• About
  • Writers
  • Video Essays
  • Movie Reviews
  • Movie Lists
  • Essays
  • Call for Contributors

Cinetactic

Tag Archives: kean cipriano

Love is Blind: Blinded by stereotypes

12 Friday Feb 2016

Posted by cinetactic in Movie Reviews

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

comedy, Derek Ramsay, feminism, film review, kean cipriano, Kiray Celis, Love is Blind, Movie review, philippines, regal films, romance, romcom, Solenn Heussaff

By Heinrich Domingo

It is a shame to see a capable cast acting in a ridiculous plot. Derek Ramsay and Kiray Celis’ outstanding performance seems ill-fitting on a hastily sewed story. While Love is Blind lectures the crowd on loving outside physical appearance, it stereotypes farmers as poor and laid-back and artists as hipsters and unattractive. It is a film that assumes the role of being progressive while encouraging that there is a single definition of beauty. Irony and hypocrisy became this movie’s theme.

love-is-blind-cast-1.jpg

Continue reading →

Ang Babae sa Septic Tank: The Mockery of Indie

06 Thursday Aug 2015

Posted by cinetactic in Movie Reviews

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

ang babae sa septic tank, cinemalaya, eugene domingo, independent film, indie, jm de guzman, kean cipriano, marlon rivera, Movie review

by Lei Landicho

Much has been said about Filipino independent films being mirrors of reality; being bastions of hope for what’s left of Pinoy creativity. In this age when indie films are placed on a pedestal, one film boldly exposes every nook and cranny of unapologetic, budget-bound, and “honest” filmmaking. Ang Babae sa Septic Tank relishes and abhors itself at the same time for bearing the tag of an “Indie.” Continue reading →

Recent Posts

  • BL Series at ang Gay Narrative sa Pilipinas
  • Quing Lalam Ning Aldo: On Food and Coming Home
  • The Slums: On Meta and Exploitation
  • Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss: On Comedy and Workers’ Rights
  • Fatigued: On Nightmares and Simulations
  • Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos: On Grief and Trauma
  • Tokwifi (2019): On Boxes and Stereotypes
  • Living Things (2020): On Changes and Relationships
  • Aswang (2019) Review: Mito at Kababalaghan
  • Untrue (2019): Ending Explained
  • Poverty Porn at ang ‘Pamilya Ordinaryo’
  • Regional Cinema in Patay na si Hesus
  • Patintero Review: Lessons from Children’s Cinema
  • Bliss and the Helpless Woman: Criticism on Psycho-Thriller Films
  • Character Development in Four Sisters and a Wedding
  • What makes a good film poster?
  • Why is Eerie overrated?
  • Will the Real Igorots Please Stand Up!
  • Jowable and the Nature of Feature-Length Films
  • Hello, Love, Goodbye and the Philippine Popular Cinema

Like us on Facebook

Like us on Facebook

Andrea’s Paper Beads

Andrea’s Paper Beads

Thinking of visiting Sta. Ana, Cagayan?

Thinking of visiting Sta. Ana, Cagayan?
Follow Cinetactic on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 877 other subscribers
Follow Cinetactic on WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • Cinetactic
    • Join 683 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Cinetactic
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...