Thursday, May 21, 2009

Kris Allen, Winning The Hearts of America!


Kris Allen


Kris Allen, 23 and Adam Lambert, 27

It's probably one of the biggest upset of the year when 23 year old Kris Allen from Conway, Arkansas snatch the title of the season 8 of the most popular TV show in the world, American Idol over season's favorite Adam Lambert, 27, a theater actor from San Diego, California.

With nearly a million votes casted in the show's finale. It could actually be a close fight somehow reprising last year's bout over the 2 David's--with
David Cook winning over the season's favorite David Archuleta.

Allen, hailed as the darkhorse in the competition sung his way to the top with his folksy, laidback and sincere style of singing proving to the judges specially to Simon Cowell that "it ain't over 'til it's over."

So America has decide!

Here comes the superstar!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Bad Education Film Review


PLOT:(The following describes the film's plot in a chronological manner, whereas the various elements actually fall into place for the viewer as the film progresses through flashbacks and also scenes from Enrique's own film based on Ignacio's short story in which Ignacio's brother, Juan, portrays the 80's Ignacio.)
Two school boys, Ignacio and Enrique, discover love, cinema, and fear in a religious school at the start of the 1960s. Father Manolo, the school principal and their literature teacher, is witness to and part of these discoveries. On discovering the two boys' affection for each other, the priest, who is himself engrossed with Ignacio, is jealous and threatens to expel Enrique as a `bad influence'. In an attempt to prevent this Ignacio promises to do whatever the priest asks of him. After molesting Ignacio, the priest expels Enrique anyway.
The film jumps to the 1980s with the boys now young adults. Enrique (Fele Martínez), a successful film director is visited by a stranger (Gael García Bernal) in his office, an actor looking for work who claims to be Enrique's boarding school friend and first love, Ignacio. "Ignacio" has brought a short story with him that is about their time at the Catholic school together and the physical and sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Father Manolo (Daniel Giménez Cacho). It also includes a fictionalized account of their reunion after all those years.
Enrique wants to adapt Ignacio's story into a film, but "Ignacio's" condition is that he play the part of Zahara, the transsexual lead. Enrique remains skeptical, for he feels that the Ignacio whom he loved and the Ignacio of today are totally different people. He drives to Galicia to Ignacio's mother and learns that the real Ignacio has been dead for four years and that the man who came to his office is really Ignacio's younger brother, Juan.
Enrique's interest is piqued, and he decides to do the movie with Juan in the role of Ignacio to find out what drives Juan. Enrique and "Ignacio" start a relationship, and Enrique revises the script so that it ends with Father Manolo, whom Ignacio was trying to blackmail to get money for sex reassignment surgery, having Ignacio murdered. When the scene is shot, "Ignacio" breaks out in tears unexpectedly.
The movie set is visited by Manuel Berenguer (Lluís Homar), who is none other than the real Father Manolo, who has resigned from Church duty. Manuel confesses to Enrique that the new ending of the film is not far from the truth: the real Ignacio blackmailed Manuel, who somehow managed to scratch together the money but also took an interest in Ignacio's younger brother Juan. Juan and Manuel started a relationship and after a while realized they both wanted to see Ignacio dead. Juan scored some very pure heroin, so that his brother would die by overdose after shooting up.
Enrique is shocked and not at all interested in Juan's weak vindications for what he did to his brother. Finally, before he leaves, Juan gives Enrique a piece of paper: a letter to Enrique that Ignacio was in the middle of typing when he died.

What's good about this film is that it actually relies on the imagination of the viewers. It is not predictable and present the film in such a way that will leave its viewers in awe.
The ending is actually not what I have expected though it could have tied up some lose ends. It ends abruptly--perhaps I was wishing that Enrique will eventually fall for Ignacio's brother Juan. (oops, kinda spoiler-ish)

Rating: 8.5/10

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Drag Me To Hell Film Review


Director: Sam Raimi
Starring:
Alison Lohman as Christine Brown
Justin Long as Dr. Clayton 'Clay' Dalton
Lorna Raver as Mrs. Sylvia Ganush
Dileep Rao as Rham Jas
David Paymer as Mr. Jim Jacks
Reggie Lee as Stu Rubin
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Basically the movie is about a demonic curse ala-the ring- some of the scenes are pretty funny because they're so "cartoonish" like when the old lady's eyes pop out...it was like watching a weird cartoon...lol.

I don't think Alison and Justin clicked with the chemistry though ...
It was not that scary bbut it feels like you are in a roller coaster ride while watching it sorta like you wanna jump off your seat ya know that' scenes.

It is almost predictable yet it has actually "shock" the "hitch" out of me.

I'd say it's "almost worth your money" if you're just trying to unwind...

Rating: 6.5 out of 10

SPOILER: the girl died ... she was hit by a train and was dragged to hell... lol