English Movie Review Kung Fu Panda 3 - Cast & Crew

Who will not be stung with her “pouting lips?” Angelina Jolie is really a well pronounced movie actress, director and humanitarian worker. She was not so welcomed by critics at the early years of her career due to the lack of passion in way of acting. Later on she made a marked and became one of the highest paid actors/actresses of all time.

Born Angelina Jolie Voight in June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Daughter of renowned and award winning actor Jon Voight. Married to Brad Pitt with 6 children including adopted. Angelina, aside from being actress, she is also a worker for humanitarian relief and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. She won her first Golden Globe Award for the miniseries “George Wallace” for “Best Supporting Actress.” Lead and won the Best Supporting Actress Award for the film-miniseries “Gia.” It also followed Academy Award Best Supporting Actress, Outstanding Supporting Female Actor for Screen Actors Guild and multiple nominations in the mentioned guilds. She became more famous with her own-made-stunt, no double Lara Croft Series. She’s included in 2015’s Most Admired Personality and got the first places from Brazil, Russia and Singapore. She received award from Queen Elizabeth with an Emblem Honorary Dame Grand Cross for fighting sexual violence and for UK Foreign Policy.

Aside from having multiple nominations, Jolie became more popular and media-frenzy when she was listed to be one of the “Sexiest Woman Alive” for FHM Magazine multiple times. Ever since then she ranked within 100 Sexiest Woman and known to have 14 tattoos over her body. She became a public figure and become a “Sex Icon’ having her dubbed as one of the most dreamed personalities of any man. Their appearances boosted up when they made announcements for engagement with Brad Pitt. With her almost-perfect-face complemented by her lips, she is so sophisticated and quite strict when it comes to camera lights, stage set-up and always requests to have a proper capture from head and up to breast lines.

Also one of the fun facts about Jolie is that she has royal bloodline. It is believed that Jolie’s late mother Marcheline Bertrand is a descendant of King Philip II of France. Not just that but also her husband Pitt have royal bloodline from King Henry II of England. Jolie have difficult times with his father due to Jon Voight as a womanizer. They finally settled and reconciled last 2007.

Kate Hudson is an American actress who is the daughter of Bill Hudson, an actor, comedian, musician, and Goldie Hawn, an Academy Award winning actress-producer. Thus, there is no surprise in seeing this young charm coming out with flying colors in the cine industry. Unfortunately, her parents were divorced after 18 months of her birth and thus she was brought up by her mother and her partner actor Kurt Russell, who filled in her dad’s shoes.

Lucy Liu is a popular American model and actress. She is also a film producer and a director who came from the Chinese lineage. She was born on December 2, 1968 at Jackson Heights in New York to Cecilia and Tom Liu. She got her middle name, Alexis while she’s in high school. Her parents was originally from Beijing and Shanghai and the two just met in New York. She grew up in a diversified community. She learnt Mandarin language at home and studies English at the age of 5. She studied at Joseph Pulitzer Middle School and in 1986, she graduated at Stuyvesant High School. Subsequently, she attended New York University and went to the University of Michigan where she became a Chi Omega sorority member. She earns a degree in Asian languages and cultures. Lucy initially worked as a waitress from 1988 to 1989.

Lucy was spotted by an agent when she was 19-years old wandering on the subway. She did one commercial and later auditioned for the production of Alice in Wonderland while in college. Although Lucy had auditioned for a supporting role, she was cast in the main role. In 1992, she made her debut in the New York stage through Tina Chen’s Fairy Bones. The actress has done small roles in television and films. She appeared in The X-Files’ episode, Hell Money and also in The March to Freedom, the 8th episode of the television series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys before she played the role of Ling Woo in the very popular legal comedy-drama series, Ally McBeal. Initially, she auditioned for Nelle Porter’s character but her current role had been made specifically for her. She was supposedly appeared in the show temporarily but due to the positive feedbacks from the audience, she became a permanent cast. Lucy received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for doing her role successfully. In 1999, he bagged the role of Pearl, a prostitute associated to the Chinese Mafia in the crime film, Payback.

Lucy was also one of the Charlie’s Angels. She essayed the role of Alex Munday along with Dylan Sanders (played by Drew Barrymore) and Natalie Cook (played by Cameron Diaz). The film became a box-office success and grossed over $125-Million in U.S. and $264-Million worldwide. She portrayed the same character in the Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle in 2003. The film is also a box-office hit and grossed $100-Million in U.S. and $259-Million worldwide. She was also featured as Agent Sever in the action-thriller film, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever along with Antonio Banderas in 2002.

Lucy also hosted the late night show, Saturday Night Live in 2000. She also acted in two episodes of the comedy drama series, Ugly Betty. In 2001, she did a guest appearance as herself in the episode, Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda of the romantic sitcom, Sex and the City. Lucy was starred as Mia Mason in the comedy drama show inspired by Sex and the City, Cashmere Mafia. She had done cameo appearance in the adult animated sitcoms, Futurama and The Simpsons. In 2002, she bagged the role of Rita Foster in Brainstorm. Shortly after, she acted as O-Ren Ishii in the martial arts film, Kill Bill which stars Uma Thurman. Lucy got the Best Movie Villain award at the MTV Award for her role in the film. Afterwards, she appeared in many episodes of the sitcom, Joey. She also did films like Chicago and Domino bagging minor roles. She was seen as Lindsey in the crime mafia film, Lucky Number Slevin opposite with Slevin Kelevra (played by Josh Hartnett). The actress also played as a Chinese HIV positive in the 2005 film, 3 Needles.

In year 2007, Lucy played the role of a undead reporter in the action-comedy film, Code Name: The Cleaner from which she got the 41st place on being one of the ‘Top 50 Sexiest Vampires’. She also played as Violet, a femme fatale in the romantic comedy film, Watching the Detectives. Lucy made her debut on being a producer in the remake of the film, Charlie Chan. She was also ranked in the 96th place on being one of the ‘100 Sexiest Movie Stars’. From 2008 to 2009, she bagged the role of Nola Lyons in the prime time drama series, Dirty Sexy Money. She also voiced the Silvermist’s character in Disney Fairies and voiced Viper’s character in Kung Fu Panda.

She made her debut in the Broadway through the play, god of Carnage. In 2012, she played as Dr. Joan Watson in the crime drama series, Elementary and acted as a police officer in the drama series, Southland where she won the Best Drama Guest Actress at the Critics’ Choice Television Award. Lucy is also the narrator of The Bullitts.

Besides acting and producing, Lucy is also an artist who has done various gallery shows displaying her collage, photography, paintings and more.

Guillermo Del Toro Gomez is a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter and a novelist. He was born on 9th October 1964 in Mexico. From his teens, he developed an interest in filmmaking. He studied make-up and special effects for ten years and then formed his company, Necropia. He is also the co-founder of Guadalajara International Film Festival. He formed his production company in the name Tequila Gang.

Jack Black whose full name is Thomas Jacob Black was born on the 28th August in the year 1969 in Santa Monica, California. Jack is the son of Thomas William Black and Judith Love. Both his parents were satellite engineers. Jack’s parents got divorced when he was ten years old. Jack did his high school at a private secondary school called the Poseidon School after which he also attended the Crossroads School where he showed an interest towards Drama and further went on to pursuing a successful career in entertainment.

Ostentatiously known for his anti-hero role of Walter White, in the AMC-produced "Breaking Bad," and Hal in "Malcolm in the Middle," Bryan Cranston is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and a voice-artist. Born to parents, Joseph Cranston, and Audrey Cell, Bryan spent his childhood in the neighborhood of the Canoga Park, Los Angeles. He pursued his education at the Canoga Park High School and attended the Los Angeles Valley College to study Police Science. Cranston's father walked out on the family when Brian was only 11 but was tracked down by Brian and his brother 11 years later, thus reuniting the family. San Fernando Valley's Granada Theater is where Cranston started his theater, but soon his parents discouraged him from pursuing acting following the unstable nature of the profession. Later on, the Universal Life Church appointed him to perform ministerial duties at local weddings and was paid an amount nearing to $150 per event. The decade of the 1980s saw Cranston briefly feature in commercials and doing voice-overs for Japanese animations such as Royal Space Force, Armitage III, and Macross Plus, dubbing them in English. In 1983, Cranston played Douglas Donovan in the ABC-produced television series "Loving," and was also cast in Raising Miranda. The HBO-produced "From Earth to the Moon" saw Brian Cranston portray the NASA scientist Buzz Aldrin, followed by the movie "That Thing You Do!" where he played NASA's Gus Grissom. Steven Spielberg, in 1998, cast Cranston in his war movie "Saving Private Ryan."

David Cross comes from a mixed heritage, his mother Susi is said to be American and father Barry hails from Yorkshire, England. David grew up in the States and did not have his father around him while growing up. It is said that his father left him when he was a child and they settled in Georgia. Having a dysfunctional family, David was born with the funny bone and he began his Stand-up acts when he was in the school itself.

He will play tricks in your mind as you watch his movies. Known to be one of the legends in silver screen. Born as Dustin Lee Hoffman on August 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. First appeared for the movie “The Tiger Makes Out”, and received awards for the movie “The Graduate” a story of a graduate student that finds difficulties between his lover and daughter. He also receive multiple awards for the movie “Midnight Cowboy”, with his BAFTA Best Actor award for the movie “John and Mary”, as Jack for the movie “Little Big Man”, and the odd movie title “Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?” He made a reprising portrayal for the movie “Lenny”, and the movie “Marathon Man” a story of a graduate student that discovers exiled Nazi, stolen diamonds and a rogue government agent. He did it again receiving Best Actor from Academy for the movie “Kramer vs. Kramer”, adding more trophies for the movie “Tootsie”, as William for “Death of a Salesman”, starred with Tom Cruise in the movie “Rain Man” a story of brothers that receives unequal fortune from the death of his father.

James Hong is a Chinese actor and producer from the American film industry. He was born on February 22nd, 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father Frank W. Hong migrated from Hong Kong via Canada. He owns a restaurant. His grandfather was a teacher. Hong did his early education in Hong Kong and came back to the United States when he was only ten years old. He completed his schooling from Minneapolis Central High School and graduated with a degree in civil engineering from the Southern California University. He worked as a road engineer in Los Angeles for seven years.

Mads Mikkelsen is an eminent Danish actor. He was born as Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen on November 22, 1965 at Østerbro, Copenhagen in Denmark to Bente Christiansen and Henning Mikkelsen. Mads grew up in Nørrebro. During his childhood, he was trained to become a gymnast and he aims to pursue athletics. However, he studied in Gotherburg where he become articulate in speaking Swedish language. He became a professional dancer for almost ten years until he quits and decided to study at the Århus Theatre School to start a career in acting.

He was debuted as a film actor through the Danish crime film, Pusher in 1996, where he played as the sidekick of Frank (played by Kim Bodnia). The film made a success internationally and later, two sequels were produced. He continued to play small roles and most often, he did comic roles in popular Danish films. But later, he bagged the lead role of Lenny in the crime drama film, Bleeder in 1999. In 2000, he essayed the role of Arne, a gangster in the black comedy film, Flickering Lights. A year later, the actor gained more fame after portraying a gay role opposite with Troels Lyby in the black comedy film, Shake It All About. In 2002, he was starred he did his award winning performance as a doctor who fell in love with one of his patient’s girlfriend in the film, Open Hearts. His performance gained Mads Robert and Bodil nominations for Best Actor in year 2003. He also received the Best Actor award at the Rouen Nordic Film Festival. In 2003, he was featured in the short picture film, Nu as a husband who leaves his family. Later, he bagged the role of Svend, assistant of a butcher where they serve human meat in The Green Butchers. Mads received the Best Actor award at the Fantasporto Award. Subsequently, he was cast as Magnus in the Spanish/Danish film, Torremolinos 73. In 2004, he did a recurring role in Pusher II, a sequel of his the 1996 film, Sequel from which he received acclaim and accolades such as Best Actor Award at the Bodil Award, Zulu Award and Robert Festival Award. In 2005, the brilliant actor played the role of Ivan Fjesldsted in the black comedy film, Adam’s Apples. Mads’ breakthrough was from the television crime series, Rejseholdet where he played as Allan Fischer, a detective inspector from which he gained the Best Actor Award at the TvFestival.dk. This is his longest running character which runs for 32 episodes. He became a renowned actor internationally after donning the role of Tristan in the2004 film, King Arthur. This film received negative reviews but commercially successful.

In 2006, he was starred as Christoffer in the award-winning film, Prag opposite with Stine Stengade. He gained the Best Actor at the Zulu Award and nomination at the Robert Festival. In the same year, his portrayal of Le Chiffre’s character in the popular film, Casino Royale was extensively acclaimed. Later, he was cast in the lead role as Jacob Petersen in the drama film, After the Wedding from which he also earned many nominations in different festivals. In 2008, he played as Jørgen Haagen Schmith, a resistance fighter in the drama-action film, Flame & Citron. The film is nearly based on the real-life events about the two most active fighters in World War II. He also voiced Le Chiffre’s character in the video game, 007: Quantum of Solace. The following year, he bagged the lead role as Igor Stravinsky in the critically acclaimed French film, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky. A story about the relationship of a fashion designer and a composer. He returned to doing aggressive roles in the adventure drama film, Valhalla Rising in 2009. He acted as Draco in the 2010’s fantasy-adventure film, Clash of the Titans.

In 2011, the actor played the villainous character of Captain Rochefort in the 3D film, The Three Musketeers. This film received negative reviews from the critics. He was starred as Lucas in the drama film, The Hunt in 2012, from which he gained the Best Actor Awards at the Bodil Awards, Robert Award and Cannes Film Festival. In the same year, he was featured in the historical highest budget drama film, A Royal Affair and essayed the role of Johann Friedrich Struensee, a physician who had an affair with Caroline Mathilda of Great Britain (played by Alicia Vikander) while healing his mentally ill husband, Christian VII (played by Mikkel Følsgaard). In the same year, Mads received the American Society’s Person of the Year. He was also starred in the thriller-horror television series, Hannibal. He donned the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter on NBC. He also appeared as Nigel in the American-Romanian adventure film, Charlie Countryman in 2013. Recently, Mads has done the film, The Salvation which is set to release this year. He is also set to voiced one of the characters in Kung Fu Panda 3 in 2015 and will star in the remake of the 1972 film, Cut – Throats Nine together with Jordi Mollá and Harvey Keitel.

The non-religious actor got married to Hanne Jacobsen in year 2000. They have been dating since 1987. The couple has two children namely, Viola and Carl.

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Mads Mikkelson is a very known Danish actor, born on November 22, 1965. He started his career in acting in the year 1996, although, originally he is a gymnast and a dancer. Mads rose to fame with the Pusher film trilogies first two films in the role of Tonny, who was a drug dealer. Also his role as Alan Fischer, a brash yet sensitive policeman in Rejseholdet (Unit One), a popular television series was received well by the audiences. Mads was born to Henning Mikkelsen and Bente Christiansen in Østerbro, Copenhagen. He was the second child of his parents. Both he and his elder brother Lars are actors and were raised in Norrebro. During his time of learning dance, he started dating Hanne Jacobsen, a choreographer herself and later married her in 2000. They both have two children, a daughter, and a son. He was a professional dancer but left it behind to become an actor and study drama in 1996 at Århus Theatre School. 

Seth Rogen is a Canadian born actor, comedian, writer, and director. He has been a huge cultural icon and movie celebrity in the years spanning his career in Hollywood. Rogen was born in Vancouver to a Jewish family who engaged in social activism. His early years were spent in the pursuit of comedy, knowing that nothing else was better suited to his wit and comic potential. He joined the Mark Pooley’s workshop and began doing regular stand up at the age of 12. He was often engaged by local bars, small parties, and bar mitzvahs to perform an act which primarily revolved around his everyday life as a Jewish teenager. He was only 13 when he co-wrote the iconic teen movie, ‘Superbad.’ He came second at the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest when he was 16. In the same year, he dropped out of high school after he was cast on the set of the show ‘Freaks and Geeks’ to support his family.