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Continue reading →: Pan: Outgrowing the boy who wouldn’t grow up
by Heinrich Domingo Pan banks on nostalgia as its sole hope in engaging an audience too familiar with a storyline. It brings back to the crowd the beautiful young boy who taught the world that believing can be everything. Being a prequel, the film has the tendency to hold firm…
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Continue reading →: Ninja Party: When Sinag Maynila lost its light
by Heinrich Domingo In our juvenile days, we did things that are intended to be taken with us in our graves. They are unpleasant. They are never to be remembered. Yet, these nightmares will continue to wake us up in the middle of the night and remind us of our…
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Continue reading →: Felix Manalo: Preaching to the choir
by Heinrich Domingo The subjectivity of art in cinema can be construed as having the freedom to interpret and understand. But, as any filmmaker would attest, the notion of independent thinking ceases when the camera starts rolling. The lens zooms in to specific shots, frames are selective of certain environment,…
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Continue reading →: The Martian: An uncompromising science tale
by Heinrich Domingo The Martian boldly narrates the cliché tale of a survivor. With only science fiction as its armor, it courageously delivers science into the center stage without the fear of losing its plebeian audience. The movie tries hard not to fall into the hype built by its predecessors,…
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