Haunted Mansion (a 2015 Filipino horror movie currently streaming on Netflix) successfully delivers the scares as it weaves an old and not so interesting study on teenagers and their hormones with a more interesting back story of the mansion involving two upper class sisters and a commoner. Ella (Janella Salvador) has a third eye andContinue reading “Haunted Mansion Succeeds Despite Its Flaws”
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Apocalypse Child: The stories we live to tell
Apocalypse Child (a 2015 Filipino film currently streaming on Netflix) takes off with a view of the beaches of Baler, with a voiceover narrating the myths enveloping Baler and its people: a tsunami swept over the municipality of Baler leaving only 7 surviving families; the production crew of the movie Apocalypse Now left a surfboardContinue reading “Apocalypse Child: The stories we live to tell”
BLISS Explores Abuse in Varying Images
In Bliss (a 2017 Filipino film currently streaming in Netflix), Jane Ciego (Iza Calzado) is an actress who has been in the film industry for too long, and though successful, has yet to win an acting award. While on the verge of a burnout, she decides to produce her own film to market to internationalContinue reading “BLISS Explores Abuse in Varying Images”
The Heiress Employs a Bland Narrative
In The Heiress (a 2019 Filipino horror film which just started streaming in Netflix last week), Maricel Soriano plays Aunt Luna, a mambabarang (a sorcerer in local folklore) who would do everything in her power to keep her niece, the titular character Guia (Janella Salvador), for the coven, even if it means sacrificing her ownContinue reading “The Heiress Employs a Bland Narrative”
Pamilya Ordinaryo is No Ordinary Film
Pamilya Ordinaryo (a 2016 Filipino film streaming as Ordinary People on Netflix) is an honest, in your face, uncompromising look at the lives of street children. We see them everyday; so we may have become so used to them being part of the streets. The film, therefore, pushes us to at least acknowledge that theyContinue reading “Pamilya Ordinaryo is No Ordinary Film”
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