Empire of the Sun

i watched this film when i was a little girl and christian bale does an absolutely amazing performance. he is so young yet so capable of carrying this film from start to finish. not exactly your feel good movie, but i... Full review

Good film but somewhat slow, but a very interesting film. I would say that it is worth watching. Very good acting, excelleng direction and so on.... Full review

one of the best movies i have ever seen. i have never seen a film that great about things that happened durring WW2, but not considered a war movie.... Full review

definetely one of my all time favorites. the atomosphere throughout the movie is almost haunting. very recommended. for such a young actor christian bale's performance is excellant. though it received little recognition i also enjoyed the cinematography.... Full review

This movie is a very excellent film starring then young and talented Christian Bale. His portrail of a young boy surviving during the war was grade A excellentae'. I got so lost in this movie and felt for his character the... Full review

one of the best movies i have ever seen. i have never seen a film that great about things that happened durring WW2, but not considered a war movie.... Full review

Good film but somewhat slow, but a very interesting film. I would say that it is worth watching. Very good acting, excelleng direction and so on.... Full review

definetely one of my all time favorites. the atomosphere throughout the movie is almost haunting. very recommended. for such a young actor christian bale's performance is excellant. though it received little recognition i also enjoyed the cinematography.... Full review

This movie is a very excellent film starring then young and talented Christian Bale. His portrail of a young boy surviving during the war was grade A excellentae'. I got so lost in this movie and felt for his character the... Full review

Featured account of a boys valiant search to reunite with his parents in war torn Shanghai, derived from the autobiographical novel J. G. Ballard. Jim Graham [Christian Bale] socialized life is turned into a nightmare, as he and his family are... Full review

Australian fantasy pop duo Empire of the Sun have come fourth on the BBC's Sound of 2009 list, which features the best bands and singers to watch in the next 12 months. Music is magic, and with imagination combined it can be completely epic Luke Steele (right) Empire of the Sun interview on BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat "We are superheroes. ... Full Review

Christian Bale was only 13 when he played a British prisoner of war in "Empire of the Sun," but he had already decided what he did and didn't like about Hollywood. At a press tour in Paris for the film, Bale said he "lost my s- - -. ... Full Review

Indeed, to an astute, observant film buff, "Empire" plays like a rough cut that needs to be trimmed down to two hours and needs a real orchestral score. However, by refocusing his feelings and intellectual responses towards WWII in making "Empire of the Sun," Spielberg regained a better historical understanding of the European conflict. ... Full Review

With a wistful handsomeness to complement his impressive, sometimes underrated talent, Bale has become something of a quiet sensation, netting choice roles in a number of unconventional, critically acclaimed films. "Christian Bale" is one of the few actors in Hollywood whose child stardom has successfully translated to steady and respectable adult employment. ... Full Review

By Jeffrey M. Anderson Buy Empire of the Sun on DVD Author J.G. Ballard called Elem Klimov's Come and See the greatest war movie ever made.....The DVD contains an excellent 1987 feature-length documentary on the making of the film..... ... Full Review

EMPIRE of the Sun scored four ARIA Awards at this year's annual event taking out the best group gong. The duo of Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore beat Aussie rock legends AC/DC, Eskimo Joe, Hilltop Hoods, and The Drones to... ... Full Article

'IT'S amazing, it's, like, the best work I've ever done,' Pnau's Nick Littlemore told Metro in January 2008 of a side project he was then working on with Sleepy Jackson main man Luke Steele. ''Steelemore is the tentative title,'' Littlemore... ... Full Article

Empire of the Sun's Nick Littlemore has revealed that he spent his unexplained absence from the band travelling and writing songs with his side-project. Earlier this month, frontman Luke Steele confessed that he had not seen or heard from his... ... Full Article

TOKYO - THE Japan Art Association on Thursday named British playwright Tom Stoppard as a recipient of the Praemium Imperiale, one of the richest awards in the arts world. ... Full Article

EVERYTHING about the electro ''fantasy pop'' duo Empire of the Sun is couched in hyperbole - their fantastically camp costumes, their epic, other-worldly video clips and the mythology they've created for themselves - so as their highly anticipated live debut... ... Full Article

Ah, Jay-Z. Jazzy. The Jigga man. The Hov. J Hova. With the release of The Blueprint 3 , we find ourselves witness to Shawn Carter's 11th album of raps about how great he is -- and once again, it's clever,... ... Full Article