sea monsters all around

hello, dolly, oh hello, dolly...
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grabe! it's been awhile since i last saw a 3D movie. when i had the chance - thanks to the proddings of eye-in-the-sky -i headed to sm mall of asia's IMAX theatre (yes, virginia. it is spelled the bri'ish way).

The movie : Sea Monsters - A Prehistoric Adventure, narrated by liev schreiber (he was in the omen, the painted veil, the scream trilogy and the CSI tv series)


seeing those ocean monsters directly swimming at you was indeed a visceral experience. the children watching kept screaming away. i couldn't help but be amazed looking at these prehistoric beasts. i was teleported to a world of wonderment! this is one movie both kids and kids-at-heart should NOT miss. everything seemed so true. i loved the way it felt - like i was swimming with them - i felt retitling the movie into "beauty and the sea beasts". tee hee

my only u is my only vomitus

i asked my uncle who's an internist and he said that systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, though not particularly at the top of the health tier, is not EXACTLY a death sentence, so i wonder why all the hulabaloo about dying in the new cathy garcia-molina movie, my only u - starring toni gonzaga and vhong navarro.

i was annoyed the way the script kept slapping the audience's consciousness with death from minute zero til kingdom come of this star cinema movie. it just rubbed me raw the way it stupidly spoonfed its audience ad nauseam. is this the shape of the medical profession in the country? THAT a physician is as stupid and notoriously incompetent as their physician (benjie paras) in this movie? no wonder foreigners perceive our doctors as idiots!

if SLE's complications - the nephropathy - is really bound to kill toni's character, then why is she apparently asymptomatic? she doesn't look "toxic" (ill) and nowhere in the movie is she complaining of anything! sure, it turns out that she had another person's results - but this underlines the idiocy of the medical team who diagnosed this said patient - as well as spotlight the peabrain of the people who wrote the script for this vomitus!

too bad for toni gonzaga who is the sole redeemer of this sourpus movie! vhong isn't bad, but toni is earnest and winsome, despite a moronic story! who ever thought of this story should be burned at the stakes! what a waste of my P150!

OMG! Julia and Clive Returns in Duplicity

Can you believe it?

My favorite pretty woman, Julia Roberts will soon be seen in a film called "Duplicity" alongside british hottie Clive Owen.

To be honest about it, before i saw their first movie together, Mike Nichols' "Closer" - i didn't think they had any connection at all - no screen chemistry to speak off at all! BUT "Closer" negated that notion! Clive Owen sizzled with the pretty woman and Jude Law, i simply wanted to take Mr. Owen home to meet my mother! hihi


In Duplicity, a pair of corporate spies (Owen and Roberts) who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses. Ohhlala! I can't wait to see!


Tony Gilroy of the (Bourne Identity, Bourne Ultimatum and Michael Clayton) directs.

my own nights in rodanthe

rodanthe, north carolina
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though i have valid issues about the factual feasibilities and situations in "nights in rodanthe", there is no denying the intense power of this movie about facing second chances. if you love "the bridges of madison county", then how can you not embrace this deeply romantic movie that went straight to my heart. this movie transcends age, gender and economic status.

every character in this movie is insightfully written. and the performances simmer with intuitive passion and subtlety - everyone is great - richard gere, diane lane, christopher meloni, scott glenn, viola davis, and james franco (who is uncredited).


go watch!



director george c. wolfe successfully weaves a story in the league of other nicholas sparks' romantic masterpieces - the notebook and message in a bottle.

mark and bugoy: we could be twins! paano na kaya?
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i caught mark bautista portraying the role of pda season 2 runner-up bugoy drillon in maala-ala mo kaya (mmk) and i have to give kudos to the people who made mark look almost like bugoy. that would have been a very tricky affair considering the difficult job of actually imitating someone who is constantly on public eye. mark was commendable. i never thought much of mr. bautista as actor, not with lastikman on his resume. but this move highlights a great possibility. he is pursuing different grounds to append to an already fluorishing singing career.

zac efron blues

zac says, "i'm sharon stone with the testosterone."
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in high school musical 3, gabriela (vanessa hudgens) isn't able to attend her penultimate school musical as well as their prom as she jumpstarts her college entry into stanford. what's a gorgeous guy to do? troy (eyecandy zac efron) travels some 50 miles just to comfort her by saying, "my prom is wherever you are." aww!

mark strong's body of lies and deception

doesn't he look like christopher meloni?
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in leonardo dicaprio's body of lies, there was one actor who almost stole the thunder from leo and russell crowe, he was the amman intelligence chief who was suave, sexy and scary. the actor goes by the name of mark strong who i thought was of middle eastern descent.

boy! how could i be so wrong! mark strong is deliciously british!


Mark Strong is polygamous king Henry VIII in a British drama.