Adventureland (2009)

It is good movie for young adults. The story is about a young man, James who just graduated from college. He was force to work in the adventureland in order to meet his plans in life. The Adventureland is an amusement place where everyone can enjoy themselves with all the rides and games. James met Em in the amusement and fall in love with each other. However both have secrets, James had a date with the beautiful girl in the amusement but James eventually confess to Em. Em on the other hand had an affair with Mike Connell (Ryan Reynolds). James knew about it after a friend told him the whole story. He goes mad and end their job in the adventureland. In the end both was able to get in touch with each other in New York.

The story is a typical kind of movie that features love, adventure, adulthood, and showed some lessons that everyone could learn.

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Tropic Thunder (2008)

Tropic Thunder is actually a movie in progress played by Speedman (Ben Stiller), Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), Portnoy (Jack Black) and Sandusky ( Jay Baruchel). The production of the movie is a month behind schedule and has been spending millions of dollars. The director was not able to properly organized their actors while the actors showed no emotional attachment to the movie or its story.

The writer of the Tropic Thunder was believed to be one of those armies who fought the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war. However it was found that he was neither a soldier nor having no fingers, he wrote the story for the tribute to those who fought in war.

The actors were sent into the jungle to shot the movie. They were told that cameras were installed all over the place. They were given a map and continuing to do the scenes. Speedman (Ben Stiller) part ways with the group and soon captured with the Dragons “a known heroin producer”. The group continued to travel and found out that speedman is captured. They plan an ambush based on the film’s plot line and was a success. They were able to rescue Speedman and the rest of the group.

The story is some sort of comedy, action and drama. One of the funny parts is in their shooting part wherein one army was shot in the head and then came blood rushing out like a water in the faucet. Also funny part is when sadusky is attacked with a knife in his stomach, his intestines are coming out and his holding in it. Speedman’s hand become like a blooming flowers. In the story I was surprised when a kid appears to be the leader of the Dragon. No wonder to be him because he knows Kung Fu. I enjoy the whole story. It is really another big hit in Ben Stiller’s movie.

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Changeling (2008)

Changeling is inspired by a true story movie set on 1928. The movie is starred by Angelina Jolie. The story is excellent wherein the sequence is properly arranged. The thrilling in the movie starts when Walter Collins is gone. However after a couple of months of continued search the LAPD found a boy in Illinois that match with the description of Christine’s son. When the boy was presented to Christine Collins, she denied that it was her son. She also found concrete evidence that it’s not really her son; the boy is circumcised, 2 inches shorter than the last time she measures Walter, he cannot remember were he sits in his classroom and there are some changes in his teeth. Now the teacher and the dentist are ready to give their testimonies to the court. After many denials, the LAPD brought Christine to the confinement for the reason of insanity. She was able to get out after the truth about her uncovers.

The movie portrayed something that we didn’t know. It also shows how a mother unceasingly searches for his lost son. In the end of the movie Christine Collins gains hope that his son might still be alive because of the new revelations by the kid of was able to survive. She’s hoping that her son might be somewhere still afraid to get out.

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The Great Debaters ()2007

The Great Debaters (2007) is a true story film directed by two academy award winner Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey and her Company Productions, Harpo Productions.
The main casts are: Denzel Washingtion as Melvin B. Tolson, Forest Whitaker as James Farmer, Sr., Nate Parker as Henry Lowe, Denzel Whitaker as James L. Farmer, Jr., Jurnee Smollett as Samantha Brooke.
The story about the Debate Team in Wiley college succeeded to defeat Harvard University Debate Team.
The story emphasizes on the racial discrimination against black and while people.
You will learn a lot of this true story happened on 1930s.

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Titanic (1997)

Titanic (1997) is a romantic drama film directed by James Cameron with the main casts Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson.

Titanic is the name of the world's famous ship who sink in 1912. This is a true story of an old woman Rose DeWitt Bukater who recognized the painting and the necklace that was being televised after Brock Lovett and his team - the treasure hunter, found them in the shipwreck. Rose flew with her grandchildren to ship and told the whole story.

Titanic was the famous ship that time where thousands of people on board including the first class, the second class, and the third class. Jack Dawson was included in the poor class with his bestfriend Fabrizio De Rossi (Danny Nucci). Rose was 17 year old attempts to jump-off to the ocean but Jack quickly pulls her back to the ship. Their romance started to evolve around them.

When the Ship collides with a huge iceberg, their love becomes a struggle for survival. They have to fight to stay alive. But unfortunately, Jack didn't make it. He died.

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Serendipity (2001)

When Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas meet at New York on Christmas both are buying the same gloves for their lovers but they both don't know the name yet. Jonathan ask Sara of her name and a telephone number but Sara refuse him but instead she decided to let faith will find its way.
Sara Thomas have told Jonathan to test the faith if they are really meant for each other like going up in a building with different elevator and if they meet in the same floor that means they are destined for each other; second, she put her name and phone number on the first page of the book entitled "LOVE IN THE TIMES OF CHOLERA" and sell it. If he will find that book, then they are meant to be; third, she wrote his name in a dollar bill and if that money will back in her wallet, that means they are destined.
They have separated and live in a different country. They both now engaged but Jon seek help from his best man to look for that woman she met in New York and so as Sara who had just asked her fiancee a break then flew to New York.

Will faith finds its way for the two?

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Villa Estrella (2009)

Ana (Shaina Magdayao) is being haunted in her dreams with a woman being killed. Her ex-boyfriend (Jake Cuenca) brings her in the Villa Estrella Resort, an abandoned resort. She then meets a girl named Jennifer (Celine Lim).
The caretaker told her that she has been in that resort when we was a little girl but she refuse to believe because she said she has never been there in that resort. She meets Gisele, who is very familiar to her.
She later realize that she is part on that resort and that the past is haunter her. She recalls that Andrea, her elder close friend, the daughter of the caretaker was killed by her father and her Tito (her ex-boyfriend's father).

This is another horror movie produced in the Philippine Cinema.


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Eragon (2006)

An orphaned farm boy named Eragon is destined to be a dragon rider. While hunting in the forest, he finds a blue stone sent by Princess Arya. He then witness that the blue stone hatches of a dragon and later realize that it is a dragon egg. The name of a dragon is Saphira.

He meet Brom who happened to be a Dragon Rider.
When evil King Galbatorix ruled the entire Alagaesia and finds out about Eragon and the Dragon, the evil sents out his men to capture them. Saphira and Eragon forced to leave from their hometown to search for Varden, a group of rebels to want to witness the downfall of Galbatorix.

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