Now Showing in the Philippines: 2nd week of May 2013

Here are the movies currently showing in Philippine Cinemas:

• Scary Movie 5
• The Big Wedding
• Iron Man 3
• Olympus has Fallen
• The Haunting in Connecticut 2
• It takes a man and a woman (Filipino Film)
• Oblivion
• Evil Dead (Limited cinemas)

Hope you enjoy your chosen movie this weekend.

Iron Man 3: Movie Review

I was able to watch Iron Man 3 on its second week shown in cinemas.  The cinema was full for the last full show, on a Tuesday (April 30) evening before labor day.  I was expecting to be entertained by this popcorn movie, and I was not disappointed with this installment of the Iron Man movie franchise.  Philippines got to see the movie before the May 3 release in the US.

How was the visuals?

The visuals were great as expected from an Iron Man movie, since the first Iron Man movie was release the visuals are great.  You get your money's worth in visuals, in fact every other scene in Iron Man is a an explosion or him flying in his armor or him fighting.  In this movie you get to see almost all his armor at one time.

How was the story?

Story this time around was very good.  Unlike, the second movie, which was very lousy.  This time, you get a good mix of story, comedy, action, and a bit of drama.  Let's face it, I never shed a tear on this movies dramatic moments.  But I laughed at the comedy portions of the movie.  Yeah, thanks to Josh Whedon, who I think made inputs on this movie.  You could almost see his kind of story writing all over this movie.

Iron Man 3 is in par with the first Iron Man film, and I want to forget I even watched the 2nd Iron Man movie.  As usual there is a short clip after the credits, but you won't miss much even if you don't view it.  It's not tied up to anything this time, but is fun to watch after agonizingly waiting for it after the long list of movie credits.


Overall

Overall I give the movie a 4 out of 5 stars.  I gave its rating as such, for its good visuals, and better story.  The only thing that didn't make me give it a perfect score, is the fact I never felt anything on Robert Downey's performance, almost like he just reads thru the lines and it's obvious.  Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin is enjoyable to watch, he really is a very good actor, and with just his few scenes he made the movie better.  The movie overall is enjoyable, and worth watching with the kids.

I think this movie has a G rating, which surprised me since there's violence in this movie.

Now Showing in the Philippines: Trance Movie

There hasn't been much promotion about this movie in the Philippines.  But the YouTube trailer looks good, and since this movie's director is the same one who made the "127 Hours" movie, it should be good story wise.

Trance is now showing in the Philippines starting May 1 (labor day).  Check out the trailer and decide, if it's worth watching in the cinema.

Movies now showing in the Philippines on the last week of April and first week of May

It's labor day on May 1, most people will probably go to the mall and watch a movie on this regular holiday in the Philippines.

If you are planning to watch a movie this week, here are the list of some of the movies currently showing and will be shown starting May 1 in the Philippines:

• Iron Man 3
• It takes a Man and a Woman (Filipino Film)
• Oblivion
• Olympus has Fallen
• Dark Skies [May 1]
• Trance [May 1]
• One Piece Film: Z (Anime) [May 1]
• At Any Price [May 1]
• The Bride and the Lover (Filipino Film) [May 1]