The Rocket makes the impossible is possible
Review by Jenny Alvarez
The Rocket is set in contemporary Laos and tells the story of a boy named Ahlo (beautifully played by Sitthiphon Disamoe) who is believed to be a bearer of bad luck. Eventually, he is blamed for a string of disasters that kill his mother and deeply affect his community.
When his family loses their home and is forced to move, Ahlo meets the spirited orphan Kia and her eccentric uncle Purple: an ex-soldier with a purple suit, a rice-wine habit and an unbridled love for James Brown.
Struggling to hang onto his father’s trust, Ahlo leads his family, as well as Purple and Kia, through a land scarred by war — in search of a new home.
In a last plea to prove he’s not cursed, and to earn a living for his family, Ahlo builds a giant rocket to enter the most lucrative (but dangerous) competition of the year: The Rocket Festival. The cast led by two superb child actors with a lovely sense of texture of a culture full of traditions and new life experiences. The most beautiful scene was when the little boy builds a giant rocket to enter the most exciting and dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival but he had to face many obstacles but show us that the dedication, effort and perseverance are important keys to achieving our goals. His father was skeptical and the joy came to their lives with a great surprise and triumph of Ahlo. This film is full of beautiful landscapes and many elements compensate for its predictability.
What is the most important for a father and his family?
Review by Jenny Alvarez
Like Father, Like Son, written and directed by veteran filmmaker Kore-Eda Hirokazu (After Life, Nobody Knows, Still Walking).This story centers on Ryota (Japanese star FUKUYAMA Masaharu), a driven and successful Tokyo architect who works such long hours that he has little time to spend with his wife, Midori (ONO Machiko), and six-year-old son, Keita. When a blood test reveals Keita and another baby were switched at birth, two very different families are thrown together and forced to make a difficult decision while Ryota confronts his own issues of responsibility and what it means to be a father. This movie explores issues of human beings with humanistic touch and how a society makes guilty parents struggle to achieve a healthy life/work balance, especially for families with children younger than 7 years. With no doubts this is a film full of contrasts – the rich control their kids’ time and hobbies, the poor don’t – are italicized. Hirokazu has crafted a warm and lovely film with some dramatic moments especially when dealing with the two families, rather than just the father of its title. Machika Ono, who plays his wife Midori, is engaging as the mother distraught with the guilt that she could not recognize her own son, yet unwilling to part from the son she has called hers for six years. This was the best part of the movie because it happens in real life and all the cast performances are incredible, sensitive and the script is well structured with a good message which teaches us the importance of being a father and how they manage their carriers and family life.
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Fall Out Boy and Paramore Announce Major Summer Tour: Monumentor
By GalaTView Staff
Supergroups FALL OUT BOY and PARAMORE announced today they will hit the road for the must-see concert event of summer. Aptly titled the MONUMENTOUR, the bands will showcase their trademark brand of fiery, hard-charging rock music across the U.S. to 30 plus cities in the summer’s best venues. With a string of Top 10 singles, platinum albums and countless sold out shows around the globe, both bands have proven that they deliver fans the absolute best live concert experience around.
MONUMENTOUR, will kick off on June 15 at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, CT before traveling through cities such as Chicago, Nashville, Toronto, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix and St. Louis. The tour will feature alternative rock band New Politics as opener for all dates.
Fall Out Boy & Paramore Tour Dates
**All dates and venues below subject to change.
Date | City | Venue | On-Sale |
June 19 | Hartford, CT | Xfinity Theatre | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
June 21 | Wantagh, NY | Nikon at Jones Beach Theater | Jan 18, 10:00 am |
June 22 | Mansfield, MA | Xfinity Center | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
June 24 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
June 25 | Toronto, ON | Molson Canadian Amphitheatre | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
June 27 | Camden, NJ | Susquehanna Bank Center | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
June 28 | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center | Jan 18, 10:00 am |
June 30 | Gilford, NH | Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 2 | Buffalo, NY | Darien Lake Performing Arts Center | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 3 | Burgettstown, PA | First Niagara Pavilion | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 6 | St. Louis, MO | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 8 | Detroit, MI | DTE Energy Music Theatre | Jan 18, 10:00 am |
July 9 | Indianapolis, IN | Klipsch Music Center | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 11 | Chicago, IL | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre | Jan 18, 10:00 am |
July 12 | Cincinnati, OH | Bunbury Festival | Available now |
July 13** | White Creeks, TN | The Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel | Jan 18, 10:00 am |
July 18 | Columbia, MD | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 19 | Hershey, PA | Hersheypark Stadium | Jan 18, 10:00 am |
July 22 | Virginia Beach, VA | Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 23 | Charlotte, NC | PNC Music Pavilion | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 25 | West Palm Beach, FL | Cruzan Amphitheatre | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 26 | Tampa, FL | MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 27** | St. Augustine, FL | St. Augustine Amphitheatre | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 29 | Raleigh, NC | Walnut Creek Amphitheatre | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
July 30 | Atlanta, GA | Aaron’s Amphitheatre @ Lakewood | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 1 | Houston, TX | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 2 | Austin, TX | Austin360 Amphitheater | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 4 | Corpus Christi, TX | Concrete Street Amphitheater | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 5 | Dallas, TX | Gexa Energy Pavilion | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 7 | Albuquerque, NM | Isleta Amphitheater |
Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 8 | Phoenix, AZ | Ak-Chin Pavilion |
Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 10 | Oklahoma City, OK | Zoo Amphitheatre | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 12 | Denver, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Jan 18, 10:00 am |
August 13 | Orem, UT | UCCU Center | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 15** | Las Vegas, NV | Cosmopolitan | Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 16 | Irvine, CA | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater |
Jan 17, 10:00 am |
August 17 | Concord, CA | Sleep Train Pavilion |
Jan 17, 10:00 am |
**Fall Out Boy only
About Fall Out Boy
SAVE ROCK AND ROLL is the gold certified fifth studio album from the GRAMMY-nominated band Fall Out Boy and features the multiplatinum hit “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)” and the new hit “Alone Together.” SAVE ROCK AND ROLL debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 and #1 on iTunes in 27 countries when it was released in April. This is the band’s second #1 debut; Platinum selling “Infinity On High” topped the chart in 2007 which followed multi-platinum breakthrough album “From Under The Cork Tree” released in 2005. Hailing from Chicago, Fall Out Boy—Patrick Stump (vocals/guitar), Pete Wentz (bass), Joe Trohman (guitar) and Andy Hurley (drums)—has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone and other prestigious publications. They have performed on Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, America’s Got Talent, The Voice, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live and many more. They wrapped up 2013 with an appearance with Taylor Swift at the Victorias Secret fashion show in December following their second sold out tour of 2013, performing in arenas in support of SAVE ROCK AND ROLL. More information can be found at www.falloutboy.com.
About Paramore
After forming Paramore ten years ago in Nashville, the 3x-Grammy-nominated rock group – comprised of Hayley Williams, Taylor York and Jeremy Davis – released their fourth studio album, Paramore in 2013. The self-titled album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and was named “Best Rock Album” by Entertainment Weekly. Paramore features the Top 10 radio hit and platinum single “Still Into You” along with the upcoming single “Ain’t It Fun,” heading to radio this month. Paramore follows the success of the band’s gold-certified debut All We Know Is Falling in 2005, followed by a string of platinum and gold singles including, “Misery Business,” “Crushcrushcrush,” and “That’s What You Get” from 2007’s platinum-certified Riot!, “Decode” from 2008’s Twilight soundtrack, “The Only Exception” from 2009’s platinum Brand New Eyes. Paramore has performed on a series of arena tours, including their most recent headline trek on “The Self-Titled Tour” in 2013 with their first headline show at Madison Square Garden, the 2010 Honda Civic Tour, and multiple visits to Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. The group will set sail on ParaHOY, their first headline concert cruise in March 2014.
About New Politics
New Politics, the Brooklyn via Copenhagen based 3 piece rock band recently hit top 5 at modern rock radio with their smash “Harlem” and are already top 20 with their new hit “Tonight You’re Perfect.” They spent 2013 touring sold out venues across the world with the likes of P!nk, 30 Seconds to Mars, Panic! at the Disco and Jane’s Addiction. The band has performed on numerous TV shows recently including Conan, Fallon, VH-1 Big Morning Buzz and New Years Eve Live and has had their music in many TV commercials including Taco Bell and Disney’s Frozen.
Ex Miss Beauty from Venezuela was murdered by Robbers
By GalaTView Staff
A former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear Mootz and her ex-husband were shot and killed and their 5-year-old daughter was wounded after they resisted robbers.
Authorities in Carabobo state announced the arrests of five suspects in a poor barrio in Puerto Cabello, where the slayings took place.
The victims’ car had a flat tire on the highway connecting the cities of Valencia and Puerto Cabello and was about to be towed when the couple were attacked.
The robbers fired 6 shots into the car when they refused to open the doors.Their 5-year-old daughter was spared and is in stable condition after receiving medical attention for unspecified injuries, according to a statement from the prosecutor’s office.