Hello (Adele)

This is a no surprise and no brainer.  After a 3 year drought hearing her voice and composition, Adele indeed made a splash and set music records.

Debuting at number 1 in Hot100.

It's not as great as Someone Like You or Set Fire To The Rain, but it's Adele.

Sicario (2015)

This year's Zero Dark Thirty film - thrilling and full of suspense. It requires focus on the subject and flow of the story. Emily (yes Blunt) and myself had challenges on understanding the objective of the mission. Isa na siya doon ha pero hirap pa rin.

Superb acting from #EmilyBlunt #JoshBrolin and #BenicioDelToro

The dining scene was worth every penny.

8.5/10

The Walk (2015)

Sometimes you wonder do monumental events like these really happened? Based on a true account of Philippe Petit in his book To Reach The Clouds when he did his wire walk between the Twin Towers.

It is a touching movie - reminding us that dreams fuel our life so we must follow our dreams how ridiculous they are for some.

Fall (US) films are great as most of them are gearing up to OSCAR season.

Joseph Gordon Levitt lead the film and acclaimed director Robert Zemeckis for directing.

It maybe chosen by the Academy because it gave a wonderful tribute to WorldTradeCenter and remembering 9-11 victims.

Bridge Of Spies (2015)

No plans of watching this as I am not a big fan of crime drama investigation kind of flicks especially in the evening hahaha. Kakastress mag-analyze but Nold suggested it and after we have found the 93% fresh grade - so gorabels na kahit na nagkaphobia ako sa Road  To Perdition na up to now naaalala ko lang walang katapusang barilan sa madilim na kalsada.

It's really good! Not as gripping as Argo but Bridge Of Spies is emotionally charged thanks to Tom Hanks.

Not so sure if it's OSCAR worthy, I think it maybe, having the Cold War, Germany inspired by true events recipe.

Excellent direction from Steven Spielberg as if naman alam ko paano malamang kung maganda pagkakadirect hahaha. Also brilliant story from Coen Brothers

Etiquette For Mistresses (2015)

Huwag niyo akong husgahan LOL! Pinanood ko lang ito para pampaubos ng oras habang may hinihintay na resulta.

Ang masasabi ko (at dito puwede niyo na akong husgahan), surprisingly, maganda siya as a film without any reference sa subject and I don't have moral authority naman para magsalita.

Siguro lang mas ok kapag pinanood siya to have no biases - and the film/book did well in giving a balanced impression of being a mistress. The film has established naman from the beginning that by the book, being a mistress is not right but then again different circumstances may give you different POVs.

I also think ok din iyong combo ng mga leads, but I have to commend Iza's performance. Enjoy din si Cheena, nakakatawa iyong mga one liner. The encounter between Kris and Claudine was executed very well. Nakakamiss iyong acting ni Claudine. Kim is ok, very Kim iyong acting which I guess what the role is demanding.

Ang kulang lang is dapat may representation and average Mistress, lahat kasi high-end. Mayroong scene pala na parang napa- HUH? ako.

There were good lessons as well pero hey kebs ko naman jan. Haha!

8/10

Death Becomes Her (1992)

It's good to see Meryl doing a campy comedic film alongside Goldie. No heavy expectations but just enjoy the absurdity of this Robert Zemeckis film.

8/10

The Martian (2015)

Well Matt Damon had tough weeks with all the racial and homophobic comments but I am going to give him a pass on those and luckily with his latest film also. I didn't think I would enjoy watching yet another space exploration thingy but I did for more than 2 hours.

Based on a novel by Andy Weir. This adaptation was a total emotional roller coaster from start to finish more often, humorous.

Lot of big names under its belt which actually paid off.

Oh and the songs... Disco era!

9/10