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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...