Topic: film

Mission: Accomplished for Tom Cruise

21 December 2011   Tina Aureus   No comments
Mission:Impossible 4

I’m not a big fan of Tom Cruise, nor of his Mission: Impossible franchise. It took the fourth installment to change my mind.

The plot is simple enough: figure out who bombed the Kremlim and framed the Impossible Missions Force. Given the political sensitivity of the matter, the US disavows the IMP and initiates Ghost Protocol. With no help from the government, Hunt and his team are on their own in investigating and finding the bomber. The chase leads them from Moscow, to Dubai to India, in a stunning choreography of stunts and effects.

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Mood Music: A Waltz for a Night (Julie Delpy)

25 November 2011   Team MJ   No comments
Before Sunrise

Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, and Richard Linklater are plotting a third movie in their Before Sunrise, Before Sunset series, and in the process put us in a bit of a nostalgic mood. Was it really 16 years ago when we first saw Jesse and Celine together?

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Inspiration: Stylish movies

24 November 2011   Katrina Atienza   5 Comments
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There are movies that I watch, over and over again, not because they’re particularly good, well-acted, artistic or insightful into the human condition. No, I watch them because the costumes are fabulous! I may not be able to recreate them, but just having that spark of an idea – something like, “I could totally use some white Princess Leia drapery today” – can revitalize and refresh the dreary task of deciding what to wear.  From crazy-fantastic ideas to ensembles that I can maybe-sorta copy, here are a few of my favorite stylish movies.

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CCP 23rd Gawad Para Sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video

18 November 2011   Team MJ   No comments
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The Cultural Center of the Philippines is holding the Ika-23 Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video on November 22-25, 2011 at the CCP Tanghalang Manuel Conde (Dream Theater).

Competition categories are: Short Feature/Narrative, Experimental, Documentary and Animation. All works submitted to the compettion are independent works.

Cash prizes will be given to winners of the different categories (1st Prize, 25,000; 2nd Prize-15,000 and 3rd Prize, 10,000). Special Awards will be given for Best Regional Entry and Best Entry for/on/by Children. Recipients of the Special Awards will also be given cash prizes of P15,000 each. Honorable mention may be awarded by the jury.

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Cinemanila 2011 to run till November 17 — Official Festival Lineup and Schedule

12 November 2011   Team MJ   No comments
Cinemanila 2011

You may download the schedule here. Screening started on November 11.

OPENING FILM:

PINA / Wim Wenders (Germany / France / UK, 2011)

CLOSING FILM:

LIFE IN A DAY / Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald (USA / UK, 2011)

MAIN COMPETITION
Century of Birthing (Siglo ng Pagluluwal) (2011) by Lav Diaz (Philippines)
Gangor (2010) by Italo Spinelli (Italy)
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010) by Florin Serban (Romania)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)
Poetry (2010) by Chang-dong Lee (South Korea)
Sun-Beaten Path (2011) by Sonthar Gyal (China)
Toomelah (2011) by Ivan Sen (Australia)

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Review: “Secret Reunion” (South Korea, 2010)

18 September 2011   Tania N. Arpa   No comments
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Song Ji-Won (Kang Dong-Won) is a North Korean spy left out in the cold. After an operation in South Korea is compromised, his handler refused all contact with him, and he’s left in enemy territory for six years. All he wants is to get home to his wife and child. By chance, he meets the former National Intelligence Service agent Lee Han-Gyoo (the man who nearly caught Ji-Won and his boss, the assassin Shadow, six years ago), who asks Ji-Won to work for him (a disgraced government agent, he’s now a sort of bounty hunter of runaway foreign wives). Ji-Won agrees, despite his distaste for the questionable ethics of the work. They both pretend they don’t recognize each other.

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Watch: Zombadings 1 Patayin sa Shokot si Remington

06 September 2011   Team MJ   No comments
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Those of us who’ve seen comedy/horror film Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington know this – Mart Escudero wins it as Remington.  This video shows a bit about how he got the role:       Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington gets a second week, and in more theaters too! Go see it!

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