Unfortunately, the Manila edition won't be pushing through. But--I'm hoping to interest the publishers in another project. And the book is still available for...
Wonder boy Noel Vera Billy Ray's "Shattered Glass" tells the true story of Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen), the hot New Republic writer who did provocative,...
The Amityville ho-hum Noel Vera Perhaps the main reason why Jay Anson's book "The Amityville Horror"- -plus the movie version it spawned, not long after--were...
Once upon a time Noel Vera Once upon a time, back when the world was simpler and animation almost something you do in a garage or with a few friends or even ...
"Wax" works, somewhat By Noel Vera Jaume Collet-Serra's "House of Wax," a remake of Andre de Toth's stylish horror classic starring Vincent Price, starts off...
The greatest Disney film ever On the DVD (released through a distribution agreement between Studio Ghibli and Disney): It's a beautiful DVD, not just a bright,...
Thin "City" By Noel Vera Robert Rodriguez doing Frank Miller sounds like a match made in heaven, at least on paper: Rodriguez comic-book style can provide a ...
The dark knight deflates Noel Vera Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" is a lot like the car featured so prominently in the trailers: muscular, oversized, not ...
Mostly toothless Noel Vera Garth Jennings' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," is his reasonably faithful adaptation of Douglas Adams' constantly mutating ...
Back from the dead Noel Vera I think it's safe to say George A. Romero's "Land of the Dead" doesn't live up to the previous three zombie films that made him ...
... ***** Interesting article, and Mr. Red has a point: Hollywood has been around, and we are producing poor product. But that isn't the complete picture....
This from Dennis Marasigan, Asst. Vice President for Marketing at the Cultural Center of the Philippines: "We wish to inform everyone that NOEL VERA's book...
All is not Wells Noel Vera Steve Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" is a botched job, and not just because Ebert, who can be counted on to miss the point, thinks...
A botched `Assassination' Noel Vera Niels Mueller's "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" takes its inspiration from a true-life story: Sam Byck's failed...
Sex and thrills Noel Vera Emilio Martinez-Lazaro's "El otro lado de la cama" (The Other Side of the Bed, 2002) is that reliable standard, the sex comedy, only ...
Nestor Torre's advice to new filmmakers (in a recent Inquirer article)and my and Lav's reaction: http://journals.aol.com/noelbotevera/MyJournal/entries/837...
Dark "Chocolate" Noel Vera Tim Burton's film adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a wondrous confection: smooth and ...
Thou shalt not miss this film festival Noel Vera Cinemanila 2005, again the single biggest and best event to hit Manila cinemawise, features yet another...
Lies my father keeps telling me Noel Vera Victor (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is on his way to a Paris hospital to visit his mother, Marie (Geraldine Chaplin), and...
The 'hoodoo' that you do By Noel Vera Iain Softley's "The Skeleton Key," a smart, stylish horror flick (at least for the first half) about "hoodoo" (a Southern...
Lame "high" By Noel Vera I couldn't believe some of the reviews Mike Mitchell's "Sky High" has been getting--and from reputable periodicals, too: "family ...
Rock bottom Noel Vera Bruce Hunt's "The Cave" pretty much proves that the wellspring of more original ideas is close to running dry in mainstream Hollywood. ...
Double, double, toil and trouble Noel Vera Terry Gilliam's "The Brother's Grimm" received poor notices from such reviewers as Manohla Dargis of the New York...
Time out Noel Vera The official line is that Peter Hyams' "A Sound of Thunder," his Hollywood adaptation of the short story by famed writer Ray Bradbury, is a...
Portrait of the Anguished as a Filipino Noel Vera I first encountered Lav Diaz's rather unique sensibility in Joey Gosengfiao and Lily Monteverde's Good...
Two from Cine Europa '05 Noel Vera Cedric Klapisch's "L'Auberge espagnole" (The Spanish Apartment, 2002) focuses on a communal apartment in Barcelona being...