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Re: Filipino films
« Reply #2580 on: May 27, 2011 at 12:57 PM »
I hated Dalaw. I watched it with my dad and I think he was a bit annoyed that I wasted 2 hours of our lives on a dumb, illogical and not- at- all scary movie. And yeah, Gina Pareno's quips were so out of place. The only thing I liked about it was Alessandra de Rossi playing a bitchy friend. It would have been better if Alessandra and Kris switched roles. coz you know Kris is really the tactless one.

I'd much rather watch Vilma Santos in "Haplos" or Lorna Tolentino in "Dyosa" anytime.

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« Reply #2581 on: May 30, 2011 at 10:28 PM »
Saw Adolfo Alix Jr's Adela. It's good but there's something missing -- I can't put my finger into it.  The sensationalized opening sequence's a bit out-of-place from the tone of rest of the movie. Jason Abalos who was adorable in Endo is miscast here.  That said, the production design is top-notch.

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Re: Filipino films
« Reply #2582 on: May 30, 2011 at 11:17 PM »
Where do you get these movies?

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« Reply #2583 on: May 31, 2011 at 10:04 PM »
Where do you get these movies?

Adela is commercially released on DVD.

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Re: Filipino films
« Reply #2584 on: Jun 02, 2011 at 01:55 PM »
Noy

I don't know if I like it or not.  It plays like a campaign material for the most of its parts. The script is a bit convoluted as well. The location distracts me because I saw it filmed better in Lola.  It's very well acted though by Coco Martin, Cheri Pie and Joem Bascon.

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Re: Filipino films
« Reply #2585 on: Jun 06, 2011 at 08:08 AM »
REGAL MATRIARCH MOTHERS NEW BABY

REGAL MATRIARCH MOTHERS NEW BABY

Regal Matriarch Lily Yu Monteverde, the iconic "Mother Lily" to Philippine movie industry insiders largely responsible for launching young stars known as Regal Babies now adds SOFIA to her roster of names to be given proper build-up. SOFIA, an acronym for the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film is the recipient of benevolence from Regal Entertainment as Mother Lily spearheads its campaign to retrieve and restore otherwise neglected Filipino films and bring to fore to need to house this segment of our cultural heritage in a secure and healthy repositorium. SOFIA headed by Dr. Doy del Mundo, Jr. has chosen the Cultural Center of the Philippines as the launching pad for its initial fund drive on June 11 at 6pm with a special screening of the "erstwhile lost, recently found teenage classic" , Elwood Perez'  1982 film Summer Love. Dr. Marti Magsanoc re-discovered and eventually initiated the restoration of this definitive 80's teen flick that jumpstarted the Snooky Serna-Gabby Concepcion, Maricel Soriano-Wiliam Martinez tandem and set the trend to a long succession of Regal love teams and Regal babies. This touristy fun romp  was shot in Taal, Malolos, Angeles, Baguio La Union and Manila.

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Re: Filipino films
« Reply #2586 on: Jul 03, 2011 at 08:47 PM »
Temptation Island (Joey Gosiengfiao) ***1/2 - This is considered a camp classic in Filipino cinema. Four beauty pageant contestants and their respective entourage get shipwrecked in a desert island. This film feels a bit like a Russ Meyer movie with generous sprinklings of Federico Fellini, Luis Bunuel and Alejandro Jodorowsky and it's quite terrific. There are plenty of twisted, over-the-top, surreal and hilarious moments (including an unforgettable sequence involving the song "Somewhere"). It's actually less racy than I thought it would be. Sure, there are naughty bits involving scantily clad women but they're relatively mild. But still, the beautiful photography coupled with the campy humor makes it fun to watch still. There are moments of bad acting but it adds to the camp quality of the piece.

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Re: Filipino films
« Reply #2587 on: Jul 04, 2011 at 06:15 PM »
Wow, no, it's not racy; I hope I never suggested it's racy when I talked about it. For racy you want Bomba Star.

I do think it's demented.

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« Reply #2588 on: Jul 05, 2011 at 12:51 PM »
I love how the girls kept spewing bitchy lines in english complete with mispronounced words. (what are beaches for but to beach around with your fellow beaches) Who wrote the script?
I feel the remake will pale in comparison mostly because the role of Joshua will be reprised by John Lapus who isn't sosyal. Though I can't seem to think of anyone who'd be perfect...Joey Reyes? Fritz Ynfante? Tim Yap?
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« Reply #2589 on: Jul 17, 2011 at 04:51 PM »
The Woman in the Septic Tank ("Ang Babae sa Septic Tank") (Marlon Rivera) ***1/2 - I saw this today in Cinemalaya. An ambitious director, his producing partner and a production assistant set out to make an indie film about a widowed woman so desperate and poor, she sells one of her children for sex with a pedophile. They bicker on the script and argue about casting then meet up with their prospective lead actress, Eugene Domingo, playing herself. This is an often very funny and biting film that both spoofs and satirizes indie flicks (specifically the "poverty porn" subgenre of Filipino film) as well as certain aspects of Filipino cinema and the entertainment industry. I have to give it to Ms. Domingo for being willing to mock herself with such delight. I highly recommend you guys try to catch this one.

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« Reply #2590 on: Jul 17, 2011 at 08:06 PM »
The Woman in the Septic Tank ("Ang Babae sa Septic Tank") (Marlon Rivera) ***1/2 - I saw this today in Cinemalaya. An ambitious director, his producing partner and a production assistant set out to make an indie film about a widowed woman so desperate and poor, she sells one of her children for sex with a pedophile. They bicker on the script and argue about casting then meet up with their prospective lead actress, Eugene Domingo, playing herself. This is an often very funny and biting film that both spoofs and satirizes indie flicks (specifically the "poverty porn" subgenre of Filipino film) as well as certain aspects of Filipino cinema and the entertainment industry. I have to give it to Ms. Domingo for being willing to mock herself with such delight. I highly recommend you guys try to catch this one.

Is this still being shown? Will this film be released in Robinson's MovieWorld or SM Cinemas?
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« Reply #2591 on: Jul 17, 2011 at 08:45 PM »
Is this still being shown? Will this film be released in Robinson's MovieWorld or SM Cinemas?

It's CineMalaya screenings. It's being shown in CCP and Greenbelt 3. Here's the remaining sked of that particular film (I have the sked with me):

July 18 Greenbelt 3 6:30 PM
July 19 CCP MKP Hall 12:45 PM.
July 19 CCP Main Theater 6:15 PM
July 20 CCP Studio Theater 9:00 PM
July 21 Greenbelt 3 1:30 PM
July 22 CCP Main Theater 3:30 PM
July 23 CCP MKP Hall 6:30 PM

Hope this helps.





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« Reply #2592 on: Jul 17, 2011 at 10:06 PM »
It's CineMalaya screenings. It's being shown in CCP and Greenbelt 3. Here's the remaining sked of that particular film (I have the sked with me):

July 18 Greenbelt 3 6:30 PM
July 19 CCP MKP Hall 12:45 PM.
July 19 CCP Main Theater 6:15 PM
July 20 CCP Studio Theater 9:00 PM
July 21 Greenbelt 3 1:30 PM
July 22 CCP Main Theater 3:30 PM
July 23 CCP MKP Hall 6:30 PM

Hope this helps.






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« Reply #2593 on: Jul 23, 2011 at 01:11 PM »
Amok (Lawrence Fajardo): Law outdoes himself. Compared to Inarritu. Better than Inarritu. Much, much better.   * * *

Busong (Aureus Solito) Searingly beautiful yet emotionally remote. I felt nothing all throughout the film except maybe an uneasiness at one or two instances where the Apichatpong cribbing gets profuse and overt and being terribly impressed at Aureus' conviction and dedication to his material. Louie Quirino's cinematography is amazing, though. Still, left me cold. * * 1/2

I-Libings (Rommel Sales): Visually flat, almost sloppy, overbearing music, rather ugly . . . but its second half comes emotionally alive. Uniformly fine acting specially from Glaiza De Castro and Earl Ignacio. * *

NiƱo (Loy Arcenas): I hate opera. I hate family dramas. I hate child actors. All of which figure prominently here. I loved it. Probably unflattering to compare it to Ang Lee during his arthouse prime but this reminds me a bit of Eat Drink Man Woman or even Olivier Assayas' Summer Hours, not in the sense that it blatantly copied elements (the lifting was more glaring in Busong) but in terms of the deft ensemble dynamics. Lewd and funny yet somehow sober, despite being increasingly prone to melodrama. Fides Cuyugan-Asensio is a delight and gets to deliver not only the film's funniest lines but the film's funniest line: "Paabot nga ng patis." You had to be there. * * * *  

San Lazaro (Wincy Ong): Pitched somewhere between Edgar Wright and Chito Rono, albeit without the former's slavish geekiness and the latter's  visual flair but also without the latter's foolish insistence to attempt million dollar CGI effects on several thousand pesos. Entertaining and surprisingly, or may be not so much, clever. There are two subtle twists in the end that are arguably more satisfying than anything by Shyamalamadingdong, perhaps because Wincy doesn't make too much of a fuss about revealing it. * * *

Ang Sayaw Ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa (Alvin Yapan): Bizarre love triangle melding feminist poetry, dance and pop music that's really a broken valentine to obsolescence.  * * *  
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Re: Filipino films
« Reply #2594 on: Jul 23, 2011 at 01:12 PM »

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« Reply #2595 on: Jul 31, 2011 at 05:52 PM »
I saw Joel Lamangan's Sabel today.  It's a great movie, one of his best I think. Its strongest strength is Ricky Lee's complex script that doesn't feel overwrought. This fits perfectly with Lamangan's style.  Its major problem though is that the two leads, Judy Ann Santos and Wendell Ramos are miscast.

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« Reply #2596 on: Aug 23, 2011 at 04:07 PM »
Where can one find a legitimate/original DVD of Lino Brocka's BAYAN KO: KAPIT SA PATALIM?

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« Reply #2597 on: Aug 23, 2011 at 07:19 PM »
BAYAN KO: KAPIT SA PATALIM is not yet release on dvd. Your last resort is Cinema One or a copy of the film from vhs and beta.

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« Reply #2598 on: Aug 27, 2011 at 07:49 AM »

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« Reply #2599 on: Oct 20, 2011 at 07:33 PM »
This Youtube channel has a whole bunch of classic Filipino films available for viewing:
http://www.youtube.com/user/gobitz69 And I saw...

Kisapmata (Mike de Leon) **** -When a young man and a young woman get married, the woman's super-overprotective father meddles in their relationship. But family secrets underneath are much more sinister than what it seems. Now, I know why it's considered a landmark in Filipino cinema. Vic Silayan is absolutely terrifying as the "overprotective" father. I love that he never plays him as a one-dimensional monster but a full human being which makes him even MORE frightening. The film is extremely well-shot and features some stunning direction which produces an aura of uncomfortable tension althroughout. It's definitely in the running in my Top 5 best Filipino films of all time.

TWO QUESTIONS: Where's the DVD? And what exactly does the title mean?

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« Reply #2600 on: Oct 21, 2011 at 07:28 AM »
Translates to either Blink of an Eye or In the Blink of an Eye.

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« Reply #2601 on: Oct 21, 2011 at 11:58 AM »
Translates to either Blink of an Eye or In the Blink of an Eye.


I know what it means, what I meant was, what's the significance of it?

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« Reply #2602 on: Oct 22, 2011 at 08:31 AM »
Good question. My theory is, it signifies the distance one can cover between our world and theirs within an eyeblink. And that we're constantly being made aware of that gap

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« Reply #2603 on: Oct 29, 2011 at 01:41 AM »
Itim (Mike de Leon) **** - I've been aching to watch this film for a while now. And I wasn't disappointed. This is yet another great film from director Mike de Leon, who's already one of my favorite directors EVER. This one's about a magazine photographer who visits his invalid dad in his rural hometown and he connects with this young woman whose older sister disappeared and thought dead years before. It's actually a horror film of sorts, well, more like a drama with supernatural overtones. This is his first feature and already a master at pulling off great performances and taking time to build his story in a masterful way that pays off in the end (the big reveal of what really connects the photographer and the young woman).

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« Reply #2604 on: Oct 29, 2011 at 02:13 PM »
So Klaus, my question: which is better? You know what I think...

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« Reply #2605 on: Oct 29, 2011 at 07:55 PM »
Kisapmata. I think it's in my Top 50, maybe even Top 25 of all time.

Why aren't these two films on DVD?!?!?

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« Reply #2606 on: Oct 30, 2011 at 12:09 PM »
Because quality doesn't dictate availability, or awards, or anything except, possibly, quality.

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« Reply #2607 on: Nov 07, 2011 at 09:43 AM »
BAYAN KO: KAPIT SA PATALIM is not yet release on dvd. Your last resort is Cinema One or a copy of the film from vhs and beta.

Someone uploaded the film in segments at Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DkrOCbgPP8

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« Reply #2609 on: Nov 07, 2011 at 09:58 PM »
Have you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuKmwGSb4Ko

Ang ganda, pre. Ganyan dapat ang MMFF entry. Trailer pa lang, panalo na  :)

Manila Kingpin - The Asiong Salonga Story - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNXKQ0ZDAbY&feature=related
George Estregan Jr! Roi Vinson! John Regala! Kalesa chase!  ;D
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