Showing posts with label action drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label action drama. Show all posts
Friday, August 10, 2018

Pink Film Gatecrashes the CCP - Afi Africa's "The Lookout" (Cinemalaya 2018)

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There were sporadic giggles and laughters during the screening of Afi Africa's " The Lookout ". Odd thing is, it isn'...
Saturday, November 26, 2016

Jean-Francois Richet's "Blood Father" - Return to Form

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John Link (Mel Gibson), a reforming ex-convict on strict parole watch, gets a desperate call from his estranged daughter Lydia (Erin...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Ipaglaban Mo's "Riding-in-Tandem" - Vetting Stories and Scraping the Narrative Bottom

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I was waiting for Mang Ruben, my driver, who was unusually running late because of an earlier errand he had to run for my mom. I decided ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Edward Zwick's "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" - Bone Crackin' Adrenaline Yarn

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There are modern day nomads and there's Jack Reacher. Culled from the imagination of author Lee Child, Jack Reacher, 50's, is...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Camille Delamarre's "Brick Mansions" - Action And Nothing Else

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Detroit, 2018, is one of squalor, entropy, and lawlessness. In the dystopian district of the Brick Mansions , once progressive but now o...
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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Jon Villarin's "Sa Ngalan ng Ama, Ina at Mga Anak" - Of Bad Propaganda and Why Some Deaths Are Well Deserved

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“ Baleleng ” is a popular folk song in Mindanao and the Visayas that tells of a young man’s unrequited yearning for a damsel named Lele...
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