"You can't really have it all", because after last week's triumphant run, feign a sleep for the whole week or whatever shenanigan you can contrive, the following films will be playing on Philippine theaters. It's your choice. Endure the urge of watching a new film or fall in line to these movies - either of the two is injurious to the brain. Nonetheless, read on to the very end of this post and learn if a few may interest you.
Chernobyl Diaries creates the most buzz among the bunch but in fact was released on video recently [click here to read my review]. And while Oren Peli's tested atmospheric appears first-rate, the film deserves to be bought on DVD or Blu-Ray than spend on a movie ticket. Jesse McCartney being on the cast is one of the many wrongs that the movie have made, but it still has a couple of things to it that is worthy of your eye. Similarly, Seeking a Friend For the End of the World had found it's way to land on DVD and I just got my hands on one [review will follow this post], a post-apocalyptic romance between Steve Carell (The Forty-Year Old Virgin) and Keira Knightly (Atonement). The pic is okay by all accounts, but only to quibble, the final act just feels wrong. Like Chernobyl, the movie screams to be watched at the comfort of your home and not with a throng of random strangers inside the theater.
Also reaching the Filipino theaters are Dead Mine and I Miss You. Dead Mine follows a group of treasure hunters astonished by the idea that the legendary Yamashita treasure lies in an Indonesian jungle. The group makes their way inside a World War II Japanese bunker, but finds out that they got company. It's a joint collaboration of HBO Asia and Infinite Studios and will star Filipino actor Carmen Soo. I have intense intentions in watching this pic, but I fear that it is crippled by the tropes that it plays with. The film is entirely produced in one month, and that is both bad and good, no elaboration is needed. I Miss You, a Thai horror film mixes the troubled genre of romance and horror. While many critics have thanked and applauded its efforts, I'll keep my hands calm and stiff, not one of the movie's applauders. The movie feels too weak and flimsy when I think about its superiors like Alone and Shutter - it's worth a try, I suppose.
Dorm Boys looks like a two-hour special of Tween Hearts, following teenager Aaron Villaflor and a couple of xlr8 boy band members as they reside on one dorm. On the surface of it, it's a rip-off of Cinemalaya's The Animals.
Madaling Araw, Mahabang Gabi looks like one hell of a mess that I'm dying to see. It stars Angelica Panganiban (Segunda Mano) making fun out of a Puerto Princessa tradition. Amid her "competition" are subplots that are granted interesting, but the movie's playful and energetic nature is what entices me to purchase the ticket. The picture, perfectly, is not for everyone.
Check back next week for the next Weekly Predictions and if it's not to disturb, leave us a comment on what joyous or horrendous experience you've had last week - whichever will be perfectly acceptable.
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