Month: December 2023

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Percy Jackson and The Olympians Review

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

Okay, we’ve loved Logan Lerman as Percy and we have been waiting for the next movie since like forever, and that gives me an utter disappointment that they will never continue that movie series. But now, Disney, has come to refresh our minds and decided to remake Rick Riordan’s books and do a longer tale than the movie. Directed by Pierre Gill and Jules O’Loughlin another ship is going to sail for our favorite character Percy Jackson.

Percy Jackson is a story about a demi-god, who have never known his real identity until creatures have been trying to get him and one day, his mother told him everything sent him to camp half blood. But the real story is that he has to prove Zeus that he isn’t the lightning thief or else, destruction will come.

I have the chance two watch the first three episodes and the series may have been a little different from the movie but I think since this is a tv series, they did justice on how they can actually make this enjoyable on each episode they release. If you compare the movie and the tv series with the books, the movie was closer than the tv series, maybe because they had to choose some elements that can make the series go a little longer however, if you read the book, of course, you’ll get a little confused. You know me, I do love comparing books against their adaptations and so, that’s what we will do.

Sorry for the spoilers, but yes, we need to tackle some of it.

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Wonka Review

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Who thought we need so much of Willy Wonka that we wished for a sequel? Well, me thought so too! This Christmas, we are gifted another Willy Wonka movie, although this is a prequel story and this tackles the hard-earned beginnings of Willy Wonka. Wonka never started big. He started from nothing to having everything. Because of his mother and his dream of making the best chocolate in the world, he pursued on becoming a chocolatier, creating very unique and out of this world varieties of chocolates.

In 2005, Tim Burton directed the second Willy Wonka movie which was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Yes, you read it right, this was the second Wonka movie, starring Johnny Depp. The first movie adaptation of the famous Roald Dahl’s children’s book was in 1971 and it was entitled Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, starred by Gene Wilder and the third one is the new movie entitled Wonka starring  Timothée Chalamet.

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My Life With The Walter Boys Review

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

Here’s another book adapted series and it is something that you would want to check out. From Ali Novak’s novel, with the same title, My Life With The Walter Boys. Starring Nikki Rodriguez, Noah Lalonde, Ashby Gentry, new faces but not so new in the film industry too.

This is a story about a girl who lost her family due to an accident and had to lived with her mother’s best friend’s family who is very far away from what she was used to. Jackie, who was born and lived all her life in New York is forced to move away from the big apple to live with her mother’s best friend after the accident. Katherine is married with kids living in Colorado, with a family of 12 boys, She has known Jackie’s mother since they were college and so, they agreed to be the guardian of each other’s family in case something bad happen to them in the future and that’s how Katherine got the custody of Jackie.

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Family Switch Review

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

From Freaky Friday, Secret Garden, 17 Again, In Her Shoes, Just Got Lucky and 13 Going 30, these are just some of the famous shows that is all about 2 people switching places. But these were like released from more than 10 years ago but still getting lots of views coz these kinds of movies are like a gem. This 2023, Jennifer Garner, the OG 13 going 30 star is playing another role witht he same theme but this time, the switching is between family members, not just two but 6 individuals including the family pet. Yes, you heard that right, 6 people in total exchanging bodies, so what’s the possible chaos, right?

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Replacing Chef Chico: Review

There’s so many series that are new to Philippine TV standards but I am so amazed how the cinematography when it comes to Philippine films and TV dramas has gone from average to international standards. Most of the new TV series that are being released this year were actually passing the international standards and one of them is the recent Netflix release, entitled, Replacing Chef Chico.

Starring Alessandra de Rossi, Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby. This is the story of Hain, a filipino contemporary restaurant that serves Filipino traditional cuisine with the fusion of each of the customer’s life stories. The main plot is Chef Chico, played by Sam, was being replaced temporarily by his sous chef, Ella, played by Alessandra after he met an accident, causing him to stay in coma, with the supervision of Raymond, played by Piolo, the consultant that Chico’s parents’ hired to decide with the future of the restaurant as it is facing a fall back in the industry.

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