4 new movies open at GMall cinemas

Author: Sun.Star
Column: Davao, Lifestyle

FOUR movies open this week at the theaters of Gaisano Mall of Davao.

Debuting Wednesday are romantic-comedy sequel "You Changed My Life", video-game actioner "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li", dramatic-adventure "Australia" and drama "Seven Pounds".

Extended: "Underworld 3." "You Changed My Life "

A sequel to 2008 top-grosser "A Very Special Love," "You Changed My Life" is sure to conquer the hearts of cinemagoers in a funnier and more romantic way.

It's been six months since Laida Magtalas (Sarah Geronimo) has won the heart of her boss Miggy Montenegro (John Lloyd Cruz). Since then, her life has been nothing but roses - she got promoted and so did her boyfriend Miggy.

Meanwhile, Miggy also feels like he is on top of the world since he has patched things up with his family members, especially his older brother (Rowell Santiago). For the first time, Miggy is in a meaningful relationship that will prove to everyone that he is indeed, a work-in-progress.

But things change when their increasing workload separate the two lovers. Miggy gets promoted but he is assigned to Laguna. Meanwhile, Laida is being offered a job in Canada. With their careers leading Miggy and Laida in opposite directions, their relationship eventually suffers from the pressures of being apart.

Another complication arises when the character of Rayver Cruz makes his presence felt in the life of Laida.

Will Miggy and Laida be able to end up happily every after? Or will they realize that living their dream is actually harder than attaining it? "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li "

Powerful forces are converging. They are warriors, some of whom possess extraordinary abilities, all of whom are determined to see their side prevail.

Some fight for us; the others for unlimited power. Now, they are preparing for the ultimate battle - of terror versus beauty, light versus darkness, and good versus evil.

Based on the legendary video game by Capcom, "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" brings a new dimension to a world and characters beloved by millions. Devastated by the kidnapping of her father, Chun-Li (Kristin Kreuk of Smallville fame) takes to the streets of Hong Kong, embarking on an epic quest for justice - and hurtling toward a confrontation with a seemingly unstoppable foe. "Australia"

At the beginning of World War II, the English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels from Great Britain to Australia to meet her husband Maitland Ashley in northern Australia. The husband's drover (Hugh Jackman) comes to the city of Darwin to bring Sarah to their farm; however, when they reach

Faraway Downs Farm, they find that Maitland was murdered.

Sarah befriends Nullah (Brandon Walters), who tells her that the administrator Neil Fletcher (David Wenham) is stealing her cattle; has killed her husband; and is working for the cattle baron King Carney. Sarah fires Fletcher and his men and together with Drover, Nullah and a group of loyal employees, they ride together to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.

But the ambitious Fletcher has other intentions and uses Nullah to press Sarah. "Seven Pounds"

Once, Tim Thomas (Will Smith) was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife and a lovely beach house. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of seven others, including his beloved wife.

Unable to forgive himself or raise the dead, Tim sets out to give "pounds of flesh" that will give new life to seven deserving individuals to make up for the seven lives he destroyed. Just as Antonio would have to die to pay Shylock the "pound of flesh" he demands, Tim intends to kill himself to atone for his sins.

His brother Ben (Michael Ealy), who works for the IRS, is deeply concerned about his state of mind. Tim steals his brother's IRS ID to access the IRS database and to find and meet people who he believes worthy of his gifts which include body organs and material possessions. Holly Apelgren (Judyann Elder), Ezra Turner (Woody Harrelson), Connie Tepos (Elpidia Carrillo) and Emily Posa (Rosario Dawson) are among those whom he identifies to help.

Furthermore, Tim assumes his brother's identity of "Ben Thomas" to personally investigate these people and verify that they are indeed the right people he should help. He has a plan for when he identifies his seven beneficiaries that requires his best friend Dan (Barry Pepper) to see that his wishes are carried out after he is dead. Tim's plan threatens to unravel when he begins to fall in love with one of the people he is trying to help.

Source: Sunstar Daily