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Friday, November 29, 2013

Black nativity：a Christmas musical film

Black Nativity is a religious-themed Christmas movie,directed by Kasi Lemmons.Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson starring this film.

From left, Jacob Latimore, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker in ‘Black Nativity’

It is a touching modernization of the nativity tale within a prodigal-child framing story.
Reverend Cornell Cobbs ( Forest Whitaker ) and his wife, Aretha ( Angela Bassett ). they have a doughter Naima ( Jennifer Hudson ) ran away to Baltimore as a pregnant teen, Cobbs carryed a deep shame.They haven't spoken since.Fifteen years later, financial struggles force Naima to send her son, Langston (Jacob Latimore), to the grandparents he's never known.He arrives in New York on a cold December day, alone and full of attitude.Before he meets his grandparents, Langston is robbed, mistaken for a thief, and arrested.With the encouragement of a local thug (Tyrese Gibson), he plans to do anything necessary to raise money for his mom, no matter how stupid or illegal.

In addition to being a Christmas story, the movie provides a context for the historical importance of Harlem to African Americans as well as references to the civil rights movement.This is not a perfect movie: parts are a bit too convenient to believe and others are overly sentimental, but those flaws can be forgiven considering it's a holiday film.The Christmas musical will appeal foremost to gospel lovers and practicing Christians, but anyone who sees it should appreciate the vocals and the family-first message.

Hudson's voice is far superior to everyone else's in the movie -- with the exception of fellow professional R&B singer Mary J. Blige as a Christmas pageant angel and Hudson's impressive on-screen son Latimore.Whitaker's voice isn't on the same level, but he makes up for it with his performances as a well-known Harlem preacher who can't figure out how to reconcile with his uncommunicative daughter.

The movie's centerpiece is, as promised, the reverend's annual, extravagant holiday, But the entire movie feels like a Nativity pageant.

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How to play DVD movies on Surface Pro 2 tablet
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Playing DVD movies on Surface Pro 2 tablet

This DVD to Surface conversion guide will show you how to convert DVD movie files to your Surface Pro 2 tablet supported formats for easily playback.

“Surface Pro 2: A 10.6-inch tablet running Intel's core i5 processor with resolution of 1920 x 1080, providing incredible fast performance and longer-life battery. Surface Pro 2 has a full-size USB 3.0 port, mini DisplayPort, and microSD card reader. easily share and transfer content. It seems to be a wonderful tablet, I am considering purchase it recently. But I have a issue about how to playing DVD movies on Surface Pro 2 tablet?”

As Surface Pro 2 tablet is still not equipped with DVD drive, you should backup DVD movies to hard drive. Surface pro 2 DVD Converter could help you. Just a simple conversion process. Download and install best DVD Converter for Surface pro 2a on your computer.

Step 1. Launch the DVD converter for Surface pro 2, insert the DVD disc to your DVD drive, and then click the "DVD disc" icon to navigate to the videos you want to convert.

Step2. choose best profile
Click the “format” bar, choose Windows>Microsoft surface windows RT/Pro H.264 video (*.mp4)

Tips1: You are allowed to customize video and audio parameters (video codec, video bitrate, video, audio channel) by clicking setting button

Tips2: You can select the wanted audio track from “Audio” drop-down list and desired subtitles from “Subtitle” tab

Step 3. Hit the “Convert” icon and start ripping DVD to Surface pro 2 playable MP4 format. when the conversion is finished, you can click "open" button to copy the converted files to the Surface Pro2 via USB drive or hard disc.

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"Frozen" Review : a classic Disney animation.

Starring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad ,Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee.

Directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee create a magical 3-D winter wonderland In "Frozen," we're first introduced to Anna ( Kristen Bell ) and Elsa ( Idina Menzel ), members of a Norwegian royal family, Elsa has the power to create snow and ice; it was something she was born with.But after an accident ends up injuring her sister, she is forced to hide her abilities and grows emotionally distant from Anna ,until the king and queen die in a shipwreck and Elsa must be crowned the new queen.During the coronation festivities, Anna falls for a visiting Prince Hans (Santino Fontana) who immediately proposes.When they ask Elsa for her blessing, she scoffs, loses control of her powers, runs up a mountain, and sends the kingdom into an eternal winter.Guilty, Anna sets out to find Elsa with the help of unlikely allies -- a loner ice deliveryman Kristoff ( Jonathan Groff ), his loyal reindeer Sven, and a goofy, sentient snowman named Olaf ( Josh Gad ).

The movie's big musical number, "Let It Go," belongs to Elsa, and it's not a song of malicious intent; it's one of empowerment.Nearly every song in “Frozen” is so catchy and is delivered with such theatrical gusto by the splendid cast.

At the heart of the film is the battle between love and fear.Resolution becomes a long journey when Elsa flees Arendelle, leaving the kingdom locked in winter's fierce grip and Anna searching for her.This is also where the film develops its very playful sense of humor.

If you have kids of a certain age, there's a good chance you're going to be seeing “Frozen” at some point over the Thanksgiving holiday. I think they'll love it, and you will too.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Fastest DVD Ripping Tool

In order to watch DVD movies on my tablet when I travel, I need a tool for one step ripping of DVDs. After useing several DVD ripping tools, I found the Pavtube DVD ripper was the fastest of the ones I compared .With Pavtube DVD ripper i can rip and convert DVD movies to almost all formats with high quality ,and sync video and audio perfectly, also Backup only DVD movie content without extras. I strongly recommend this tool to all users.

Free download here：

Note: it’s a trial version, if you got the paid version and prepared to register, it is necessary to uninstall the trial version and reinstall it.

The interface of the program is clean and pretty intuitive. You can load a DVD via the file browser or "drag and drop" the DVD files directly.

You can choose the output format by Clicking “Format” bar, select the device like iPad, iPhone, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Droid X, Samsung Galaxy S, surface，nexus，Amazon Kindle Fire, PS Vita, PSP, Archos, Creative Zen, iRiver, HTC HD, Sony Tablet S, etc.

Pavtube DVD Ripper allows you to customize output file, like freely selecting one desired subtitle and audio track, choose output format among Format list, and adjust profile presets including Video/Audio codec, Resolution, Frame Rate and Bit Rate.

Edit function:
1. Split: Using the Split function, you can split the selected video file into required several smaller video clips based on the clip quantity, duration time or file you set up.
2.Trim: Trim helps you select wanted DVD movie scenes to rip or convert easily and leave out unwanted in saved movies.
3. Crop :Crop enables you to cut off the black bars and unwanted area of the source movie at will.
4. Merge into one file : Tick this Merge into one file box and it helps combine several selected video clips into one big file.
5. Add Different watermarks: The DVD Ripper supports adding different watermarks, like video clip, image (including GIF) and test, to meet your special needs.

When everything is prepared, you just click the big “convert” button to start conversion, During conversion you can view a progress bar on the current and all tasks, consumed and remaining time, along with generated and estimated size, as well as look into a log file, as soon as it finished, you simply click the open button to find converted files.

Notes: You can set Pavtube DVD Ripper to turn off the computer automatically after conversion.

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12 Years a Slave review: a historical drama film

Director: Steve McQueen
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender

plot:

"12 Years a Slave " is Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom.during the 1840's,A Black man Solomon Northup( Chiwetel Ejiofor )lives as a free man in New York, with his wife and two children,he earning a living as a violinist.On what he believes will be an out of town music show ,All is well until he meets two men who seem taken by his music and want to bring him along with them so he can play at various events,When Solomon wakes up in chains, his dark journey starts.Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity.In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist ( Brad Pitt ) will forever alter his life.

"12 Years a Slave "is dark and raw, it exposes everything, without sugarcoating it.It is definitely hard to watch.Films exploring themes of slavery are few and never has one been quite as exhaustive and effective as this one. Beautifully shot and edited, the film features moments of tension, heartbreak and a few laughs here and there.
Steve McQueen has created another masterpiece

Other actors give excellent performances as well.Paul Giamatti and Sarah Paulson are seen for a few minutes but both are great as usual.Benedict Cumberbatch plays a plantation owner, who recognizes Solomon's talent and tries to help him ,Despite being a slaver, he is presented in the film as being a good man.Cumberbatch was very good, though outshined by far by Michael Fassbender.Lupita Nyong'o is the emotional epicenter of the entire film.she playing the pretty young slave Patsey - the object of Edwynn Epps demented and horrifying affections and the emotional epicenter of the entire picture, gives one of the most devastating performances I have ever seen.Her life is a living hell, forced to endure the "love" of Edwyn Epps and the brutal jealousy of his wife, she's trapped in a terrible triangle that she can't escape.Despite that, she retains a level of innocence that only heightens the tragedy of her character.

To watch "12 Years a Slave "is to experience a level of despair and misery that many will find unbearable.It's a film of such ugliness that it may haunt you for hours if not days after seeing it.So why should you watch a film that could leave you reeling and devastated? Because, it's also one of the greatest cinematic achievements of our time.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Blu-ray Ripper: the best ripping software

Wanna Rip blu-ray/DVD to your digital library collection for furthering entertainment, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper can help you remove Blu-ray region codes, AACS key, BD+ and MKB Encrypted protection, and backup your Blu-ray discs with fast conversion speed. With Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper, You can also import all kinds of Blu-ray and DVD sources: BDMV folder, physical DVD, BD ISO, VIDEO_TS folder, DVD ISO and IFO file, Convert them to various video formats (AVI, WMV, DivX, MP4, H.264/AVC, RM, MOV, FLV)and audio formats( MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, OGG, FLAC, APE, M4A, RA,).

All-in-One Blu ray tools: Blu-ray Ripper + 3D Blu-ray Ripper + DVD Ripper

Free Download here:Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper

Following is the Main steps

1.Install and run it

The interface is simple and clear

2.Load files

3.Select output format

4.start convertion

Video Edit function:

1) Trim and crop DVD/ Blu-Ray clips
Trim function helps you select wanted movie scenes to rip or convert at will and leave out unwanted in saved BD\DVD movies. Crop function enables you to cut off the black bars and unwanted area of the source movie easily.

2)Merge multiple video clips into one file
Tick this Merge into one file box and Pavtube application helps combine several selected video clips into one big file and convert it to your desired video format.

3) Split one large file into smaller pieces
Using the Split function, you can split the selected video file into required several smaller video clips based on the clip quantity, duration time or file you set up.

4) Add watermark
The program supports adding text, image and video watermarks to your movie and enables you to experience better video display quality on your devices.
5) Customize volume in saved file
With this feature, you are allowed to adjust the volume in BD/DVD movie before output to make sure you receive better video and audio entertainment.

Notes : Pavtube application takes advantage of the NVIDIA CUDA technology and AMD APP technology, and the conversion speed can be increased up to 6 times faster than ever before.

"Nebraska ": a modern black-and-white film

"Nebraska "is a Midwest road trip film about an aging father (Bruce Dern) and his son (Will Forte),Directored by Alexander Payne. As a studio release (Paramount) and a film set in contemporary times, "Nebraska" is unusual among modern black-and-white films, which have tended to be independently made or period pieces.

Bruce Dern plays an elderly man named Woody Grant living in Billings,whose mind has started to fade after years of heavy drinking. Woody determined to make his way to Nebraska come hell or high water, upon receiving a letter saying he’s won a million dollar prize。

David (Will Forte), Woody’s grown son, A single and struggling electronics salesman, he trudges along in work and in life. He and his father aren't terribly close because Woody isn't terribly close to anyone; family is the expected phenomenon that just sort of formed around him at some point. But when Woody keeps pressing to pick up his prize money, David sees an opportunity to spend some time together, and maybe even enjoy some long-overdue father-son bonding. So he agrees to drive his old man hundreds of miles, in order to reach the promised land of Lincoln, Nebraska. where Woody and his wife Kate (June Squibb) used to live many years ago.

in one scene, Woody joins his elderly brothers for a reunion.The old men sit in plaid shirts before a TV, trading monosyllables without looking one another's way.It's an easy sight gag, but their fine, weathered features turn it into something mysterious and iconic.

"Nebraska"is full of complicated people marked by flaws and failures, mistakes and regrets; they can be selfish bastards, too. It often feels as though Payne is trying to strip away the cliché that the region is populated exclusively by hardworking, decent hearted types, But for all the cragginess Woody exudes with his etched face and mess of white hair, he has also inspired a great deal of love in this director. The film's starkly beautiful final images have a poignancy that might leave a lump in your throat.

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Move Digital Copy movies to Kindle Fire HDX for playback

“I just bought a Kindle Fire HDX last week and wanna put my Digital Copy movies on it. I have lots of movies downloaded from iTunes, everytime I tried to move them to the Kindle Fire, it refused to do that due to the DRM protection. What did that mean? Is there any way to make digital copy movies play on Kindle Fire HDX?”

Unfortunately, most digital Copy movies purchased from iTunes are DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected, and you can't watch them on other device or tablets like Kindle Fire HDX. They can only be used on Apple devices. If you want to make Digital Copy movies play on Kindle Fire HDX, You need a third-party tool to Remove the DRM protection.

Pavtube Chewtune is a professional DRM removal tool, which can help you convert digital copy to free MP4 video easily. The following guide introduce the basic steps.

Step-by-step inteoduction: how to make Digital Copy movies play on Kindle Fire HDX?

Step1 Run ChewTune or ChewTume for Mac, Click "Add" button to import your Digital Copy movies or Drag and drop digital copy movies to the software.

Step2 Click "Format" bar and move mouse to "Android" column, you can easily find the profile of "Amazon Kindle Fire HD (*.mp4)". The output videos could also fit on Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 perfectly. If you like, you can click "Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish.

Tips1: if you want to select the subtitle and audio track, just click the drop-down list of ”subtitle” and ”audio”.

Tips2: you can also click “Edit” button to edit your videos by cropping, trimming, adding watermarks, etc.

Step 3 Click the big convert button to convert digital copy to Kindle Fire HDX supported videos, after conversion you simply click the open button to find converted digital copy movie and transfer them to Kindle Fire HDX.

Notes:This workaround works with other Android Tablets as well, of course

How to Transfer and Sync movies to your Kindle Fire HDX?

1. Use a micro-usb cable to connect the computer with Kindle Fire HDX

Windows: Your Kindle Fire HDX will appear in the My Computer folder.

Mac: Your Kindle Fire will appear on the desktop.

Notes: It is very important If you own a Mac computer with OSX 10.5 or above or a Windows XP computer, your Kindle Fire HDX will not be detected by your computer until you download new software for your computer.

2.Open the Kindle Fire folder on your computer, then transfer the converted digital copy movie into the compatibility folder.

3.Disconnect your Kindle Fire from your computer.

Now you can enjoy the movies on Kindle Fire HDX.

2010's "Despicable Me" told a funny, sweet, self-contained story about a guy named Gru (Steve Carrell) who renounces villainy and embraces fatherhood.now,the yellow duys are back, in "Despicable Me 2" , Gru (Steve Carell) is now a retired supervillain content to stay home, raise his three adopted girls Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier), and Agnes (Elsie Kate Fisher), and start a jams & jellies "legitimate business." Then one day, a mysterious woman named Lucy (Kristen Wiig) kidnaps Gru and takes him to the underwater headquarters of the Anti-Villain League, where director Silas Ramsbottom (Steve Coogan) explains that a dangerous bioweapon that can turn living creatures into purple killing machines has been stolen by a supervillain whom they believe is hiding at the Paradise Mall. The AVL wants Gru to infiltrate the mall and find out which shop owner has plans for world domination. Gru reluctantly agrees and poses as a cupcake baker, with Lucy his partner. Gru suspects the mall's Mexican restaurant owner, Eduardo (Benjamin Bratt), but becomes irrational when Margo falls for Eduardo's smooth-talking son, Antonio (Moises Arias). Meanwhile, Agnes desperately wants Gru to fall in love with Lucy so she'll have a mother, and the minions keep disappearing. Gru must once again the save the day, with the girls at his side.

The Despicable Me movies are about family,that's what makes them so easy to love. Gru is now a father first, retired supervillain second. His girls are his everything, and when Margo's heart is broken by Antonio (the ultimate cool tween, with his floppy hair and leather jacket), or when Agnes (who rivals Monsters, Inc.'s Boo as the cutest animated child ever) can't recite a poem about motherhood, he's there with a kind word and an encouraging hug. Forget Daddy Warbucks -- Gru is the best bald adoptive dad in popular culture! Even the scenes of mild peril will obviously end up all right, because audiences know that a super dad will do anything for his kids.

I watched this film in 3D and it was awesome, absolutely worth the extra money it cost.The 3D animation was breath-taking in so many of the far-out action scenes, especially those where there was a speeding submarine underwater, the car hurtling out of the mall window, a jelly gun battle of epic proportions, an exploding volcano, up to the Minions antics during the final credits.

Definitely, this is one very funny and entertaining film for the whole family.Don't wait any longer,go to Watch the movie together with your family.

How to rip Blu-ray/DVD files to Nexus 5 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Description: In this article you will get brief instruction about how to rip Blu-ray/DVD files to Google Nexus 5 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) is the tenth major release of OS X, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. Sadly, OS X 10.9 Mavericks still doesn’t support Blu-ray playback like the previous generation. You need a ripping tool to convert the Blu-ray/DVD to Nexus 5 compatible format for playing.Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is the most professional one I've ever used in multitude of tools. It can help you convert Blu ray DVD to MKV, MP4, AVI, 3GP, MOV, WMV, FLV, SWF, MP3, etc. All popular formats are perfectly supported. What's more, using the Mac Blu-ray ripping software, you can easily put Blu-ray into Nexus 5.

Requirements of Ripping Blu-ray/DVD on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

1. Blu-ray/DVD
2. A Mac (OS X 10.9 Mavericks)
3. An External Blu-Ray Drive (you can purchase it from Amazon)
4. Blu-ray Ripper for Mac (Free Download)

Following I will show you the Detailed steps

1. load blu-ray files

Connect the Blu-Ray disc drive with your Mac, insert the Blu-ray disc to your Blu-Ray disc drive, and then click the "Blu-ray disc " icon to navigate to the videos you want to convert. You can also add DVD ISO/IFO image files.

2: select output format

Click on “Format” in Output Profile, choose “Common Video”, and find out the most proper profile “H.264 Video (*.mp4)” for your New Nexus 5 tablet. If you want to set video and audio parameters like video codec, bit rate, size, frame rate, etc, click the setting button you will see the profile settings, so you could customize the output video and audio quality in your own way.

Note: You can also Select the subtitle, audio track you want to keep on the Main Interface.

Step3. Start Blu-ray to Nexus 5 Conversion.
Before starting the transfer, you may want to change the location just clicking the button and selecting the place of storage. Then You can hit the big red “Convert” to start converting Blu-ray to MP4 with best video settings for Nexus5. After the conversion, click “Open output folder” in the conversion window, or “Open” in main interface to quick locate the converted video.

Backup hot DVD movies to Kindle Fire HDX

Question:

“With busy working for several months, I have missed several hot movies, next week I will have a long holidays abroad with my family, I would like to watch these movies on the plane to kill time, as the Mac is too big and weight, I choose carry Kindle Fire HDX with me, Is there any way to make DVD play on my Kindle Fire HDX?”

Answer:

Kindle Fire HDX is perfect for work or play, with the fastest processor on a 7" tablet, the latest graphics engine, world-class Dolby audio, and a highly portable form factor, which is a perfect handheld device for movie watching.
No matter the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9(with 2560x1600 pixels display) or Kindle Fire HDX 7.0(with 1920x1200 pixels display) is a perfect handheld device for movie watching. It was very popular in movie lovers. However, just like other Android tablets, the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX doesn’t have a DVD-ROM for playing DVD movies. To get your DVD movies onto Kindle Fire HDX for amusement, you need to convert DVD to Kindle supported video format first.

I recommend a DVD to Kindle Fire converter for you，It can help you convert latest DVD movies to Kindle Fire HDX supported format。

How to convert DVD to Kindle HDX supported video format?

Requirement: Download and install the best DVD ripper for kindle fire HDX or DVD ripper for Mac.
Step 1. Launch the DVD Ripper for Kindle Fire HDX, insert the DVD disc to your DVD drive, and then click the "DVD disc" icon to navigate to the videos you want to convert. You can also add DVD disc, ISO file, IFO file or DVD folder.

Step 2. choose the output format. Click “Format” bar, here I recommend Android > Amazon Kindle Fire HD H.264(*.mp4). You can also click "Settings" to change the video encoder, frame rate, resolution, etc. as you wish.

Notes: if you want to select the subtitle and audio track, just click the drop-down list of ”subtitle” and ”audio”.

Step 3. Start the DVD to Kindle Fire HDX conversion by clicking the big Convert button. It will not take much time, once conversion finished, you can click “open”button in the main screen to get the generated Mp4 files.

After that, use the Micro USB cable that came with your Kindle Fire HDX to connect your device to your computer, your Kindle Fire HDX will appear as a drive in “my computer”,you can now drag the converted video files to your kindle fire HDX Tablet or use the copy and paste functions to accomplish this step.

Enjoy the movies!

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