1. “WALL-E” — If we all had this plucky little robot’s work ethic, we wouldn’t be in a recession. The animation masters at Pixar have delivered a true innovation, a robot love story tucked in a cautionary environmental tale wrapped in a sci-fi saga, with romantic leads who communicate adorably in mechanical beeps and squeals. The title character of Andrew Stanton’s adventure is beyond endearing as he toils alone to clean up filthy old Earth after everybody else has left.

2. “Encounters at the End of the World” — Werner Herzog went to Antarctica declaring he was NOT making another movie about penguins. His documentary presents a series of hypnotic vignettes about the researchers, wanderers and societal malcontents working at the South Pole. And representative of this motley lot, Herzog finds a penguin too fascinating to ignore — a loner striding purposefully away from his flock, into the mountains, toward certain death.

3. “Slumdog Millionaire” — Danny Boyle masterfully applies his “Trainspotting” dichotomy — the humorous and horrific sharing equal screen time, occasionally at the same moment — with this story of a Mumbai orphan who perseveres like a Dickens hero amid police torture, fraternal betrayal and child mutilation. The film has a wickedly joyous heartbeat as fate carries a lowly “slumdog” to fame, fortune and a reunion with the lost love he’s been seeking all his life.

4. “Frost/Nixon” — Frank Langella may not have Richard Nixon’s jowls, but he’s got the chops and then some to create a riveting portrait. Reprising roles they created in the stage play, Langella and Michael Sheen as David Frost engage in a fascinating battle of wills and wit amid the historic TV interviews from 1977. Without a trace of caricature, Langella is tragically grand in a drama that marks the best work ever from director Ron Howard.

5. “The Dark Knight” — Christopher Nolan isn’t kidding when he says he held nothing back from his Batman sequel, which raised the superhero genre from comic-book pages into the realm of highbrow literature. The scope is as grand as “The Godfather,” the themes aspire to Shakespeare. Heath Ledger may steal the show with his maniacal Joker, but Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and cast mates form an ensemble as good as any on the big-screen this year.

6. “Wendy and Lucy” — Michelle Williams is an utter heartbreaker in co-writer and director Kelly Reichardt’s deceptively simple story of a down-and-out woman heading with her dog toward hopes of a better life in Alaska. Stranded in a small Northwest town where her pet goes missing, she finds mostly hardhearted indifference from the strangers she encounters — but also a glimmer or two of kindness to sustain the faltering faith that one day, things will get better.

7. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” — A grand, old fashioned epic that takes mind-boggling advantage of the most modern filmmaking technology. Director David Fincher, always a virtuoso stylist, has outdone himself here. You’ll be in awe of the wildly ambitious yet intricately detailed way he tells the story of a man who ages in reverse. Brad Pitt melds his leading-man and character-actor abilities in an inspiring heartbreaking performance.

8. “Milk” — Gus Van Sant boldly returns to mainstream filmmaking with a story that, on its surface, could have been shamelessly mawkish. Instead, he presents the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the slain San Francisco politician and gay rights activist, with a mix of vivid details and nuanced heart. He’s also drawn from Sean Penn one of his most glorious performances ever.

9. “Iron Man” — A rare blockbuster with both brains and emotion, this truly is the summer’s best superhero movie (sorry, Batman). Robert Downey Jr.’s intelligence, quick wit and striking presence bring real heft to what could have been a mindless popcorn picture. In making the biggest film of his life, director Jon Favreau deftly juggles all the complicated, expensive toys.

Angelina Jolie is on the cover magazine of Cosmopolitan January Issue!

In her come back movie ‘Changeling’, she plays the role of a mother whose son disappears without a trace.

Clint Eastwood, director of her current release Changeling, describes her as having “one of the more striking faces on the planet”.

Jolie’s next project is the CIA thriller Salt, which originally had Tom Cruise in the lead. After Cruise dropped out over creative differences, Jolie’s interest in the project prompted the studio to rewrite the screenplay for a female star.

Changeling will be shown in cinemas February 5 next year.

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To All Gigers out there who is fond of watching love stories will surely enjoy this movie of the year produced by New Regency Productions. A real Funny brides War that Liv and Emma who are best friends since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal “must have” list: a ceremony at New York’s ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel. Now, at age 26, they’re both about to get married; they’re about to realize their dreams; and they’re about to live happily ever after. Or maybe not. When a clerical error causes a clash in wedding dates–they’re now to be married on the same date!–Liv, Emma and their lifelong friendship are put to the ultimate test. Liv, a successful lawyer who is used to getting what she wants, including the perfect job and the perfect man, won’t settle for anything less than the perfect wedding she has dreamed of for years. Emma, a schoolteacher who has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself, discovers her inner Bridezilla and comes out swinging when her own dream wedding is imperiled. Now, the two best friends who’d do anything for each other find themselves in a no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners struggle that threatens to erupt into all-out war.

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release

Genres: Comedy

Release Date: January 9th, 2009 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG

Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution

Production Co.: New Regency Productions, Firm Films, Dune Entertainment, Riche

Productions

Studios: Regency Enterprises, Fox 2000

Filming Locations: Boston, Massachusetts USA

New York, New York USA

Produced in: United States

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As in a picture, it paints a thousand words especially if that smile would come from Karylle who, when asked by Boy Abunda in last Sunday’s edition of The Buzz if Marian Rivera is pregnant, simply smiled. She didn’t make any comment; she simply smiled.

Interpreted as “pregnant,” that certain smile set tongues a-wagging. Is Marian really pregnant?

The collective fingers pointed to Dingdong Dantes as the possible “culprit,” if ever, after all isn’t he now romantically linked to Marian, despite his vehement denial (saying only that “I’m comfortable with her”), after he broke up with Karylle (who had to go on a retreat and undergo counselling to deal with it)?

Whoever thought of that question should be made to kneel on monggo in a corner, arms outstretched. You don’t ask an ex-girlfriend that kind of question about the girl generally (even if wrongly) perceived to have “stolen” her boyfriend, do you? It’s foul for any girl to be asked such a delicate question about another girl, isn’t it?

At yesterday’s presscon for Desperadas 2, Regal Films’ entry in the 2008 Metro Filmfest, Marian (who came several minutes late, with right foot still bandaged) flashed a smile when confronted with that actually non-issue. “No, I’m not pregnant!” She should have stopped there but she did not, what with movie writers all ears and TV cameras focused on her. She added, “With all the blessings I am getting, I won’t commit that mistake,” or words to that effect, adding, “And maybe five years from now if I do get pregnant, I will tell you about it; I will not just smile.”

A movie writer (was it you, Ernie P.?), seated in a nearby table, called Marian “tupperware” (as in “plastic”) because he recalled Marian having once dismissed him with a grumpy “Istorbo!” after he asked her to autograph her poster.

Seizing the moment, Marian broke into tears. Between sobs, she admitted having been offended by Karylle’s “smile” because, according to Marian, Karylle seemed to have “insinuated” something.

In fairness to Karylle, she didn’t say anything bad about or against either Marian or Dingdong while answering the first nine questions, until she was caught unaware by Question 10.

Here’s what Karylle has to say:

“If there were any misinterpretations of my smile, I clarified it (yesterday) morning when I guested on Boy & Kris. Tito Boy (Abunda) even apologized for asking me (that question). Tita Kris said kasi that it was politically incorrect for him to ask me. I just explained that no matter what I would answer or however my face would react, it would mean something.

“Parang I was in a no-win situation. If I didn’t smile, people would say I was bitter. I was actually trying to figure out what to answer and how to phrase it properly. And then, si Tito Boy suddenly said ‘Thank you!’ and ended the interview.”

Source: philstar.com ENTERTAINMENT By Ricardo F. Lo