October 2008

Butterfly Lovers

This adaptation of the Chinese legend Liang Zhu was a total waste. Jingle Ma and his co-writers have taken many liberties with this adaptation. They were wise enough to change the names of the main characters, seeing as how different this setting is; but they have failed to stay original with their cause.

As Liang and [...]

House Bunny

I actually liked this movie. Knowing full well what it was going to be, I thought I’d be nonchalant about it at most, but I actually liked it.

I even laughed out loud a few times. Some of the jokes were original and well executed with perfect timing. The direction was good, the cast was interesting; [...]

Be Kind Rewind

After Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, this carried with it some expectations by Michel Gondry. Can he make comedian Jack Black just as well loved as Jim Carrey was by critics?

Though this new effort is nowhere near what Eternal Sunshine has achieved in terms of storyline and intellect, but Gondry still comes with originality [...]