I finally got around to watching How to Be, the indie-flick starring Robert Pattinson which I had been looking forward to for some time now.
Here’s the thing with almost every single movie I anticipate - it never meets my expectations (with the exception of The Dark Knight).  Granted, I have a tendency to create unrealistically high expectations, so when movies fail for me, they usually fail big time. How To Be however, was only a moderate fail.
So the story centers around a young lad named Art (played superbly by our hero of the moment, Robert Pattinson) whose miserable existence prompts him to [...]

Sweetness! Michael Cera likes Asian girls!
Albeit, those on the quirkier end of the spectrum, but it’s all good. I mean, I’ve always known he was dating Charlyne Yi, but now it’s officially visible, as seen in the upcoming mocumentary (as they call it) Paper Heart which centers on an endlessly fascinating topic: True Love.
Charlyne, is a non-believer who’s on a mission to discover what love is really all about. Along the way she meets Michael Cera and we (giddy me) get to watch as their romance blossoms! I know, I’m definitely not doing the movie’s premise any justice. To [...]

My motivation’s been M.I.A lately even though Blockbuster season is in full swing. It just feels kind of pointless to write anything worth reading when you’re pretty certain your audience base is smaller than the latest iPod incarnate.
But I think I’ve been submerged in self-pity long enough – there’s no point in stalling anymore. I mean, hey, YOU’RE reading this right? And that’s all that matters . Plus, the movie-viewing world needs my opinions or the motion picture industry as we know it will collapse. So I’m back.
Okay, I’m kind of lying. I actually have to credit the lack of [...]

I was really excited about watching Star Trek, and I’m not even a Trekkie or anything. In fact, I’ve never seen an episode  – I always thought it was…you know, lame. But this Star Trek is different. This is the stuff of the new generation -  a cooler kind of mission with a hotter rendition of the original cast – after all, it’s meant to appeal to superficial people like me, right? And did it? Indeed. Indeed it did.

Now, story-wise, there’s little I can say on that front. You would have to watch the movie and pay attention and keep your [...]

I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie. But when the credits came and we all turned to each other for the verdict, the unanimous answer was an unenthusiastic “It was good”, except for maybe one person who said “It was really good” but I suspect it had more to do with her lust for Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds and the guy who played Gambit. In any case, it wasn’t a bad movie, it just did not live up to its character’s iconic status.
Let me explain what I mean.
Wolverine’s a troubled guy, right? He’s supposed to be this deep [...]