Let Me In Film Review

On DVD

Director: Matt Reeves

Based On: Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Starring: Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee

This film is about a bullied boy who befriends a new girl in his neighborhood. She encourages him to fight back to his bullies and he discovered that she’s no ordinary girl – she’s a young vampire lusting for blood and is looking for a new companion.

This film was actually one of my must-watch films on my list. I love Chloe Moretz playing the young vampire, Abby. I thought she’s fantastic as the young and lonely vampire. You can feel her sadness and that vicious persona in her eyes.

The boy, Kodi Smit-McPhee was as good delivering a superb performance, which is rather a reminiscent of his performance in The Road.

I love that the film is not predictable and went more violent in comparison to the original Swedish version. There is such a subtlety in the film that lures you into watching its entirety. It’s a great remake that can stand on its own without the merit of the first one. My rating for this film is 9/10 for giving me the creep that I’m expecting from it.

-paddylast

From Prada To Nada Film Review

On DVD

Director: Angel Gracia

Starring: Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, Wilmer Valderrama, Nicholas D’Agosto, Kuno Becker

This riches to rags film is a re-imagining of Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility. Siblings Norah and Mary were orphaned by their father and are left with almost nothing but their belongings. Their estranged stepbrother bought their house and they and had no other choice but to live with their Aunt in a Mexican Town at East Los Angeles.

There, they needed to adjust with their new lifestyle. Learn their culture and discover a whole lot more about love and family.

I actually enjoyed watching this film. Camilla Belle who played Norah was definitely the star of the film. Both leads are not Oscar Material and dialogues are a bit awkward and lame but they pretty much complimented each other.

It was a feel good and a very ordinary film that will leave you smiling right after watching it.

I would give it a 7/10 Ratings.

-paddylast

Binibining Pilipinas Snippets and Camera Problems!

Date Of The Event: April 10, 2011

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

My friend Dee and I were able to watch the live Coronation Night of the Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines 2011) at the Araneta Coliseum and was elated to see lotsa beautiful women and some local stars.

Only problem is, we don't have a good camera to take some pictures from the event. We're only able to get some from our phone and a cheap Samsung ES65 -- I bought it before I went to Sagada late last year, man' it sucks big time. It's not really a good camera. I think I got what I deserved though, since I only paid for it for like 4K. Oh well, I'm planning to get the Olympus Pen. I hope it's good. Still have to read some reviews about it.

Here are some snippets from the event, we're seated from Upper Box B - so that added a little to the "suckness" of our situation. LOL.

dang! can't see me!

The winners from vantage point of view.LOL

Dee, are you afraid of the dark??

here's Queenierich Rehman, Semi finalist and winner of Best In Swimsuit --I crop myself from the picture.LOL

Presentation of the Candidates

my favorite Patricia Tumulak, unfortunately she didn't win any crowns. She made it to the Top 15 though.

Patricia with her friends.

and you can hear my voice like a paparazzi: Patricia, right here...

-paddylast

Breaking Dawn: Illustrations of Bella Swan's Wedding Dress And As A Vampire

Out of all the Twilight Saga books by Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn has got to be the most interesting one for me. The story is rich, the characters are cooler and it's such a superb ending for the saga about Bella and the Cullens. I came across this blog regarding Bella as a Vampire and her wedding dress. Both are illustrations that will appear on the The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide. As Twilight fans, we all know how Bella will have this extravagant wedding and her Vampire transformation would be a very interesting one since it would also be the time that she would give birth to her half human, half vampire daughter with Edward. Oops! Spoiler much?? Anyhoo, here are the illustrations courtesy of http://shelf-life.ew.com

What do you think?

The History Maker: The Femme Fatale Britney Spears

I'm so proud that Pop Queen Britney Spears has proven once again that she's one of the most powerful and legendary acts in the music industry in all of history by securing her sixth number one album through the critically acclaimed FEMME FATALE. This made Spears the only female artist in history to have six albums debuts at number one! Now that's what you call a LEGEND.

Out of all her albums, this one would challenge the BLACKOUT album as one of her best to date -- record-wise.

My favorite tracks off the album are:

How I Roll - This is my number 1 favorite. It kinda reminds me of Brave New Girl but way better! I love how you can dance with it and do the dougie! LOL

Till The World Ends - The video was just released today and I uber loved it. It's basically I'm A Slave 4 U 2.0 but the beat of this song is just crazy!!! Thank you Ke$ha for writing this for the Queen.

Big Fat Bass - This party perfection beat penned and produced by Will.I.Am has got to come out as a single. It's techno-electropop vibe is too addictive, you should all listen to it!

Hold It Against Me - I love that she chose this as her first single. When I first listened to it, I'm like --oh my, watch out wannabes' Britney is coming after you.

Criminal - This song kinda brings me back to the past. I love its lyrics and how sexy the sound is. "Mama I'm inlove with a criminal" -- how can you go wrong with this line??

Overall, I just have to paraphrase what Britney said about this album --it's definitely her best album to date!!!!

I posted like a week ago about the Grand Album Launch that we'll ba having here in Manila for the FEMME FATALE Album. I just haven't collected all the pictures but I will be posting it late this month. Better late than never right?

Anyhoo, let me promote the Pinoys Heart Britney Page guys. If you're a Pinoy Britney Fan or a simply a Britney Fan, like our page on Facebook. Pinoys Heart Britney and follow us on Twitter here PHB

I'm hoping against hope that Britney will include Manila on her tour!!! Pleaseeee!!!!

-paddylast

Hop Film Review

I was able to catch the advance screening of HOP last night in Glorietta 4 Cinema 3 with my friend D courtesy of pinoyexchange where I wrote a review of the film. Here's what I thought of it --this review was first posted on the official PEx Movie Review thread.

The film focuses on E.B.--son of the Easter Bunny--who dreams of becoming a drummer instead of taking over his father’s job, and Fred, a happy go lucky human who accidentally injures E.B. and eventually helps him overcome the evil plan of the Easter chick Carlos to destroy Easter.

This film does not really require a great deal of dissection. We could easily relate with E.B’s character, someone who dreams big but is caught in an inevitable obligation; while Fred is someone who’s always yearning for something else in life without actually having any clue on what that is.

I thought the whole film was a bit slow, though it is highly entertaining especially to the kids who truly enjoy the antics of the very cute E.B. as well as the chicks’ characters. It is incomparable to Toy Story or Shrek or even the most recent film Rango, but it has the elements of a good film.

Its trailer alone is fun to watch but after watching the whole film, you’ll see that the story lacks depth. But hey! Who needs depth if you can just laugh along with the kids in the cinema?

I’m giving it a 7.5/10 rating.

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-paddylast