Centerstage Production brought in Siquijor Mystic Island In an attempt to get a into the wave of Asian Horror already being populated by countries such as Korea, Japan, Thailand, and China. I must say there is the effort laid in this movie, although tailored to Filipino viewers, the more it progress the more you would think and say “This looks familiar”.
Plot
It starts out with Xavier Adriano (Ian Veneracion) the man behind a popular afternoon TV show “Hilakbot” a reenactment series tackling the day to day encounter of people who witness or have knowledge of paranormal activities. Albeit its high ratings, GBS network want to move it to primetime slot and ask him to come up with a better concept. He accepts and decided to shoot in a place called Siquijor.
However he is not helming the show on his own, the network assigned Doreen as the executive producer. With her [...]

Another Kurosawa cinematic genius, “The Men Who Tread On The Tiger’s Tail was all about a fugitive lord and his loyal bodyguards who wore a disguise as monks to be able to avoid apprehension and with a dirty trick to outsmart the border guards.
My personal judgment about this movie was Akira Kurosawa did a very good job with such an amazing fairy tale based on Japanese fables. However, I cannot seem to get the gist of the story. In addition, the film had gone on a ‘roller coaster ride” for almost sixty minutes. The character’s performance even failed to convince me that this was a real cinematic masterpiece. This I can prove from the very sloppy comic relief in the film. On the contrary, the choice of the scenic locations I can perfectly say, that this was Kurosawa made.
I had watched several [...]

In the final days of World War II, Akira Kurosawa wrestled with the demons and the atomic age in his movie “ I Live In Fear”, released in 1955 which presented his protégé Toshiro Mifune, who portrayed as an elderly and an obstinate businessman. Fearing the atomic nuclear attack, he came up with a decisive move to evacuate his family to South America. This was a very touching film by Kurosawa, which will definitely make you cry with the remnants and unforgettable memories of the devastating nuclear bombshell, which made history never the same again.
Visually, this movie was tremendously striking. The heat and effects were present in every scene. This was so clear from the sweaty backs of the attorneys in the courtroom, to the blazing sun, which hinted the film,’s closing moments. Throughout the film, you will see the people fanning themselves to be refreshed. However, I [...]

After “Kapoww: The Ajaib Boy” hit Malaysian cinema June 17th, 2010, actor Afdlin Shauki will be featured in another anticipated big screen hit as a director for a mythical style Action and thriller film under local distributor Tayangan Unggul.
Starring Hans Isaac, Que Haidar, Vanidah Imran, Sabrina Hassan & Liyana Jasmay, the story begins when two characters Indra and Ilya returns to their home village for the funeral of their father, Iskandar. Although both grew up as brothers, Indra is the biological son who owes the loan shark enormous amount of money to support his gambling and illegal racing. Ilya, is adopted, he was given to Iskandar while passing through an old road twenty five years ago. On the other hand he is the better son. While on their way, they use an old highway as a shortcut and gets transported into another world. Now, they must find an escape [...]