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Continue reading →: Crimson Peak: Where metaphors bleed
by Heinrich Domingo To deduce a cinema work as solely the director’s effort is unfair to the hardworking production members. Yet, seeing Crimson Peak as an additional piece to Guillermo del Toro’s outstanding film portfolio makes us think otherwise. From Pan’s Labyrinth, Book of life, and the Hobbit franchise, comes…
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Continue reading →: A Second Chance: Sustaining the kiligby Heinrich Domingo Sequels are meant to serve movie corporations more than the viewers. Banking on the fandom built by the successful first films, movie productions would often release an underdeveloped storyline for the sole purpose of profit. Many of us are lured to take a bite of One More…
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Continue reading →: Nilalang: Unapologetically full of itself
by Lei Landicho As an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), Nilalang claims that it is offering something new to the table. It declares that it can even pass international standards of filmmaking (relatively, though, to the MMFF trends from previous years). In all fairness, Nilalang truly…
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Continue reading →: The Little Prince: Of drama and nostalgia
by Heinrich Domingo The film adaptation of the much beloved novel Le Petit Prince teaches us that there is no monopoly of narrative. Once texts that are etched in books are turned into motion picture, stories are rehashed. This is the nature of cinema. This is the nature of media.…
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Continue reading →: The Mockingjay 2: Action in silence and solitude
For those who cannot comprehend the value of momentary silence, blank stares, and rhythmic poundings, The Mockingjay 2 wishes to apologize. The bored readers might have missed the depiction of the art and science of war. In its last installment, Hunger Games explicates that its story is more than killings…
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