Atashinchi no Danshi is a recently concluded Japanese series that stars Maki Horikita. It is about Chisato, a homeless girl hiding from her father’s debt collectors. But even with all the grim and dirt on her face and clothes, she’s still beautiful.
The series becomes more interesting when Chisato met Shinzo and asked her to marry him and be the mother to his six adopted sons. In exchange, her debt will be paid off. This is no easy task especially when the six have their own problems to begin with. On top of that, she must fulfill ten mothering goals as stated in the contract she signed before their supposed marriage.
Joheunnom Nabbeunnom Isanghannom or The Good, The Bad, The Weird might be the best Korean Western I’ve seen so far. Actually it’s the first one I’ve seen but it does justice to the old cowboy movies, including The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
The Good. Woo-sung Jung (The Good), Byung-hun Lee (The Bad) and Kang-ho Song (The Weird) played their parts well. It also helps that the movie took place in picturesque Manchuria where each scene is breathtaking. The movie takes us to that particular place and time for the duration of the movie. Byung-hun Lee was extraordinary in this movie and I think that casting him as Storm Shadow for the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a good choice.
Twins separated at birth. This is the premise behind Korean drama series Cinderella Man. Playing both Oh Dae-san and Joon-hee is the talented actor Kwon Sang-woo. This must have been a challenge for him to be two very different people at the same time.
Dae-san owns a small shop in the Dongdaemun Market while Joon-hee is the heir of a fashion empire. Joon-hee asked Dae-san to be him for a month, to which he readily accepted because he needs the money right away to help Yoo-jin (SNSD’s Yoona), whose father died and left a huge amount of debt behind.
Everyone is waiting for the release of this sequel. When I watched it, the lines are long and the cinema is full. Who said people are scared of the H1N1 virus. There are two kinds of reactions people have with the movie. Some are delighted with it while there are some (me included) that are disappointed with what Michael Bay has done with the franchise. Here are some of the reasons why Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen failed.
First of all, I think most of Sam’s (Shia LeBeouf) college scenes were irrelevant and could have been compressed to cut the viewing time. Although it was funny how Sam’s mom made a fool of herself, it didn’t contribute to the plot.
Princess Protection Program stars real life bffs Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. This is probably the primary reason why people are willing to watch this Disney movie. It’s about a princess who must relocate to a small town in Wisconsin where she must blend in and be like an average teenager. She must also learn to live with Carter, her protector’s daughter.
The plot of Princess Protection Program is too predictable. The audience is like a bunch of fortune tellers that can tell what will happen next. There are no surprises in this one. But that doesn’t mean that the movie is boring. In contrast, you won’t know how much time has passed by.
I stopped watching 24 after its fourth season. I just grew tired of watching Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) go after terrorists while being chased by the government as well. I got irritated whenever I hear CTU’s phone ring. But when I saw the 24: Redemption DVD, I can’t help but put it in the player.
Redemption takes place in between Day Six and Seven. We find Jack helping his friend Carl (Robert Carlyle) run an orphanage in Africa. Jack has been served with a subpoena from the US State Department but he declined to honor it. To make things worse, the country is suddenly on the verge of a coup and Americans were asked to evacuate the country.
At first I thought Baz Luhrmann’s Australia was a Western with cow rustlers and ranchers going at each other. Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a cattle station from her late husband and the problems that come with it. She enlists the services of Drover (Hugh Jackman) to deliver 1,500 cattles to the Australian Army. It reminded me of old cowboy movies.
Australia became a love story when Lady Sarah fell for Drover. Kidman and Jackman gave noteworthy performances in the movie and their onscreen chemistry was believable. Even though she’s old, Kidman is still hot.
Limp Bizkit played to a massive audience during the Rock AM Ring 2009 in Germany last Sunday. The Red Cap is back with the rest of the original crew, including prodigal guitarist Wes Borland. This must be the year of comebacks.
Borland has this to say about Durst:
“We said that we’re sorry about things in the past but didn’t really get into specifics… I’ve eaten my words a lot when it comes to our relationship. I ended up realizing that I’ve been an ass in a lot of ways and I sort of put all the blame on (Fred) in the past.”
While here’s Limp Bizkit opening their performance with My Generation. This gave me goosebumps. I wish I was part of the crowd.
Finally the Boys Over Flowers fever has reached the Philippines. I have a confession to make though. I caught the BOF flu last January and it didn’t stop until the 25th episode. Now everyone’s talking about the Korean F4 but that’s not the reason why I watched the series. What made me stick around are Ga-eul, Jae-kyeong and Jan-di.
The French thriller Le Serpent had a promising start. It established the characters quite well and the audience will want to see what will happen next. Yvan Attal as Vincent and Clovis Cornillac as Plender did a good job acting-wise.
It’s also a bonus that the movie had Olga Kurylenko play as eye candy in the first quarter of the movie. Although she’s not seen moving in the later part of The Serpent, her role was vital to the story. I do think that this movie paved the way towards being a Bond girl.
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