Wall-E impressed me. When I first saw the trailer, I was doubtful... A movie where the main characters almost don't talk?!? But, leave it to the genuises in Disney and Pixar to make it work the movie conveyed more emotion better than most movies out there.

It is an animated Disney film and thus geared towards kids but it easily can keep the grownups entertained. Actually, a lot of the subtle "unspoken" words I thought would take an adult to really understand. It's amazing how little details can communicate a message as effectively as spoken words do or even better. Kids would love it since it's full of "fun" chase scenes and interesting characters.

Critics are even talking that this may be a Best Picture Oscar nominee. Not the animated category but the real deal. No one has done that since Beauty and the Beast. But the odds are stacked up against it though. Conventional thinkers of course wouldn't even consider Wall-E since there were no real live actors.

Overall, I was not blown away by Wall-E like Matrix or LOTR. But since it is unique in terms of making a movie where the script is mostly... "woh", "beep", "wall-e", and "eva"... pushed my rating of it to 5 stars. Just for that, it is a must watch for me moreso for those with little kids.

I haven't watched the first movie and I haven't read the comic book either. But the witty and quirky trailer advertisements plus the good review from movie critics convinced me to watch it.

Being a sci-fi fan I was not disappointed and enjoyed watching Hellboy 2. Directed by Guillermo del Toro of Pan's Labyrinth fame, there was a wide array of interesting "alien" characters and scenes to feed ones fancy.

The movie basically remained true as well to what they showed in the trailer with funny lines cleverly placed all over the movie. Plus, add to that the fight scenes reminiscent of anime or fighting game movies.

The only criticism I have was that the story was not complex enough and a bit predictable. Overall though, worth watching even if you're not a fan of Hellboy and you basically want to watch a good movie.

I know... huli na ako sa balita. But it;s hard to convince myself to watch a movie here where it costs $10! So I wanted to make sure it's worth it. And I read and heard rave reviews of The Incredible Hulk.... so why not.

Frankly, when they first showed trailers of this I was... "what? another one?". But I'm glad they did. Aside from the fact its well made, they made sure they placed small bits and pieces to "excite" the real fans.

Stan Lee - Again, the guy just had to make a cameo. Nice!

Lou Ferrigno - That was good of them to get the original TV series hulk in the movie too. Last time we saw this guy mukhang kawawa signing authographs in conventions for some fee to earn some bucks. Now, he gets a cameo part AND voices the Hulk himself.

"Hulk Smash!" - Hey! Just like in the game! That caught me by surprise.

Surprise endings - Just like Iron Man... you go out of the theater knowing they're brewing something big. I'm glad they didn't opt to put it at the very end of the credits anymore!

Nice one! I see a pattern here... Iron Man vs. "evil" Iron Man (Iron Monger)... Hulk vs. "evil" Hulk (Abomination)... Hmmm

Good one!

Not bad. First part was dragging considering this is the 2nd installment. It still took a long time just to set things up. Nice movie though. Worth watching. I guess for the ladies, they'd watch it for prince caspian alone.

Just "ok" for me.

Indy is back and it was worth the wait. You can hardly go wrong with the same team that made the original came back to do Crystal Skull. I guess the next Indiana Jones would be starring Shia Lebouf :P

Liked it but came short of loving it.

It has been some time since I last watched a broadway show and Avenue Q came highly recommended... from my brother, friends, officemates, online... even from those who haven't seen it! So there was already high expectations from me plus I came with friends who don't usually watch broadway either. Thus, it should be really good for us to be satisfied.

Avenue Q did not fail us. It was all that it was hyped-up to be. I was surprised that live people were acting beside puppets and the actor holding puppets are visible at plain sight. I initially thought that they make efforts to hide. But immediately you begin to ignore the actor and focus on the puppet. They are so talented and the scripts, songs and jokes were spot-on. Not since Rent i've listed to al the songs of the play afterwards.

So... don't miss the local run in Manila!!! You won't regret watching it!

Entertaining. Recommended if you need a laugh trip. Not a must watch... you can wait for it on DVD (but if you are in Manila, you can get it in DVD now and watch it at home).

The best action movie this year for me. If I was in Manila I would have watched this the first week it came out. Here, movies are relatively expensive that we woke up early one Sunday morning to watch if for $5 ($4 off regular price).
It was a nice "ender" for the Bourne series. I thought it would be hard to match the previous two but it did even surpass it I think. The reviews here rated it A- when all other movies bested at B. Watch it.

(This was an old blog post of mine on my HP7 book review last month)
And so it ends... as promised, Harry Potter ended with the release of the 7th book last weekend. Did it live up to the hype??? You bet it did! I wasn't certain that it would as the last few books since book 3 I thought left too many things unclear. Being the last book of the series, it had the advantage of being able to close it all.

Last friday, people filled a nearby Barnes & Noble @ midnight... simply waiting to get a hold of the book ASAP. I was there more to see the crowd who were wearing costumes including one who wore Hagrid's robes and who must be wearing stilts underneath.

I finished the book the other night... not because I can't wait... but I'm afraid I get to hear or read of the ending accidentally and spoil the experience (which happened to a friend recently). It was written in a way that it was as if you were watching an action sci-fi movie complete with drama (and musical scores in your head! Seriously!).

Of course theories abound on what happens in HP7. (A bit of a spoiler alert but I won't mention anything specific.) Things such as Dumbledore is alive or Snape is good or Harry dies... The book did not disappoint... it was expectedly unexpected. A friend said that it somewhat like LOTR where instead of Frodo and the fellowship, you have Harry with Ron and Hermione (plus DA and the order). You have the battle at hogwarts replacing battle at Gondor. Many died. Many lived. A great way to end a great series. JK gave a last surprise by writing an Epilogue at the end... set 19 years after it all.

Kudos to JK Rowling! I do hope the series won't be spoiled by sequels... it should simply end here. It would be tough to translate this one into a movie!