Monday, 28 November 2022
Saturday, 26 November 2022
Movie Review: Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon
Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution's being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, which is spearheaded by no less than the president of the country, Rodrigo Duterte. The moment Duterte sat as the new president of the Philippines in the year 2016, his biggest act was launching his so-called war against drugs, shocking the world for its brutality and the ensuing human rights abuses. Extra-judicial killings attributed to drugs have become rampant and most of the crimes are connected to the police. The atrocities are corroding Lt. Papauran physically and spiritually. He suffers from severe psoriasis, a skin disease resulting from insidious anxiety. A dark past haunts him and it has eventually and literally come back for a reckoning, for a closure.
Friday, 25 November 2022
Movie Review: Us X Her
Their already troubled relationship is now bound for doom when Lila (Angeli Khang) enters the picture, a beautiful young woman obsessed with Dave, willing to be a mistress and do anything to win his affection.
Movie Review: An Inconvenient Love
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
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Monday, 14 November 2022
Movie Review: Mahal Kita, Beksman
“Mahal Kita, Beksman” tells the story of Dali, the only son of Jaime and Gemma (Keempee de Leon and Katya Santos) whom he fondly calls “Papshiekels and Momshiekels”. Dali is a very talented make-up artist and designer, which is not surprising as his father runs a beauty salon and his mother runs a dress shop.
Portrayed by award-winning actor Christian Bables (Big Night, Single Rock, Die Beautiful, The Panti Sisters), Dali looks as flamboyant as the gay people surrounding him that everyone assumes he is also gay. When it is revealed that he is not, everyone is in shock. Papshiekels is in denial, insisting that Dali is just going through a phase. Everyone agrees with him.
But, for Dali, this is not a passing thing. He is sure from the moment he bumps into Angel that she is the girl of his dreams.
Angel, played by Iana Bernardez (Mahal Kita with All My Hypothalamus, Metamorphosis) , is the unica hija in their family. Her father is a sports coach, while her brothers run a gym and a car shop. With all their machismo, Dali definitely doesn’t fit the mold of the “ideal boyfriend” for Angel.
Faced with so many obstacles, will Dali be able to prove that he’s the right man for Angel? Can people look past his appearance and see a man truly in love with a woman? Can love really overcome all odds?