It had been a long time since I have seen a documentary so emotionally-charged and effectively narrated as The Cove. When one talks of documentary, Michael Moore comes to mind - he was, after all, the controversial director behind Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko and the most recent Capitalism: A Love Story. His films are ( Read more... )

I am a faithful follower of Tom Ford's artistic ventures, from his fashion designer days to his (guest) magazine editing gig and now, his directorial debut. I appreciate his attention to detail in his art, every last details were loaded with intent to create an overall mood and theme. This meticulousness served him well during his fashion designer ( Read more... )

So this is the latest jewel of director Michael Haneke's twisted narrative. Shot in black and white and take place in a German village in the 1910s - the audiences witness a series of events which illustrated the undercurrent and power dynamics of the village ( Read more... )

As a species, human is obsessed about death. The end of living (at least in our physical world), thus mythologies from many cultures spoke of the band of undead in various shape or form. And of those, the one that receive the most cultural coverage probably was vampirism. Not only are there many literature about this mythical race in endless ( Read more... )

It was one of the films that inspire mixed reviews: either it was awesome in absolutely every sense of the word or it was a complete failure ( Read more... )

So, the list ( Read more... )

Presented by Guillermo del Toro, this film followed similar footstep in its magical quality as a thriller/horror. Beautifully shot, devoid of cheap scares and set against a flowing score, this film can easily fit among the legion of great horror ( Read more... )

IT is just so easy to be optimistic about the world, how the world is safe and the headlines on the newspapers are things that happens to Other People. Other People with whom we, Ordinary Ones, do not know even via six degrees of separation. The Glamourously Rich, the Immensely Powerful, the Whatever-We-Are-Not ( Read more... )

I always has doubts about this film, I mean, it's epic long and boring and preaching and every last thing a kid-friendly action/adventure film SHOULD NOT be. And then there's the whole "wow, we got a really hot-looking lead so let's put a terribly photoshopped him on the poster". I mean, what the hell is that perfectly sculpted chin-ass doing there ( Read more... )

I was expecting great things from this CGI-invested flick a la Transformers. Robert Downey Jr. alone would have made me go to see it (with or without great CGIs)

3 things I realized while seeing this film:

1. I am an absolute wh*re when it comes to moving parts, like you know, the twirling machinisms? It was very enjoyable. Now I know when I liked ( Read more... )