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Old Refrain Review by Vives Anunciacion (print title: Once upon a star) Inquirer Libre, October 27, 2007 Directed by Matthew Vaughn Based on the graphic novel by Neil Gaiman illustrated by Charles Vess Starring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer United International Pictures “Sometimes I wonder why I spendThe lonely night dreaming of a song.” Stardust, words by Mitchell Parish A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" That’s how Stardust begins, as narrated by the voice of Ian “Gandalf” McKellen. Now this isn’t a philosophical movie, rather it’s a fairy tale romance. Once upon a time, movies told stories. Stardust is like one of them. A hundred and fifty years ago in the English town called Wall, there lived a simple store clerk, Tristan (newcomer Charlie Cox), who promises to retrieve a fallen star to impress the pretty girl he loves, Victoria (Sienna Miller). But across the stone wall of Wall...

The Googler Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre October 19, 2007 Directed by David L. Cunningham Based on the book by Susan Cooper 20th Century Fox There’s virtually unlimited information available on the Net, which is where I got my 4-1-1 on the (here) little-known The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper. Published in the 1960s, the children’s books are about the battle between good (light) and evil (dark) based on the Arthurian legends set in the British Isles. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising is the first movie based on Cooper’s series, which follows the emergence of the Seeker, a guardian and warrior of the Light tasked to find the circle of six Signs to be used in the battle against the Dark. The Seeker in the movie is Will Stanton (a very Aryan-type Alexander Ludwig) – the seventh and youngest son of a seventh son – whose American family just recently relocated to rural England. A few days before Christmas, Will is about to celebrate his normal teenage 14th birthday when ...

Global warming, take 2 Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre October 11, 2007 “You've heard it hundreds of timesYou say you're aware, believe and you care, but...Do you care enoughTo talk with conviction of the heart?” - Kenny Loggins, Conviction of the Heart Directed by Nadia Conners, Leila Conners Petersen Documentary presented by Leonardo Di Caprio Kung kinulang ka pa ng impormasiyon tungkol sa global warming at climate change, baka makatulong kung si Leonardo Di Caprio na ang magpaliwanag ng sitwasiyon sa The 11th Hour. Global warming and climate change are already big issues in many countries, lalu na sa China, the US and India which are the biggest air polluters in the world. Since last year’s Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth, ipinaliwanang na that human activity in the last 100 years has caused severe damage to the earth’s atmosphere, putting life on the planet, specifically human life, at risk. Wasting no time to preach the doom of environmental degradation, Di...