REVIEWS
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174Getting ‘woke’ via ‘The Kundiman Party’
“The Kundiman Party”, Floy Quintos’s play that was first staged by Dulaang UP just last year, so that it is somewhat new....
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771Trying to find the appeal of Quezon City’s ‘Snacks & Ladders’
If board games interest you, then this resto in Quezon City, aptly named Snacks & Ladders (a play at Snakes and Ladders),...
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1.2KHarsh look at ‘The Lookout’
From the get-go, you know Afi Africa mimics Poj Arnon’s “Bangkok Love Story” in “The Lookout”. Sadly, this isn’t a great copy.
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1.4KLooking in, not just looking back, with ‘Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon’
That everyone will age, and yet not everyone will have lived is what "Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon (Waiting for Sunset)" by...
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1.1KWaxing poetic with ‘Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma’
In Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma, Iar Lionel Arondaing attempts to tell a Mindanawon story in a Palawan setting. The...
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1.1KLonging for more in Denise O’Hara’s ‘Mamang’
In the Philippines, it isn’t always that we see films with stories revolving around old(er) characters. And so it is refreshing seeing...
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1.0KRestricted attempt to be fantastical with ‘Pan De Salawal’
If you’re a fan of the likes of Lasse Hallström’s 2000 film Chocolat or Tim Burton’s 2003 film Big Fish, then Pan...
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1.3KLiway as pale Pinoy attempt at ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’
Kip Oebanda’s “Liway” tells the story of a family inside a military camp during Martial Law. By using fantastical storytelling of a...
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734BuyBust as ‘FPJ as a female Bourne in 2018′
In a gist, BuyBust is a Hollywood-ized FPJ flick, this time using a female Bourne-type actress in Anne Curtis.
