Coming Soon in 2011

Looking forward to watching these movies next year:

Fast 5 (April) - The latest installment to the Fast and the Furious franchise. The last one was a box office success and was the highest grossing film of the series. Let's see if the addition of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnston can up the ante of this film. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker remain in the cast.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (July), Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (November), The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (December) - Great books. Does not necessarily follow that they will become great movies but really interested on the screenplay. Yeah, yeah...Harry Potter and Twilight will definitely make a killing at the box office---I just hate it when the book is not followed to the letter! Damn cinematic effect!

Green Lantern (June), Thor (May), X-men: First Class (June), Captain America: The First Avenger (July) - I'm a comics buff. What else can I say?

Green Hornet (January) - I enjoyed watching this TV series when I was young. Bruce Lee as Kato was cool! Really curious how they're going to spin this in the movie version. But Seth Rogen?

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (December) - I'm a Cruise fan. Got fixated in him when I saw Top Gun.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (July) - Sad that there' s no more Megan Fox to oggle in this installment. Looking forward to watching Rosie Huntington-Whiteley strut her wares. Damn you Megan! Why did you have to talk trash with the producer of this franchise!?


No STrings Attached (January) - A Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. Provocative poster. I love women wearing a man's shirt and nothing else!

The Mechanic (January) - I love action movies. Jason Stratham---definitely JAW BREAKING!


Just Go with It (February) - Always a pleasure watching Adam Sandler on film.


Hall Pass (March) - With Owen Wilson there's definitely going to be some skin involved! Sure to be a fun movie!


Drive Angry (March) - Nicolas Cage's recent choice of scripts didn't earn him much. Not a good way to survive bankruptcy. This one looks promising though.


The Dilemma (January) - Another comedy with a stellar cast. Two of my favorite Hollywood actresses, Winona Ryder and Jennifer Connelly plus two great comedians in Kevin James and Vince Vaughn.

The Roommate (February) - Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly. What else is there for a "batman" to ask for in a movie?


Scream 4 (April) - Watched the first 3---so why not the fourth?

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (May) - Captain Jack Sparrows' adventure continues!

Twilight Book 4: Breaking Dawn

Finally, I'm done with the Twilight series!

Honestly, I must say that I enjoyed it a lot! The books were quite thick averaging around 550 pages each. The last one, "Breaking Dawn", had 754 pages! But credit goes to Stephanie Meyer for weaving a very intricate story that will definitely keep the readers glued!

"Breaking Dawn" is divided into 3 parts: Bella's marriage to Edward, Jacob's suffering and eventual acceptance of Bella's decision to marry Edward (which is narrated in Jacob's perspective), and then culminates to Bella's "transformation".

Bella and Edward finally gets hitched---much to the consternation of Jacob. During this time, Bella is still human and it was quite intruiging how they're going to go about their honeymoon. Well, Ms. Meyer was already building the scene nicely when suddenly you seemed to have gone into a time warp and everything was over and done with! At first, I thought that I skipped a page worth of reading, but when I back tracked---that was it! It was like missing the punchline of a joke! Anyway, better that way given the target audience of this book!

Jacob still figured prominently in this installment and even if Bella did decide to go with Edward, there's this nagging feeling that she might have chosen wrongly. While Edward is finese and gentelmanly in his ways, Jacob is brusque and wild; they are opposite ends of a magnet---hot and cold! However, both are self sacrificing in their love for Bella. Initially, you would think that the love triangle will continue until the end of the book, that is until---Jacob inprints! At least he doesn't end up broken hearted!---No, I will not divulge who Jacob ends up with for the benefit of those who have yet to read the book. Spoilers ain't fun!

The Volturi once more gets involved, but this time, they have a more sinister plot against Bella and the rest of the Cullens. And Bella...well, from being the weakest link at the start of this saga we will see her as a formidable character to reckon with!

Twilight Book 3: Eclipse

Well, what do you know---it's like my high school days once more! Well, I haven't read in between bus rides yet or brought the book to the office to devour but I haven't read this fast since I read the "Lord of the Rings" series a couple of years back! So, as of 3:34 pm of February 11---I'm officially done with "Eclipse"! I guess one of the perks of being on the sick bed is that you have nothing much better to do, when you have your eyes open, than watch tv and read! Good for me then! I'm now on the first 3o pages of "Breaking Dawn"!

"Eclipse" evolves around the continuing love story of Bella and Edward coming back from their near fatal meeting with the Volturi, the legendary vampire coven in Italy. Bella finally gets approval from the Cullens, much to the dismay of Edward, to be a vampire---a practical solution to the impasse with the Volturi. But then, there's Jacob Black: Bella's best friend and persistent third party lover. For the love of God! Why couldn't she just dump this guy and get it over with! Well, Stephanie Meyer spins this off quite nicely---Bella is ALSO in love with Jacob! For a while I was under the impression that Jacob was becoming an ass trying to fit his place in Bella's life; then, lo and behold---Jacob was actually right in his claim that Bella is indeed in love with him! I have not yet (and not planning to) kiss a dead person but I couldn't get at grip on how Bella can tolerate kissing Edward---cold and hard---it must be like kissing a marble statue! Bella and Jacob's kiss is more in the league of "passionate"! I do believe that everyone will agree that two normal persons locked in a passionate kiss can really ignite a spontaneous combustion! Anyway, enough of the romance side! What I really like about this book is the alliance forged by vampires and werewolves as they united to face a common enemy!

It was thrilling to anticipate if someone will actually die and if Bella is really safe given the perfectly laid out plan by Jasper! At this point, it was really hard for me to put down the book! I was like trying to anticipate the outcome of the story (like when watching a movie) and falling short! This book I'd really want to see become a movie!

It had a rather sad ending though...I'm not telling since Chesca has yet to finish the book and I'm sure she'll get to read this blog today! Naner-naner-naner!