Movie: Watchmen * Trailer * Official Site In Theaters: March 6, 2009 Runtime: 163 minutes Directed by: Zack Snyder MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language Gecko Rating: I was especially interested in reviewing "Watchmen" this week, because I knew it was q...

I made sure I was able to catch a film in Tokyo when I went back, and I ended up seeing 20TH CENTURY BOYS: CHAPTER 2 - THE LAST HOPE, the second film of the planned trilogy directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. I saw the first film last September, which I rather enjoyed despite its flaws (read my review). ...

To the woman sitting behind me with her kid when I saw WATCHMEN two days ago: Normally, I don't give a crap about the Malaysian rating system. Films that are rated 18 and above in Malaysia are mostly heavily-butchered, and tamer than most films that are rated PG in other countries. So I'm unsurprise...

The arguably greatest graphic novel of all time is finally being released on the big screen.  Ever since Alan Moore's legendary "Watchmen" was released in 1986, there have been innumerable failed attempts to adapt the story to film: writers such as Sam Hamm and Charles McKeown penned...

i pretty much haven't stopped LOLing at this photo, haha. source WARNING: If you’ve never read the Watchmen graphic novel, this review contains spoilers. However, if you’ve read the novel, nothing discussed in here will give away any story elements you didn’t already know. In terms of the movi...

Autumn Ten years is a long time in a Turkish prison, but Yusef has paid his debt for the acts of political anarchy he committed in college. And now he has come home to the hill country with a secret, and little to say about his time away. In his absence, life has gone on without him. His father has ...

TO MY BIG BROTHER GEORGE, THE RICHEST MAN IN TOWN. Okay, I guess you’re wondering why I am writing about a 62 year old Christmas movie. Well, to put it quite simply, this is the best movie ever made. I don’t want to hear your bitching and whining. You can disagree with me all that you wa...

The Photograph Sita is a young Indonesian woman who has been turned out of her sister’s house, which is crowded with visiting family members who have come for the wedding of Tini. With no place else to go, Sita manages to talk Mr. Johan, an ailing portrait photographer, into letting her stay in th...

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Cloverfield – Whatever.  A giant monster ravages Manhattan while a group of survivors try to film it and survive it.  The shaky cam, luckily, never becomes too annoying, and there are some genuine shocks and general sadness.  It also has a few great sets, a neat subway sequence, ...