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Horror scope Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre May 30, 2007 Zodiac Directed by David Fincher Based on the book by Robert Graysmith Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr. R13/ 158 minutes Warner Brothers Pictures *** ½ (3 ½ stars) Most suspense thrillers attempt to satisfy their audience with non-stop action chases, quick cross-cutting scenes, mega plot-twists and rising music. Meet the anti-thriller thriller. Director David Fincher is best known for reshaping the crime thriller in the groundbreaking 1995 drama Se7en starring Brad Pitt. In that movie, two detectives (one of them played by Pitt, the other by Morgan Freeman) are thrown into the darkest pits of human behavior while on a chase to find a serial killer, known only as John Doe, who uses the seven deadly sins as MO. In Fight Club (1999), Fincher vented suppressed male aggression when an unknown office employee (Edward Norton) and a soap salesman (Brad Pitt) start an organization that erupts into g...

(review in Filipino) Yo ho, suki!* Rebyu ni Vives Anunciacion Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Directed by Gore Verbinski Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley GP/ 168 minutes Walt Disney Pictures *** (3 stars) Tuloy ang pamimirata sa ikatlo at pinakamaaksiyon (pero malamang hindi pa huling) Pirates of the Caribbean kung saan magsasanib ang mga pwersa ng mga pirata laban sa East India Company. Huwag aalis ng sinehan hanggat hindi tapos ang end credits, dahil ang bonus na eksena’y malamang wala sa pirated dvd. Nagpapatuloy ang mga adventures nina Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Kiera Knightley) at Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) sa isang magulo, maaksiyon at makwelang palabas na magsasara sa mga kwento ng Pirates 1 at Pirates 2, pero magbubukas naman ng posibilidad para sa Pirates 4. Sa At World’s End, magkikita sina Barbossa, Elizabeth at Will sa Singapore upang hingiin ang tulong ni Sao Feng (Chow Yun Fat) at ng...

Measure for measure Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre May 7, 2007 Spider-Man 3 Directed by Sam Raimi Written by Sam and Ivan Raimi GP/ 140 minutes Columbia Pictures *** (3 stars) No, Spider-Man 3 isn’t the best of the series, no matter how entertaining it is. But if this is the third of a trilogy, then it deserves a fourth installment – if only to save a series that shouldn’t end with a loser. Spoilers beware, so proceed with caution. In the movie, Spider-Man is the toast of New York City, Peter Parker (also Tobey Maguire) is getting noticed as a photographer, and he is about to propose marriage to Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) when three supervillains appear to change all that. An escaped convict (Flint Marko, acted by Thomas Haden Church) literally jumps into the middle of a scientific experiment, becoming Sandman. In a few short lines, Flint’s wife explains his condition to the audience (“You are a convict, you are being chased by the police, and I don’t like you anymore”). W...