Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Mancora

After his father's death, Santiago decides to escape his hometown in hope of starting fresh or just simply forgetting his past. He finds himself in Mancora, a beautiful city on the beach. Accompanied by his beautiful step-sister and her husband they embark on a journey escaping reality and in search of themselves. The trip takes a drastic turn when lines are crossed and each of the three is faced by there daemons. Will Santiago find redemption, or just new sorrows?


Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Arritmia


First of all, Arritmia was recommended by our loyal, most awesomest fan Brain Loss; so if the movie sucked monkey hair, talk to her. In all honesty though, the movie looks interesting, it tells a story of Ali and Manuela. Manuela found Ali, after a violent storm, in a Cuban island. Her first instinct tells her that Ali was a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay.

Haunted by flashbacks of torture in Guantanamo Bay during his mysterious past, Ali struggles to separate reality from fantasy. Is Manuela real? Or just a fragment of his imagination? Was he really tortured in Guantanamo Bay or just a nightmare?

Here is a link to the trailer for Arritmia.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Why We Fight

I watched this movie back in 2006 (would love to watch again though) and it started my whole 'everything is a conspiracy' mode. Why We Fight is a 2005 documentary about the USA's relationship with war as a business. The movie mainly discusses former president Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation in 1961, and what he called the 'military-industrial complex,' where the USA as a government goes to war to boost the military-industrial economy.

Shockingly, the movie stars John McCain, and a whole lot of contributors that span from politicians, civilians and military participants.