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Continue reading →: The Choice: Nicholas without the sparks
By Heinrich Domingo Nicholas Sparks continues to exploit his recipe for love story. After the success of The Notebook and Dear John, he has created a dish too familiar for the crowd to be palatable. With a chemistry-void love team, The Choice has only its plot to offer, which is…
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Continue reading →: Ruby Sparks: Courting the muse
By Donna Nikki Vargas Calvin (played by Paul Dano) struggles with a writer’s block after producing a New York Times Best Selling Novel at age 19. One night, he literally dreams of his “dream” girl and finally finds his way out of his block. He named her Ruby Sparks (Zoe…
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Continue reading →: Five Viddsee Short Films You Have to Watch
With the advent of torrent-sharing websites, films became readily available to anyone in the Internet. Yet, many of the files shared online are almost always synonymous to piracy. This is simply off-putting to movie buffs who believe that artists should reap maximum profit from their works. Viddsee, an online video…
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Continue reading →: Carol: A different song
By Heinrich Domingo Queer cinema is often associated with a coming-of-age theme that portrays gay characters as sexual creatures whose libido cannot be controlled. In popular cinema, gay men are represented by Brokeback Mountain and gay women by Blue is the Warmest Colour, both known for their raunchy sex scenes.…
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Continue reading →: Tandem: Revs up crime noir
By Lei Landicho Tandem wandered confusedly throughout its one and a half hour running time between two themes: one is a commentary on the dysfunctional system in the country that breeds criminal activities and the other is a presentation of an endearing fraternal relationship webbed between romance and crime. In…
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