Let It Snow [2019]

November 13, 2019 on Netflix

Cast:

Isabela Merced as Julie Reyes

Shameik Moore as Stuart Bale

Kiernan Shipka as the Duke

Mitchell Hope as Tobin

Liv Hewson as Dorrie

Anna Akana as Tegan

Odeya Rush as Addie

Mason Gooding as Jeb

Jacob Batalon as Keon

Joan Cusack as Tin Foil Woman

Miles Robbins as Billy

Matthew Noszka as JP

D'Arcy Carden as Kira

Actors and Story:

Gusto ko ung mga movie na romantic-comedy pero parang exception to. Maybe di ko gusto ang cast plus di ko gusto ang story. Maybe kc hindi focus ang story. Ang kalat at ang daming topic na ewan. Andaming tao na walang impact. Hayz.. Lame acting. Natuwa lang ako noong nakita ko na isa si Jacob Batalon kya ko to pinanood.

Verdict:

Boring movie. Not my cup of tea!

Ratings: ★☆☆☆☆

Watch it on Netflix baka magustuhan mo! Tandaan, magkaiba tyo ng gusto kya maaring di ko to gusto pero baka magustuhan mo pala.

Fractured [2019]

November 10, 2019 on Netflix

Starring:

Sam Worthington as Ray Monroe

Lily Rabe as Joanne Monroe

Actors and Story:

Grabe, parang nabaliw ako sa movie na to. Ang hirap talaga maghanap ng katutuhanan kung wala kang kakampi sa paligid lalo na kung meron kang history na pagiging lasinggo. Ang galing lang talaga ng plot twist. Hanggang ngayon, hangover padin ako dito.

Verdict:

Ang ganda kc madadali ka sa plot twist. Mapatunganga ka nalang. A day after, nakanganga padin bibig ko sa ending. Kainis! Ganun sya kaganda. Kaso ang hindi ko lang gusto, hindi man lang naparusahan para sa mga namatay na characters.

Ratings: ★★★★☆

Watch it on Netflix!

Aurora [2018]

September 27, 2019 on Netflix

Starring:

Anne Curtis as Leana

Marco Gumabao as Ricky

Mercedes Cabral as Delia

Allan Paule as Eddie

Andrea Del Rosario as Celine

Phoebe Villamor as Rita

Actors and Story:

I wonder kung bakit to kumita. Hmmmm.. Ang pangit ng storyline. Kung sa sinehan ko to napanood baka nagsisi ako paglabas. Buti nalang sa Netflix ko lang to napanood. Okay naman pampalipas oras. Pero isa lang masasabi ko, ang ganda ng shots. Lalo na ung sa mga shots sa bangka, ang astig talaga ng mga shots na un. 

Verdict:

Maganda lang ung shots. Un lang. Ang latoy ng istorya at mga eksena. Tapos ung nakita lahat ng bangkay? Paano nangyari un? Pumasok nalang lahat sa bahay ang mga bangkay, ganun? Ang labo.

Ratings: ★☆☆☆☆

Meet Me in St. Gallen [2018]

September 24, 2019 on Netflix

Starring:

Carlo Aquino as Jesse Abaya

Bela Padilla as Celeste Francisco

Actors and Story:

Para sa akin, may mga eksena na ramdam mong umarte lang tlga sila. Ang ibig kong sabihin na, pinilit ibato ang lines o kya naasiwa ako sa acting. In short, hindi ako convinced. Then some parts are extremely natural as if they're just really talking to a stranger that will make you smile and wonder if is it really possible. If it is, I'd like to experience it as well.

Tsaka, parang inuutusan ako ng movie na to na manood ng isa pang movie na "Celeste and Jesse Forever". Kya hinanap ko ngaun sa Netflix, wala naman, kya, sorry nalang ako.

Verdict:

Maganda sana kaso ayaw ko sa plot. Parang ang weird lang kasi isipin na nag-aantayan ung mga characters sa isa't isa, yet noong naging bakante na ang isa, ung isa naman ang hindi pwede. Mahal nila ang isa't isa kaso ayaw naman nilang ipaglaban.

SPOILER ALERT: For the entire movie, 3 beses lang silang nagkita with years of gap! Kaloka!

Wait, na-mention ko ba na sobrang gwapo ni Carlo dito? Alam kong gwapo na sya dati pa pero parang mapatitig ka sa kanya dito eh. Ung tipong didikit mata mo sa mga ngiti nya. Sa mga labi nya. Ewan. Panoorin nyo na nga lang kung pareho ba tayong maramdaman. LOL! Basta, sobrang gwapo ni Carlo dito. Maiba lang. Hahaha

Ratings: ★★★☆☆

Sanggano, Sanggago't Sanggwapo [2019]

September 09, 2019

KCC Mall Zamboanga

Seat: N/A

Price: PHP130.00

Starring:

Janno Gibbs, Dennis Padilla, Andrew E. 

The Story/Actors:

Gosh, ito na yata ung pinaka-nakakautas panoorin na movie. Ung tipong mapapamura ka kung bakit ka napasok sa sinehan. Kc sa sobrang classic ng mga jokes, di ko alam kung matatawa ako o maiinis. Siguro ung nagustuhan ko lang sa buong movie, ay ung sinasakal ni Janno si Andrew E. kc ung gumanap na flashback sa kanya ay si Julian Trono. Un lang, then the rest is just a full of waste of time.

Ang lame ng story line. Ang bobobo ng mga characters. Ung tipong, siguro sa panahon noon, nakakatawa un, pero sa panahon ngaun, nakakabagot na. Ung tipong mapapatakip ka nalang sa mukha, "ano ba tong napanood ko?"

Verdict:

Nakakasising panoorin kung sanay ka manood ng mga meron may sense na comedy pero kung oldies ka ang mahilig sa classic movies, palagay ko swak to sayo. Buti nalang mura ung sine sa Zamboanga kya hindi masyadong masakit sa bulsa.

Ratings: ★☆☆☆☆

No wonder, ang hater ng dating ng review ng Rappler.

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu [2019]

May 13, 2019

Robinsons Galleria,
Seat: C23
Price: PHP290.00

Starring:
Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu
Justice Smith as Tim Goodman

Directed by: Rob Letterman

The Story/Actors:
The story evolve on finding what truly happened to Harry Goodman, Tim's father. Tim and amnesiac detective Pikachu's tandem were cute. Expect the hilarious adventure with Ryan Reynolds classic humor. To be honest, most of the time I see Ryan Reynold in Pikachu not as Pikachu but as Ryan Reynolds throwing jokes at everything. I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing. Maybe because I'm familiar with Ryan Reynolds more than Pikachu.

The list of Pokemon in the movie aside from Pikachu: Mewtwo, Psyduck, Aipom, Mr. Mime, Charizard, Jigglypuff, Greninja, Torterra, Bulbasaur, Ditto.

Of course, you can also find Eevee, Machamp, Doduo, Gastly, Haunter, Magikarp, Gyarados and a lot more but doesn't have much role.

Verdict: I liked it. The humor is exactly what I want. The adventure. The twist. Maybe, appearances of the Pokemon, I kinda want them to be more realistic. I don't know. It looks like so teddy bear to me.

Ratings: ★★★★☆

Wait, my ticket says, PokUmon? What the heck Robinsons Movieworld?

Captain Marvel [2019]

March 29, 2019

Cinema: Lucky Chinatown Cinemas, Cinema 4, Reina Regente St, Binondo, Manila, 1006 Metro Manila
Seat: O16
Price: PHP230.00

Starring:

Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Vers / Captain Marvel

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

Directed by: 

Anna Boden

Ryan Fleck

I must admit, I'm not a reader of comic books and I don't like spoilers, so I don't read plots of any movies I wanna watch, and that's exactly what I did. But I ask anyone I know who already watched the movie if they liked it. Apparently they all liked it.

The Story/Actors
I've watched the trailer of this movie I only saw Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). I was surprised to see Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg). Very nice. I don't know but it felt weird that the plot was the pre-one-eye-Fury and almost forgot that, yeah, now I remember, he has been one-eye in the previous Marvel movie/TV appearances. So the cat was the reason. Interesting.

Oh gosh, I don't feel any the connection of the actors to each other. Maybe only Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch) when she hugged Carol Danvers (Brie Larson). The rest, just off.

Verdict

I don't like it. Maybe the worse Marvel movie I've watched so far. Maybe because I expected so much to this movie. I don't know. I just don't like it. It's only my opinion and it doesn't matter, so don't bother.

I only watch this movie because, first, it is Marvel. Second, she's part of Avengers: End Game, which I'm excited already.

Ratings: ★☆☆☆☆

Sex Education [2019 series]

Starring:

Asa Butterfield as Otis Milburn

Gillian Anderson as Dr. Jean F. Milburn

Ncuti Gatwa as Eric Effiong

Emma Mackey as Maeve Wiley

Emma Mackey and Asa Butterfield

Plot

Sex Education tackles about teenage "weird and wonderful sex problems". Following the life of a socially awkward high school boy, who lives with his sex therapist mother. He teams up with 'whip-smart bad-girl' Maeve to set up a clinic. Ironically, he is virgin.

Comment

To be honest, I don't know if the Philippines is ready for this kind of topic. TV? I don't think so. NOT now. Soon? Maybe. But online streaming like iWant? Maybe, why not?

The main reason why I watch this series because of Asa Butterfield (Otis Milburn) because I've watched him on Hugo and Ender's Game. Good thing, I liked it. So funny to know that in Western culture, Secondary (High) School can be a big thing if you're still virgin in Uni (University) life. I also found out through this series that abortion is legal in UK. I think, some of the issues really need to be addressed between child and parents. How I wish, Philippines will be open minded as them because this kind of topic is really happening in School.

Truly an eye opener for those ignorant like me.

Verdict: Ratings: 4/5 ★★★★☆

This series can be watch on Netflix!

Tony Labrusca 'sorry' for the airport incident

January 05, 2019

Kaninang umaga ko lang to nabasa sa facebook dahil 'gay' daw si Tony Labrusca. Pinaka shocking sa akin ung mahabang comment ni Brandon Mendoza tungkol dito.

On lighter note, I didn't know na meron palang 'Balikbayan Privilege' ( ← click link to know more) ung mga dating Pinoy na naging naturalized citizen abroad o ung mga immediate family (spouse or children). Pero nag-aapply lang tong privilege na to kapag kasama mo sa byahe ang iyong spouse o children. If walang ganitong kaguluhan, malamang, hindi ko to malalaman. Sabagay, hindi naman ako makikinabang dito pero still nice to know na may ganitong programa ang gobyerno.

Ito ngaun ang dahilan kung bakit umano gumawa ng eksena si Tony Labrusca kc after daw ng long flight nya from Canada, pumila pa sya, maraming nagpipicture sa kanya tapos 30 days visa lang bingay sa kanya samantalang celebrity naman daw sya sa Pilipinas.

But wait, read his side of the story.

As a fan, disappointed ako sa naging asal nya. Ika nga, nagising lang syang wala sa mood kaya ayon sumabog nalang bigla.