Subliminaly Obvious Ads in Movies

Hermes Birkin, Louise Vitton, Lenovo, Mac Ipad, Pontiac, Ferrari, Chevrolet, Mercedes Benz, Lacoste are just some of the products with obvious subliminal advertising intent in having exposure in the Transformers 3 movie.  To some movie goers and Transformers the other product brands may not be well so obvious more than the popular car brands and models that transform into Autobots. [...]

Thoriffic Marvel Hero

Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the god of thunder is the son of Odin, King of a peaceful realm named Asgard, lying somewhere out there in the cosmos.  Because of his arrogance, pride and vanity this warrior leader was cast out to Earth. But here, he learned of what is to be like a true hero. The story is Marvel [...]

Perfume: Capturing the scent of a desensythized world

“Perfume: “The Stroy of a Murderer“, is a 2007 movie based from a novel by Patrick Suskind, and directed by Tom Tykwer is a moving  representation of a world desensythized and aliented from the essences of life. It starred Ben Whishaw as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. Set in 18th-century France, the movie takes the audience at the time Jean-Baptiste was born [...]

The Tourist

The Tourist is a romantic comedy-drama-thriller film, that tells of a love story between a rich and beautfiul widow and a tourist, she met by chance,  in romance and action to thrill the audience with some humor on the side. It stars Angelina Jolie (Elise)  and Johnny Depp (Frank) , directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for SONY Pictures. Set in [...]

Gulliver’s Travels: The Voyage to Finding Lost Self

Being small, growing up and becoming big are not a matter of physical size. One can be a big grown man, yet thinks too little about his self. Another could be so little but he may see his self too big. The Lilliputians would definitely find a giant a beast, and what could be more monstrous [...]

Tracking Santa

There is a Christmas Spirit in that big, fat, white-bearded, old man in red suit. The medieval saint who gave gifts have been a long standing icon resonant in every child and child once imagination. His travel at Christmas eve around the globe to answer every child’s Christmas wish is probably the grandest story that humanity [...]

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows is Not so Much of What is Expected

This first part of the two-series ending of JK Rowlings Harry Potter, the Deathly Hallows  was not so climactic after all and it did less of the presentation of Potter’s magical world to astound the audience. Instead it was dragging somehow and not so memorable. Moreso, it is no longer a movie for kids. For those who [...]

Why spend for the Expendables?

Video game turned movie.  This is a new genre of movies started in the traditions of  Super Mario, Street Fighter, Double Dragon, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Tekken, Lara Croft and  Final Destiny. What is common to these games is that they have become an interesting part of the life of a generation in our culture. The storyline in [...]