street
In theater: Sep 21st 2012
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Suspense
Starring:: Max Thieriot, Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Nolan Gerald Funk


7.Won’t Back Down
In theater: Sep 28th 2012
Genres: Drama
Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Holly Hunter, Rosie Perez , Lance Reddick 

8.Looper
In theater: Sep 28th 2012
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Action
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels
 

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Monday, August 13, 2012

Convert Hunger Games Blu-ray for Your tablet

The Hunger Games Blu-ray could be pre-order now, the Blu-ray version and digital copy would release on 18th this month. Needless to say, this movie is absolutely worth seeing. The story background on a not-too-distant future, world to be replaced by a country made up by 12 districts. Each year, a bog and girl representatives their district to fight in the “Hunger Game” and only one of those 24 participants would live. If you miss it on threaten, you should never miss it on Blu-ray .
hunger games
Video
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles
English, English SDH, Spanish
Discs
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
UV digital copy

Today I would like to share you a way to convert this upcoming Blu-ray movie to ipad and other devices of you. Let me show you the detailed process.
Firstly, prepare the tool for conversion, there are two version for win and for Mac :
Step1: Install the tool you download and running it.
Like the pic shows, click the “BD” button at the top of the interface, upload your Blu-ray movie file to the program.
hunger game to tablet

Step2: profile setting
This is a smart program with many pre-setting for mainstream digital devices like ipad , iphone, PSP and others. You could choose the corresponding option for your device as the pic show. Here, we choose the ipad3 option for a example.
blu ray conversion setting
Other video settings are supported , you could adjust the bite rate, resolution and other video/audio profile. And don’t forget choose the output address.

Step3: preview and converting
Return to the main page and there you could preview you converted video effect .
“Start” button at the corner of interface, click it and start to converting.

Few minutes later, you could get the right format “Hunger games” for your devices. You could enjoy the HD movies anywhere you want now.
hunger games actors

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Rumors of Iphone5 in 2012

   Since the release of iphone4s in 2011 instead of a revolutionary Iphone5, we have look for the next IPhone for year, and Apple have returned to its lab to create the devices with all efforts. After the new ipad unveiled in March, we are believed that the real iphone5 would a radically different one and would come out in autumn. From March to now, we have much of rumor about iphone5: big screen, dual core, new design…..   Now, the iphone5 have begun to product in china, we could get it in 1-2 months, Let check the rumor around the iphoen5 in this year, that would be funny.
iphone5
August 
taller screen
    One of the most popular iPhone 5 rumors surfaced again when 9to5Mac reported that Apple has been testing a taller display for its next handset. 9to5Mac used iOS development tools to simulate a 640x1,136-pixel-resolution screen, which gave the phone five rows of icons stacked vertically above the dock, instead of the four displayed with iOS 5.
Now a 9-pin connector
   We've already heard that Apple might shrink the iPhone's 30-pin connector to either 19 or 8 pins, but now the possibility of a 9-pin connector is afloat. 9to5Mac says it found a code string for a 9-pin connector in the latest beta version of iOS 6. It's important to keep in mind, though, that until Apple issues the final release of iOS 6 the company will continue to add and remove strings as it tests the operating system.
The screen ships out in August
   Sharp, a Japanese company that is producing the screen for Apple's new iPhone, said it will begin shipping its models out. Though there hasn't been any official confirmation of the handset's launch date, the fact that Sharp's president, Takashi Okuda, told reporters in Tokyo that the screen will ship out now is consistent with a 2012 launch.

July
More iPhone 5 footage has been released
   Last month, a video purporting to show the new iPhone was released on the Interwebs, and a flurry of speculation followed. Today, another video has sprouted up, posted by Japanese site Macotakara. Though it's best to take this one with a grain of salt as well, the featured device is consistent with past rumors that the new iPhone will have a taller display, a smaller dock connector port, a relocated headphone jack, and a new back design.
The NFC idea is getting tossed around again
   The evidence is more substantial than from your run-of-the-mill press "insider": a patent application by Apple itself revealed an NFC chip imbedded into several Apple products, including an iPhone. The patent is titled "System and Method For Simplified Control of Electronic Devices," and illustrates the NFC acting as a remote control for televisions, standalone cameras, and DVRs.
A smaller dock, once again
   Reuters reported that the new iPhone's Dock connector port will indeed be smaller. Its current 30-pin port is expected to shrink down to a 19-pin connector. This will give more room on the bottom of the device for a headphone jack, which for now rests on the top of the iPhone.
Production has started in Shanghai
    According to a Taipei-based report, manufacturing company Pegatron has already started building the new iPhone. Based in Taiwan, the company has begun production in its Shanghai factory. It is also expected to produce the new version of the iPad, reported Digitimes.
Wait for the fourth quarter During the company's quarterly conference call, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo hinted at possible timing for the next iPhone with a vague reference that the carrier expects to launch a major phone in the fourth quarter.
Taller phone with a center camera
    The Taiwan-based blog Apple.pro posts photos of an alleged iPhone frame that is as wide as the iPhone 4S, but taller. That would allow for a 4-inch display with an aspect ratio of 16:9. It's already in production. Production of the next iPhone has already begun, a Japanese-language Apple blog claims. The Macotakara blog cites listings for iPhone 5 cases on a Chinese site as proof of its claim and it says the back of the new iPhone has both glass and aluminum.
quad-core A6 chip
    The not-always-reliable DigiTimes says that Apple's next-generation iPhone will be powered by a quad-core ARM processor based on Samsung's Exynos 4 architecture.
NFC
   The coding from two iPhone 5 prototypes may hint at Near Field Communication capabilities, according to 9to5Mac. NFC chips have already been featured in Android devices for Google Wallet and Android Beam, so this may mean that Apple is joining the mobile payments industry. This will coincide nicely with its launch of Passbook, an iOS 6 feature that lets users store electronic versions of receipts, tickets, and other merchant information.


June
After WWDC 2012, more rumors spread about a bigger iPhone
   Now that software developers are getting their hands on iOS 6, more hints about the new iPhone are emerging. Most notably, of a new Auto Layout feature that lets developers set parameters for certain UI elements. According to one developer that TechCrunch spoke to, Auto Layout is a necessity for Apple before it can launch devices with different resolutions -- implying that perhaps the next generation may have a different resolution than the last.
camera lens

It may have a 16:9 aspect ratio and HD front-facing camera
     People who use the iPhone's front-facing camera for vanity shots and Web chatting, rejoice. Mingchi Kuo, an analyst from KGI, believes the new iPhone will sport a 4.08-inch screen, a 16:9 aspect ratio, and a high-def front-facing camera. In his report, Kuo also says he believes the rear-facing camera will still retain its 8-megapixel spec, but its maximum aperture will jump from 2.4 to 2.2.
iPhone 5 may launch in September
    In addition to the iPad Mini, an analyst from Topeka Capital Markets said that the iPhone 5 will likely launch in September. According to AppleInsider, the analyst, Brian White, cited sources from inside Apple's supply chain in Taipei.


May
That pesky taller iPhone 5 screen pops up on video
   Japanese Apple blog Macotakara publishes a visual comparison of the mystery screen part that's been floating around, next to the existing iPhone to show just how much bigger the screen would be. The the two notable changes are that the screen is taller, and that the FaceTime camera has been moved to the very top, center of the device, like on the iPad.
iPhone 5 launching with 3.95-inch display
   Citing sources, Apple blog 9to5Mac says Apple's testing two iPhones with larger displays at its headquarters, one of which will be released. The blog adds that the screen has a 3.95-inch display, which would be up from the iPhone's current 3.5-inch option.
More rumors pop up about that 4-inch screen
   Looks like that 4-inch screen may be happening after all, now that the more reliable Wall Street Journal's the one reporting it. According to one of the paper's sources, Apple has been tapping for larger screens from its suppliers (which include LG, Sharp, and Japan Display) to compete with Android devices.
Alleged iPhone 5 SIM card tray surfaces
   The next iPhone may not be all that different from current versions if an allegedly leaked part is to be believed. Spare parts site SW-BOX.com posts photos and details of a SIM card tray it says belongs to the next iPhone. The part is nearly identical to the one offered in the iPhone 4 and 4S with very minor cosmetic differences.


April
 It'll be made of Liquid metal
The rumor that Apple is ditching the iPhone's glass has surfaced again. This time from a Korean new site, ETnews, which reported that the iPhone 5 may be made out of Liquidmetal. In late 2010, Apple acquired a license for Liquidmetal, but has only used it for the iPhone's SIM ejector tool.
Different chip, different body
   Several iPhone rumors from varying media sources suggest that the iPhone will be more robust, both inside and out. Business Insider reported that it'll have a 4-inch screen and a unibody case, and 9to5Mac claims it'll be equipped with an A5X chip.


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