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Central Intelligence (2016)

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5 Reasons Why ‘Central Intelligence’ Might Blow Past Expectations  (my favorite review about the movie)   ( source) Bullied as a teen for being overweight, Bob Stone (Dwayne Johnson) shows up to his high school reunion looking fit and muscular. While there, he finds Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart), a fast-talking accountant who misses his glory days as a popular athlete. Stone is now a lethal CIA agent who needs Calvin's number skills to help him save the compromised U.S. spy satellite system. Together, the former classmates encounter shootouts, espionage and double-crosses while trying to prevent worldwide chaos.  -WWW  (well, all I can say it didn't happen exactly the way the WWW described, but close to it--LMV) Initial release: June 17, 2016 (USA) Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Executive producer: Ed Helms Screenplay: Rawson Marshall Thurber, Ike Barinholtz , David Stassen , Peter Steinfeld The trailer was very funny and we've wanted to see thi

Finding Dory (2016)

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Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her  journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species. Dory now knows that her family reunion will only happen if she can save mom and dad from captivity.-WWW I can't believe it!  FINDING DORY outdid the blockbuster hit, FINDING NEMO .  My friends, the young and not so young alike, were raving about it.  Others were crying buckets of tears, while others simply had some emotional moments.  Definitely, heartstrings were pulled, but there were a lot of light moments too that I decided to see for myself. True, many think that Finding Nemo will remain a classic and cannot be topped, but Finding Dory could be a classic too...someday.  :-

The Imitation Game (2014)/ Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges

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Alan Turing , the Inventor of what we call nowadays as COMPUTERS; He was a mathematical genius who was prejudged because he was a homosexual and was given hormonal therapy to "cure" his being a homosexual.  Since the therapy was not doing him any good, he committed suicide in 1954. Tsk, tsk, tsk!  Imagine, he broke the German Enigma Ciphers/Cyphers, but he was sentenced because of indecency.   Where is the justice in that? I agree with Benedict Cumberbatch. He should be in banknotes! Learn more about this phenomenal precursor of artificial intelligence by clicking the link, reading this book , or watching THE IMITATION GAME(2014) .  Instead of condemning him, we should thank him, right? Right!!!!! THE IMITATION GAME (2014) ( SOURCE ) Almost speechless. Great acting. Great direction. Great cast. Great everything! CAST : Benedict Cumberbatch  as  Alan Turing Keira Knightley  as  Joan Clarke Matthew Goode  as  Hugh Alexander Rory Kinnear  as Detect

Me Before You (2016) PG

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Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs from all my blog entries, whether good or bad, were taken by me or at the very least, taken using my gadget or camera  Bonifacio High Street Cinemas Central Square 30th corner 5th Avenues, Bonifacio Global City, City of Taguig Beautiful..  Astounding...Moving... Heartbreaking...Hopeful...Awesome. As much as possible, I don't want to give spoilers, even if the movie is just an adaptation or something, but I can't promise that now.  Hopefully, I would be able to avoid giving some, but if I get carried away and give some spoilers, please forgive me. Louisa "Lou" Clark is a breath of fresh air.  She is so easy to like, except that she is not really too bright...at least, that was what people thought about her. I liked her character in an instant and was thanking Kate Dowd silently for choosing Emilia Clarke to play her.  The role is tailor-made for Emilia. Sam Claflin, pardon my language, made some y

Now You See Me 2 (2016)

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Not in this movie:   Melanie Laurent and Isla Fisher(Lizzy Caplan takes her place) ( source ) ( source ) Director:  Jon M. Chu Film series: Now You See Me Film Series Cinematography: Peter Deming Screenplay:  Ed Solomon , Pete Chiarelli After fleeing from a stage show, the illusionists (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson) known as the Four Horsemen find themselves in more trouble in Macau, China. Devious tech wizard Walter Mabry (Daniel Radcliffe) forces the infamous magicians to steal a powerful chip that can control all of the world's computers. Meanwhile, vengeful FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) hatches his own plot against Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman), the man he blames for the death of his father. -WWW Now You See Me 3 is already in development .  I learned about it when I wondered if Melanie Laurent would be appearing in it because I didn't see her in "this" installment. It was really a big disappointment for me because their

Teenage Mutant Ninja.Turtles (2016) PG

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The turtles face a new challenge when Shredder escapes from custody and joins forces with Baxter Stockman, a mad scientist who plans to use a serum to take over the world. Along for the ride are Bebop and Rocksteady, two dimwitted henchmen who provide plenty of muscle. Luckily, the turtles have their own allies in April O'Neil, Vernon Fenwick and Casey Jones, a hockey-masked vigilante. As the pizza-loving heroes prepare for battle, the notorious Krang also emerges to pose an even greater threat. -WWW Poster from Commercentre, Filinvest City, Alabang, Muntinlupa Director: David Green Film series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot series Music composed by: Steve Jablonsky Producers: Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller, Galen Walker, Scott Mednick When the film ended, children were jumping up and down while singing, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."  One little boy and one little were shouting, "Ninja power!" Yes, it did have some viole