Friday, January 8, 2016

485. Inside Out

Title: Inside Out
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Year: 2015

Summary: A girl named Riley is born in Minnesota. Within her mind's Headquarters, there exist five personifications of her basic emotions: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger. The emotions influence Riley's actions via a control console. Riley's memories are stored in colored orbs, which are sent into long-term memory each night by a suction tube. Riley's most important memories, known as "core memories", are housed in a hub in Headquarters and power five "islands", each of which reflects a different aspect of Riley's personality. Joy always tries to keep Riley happy, and she and the other emotions try to prevent Sadness from using the console, not understanding her purpose.

When Riley is 11, her family moves to San Francisco. Riley is disappointed by their lifeless new home, and is further discouraged when the moving van with all their belongings gets lost. Joy starts worrying when Sadness begins touching Riley's happy memories, causing them to become sad, so she tries to keep Sadness isolated. However, on Riley's first day at her new school, Sadness causes Riley to cry in front of her class, creating a sad core memory. Joy tries to dispose of it before it reaches the core memory hub, but instead knocks the other core memories loose during a struggle with Sadness, destabilizing the personality islands. As Joy scrambles to collect the core memories, she and Sadness are sucked out of Headquarters by the memory tube into the maze-like storage area of long-term memory, taking the core memories with them.

Fear, Disgust, and Anger try to keep Riley happy, but inadvertently distance her from her parents, friends, and hobbies, causing her personality islands to crumble into the "Memory Dump", an abyss where fading memories are disposed of and forgotten. Believing that going back to Minnesota will make Riley happy again, Anger inserts an idea into the control console to cause Riley to run away to Minnesota. Meanwhile, in long-term memory, Joy and Sadness find Bing Bong, Riley's childhood imaginary friend. He tells them they can get to Headquarters by riding the train of thought. After exploring Riley's mind, the three eventually catch the train, but it is derailed when one of the personality islands collapses.

As Riley prepares to board a bus to Minnesota, Joy, desperate for Riley to be happy, abandons Sadness and attempts to use a "recall tube" to return to Headquarters, but the last personality island starts to collapse, breaking the tube and plunging Joy and Bing Bong down into the Memory Dump. At the bottom, Joy discovers a sad memory of a hockey game that becomes happy when Riley's parents and friends comfort her, causing Joy to realize that Sadness's importance is to create empathy in others when Riley needs help.

Joy and Bing Bong try to use Bing Bong's old wagon rocket to escape the Memory Dump, but after several tries Bing Bong realizes their combined weight is too much and jumps out, sacrificing himself to allow Joy to escape, then fades away. Joy goes to Imagination Land and uses various tools to propel herself and Sadness through the air to Headquarters. They find that Anger's idea has disabled the control console, rendering Riley numb andapathetic. To the surprise of the others, with Joy's encouragement, Sadness takes control of the console and successfully removes the idea, reactivating the console and prompting Riley to return home.

As Sadness re-installs the core memories, now blue, Riley arrives home and bursts into tears, confessing to her parents that she misses her old life in Minnesota. As Riley's parents comfort and reassure her, Joy and Sadness work the console together, creating a new core memory that combines their respective emotions. A year later, Riley is adapting to her new home, as her emotions now work together to help her lead a more emotionally complex life.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

484. A Good Dinosaur

Title: A Good Dinosaur
Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure
Year: 2015

Summary: In an alternate timeline, the asteroid that would have caused the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago passes safely over Earth.

Millions of years later, two Apatosaurus named Henry and Ida, who are farmers, give birth to three children: Libby, Buck, and the runt Arlo. While Libby and Buck easily adjust to life and their chores on their farm and make their mark (signified by a mud-print on a corn silo), Arlo's timid nature makes his tasks difficult for him. In order to give Arlo a sense of purpose, Henry puts him in charge of guarding their silo from critters and helping him set up a trap. While Arlo is on guard, the trap manages to capture a feral caveboy, but Arlo is too reluctant to kill him and sets him free. Heavily disappointed, Henry has Arlo accompany him to track the caveboy through a ravine where it begins to rain. After Arlo injures himself, Henry decides to turn back just as a flash flood occurs and a massive rapid appears, but Henry only manages to save Arlo before he is swept away and killed.

Without his father, Arlo must help his mother with harvesting crops before the first snow. After spotting the same caveboy inside the silo, Arlo, blaming him for his father's death, chases him until both of them fall into a river, where Arlo hits his head on a rock and is knocked unconscious. Waking up, Arlo is dismayed to find himself far from home and tries to survive on his own with minimal success, leaving himself trapped under a boulder. The next day, the caveboy finds and frees Arlo, and eventually gives him some berries to eat. The caveboy then leads Arlo to a berry tree where they are both attacked by a snake. The caveboy fights and repels the snake, an act which amazes Arlo. A nearby eccentric Styracosaurus, also impressed with the caveboy's physical prowess, tries to give him a name, but when Arlo calls him "Spot", he responds to it. After traveling together for the rest of the day, Arlo laments about his lost family and confides in Spot, who reveals that his own mother and father are dead. The next day, a storm ravages the land and Arlo, remembering the storm that took his father's life, runs away in fear.

The next morning, Arlo wakes up to find Spot only to be encountered by a fanatical band ofpterodactyls, consisting of a leader, Thunderclap, and his accomplices Downpour and Coldfront. The pterodactyls turn out to be savagely carnivorous. After they find Spot, Arlo and Spot run away, encountering a pair of Tyrannosaurus named Nash and Ramsey, who both ward the pterodactyls off. Arlo and Spot then meet Nash and Ramsey's father Butch, who agrees to let the two of them join their party if they can help them locate a herd of longhorns they had lost. Spot manages to sniff them out with Arlo, discovering the presence of "Rustlers". On Butch's instruction, Arlo lures the Rustlers out, who are revealed to be a pack of Velociraptors led by Bubbha looking to steal Butch's herd. As Butch and his children try to fend off the Rustlers, Arlo musters his courage to successfully hit two of them, allowing Butch to scare them off for good. Having gained the respect of the T. rexes, Arlo is led by Butch towards the area of his homeland. Along the way, Arlo and Spot encounter a caveman off in the distance, but they ignore him and continue on.

As another storm begins to pick up, Thunderclap and the pterodactyls return and attack the two, this time managing to take Spot away and leaving Arlo behind. As Arlo gets tangled in some vines, he has a vision of Henry leading him away and back toward home, but Arlo admits his friendship with Spot and resolves to save him, which makes his father proud before he fades away. Filled with determination, Arlo wakes up and attacks the pterodactyls who have cornered Spot at the river. Arlo and Spot manage to throw the pterodactyls into the water where they ride helplessly downstream. A flash flood begins and a massive mudslide crashes into the river and triggers a torrent. Despite his fear, Arlo leaps to save Spot and the two of them are carried away by the flood towards a waterfall. Arlo manages to swim towards Spot and hold on to him as they both fall, with Arlo carrying Spot to shore where he regains consciousness.

As they venture forth, Arlo and Spot both hear the calls of a caveman family just as they come over the hill overseeing Arlo's farm. With great reluctance, Arlo encourages Spot to join them and the two of them share a tearful, loving goodbye. The film ends with Arlo arriving back home to his mother and siblings, and he is allowed to leave his mud-print on the silo between the prints of his mother and father.

483. Minions

Title: Minions
Genre: Family, Comedy, Animations
Year: 2015

Summary: Minions are small, yellow creatures who have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from single-celled organisms into beings who exist only to serve history's most villainous masters.[14] After serving a great deal of masters over the centuries, they find they enjoy serving humans the most. However, after a disastrous end to their service toNapoleon, the Minions are driven into isolation and decide to start a new life in a massive cave in Antarctica. All goes well at first, but after many years, the Minions become restless and undriven without a master to serve. To regain their dignity and sense of purpose, one Minion, Kevin, decides to set out to find a new boss and asks for help. He only receives help from Stuart, a musically inclined Minion who is blissfully unaware of what he has been chosen for; and Bob, a young and inexperienced but infectious Minion who tends to befriend anyone he meets and is the only one who knows what Kevin is doing. Kevin and his friends then leave.

The trio journey to New York City where the year is 1968. After spending the day attempting to blend in, the Minions end up in adepartment store for the night where they see a hidden commercial broadcast for villains advertising Villain-Con; a convention for villains and supervillains in Orlando. The trio manage to hitchhike a ride with a family of villains called the Nelsons and impress them with their accidental villainy. Once at the convention, they meet Scarlet Overkill, the first female supervillain, and they impress her enough for her to hire them. Kevin contacts the other Minions, who had found a new boss, but their service is interrupted when they accidentally kill him and are chased out of their cave. They make their way to England to find Kevin, Bob, and Stuart. Taking the three to her home in London, Scarlet and her husband Herb explain their plan to steal St. Edward's Crown from Queen Elizabeth II of England and promise to reward the Minions if they are successful in stealing it, threatening bodily harm if they aren't. Herb supplies them with inventions to aid in the heist, but they are nearly caught when they break into the Tower of London, which leads to a highly publicized chase that ends with Bob crashing into theSword in the Stone and pulling it free, becoming King of England. Enraged by this, Scarlet confronts the Minions, who claim that their intention was to give her the crown; Bob changes the law to allow him to pass it to her. Undeterred because she feels betrayed, Scarlet imprisons the three in a dungeon to be tortured by Herb before her coronation, but afterwards they are left alone and escape.

Making their way to Westminster Abbey, the three of them interrupt the coronation by accidentally sending a chandelier down on Scarlet, who immediately orders their execution. Dozens of villains chase them and Bob and Stuart are caught while Kevin finds his way into a pub. Scarlet threatens to kill Stuart and Bob at dawn if Kevin doesn't show up. Kevin sneaks into Scarlet's home to steal weapons, but inadvertently triggers an untested machine Herb was building and grows over one-hundred feet in height. He tramples through London, rescuing his friends just as the other Minions reunite with them. Scarlet tries to eradicate them, but Kevin defends them, swallowing a massive missile while being pulled through the air by Scarlet's rocket-powered dress. The missile detonates, apparently killing Kevin and the Overkills. After briefly mourning him, the Minions are overjoyed when Kevin reappears, having returned to his normal size. After Bob gives Elizabeth her crown back, she rewards him with a tiny crown for his teddy bear, Stuart, along with an electric guitar that he calls a "Mega Ukulele" and she knights Kevin for his heroism. Elizabeth suddenly realizes that her crown is missing, and Kevin leads a chase after Scarlet and Herb, who are fleeing through the crowd until they are suddenly frozen in place by a young Gru, who steals the bejeweled crown from them and takes off in a rocket-powered motorbike while the Minions stare in awe. Realizing that they have found a new, cunning boss, they let Bob give the golden crown to the frozen Scarlet whose hand is still moving and give chase to follow him home.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

482. The Day I Lost U

Title: 失去你的那一天 / Shi Qu Ni de Na Yi Tian
English Title: The Day I Lost U
Genre: Drama
Episodes: TBC

Summary: When Meng Ze Ming found out that he inheritedSpinocerebellar degeneration from his father, a progressive genetic disease that would eventually rob him of his eye sight, his memory, his ability to move, he decided to use whatever time he has left to build a green building as a home base to promote forest preservation. As his dream turns into reality, he also comes to term with his disease.

481. The Four

Title: 少年四大名捕 / Shao Nian Si Da Ming Bu
English Title: The Four
Genre: Wuxia
Episodes: 48

Summary: Adapted from a classic novel written by Wen Rui An 溫瑞安 "The Four Infamous Deputies"《 四大名捕 》

480. Destined to Love You

Title: 偏偏喜欢你 / Pian Pian Xi Huan Ni
English Title: Destined to Love You
Genre: Romance, Military, School
Episodes: 40

Summary: Qian Bao Bao is on the run from creditors with her sick mother. She meets Xiao Han on the train, who offers her hope for curing her mother. But when an assassination attempt results in Xiao Han falling off the train, Bao Bao feels she has no choice but to take her place. Thus she assumes the role of a psychology instructor at a prestigious military school, and becomes entangled in a in a love triangle and some dangerous politics while trying to hide her true identity.

479. Be With Me

Title: 舞吧舞吧在一起 / Wu Ba Wu Ba Zai Yi Qi
English Title: Be With Me
Genre: Ambition, Romance
Episodes: 16

Summary: 十年前,偶像團體《爆跳小子》風靡全亞洲, 正當他們馬不停蹄巡迴演唱,所有粉絲引頸期待台北最終場時,卻爆發隊長康鎮英和經紀人女兒袁安安的牽手緋聞照,禁愛令被自家人打破,一時間,媒體嗜血追縱報導,粉絲憤怒抗議攻擊,團員藉機從中作梗,終於逼得康鎮英退團,爆跳小子解散,剛萌芽的愛情也就此劃上句點!一夕之間,夢想,愛情,友情化為烏有!當初說好要一起追夢的夥伴,如今卻各奔東西... 

十年後, 康鎮英轉行成為義法餐廳的行銷總監,重新站上餐飲界舞台;當年最小的團員江澤炫則靠著超凡毅力成為華流巨星;已經是舞蹈老師的袁安安,也帶著優異成績回到台灣,準備重振東谷,完成父親遺願。緣分讓他們再度相遇,也讓各自曾經失落已久,埋藏心底的愛情、友情,再度被勾起... 

一個關於遺憾的愛情、誤解的友情,在經過時間洗禮,重新理解與釋然的故事。 

年輕時,總想望著spot light獨照一人,但現在,經歷起伏終於明白,舞台,是要和夥伴們一同站上。 

無論友情、愛情和親情,能夠牽起身旁的人的手,溫度,必能讓手心發熱。 

同一片天空,遙遠的距離,卻有著相同的心跳,而,現在的妳,最想和誰在一起? (Translation needed)

478. Beautiful Secret

Title: 美丽的秘密/ Mei Li De Mi Mi
English Title: Beautiful Secret
Genre: Romance/ Urban Love
Episodes: 45

Summary: Beautiful Secret is a romantic idol drama that tells of the challenges of being a singer in the Chinese entertainment industry.

20 years ago, singer Wang Xuan spent all her savings trying to treat the illness of her daughter, later called Jiang Mei Li, but to no avail. In the end had to give her up for adoption, while hiding the truth from the world. On her wedding day, she leaves to try and find her daughter once again. Mei Li is adopted by Jiang Wei Guo and his wife but her she has contracted a high fever and suffered amnesia from it. Unable to find her daughter, Wang Xuan decides to put all her love into her step daughter Xu Rou Lin. 20 years later, Ruo Lin enters a singing competition to win back her ex-boyfriends, producer Guan Yi. While coming out to support her sister, Jiang Mei Yan in the same competition, Jiang Mei Li ends up being a competitor. During the course of the competition, complicated relationships between love interests and family occur. When Mei Li becomes an overnight sensation by winning the competition, Producer Guan Yi decides to produce her, and at the dame time they start to have feelings for each other. This drama will depict a stylish entertainment industry.

477. The Girl Wearing Tassel Earrings

Title: 戴流苏耳环的少女 / 流苏耳环
English Title: The Girl Wearing / In / With Tassel Earrings
Genre: Comedy, Youth
Episodes: 60

Summary: 上個世紀二三十年代,上海灘出現了無線電台,一時間,上海居民耳目一新,一些私人電台蜂擁而起,不僅播放文娛節目,還負責傳遞商業業務。阮清恬在學校里學過無線電知識,她因為幫助任浩銘建立電台,從而和任浩銘相識了。任浩銘由於一個誤會,遷怒於阮清恬,他將阮清恬最重要的傳家寶流蘇耳環拿走了。阮清恬必須要拿回耳環。在這過程中,阮清恬憑借她的善良和聰慧,贏得了任浩銘的好感與尊重。最終,阮清恬和任浩銘因為愛情而接受彼此,那對象徵著幸福如意的流蘇耳環,被k任浩銘戴在了阮清恬的耳朵上,他希望幸福和如意永遠伴隨著這個善良的女人。這一對有情人終成眷屬. (Translation needed)


476. Go Princess Go

Title: 太子妃升职记 / Tai Zi Fei Sheng Zhi Ji
English Title: Go Princess Go
Genre: Comedy, Historical, Time-Travel
Episodes: 35

Summary: A contemporary ladies' man time traveled to the ancient time into the body of crown princess Zhang Peng Peng who is in midst of marital troubles with her husband, the crown prince Qi Sheng. Thought the playboy enjoys flirting with the prince's concubines, he soon realizes that his personal safety and job security depends on the prince's whim. With body of a woman and mindset of a man, he seduces the prince while he plots to kill the husband so he can rise to the position of Empress dowager.