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    Tuos: Breaking the line between old and new

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    August 23, 2016

    By Engelbert Rafferty Dulay Traditions are vital for retaining cultural and national identity. This is the reason why we cling onto them despite being archaic and obsolete. In Roderick Cabrido’s Tuos, two women are both entangled in the constricting confinements of their culture. They are in the crossfire between modernity…

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    Mercury is Mine: Road to a long and winding plot

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    August 14, 2016

    By Heinrich Domingo Mercury is Mine challenges the viewers to mock and question their beliefs on American superiority. It is an intellectual critique on the long-held xenocentrism of Filipinos. Sadly, the audience has to suffer a bumpy ride before achieving a clear conclusion. They have to wince at times as…

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    Ang Maangas, Ang Marikit at Ang Makata: Of feminism and machismo

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    August 11, 2016

    By Heinrich Domingo In an old barrio, a Filipina dreams of becoming a dancer. But, her brooding chieftain father forbids her to do so. She found hope when a macho gunman visited their place and promised her a new future. This complicates her situation as a poet suitor also wants…

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    Suicide Squad: Messy and Mediocre

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    August 9, 2016

    By Justin Rev Ino Tamang Suicide Squad is a film with a lot riding on its proverbial shoulders. Given how terribly Batman VS Superman fared, DC is in dire need of redemption. Suicide Squad is where everyone has pinned their hopes up for the franchise, but it ends up a…

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    1-2-3 (wan tu tri): Reality check in three, two, one

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    August 7, 2016

    By Engelbert Rafferty Dulay Most of us dream of finding greener pastures and living a peaceful and prosperous life. This dream has been instilled in us, hence the emergence of Filipino diaspora. However, there are instances wherein the means of achieving such dream entail taking or being forced to take…

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