Which of these two movie trivia are facts and which one is a lie? Tell us below.
It’s time for another guessing game! This week, we will be seeing adventure-filled movies from far and wide. There’s some buzz about Elijah Wood’s latest trip to the dark side with Maniac. Both the new Transformers movie and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes are making waves in 3D and 4DX, while the 2012 British horror When the Lights Went Out makes its rounds in Manila cinemas. Earth to Echo is also something worth seeing if your kids are not into talking monkeys.
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Dir: Matt Reeves (2014). USA. Andy Serkis, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman. MTRCB PG.
TRUTH OR LIE: There’s always a new movie franchise in the horizon. This time, we’re going to see a new sequel from the sci-fi franchise that amazed and scared us all (to some degree). Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is finally out after years of speculation and excitement and is apparently the first film to ever sport a larger-than-life 3D look. Wondering just how many of these movies were ever done? The very first Planet of the Apes movie was released in 1965 and was the basis of the year 2000 remake. Since the 1960s, there have been nine movie versions and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is now considered the 10th movie ever released under the sci-fi concept of talking, brainy monkeys reigning the earth. We’ve heard rumors that there will be another sequel set to be released in 2015 so watch out for that possible cliffhanger ending!
EARTH TO ECHO
Dir: Dave Green (2014). USA. Brian Bradley, Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig. MTRCB PG.
TRUTH OR LIE: Another sci-fi flick you may want to watch with your kids this weekend is Earth to Echo, which is very reminiscent of the classic 1982 tear-jerker, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial. The film centers on a group of kids who finds mysterious messages leading to an extra terrestrial being which they then call Echo. What makes this movie different from all the other child-friendly alien movies ever made? The whole direction of the film was done on a “found footage” setting where the kids appear to be vlogging or documenting all the scenes, much like Paranormal Activity and many other horror flicks in the past few years. Will it work for Pinoy audiences? Relativity Media surely hopes so.
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
Dir: Pat Holden (2012). UK. Kate Ashfield, Steven Waddington, Nicky Bell, Claire Catterson. MTRCB R-13.
TRUTH OR LIE: It may be a bit outdated (it was made in 2012) but it’s definitely effective. When the Lights Went Out is a horror film set in the Uk that details what they call “the most violent poltergeist hanuting in Europe.” Yup, it’s definitely a “true to life” film about the Pritchard family (though in the film the characters had the surname Maynard), who moves into a house in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, in 1974. They become victims to a hooded poltergeist referred in local stories as “The Black Monk of Pontefract.” What’s actually surprising is that the director of the film, Pat Holden, wrote and helmed the film because his aunt was the matriarch of the Pritchard family! Scary and intriguing enough to watch? We leave that decision to you.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S 2 TRUTHS, 1 LIE:
TRUTH #1: Robert Pattinson is shedding his matinee idol image and that’s why he accepted the role of Rey, in The Rover, a thin, hilbilly and bullied ganster with a soft heart. R-Patz says it’s all about finding experimental directors (and obviously, thinning his already thin body out of proportion then shaving his head to portray a young gangster).
TRUTH #2: Richard Gutierrez also sheds his matinee idol image in Overtime, where he plays a scruffy computer hacker who seeks revenge against a pharmaceutical company. He says it’s all about engaging himself fully into the film and becoming more character-driven artist (which probably meant he’s looking for agaw-eksena lines like “Kailangan natin ng bomba…”).
LIE: Jon Favreau, the fat bodyguard in the last Iron Man movie, is also a top chef. He was teh one who trained celebrity chef and food truck enthusiast Roy Choi. While it is true that Jon Favreau, a.k.a. Tony Stark’s favorite bodyguard, wrote, directed, and starred in Chef. He was so committed to the film, in fact, that he even learned how to cook in a food truck to prepare for his role as an artsy chef. However, he did not mentor celebrity cook Roy Choi. It’s the other way around. Roy Choi reportedly sent Jon to a week of intensive French culinary training and made him peel two cases of avocados. Talk about dedication!
