Last Movie Watched: November 2014
Man with Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, Soviet Union, 1929)
SYNOPSIS: A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. (SOURCE: IMDB)
WRITER: Dziga Vertov
STARS: Mikhail Kaufman
RATING: 5/5
Lucy (Luc Besson, USA, 2014)
SYNOPSIS: From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. (SOURCE: Rotten Tomatoes)
WRITER: Luc Besson
STARS: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi
RATING: 3.5/5
Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, UK/Germany, 2013)
SYNOPSIS: Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover.
Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. (SOURCE: Festival de Cannes official website)
WRITER: Jim Jarmusch
STARS: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska
RATING: 3.5/5
Vampire (Shunji Iwai, USA/Japan, 2011)
SYNOPSIS: A biology teacher looks for young suicidal women online to satisfy his taste for blood. Rather than violent, his acts are quite peaceful and always consented. (SOURCE: IMDB)
WRITER: Shunji Iwai
STARS: Kevin Zegers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Amanda Plummer
RATING: 2.5/5
August: Osage County (John Wells, USA, 2013)
SYNOPSIS: A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. (SOURCE: IMDB)
WRITER: Tracy Letts
STARS: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts
RATING: 3.5/5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Shinichirô Watanabe/Hiroyuki Okiura, Japan, 2001)
SYNOPSIS: A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit. (SOURCE: IMDB)
WRITER: Marc Handler (English version), Keiko Nobumoto
VOICE ACTORS: Steve Blum, Beau Billingslea, Wendee Lee, Melissa Fahn
RATING: 4.5/5
Ang Turkey Man ay Pabo Rin (Randolph Longjas, Philippines, 2013)
SYNOPSIS: Ang Turkey Man Ay Pabo Rin does just that, as it features one such couple:
Cookie and Matthew Adams, a Filipino-American pair. The story begins when an
online Fil-Am dating site decides to document a week in the life of these two
site users who successfully found love in the net, with the aim of promoting
such relationships through presenting the dynamics of their peculiar
relationship. (SOURCE: My Movie World)
WRITER: Allan Habon
STARS: Tuesday Vargas, Julia Clarete, Cai Cortez, Travis Kraft and JM De Guzman
RATING: 3/5
Little Favour (Patrick Viktor Monroe, UK, 2013)
SYNOPSIS: The action-rammed film sees an ex- military man (Cumberbatch) try to escape his past existence. An old comrade (and the man who saved his life) asks him for a ‘little favour.’ Unable to turn down the bloke with the biggest trump card in the history of trump cards, he agrees. But it doesn’t turn out to be such a small ask, as the blood-smattered trailer suggests. (SOURCE: Esquire UK)
WRITER: Patrick Viktor Monroe
STARS: Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Salmon and Nick Moran
RATING: 3.5/5
Genghis Khan (Manuel Conde/ Lou Salvador Sr., Philippines, 1950)
SYNOPSIS: Before becoming the legendary conqueror Genghis Khan, Temujin (Manuel Conde) is a competitive type, not the strongest physically but clever and cunning. After using his skills to win access to a water hole for his tribe, Temujin sees rival leader Bourchou (Lou Salvador) attack his people and kill hi… Mores father. Vowing revenge, Temujin gathers followers and begins to build his empire, all while wooing and winning the hand of beautiful Lei Hai (Elvira Reyes). (SOURCE: IMDB)
STARS: Manuel Conde, Elvira Reyes, Lou Salvador
RATING: 4.5/5
SYNOPSIS: A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. (SOURCE: IMDB)WRITER: Dziga Vertov
STARS: Mikhail Kaufman
RATING: 5/5
Lucy (Luc Besson, USA, 2014)
SYNOPSIS: From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. (SOURCE: Rotten Tomatoes)WRITER: Luc Besson
STARS: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi
RATING: 3.5/5
Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, UK/Germany, 2013)
SYNOPSIS: Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. (SOURCE: Festival de Cannes official website)
WRITER: Jim Jarmusch
STARS: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska
RATING: 3.5/5
Vampire (Shunji Iwai, USA/Japan, 2011)
SYNOPSIS: A biology teacher looks for young suicidal women online to satisfy his taste for blood. Rather than violent, his acts are quite peaceful and always consented. (SOURCE: IMDB)WRITER: Shunji Iwai
STARS: Kevin Zegers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Amanda Plummer
RATING: 2.5/5
August: Osage County (John Wells, USA, 2013)
SYNOPSIS: A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. (SOURCE: IMDB)WRITER: Tracy Letts
STARS: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts
RATING: 3.5/5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Shinichirô Watanabe/Hiroyuki Okiura, Japan, 2001)
SYNOPSIS: A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit. (SOURCE: IMDB)WRITER: Marc Handler (English version), Keiko Nobumoto
VOICE ACTORS: Steve Blum, Beau Billingslea, Wendee Lee, Melissa Fahn
RATING: 4.5/5
Ang Turkey Man ay Pabo Rin (Randolph Longjas, Philippines, 2013)
SYNOPSIS: Ang Turkey Man Ay Pabo Rin does just that, as it features one such couple:
Cookie and Matthew Adams, a Filipino-American pair. The story begins when an
online Fil-Am dating site decides to document a week in the life of these two
site users who successfully found love in the net, with the aim of promoting
such relationships through presenting the dynamics of their peculiar
relationship. (SOURCE: My Movie World)WRITER: Allan Habon
STARS: Tuesday Vargas, Julia Clarete, Cai Cortez, Travis Kraft and JM De Guzman
RATING: 3/5
Little Favour (Patrick Viktor Monroe, UK, 2013)
SYNOPSIS: The action-rammed film sees an ex- military man (Cumberbatch) try to escape his past existence. An old comrade (and the man who saved his life) asks him for a ‘little favour.’ Unable to turn down the bloke with the biggest trump card in the history of trump cards, he agrees. But it doesn’t turn out to be such a small ask, as the blood-smattered trailer suggests. (SOURCE: Esquire UK)WRITER: Patrick Viktor Monroe
STARS: Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Salmon and Nick Moran
RATING: 3.5/5
Genghis Khan (Manuel Conde/ Lou Salvador Sr., Philippines, 1950)
SYNOPSIS: Before becoming the legendary conqueror Genghis Khan, Temujin (Manuel Conde) is a competitive type, not the strongest physically but clever and cunning. After using his skills to win access to a water hole for his tribe, Temujin sees rival leader Bourchou (Lou Salvador) attack his people and kill hi… Mores father. Vowing revenge, Temujin gathers followers and begins to build his empire, all while wooing and winning the hand of beautiful Lei Hai (Elvira Reyes). (SOURCE: IMDB)STARS: Manuel Conde, Elvira Reyes, Lou Salvador
RATING: 4.5/5
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