REVIEWS
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427Children 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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435Iska: 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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398Pandanggo 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...
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398Edward: Coming of age in the Phl health system…
As a coming of age story, Edward isn’t too bad. Particularly if you’re willing to forgive its (well, numerous) flaws. This is...
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967F#*@BOIS: No fuckbois here; just semi-porn without the money shot
Let’s stop all the pretending that this movie is supposed to be anything else (i.e. that it’s “intelligent”; that it tackles true-to-life...
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788Belle Douleur: The tale of ‘older people don’t deserve to be happy’
You can have many reasons to like this film – e.g. Mylene Dizon’s acting, Kit Thompson’s nudes (if this whets your fancy);...
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503ANi (The Harvest): A ripoff of a ripoff of a ripoff…
ANi (The Harvest) as an attempt to be a sci-fi film a la A.I., Ready Player One, Chappie; fantastical a la Pan’s...
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3965 Reasons to consider why you should watch PETA’s ‘Rak of Aegis’
We take another look at “Rak of Aegis” to see what makes this iteration worth it…
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320Getting ‘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....
