Fringe Magazine
REVIEWS
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708Fantastical tale from the North about the ‘civilized’ versus the ‘barbarians’ in ‘Tokwifi’
"Tokwifi" is a fantastical Igorot tale from Carla Pulido Ocampo. Think "Pleasantville"… and you're almost there.
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486First-person game-inspired self-help flick that is ‘Fatigued’
"Fatigued" - by James Robin M. Mayo - is a short flick that uses… shall we say, the approach of shoot-to-kill POV...
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941Beautifully-shot if somewhat passion-light ‘Pabasa Kan Pasyon’
It may be light on "passion", but "Pabasa Kan Pasyon" - a movie less than 15 minutes long from Hubert Tibi -...
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776Half-baked worthy story of ‘Ang Gasgas na Plaka ni Lolo Bert’
"Ang Gasgas na Plaka ni Lolo Bert" by directors Janina Gacosta and Cheska Marfori tells a simple enough story (at least on...
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7525 Reasons why you should watch (plus 5 sources of apprehension about) PETA’s ‘Under My Skin’
Consider this an "educational play", where we get the dramatic narrative interspersed with statement of facts. Does this work? Yes and... no.
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2.1KJohn Denver Trending: This is what indie is all about
Overall, if you can afford to pay for shitty Vice Ganda or Vic Sotto films (or most of the Metro Manila Film...
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2.5KChildren of the River: Propaganda pretending to be coming-of-age flick
How wars/conflicts affect the lives of children isn’t rare in cinema. And beyond the coming-of-age narratives, Children of the River is really...
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7.6KIska: How to make a film out of guilt
This is an okay film, particularly with its intention to supposedly highlight autism. But it also felt not a film about Iska,...
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4.2KPandanggo sa Hukay: An attempt from women to come up with something for women
If you base your decision to watch this on why it exists in the first place, I’d say go ahead. You’d be...
