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DVD review by Vives Anunciacion Everything is Illuminated Written and Directed by Liev Shrieber Based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer Starring Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz 105 minutes/ Region 3 Warner Home Video Comedy/ Drama DVD Features: Additional Scenes, Theatrical Trailer, English and Thai Language Widescreen version Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround DVD: P499 VCD: P275 Now available in video stores Recently the tv show Wish Ko Lang ran an episode about a woman who has been searching for her biological mother for 22 years. The show helped her track down the mother’s whereabouts and mother and daughter were reunited eventually. Nangyayari rin ito sa ibang lahi, sa ibang bansa. Isang universal force ang paghahanap natin ng pinagmulan ng mga tao man o ng mga bagay. Ito rin ang pwersa ng kwento ng Everything is Illuminated. Batay sa short story at nobela ni Jonathan Safran Foer, ang Everything is illuminated ay tungkol sa paghahanap ng isang Jewish American sa babaeng nagligtas sa kaniyang l...

Review by Vives Anunciacion Munich Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Tony Kushner, Eric Roth Based on the book “Vengeance” by George Jonas Starring Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz R13/164 minutes Dreamworks/ Universal Pictures Opens February 8 Thirty years ago the world watched as the “Olympics of Peace and Joy” became the “Massacre in Munich.” Munich is a gripping action thriller that provokes a host of questions but shies away from any valid answer. Serious stuff from Steven Spielberg. In the early morning of September 5, 1972 eight men dressed in tracksuits sneaked into the dorm compound of Olympic Village at Munich, Germany, killing two Israeli delegates and taking nine hostages. The group, belonging to the Palestinian Black September demanded the release of 234 Palestinians and non-Arabs jailed in Israel as well as the release of two German Red Army terrorists. After 21 hours of failed negotiations and a botched rescue attempt, the drama ended in a b...

Review by Vives Anunciacion Walk the Line Directed by James Mangold Written by James Mangold, Gill Dennis Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon PG13/ 136 minutes 20th Century Fox Tinawag siyang man in black dahil simulat’t sapul naka-itim siya na suit kapag nagperform sa harap ng audience. Si Johnny Cash ang pangunahing country/western singer ng Amerika sa loob ng limang dekada. Walk the Line is a resounding tribute to the legendary performer who sang the country blues. Ang Walk the Line ay tungkol sa sikat na country/western singer na nagsikap makaahon mula sa pinanggalingang cotton farm sa Arkansas hanggang maging matagumpay na performer kasabay nina Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis at Carl Perkins. The talented Joaquin Phoenix (previously seen in Hotel Rwanda and The Village) gives an impassioned performance as the legendary singer dressed in black, Johhny Cash. Reese Witherspoon plays country crooner and comedienne June Carter, who becomes the object of Cash’s deep affection. A...

Review by Vives Anunciacion Once on this Island Musical Directed by Bart Guingona Written by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens Featuring Raki Vega, May Bayot, Jett Pangan, Menchu Lauchenco-Yulo Choreography by Denisa Reyes Lighting by John Batalla Musical Direction by Rony Fortich Actors’ Actors Inc. / Silang Onstage at the CP Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Towers Feb 3, 4 and 5 at 8pm The first time it was magical; the second was sheer joy. Actors’ Actors Inc. hits the high notes again in the third staging of the wildly successful musical Once on this Island. This time it’s pure fun. Ti Moune (Raki Vega) is a peasant orphan in the care of adoptive parents Tonton Julian (Bodjie Pascua) and Mama Euralie (May Bayot). Her simple life is turned upside down one day when she discovers young Beauxhomme aristocrat Daniel (Gian Magdangal) in a car crash. The gods of Earth, Water, Love and Death lay a wager on whether Love or Death would determine Ti Moune’s life. Believing the island’s gods have answe...

Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Directed by Andrew Adamson Written by Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson Based on the book by C.S. Lewis Starring Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell GP/ 140 mintes Walt Disney Pictures/ Walden Media Lion kings and closets and queens rule in this magical children’s tale about an enchanted kingdom hidden behind the doors of a wardrobe. C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe gets a triumphant big-screen adaptation from the magicians of Shrek and The Lord of the Rings. For more than a hundred years, everything is frozen cold in the magical world of Narnia by the icy touch of the white witch, Jadis (Tilda Swinton), who declares herself the queen of Narnia. Always winter, never Christmas, as the inhabitants would say. The great lion Aslan, rightful ruler and creator of Narnia, gathers his army for the fight against white witch, but he needs...

Double review by Vives Anunciacion (unpublished) Two stories about relationships and broken heels and the unusual ways people deal with challenges called the family. In Her Shoes Directed by Curtis Hanson Written by Susannah Grant Based on the novel by Jennifer Weiner Starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Colette, Shirley MacLaine PG13/ 130 minutes 20th Century Fox/ Scott Free Pictures It’s Imelda’s favorite movie, she’s seen it 3500 times! Okay, maybe not. At nearly two and a half hours, In Her Shoes manages to be an engaging resolution story between two characteristically differing sisters who simply can’t live without each other. Rose Feller (Toni Colette) and Maggie Feller (Cameron Diaz) are sisters on the opposite sides of the spectrum. The first is a workaholic lawyer secretly having an affair with here boss, while the latter is the typical blonde party girl who can barely read her letters. The only thing common between the two is their shoe size, but it’s Rose who collects shoes as an emo...

Review by Vives Anunciacion December 14, 2005 Inquirer Libre (English version) King Kong Directed by Peter Jackson Written by Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens Based on the story by Merian Cooper and Edgar Wallace Starring Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Andy Serkis PG 13/ 187minutes Universal Pictures/ Wingnut Films “And now, ladies and gentlemen, before I tell you any more, I'm going to show you the greatest thing your eyes have ever beheld.” – Carl Denham It's said that originals are always the best. But the remake is better this time around. Visceral, visually amazing and surprisingly heartbreaking, King Kong 2005 may very well be the mother of all monster movies. Based on the 1933 original by Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack, King Kong tells the story of a gigantic beast forcibly taken from its island kingdom and made into a Broadway attraction in 1933 New York. Jack Black plays obsessed filmmaker-producer Carl Denham, who tricks his crew to shoot an ad...