What New Movies would you like to watch?

It's been ages since I've been to a movie theater. I blame the fact that there's only one mall that provides movies on a regular basis and it's in the next city which is about an hour away. I don't even know how much a movie ticket costs nowadays.

There are a lot of movies that have caught my interest. One of these would be my much awaited movie, Eclipse, the third installment of the Twilight Saga. It is about to be shown in the Philippines on June 30. I'm hoping I can tag along with my niece to watch it. I love Eclipse for the mere fact that I'm hoping that in this part, Jasper Hale gets more scenes, since this is the part that he trains the werewolves for a much bigger fight. I've been seeing the trailers in different sites and blogs and it has certainly piqued my interest.

Some movies that have come and gone which I so wanted to see in a very big screen would be Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Iron Man 2 and something that was brought to my attention since it was one of the longest running television shows and I so love the first movie that ever happened which showed what Carrie and the girls have been up to. Well, you guessed it... Sex and the City 2. My twin and bestfriend couldn't stop talking about it, so it must be something I shouldn't miss as well.

New movies that have caught my attention are: Prince of Persia... Jake is such a hunk. Robin Hood, a classic tale brought into the silver screen again. The Sorcerer's Apprentice looks interesting and I have always liked Nicolas Cage. The Karate Kid is also a movie of note for me since it stars my ever favorite Jackie Chan and with no less than the son of Will Smith, this remake is sure to make these artists more famous. Pat Morita has always been famous for this role as well as Hilary Swank being the female version of the Karate Kid who was then Ralph Macchio. Funny, after all these years I still remember his name and had no need to look it up the internet.


What about you? What new movies would you like to see?

TCP: Blockbuster Movies

Dear TCP addicts like me,

Oh my, what a difficult category.

So what runs in my mind when I hear Blockbuster Movies is those in the league of Harry Potter and Lord of the Ring.

But then, I keep trying to recall that in my entries for TCP, I seem to have forgotten all about 1 movie which struck a chord deep into immortal soul. (Isn't that a dead giveaway?)

So without further ado,

my pick for blockbuster movies is:



Image credit goes to Deviant Artist: AuroraInk.


I think it's a great blockbuster movie, in the sense that it is something I shared with my niece. That moms like me could relate to it. That the movie made me reminisce all the feelings of falling in love. It's just amazing how I heard about it on the news, people camping out just to catch the premiere. People calling themselves Twihard. Simply put, the books combined with the movie is just a great experience. You see the words come to life, enacted by actors. I think the amazing thing about the books and the movies is that they have all the necessary elements for everyone, action sequences and motorcycles and car talk for the guys. The romance, butterflies in the stomach, and cheesy lines for the girls.

What's your blockbuster movie?

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Tuesday Couch Potatoes: Robot/Cyborg Movie

Anytime I hear the word Robot specially Cyborg, my mind automatically flips on the images of Terminator and the Robots in I,Robot and I guess Transformers are robots too. Scary! Since I'm scared of those kinds of robots...I just had to pick one which starred my favorite actor of all time... and a movie which made me question or well, made 'humanity' a blurred line.

My pick for my favorite Robot movie is: The Bicentennial Man.

This movie stars my favorite actor of all time: Robin Williams


In this movie, Robin Williams plays Andrew, a robot who was bought to become a housekeeper for a family.
The family is composed of the husband or 'sir', the wife, the kind daughter ' little miss' and the one I'd love to call 'brat'. Andrew is a robot who possesses 'personality' even if his personality chip is off. We see it when he accidentally breaks a crystal horse owned by 'little miss' and he creates another horse from drift wood. He is encouraged by 'sir' and he then sets off to creating more things out of wood and he sells them for money. His passion is in making clocks. Little Miss grows into adulthood and having feelings for Andrew which isn't reciprocated or deemed possible then. Andrew grows curious about the concept of freedom with all the books that he's read. People die in battles for it, so he asked sir for his freedom. Moving on, when he gains his freedom, Andrew decides to spend his money looking for robots like him. Ones with personality without a chip. He finds Rupert - a scientist who specializes in robots like Andrew. He is developing a 'skin' for the robots that would make them look more human. His research is then funded by Andrew. Rupert has a crazy assistant named Galatea who loves to dance but because of her chip. After achieving a face and making incredible progress with regards to organs that can replace those of humans suffering from organ failure and others, Andrew goes back to his family of humans. When he returns, he is surprised to find someone who looks a lot like 'little Miss' but isn't. She's the grand daughter of the original little Miss and her name is Portia.
This time around Andrew falls in love and fights for it. Then, each year, he goes to a federation or a council to ask that he be formally declared a human. In one of the last grand inquisition, he can see for himself that humans have surpassed their normal life spans because of the organs developed through the technology he funded and provided. All that he ask in turn is to become human. The drama is actually in the end,  Andrew Martin is on his death bed, Portia beside him, when the Speaker of the World Congress finally announces on television the court's decision: that Andrew Martin is recognized as the oldest, non-biblical human being in history, aged 200 years old. The Speaker also finally validates the marriage between Portia and Andrew. Andrew dies while listening to the broadcast. Portia orders their nurse, Galatea, now recognizably human, to unplug her, i.e., shut down her life support machine. The movie ends with Portia about to die hand-in-hand with Andrew, as she whispers to him "See you soon"




My second favorite robot/cyborg movie and one you shouldn't have missed too is AI - Artificial Intelligence which starred Haley Joel Osment of "The Sixth Sense" fame.

In the future, artificial intelligence has involved in such a way that a family can now accept a near to life like child. This is exactly what the Swinton family does, but when things get worse for the relationship between the family and this new child, they send it out to survive on its own. With only the name David and a passion to become a real boy, the child becomes friends with Gigolo Joe and sets off to make it become a reality. Written by FilmFanUk

He is Pinocchio, wanting to become a real boy - looking for his own blue fairy.

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