Okay, here’s where I may be bending the rules a bit. While I intended to only include theatrical films, I am willing to stretch the point for films that were intended for theatrical release only, for one reason or another, didn’t get one. One such case is the infamous 1994 film The Fantastic […]
Okay, I’ll get this out of the way right now. Cabin Boy is one of the worst “comedies” I have ever endured.
You know, I am terribly forgiving when it comes to material from people I like. And I like Chris Elliot. In the glory days of the old Late Night with David […]
The Lion King is the perfect culmination of all that had been ocurring at Disney Animation since the renaissance begun with The Little Mermaid. With each project, the visuals had become more lush and the stories had become more universal and more widely appealing. But it took the masterstroke (conceived by lyricist Tim […]
The films that Ed Wood is best known for are undoubtedly those on which he collaborated with his freind Bela Lugosi: Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster and, most famously, Plan 9 from Outer Space. In 1994, director Tim Burton filmed a fictionalized version of the making of these films in Ed Wood.
Glen […]
Viewed November 13, 2006
Darna: Ang pagbabalik aka Darna: The Return is an adventure story centering around Philippine super hero Darna and her struggle with her arch-nemesis Valentina.
For those of you unaware of Darna, she was created by Marz Ravelo (under the earlier name of Varga) in 1947 as an answer to the many American […]
Viewed November 1, 2006
Well, the day after Halloween must the time to start watching Christmas movies. At least that’s what the Disney Channel seems to have thought when they decided to air The Santa Clause on that day.
The basic premise of The Santa Clause is that a divorced father, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), […]
Viewed September 18, 2006
It’s A Wonderful Life (aka Daai foo ji ga) has little in common with its much more famous namesake than the fact that both are set in and around Christmastime. But this Hong Kong family comedy is surprisingly fun and heartfelt, rarely straying into the over-the-top nonsense seen so often in […]
Viewed May 16, 2006
Wolf is a nice throwback to old school horror films, with just enough modern updates to keep things fresh. Some dodgy effects are more than compensated for by excellent performances by a top notch cast.
This film is, essentially, an update to the classic werewolf story made famous by Lon Chaney, Jr. […]
Viewed February 14, 2006
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t is the story of a man trapped between the world he inhabits and the one he hopes for (but probably isn’t really for him, anyway). General Lui rules over a section of China and is despised by his people. His wife ignores him (instead […]