At World’s End

26May07

Just a few comments about the movie based on the ride that was more a ride than a movie (that is, forgettable, but exciting).
No, I’m not going to talk about its empty promises of an fleet-wide battle between the East India Company and the United Pirate Nations, or the utter waste of time that was [...]

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Just For One Day

24May07

With the last episode of Heroes for this season finally over, the first volume of the saga of a band of brothers with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men comes to a close.
As a whole, the entire season itself was entertaining. It’s probably up to par with the other long-form serial dramas [...]

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Up For Grabs

16May07

While everyone here in the Philippines were choosing who the next batch of institutional thieves will get to steal more of their money for the next three years, half the world away a smaller group of people were voting the next person who will get more or less the same thing - that is, a [...]

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The (not so) Amazing Finale

09May07

So the Amazing Race All Stars is over, and Danielle and Erica are the winners.
Maybe it’s just me, maybe I just bought into all the hype, but this season disappointed me in a way only the Amazing Race Asia could.
Then again, I’m not exactly an avid watcher of the Amazing Race. I’ve only watched TAR10 [...]

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The Inevitable Review

06May07

So.
Spider-man.
Hm.
Well, it’s certainly not as good as Snow Patrol’s video for ‘Signal Fire’, but it’s not as bad as other people think it is.
I don’t think it joins the ranks of Batman Forever, Superman 3, Blade Trinity, X-Men 3, as part of the ‘third sequel comic movie curse’. For all it’s faults, it’s not THAT [...]

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