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Review of TERMINATOR: DARK FATE: Failed the Franchise

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October 31, 2019The "Terminator" franchise had been going strong since the first film debuted in 1984. It is about a future where the world is taken over by machines under Skynet, and human John Connor leads a resistance movement against them. Skynet sends an android assassin called the Terminator back to the past...

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Review of MIDWAY (2019): Turning the Tide

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October 28, 2019Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 had been the subject of many notable films in the past, like "From Here to Eternity" (1953), "In Harm's Way" (1965), "Tora Tora Tora" (1970) and "Pearl Harbor" (2001). The US turned the tide back to their favor months later in...

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Review of ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP: Amusing Apocalypse

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October 26, 2019"Zombieland" was a hit comedy-action zombie movie back in 2009. This year, 10 years later, here comes a sequel with the same director Ruben Fleischer. The original group of characters, all named after US cities, are back -- Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock, all played by the same actors who had...

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Review of THE CURRENT WAR: Electrifying Encounters

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October 24, 2019He was the pioneer in the field of electricity whom I only know by name and by his inventions like the light bulb, phonograph and motion pictures, but honestly know very little about his life or his personality. That was why when there was this film about Thomas Edison I knew...

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Review of UNFORGETTABLE: Heartwarming Homecoming

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October 24, 2019Jasmine Mijandro Lagman had been living with her grandmother Lola Olive in Baguio City ever since both her parents passed away. She had a prodigious photographic memory which enabled her to memorize anything precisely. On the other hand, she had some behavior which others may find unusual. She was extra sensitive...

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Review of ISA PA, WITH FEELINGS: Solitude of Silence

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October 21, 2019Mara Navarro took sign language lessons to be able to communicate with her niece Hailey who was deaf. When she was depressed over an unexpected career setback, her deaf sign language teacher Gali Pastrano (who just so happened to also be her next-door neighbor in their condo) became her close friend....

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Review of MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL: Misunderstood Martyr

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October 21, 2019The first "Maleficent" film (2014) (MY REVIEW) presented us with a re-imagined backstory behind the horned witch who was the villainess from the original "Sleeping Beauty" classic animated film (1959). Featuring Angelina Jolie as the title character with those computer-generated angular cheekbones, "Maleficent" was a big box office hit that year,...

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QCINEMA 2019: Review of CLEANERS: Schoolkid Sentiments

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October 18, 2019It was 2007 in Tuguegarao City in Cagayan province. Some students from Section IV-Rizal of St. Agnes Catholic School had memorable experiences during their senior year. Stephanie had her embarrassing dance number during Nutrition Month. Class president Angeli was grouped with the notorious Emo Boys to do the folk dance number...

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QCINEMA 2019: Reviews of 3 ASIAN NEW WAVE Entries: FLY BY NIGHT, THE LONG WALK, SUBURBAN BIRDS

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October 17, 2019FLY BY NIGHTDirector: Zahir Omar (Malaysia)Tailo (Sunny Pang) was a gentleman taxi driver by trade, calling himself "Chinaman." However, together with his younger brother Sailo (Fabian Loo), Sailo's close friend Gwailo (Jack Tan), and ex-con family friend Ah-soon (Eric Chen), he ran an extortion operation targeting rich people who rode their cabs....

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QCINEMA 2019: Review of BABAE AT BARIL: Grooving with a Gun

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October 16, 2019The lead character was a timid salesgirl (Janine Gutierrez) in a department store. Her manager (Gie Onida), her landlord (Raffy Tejada), her roommate's boyfriend (Jess Mendoza), the sari-sari owner (Jal Galang), the drunks on the roadside, the creepy colleague at work (Felix Roco) -- everyone got on her case. One night, she...

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QCINEMA 2019: Review of KAAWAY SA SULOD: Symbolic Singularity

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October 14, 2019Nash Bautista used to be a teacher at UP, until she decided to join the New People's Army in the mountains of Mindanao, code-named Commander Lai. Lt. Raiza Umali was an honest and dedicated officer of the Philippine Army who was assigned to lead the mission against Commander Lai's group. When...

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QCINEMA 2019: Review of Opening Film UNTRUE: Major Mind Mess-up

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October 13, 2019The QCinema Film Festival formally opened tonight at the Dolby Atmos Theater Cinema 5 of Gateway Mall with simple rites led by Mayor Joy Belmonte, who had originally conceived of this festival seven years ago. This year's festival boasts of more than 70 local and foreign films, new award-winning festival releases...

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Review of GEMINI MAN: Smith vs. Self

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October 10, 2019Henry Brogan was the best highly-skilled assassin in the service of a covert government agency. After his last assignment to kill a supposed terrorist on a train, Henry wanted to retire. To prevent Henry from discovering his illicit involvement in that last hit, Clay Varis of the secret Gemini project sent...

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Review of WARNING: DO NOT PLAY: Vile Vexing Videos

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October 9, 2019Korean horror films began to be noticed more internationally after the back-to-back successes of "Phone" (2002) and "A Tale of the Two Sisters" (2003). Since then, there had been more Korean horror films which gained acclaim like "Thirst" (2009), "I Saw the Devil" (2010), "Train to Busan" (2016) and "The Wailing"...

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Review of ABOMINABLE: Momentary Magic

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October 8, 2019A young Yeti was hiding from its captors on a rooftop of an apartment building in Shanghai. A practical young girl Yi found him, gained the creature's confidence and helped it with his injuries. Naming the Yeti "Everest," Yi, together with her neighbors Peng and Jin, embarked on a major journey...

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Review of JOKER: Seriously Sick and Squirmy

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October 6, 2019This became a much anticipated film ever since teasers of Joaquin Phoenix's twisted portrayal of the Crown Prince of Crime hit social media. It premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival last month where it won the Golden Lion award. With the trailers, I can already see how dark, dismal and...

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Review of ANG HENERASYONG SUMUKO SA LOVE: An Entreaty for Empathy

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October 3, 2019Writer-director Jason Paul Laxamana is really one of the busiest filmmakers in recent years. He had four feature films each year from 2016 (including "Mercury is Mine"), 2017 (including "100 Tula Para Kay Stella"), and 2018 (including "Bakwit Boys"). This year 2019, he had a 6-episode iWant series "Project Feb. 14,"...

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