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Just my two cents worth.  This movie should have been entitled LAURELINE AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS.   Cara Delevingne captivated the different sets of audiences and her(Laureline) personality was(is) more likeable than of Dane DeHaan's depiction of Valerian.  He(Dane DeHaan) is not bad to look at, but the way he was described here was as if he was the handsomest creature in Alpha, the city of a thousand planets. Besides, I couldn't brush the image of Harry Osborn off in my head as the Green Goblin(that really looks like a goblin in prosthetics). He did fine, but I could imagine other actors for the role.  Thank goodness he has youthful physiognomy.    If there's another person or different specie that wowed everyone, it's got to be Rihanna. She's very, very graceful and she did a great job depicting Bubble. Clive Owen was not an effective villain here.  I know he has played some anti-hero and villains convincingly, but here...he...

Transformers: The Last Knight 2017 ‧ Science fiction film/Thriller ‧ 2h 30m Humans are at war with the Transformers, and Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving the future lies buried in the secrets of the past and the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Now, it's up to the unlikely alliance of Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), Bumblebee, an English lord (Anthony Hopkins) and an Oxford professor (Laura Haddock) to save the world. Release date: 21 June 2017 (Philippines) Director: Michael Bay Based on: Transformers; by Hasbro Budget: 260 million USD Music composed by: Steve Jablonsky Bonifacio High Street Central Square Cinemas This long-awaited movie is worth it.  Yes, it's still very long even if Michael Bay shortened it(a little more than 2 1/2 hours), but the scenes were pretty exciting, so I didn't notice the time.  For a non-expert or ordinary viewer I could say I love the special effects. As for the story?  It needs work.  Ear...

( source ) Parents need to know that  Kong: Skull Island  is a very violent, action-packed reboot of the King Kong story. Set in the 1970s, the movie follows a group of scientists on a mission to survey a mysterious island in Southeast Asia. That's where they encounter several dangerous giant creatures, including an ape trying to protect his habitat (there are also giant birds, a spider, an octopus, and reptilian creatures). Things get pretty brutal, with victims being dismembered, stomped on, eaten, and tossed around; helicopters also crash and are ripped apart. So you can expect a high body count, with scene after scene of jump-worthy action, death, and gore. The language can also be strong, with one use of "f--k," plus several uses of "s--t," "ass," "bitch," etc. There's also some social drinking, but sex is limited to embraces and very brief implied prostitution in a couple of scenes set in Vietnam and Thailand.  Tom Hiddleston ,...

Tony Mendez and Ben Affleck at the 16th Annual Hollywood Awards Presented by the LA Times From  blogs.whatsontv.co.uk "Exciting!" "Moving!" "Nail-biting!"  Premise:  Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980. Directed by  Ben Affleck Writing Credits (WGA):   Chris Terrio ... (screenplay by) Tony Mendez ... (based on a selection from " The Master of Disguise " by) (as Antonio J. Mendez) and Joshuah Bearman ... (based on the Wired Magazine article " The Great Escape " by) FULL CAST AND CREW @ imdb I lost several chances of watching this film because I was traveling in some parts of the country with friends and family.  Finally, last week, a couple of days before being totally under the weather(but was already starti...

Source “The thought came back to him, as it often did: To save the culture of your allies is a small thing. To cherish the culture of your enemy, to risk your life and the life of other men to save it, to give it all back to them as soon as the battle was won … it was unheard of, but that was exactly what Walker Hancock and the other Monuments Men intended to do.”  ―  Robert M. Edsel ,  The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History Dad and I have Father-Daughter movie (+ lunch or merienda or dinner) dates once in a while and I think this was one of the best movies we ever watched together. I know that a lot of critics have lambasted this film, but I must say that most of the critics like it. They noted the  flaws , but  in toto , it made us believe that we were watching every scene like we were actually there. My favorite ones were that of  Donald Jeffries (Hugh Bonneville) writ...