Links
Related story:
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
The Woman in Black is a 2012 supernatural horror-thriller film
directed by James Watkins and written by Jane Goldman, and is based on Susan Hill'snovel of the same name. It is produced by Hammer Film
Productions. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey, and Liz White. It was released in the United States and Canada
on 3 February 2012 to generally positive reviews, and was released in the United Kingdom
Plot
The film opens with a shot of three girls having
a tea party who then simultaneously look at a corner of the room, and then
immediately get up and commit suicide while their mother screams outside. In
the Edwardian era, young solicitor Arthur
Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe)
lives with his four-year-old son, Joseph (Misha Handley) and his son's nanny (Jessica Raine). Kipps's
wife Stella (Sophie Stuckey)
has died after childbirth. Kipps has
been having visions of her and is facing financial problems along with stress
from the firm he works for. He is assigned to handle the estate of
Alice Drablow, who owned an English manor known as the Eel Marsh House, where
she had lived with her husband, son Nathaniel, and sister Jennet Humfrye (Liz White).
Although the locals are unwelcoming, Kipps befriends Sam Daily (Ciarán Hinds), a
wealthy landowner, and his wife Elizabeth (Janet McTeer).
At Eel Marsh House,
located on an island in the marshes, Kipps repeatedly hears footsteps and sees
a woman dressed in black. He reports the sighting at the local police station,
but while there two boys bring their sister Victoria (Alexia Osborne), who has drunk lye; she dies in Kipps's arms. She is not the
first child in town to commit suicide and
the townspeople believe the "Woman in Black" comes for their children
as revenge for her own child being taken from her, and believe that when ever
someone sees her a child nearby is killed, which could be why children have
been dying since Kipps' arrival at Eel Marsh House.
Kipps and Sam arrive at
the house of Jerome, the local solicitor. The house is empty and they hear a
noise from the cellar. Kipps peers through a hole in the cellar door and is
startled when the face of a young girl, Lucy Jerome (Aoife Doherty) suddenly appears and screams at
him to go away, believing he was responsible for Victoria's death. After
returning to Sam's house for dinner, Kipps discovers that Sam and Elizabeth's
son, Nicholas, drowned while playing at the beach and Nicholas communicates
through possession; Elizabeth
then draws a hanging woman who Kipps realizes is Jennet. Later at the Marsh,
Kipps discovers notes claiming that Jennet was mentally unstable and was not
allowed to care for Nathaniel, who was actually Jennet's son, although this
fact was hidden by Alice, who raised Nathaniel as her own son. He also finds
out that Jennet hung herself due to his death long ago.
The villagers
desperately want Kipps to leave but he refuses, wanting to protect his job.
Throughout the night at the Marsh, Kipps has many paranormalexperiences
with the Woman in Black and all the children that committed suicide as they all
apear outside the house as they were when they died. The next morning, Sam and
Kipps return to town to see the local solicitor, Jerome's house on fire. Kipps
rushes inside to rescue Lucy, Jerome's daughter, who has been locked in the
cellar. There, he sees the Woman in Black manipulate the girl into setting
herself on fire The girl smashes a lantern at her feet setting her on fire.
Kipps visits Mrs. Daily, who reveals in a trance that Joseph is the next
victim. Kipps realizes he must put Nathaniel to rest by giving him a proper
burial. Kipps and Sam go to the Marsh, locate Nathaniel's body by Arther going
into the marsh and diving to his body . They then take his body and lay him out
in the nursery in the house. The Woman in Black appears and knocks Kipps to the
floor, but they finally lay Nathaniel to rest by burying him with his real
mother, Jennet. After Kipps and Sam leave, the camera moves quickly through the
hallway of the Marsh House and the voice of the Woman in Black can be heard saying
"I'll never forgive!" "I'll never forgive!"
Kipps is reunited with
his son, Joseph, at the railway station and plans to leave immediately. While
bidding Sam goodbye, Kipps turns to Joseph, walking along the tracks towards a
fast approaching train. Sam notices the Woman in Black along the platform as
Kipps jumps onto the tracks to save Joseph. As the train passes, Sam looks
through the windows to see the unrested souls of all the children the Woman in
Black has claimed. Still standing on the tracks with Joseph, Kipps looks up to
see the now deserted platform. Joseph asks, "Daddy, who is that
lady?" to which Kipps replies with a smile, "That's your Mummy."
Realizing he and his son have died, he kisses his son and takes his wife's
hand, the three of them are then reunited in death. They 'go on' together,
leaving the Woman in Black watching their reunion.
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor
- Ciarán Hinds as Sam Daily, a local landowner
- Janet McTeer as Elizabeth Daily, Daily's wife
- Sophie Stuckey as Stella Kipps, Arthur's wife
- Misha Handley as Joseph Kipps, Arthur's son
- Liz White as Jennet Humfrye, The Woman in Black
- Daniel Cerqueira as Keckwick, the carriage driver
- Tim McMullan as Jerome, the local solicitor
- Aoife Doherty as Lucy Jerome, Jerome's daughter
- Roger Allam as Mr Bentley, senior partner of Kipps' firm
- Victor McGuire as Gerald Hardy, a villager
- Alexia Osborne as Victoria Hardy, Hardy's daughter
- David Burke as PC Collins, village constable
- Ashley Foster as Nathaniel Drablow, The Woman in Black's son
- Jessica Raine as Joseph's Nanny
- Shaun Dooley as Fisher, village innkeeper
- Mary Stockley as Mrs Fisher
- Sidney Johnston as Nicholas Daily, Daily's son
Source:
Sunday, January 8, 2012
GMA-7 CRITICIZES 'ENTENG NG INA MO'
'Enteng ng Ina Mo': It is simply too much
J. I. E. TEODORO December 30, 2011 3:29pm
"Enteng ng Ina Mo" (MZ, Octoarts Films, and APT Entertainment) is just too much, an excess, that it is not anymore amusing but simply toxic to the mind and spirit. That this movie is the "second best" in the Metro Manila Film Festival this year is a big riddle for me. I watched "Manila Kingpin," the grand winner, and I cannot fathom the distance between the best and the second best. It is a wide—as wide a universe maybe—and dark laughing space.
This movie is a fusion of two MMFF movies—the "Enteng Kabisote" series (there are four) and the "Tanging Ina Mo" series (with three). Directed by Tony Reyes, the story is written by Danno Kristoper Mariquit and Lawrence Nicodemus. The screenplay, or a semblance of it, is written by Mariquit. I am just glad that Wenn Deramas has nothing to do with this movie. Or else it would undo whatever artistic success he had in the three "Tanging Ina Mo" movies. Or maybe "Enteng ng Ina Mo" would have been acceptable if it was directed by Deramas.
I was never a fan of Vic Sotto. I never watched the "Enteng Kabisote" series because I found them corny. I only watched "Enteng ng Ina Mo" because my editor wanted me to write a review. And indeed, the movie is corny. The plot is too brainless and the acting is bad. It only confirmed my belief that Sotto cannot act. At the most, he is overacting. The great visual effects, except for the Shrek-like giant kontrabida because it is simply stolen from a Hollywood movie, were put to waste.
Eugene Domingo as Ai-Ai delas Alas' sidekick is still funny. But today Domingo is definitely a bigger star than delas Alas. Afghanistan
I am really bothered about Domingo because this movie is just a repetition of her performances in the three "Tanging Ina Mo" movies. As early as this she appears to have nothing else to offer the audience anymore. Her performance is just pure money trip. She has to stop this or else she will self-destruct and put to waste her reputation as a versatile and bankable actor.
What I hate most about this movie is its homophobia. Aiza Seguerra as Enteng Kabisote's daughter is a tomboy, therefore I assume is a lesbian (because not all lesbians are tomboys). Alwyn Uytingco as Ina Montecillo's son is flamboyantly gay but impregnated someone when he was still young. The tomboy and the gay dislike each other so much. But the movie ends during the Christmas party of the two families and unexpectedly, Seguerra throws up and everyone discovers that she is pregnant and the father is Uytingco! Both families are shocked at first but immediately realize that this is a blessing. So everyone is happy again.
This is nothing but crap. It reinforces the patriarchal—the male chauvinist pig—belief that a gay person's "abnormal" sexual preference can be corrected by having a "taste" of the opposite sex. This kind of belief would make fathers force their teenage sissy sons to have sex with prostitutes to cure their homosexuality. This also encourages macho society to rape lesbians to make them "real" women.
I am not saying that a gay and a lesbian cannot or should not love or have sex with each other for sexual preferences can sometimes change. But to make this situation something to laugh about in a blockbuster movie for children is very, very wrong. It is simply too much.
"Enteng ng Ina Mo" is just like that—enteng ng ina mo! Of course I'm saying this with all due respect and with much apologies to all the mothers in the world. —KG, GMA News
Source:
Saturday, July 30, 2011
HULYO DIECIOCHO: ANG SORE THROAT AT ANG HARRY POTTER 3D
Photo Credit: www.gatewaycineplex10.com
Lunes. Ginawa
ko ang lahat ng aking makakaya para maaga akong makatapos sa trabaho. Hanggat
maaari ay kailangan kong makaalis ng opisina ng alas-tres.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PICTURES
The second part of Deathly Hallows premiered in Manila on July 15. But I've just watched it yesterday (July 18) on 3D at Gateway Mall together with my friends. It was an awesome movie experience. The price of Php 270.00 was worth enough watching the epic finale of Harry Potter.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
THE TALE OF THE THREE BROTHERS
THE TALE OF THE THREE BROTHERS
An excerpt from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
CLICK THE IMAGE TO WATCH THE VIDEO
Friday, July 8, 2011
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART II RED CARPET PREMIERE
Source:
CLICK THE IMAGE TO WATCH THE VIDEO
ROWLING AND HARRY POTTER CASTS, BID GOODBYE TO POTTER
Source:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II UK Premiere
July 07, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Manila, Philippines.
The third installment of Transformers has shown on June 29, 2011. Last night, I was able to see the movie at Megamall movie house. The movie is awesome!
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (also known as Transformers 3) is a 2011 American science fiction/action film, part of the Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and was released on June 29, 2011. The film is presented in regular 2D, Real D 3D and IMAX, featuring Dolby Surround 7.1 sound.
Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro reprise their starring roles, with Peter Cullen returning as the voice of Optimus Prime and Hugo Weaving returning as the voice of Megatron. Ehren Kruger, who collaborated in the writing of the last film, was again involved in the writing. Despite having been initially confirmed for the film, and with the film already into principal photography, it was announced that Megan Fox would not be reprising her role from the previous two films. With Fox's character (Mikaela Banes) being dropped, Sam was assigned a new love interest, portrayed by English model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Also,Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, having written the last two films, did not return for this installment in the series, which Orci had earlier somewhat anticipated, fearing the duo would "risk getting stale". Bay has stated this would be his last installment in the series. In May 2011, it was announced that Paramount Pictures had bumped Transformers: Dark of the Moon's release date of July 1, 2011, two days earlier, June 29, in order to receive an early response to footage. The film was then released one day earlier, June 28, in select 3D and IMAX theatres, nationwide.
Plot
In 1961, the Ark, a Cybertronian spacecraft carrying an invention capable of ending the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, crash lands on the far side of the moon. The crash is detected on Earth by NASA, and President John F. Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the moon as a cover for investigating the craft. In 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 lands on the Moon to explore the craft.
In the present, the Autobots assist the US military in preventing conflicts around the globe. During a mission to Chernobyl to investigate suspected Alien technology, Optimus Prime finds a fuel cell from the Ark, discovering it had survived its journey from Cybertron. The Autobots are attacked by Shockwave who manages to escape. After learning of the top-secret mission to the moon, the Autobots travel there to explore the Ark. There they discover a comatose Sentinel Prime — former Autobot leader — and his creation, The Pillars, a means of establishing aSpace Bridge between two points to teleport matter. After returning to Earth, Optimus uses the energy of his Matrix of Leadership to revive Sentinel Prime.
Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky is frustrated that he is unable to work with the Autobots and failing to find a job. He also becomes envious of the close relationship between his new girlfriend,Carly Spencer, and her boss Dylan Gould. After finding work, Sam is provided information by his co-worker Jerry Wang about the Ark before he is assassinated by Laserbeak — a condor-like Decepticon. Sam contacts the now-retired Seymour Simmons, and together they realize that Megatron and the Decepticons are murdering people connected to the American and Russian space missions to the Ark. They locate two surviving Russian cosmonauts who reveal satellite photos of hundreds of Pillars being stockpiled on the moon. Sam realizes that the Decepticons raided the Ark long before the Autobots mission and intentionally left Sentinel and five Pillars behind to lure the Autobots into a trap - Sentinel being key to activating the Pillars and the Decepticons lacking the means to revive him. The Autobots rush to return Sentinel to their base for protection but Sentinel betrays them and kills Ironhide, revealing he had made a deal with the Decepticons to ensure the survival of the Cybertronian race.
Sentinel uses the Pillars to transport hundreds of concealed Decepticons from the moon to Earth and Carly is captured by Gould, who is revealed to be in the Decepticons' service. The Autobots are exiled from Earth at the demand of the Decepticons to avoid war but as their ship leaves Earth it is destroyed by Starscream, seemingly killing the Autobots. The Decepticons, led by Megatron and Sentinel, seize Chicago as their agents place Pillars around the world. Gould reveals to Carly that the Decepticons plan to transport their homeworld of Cybertron to the Milky Way to use the resources and enslaved humans of Earth to rebuild their world. Sam teams with Robert Epps to go into Chicago and save Carly, but they are nearly killed by Decepticon forces before the Autobots intervene; revealing they concealed themselves during the launch of their ship to convince the Decepticons they were destroyed.
Working together, the Autobots and human soldiers manage to rescue Carly and destroy Soundwave, Barricade, Starscream and Shockwave with Optimus using Shockwave's arm-cannon to blast the Control Pillar, disabling the Space Bridge. Sam confronts Gould as he reactivates the Control Pillar. Sam knocks Gould into the Pillar, electrocuting him. Bumblebee and Ratchet then destroy the Control Pillar, permanently disabling the Bridge and causing the partially transported Cybertron to implode. Optimus and Sentinel fight while Carly convinces Megatron that he will be replaced as leader of the Decepticons by Sentinel. Sentinel severs Optimus' right-arm and prepares to execute him when Megatron intervenes, wounding Sentinel. Optimus attacks Megatron, decapitating and killing him. Sentinel pleads for his life but Optimus executes him. With the Decepticons defeated, Carly and Sam are reunited and the Autobots accept that with Cybertron gone, Earth is now their home.
| Directed by | Michael Bay |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Steven Spielberg Don Murphy Tom DeSanto Lorenzo di Bonaventura Ian Bryce |
| Written by | Ehren Kruger |
| Based on | Transformers by Hasbro |
| Starring | Shia LaBeouf Josh Duhamel John Turturro Tyrese Gibson Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Patrick Dempsey Kevin Dunn Julie White John Malkovich Frances McDormand |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)