A caveat to viewers, though. If you’re the kind who thinks that the Pirates trilogy is like the pinnacle of awesome, or you’re shivering in your boots as you queue for Breaking Dawn, then perhaps this film is not for you. Continue reading
It doesn’t need a Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown either.He didn’t say it all. He just did it. Not one Filipino will doubt how Manny gives out his heart when he fights.Not one. Continue reading
Incendies, an import from Quebec, is one movie that grips your attention from the start and never lets go until the final harrowing minutes when the big AHA! moment unravels. Continue reading
Their desserts were soooo cloying, I swear I could see ants donning their napkins in the table beside us while Kenny G music plays in the background. Yes, it was THAT cloying. Continue reading
Still, not everything comes free, so just this once, we were willing to suck it all up and let our wallets drain as we decided to dip our peasant palates into the pizzas of Yellow Cab. Continue reading
I remember how two disembodied heads are talking to each other about practically anything under the sun, even the sun itself. I remember the snark. I remember the sarcasm of the guy on the left (always on the left) as he comments about the idiosyncrasies of life and the idiocy of the people running it. Continue reading
As we commemorate the day of the dead, we took time to document the usual and not-so-usual things happening at this point. We hope that through this, we would be able to capture the spirit of the occasion (if not the spirit of your Uncle Berting who died of a heart attack last year!). Continue reading
FOOD REVIEW | TACORITTO: So if your taste is sooooo elevated that you turn your noses up at pedestrian fare and cafeteria food, then this joint is not for you. Only an idiot will come to Tacoritto and expect Oaxacan moles in a restaurant that is clearly made for the working class and students. Continue reading
Gone With the Wind Directed by Victor Fleming Forget Avatar and the equally-overblown and over-rated Titanic The most profitable movie of all time – adjusting to inflation – is this celluloid adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel of the same name, a veritable glorification of the conservatism of the South, a loving homage to an era … Continue reading
In horror films, there’s the truly terrifying (The Shining, Ringu), the unsettling (Rosemary’s Baby) and the truly lame (pick any of the Hollywood adaptations of Asian horror). And then there’s The Jonas Brothers movie. But I’m not talking about THAT kind of horror movie. I’m talking about the real deal, the kind that gives you … Continue reading