Archive for June, 2009
Lourd de Veyra Bemoans [the absence of] Pinoy Action Flicks
Uncategorized: June 4th, 2009So, I hear a Filipino was best director in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film, I think was about–as de Veyra puts it–”decapitated prostitutes and forlorn macho dancers.” And with this, de Veyra starts off that now that Philippine Cinema has the artistic cinema world’s attention, can we haz akshun films agen?
The Sago Project’s [...]
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Toy Haul
Uncategorized: June 5th, 2009ROTF toys were release 30 May 2009, all over the world, I think. They released it here in Madripoor* at 00:01 in one of the Toys R Us. I didn’t go to the event because I was anticipating it would be children’s thing…and we had Japanese night here at home.
So, the following morning, I leisurely [...]
New ROTF Clip: Mikaela Banes vs. Decepticon Wheelie
Uncategorized: June 11th, 2009Yes, Decepticon Wheelie. In the clip Sam and Mikaela talk about the All-spark shard that caused Sam to have mental breakdowns over the phone. In the meantime, Wheelie sneaks around Mikaela’s shop hoping to steal said shard. He, however, runs into rattraps and eventually gets caught by Mikaela.
Wheelie sure is a potty-mouthed one here (“AAAGH! [...]
Marvel Super Heroes What The Teaser Trailer: MODOK goes postal on an AIM agent
Uncategorized: June 15th, 2009I can’t believe I haven’t known about these before.
Marvel.com came out with a series of videos featuring action figures in funny skits. There are three episodes so far and they really are a riot (eg, M.O.D.O.K at the red carpet of the Wolverine Movie premiere, Deadpool doesn’t feel like being funny and hits a nerve [...]
Futurama returns with New Season mid-2010
Uncategorized: June 16th, 2009YES.
Executive producer since forever David X. Cohen tells Wired, that the crew and staff of Planet Express and their wacky associates, will explore the dark side of the iPhone and Twitter, have at least one “shocking relationship” and shares some thoughts of people procuring the show online. As Cohen puts it,
“If [file sharing] gets an [...]
Pixar fulfills a Dying Girl’s Wish
Uncategorized: June 20th, 2009There’s no doubting now that Pixar is in it to make people happy.
Ten-year old Colby Curtin had a very rare form of cancer and she knew she would soon die because of it. But ever since seeing the previews for Pixar’s UP, she fought to stay alive so she could see it. However, her condition [...]
Stills from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
Uncategorized: June 23rd, 2009After having played American McGee’s Alice, I think Tim Burton can make an equally dark but albeit not as disturbing movie of renaissance man Lewis Caroll’s classics Through the Looking Glass and of course, Alice in Wonderland.
Since this is a Tim Burton fantasy film, guess who stars in it. Yup, Johnny Depp is the Mad [...]
