The movie is absolutely intense. I felt scared twice and was freaked out thrice. That's a record considering this is a Hollywood film. I don't get scared of gore, I just get really grossed out. The camera angles are perfect for scaring the crap out of people - it's like Wong Kar Wai doing a suspense thriller. It has the same concept as Rosemary's baby but more sinister and daring. WATCH IT! WAATCH EEET!

I love parodies! This one brought it home. Long have I waited for Dr. Phil to be bashed by someone else. I guess I was disappointed because he bashed himself in this movie. Very sly move. War of the Worlds, The Grudge (American Version), The Village, and Saw were used to knock our socks off. It's gross, it's absurd, it's scaaaaaary! Watch naaa! :D

by Abdellatif Kechiche

I watched the film last Sunday without any prejudices. I neither asked around nor read reviews. I read the plot though, so it helped a little. "L'esquive" is a French slang-expression which means to dodge - like Lydia evading Krimo's moves in submission to a set of rules in a teenage world (walang taluhan ng kabarkada).

French is a language that has always been romanticized. Watching this film is hearing every French cuss there is. It's vulgarity shot at 500mph. It juxtaposes the language the characters speak in Banlieu-slang and the language they speak while reciting the lines in Marivaux's play, "A Game of Love and Chance".

After two violent sequences, I was expecting a tragedy. But, knowing that these kind of films seek to destroy the predictability of the plot, I wasn't surprised that the film closed with a light ending, no death or amputation. Why can't we be satisfied with that? By the way, I dozed off for about 3 minutes. That isn't a good thing.

If you haven’t read any Anne Rice books yet, you will be greeted with shocking romantic relationships forming between unlikely characters – in this case a 16-year old runaway and a 44-year old world-famous author. The usual retort after reading a few pages of this novel would be: “Damn, this guy’s a pervert.” If we lived in a more open society, then their relationship wouldn’t solicit that much screams.

The initial attraction between Belinda and Jeremy Walker was incredibly electric. Belinda may very well be every man’s object of desire: baby-faced yet sultry and uninhibited. Most of the characters were molded with such precision and spirit that almost every reader would want to meet them if they were real. It is also interesting to note that Belinda is more of an adult than Walker – she’s open-minded, street smart, and well-traveled. While our children’s author has endured two divorces and is usually cooped up in his room with dusty dolls and scary rat paintings.

There was just one character I cannot seem to understand – Bonnie, Belinda’s mother. I don’t know if she’s selfish or jealous with her daughter, maybe both. I liked how Bonnie was first described as a weakling who cannot decide on her own, but she surprisingly she redeems herself in the end when she met her daughter halfway.

Rice doesn’t seem to have wasted time on this novel – descriptions were very minimal and vague, it gets right down to the plot. A downside was the seemingly never-ending lovers’ quarrels, occurring at about two fights per chapter. That’s why I wasn’t surprised when they were at each other’s throats again when I turn the page.

Belinda, will be probably shelved with titles such as Exit to Eden and The Sleeping Beauty Series. I’m telling you now that this novel delves on the consequences of a forbidden love, not plain erotica. You won't find intricately detailed love scenes compared to Rice's other books. Instead, what I found sensual was the circumstances the characters find themselves into – the age gap, family secrets, and artistic revelation. Let’s face it, forbidden love is erotic.

You think that with a big budget and not-so-bad special effects, the movie STEALTH, would be an enjoyable watch. And they got Jamie Foxx. What you expected while in queue at the entrance will all go down the drain. I won't go into narrating the insufferable story line. Find another site to do that. I'm here to bash.

Instead of using Foxx as someone to overturn the disappointing plot, they actually made him the 'minority' and guess what happened to the poor guy. The robot killed him. He just appeared in a number of gushy scenes with a Vietnamese woman, supposedly displaying the humanity in him - because HE'S EXPECTED TO DIE. Weee.

A normal person even without imagination can predict every major turn of event of this popcorn movie. They inserted a little bit of everything into this flick - action, conspiracy, tension in romance, big explosions. The problem is, this formula usually never works if it doesn't have a GOOD plot.

The concept of a robot made to FEEL is overused. A good example would be Bicentennial Man. This flim, however, is a rotten example. Well, I give it one star for the great CGI and another for Lucas' hotness. If you really want to confirm this review, watch it and waste 100 bucks.