Spotless: More Than Just a Review of the Film "102 Dalmatians"

TV Star Guide Vol. 2 No. 14, February 2001

On the cover: Oddball, the spotless Dalmatian (for the film 102 Dalmatians)

I’m fond of dogs, I like the movie, 102 Dalmatians, and I love writing this article, more than just a movie review. It’s “Spotless!”

“Some friendships do not last, but some friends are more loyal than brothers.” – Proverbs 18:24, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.

Movie Review: Midnight Cowboy & The Kite Runner

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 98, February 2008

On the cover: Vincent Kartheiser, Jon Hamm and John Slattery

Reviews for the films Midnight Cowboy (1969) and The Kite Runner (2007).

“..... If GOD keeps quiet, who can blame Him? GOD still rules over both nations and persons alike. He keeps the wicked from ruling and from trapping others.” – Job 34:29-30, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

Movie Review: Analyze This, Wild, Wild West, and In Dreams

TV Star Guide Vol. 2 No. 13, January 2001

On the cover: Pamela Anderson

Short reviews for three 1999 films Analyze This, Wild, Wild West and In Dreams.

“Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, and grief is what rejoicing ends up in.” – Proverbs 14:13, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.

Movie Reviews: West Side Story & The Assassination of Jesse James

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 97, January 2008

On the cover: Pro-wrestlers Batista, Randy Orton and Triple H

Two movie reviews: West Side Story and The Assassination of Jesse James.

“The arrogant will not stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers, You make an end of liars. The LORD abhors those who are violent and deceitful.” – Psalms 5:-6, The Revised English Bible.

Movie Review: Moonstruck & Gone,Baby, Gone

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 96, December 2007
On the cover: Paula Abdul

Two movie reviews: Moonstruck (p. 19) and Gone, Baby, Gone (p. 30)

TV Star Guide Vol. 3 No. 36, December 2002
On the cover: Jennifer Aniston

An entertainment puzzle that I concocted for the Yuletide issue of TV Star Guide.

“Sing for joy to GOD, our strength; shout out loud to the GOD of Jacob. Begin the music. Play the tambourines. Play pleasant music on the harps and lyres. Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, when the moon is full, when our feast begins.” – Psalms 81:1-3, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

Reviews for the TV Series Jurassic Fight Club & the Movie Ploning

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 107, November 2008

On the cover: Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno

Do you like watching prehistoric dinosaur encounters? Well, you should have seen the 12-episode Jurassic Fight Club series in the History Channel. Here’s a brief review.

Also in this TV Star Guide November 2008 issue is a review on the indie film “Ploning, the Philippines’ Entry to the 2009 Oscars.”

“For I took all this to my heart even to search out all this, that the righteous ones and the wise ones and their works are in the hand of the (true) GOD. Mankind are not aware of either the love or the hate that were all prior to them. – Ecclesiastes 9:1, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.

Movie Review: The Triumph

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 95, November 2007

On the cover: Bret Harrison, Amanda Loncar, Eric Christian Olsen and Sarah Wright

A true-to-life story of Ron Clark, a teacher known for his ability to raise test scores by using unique and innovative methods, The Triumph, is a film I recommend for both teachers and students to watch.

“Give me back the joy of Your salvation. Keep me strong by giving me a willing spirit. Then I will teach Your ways to those who do wrong, and sinners will turn back to You.” – Psalms 51:12-13, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

Are There Such Things as Ghosts?

MOD Vol. 38 No. 1822, October 30, 2006
On the cover: Bea Alonzo and Anne Curtis

The Starliners section of MOD October 30, 2006, featured my write-up on “Britney Spears” (pp. 53-55). Also in this issue are brief reviews for the films Open Season, The Prestige and Marie Antoinette (pp. 60-61).

MOD Holloween Spookfest (Free Pullout)
On the cover: Evita Bunye

Pre-Holloween article, “Are There Such Things as Ghosts?” tackled spiritism and world of spirits in the Biblical perspective.

“Do not resort to ghosts and spirits or make yourselves unclean by seeking them out. I am the LORD your GOD.” – Leviticus 19:31, The Revised English Bible.

Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Lopez, Zhang Ziyi and More....

MOD V38 N1821, October 16, 2006

On the cover: Regine Velasquez

It’s another “Face Off” in MODels section of MOD, this time between a “Supermodel,” Naomi Campbell, and a “Sexiest Woman in the World,” Jennifer Lopez.

I also did a profile of Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, “The Geisha is Now an Empress,” in MOD’s Starliner section, and the brief movie reviews of The Guardian and Green Street Hooligans.

“Charm can fool you, and beauty can trick you, but a woman who respects the LORD should be praised. Give her the reward she has earned; she should be praised in public for what she has done.” – Proverbs 31:30-31, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

Movie Review: Reversal of Fortune

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 94, October 2007

On the cover: Wentworth Miller for the TV series Prison Break,

with Bill Henrickson, Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close, and Marian Rivera (insets)

An assigned review of the film Reversal of Fortune, which was based on the true-to-life story of Claus von Bülow.

“Hard times do not come up from the ground, and trouble does not grow from the earth. People produce trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.” – Job 5:6-7, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

Movie Review: A Tall Story

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 106, October 2008

On the cover: Kathryn Morris

with Anthony LaPaglia, Dylan Viscarra, Brett Harrison, and James Denton (insets).

Here’s a movie review on an extraordinarily different kind of Monkey King movie that is literally “A Tall Story.”

“Never let go of loyalty and faithfulness. Tie them around your neck; write them on your heart. If you do this, both GOD and man will be pleased with you.” – Proverbs 3:3-4, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.

Game Shows at the Time When There's Nothing Better to Watch

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 104, September 2008

On the cover: The Pussycat Dolls,

Tiffanie Anderson, Nicole Cordova, Natalie Mejia and Chrystina Sayers

This article, “What’s With Today’s Game Shows?” was written during a period where there was nothing good to watch on the country’s free TV channels except perhaps the game shows. I would venture to think that this article was instrumental in bringing back the local Who Wants to be a Millionaire (WWTBAM) show.

Also in this TV Star Guide September 2008 issue is a TV movie review on Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which shows “The Dark Side of American History.”

“He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the shadow of death to light.” – The Book of Job 12:22, Holy Bible, The New King James Version.

Movie Review: The Touch (2002)

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 104, August 2008

On the cover: Andy Samberg, Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler

An assigned movie review of the 2002 film The Touch starring Michelle Yeoh and Ben Chaplin.

“The LORD saves righteous men and protects them in times of trouble. He helps them and rescues them; He saves them from the wicked, because they go to Him for protection.” – Psalms 37:39-40, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.

Movie Review: 55 Days at Peking

TV Star Guide Vol. 8 No. 103, July 2008

On the cover: Teresa Herrera and Jojie Lloren

An assigned movie review of the 1963 film 55 Days at Peking, starring Charlton Heston, David Niven and Ava Gardner.

“Behold, the wicked travails with iniquity, conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood..... His trouble shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.” – The Book of Psalms 7:14 and 16, Holy Bible, The New King James Version.

Movie Review: Vampire's Kiss

Moneysaver Vol. 4 No. 6 June 1995

Third Anniversary Special featuring “The Best of MS”

Written for Moneysaver March 1995 issue, my article “They Who Swallow Snakes.....” made it to Moneysaver Third Anniversary Special’s “The Best of MS.”

TV Star Guide (Later Atlas TV Guide) Vol. 8 No. 102, June 2008

On the cover: Brooke Shields, Kim Raver and Lindsay Price

Movie Review (Assigned write-up for “Prime Time Movie” section of TV Star Guide): Vampire’s Kiss starring Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Ashley.

 

 

 

“For the undeserved kindness of GOD which brings salvation to all sorts of men has been manifested, instructing us to repudiate ungodliness and worldly desires and to live with soundness of mind and righteousness and godly devotion amid this present system of things, while we wait for the happy hope and glorious manifestation of the great GOD and of the savior of us, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us that He might deliver us from every sort of lawlessness and cleanse for Himself a people peculiarly His own, zealous for fine works.” – To Titus 2:11-14, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.

 

Film Review: "Reflections in a Golden Eye"



TV Star Guide (later Atlas TV Guide), March 2000

On the cover: Summer Glau as the lady-terminator

in the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connnor Chronicles.

 

This is an assigned write-up, a review of the TV-movie titled Reflections in a Golden Eye starring Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor (p. 21).

 

“....Remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the other towns around them. In the same way they were full of sexual sin and people who desired sexual relations that GOD does not allow. They suffer the punishment of eternal fire, as an example for all to see.” – Jude 1:7, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version