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Growing order Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre July 13, 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Directed by David Yates Based on the book by JK Rowling Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint GP / 138 minutes Warner Brothers Pictures *** (3 stars) It’s been four movies since Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is now binata . How time flies. Or in this case, like a Phoenix: time stops in the middle and resurrects towards the end of the fifth and most information-laden Harry Potter movie. Order of the Phoenix represents a crucial point in our pop-cultural lives: the beginning of the end of Harry Potter. In the movie, the Ministry of Magic flatly denies the return of the Dark Lord (Voldemort, played by Ralph Fiennes) while Harry and Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) desperately try to convince it otherwise. Harry returns to Hogwart’s for the fifth time, and finds Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) interfering with Hogwart’s affairs ...

McToughie Review by Vives Anunciacion Die Hard 4.0 Directed by Len Wiseman Starring Bruce Willis, Justin Long PG 13/ 130 minutes 20th Century Fox ** ½ (2 ½ stars) Seems like old times. It’s been twelve years since detective John McClane last appeared to shoot ‘em bad guys. He just keeps going. On the Fourth of July weekend, computer hackers attack the main networks of the US infrastructure grid, shutting down its transportation, communications and power. Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is on a routine assignment to bring computer hacker Matt Ferrel (Justin Long) to the FBI when McClane discovers that Ferrel is one of the hackers hired by a mysterious organization out to topple the US financial system. As the federal government scrambles to restore order while figuring out who the perpetrators are, tough guy McClane and tech geek Ferrel emerge as the unlikely dynamic duo who will stop the terrorists’ plans at all costs, even risking the life of McClane’s daughter Lucy (Mary Elizab...

Roll out! Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre June 29,2007 Transformers Directed by Michael Bay Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Peter Cullen (voice) Based on the toys and cartoon of the same name GP/ 143 minutes DreamWorks, Paramount, Hasbro *** ½ (3 ½ stars) It only happens to a few films: at the end of the press screening, the audience exploded into cheer. Transformers is entertainment to a perfect T and filmmaking of impressive proportions. Make way for the first bona fide summer blockbuster of the year. Based on the extremely popular 1980s cartoons and action figures from US toymaker Hasbro, Transformers is Michael Bay’s most action-packed popcorn movie since the smart sci-fi, The Island and the Will Smith action-comedy Bad Boys II. In Transformers, Earth becomes the battleground between Autobots and Decepticons locked in an ancient battle for the possession of the all-powerful cube and planet Cybertron’s source of life and energy, the Allspark, which landed on Earth thous...