Daily Archives: July 1, 2008

Jie Zheng reaches Wimbledon semifinals

By beating #18 seed Nicole Vaidisova, Jie Zheng is the first Chinese player to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament. She won 2 of the 3 sets (6-2, 5-7, 6-1) at Wimbledon. In her 2008 Wimbledon run, the 133rd-ranked Zheng has beaten #30 seed Dominika Cibulkova, #1 seed Ana Ivanovic, #15 seed Agnes Szavay, and #18 seed Nicole Vaidisova. (She has been on fire!!) However, her next match will be against 8-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams. They have faced each other previously in the first round at Wimbledon in 2004. Serena Williams defeated Jie Zheng in straight sets.


Good luck to Jie Zheng on Thursday.

Watch Jie Zheng interview after upsetting Nicole Vaidisova

Bruce and Lloyd : Out of Control

The spin-off film from Get Smart, Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control, is available today. The paralllel storline follows Bruce and Lloyd in a subplot that goes with the Get Smart movie. Masi Oka plays Bruce, while Nate Torrence plays Lloyd.

Here the synopsis for Bruce and Lloyd : Out of Control

After you’ve seen Get Smart in theaters, meet the brains behind the gadgets, Bruce & Lloyd, amd explore the labs of CONTROL in the all-new DVD adventure. Unlike Agent Maxwell Smart, who is off on his first official assignment, Bruce and Lloyd are not ace detectives, they’re R&D staffers – bumbling lab rats, geeky tech guys who make cool inventions come to life.

Goaded into showing off their latest invention at a company party — Optical Camouflage Technology (OCT), a kind of invisibility cloak — the boys awaken the next day to find the OCT lost. Or at least they cant find it. (The whole invisibility thing really complicates matters here!) Realizing their jobs are on the line, their quest to locate the OCT takes them outside the lab and far beyond their comfort zone as they attempt to identify who stole the OCT, recover it before it can fall into KAOS’ hands, and get it back to Control – all before the Chief ever has a clue anything has happened.

Buy the Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control DVD

My Blueberry Nights DVD

In Wong Kar Wai’s debut English language feature, My Blueberry Nights, the internationally acclaimed director takes his audience on a dramatic journey across the distance between heartbreak and a new beginning.

After a rough break-up, Elizabeth (played by songstress Norah Jones in her screen debut) sets out on a journey across America, leaving behind a life of memories, a dream and a soulful new friend; a café owner (Jude Law)—all while in search of something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country, Elizabeth befriends others whose yearnings are greater than hers, including a troubled cop (David Strathairn) and his estranged wife (Rachel Weisz) and a down-on-her luck gambler (Natalie Portman) with a score to settle. Through these individuals, Elizabeth witnesses the true depths of loneliness and emptiness, and begins to understand that her own journey is part of a greater exploration within herself.

Buy the My Blueberry Nights DVD