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NEWS IN FOCUS / February: Love and hate in the time of Digong

The first day of February turned Red with the arrest of National Democratic Front (NDF) consultant Rafael Baylosis. It was the first demonstration of...

NEWS IN FOCUS / January’s blasts: Dengvaxia, Cha-Cha, firings, Rappler, and Mayon Volcano

January opened with a growing frequency of reports on child deaths that the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) attributed to Dengvaxia—the first anti-dengue...

Tomb Raider: Yamatai Kudasai

As a child, I spent one too many sleepless nights playing the Tomb Raider franchise in PS1. From the first one all the way...

Blood, sweat, and political bluster heighten in raging July

A spree of violence contrasted with presidential attempts at religious peace-making as the first week of July rolled on the blood of two mayors,...

Prepare: Avengers Endgame is going to be three hours long

More than three hours…. You read that right. The final installment in the Avenger trilogy will be over three hours long. That’s 182 minutes to be exact. A friend of mine said the movie’s runtime was broken down as follows: Two hours and 50...

Captain Marvel: A nuanced tale of discovery

With over a month left before the movie “Avengers: Endgame” hits Philippine theaters, the Marvel Cinematic Universe ups the anticipation several notches with the release of the film “Captain Marvel.” Yes. Anticipation is the key word here after the existence of the superhero Captain...

Killing Eve: An erotically charged tale of murder, fascination, and obsession

A beautiful young woman, seen in a café eating a serving of what appeared to be gelato, caught a little girl's eye who was also eating a gelato. They exchange a few light-hearted smiles in what appeared to translate as a tender moment...

Mary Poppins is definitely back

Definitely enjoyable. This was the first thing that popped in my mind as I began watching Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” in a cinema in Trinoma, Quezon City recently. I have to admit it was with great reluctance that I decided to watch this Disney production....

The King of the Seven Seas conquers the silver screen

Wow! That’s how I would describe “Aquaman,” latest cinematic addition to the DC Expanded Universe. The movie, which was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, was ably helmed by director James Wan. I use the word “ably” because Wan succeeded in breaking away from the dark...

Rebooting a good thing: The Girl in the Spider’s Web

Having read Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy and seen the films, I had high hopes for the Hollywood remake which did not disappoint. With David Fincher at the helm, he cast Rooney Mara for the role of hacker Lisbeth Salander and Daniel Craig as...

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