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ITO BA ANG ATING MGA ANAK?... Of Bad Luck And Bad Intentions
Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak? Sad but true, Ishmael Bernal, at an enviable high point squanders away all vestiges of common sense, logic, grace and taste. Those four furies of Philippine moviedom which...
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Kuwento At Kontradiksyon Ng Pag-Ibig Sa SANA BUKAS PA ANG KAHAPON
Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon Sa sineng drama, melodrama ang nananaig na sentimyento. Ang nangingibabaw na emosyon sa melodrama ay kalungkutan. Sa pormulasyon ng pelikulang Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon (Viva...
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BOMBA QUEEN... The Rise And Fall Of A Star
Bomba Queen There are films which do not suggest any alternative way of life or behavior but whose importance derive from the range of their content or from the cogency of their observation or...
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Ang Birtud Ng THE PASSIONATE STRANGERS
The Passionate Strangers Ang paggalaw ng kamera at pagprisinta ng mga pananaw mula sa lente nito ang isa sa mga birtud ng pelikulang The Passionate Strangers (MJP Productions), sa direksyon ni Eddie...
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ANG PINAKAMAGANDANG HAYOP SA BALAT NG LUPA And The Ethos Of Moral Order
Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop Sa Balat Ng Lupa While Ishmael Bernal has made his melodramatic films self-reflexive of the genre and Lino Brocka has politicized the family as national melodramas, Celso Ad...
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BONGGA KA 'DAY... On The Dance Floor
Bongga Ka 'DayBongga Ka 'Day (Associated Entertainment Corporation / Four Seasons Film International) exceeds most musical comedies in terms of its novel brand of humor, which is disrupted by Maryo de...
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Art As Expressed In A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS FILIPINO
A Portrait Of The Artist As Filipino Art, as expressed in A Portrait Of The Artist As Filipino (Diadem Production / Manuel de Leon) is the confluence of the literary, the histrionic and the cinematic...
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BAKYA MO NENENG... Luma At Kupas Na
Bakya Mo Neneng Ang buhay ay may tuwid at hindi malilinaw na linya, at dahil ang pelikula ay salamin ng buhay, kung ano ang gulo sa buhay ay iyon din ang dapat na ipinakikita sa pelikula. Ngunit...
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The Miracle Of MILAGROS
Milagros Marilou Diaz Abaya's Milagros (Merdeka Film Productions, Inc.) is an intelligent and meticulously directed film, with outstanding individual performances by a sensitive but restrained cast,...
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BILIBID GAYS... Bakla, Bakla Bakit Ka Ginawa?
Bilibid Gays Tito, Vic and Joey play Helen, Dina and Daria, three homosexuals who get thrown in jail for a murder they did not commit in Bilibid Gays (Good Harvest Productions). As jailbirds, they are...
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Kabalighuan Ng Buhay Sa KRIMEN KAYO ANG HUMATOL
Krimen Kayo Ang Humatol Nakakagulo sa karaniwang manonood ng sine ang salungatan ng opinyon ng mga kritiko. Makakatulong marahil sa wastong pagpapahalaga sa pelikula na linawin kung anu-ano ang...
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The Nature Of Good And Evil In MALIGNO
MalignoMaligno (Rosas Productions) unleashes a spell. Exploring the anxiety and anticipation of waiting, Celso Ad Castillo succeeds in painting an enduring image of motherly love. He surveys varied...
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Content And Meaning In DIARY OF CG
Diary Of CG In terms of form and technique, Philippine cinema is the equal, if not the superior of its foreign counterparts. But in terms of content and meaning, Philippine cinema is primitive and...
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DUNG-AW... Grief, Sorrow And Lamentation
Dung-Aw Lino Brocka's cinema was driven by his own passion for images, to make them, to show them, to preserve them by the provenance of these images and by a traditional preoccupation with images. His...
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Romantic Throes And Lovelorn Fantasies In TO LOVE AGAIN
To Love Again Directed by Danny Zialcita, To Love Again (Viva Films) predictably struggles through obstacles common to romantic comedies. It transports romantic love well beyond the cocoon and glow of...
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Social Injustice In SAKADA
Sakada Sagisag Films' Sakada has so ruthlessly and completely stripped the pretty mask off Philippine society to reveal a face crawling with maggots and social injustice. No other film has evoked in us...
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Playful Irreverence In I LOVE YOU, I HATE YOU
I Love You, I Hate You Mel Chionglo's I Love You, I Hate You (Regal Films) has tons of humor. The caustic swaps, the funny characterizations, the clever plottings so that the conditioned response for a...
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ANG KWENTO NI MABUTI... With A Renewed Faith In Humanity
Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti On the surface, Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti (CineFilipino, PLDT Smart, Studio 5, Unitel, Cinelarga Productions, Sampaybakod Productions And Colorista Digital) may seem uneventful. Mabuti...
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Deep Inside ジノとマリ GINO and MARIE
The emotional fervor of Joselito Altarejos' films requires levels of accommodation and relief all their own. Serious, probing and at times uncomfortably graphic,ジノとマリ Gino and Marie (Solar...
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LIGAW na BULAKLAK... Sinous and Alluring
Visually and emotionally, Ligaw na Bulaklak (Crown Seven Film Productions, 1976) survives with its power surprisingly intact. The film's master stroke is its understanding that this is Juan's story,...
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