iNsOmniA!.. (///_-)

October 8, 2008

*** I am suffering this fuckin kind of illness… my mom told me this runs to our family…. nothings to worry but damn, I got a big panda eyes right now… but WHAT’S INSOMNIA????… WHAT’S THIS iLLNESS BY THE WAY???… Hmmmmm…

 

 

          Insomnia is a symptom, not a stand-alone diagnosis or a disease. By definition, insomnia is “difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or both” and it may be due to inadequate quality or quantity of sleep. Insomnia is not defined by a specific number of hours of sleep that one gets, since individuals vary widely in their sleep needs and practices. Although most of us know what insomnia is and how we feel and perform after one or more sleepless nights, few seek medical advice. Many people remain unaware of the behavioral and medical options available to treat insomnia.

Insomnia is generally classified based on the duration of the problem. Not everyone agrees on one definition, but generally:

Statistics on Insomnia

Insomnia affects all age groups. Among adults, insomnia affects women more often than men. The incidence tends to increase with age. It is typically more common in people in lower socioeconomic (income) groups, chronic alcoholics, and mental health patients. Stress most commonly triggers short-term or acute insomnia. If you do not address your insomnia, however, it may develop into chronic insomnia.

Insomnia Causes

Insomnia may be caused by a host of different reasons. These causes may be divided into situational factors, medical or psychiatric conditions, or primary sleep problems. Insomnia could also be classified by the duration of the symptoms into transient, short-term, or chronic. Transient insomnia generally last less than seven days; short-term insomnia usually lasts for about one to three weeks, and chronic insomnia lasts for more than three weeks.

Many of the causes of transient and short-term insomnia are similar and they include:

• Jet lag

• Changes in shift work

• Excessive or unpleasant noise

• Uncomfortable room temperature (too hot or too cold)

• Stressful situations in life (exam preparation, loss of a loved one, unemployment, divorce, or separation)

• Presence of an acute medical or surgical illness or hospitalization

• Withdrawal from drug, alcohol, sedative, or stimulant medications

• Insomnia related to high altitude (mountains)

Chronic or long-term insomnia

The majority of causes of chronic or long-term insomnia are usually linked to an underlying psychiatric or physiologic (medical) condition.

Psychological related insomnia

The most common psychological problems that may lead to insomnia include:

• anxiety,

• stress,

• schizophrenia,

• mania (bipolar disorder), and

• depression.

In fact, insomnia may be an indicator of depression. Many people will have insomnia during the acute phases of a mental illness.

Physiological related insomnia

Physiological causes span from circadian rhythm disorders (disturbance of the biological clock), sleep-wake imbalance, to a variety of medical conditions. The following are the most common medical conditions that trigger insomnia:

• Chronic pain syndromes

• Chronic fatigue syndrome

• Congestive heart failure

• Night time angina (chest pain) from heart disease

• Acid reflux disease (GERD)

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

• Nocturnal asthma (asthma with night time breathing symptoms)

• Obstructive sleep apnea

• Degenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease (Often insomnia is the deciding factor for nursing home placement.)

• Brain tumors, strokes, or trauma to the brain

High risk groups for insomnia

In addition to the above medical conditions, certain groups may be at higher risk for developing insomnia:

• travelers

• shift workers with frequent changing of shifts

• seniors

• adolescent or young adult students

• pregnant women, and

• menopausal women

Medication related insomnia

Certain medications have also been associated with insomnia. Among them are:

• Certain over-the-counter cold and asthma preparations.

• The prescription varieties of these medications may also contain stimulants and thus produce similar effects on sleep.

• Certain medications for high blood pressure have also been associated with poor sleep.

• Some medications used to treat depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia.

Other causes of insomnia

• Common stimulants associated with poor sleep include caffeine and nicotine. You should consider not only restricting caffeine and nicotine use in the hours immediately before bedtime but also limiting your total daily intake.

• People often use alcohol to help induce sleep, as a nightcap. However, it is a poor choice. Alcohol is associated with sleep disruption and creates a sense of nonrefreshed sleep in the morning.

• A disruptive bed partner with loud snoring or periodic leg movements also may impair your ability to get a good night’s sleep.

Primary Sleep Disorders

In addition to the causes and conditions listed above, there are also a number of conditions that are associated with insomnia in the absence of another underlying condition. These are called primary sleep disorders, in which the sleep disorder is the main cause of insomnia. These conditions generally cause chronic or long-term insomnia. Some of the diseases are listed below:

• Idiopathic Insomnia (unknown cause) or childhood insomnia, which start early on in life and results in lifelong sleep problems. This may run in families.

• Central Sleep Apnea. This is a complex disorder. It can be the primary cause of the insomnia itself or it may be caused by other conditions, such as brain injury, heart failure, high altitude, and low oxygen levels.

• Restless leg syndrome (a condition associated with creeping sensations in the leg during sleep that are relieved by leg movement)

• Periodic limb movement disorder (a condition associated with involuntary repeated leg movement during sleep)

• Circadian rhythm disorders (disturbance of the biological clock) which are conditions with unusual timing of sleep (for example, going to sleep later and waking up late, or going to sleep very early and getting up very early).

• Sleep state misperception, in which the patient has a perception or feeling of not sleeping adequately, but there are no objective (polysomnographic or actigraphic) findings of any sleep disturbance.

• Insufficient sleep syndrome, in which the patient’s sleep is insufficient because of environmental situations and lifestyle choices, such as sleeping in a bright or noisy room.

• Inadequate sleep hygiene, in which the individual has poor sleep or sleep preparation habits (described in the following treatment section.)

Insomnia Symptoms

Doctors associate a variety of signs and symptoms with insomnia. Often, the symptoms intertwine with those of other medical or mental conditions.

• Some people with insomnia may complain of difficulty falling asleep or waking up frequently during the night. The problem may begin with stress. Then, as you begin to associate the bed with your inability to sleep, the problem may become chronic.

• Most often daytime symptoms will bring people to seek medical attention. Daytime problems caused by insomnia include the following:
  • Poor concentration and focus

  • Difficulty with memory

  • Impaired motor coordination (being uncoordinated)

  • Irritability and impaired social interaction

  • Motor vehicle accidents because of fatigued, sleep-deprived drivers

  
  

• People may worsen these daytime symptoms by their own attempts to treat the symptoms.
  • Alcohol and antihistamines may compound the problems with sleep deprivation.

  • Others have tried nonprescription sleep aids.

Insomnia Treatment

In general, transient insomnia resolves when the underlying trigger is removed or corrected. Most people seek medical attention when their insomnia becomes more chronic.

The main focus of treatment for insomnia should be directed towards finding the cause. Once a cause is identified, it is important to manage and control the underlying problem, as this alone may eliminate the insomnia. Treating the symptoms of insomnia without addressing the main cause is rarely successful.

The following therapies may be used in conjunction with therapies directed towards the underlying medical or psychiatric cause. They are also the recommended therapies for some of the primary insomnia disorders.

Generally, treatment of insomnia entails both non-pharmacologic (non-medical) and pharmacologic (medical) aspects. It is best to tailor treatment for individual patient based on the potential cause. Studies have shown that combining medical and non-medical treatments typically is more successful in treating insomnia than either one alone.

 

Non-medical treatment and behavioral therapy

Non-pharmacologic or non-medical therapies are sleep hygiene, relaxation therapy, stimulus control, and sleep restriction. These also referred to as cognitive behavioral therapies.

Sleep hygiene

Sleep hygiene is one of the components of behavioral therapy for insomnia. Several simple steps can be taken to improve a patient’s sleep quality and quantity. These steps include:

• Sleep as much as you need to feel rested; do not oversleep.

• Exercise regularly at least 20 minutes daily, ideally 4-5 hours before your bedtime.

• Avoid forcing yourself to sleep.

• Keep a regular sleep and awakening schedule.

• Do not drink caffeinated beverages later than the afternoon (tea, coffee, soft drinks etc.) Avoid “night caps,” (alcoholic drinks prior to going to bed).

• Do not smoke, especially in the evening.

• Do not go to bed hungry.

• Adjust the environment in the room (lights, temperature, noise, etc.)

• Do not go to bed with your worries; try to resolve them before going to bed.

Relaxation therapy

Relaxation therapy involves measures such as meditation and muscle relaxation or dimming the lights and playing soothing music prior to going to bed.

Stimulus control

Stimulus control therapy also consists of a few simple steps that may help patients with chronic insomnia.

• Go to bed when you feel sleepy.

• Do not watch TV, read, eat, or worry in bed. Your bed should be used only for sleep and sexual activity.

• If you do not fall asleep 30 minutes after going to bed, get up and go to another room and resume your relaxation techniques.

• Set your alarm clock to get up at a certain time each morning, even on weekends. Do not oversleep.

• Avoid taking long naps in the daytime.

Sleep restriction

Restricting your time in bed only to sleep may improve your quality of sleep. This therapy is called sleep restriction. It is achieved by averaging the time in bed that the patient spends only sleeping. Rigid bedtime and rise time are set, and patient is forced to get up even if they feel sleepy. This may help the patient sleep better the next night because of the sleep deprivation for the previous night. Sleep restriction has been helpful in some cases.

Other simple measures that can be helpful to treat insomnia include:

A person’s body’s circadian rhythm (biological clock) is particularly sensitive to light. Parents who need to sleep during the day may have to make child care arrangements to allow them to sleep.

Medications and Medical Therapies

There are numerous possible medications to treat insomnia. Generally, it is advised that they should not be used as the only therapy and that treatment is more successful if combined with non-medical therapies. In a study, it was noted that when sedatives were combined with behavioral therapy, more patients were likely to wean off the sedatives than if sedatives were used alone.

• Benzodiazepine sedatives: six of these sedative drugs have been used to treat insomnia. There are reports of subjective improvement of quality and quantity of sleep when using these medications. These include temazepam (Restoril), flurazepam (Dalmane), triazolam (Halcion), estazolam (ProSom, Eurodin), lorazepam (Ativan), and clonazepam (Klonopin).

• Nonbenzodiazepine sedatives: These include eszopiclone (Lunesta), zaleplon (Sonata), and zolpidem

  (Ambien).

• Melatonin: Melatonin is secreted by the pineal gland, a pea-sized structure at the center of your brain. Melatonin is produced during the dark hours of the day-night cycle (circadian rhythm). Melatonin levels in the body are low during daylight hours. The pineal gland responds to darkness by increasing melatonin levels in the body. This process is thought to be integral to maintaining circadian rhythm. At night, melatonin is produced to help your body regulate your sleep-wake cycles. The amount of melatonin produced by your body seems to decrease as you get older. Melatonin may be beneficial in patients with circadian rhythm problems.

• Ramelteon (Rozerem) is a prescription drug that stimulates melatonin receptors. Ramelteon promotes the onset of sleep and helps normalize circadian rhythm disorders. Ramelteon is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulty falling asleep.

• Some antidepressants [for example, amitriptyline (Elavil, Endep) and trazodone (Desyrel)] have been used for the treatment of insomnia in patients with co-existing depression because of some sedative properties. Generally, they may not be helpful for insomnia in people without depression.

• Antihistamines with sedative properties [for example, diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or doxylamine] have also been used in treating insomnia as they may induce drowsiness, but they do not improve sleep and should not be used to treat chronic insomnia.

• Valeriana officinalis (Valerian) is a popular herbal medication used in the United States for treating insomnia, however, to date there are no convincing studies to show any real benefit in patients with chronic insomnia.

Prevention

The following are suggestions to help anticipate and modify situations likely to be associated with insomnia. They are not foolproof, nor will they safeguard the patient from the consequences of sleep deprivation once it has occurred.

Insomnia from jet lag

• Behavioral and short-term drug therapy has been used.

• If you can anticipate a trip, begin to shift your bedtime to coincide with the time schedule in your destination.

• Short-acting tranquilizers (benzodiazepines) have been shown to be useful. Melatonin, a hormone secreted by the pineal gland that regulates our sleep-wake cycles, has also been used.

Insomnia from shift changes

• Behavioral therapy has been useful in modifying the insomnia and symptoms of sleep deprivation in shift workers.

• You should shift your schedules forward in a clockwise direction - from days to evening to night shift - and allow sufficient time to adapt (at least one week) between shift changes.

• Bright light is a potent stimulus to circadian rhythm. Bright light is being examined as a rhythm synchronizer.

• Shift workers should stress the importance of good sleep habits with regular bedtime and awakening.
  • Supplemental naps may be necessary to ensure work time alertness.

  • Discuss the use of naps with a doctor.

  • Some people promote using short-acting sedatives in the first few days following a shift change, but not everyone agrees.

Insomnia from acute stresses

• Stress may be positive or negative, and concerns about sleep may vary. Many stressors will go away with support and reassurance.

• Education about the importance of good sleep habits is also helpful.

• Some people may need short-term treatment with medications. A doctor will often work toward the lowest effective dose with a short-acting sedative to achieve proper sleep.

General recommendations include the following:

• Work to improve your sleep habits.
  • Learn to relax. Self-hypnosis, biofeedback and relaxation breathing are often helpful.

  • Control your environment. Avoid light, noise, and excessive temperatures. Use the bed only to sleep and avoid using it for reading and watching TV. Sexual activity is an exception.

  • Establish a bedtime routine. Fix wake time.

  
  

• Avoid large meals, excessive fluid intake, and strenuous exercise before bedtime and reduce the use of stimulants including caffeine and nicotine.

• If you do not fall asleep within 20-30 minutes, try a relaxing activity such as listening to soothing music or reading.

• Limit daytime naps to less than 15 minutes unless directed by your doctor.
  • It is generally preferable to avoid naps whenever possible to help consolidate your night’s sleep.

  • There are certain sleep disorders, however, that will benefit from naps. Discuss this issue with your doctor.

 

For More Information

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
One Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 920
Westchester, IL 60154
(708) 492-0930

American Sleep Association
614 South 8^th St, Suite 282
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(443) 593-2285
sleep@1sleep.com

National Sleep Foundation
1522 K Street, NW, Suite 500,
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-3471
nsf@sleepfoundation.org

American Insomnia Association
One Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 920
Westchester, IL 60154
(708) 492-0930

 

 

***source: www.emedicinehealth.com

BatMan…Son Of SupErman???..lolz! [^___^]

October 2, 2008

*** I juz read this funny arguement of The passenger and the Airport Security in a near blogsite…find out why it made me so laughing out loud!..hahaha

Airport Security: Whats Your name sir?..

Passenger: Batman!..

AS: Are you Kidding me?…

P: What’s the problem with that?..

AS: What’s your full name sir?..

P: Batman Suparman!.

**** then the Airport Security puts him to a Security room.. then they checked out his passport…

 

 

 *** For all we know, Bin means “SON of”……

*** Batman is a Son of Suparman!..hehe lolz!

SneaK pEak tO Prison breaK season 4 Episode 7!..o_0

***After I watched the previous episode last night, which is entitled “BLOW OUT”.. I get more excited when I saw this new promo sneak peak.. 

*** Gretchen has a great punch to T-bag..Ouch!!!.. hehehe

*** This episode is entitled “Five the hard way”….

 

My TuRn..ParT TwO!..\m/[//_+]\m/

September 29, 2008

Wondering

-Tawaw-

 

 

Lyin’ in my bed,

staring at the ceiling.

thinkin nothing’s in my head..

But What’s this I’m feelin?..

 

Wanted to close my eyes,

But all I see you..

it was very silent..

But I’ve heard somethin’..

 

Can’t stop the tears fallin’,

And the loud of my heart’s beating..

My body was not moving..

But my mind and my heart was still crying..

 

Looking back the past behind,

to where my soul was stucked and I need to find..

I realized, my whole life was wondering..

“where are you now my friend!?”.. Pls hear me.. Shouting!..

 

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Keeping

-Tawaw-

 

 

Waiting for the dark to come,

alone with fields of pain in my heart..

I hope you understand,

that I have love you from the start..

 

You’re the reason of this,

I just can’t let you go..

I feel I’m gonna freeze,

that’s why I wanted you to know..

 

Everytime I close my eyes,

My mind just filled of you..

Just waking up with all the lies,

I thought that I’d always knew..

 

Loving you was my life,

wish I could let it show..

but my days go black and white..

feels like it will blow..

 

How can I tell you?..

I’m afraid of losing you..

just like cutting my wrist..

and taking my life to risk…

 

I love you!..

that’s all I ever knew..

but you love him..

and I think pain’s get me drowning..

 

Whenever you get feel sadness and pains..

I’ll be there for you till the end..

with the clouds in the sky dancing..

painting your love for me, as if it was like dreaming..

 

 

***The Poem “keeping” is dedicated to my UTOL! for her very special girl in her dreams.. 

 

 

Video Games, Manga/Anime, Series, Novels Goes To BiG ScrEEn For 2009!!! :)

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Manga / Anime

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Dragon Ball

Plot Synopsis 

by Jeremy Wheeler

                   James Wong adapts the rich mythos of the Dragonball series that grew from a manga into various popular animated series with this 20th Century Fox production starring Justin Chatwin. The plot revolves around Goku (Chatwin), Earth’s greatest champion, who must defend the planet against an invading race of alien warriors hell-bent on dominating the universe. Wong directs from his own script, with Kung Fu Hustle’s Stephen Chow producing. Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s James Marsters co-stars as the film’s villain, Piccolo, with Jamie Chung playing Chi Chi and Emmy Rossum portraying Bulma. Hong Kong legend Chow Yun-Fat rounds out the cast as Master Roshi, Goku’s mentor in the film.

cast

Justin Chatwin - Goku
James Marsters - Lord piccolo
Emmy Rossum - Bulma
Jamie Chung - Chi chi
Joon Park - Yamcha
Eriko Tamura - Mai
Randall Duk Kim - Grandpa Gohan
Texas Battle - Carey Fuller
Ernie Hudson - Master Mutaito
Chow Yun-Fat - Master Roshi

source: www.allmovie.com

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Transformers

                   Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an upcoming 2009 science fiction film due for release on June 26, 2009. It is the sequel to 2007’s Transformers, which was the first live action Transformers film. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return respectively as director and executive producer, while Shia LaBeouf reprises the role of Sam Witwicky, the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons. Shooting began in May 2008.

Bay desired to give the sequel a bigger budget for a global scale and better characterization for a larger cast of robots. The main hurdle in getting the film produced was overcoming the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, as well as possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. Bay met his shooting date with the help of previsualization and a scriptment by his writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger.

 

cast

Shia LaBeouf
Megan Fox
Josh Duhamel
Tyrese Gibson
John Turturro
Matthew Marsden
Voices:
Peter Cullen
Mark Ryan

source:  www.allmovie.com

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Tekken

                                Tekken is a 2009 live-action film adaptation of the popular video game series. The film follows Jin Kazama played by John Foo, to rid himself of the devil which plagues his soul. Now a man, he must confront his father, Kazuya Mishima, played by Ian Anthony Dale and his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, played by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. The film is being directed by Dwight Little and is set for a 2009 release date.

Cast

    * John Foo as Jin Kazama
    * Ian Anthony Dale as Kazuya Mishima
    * Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Heihachi Mishima
    * Lateef Crowder as Eddy Gordo
    * Nathan Jones as Craig Marduk
    * Cung Le as Marshall Law
    * Luke Goss as Steve Fox
    * Chiaki Kuriyama as Ling Xiaoyu
    * Darrin Henson as Raven
    * Gary Daniels as Bryan Fury
    * Holly Marie Combs as Michelle Chang
    * Candîce Hillebrand as Nina Williams
    * Tamlyn Tomita as Jun Kazama
    * Roger Huerta as Miguel Caballero Rojo
    * Marian Zapico as Anna Williams
    * Kelly Overton as Christie Monteiro
    * Gary Ray Stearns as Yoshimitsu
    * Randal Reeder as Scared Fighter
    * David Pitt as Jack (Tekken Police)
    * Mircea Monroe as Kara
    * Cassie Shea Watson as Med Tech
    * Louis Herthum as Tekken Security Chief
    * Michael Showers as Security Assistant #1
    * Jevon Miller as Angry Fighter Reject

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Terminator

                            Terminator Salvation is an upcoming science fiction war film set for release on May 22, 2009. Directed by McG, it is the fourth film in the Terminator franchise and stars Christian Bale as John Connor, Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor, Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese and Sam Worthington as the new Terminator Marcus Wright. The film, set in 2018, focuses on the original war between humanity and the Terminator computer network Skynet. It abandons the formula of the series, which had involved Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Model 101 Terminator time-traveling to the present to protect or kill someone of future importance. Among the numerous robotic minions of Skynet are Helena Bonham Carter as Serena and Roland Kickinger as the first T-800. Filming began on May 5, 2008.

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street fighter: the legend of chun-li

                               Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is an upcoming film based on the Street Fighter series of video games. It follows the quest of Street Fighter character Chun-Li, who will be portrayed by Smallville star Kristin Kreuk.The film co-stars Neal McDonough as M. Bison, Chris Klein as Charlie, Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog, and Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo as Vega. Rick Yune was originally cast as Gen but has been replaced by Robin Shou, who portrayed Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat series. The film is scheduled for release in 2009.

Jean-Claude Van Damme, who played Guile in the 1994 live-action film version of Street Fighter, stated that he was approached and offered a part in this movie. He turned it down because, according to him, he is now being careful in choosing film roles.

It has been confirmed on the movie’s production blog that Ryu and Ken will not appear in the movie, as it is more of a Chun-Li origin story, but they may appear in future sequels.

Cast

    * Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li
    * Neal McDonough as M. Bison
    * Chris Klein as Charlie Nash
    * Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog
    * Taboo as Vega
    * Robin Shou as Gen
    * Moon Bloodgood as Detective Maya Sunee

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Astro boy

Astro Boy is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D film based on the highly successful Japanese franchise of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. It is being produced by Imagi Animation Studios, the animation production company of TMNT and the upcoming Gatchaman. The studio announced the project in September 2006. It will be directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away) and produced by Maryann Garger with Pilar Flynn as associate producer. The film was originally to be directed by Colin Brady, who directed the 2006 animated film Everyone’s Hero. It has been announced that Freddie Highmore will provide the voice for the character of Astro Boy in the movie.

cast

Freddie Highmore
Nicolas Cage
Donald Sutherland
Nathan Lane

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Maxpayne

                                The 2001 video game Max Payne was optioned by the production company Collision Entertainment to produce a live-action film adaptation. By April 2002, distributors Dimension Films and Abandon Entertainment were attached to the project. Shawn Ryan, the creator of the television series The Shield, was hired to write a script for the planned film.By June 2005, without production starting, Collision Entertainment had taken the project to 20th Century Fox.In November 2007, with a script written by Beau Thorne, Fox announced John Moore as the director and Mark Wahlberg as the star in the titular role.

Filming began in Toronto on March 2, 2008 and wrapped by May 9, 2008.The film will be rated PG-13 in the United States, a departure from the M-rated video game series. Mila Kunis said of the tone-down, “It’s incredibly dark. You still get the gist of it. The only difference between R-rated and PG-13 is you might not see as much blood. You might not see blood squirting everywhere, but as far as the sadness and the darkness of it and the distraught [nature] of these human beings is very much captured in the film”.

Though filmed with the intention of receiving a PG-13 rating, Max Payne received an unofficial rating of R by the MPAA on September 5th 2008, which has resulted in a backlash from Moore.

As of September 22, 2008, a recent trailer has confirmed a PG-13 rating, for the following: “intense sequences of violence, some language, brief drug content, and brief sexual content including nudity.”[citation needed] Director John Moore has also confirmed in an interview with GameDaily’s John Gaudiosi that the film was awarded the PG-13 rating without any major changes being made to the film. Describing the re-editing process Moore stated, “We trimmed some frames more for the sake of trimming frames than anything, but we got the rating without any major changes at all.”

 

Cast

Mark Wahlberg - Max Payne
Mila Kunis - Mona Sax
Beau Bridges - B.B Hensley
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges - Jim Bravura
Nelly Furtado - Christina Balder
Chris O’donell - Jason Colvin
Amaury Nolasco - Jack Lupino

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 Far Cry

The game-to-film enthusiast Uwe Boll, gained the rights to a Far Cry movie, purportedly even before the game was released. In an October 2006 interview, Uwe Boll said that production on Far Cry would begin in May 2007.

 

Cast

Til Schweiger - Jack Carver
Emmanuelle Vaugier - Valerie Constatine
Udo Kier - Dr. Krieger 
Craig Fairbrass - Parker
Chris Coppola - Emilio
Michael Paré 
Ralf Moeller - Doyle
Don S. Davis 
Natalia Avelon 
Clint Howard 
Will Sanderson 
Michael Eklund 
Jay Brazeau 
“Stuttering” Craig Skistimas - Scientist
“Handsome” Thomas Hanley - Mercenary
Anthony Bourdain - Scientist
Michael Teigen - Mercenary Bridge
D. Harlan Cutshall - Mercenary Quinn
Mike Dopud - S Sgt. Ryder
Scott Cooper - Young reporter

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Prince of Persia : The sands of time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an upcoming film based on the 2003 video game of the same name. The film is directed by Mike Newell and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina. Filming is taking place in the United Kingdom and Morocco. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is scheduled to be released on May 28, 2010.

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal - Prince Dastan
Gemma Arterton - Tamina
Ben Kingsley - Nizam, King
Alfred Molina - Sheik Amar

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fast and furious

                    Fast & Furious is the latest film in the The Fast and the Furious film series, the fourth produced but sequel to the first and second, and prequel to the third film. The film is currently in production and is scheduled for release on June 12, 2009. The plot connects with the original film of the series from which Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster are reprising their roles.

Among others cast in the film are reggaetoneros Don Omar and Tego Calderon, Sung Kang will reprise his role from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as Han, Israeli model Gal Gadot, Lil Wayne, T.I., and actor Mine.In an interview, Tyrese Gibson stated that he would make a cameo to reprise his role as Roman Pearce from the second film. The actor stated that it will be “kind of like what Vin Diesel did in [Tokyo Drift].”

Cast

Vin Diesel - Dominic Toretto
Paul Walker - Brian O’Connor
Michelle Rodriguez - Letty
Jordana Brewster - Mia Toretto
Laz Alonso - Fenix
Tyrese Gibson - Roman Pearce
Sung Kang - Han
John Ortiz - Antonio Braga
Don Omar - Rico
Tego Calderon - Sunny
Lil Wayne - Hasim
Xzibit - Danny
T.I. - Troy
T-Pain - Johnny

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star trek

                        Star Trek is a science fiction film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the eleventh Star Trek film and a prequel to The Original Series, featuring all of the main characters, portrayed by a new cast. Leonard Nimoy reprises his role as the older Spock, who meets himself via time travel, and Eric Bana appears as the rogue Romulan Nero. The film is scheduled to be released on May 8, 2009 in North America and the United Kingdom.

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Angel and Demons By Dan Brown

                     Angels & Demons is an upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel Angels & Demons, due for release on May 15, 2009. The film stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, a role he played in The Da Vinci Code, another Brown film adaptation. The Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman also return, and filming is taking place in Rome and the Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.

Starring:

Tom Hanks - Robert langdon

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He’s Just Not That Into You

                            He’s Just Not That Into You is an American romantic comedy film, based on the self-help book of the same name by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, which, in turn, was based on a dialogue line in Sex and the City. Produced by Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films, it stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Jennifer Connelly, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kevin Connolly, and Bradley Cooper; and is being directed by Ken Kwapis. on June 26, 2008, the release date was moved from October 24, 2008 to February 6, 2009.

Cast

    * Ben Affleck as Neil
    * Jennifer Aniston as Beth
    * Drew Barrymore as Mary
    * Ginnifer Goodwin as Gigi
    * Jennifer Connelly as Janine
    * Scarlett Johansson as Anna
    * Justin Long as Alex
    * Bradley Cooper as Ben
    * Kevin Connolly as Connor
    * Kris Kristofferson as Beth’s father

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