March 2009

Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li

It started in the early 90s, when Playstation just released its joystick-on-a-brick to give home gamers that arcade feel when playing fighting games like “Street Fighter II”. And there I was, a young teenager, in a sea of other young teenagers, all crowded into a game shop where the owner was promoting both the joystick [...]

The Pink Panther 2

It’s funny how a movie of this nature and script can attract accomplished actors like Jean Reno and Andy Garcia. Makes me wonder if they really lacked offers or they really enjoyed making it.

Honestly, I expected worse from this movie. I cannot remember enjoying the first movie with Steve Martin, not even the slightest. I [...]

Valkyrie

From “Lions For Lambs” to “Valkyrie”. Gone are the days of big-budget action and impossible missions? Let’s not write off Tom Cruise of that just yet. He isn’t even 40 yet.

Operation Valkyrie, or known in German as “Operation Walkure”, was developed for the German Reserve Army to take control of Berlin in the event of [...]

Lakeview Terrace

The story builds up very, very slowly. Too slowly, in fact, that there are sighs of relief when the culmination is finally reached. LaBute really takes his time building up the characters, which is a plus; but the downside is that these tiny steps in progression may not be able to keep the audience’s attention.
Furthermore, [...]