I woke up to a most singular occurrence, Tuesday last week. Heneral Luna, an indie historical film which had opened quietly the week before, had begun trending in Twitter at 4 a.m. Like the brash and vitriolic general of the same name, it had refused to fade calmly into obscurity and continued to pop in and out of the trending list in succeeding days. People have suddenly … [Read more...] about Demystifying the Heneral Luna Phenomenon – A Movie Review
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Bayan Ko TV Series Review
I saw one episode of this series on GMA News TV and was impressed. So even if this two disc set seemed a bit expensive at roughly Php400 each, I bought them anyway. I support anything Filipino made that’s better than the usual evening cookie cutter drama fare. Its fictional but faithful account of what would seem to be our nearly collective experience of recent history deserves … [Read more...] about Bayan Ko TV Series Review
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