I finally got a short break to watch The Martian, which has been on my TBW pile for some time now. And I am now beating myself up for not seeing it sooner. I loved it, every second of it. Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is the botanist for the Ares 3 Mission to Mars when… Read More The Martian: Movie Review
Its 2154 and the earth as we know it is in shambles. The rich and powerful have left the planet and built a paradise of a space station called Elysium where there is no poverty, no disease — where citizens live in luxury oblivious and uncaring about the plight of those who still live on… Read More Elysium: Movie Review
I admit to watching The Bourne Legacy only out of curiosity. The film shot for several weeks in the Philippines — Manila in particular and I remember that the circus had caused news channels to focus on the shoot and the stars rather than the humongous traffic that the film was causing due to detours.… Read More The Bourne Legacy: A Review
I’ve always been curious to see Hereafter since its local release was pulled out because of the date’s proximity to the tsunami that hit Japan in 2010. I actually don’t think that it was released at all in the Philippines because of the sensitivity of its content (the beginning portion of the movie deals with… Read More Hereafter: A Belated Review
Contagion is not the first movie to tackle a storyline premised on an unknown virus that threatens to wipe out half of the planet, but it catches one’s attention because of the promise of A-listers populating this film — Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Lawrence Fishbourne, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow to name a… Read More Contagion: A Review
Before Martin Scorcese came out with The Departed in 2006, there was a masterpiece of a crime thriller called Infernal Affairs from Hong Kong, starring Chinese superstars Andy Lau and Tony Leung as two policemen who are living opposite yet intertwined lives — the righteous living the life of a gangster and the wicked living… Read More Infernal Affairs: A Review
I consider Matt Damon to be like fine wine wine — he gets better as he grows older. I find that he fell below my radar in the past years (yes, even when he was taking on really cool roles), but I began to appreciate him better after I’ve seen his most recent flicks (The… Read More The Adjustment Bureau: Another Belated Review
