2018-10-30 02:44
We could rant or rave on the movies offered in Cinema One Originals Festival and QCinema Film Festival, which happened one after the other. Without a week, or even a day's intermission. But… Read More
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2018-10-29 04:58
Like a middle child, or a midlife crisis, the movie's most difficult and troublesome part to write is the middle part. For viewers, this is the point of the movie that you've come to know… Read More
2017-11-26 11:05
(Photo shows the cast of "Changing Partners," which I co-wrote/ adapted as screenplay with the original play's author, Vincent A. De Jesus. In its very limited number of screenings during i… Read More
2011-10-31 01:58
As "The Woman in Septic Tank" delectably, wickedly and deliciously parodied the proliferation of poverty-themed festival-touring independent films, two "middle-class" themed movies finally… Read More
2011-10-24 08:04
It smells so Imelda Marcos’ “City of Man” to me. The blind eye of a dying regime sustaining the bourgeoisie when a socio-political powder keg is about to transform into an… Read More
2011-05-29 02:12
Much has been done about minority groups and illegal migrants in America from Mexico. But Mexico itself has its share of workers from poorer-than-Mexico countries, too. And so goes the backd… Read More
2011-05-09 01:00
Keep on dreaming, or should I quote Leo Burnett's famous line, "When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either." So goes the story… Read More
2011-04-20 10:00
It's hard to let go when there are unclosed wounds, and unexpectedly new and fresh ones from the most unexpected people and even from those dearest to you. The dearer they are to you, the de… Read More
2011-04-11 23:36
In a series of good news where the "Adjustment Bureau" finally reveals what the true plan is, it's nice to sit back and absorb the surprising and overwhelming NEXTS, while forgiving the soon… Read More
2011-04-02 05:33
*Photo: Coreen Jimenez, director of "Kano" takes a break from the Milan Film Festival and check out the Duomo's rooftop.Sadly, in this film-viewing world, the documentaries take a backseat t… Read More
2011-03-13 23:16
Master Plan, the invisible path no human can reverse, is rearing its manifestations oh so loudly in a world clinging to unreliable normalcy.While despots fight or give in to change crusaders… Read More
2011-02-27 03:35
It's a bit perplexing to go through "Brownian Movement", a Dutch film, with sparse dialogue to go with a woman's absurd escapades. It's one of the films I was able to see at the Berlinale Fo… Read More
2011-02-21 00:51
The night before Saturday, there was a message in our hotel inbox that we were supposed to go to the Berlinale Forum Guest Office at 1115 am the next day.So I asked Sheron, why the exact tim… Read More
2011-02-09 01:00
Rooted on the ground, remembering the miles I've traveled and the highs and lows of my life, I write this as I am on the verge of my groundbreaking first.Europe has always been a dream. Ther… Read More
2011-02-05 00:48
When was the last time I ever looked at the stars in the sky? Not in the middle of a business center can I do that. The domed sky would never be completed as blocked by buildings, and yes, b… Read More
2011-02-01 04:52
No, she's not a new Batman character, ( she'd play the Catwoman though, as the Dark Knight returns), but rather, a darling of my film viewing fare, Anne Hathaway.She can be an every man's Al… Read More
2011-01-27 02:14
It's an odd stage to be in. I am neither golden in my 50's but I am way past where life should begin, at 40.I assume by this time some dreams I had in college, our most ideal phase to dream… Read More
2011-01-23 05:15
There's a notion, some may actually be guilty of it, that indie filmmakers make films to win awards and make it to foreign film festivals.Sineng Pambansa, "Filipino films for Filipinos" , co… Read More
2011-01-18 01:10
It was a secret that was too big to ignore or keep. Waiting for the official announcement seemed like years so we can finally let the cat out of the bag. We can't hide our excitement two mon… Read More
2011-01-13 00:48
Before it used to be the sports channel which stunts relationships. As Daddy watches his basketball or football game, Mommy is left alone with no one to talk with. She relegates herself to t… Read More
2011-01-11 01:08
Cold turkey is almost impossible. There's a queasy constant discontent and yearning on the first three days of withdrawal from cigarettes. How did I do so far?I stole some puffs, puffs not s… Read More
2011-01-06 02:38
"I want you to see this yourself."The doctor has placed the endoscope deep into my mouth, and into my throat.I have almost lost my voice, and its hoarseness has become a source of discomfort… Read More
2011-01-04 02:13
If Facebook made "friend" a verb, meaning add one as a friend, then there's the act of deleting a friend, or "un-friending."Perhaps the most politically correct reason to un-friend someone i… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Photo with Migs Ayesa after the show. 3D won’t improve the way I look at “The Amazing Spiderman.” But live theater changed my perception of “Rock of Ages.” Goo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Here I go again, well, this year, it may be more impossible since I am miles away from majority of my friends and family.It never rang truer, the inclusion of Purefoods Corned Beef, which al… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In between the breaking news that the Supreme Court of the Philippines has upheld ex-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's right to travel, I learn that now I can hear Mass as if I am still in… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
2014, the second decade of the millennium at its midpoint. What seems to be the most exciting thing that has happened in our lives anyway? There's no romanticized revolt to speak of… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I have missed updating my blog. It's like having a pen without a paper to write on. After attempts of remembering the email address I used for this blog, and even recovering passwords, fina… Read More
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