I am NOT a critic. I'm merely an observer. (Books, movies, plays, musicals etc.)

Directed by James Wan Written for the Screen by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrich and Will Beall from the story penned by James Wan, Will Beall and Geoff based on the characters created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger JASON MOMOA has a certain charm, so even if he's not my kind of handsome, he's funny, more than well-built, witty, and he acts well too. Honestly, I never pictured him as Aquaman, but he grows on you, and thankfully not like a sore thumb, so I was pretty psyched when this was announced.  When I learned that NICOLE KIDMAN was going to play his Queen Mother, I couldn't imagine it, but when I learned that TEMUERA MORRISON was going to be his dad, then I said, alright, that explains it.   AMBER HEARD, as Mera, is so beautiful.  I still have a hard time believing what happened between her and Johnny Depp, but let's not go there.  Why in the world did I have to mention it?  Well...  Anyways, back to her portrayal of Mera, she was pret...

"Secret in Their Eyes poster" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Secret_in_Their_Eyes_poster.jpg#/media/File:Secret_in_Their_Eyes_poster.jpg The phenomenal hit   El secreto de sus ojos   by Señor Juan José Campanella(who is also one of the producers of the Hollywood film)  was a tough act to follow, so a remake was out of the question, but Billy Ray still dared to recreate it.  It had some of Hollywood's best actors, so what could go wrong, right? Still, when it was shown some weeks ago, it had mixed reviews. Where do I stand? Since I was not able to watch the Argentinian original, I watched the movie with innocent  eyes.  I journeyed with Ray, Claire, Jess and Bumpy.  Journeyed?  It was more like the Anchors Aweigh ride at famous amusement park in the country or a pendulum.  We swung back and forth, back and forth, back and forth in a hypnotic spell(redundant?).   I felt ...

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 ficti...

Warning: For those who have not seen these two movies and are intending to, there are spoiler alerts.  No worries, if ever you do watch these movies in the future, you would still be surprised with a lot of scenes. These two movies have one thing in common.  The main protagonists don't know they are dead.  When my time would come, I hope I would know the difference.  :-p I watched the THE SIXTH SENSE around five(5) times already since it was shown in 1999.  I only watched it two times in full and the other two times just partially on TV.   I am not a fan of horror films, but this is somehow one of the exceptions.  As much as possible I stay away from that genre.   When I watched this for the first time, I knew Malcom was dead before he realized it.  Maybe not as early as Cole.  Even before I noticed that Malcolm didn't have reflection when Cole was staring at the doorknob at Kyra's house, Cole was already saying that som...

Received from my email: "Please don't let your children watch THE GOLDEN COMPASS. It will make them think like atheists." From another sender: "THE GOLDEN COMPASS, an atheistic book, is now a movie. Please Boycott it!" Those above are the milder ones .  When I asked them if they have read the books before, they said they wouldn't dare.  One thing's for sure, this is not a children's movie, but as I've mentioned to one of the people who reviewed it recently, the commotion is just much ado about nothing ...well, maybe not nothing, but... Looking beyond that , I must say that it is a very enjoyable film. I think I like Dakota Blue Richards...she's going to be a big star one day. I also like the computer animation and stuff...the content is another story.  This movie is the 1st of the series of Pullman's His Dark Materials:  The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.  I wouldn't recommend it to child...