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Champion

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

It’s our boxing film article turn today but I’m gonna disappoint you today because today’s film is not about boxing at all. However, it’s about fighting. Something that we all need to do to survive. So did Danny Trejo.This is a documentary film by the way. A story of fight and triumph, this is the story of actor Danny Trejo.

This multiple award winning documentary chronicles his life through raw and candid conversations about everything, from trying heroin at age 12, to armed robbery, violence and extensive prison time, including an emotional return to his actual cell behind the gray walls of San Quentin State Prison.

From despair to “Desperate Housewives” Danny Trejo’s life is an awe inspiring testament to the strength of the human spirit and all of it is captured in Champion.

This baddest guy used to be now becomes a role model to many people. You can find the DVD and watch his life and learn now. It really just is a truly great story to see. If you have no clue where to find it, just go to www.championmovie.com.

Now take a look at the trailer from YouTube:

Keep up good work Danny! He really is a real fighter!

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Muay Thai Chaiya (2007)

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Synopsis from MuayThaiChaiyathemovie.com: In mid-1970s, three boys from a southern village become friends while spending time in a boxing camp. Piak is a boxer whose young soul bubles with fighting spirit. Pao is a son of a Chaiya boxing legend. They both hang out with another local boy called Samor. Amid the backdrop of the peaceful South, the three boys spend time training with the hope of fulfilling their dream of becoming professional boxers.

Pao has an old manuscript of MuayThai Chaiya left by his father, and the three friends are hugely inspired by the elegant moves and forceful blows depicted in it. But their paths are strewn with obstacles, and their friendship faces an ultimately test when Piak and Pao fall in love with the same woman, a pretty nurse called Sriprai.

One day, Pao’s father returns. His name is Tew Chaiya, and he has disappointed after a match-fixing scandal that involved a boxing champion Krangsuk. Upon his return, Tew Chaiya begins to pass on the venerated principle of Muay Thai Chaiya to his son, as well as to Piak and Samor, making them the last practitioners of the ancient and mysterious art.

Soon the three boys are ready to conquer Bangkok boxing rings. In the capital, the debuting prizefighters are forced to learn the hard lessons in the dog-eat-dog world of professional boxing career, meanwhile Piak falls for a lovelorn go-go girl named Warn. The battle of the three friends is as brutal and breathtaking in as it is out of the ring.

Let’s take a look at the trailer from YouTube before you decide!

This is the movie in which you can see a lot of Muay Thai Chaiya moves. This ancient Muay Thai arts should never die.

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Aukmen

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Ahmad Al-Sulaiti is an Engineer from Qatar who was driven out of his dead end job where he was mistreated for several years. Ahmad takes off to Thailand to fulfill his only real dream of becoming a professional fighter. When he arrives in Bangkok he quickly runs into a series of unfortunate events which leave him broke and helpless. Luckily he is taken in by a traditional Muay Thai camp owned by Apidej and his grand daughter Katoon (Julaluck Ismalone) and he is given a chance to make a living out of fighting professionally.

Ahmad adds to his bad luck streak by accepting to fight illegally when given a chance by a young suspicious promoter called Nikki who matches him with K-1 champion Kaoklai Kanorasing!!
At a late age Ahmad has to learn how the rules of judging in Muay Thai don’t favor a foreigner like him so he must put the extra effort to finish each fight against the toughest fighters out there!

Coming from a different culture and background, the events that take place help Ahmad realize a lesson in life, which was that victory doesn’t only come by winning a fight, but by winning the people who were always there for you.
Story from www.aukmenthemovie.com

Directed by David Ismalone
Casts: Somrak Kamsing, Kaoklai Kaennorsing, Ahmad Al-Sulaiti, Julaluck Ismalone and Nicky Pinmp

This is a pretty kick ass movie from the trailer. Take a look!

Aukmen Trailer from YouTube

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2008 Bangkok International Film Festival

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Another great event coming up and I’m not going to miss it for sure. Bangkok film festival is what I’ve been waiting for. So if you’re looking for something to do in Bangkok this coming week, here it is. Go to www.bangkokfilm.org and check out the film schedule starting from the 23rd to the 30th of September. Here you will lots of award winning movie from around to world, especially from around Asia and get a chance to see great movies that you don’t normally get a lot of chance to do so.

Thailand always offers a warm and friendly welcome to millions of tourists who visit this event each year and this year will be just the same or even better.

There will be a number of special events like panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, master classes etc.

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You can now check out the website, again at www.bangkokfilm.org or at thainationalfilm.com for more information about the festival and of course the film schedule.

The festival takes place at SF World Cinema, Central World and Pullman Hotel, Bangkok from September 23rd to 30th. You might want to hurry and check out the schedule now, that case you won’t miss the great movie you will love.

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Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Welcome to our website and yes this is just about time to introduce you to another boxing movie, actually a movie that involves boxing in it. So if you are a boxing fan and don’t have anything to do, maybe there’s no interesting upcoming fight or you just want to find for something new to enjoy, why don’t you try checking out this movie?

The movie’s called Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood. This might not be a perfect movie but the positives still outweigh the negatives. What I like the most is the back half of the movie that is quite powerful to watch. And besides I love the three main stars of the movie.

The three mains stars of the movies are Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. If you are their fans, I hope you don’t wanna miss this film too because they did one hell of a job here, or else the film wouldn’t have won 4 Oscars.

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Synopsis from milliondollarbabymovie.warnerbros.com:
Frankie Dunn (CLINT EASTWOOD) has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules his life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend is Scrap (MORGAN FREEMAN), an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie’s gym and knows that beneath his gruff exterior is a man who has attended Mass almost every day for the past 23 years, seeking the forgiveness that somehow continues to elude him.