Category Archives: pelikula
objectifying the male? check!
So congratulations are in order, or at least, a shout out, literally: Mabuhay Ang Federasyon! The landscape of male objectification in cinema has evolved because of you. I might complain, but I do with all my heart, appreciate it. After … Continue reading
When Indie Fails
a version of this was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 7 2010. There are many things to say about the movie Red Shoes (directed by Raul Jorolan, written by James Ladioray), but it’s definitely not that it’s the … Continue reading
Missing Popoy and Basha: or What Do You Take Me For? Crazy?
Of course I Miss You Like Crazy had everything going for it. We still remember Popoy and Basha of One More Chance, even know some lines from the movie, and even now speak of UST’s soccer field in relation to … Continue reading
2009′s Notable Cultural chevers*
As with all year-ender lists, this is necessarily full of itself, and can be accused of having a false sense of power, imagining itself to be comprehensive and truthful and correct. Unlike many of those Best of 2009! lists though, … Continue reading
hello, i love you (goodbye!)
Or when Derek Ramsey just ain’t enough. There are many good things about I Love You Goodbye really, including of course the fact that Derek Ramsey exists in it at all. It did want to talk about the travails of … Continue reading