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IS THIS REALLY THE END OF AVENGERS?

Production : Marvel Studios
Distributor : Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Director : Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Casts : Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Bradley Cooper, Josh Brolin
Duration : 181 minutes

�Avengers: Endgame�

Avengers: Endgame nailed to mix humor, pain, happiness. This film is the most humane film from all Marvel films! The film truly opens audiences scars by relating themselves with the story whether of lost ones and second!...Read more

Shazam!

Production : New Line Cinema, DC Films, The Safran Company, Seven Bucks Productions, Mad Ghost Productions
Distributor : Warner Bros. Pictures
Director : David F. Sandberg
Casts : Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou
Duration : 132 minutes

"The Little Kid is The True Hero"

The film tells the story of Billy Batson a 12-year-old foster kid who is looking for his birth mother. One day, he is chosen by the wizard Shazam to take his place as the protector of the Earth as the nine deadly sins which is inside the body of Dr. Sivana starting to ruin the world. Watson....Read more

Dumbo

Production : Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton Productions, Infinite Detective Productions, Secret Machine Entertainment
Distributor : Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Director : Tim Burton
Casts : Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin
Duration : 112 minutes

"The Flying Elephant Is Real�

The film tells the story of Dumbo who was born with a wide ear that could make him fly. Dumbo was born in the circus. The film shows his journey finding his real home and accepting himself. Adapted by Disney�s animated film Dumbo in 1941 who was adapted by the story Dumbo by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl. Colin Farrell played as Holt Farrier; a former circus equestrian while Michael Keaton as...Read more

Captain Marvel

Production : Marvel Studios
Distributor : Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Director : Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Casts : Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan, Djimon Hounsou, Clark Gregg
Duration : 124 minutes

�A Worthy Female Character�


Tells the story of Carol Danvers who becomes one of the universe most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races while Danvers,...Read more

Alita: Battle Angel

Production : 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Troublemaker Studios, TSG Entertainment
Distributor : 20th Century Fox
Director : Robert Rodriguez
Casts : Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson
Duration : 122 minutes

�The Angel of Death�

Alita: Battle Angel is based on the hit manga series Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro. Tells the story of a cyborg name Alita who is found by Dr. Ido w.Read more

Mary Poppins Returns

Production : Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, Marc Platt Productions
Distributor : Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Director : Rob Marshall
Casts : Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep
Duration : 130 minutes

�Mary Popping What?�

Tells the story of Mary Poppins who returns after a decades to help the Bank�s siblings and Michael�s children with their lives after the lost of their mother. Directed by Oscar winner Rob Marshall, the film surely gives everybody a high hopes especially it�s Mary Poppins we�re all talking about here. The film is based on...Read more

Bumblebee

Production : Allspark Pictures, Tencent Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Bay Films
Distributor : Paramount Pictures
Director : Travis Knight
Casts : Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon
Duration : 114 minutes

�A Touching Action Film�

Set in the year of 1987, this film tells the story of Bumblebee escapes from his planet to find a refugee and landed on Earth in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) is looking for a...Read more

Aquaman

Production : Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Entertainment, The Safran Company, Mad Ghost Productions
Distributor : Warner Bros. Pictures
Director : James Wan
Casts : Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolf Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman
Duration : 143 minutes

�DC Comics Has Been Saved Once More�

Directed by James Wan (Saw, Insidious, Furios 7) the film tells the story of Arthur Curry who has to take his throne as the king of the underwater kingdom, Atlantis to lead his people and save the world from his brother Orm. Jason Momoa played as Arthur Curry the son of the Queen of Atlantis with a human who....Read more

Fantastic Beasts and The Crimes of Grindelwald

Production : Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films
Distributor : Warner Bros. Pictures
Director : David Yates
Casts : Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, William Nadylam, Kevin Guthrie, Jude Law, Johnny Depp
Duration : 134 minutes

�The Fantastic Beasts Is Back With The Crimes�

Set after the event in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is tasked by Albus Dumbledore to find Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller) before Gellert Grindelwaldand and his dark allies find and use him to terminate the human world. David Yates the director of four Harry Potter Films and now lead the helmet for this Fantastic Beats franchise comes back with its second film Fantastic Beasts and The Crimes of Grindelwald. Eddie Redmayne...Read more

Outlaw King

Production : Sigma Films, Anonymous Content
Distributor : Netflix
Director : David Mackenzie
Casts : Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Billy Howle, Tony Curran, Callan Mulvey, Stephen Dillane
Duration : 121 minutes

�A Historical Film Turns Brutal�

The film tells the story of the 14th century Scottish King Robert the Bruce, his journey as the Outlaw King and how he find his allies. The film its world premiere at the..Read more

Bohemian Rhapsody

Production : 20th Century Fox, New Regency, GK Films, Queen Films
Distributor : 20th Century Fox
 
Director : Bryan Singer, Dexter Fletcher
Casts : Rami Malek, Lucy, Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers
Duration : 134 minutes

�Most Inspiring Biopic of The Decade�

Tells the life story of the band Queen focusing on Freddie Mercury�s life till the pick success of this legendary band. Directed by Bryan Singer who left the project after awhile because...Read more

The Nutcracker and The Four Realms

Production : Walt Disney Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company
Distributor : Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Director : Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston
Casts : Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
Duration : 99 minutes

�The Most Magical Film of The Year!�

Directed by Oscar nominee Lasse Hallstrom who collaborated with director Joe Johnston. This film is 100% magical! Tells the story of Clara (Mackenzie Foy) who only wish is to have the key to...Read more

The Princess Switch

Distributor : Netflix
Director : Mike Rohl
Casts : Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar
Duration : 102 minutes

�Wonderful Xmas Film�

Tells the story a Chicago baker, Stacy who is competing on a Christmas baking competition in the fiction country Belgravia. There she bumps into Lady Margaret who asks Stacy..Read more

Hunter Killer

Production : Summit Entertainment, Original Film, Millennium Films, Relativity Media, G-BASE
Distributor : Lionsgate
Director : Donovan Marsh
Casts : Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini, Toby Stephens
Duration : 121 minutes

�Submarine War?�

An American submarine captain teams up with the U.S Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a his general. Directed by Donovan Marsh and stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini. Based on the novel Firing Point by Don Keith & George Wallace...Read more

A Star Is Born

Production : Warner Bros. Pictures, Live Nation Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Gerber Pictures, Peters Entertainment, Join Effort
Distributor :Warner Bros. Pictures
Director : Bradley Cooper
Casts : Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle, Sam Elliot
Duration : 135 minutes

�The Real Star of The Year�

The film tells the story of Jackson Maine a famous country; an alcoholic and drug addict who met Ally a waitress who aspires to be a singer-song writer in a club one night....Read more

EVEREST - Movie Review

Production : Cross Creek Pictures, Walden Media, Working Title Films
Director : Baltasar Korm�kur
Casts : Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, Jake Gyllenhaal
Duration : 121 minutes

This film is the true events that happened on the morning of May 10, 1996. It tells the story of climbers from two expeditions start their final ascent toward the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. With little warning, a violent storm strikes the mountain, engulfing the adventurers in one of the fiercest blizzards ever... read more

Till Death Do Us Apart (Hasta Que La Muerte Nos Separe)

�The Real Devil You Need To Fight Is Your Ownself"

Production : Pulido Entertaiment Corp
Director : Abraham Pulido
Casts : Zapata 666, Maria Antonieta Duque, Alexandra Braun, William Goite, Athina Clouni, Calos Molina
Duration : 100 minutes

This movie tells a story about a boy until he grow up to reach his dream as a professional boxer and how the environment around him creates his personality.

This Venezuela movie shows that Venezuela�s movie industry has grown faster than anyone can ever imagine. And how the script was well-written by Abraham Pulido who is also the director of this movie write it with his other team mate; Osvaldo Boscacci, Fernando Javier Leon Rodriguez, Ricardo Lorenzo makes the movie not just inspiring but also not boring. read more

BLACK MASS - Movie Review

By Yan Widjaya

�Irish Cold blooded Gangster in South Boston"

Production : Cross Creek Pictures and 360 Films
Distribution: Warner Bros Pictures
Director : Scott Cooper
Casts : Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Bacon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard
Duration : 122 Minutes

This movie tells the true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.  read more

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION

By Yan Widjaya

Production : Paramount Pictures, Alibaba Pictures, Bad Robot, Skydance, TC Productions
Director : Christopher McQuarrie
Main Casts: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin, Simon McBurney, Tom Hollander, Jingchu Zhang

... Director Christopher McQuarrie has been working together with Cruise for many times including directing and writing the script for Jack Reacher (2012). The female star is played by Rebecca Ferguson, a Swedish actress. Jermy Renner as IMF Leader. The funny Simon Pegg and the black Ving Rhames play as Ethan's partner. Their big enemy is played by Sean Harris. ... more

ANT MAN

By Yan Widjaya
 
Production : Marvel Studio
Director : Peyton Reed
Main Casts: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly,
Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Michael Pena, Anthony MacKie, Abby Ryder Fortson

... Director Peyton Reed made this film for all ages, without complicated story, and very entertaining for the whole family. In the epilog (do not leave the studio in a rush), there will be... more

The Family (Malavita)

Directed by: Luc Besson
Produced by: Europe Corp
Based on the book by: Tonino Benacquista
Starring : Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones
 
FBI is solely responsible for protecting the identity of the witness as a family by giving them new identities and safe shelter. In this movie Giovanni Manzoni is given a new name Fred Blake with his wife, Maggie, and their teenage children Belle and Warren. Fred is a veteran former gangster who betrayed the Mafia Don Luchese causing the Godfather ...
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The Fountain

Brave and beautiful, 'The Fountain' is one of the most striking and most wonderful films I have ever seen in my entire life. This experimental narrative impresses and indulges. It is such an organic opus for director Darren Aronofsky... and I really salute every single person involved in the making of this film.

I think this is the most personal film review I have ever made to date...

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Gangster Squad - Movie Review

By Yash Upreti

Gangster Squad set in an era of post world war 2, it gives us surreal glimpse of L.A at that time.Ruben Fleischer has directed this movie with perfection.Performance of Sean Penn is just colossal and flawless.He plays as a gangster who "Has sworn an oath of violence".The dialogues of this movie are brilliant. The film contains intense violence and nerve racking action sequences.The use of costumes and sets in this movie are hypnotizing. The soul theme of Gangster Squad is how cops turn outlaw to crush down Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), "A boxer who used his fists to climb the social ladder of the mob".

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Short Film Produced By Filipinos Wins Oscar

The short film �God of Love�, produced by Filipinos Gigi Dement, Stefanie Walmsely and Stephen Dypiangco, picked up an Oscar Sunday night, beating out stiff competition to win what is arguably the highest honor you can achieve in cinema.

Written and directed by Luke Matheny, who also plays the main character in the film Raymond Goodfellow, �God of Love� tells the story of a lovestruck lounge-singing darts champion who attempts to win over a serious crush by stinging her with a passion-inducing dart. read more


The Music of Middle Earth - an Analysis on the Use of Music in the Film: "the Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring"

By Stuart Heimdal

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was the first movie in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, based on the popular fantasy books written by J.R. R. Tolkein. The movie was a blockbuster hit at both the box office and at the Oscars. The story, in and of itself, is creative, captivating and magical. But even a wonderful story can flop when put onto the big screen. Cinematography, special effects, visual effects and the quality of acting all play an important part in making a story "live" for an audience. Music also plays a vital part in making a movie successful. Music can make us feel that we are in another place and time. It captures our emotions by creating an ambiance of happiness, sadness, tension, fear or excitement. read more

 
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