Bobby

Directed by Emilio Estevez (The Mighty Ducks, anyone?), starring (get ready for this) Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Fishburne, William H. Macy, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Heather Graham, Lindsay Lohan, Nick Cannon, Shia LeBeouf, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Joshua Jackson, Helen Hunt, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater and Emilio Estevez himself.

Told the stories of people around the place/time that would lead to what would be the death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968.

I seriously loved this film and just don't get why it's so not famous. An all-star cast doing multiple storylines might not sound new, but trust me, you have to see this one. Of course this film didn't exactly tell the story of the assassination, what's behind it and whatnot. I didn't even expect that. This is less technical, a lot more beautiful. This film just felt so touching, so meaningful in many different aspects. Everyone gave wonderful performances and the surprise for me was Sharon Stone. To me, her image had never been that good, but this time I enjoyed her performance tremendously. She really broke my heart. To conclude, forget the bad reviews that you might hear (a classmate of mine totally hated it.. so I just decided that she has no taste ;p) and go see it for yourself. I, personally, would absolutely buy the DVD and watch it over and over again.

9 / 10.

"My brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it."

-Ted Kennedy

Volver

Directed by the great Pedro Almodóvar, starring Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas (The Sea Inside), Blanca Portillo and Yohana Cobo.

Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Soledad went back to their home town, the windy village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of Raimunda and Sole's mother. They also visited their aunt, to see how she was doing. Apparently she had been taken care of by her neighbor, Agustina, and also (according to her) by her dead sister. When Raimunda, Paula and Sole went back to their usual lives, things started to happen and Sole got a visit from a unexpected person.

I know, I'm kinda late. The film's been there for a year. What kind of a Pedro fan am I? Okay, so, I have to admit that for the first one and a half hours, I didn't know what I was watching. The story felt pointless. But, of course, in the end there's an unexpected plot twist that only Pedro can pull off. Yep, this one has a crazy plot that is sure to surprise you. But honestly, I prefer Bad Education. Sure, both has surprises and unexpected twists, but Bad Education felt more 'packed' and certain. But anyway, I'm still a huge Pedro fan and still recommend people to watch this film. Penélope is damn pretty (I'm starting to love her) and I just love how 'colorful' Pedro's films are. They have a different, dark-yet-colorful feeling. Oh, and 'Volver' means 'to return'.

7.5 / 10.

Disturbia

Directed by DJ Caruso, starring Shia LeBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Sarah Roemer and Aaron Yoo.

Kale's father had died in a car accident and he seemed to blame himself. Angry and unstable, Kale lost his temper one day and punched his Spanish teacher in the face, causing him a house arrest penalty for three months. That's when Kale started spying on his neighbors through his binoculars and suspected his neighbor to be a serial killer.

I'm begining to like thrillers. They're not so bad afterall, huh? So yeah, I loved this movie. Good suspense, and it's kinda funny.. Well, it's Shia LeBeouf, people. I'm definitely becoming his fan. So damn cute. First became interested when I saw him on MTV TRL ages ago, he sang (horribly) to Hilary Duff's Wake Up. He's just a natural comedian. Altho, I have to say that I'd love to see him in a more serious role. I'm sure he can pull it off. Oh, Aaron Yoo, the Korean guy, turned out he's 28 years old. Wow.. we Asians do look younger, don't we? ;p Okay, so people, go see this movie if you want to see some good thriller. (and I like the music, too)

8 / 10. Btw, this is sort of a 'remake' of Hitchcock's Rear Window. But I haven't seen that, so I can't compare them.

Opera Jawa

An Indonesian film directed by a well-known filmmaker Garin Nugroho, starring ex-Miss Indonesia (2005) Artika Sari Devi, Martinus Miroto and Eko Supriyanto. Screened in various film festivals around the world.

A (sort of) musical drama telling the story of a love triangle between Siti, Setio and Ludiro. Siti and Setio were a married couple, but as time goes by Setio grew distant and Ludiro, who had been forever in love with Siti, was trying to win the lady's love.

I rarely check reviews before seeing a movie but this time I did. And the two reviews that I read said that the film is boring. But I was still curious so I went to see it anyway (still thinking that I'd probably die from boredom). But you know what, I wasn't bored at all. The film was two hour long and I wasn't bored. There was no dialogue, only singing and dancing. They did it all in Javanese, which I don't understand, so I had to keep reading the Indonesian subtitles. The film was very unique, very rare. Some people could easily get bored (because Javanese songs are sung VERY slowly. And I mean VERY) but I was kept interested the whole time. There were some metaphors I still don't get but overall I really enjoyed it. The Balinese housekeeper/caretaker was a scene stealer. I loved him. And OMG Eko Supriyanto. He's an Indonesian artist, a great one. I've never paid attention to the Indonesian art community but I know I've seen an article about this guy somewhere and yes, he's GREAT. When he danced.. it was just so.. expressive. His whole body was communicating. Just great.

8 / 10.

Eternal Summer

A Taiwanese movie directed by Leste Chen, starring Bryant Chang, Hsiao-chuan Chang and Kate Yeung.

Shane and Jonathan were childhood friends. They grew up together, did everything together and at the end of their High School year, a transfer student from Hong Kong came into their lives.. who unintentionally made Shane and Jonathan realized something else about their relationship.

This is a gay movie so piss off, homophobes. Okay, first off, the movie looked cheap. The actors weren't that good. Some developments of the characters were not told well enough. It already got something already, and I thought the execution could've been done better. But alas.. this is all we got. I kinda liked it, though, in a strange way. Or maybe I just like boys kissing. *shrugs* ;p

4 / 10. Eventhough I liked it, I still think it's cheap.

Highlander: The Source

Cheap movie. Cheap actors. Cheap lines. Don't see it. (unless you're a die hard Highlander fan.. or something)

I wasted my time and money so you don't have to waste yours.