Jan 09
Two things are certain when it comes to futuristic Will Smith movies. One, they earn over a hundred mil. Two, everyone or everything wants a piece of the fresh prince, whether they be aliens or robots or, in this case, zombies with sensitive skin.
Will Smith plays soldier-slash-scientist Robert Neville in the loose movie adaptation of a Richard Matheson novel, which figures like a cross between the premise of Resident Evil, the car picking spree of Grand Theft Auto, and the weird-looking Persians from 300.
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Jan 06
That’s right, I’m picking Will Smith’s adaptation over Nicolas Cage’s thriller as first choice on opening night. Primarily, because it must take a pretty good movie to break the box office record for a December opening weekend, given the stiff annual holiday competition (the likes of LOTR and Harry Potter).
Watch for this review on 01.09.
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Dec 09
It’s caused another stir with religious authorities, but some of us just want to watch it for the cutesy fuzzy wuzzy polar bears… cough…
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Running time : 1:40
Post-credit extras : no nil none nyet nada zilch
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You know them from :
Veteran actors Sir Ian McKellen (Iorek) and Christopher Lee (First High Councilor) played wizards Gandalf the Gay and Saruman, respectively
Daniel Craig (Lord Asriel) and Eva Green (Serafina) are Bond girl and Bond (respectively? figure it out)
If you don’t know Nicole Kidman (Marisa), where you been at?
Sam Elliott (Lee) gets to recycle his getup from Ghost Rider
New child actress Dakota Richards (Lyra) looks like a young Uma Thurman
Notes :
- All Worlds Think Alike. Doesn’t matter what universe you’re in, prophesies always pick the kids to play “the chosen one” (pause for hushed awe). Didn’t translate into Continue reading »
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Dec 01
Ultraviolet (2006)
Running Time: 1:30
Cast: Milla Jovovich
Genre: action
Rating: 1/10
Nice trailer, hot ass-kicking chick, testosterone-inducing tagline, what’s not to like? Turns out, plenty. Jovovich stars as comic book heroine Violet who’s caught in the middle of a war. In actuality, she seems to be the only one actually waging war in this one-and-a-half hour head scratcher, spraying bullets at faceless foot soldiers who lie flat on their backs faster than Paris Hilton when the camera’s rolling. Between fight sequences she also manages to strike a pose a-la Zoolander, or change hair color a-la Jennifer Garner in Alias. The change in color’s supposed to reflect how she feels, so I’m guessing the whole Continue reading »
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Nov 25
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Running Time: 1:40
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu
Genre: action / comedy
Rating: 1/10
Suspension of disbelief doesn’t mean license to bend the movie reality at will. Indiana Jones didn’t suddenly develop the power of flight in the sequels (hopefully this trend will continue into next year). Jason Bourne couldn’t dodge bullets in Supremacy or Ultimatum. Somehow, the angels get to do both, begging the question: is this an action/spy movie about a classic trio of talented agents (which would make sense since this is the sequel to one), or a sci-fi movie documenting the beginning of evolutionary change in human Continue reading »
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Nov 25
There are no happily ever afters in New York. Ouch. Never expected some hard truths to come from a princess movie? Disney comes up with a refreshing reality-check fantasy in this week’s double feature of
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Running time : 1:50
Post-credit extras : safe to head for the exits early for this one
You know them from :
Amy Adams (Giselle) was also in Underdog and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
James Marsden (Prince Edward) played “come steal my girl” roles as Cyclops and Lois Lane’s boyfriend
Patrick Dempsey (Robert) is Grey’s Anatomy’s Doc McDreamy
Timothy Spall (Nathaniel) played another lowly subordinate role as Pettigrew in the Potter movies (coincidentally, Adams is working on a movie called “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day”)
Susan Sarandon (Queen Narissa) needs no introduction
Notes :
- Reality bites. Giselle takes a page from Edward Bloom (Big Fish) in terms of innocent positivity, but Bloom never had to deal with big city traffic, mugging, and subway crowding. Continue reading »
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Nov 22
Who wouldn’t have applauded finally seeing our favorite childhood pastime emerge in full animation in the big screen? For those who grew up with this tin can gang, crazed fans makes a standing ovation for the summation of the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons into a comical adventure. The film did not fail to recognize those who are but new to this morning cartoon show and even the girls are swooned in seeing the heroic Optimus Prime.
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Nov 22
Based on a 2002 novel with the same title, the 2007 screen adaptation shies away from the original storyline where Annie Braddock chooses to be a nanny after graduation instead of being a nanny since her college years. The film storyline does not also tackle her family trials but focuses only on the role of her single mother to her as a confused newly college graduate. She had her eye to become an anthropologist since college but her mother pushes her to become part of the finance industry. This leads her to escape the pressure to give herself time to rethink things at hand. Annie’s destiny to become a nanny was when her name was misunderstood by a Mrs. X from an Annie to a Nanny.
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Nov 19
For my students last Saturday at their Comprehensive Exam, one objected against the words “It’s hard being a loser.” I was stunned when I read the quote I have written above the instructions for the examination realizing that they were downhearted by these words. So I have to explain that this only means that in life, you have to prove your worth by at first admitting yourself your own weaknesses. Secondly, a certain passage in Don Bosco’s life featured the same teenage boys who have the same fate. Lastly, this came from a teenage gangster in the film called Gridiron Gang.
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Nov 19
The trailer of the film seemed casted and played all through out by real actors for (1) the graphics are similar to its character reference and (2) a split-second peek at the characters and scenes of the film. It was only in the big screen that the nude and voluptuous Mrs. Pitt became a CG fantasy, very much in annoyance of the male viewers. The resemblance of the characters to the actors are impressively identical except for the height of the computer-generated characters, who seemed small in the big screen. The whole film was as if played in a theatre stage, only enveloped by CG through motion capture of the characters and visual effects of the surroundings.
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