Monday, March 17, 2014

Lights Out - Who's There Film Challenge (2013)

Here's a scary video i found, shared from somewhere:



Don't forget to turn off the light before you sleep :-)

Good night!

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Film Review: We Are Legion

Film Title: We Are Legion
Subtitle: The Story of the Hacktivists
Director: Brian Knappenberger
Producer: Luminant Media
Released Date: October 19, 2012
Running Time: 93 minutes
Language: English
Country: USA

This documentary film talks about the anonymous hackers or hacktivist collective group named "Anonymous".

The film interviews various people with connection to hacktivitist and talks about the motive of the said group.

The documentary video also outlines known hacking events perpertrated by "Anonymous" like the Habbor raids, attacks on Scientology (a.k.a. Project Chanology), operation Sony and many others.

What's more cool about this documentary is, along the discussion of people on the video, I just discovered a denial-of-service attack tool which i'm not aware of before. It's called Low Orbit Ion Cannon which is downloadable from SourceForge -> http://sourceforge.net/projects/loic/

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Film Review: The Hunger Games - Catching Fire (2013)

I treat myself a good a movie this weekend. I watched the Hunger Games film, the part 2, Catching Fire. I actually watched it online for free! Yes, browsing the Internet these days, with just a simple search of a keyword "watch catching fire online" in Google Search engine, It'll give you the site on top of the search result, offering a free streaming movie of the Hunger Games Catching Fire. I love Google for doing this.

Just to share the exact site where I watched Hunger Games (please see below):
http://watch32.com/movies-online/the-hunger-games-catching-fire-5220

Disclaimer: I don't intend to promote the shared link above nor i don't know if it's even legal. Google Search engine is giving the website which ranking first in search result so i think it's okay. No copyright intended.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Carrie (2013)

This is a film review of supernatural horror film Carrie.1

The film was based on Stephen King's 1974 novel of the same name.2

I first became aware of this film from a prank video which became viral back last year October 2013 (see below):


At the end of this video, they're promoting the Carrier film. Nice video marketing there!

I just watched this film today. Copy of the film borrowed from a friend.

The film is not that scary although it's categorized as a horror film. It has a nice story. A kind predictable on what will happen. It's a 99 minutes film but when i watched it, It feels like i watched a short film under 1 hour. This is not an extravagant film like Marvel, It's just fair enough. It's still worth a watch i can say.


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Reference Source:
1 Carrie (2013 film) info in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(2013_film)
2 Carrie (novel) by Stephen King: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(novel)


Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Cat Returns (2002)

Title: The Cat Returns
Original Title: Neko no ongaeshi
Director: Hiroyuki Morita
Film Studio: Studio Ghibli
Language: English Translated
Animation Origin: Japan
Release Date (Japan): July 19, 2002
Release Date (USA): May 02, 2003

Film Review: Not a long film. Simple & Just Good.
by , November 17, 2013 | Rating:/ 10 stars

The version of the animation i watched is English-dubbed. It's weekend and there's not much i need to do so i just watched this anime film produced by Studio Ghibli. Studio Ghibli is best known for producing quality animation film in Japan. I remember watching "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" when i was young and i liked it. Latter the time i'm already old, there i realized Studio Ghibli produced that Nausicaa movie. I looked up for their other anime films and i found one in AnimeCrave.com (here's the link of the free to watch video here). The title is "The Cat Returns".

I like the twist of the story. It's just hour and half long. Simple and good. There is good humour to it aside to her talking to cats. Though it's a little old, the quality of the animation is still fine.

I would recommend this to young ones, to my niece, I think. It's worth a watch.



Lesson (Warning: Spoiler Alert):

I noticed something in the ending part of the story where Haru and her friend saw two young moms passed by carting their babies. Haru stare at them and said "That's too bad." (see screenshots below):

Haru's friend gossiped that Machida broke up with his girlfriend.

Then, two young moms (i just think they're young) passed by. Haru stare at them.

Haru judged the two young moms. Why?!

Did she assumed Machida (her crush), pregnated his ex-girlfriend? Well, Machida wouldn't like her in the first place because she's messing all around (first part of the story). She got no confidence about herself. She just changed after exiting the Kingdom of Cats.

Popular Actress Dubbed The English Version of this Film:

I am surprised about who dubbed Haru in this anime film. I saw Anne Hathaway's name in the ending credits (see screenshot below):


Why i did not knew about this back 2002? I became familiar with Anne Hathaway with her role in The Princess Diaries film back in 2001 but not her dubbing this good animation. Well, I think, this animation film didn't reach Philippines back 2002. In my opinion, Philippines' Movie & Television Review & Classification Board (MTRCB), the governing body who decide what films to release here in this country, think this film will not generate money. Are we not overfed with western-made films already? To new MTRCB chair, heed my request, change the game, take Japanese animated films like thos showing to local cinemas.

Looking On Buying The Film?

Buy it on Amazon.com:


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References:
IMDB Film Listing: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347618/
More About The Film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_Returns
More About Studio Ghibli: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli