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they’re screening Burton’s Big Fish. interesting titles…
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*Babae sa Breakwater wins Young Critic’s Circle Best Picture

this is excellent, excellent news, but, no mention of Magnifico anywhere?!

*Golden Globe winners/OSCAR Nominations are out

must-get a copy of Lost in Translation; two words: Bill Murray. on the other hand, City of God has some nominations for the Oscars, but not for Best Foreign Language Film. a real disappointment personally, since most of the elements of the film (using past-date film [hence the orange-y tinge throughout the movie], the protagonist being an aspiring photographer) appeal to me directly, even if it had that MTV-stylized shots, which put me off initially, but was executed fabulously anyway.

*Me always left out in Last Samurai conversations at the office

i dont effing care. i’ll babble about the merits of legendary Kurosawa and Mifune, you’ll talk about samurai throwing swords. can you even name the goddamn director? heck no. a lot of people will never get it.

tim burton’s big fish is the only other Hollywood movie i would like to watch this first quarter; the other one being sofia coppola’s lost in translation.

there’s always quiapo, though…

Magnifico, undoubtedly, the best film i’ve seen last year, is showing on cable tv. screw it that i didnt see it from the beginning. still waiting for the day it will be released on video.

people went gaga over the return of the king. i didnt, but yes, the movie is interesting enough to spend money on. around this time, the movie fix has to be satisfied, and, adhering to the present mood and state, kill bill proves to be the best candidate.

did it satisfy? it didnt bore me, it was entertaining, and there was this freaky guy in the cinema, when seated, randomly claps, and moves his hands as if he were conducting an orchestra. when standing, he walks around, preaching about something righteous (i guess), and holds up what looks like a vcd. nice touch.