Quantum of Solace

I saw this movie couple of weeks ago when it was released. Although many of the reviews were not as good as Casino Royale, I still liked this movie. It picks up where the last movie left off when James Bond (Daniel Craig) investigates the organization that blackmailed the woman, Vesper, who James Bond loved and almost quit his job for in Casino Royale. This movie was not as great as the first one. But it is also one of the best in the James Bond franchise. It had an interesting story but jumped around too much that it left me a little confused and incomplete. Also, this movie portray James Bond during his darker times so it was more violent than many of the Bond movies I've seen before. Even though it's not like Casino Royale, it's still a film that you should see in the theaters. And with some improvements, hopefully the next installment would be as great as the first.

The Reader

Release Date: December 10, 2008.

Starring: Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes

Directed by: Stephen Daldry

Michael Berg and Hanna(Kate Winslet) fall in love after she rescues him. There's only one catch. She is twice his age! After being involved for sometime, Hanna mysteriously dissapears. Years later, when Michael is a young law student, he meets with Hanna again while he is watching Nazi war trials. Hanna is on trial for a crime she committed and does not want to be rescue because she thinks that what she did is worse than killing someone. As her past is revealed, he finds a deep secret that will affect both of their lives.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Release date: 12/25/08
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, and Tilda Swinton
Directed by: David Fincher
Written by: Eric Roth

This movie is a story told by F. Fitzgerald in the 1920's about a man born in his eighties and mysteriously ages backwards. The story is set in New Orleans around 1918, at the end of World War I. Throughout his life, Benjamin experiences love, happiness, and death as he starts to lose his memory.

Toy Story 3

I know it's not coming soon but I just found out that there will be a Toy Story 3 movie coming out on 2010!!! It's going to be about Andy finally heading to college and he ends up dumping his toys in a day care center.
My two cents: It should fun and interesting seing this movie again on the big screen. After all, this is THE movie that gave birth to all the Pixar movies we have now.

Fun Trivia: For those of you that don't know who provides Woody's voice, then you should know that it's none other than Tom Hanks!

June 18, 2010!!

Four Christmases

Starring Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek
Directed by Seth Gordon

It's that time of the year again, more holiday romantic comedies. This movie happens to star two big name stars (Witherspoon and Vaughn). It's about a young couple, each with divorced parents, are forced to celebrate one Christmas with all four of their screwed-up families.

Fun Trivia: Both Witherspoon and Vaughn are producers on this movie.

November Biggies

1. Milk(see below for full description)

2. Bolt
voiced by John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Eastman, Malcolm McDowell, James Lipton
Written by: Dan Fogelman, Chris Williams
Directed by: Byron Howard, Chris Williams

A canine(Travolta) discovers that he's just a TV star, not an actual daredevil superpooch.
The trailer looks hilarious, check it out!!!




3. Role Models

Starring: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch
Written By: Ken Marino, David Wain, Paul Rudd
Directed By: David Wain

Scott and Rudd paly salesmen for Minotaur Energy Drink who have never quite grown up. After trashing their sales truck, they get arrested and avoid jail by accepting community service---mentoring troubled kids.

Scary Movies

This past Friday was Halloween and I thought I'll share with you my top 5 scary movies I've seen. These aren't ranked in any special order. They are just 5 of my favorite horror movies of all time.


Halloween (1978)
This is a classic scary movie. Directed by John Carpenter, it became one of the highest grossing independent film. It was also the movie that made Jamie Lee Curtis famous. The story centers around a man who escapes a psychiatric hospital and stalks and kills Jamie Lee Curtis and her friends. It's a classic slasher film where the killer is known to wear a white mask. This movie has little graphic violence but nonetheless very scary. The theme song especially defines the scary moments in this film.



The Shining (1980)
Another well known classic scary movie is The Shining. Jack Nicholson plays a writer who is seeking a quiet place to write his novel. He accepts a job as a caretaker of a hotel closed during winter season. The manager warns him that the formal caretaker got cabin fever and killed his family and then himself. Despite this, he takes the job and eventually turns psychotic and tries to kill his family. What makes this movie so scary is Jack Nicholson. He does a tremendous job in playing someone who becomes psychotic slowly.



Seven (1995)
This movie is also one of my favorite movies of all time. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey. Pitt and Freeman play two detectives who are investigating murders that Kevin Spacey committed based on the Seven Deadly Sins. The horror in this movie comes from the gruesomeness of the crime scenes and what was done to kill the victims. There was also a twist at the end of the movie.



Dawn of the Dead (1978)
This movie was the goriest movie I have ever seen in my life so far. It is even worse than any of the Saw series of film. Directed by George A. Romero, this movie received an equivalent of NC-17 rating of today's standard because of the graphic scenes. It was released with an unrated rating to make it more of a commercial viable film. This is a sequel to "Night of the Living Dead". It tells the story of a group of people who managed to trap themselves in a mall to survive from the zombies that has taken over the town. The graphic scenes are what made this movie so horrifying because it looked so real.



Saw (2004)
And last but not least Saw. Although it span four other versions, I've only seen the first two. The original remained the scariest. The movie is about "Jigsaw" who kidnaps people and put them in life threatening traps in which to teach them lesson to repent from their previous wrongdoing. Each person trapped must make a sacrifice whether it's cutting your arm or leg off, or killing another person trapped in the room with you in order to save your family. Detectives frantically search for the killer as the kidnap victims lives remain on peril. This movie was rate NC-17 for gore but under editing drop down to a R rating (unlike the previous movie mentioned). This movie is one of the scariest in recent times.