Monday, September 10th, 2007

Hairspray Movie Review

If there's any type of movie I'd say that best reflects my idea of Hollywood, it's the big grand musical. Now I'm fairly aware that saying that sounds very gay, which I'm sure makes my homophobic girlfriend cringe. But hey, I'm not gonna lie. Big grand musicals are the epitome, to me, of what a [...]

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Movie Review

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, is the kind of movie that reminds me why I've decided at some point, to establish standards in my choice of movies. Not that it's earth - shattering mind you. Far from it. Rather, Fantastic Four II is the kind of movie that'll make you answer, when someone [...]

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Review of Wild Hogs

As far as I know, people either hate or love John Travolta. And I don't blame them. This is the direct result of producing a classic like Staying Alive, then dropping off the planet and getting listed in the celebrity 'whatever happened to..?' list for a decade or two. Then you come back with Pulp [...]

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Review of Pan’s Labyrinth

What's obvious to me during the watching of 'Laberinto del fauno, El' (Pan's Labyrinth), is that the performance of it's chief villain, Capitan Vidal, played magnificently by Sergi Lopez, effectively brings to life the best rendition of a movie villain I've ever seen.
To me, the bad guy is always the juiciest part in every film. [...]

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Ms. Potter Movie Review

Beatrix Potter in this movie, is an artist and a 32 year old woman forced to bear with the whims of a social climbing mother and a society that has yet to recognize the value of women in, well, any role other than that of the traditional, which in the 1800s was fairly limited. You [...]

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

The Queen Movie Review

'Duty first, self second' is a powerful statement that befits the (preferred) behaviour of all those seated in power across the world. In fact one would think, the higher and greater the power, the more applicable such a rule. Inasmuch as this is true, obviously the fact of the world at the moment is farthest [...]

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Top Movie Geeks Part Deux (from PWIT.org)

So ok it has not escaped my attention that the top 4 movie geeks post is well - visited, with thanks perhaps to my legions of relatives and the fact I have inserted a small applet that clicks it every few minutes to make it's 'hits' increase. Ehem. Anyway, so I've decided to make a [...]

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Review of Casino Royale

Of all the James Bond books, Casino Royale happened to be the first one I read when I was in high school. I remember it was a boring summer, and after watching one of Roger Moore's outings (which I remember to be Moonraker), I wanted more. I also remember choosing it because it was the [...]

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Movie Quotes To Remember Just Before Shooting Someone

"This is what's going to happen," she says. "This is what's going to happen. I will put a round precisely through your medulla oblongata, which is located at the base of your brain, straight through a point mid-distance between your upper lip and the bottom of your nose and you will be dead from the [...]

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Olivers Review

ang pagdadalaga ni maximo oliverosThis is rather late as it's been four days since I watched the movie at Gateway Cubao, but suffice to say I've been writing this post in my head ever since and I'm fairly itching to get it all out, so here it is, albeit I may have lost some of my thoughts since then.

At any rate here they are bulletpoint style. WARNING: If you haven't seen the movie, there are spoilers!

  • At no other time did I feel the blogging community has played such a pivotal role in influencing people than at the promotion of this movie. Jill and I were excited to watch if only because people like Pam, and even Jessica Zafra herself, who btw is also doing the subtitles for it, were literally screaming their heads off in praises, so the only natural thing to do really is to revert to sheep mode and go forth. Naturally.