February 2013

It was such a weird month for me, I went to several wakes and there wasn’t much to celebrate this February. Also, I failed to reach my quota of 28 films for the month, due to my crazy busy schedule. Nevertheless, I still managed to watch an impressive amount for the month. Oh, and I signed up with GetGlue, so I can track down the movies and shows I watch.

Anyway, here are the movies I watched last month. As always, it was a mix of the old and the new, as well as a hodge-podge of genres. I’m thinking of making a proper list so the genres are mixed well, but I’ve got no time to do that now. There was a point where I managed to watch a whole slew of sci-fi films, that was crazy, but I enjoyed it a lot. I can now confidently play Game of Nerds (SciFi movies category) haha!

- Toy Story I
- The Big Lebowski
- The Giant Mechanical Man
- His Girl Friday
- Date Night
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
- The Princess Bride
- An Affair to Remember
- The Philadelphia Story
- Shakespeare in Love
- Driving Miss Daisy
- The Graduate
- Meet the Robinsons
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- All the President’s Men
- Blade Runner
- A Clockwork Orange
- Cloud Atlas
- Wreck-It Ralph
- Metropolis
- Hot Fuzz
- Frankenweenie
- The Hangover II

Oscar Movie-time!

The latter half of January was just as productive for me, movie-watching wise! Again, it was a weird mix, I actually watched what suited my mood at the time I was watching. The last few days of January, however, were dedicated to watching the nine movies nominated for Best Picture in this year’s Oscar awards. Anyway, here’s a list of what I watched this second half of January:

- On the Waterfront
- A Streetcar named Desire
- Waiting for Superman
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Five-Year Engagement
- Sunset Blvd.
- Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Hotel Transylvania
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- A Dangerous Method
- Little Manhattan
- Lincoln
- Argo
- Star Trek (2009)
- Django Unchained
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Amour

Starting the year right!

It has been a good start of the year for me, in terms of movie watching. So far, I have already watched 13 films, and I will be watching one again today! I am actually thinking of “reviewing” the films I watched, but as it turns out, I can’t even regularly update this blog with my travels and eat outs, so how can I even review the films. Anyway, here’s my list so far:

Citizen Kane
Thy Womb (Sa’yong Sinapupunan)
Pitch Perfect
Sisterakas
Cabin in the Woods
Some Like It Hot
Singin’ in the Rain
I Love You, Man
Annie Hall
Dr. Strangelove (or how I stopped worrying and loved the bomb)
City Lights
50/50
Schindler’s List
Raging Bull

Whew! It’s a weird mix, I know, mixing the classics (one more round of Citizen Kane, anyone) with Filipino “blockbusters” (Sisterakas). I have to say, there’s a reason why movies like Annie Hall achieved its pop culture status, why Charlie Chaplin is considered one of the greatest comedians, and why everybody knows how to sing Singin’ in the Rain. There’s something to be said about each of the movies I watched, I thoroughly enjoyed them all!

December movies

December is almost over, and I watched a good number of movies this month! With only 4 days to go, I have, to date, watched 18 movies! Below is the list:

The Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Dead Poet’s Society
Sixteen Candles
American Graffiti
Heathers
Rurouni Kenshin: Samurai X
Ruby Sparks
Lola Versus
The Hobbit
Garden State
Casablanca
Que Parezca un Accidente
Shaun of the Dead
Zombieland
Big Fish

I still have time to watch more! I can’t wait to get started on the Time 100/ AFI 100 movies!

Every 20-Something's Wishlist

Reblogged from Thought Catalog:

(1) Family who is supportive from a comfortable distance
(1+) Overseas trips to help us forget/remember how insignificant our slice of the world is
(3+) 30-something friends to ease our anxieties about aging, remind us that we're overreacting about almost everything, etc.
(1) Friend with a cute baby that we can hang out with/ abandon on a whim (at least until we're ready for something more committal)

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John Hughes Week

I failed to watch any movie during my vacation (though, I have to say, I caught White Chicks last 30 November on HBO. It does not count though, I’ve watched it before *making my way downtown…*) so this week, I’ll try to watch two movies per day to catch up!

I failed miserably yesterday though, I feel asleep just after the opening credits of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And as the title of today’s entry suggests, this week will be John Hughes week! I already watched Some Kind Of Wonderful, and last night I watched The Breakfast Club. Other movies I plan to watch are: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Sixteen Candles (4 December) and Pretty in Pink (5 December). I will probably continue with the genre (coming of age, high school) this week, with such other movies like Dead Poets Society, American Graffiti, and Heathers. I will probably update my movie list by week’s end, but I will update the blog about my recent CeBohol vacation.

Movies for today 27 November 2012

Continuing my “at least one movie a day” promise, I will watch Roman Holiday (US, 1953) and Safety not Guaranteed (US, 2012) today. I will be travelling for the next four days so I do not know if I can keep up with the one movie a day thing. Might as well watch two now than catch up on Sunday!

Roman Holiday is #4 in AFI’s top 100 romantic movies, and stars Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Safety not Guaranteed is rated 94% by Rotten Tomatoes and stars Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass and Jake M. Johnson (note: I have no idea who these people are. I think one of them is in New Girl).