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A man seeks justice for the murder for his family, but watches it fail when a district makes a plea bargain agreement that sets the killers free. Year...

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In the early 2000s, an unassuming little high school basketball team from the small town of Akron, Ohio took the country by storm. Led by an ambitious...

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All About Steve

An awkward, lonely crossword puzzle constructor falls in love with a news cameraman who doesn't quite feel the same way. The cameraman bails on her on...

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Jim Carrey is Scrooge in "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

posted on Friday, November 6, 2009 in Movies
Jim Carrey is Scrooge in

Casting Jim Carrey as Scrooge seems such a good idea you wonder why no one thought of it before. Fortunately director Robert Zemeckis did think of it and the result is “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” which finds the superstar actor playing the ill-tempered miser who is haunted by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come and taught the true meaning of the holiday season.

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Movie Review for Estasyon

Unnecessary Fictions

by Philbert Ortiz Dy
posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Movie Reviews
Unnecessary Fictions

Estasyon wraps a lot of fiction around a kernel of truth. A small true story is made to be a platform for a larger commentary on devotion in this country, and a strained allegory referring to the Passion of Jesus Christ. Also, a few very true scenes shot in Quiapo during the feast of the Black Nazarene are enveloped in a fiction that doesn’t end up saying as much. Estasyon is a story of unnecessary fictions, of wonderful little bits of truth getting buried under a whole lot of excessive writing. Luckily enough, the truth does prevail.

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Movie Review for I Love Dreamguyz

Every Time A Door Opens, Something Stupid Happens

by Philbert Ortiz Dy
posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Movie Reviews
Every Time A Door Opens, Something Stupid Happens

If there is a drawback to the independent digital film movement, it is that films like I Love Dreamguyz get made. Mainstream director Joel Lamangan has brought his lack of finesse and intense cynicism to local independent cinema, producing films that serve no other purpose than to cash in on the growing market for exploitation films that feature plenty of naked bodies, gay sex, and no redeeming value. There is an argument to be made about commercial viability and its legitimacy in this marketplace, but that’s beyond the realm of what ought to be discussed here. The main issue of this film is simple: every time a door opens, something stupid happens.

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Movie Review for Law Abiding Citizen

A Lesson In Syntax

by Philbert Ortiz Dy
posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Movie Reviews
A Lesson In Syntax

There ought to be a hyphen in the title Law Abiding Citizen between the words “law” and “abiding.” That may seem like a pithy observation, but it’s actually indicative of one of the major problems of the movie. There’s a pretty serious argument about the nature of justice in a modern society at the very heart of this film. But when a movie can’t even get the syntax of its title right, how is it supposed to be able to make its case intelligently? Law Abiding Citizen only thinks it’s smart, but it’s mostly pretty ridiculous. Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) watched his family die in front of him during a home invasion. The two perpetrators were caught, but one of them gets off easy thanks to a deal made by cynical but brilliant prosecutor Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) trying to protect his conviction rate. Ten years later, Shelton reemerges to brutally murder the men that entered his home on that fateful night. He’s quickly arrested, and Rice, lacking the evidence to convict him, is trying to get him to confess to the crime. But Shelton has a few secrets up his sleeve, and even within the walls of prison, he’s seemingly able to continue killing everyone involved in the case ten years ago. Rice has to figure out Shelton’s game before he destroys everything.

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Movie Review for More Than A Game

A Real Life Sports Movie

by Philbert Ortiz Dy
posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Movie Reviews
A Real Life Sports Movie

The story of LeBron James and the St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish has always been the kind of stuff movies were made of. Four young friends work their way out of a linoleum floored gymnasium to go on and become an American phenomenon before falling into the trappings of fame, getting complacent, and learning a lesson on their way to one final chance of redemption. And that’s exactly what More Than a Game: a documentary that also functions as a pretty great sports movie. It doesn’t address everything that it can, but what’s left is still pretty compelling stuff.

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What The Experts Say On '2012'

posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Movies
What The Experts Say On '2012'

And what if the end of the world really was upon us? Would you want to know? What would you do? Harald Kloser, screenwriter of Columbia Pictures’ new disaster epic “2012,” already knows his answer. “I would do exactly what John Cusack’s character does. I would grab my kids and take them to where it’s safe, as best I can.”

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Movie Review for All About Steve

The Case Against Nonconformity

by Philbert Ortiz Dy
posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Movie Reviews
The Case Against Nonconformity

All About Steve might be the worst movie in Sandra Bullock’s body of work. While Bullock has never been considered much of a serious artist, there’s often an odd sincerity to her work that makes everything palatable. It is this sincerity that is missing in All About Steve, producing perhaps one of the most misguided attempts to promote the idea of nonconformity. It is a whirlwind of bad ideas passed off as quirk, mostly resulting in a whole lot of irritating behavior.

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Movies Opening This Week

posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Movie Releases
Movies Opening This Week

Check out the movies opening this week!

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Movie Review for Inglourious Basterds

Peaks and Valleys

by Philbert Ortiz Dy
posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Movie Reviews
Peaks and Valleys

Inglourious Basterds is about as pure as a Tarantino movie gets. Tarantino’s films have always been a collection of homages, paying tribute to some obscure genre of film from the eras of cinema that the director grew up with. This film takes things a step further, completely fracturing the narrative in service of providing a framework to fit in all of his tributes. The result is a little uneven, but more often than not, frighteningly entertaining.

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Sandra Bullock Is 'All About Steve'

posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Movies
Sandra Bullock Is 'All About Steve'

Sandra Bullock stars and produces in the upcoming hilarious feel-good flick “All About Steve” with the multi-layered Bradley Cooper as Steve in a story of a girl meets boy with missed calculations.

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Movies Opening This Week
Nov 4
All About Steve
Nov 4
I Love Dreamguyz
Nov 4
More Than A Game
Nov 4
Law Abiding Citizen
Nov 4
Estasyon
Next Attraction
Nov 11
Hellphone
Nov 11
Ang Tanging Pamilya
Nov 13
2012
Nov 20
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Nov 25
Ninja Assassin
Nov 25
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Nov 25
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Dec 2
Case 39
Dec 2
New York, I Love You
Dec 2
The Stepfather
U.S. Box Office - October 16-18
1. Michael Jackson's This Is It $21.3 million
2. Paranormal Activity $16.5 million
3. Law Abiding Citizen $7.3 million
4. Couples Retreat $6.1 million
5. Saw VI $5.6 million
6. Where the Wild Things Are $5.1 million
7. The Stepfather $3.4 million
8. Astro Boy $3.04 million
9. Amelia $3 million
10. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant $2.8 million
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Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. A global cataclysm brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic str...

posted on Monday July 6, 2009
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