Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Sunday, 26 July 2015
Saturday, 25 July 2015
Movie Review: Paper Towns
Adapted from the bestselling novel by author John Green, PAPER TOWNS is a
coming-of-age story centering on Quentin and his enigmatic neighbor
Margo, who loved mysteries so much she became one. After taking him on
an all-night adventure through their hometown, Margo suddenly disappears
- leaving behind cryptic clues for Quentin to decipher. The search
leads Quentin and his quick-witted friends on an exhilarating adventure
that is equal parts hilarious and moving. Ultimately, to track down
Margo, Quentin must find a deeper understanding of true friendship - and
true love.
Friday, 24 July 2015
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Movie Review: Ant-Man
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in
strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his
mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man
suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly
insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist
that will save the world.
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Movie Review: Chain Mail
A
usual chain mail is forwarded to a group of people. Some pass it while
others ignore. One dies and is followed by series of sudden and
unexplainable deaths of others. Soon after, a revelation begins to
unfold, the chain mail is cursed and so she has to find the origin and
mystery behind to stop the misfortunes it may cause to anyone who fails
to pass it before another life perish again. Sandra also suspects Anne
is behind the tragic incidents that happened to their friends.
Will she break the curse before it’s too late or will she become one of the victims?
Will she break the curse before it’s too late or will she become one of the victims?
Saturday, 18 July 2015
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Sunday, 12 July 2015
Saturday, 11 July 2015
Thursday, 9 July 2015
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Monday, 6 July 2015
Movie Review: Da Dog Show
The Dog Show is the true story of a man engaged in trick shows in the
streets of Manila. Sergio is trying to save enough money in order to
get back his youngest son from his rebellious wife, who suddenly leaves
him for good. He gets a lot of help from his children, especially his
27-year-old daughter Celia, who is inflicted with retardation. Celia
misses her mother so much that she spends hours using her manicure set,
alone in the bewitching stillness of the night among the abandoned open
tombs of the public cemetery where she keeps a closet for her mother’s
belongings. Sergio and his family live in a cemetery mausoleum.
Movie Review: Son of Mine
Lei, descendant of an unemployed coal miner, is an aimless man in his
fifties, living a hand to mouth existence. When Lei’s son Jeffrey
discovers that Lei has a long-drawn debt with Vester, a charismatic
crime boss, he does what every loving son would do: He reckons his
father’s debt as his own.
Movie Review: Filosofi Kopi
The movie is a tale about soul-searching and making peace with the past
through coffee. Ben and Jody are two friends and owners of ‘Filosofi
Kopi’, a sophisticated coffee shop known for only serving the best
coffee in the country. When a businessman challenges them to make “the
perfect cup”, Ben and Jody embark on an adventure that forces them to
visit their troubled pasts and re-examine their relationships with their
parents. It is a film that not only tells a captivating story, but one
that will make us look at coffee with a whole new, passionate
perspective.
Movie Review: Not All is Vigil
Antonio and Felisa have been living together their whole life, in a
little village of the province of Teruel. Now that their health is more
fragile they are afraid of not being able to take care of each other. On
the horizon the prospect of having to go into a retirement home appears
as a threat. Not All Is Vigil portrays love in old age,
tossing-and-turning nights due to the fear of loneliness, death and
separation from the beloved. It portrays the fear of leaving one’s life
in someone else’s hands and losing independence.
Movie Review: Crimean
KIRIMLI has been adapted from Cengiz Dagci’s first novel “Korkunc
Yillar” (Horrible Years), published in 1956. The author who passed away
in 2011 has his entire body of work focus on the culture of the Crimean
Tatars and the suffering of the Crimean Turks. In the years following
the Russian Revolution, Sadik Turan is born in a Crimea where people had
hops for better cultural rights and more freedom, but instead, had to
face oppression from Russia nationalist politics. During the Stalin era
where the oppression is at its peak, Sadik starts school. One morning,
he becomes horrified when Red Army soldiers barge into classrooms and
declare the mandatory use of the Cyrillic alphabet instead of the
Turkish alphabet. And then, he witnesses how they are being robbed of
their faith through the demolition of mosques.
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Movie Review: The Breakup Playlist
The
Breakup Playlist presents the story of Trixie (Sarah Geronimo) and
Gino (Piolo Pascual), musicians who will fall in love with each other.
Will they be able to hold on to this love forever? Or will it, just
like any song, end eventually?
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