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Facebook Rappler Review by Zig Marasigan The trailer above made me joyfully wait for this movie to be shown in the cinemas.  Yes, yes, there was a more important event coming and I haven't forgotten who the real reason for the season is, but it made me list this as the first movie to watch on Christmas Day. Let me tell you a secret .  I was only intending to watch four movies anyway and the other three are:  BONIFACIO, KUBOT and MY BIG BOSSING. This morning we were pretty excited to go to Alabang Town Center.  We were given movies passes yesterday and even if we knew that we weren't going to be able to use them(the expiration date was on the 31st and it was the #MMFF2014, so the odds were obviously against us), we were still psyched to see this film. After watching the movie I was able to read the wonderful review of Zig Marasigan .  Even if I don't entirely agree with what he has written, I agree with almost everything he said. He

We have gladly supported the block screenings of Southridge Class of 2016 from  An Unexpected Journey, to The Desolation of Smaug   to The Battle of the Five Armies. (All the best, SR2016!) Alabang Town Center Cinema 5 Some of the ones who were the earliest to arrive Having reclaimed Erebor and vast treasure from the dragon Smaug, Thorin Oakenshield ( Richard Armitage ) sacrifices friendship and honor in seeking the Arkenstone , despite Smaug 's fiery wrath and desperate attempts by the Hobbit Bilbo ( Martin Freeman ) to make him see reason. Meanwhile, Sauron sends legions of Orcs in a sneak attack upon the Lonely Mountain . As the fate of Middle Earth hangs in the balance, the races of Men, Elves and Dwarves must decide whether to unite and prevail -- or all die.- WWW MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images) Cast: Martin Freeman , Richard Armitage , Orlando Bloom , Lee Pace , Ian

Official Italian Poster Written for the screen by Arash Amel Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace of Monaco ( source ) MY OPINION :   Nicole Kidman is one of my favorite actors, but I  believe she was miscast as the very saint like Princess Grace of Monaco.  Her eyes are very fierce, even if she's very beautiful and elegant.  Tim Roth was likewise miscast because he lacked the appeal of Prince Rainier.  If I was not familiar with the great Grace Kelly and her prince charming, I guess I could say that they both acted well .  Unfortunately,  I was one of those fascinated with their life beyond the fairy tale.  I could not imagine that the person Nicole Kidman portrayed was "the" Grace Kelly and the person Tim Roth portrayed was Prince Rainier III himself.  Thankfully for both of them, although this is loosely based(which, in my opinion, is a very abused term for biopics) on true events, this is more fictional than real.   With the