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Legend: A moving action

19 Tuesday Jan 2016

Posted by cinetactic in Movie Reviews

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2015, action, biopic, drama, Emily Browning, gangster, Kray brothers, Legend, London, mafia, Movie review, thriller, tom hardy

By Heinrich Domingo

In the unlikeliest characters of cinema, you will find the strongest of emotion. This gangster-driven film brings to the audience the valuable lessons of loyalty, commitment, and trust. Legend creates a decent biopic and allows Tom Hardy to make the best out of the material. It is an artistic piece that is moving to watch.

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Felix Manalo: Preaching to the choir

12 Monday Oct 2015

Posted by cinetactic in Movie Reviews

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biopic, Dennis Trillo, Felix Manalo, film, film review, Iglesia ni Cristo, INC, Joel Lamangan, Manalo, Movie, Movie review, religion, viva films

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, and lighting is used to overemphasize characters. Yet, no forewarning was sufficient to prepare us in the three-hour agony of watching a self-glorifying, history-mutilating, sect-promoting film that is Felix Manalo.
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