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PDI Review: 'Games People Play' at the Ateneo Blackbox Theater
My review of the fifth run of "Games People Play," an eighty-minute, two-act play that started out as director Ed Lacson, Jr.'s final exam for his Master's degree at UP Diliman last year, is in today's...
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The Best of Philippine Theater 2014
On the last Saturday of the year, my final article for the Philippine Daily Inquirer-Lifestyle Theater section for 2014 - here.SEE ALSO:1. The Best of Philippine Theater 20132. Compilation of links to...
View ArticleThe Best Films of 2014
Not the first time I'm doing this. Just that I've decided to alter the timing, so that this becomes a sort-of-legit yearend thing, unlike the ones I used to make (based on a personal screening period...
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2015 in Movies, 1-5
The inspiration is, obviously, Jessica Zafra, whose "Every movie we see in (year)" is always such fun to read. And unless specified, the year of release is either 2014 or 2015. There's Google if you...
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2015 in Movies, 6-10
NOTE: Last summer, I got hold of Helen Mirren's autobiography, "In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures," for an embarrassing P40. (It was embarrassingly cheap.) I finished it in a single day on...
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Thoughts on the 2015 Oscar Nominations
1. Original song. So Adam Levine's performing. 2. Original song. I See Fire is still the best song from the Lord of the Rings canon--and I'm not counting Pippin's Edge of Night here. 3. VFX. X-Men:...
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2015 in Movies, 11-15
"The Hundred-Foot Journey."11. Cake (dir. Daniel Barnz)What's with all the hate? Sure, the role--a woman suffering from chronic pain--is pure Oscar bait, but fact is, Jennifer Aniston is terrific in...
View ArticlePDI Review: 'Time Stands Still' by Red Turnip Theater
In yesterday's Inquirer, my first piece for the year: a review of "Time Stands Still," running until March 8 at Whitespace, Makati City. The online version here. Tickets are available at TicketWorld...
View ArticlePDI Review: 'In the Heights' by Ateneo Blue Repertory; 'Godot5' by Tanghalang...
A late post, no thanks to being on duty on Valentine's night at the Philippine General Hospital's version of hell, also known as the Emergency Room. One more week before this rotation ends, before I do...
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2015 in Movies, 16-20
"The Theory of Everything."(Lookie: another fireworks spectacular!)16. Elizabeth I (2005, dir. Tom Hooper)Helen Mirren having a blast playing royalty--what else is new?17. The Theory of Everything...
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2015 in Movies, 21-23
"Selma."Â (Screenshot of the film's most gut-wrenching scene.)21. Selma (dir. Ava DuVernay)"Selma" first reminded me of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," which was so boring, I gave up on it after twenty...
View ArticlePDI Review: 'Juego de Peligro' by Tanghalang Pilipino
My review of Tanghalang Pilipino's "Juego de Peligro," which closes tomorrow, is in today's Inquirer - here. The two other reviews in the theater section are Carlo Rivera IV on Dulaang UP's "Bilanggo...
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2015 in Movies, 24-28
"The Boxtrolls."24. Foxcatcher (dir. Bennett Miller)This is Channing Tatum's film. And also Mark Ruffalo's. Because everybody got so preoccupied with Steve Carell playing against type and with that...
View ArticlePDI Review: 'Into the Woods' by Upstart Productions
This past weekend was kind of a whirlwind. Saw three productions: 9 Works'"La Cage Aux Folles" (Audie Gemora's "I Am What I Am" is one for the ages, one of those singular moments in musical theater...
View ArticlePDI Review: Fringe Manila ('Haring Lear', 'Friction', 'Manhid', 'The...
The first paragraph of my article in today's Inquirer, on the seven shows I caught during Fringe Manila--here--is just my nice way of saying WHAT THE EFF THIS FESTIVAL WAS CRAZY WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY...
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Life Update; 2015 in Movies, 29-33
Feels like we've fallen down an endless rabbit hole. That's the internal medicine clerkship rotation at the PGH, where every day is a battle between quenching the thirst for learning (because there's...
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We Accept the Weather We Think We Deserve
The days have become excruciatingly hot. On hindsight, it's a ridiculously first-world sentiment (which is not to say that complaining about rising global temperatures and engaging in all things...
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Independence Day, Flying Day
The little that's left of this "vacation" is in full swing.I just came back from El Nido, where I had the most glorious time sunbathing like a Caucasian and successfully getting darker, gawking at...
View ArticlePDI Review: Idina Menzel - Live in Manila
My review of Idina Menzel's first ever concert in the Philippines (these ladies of Broadway never come!) is in today's Inquirer, and it contains an error. Shit. The online link here. Also, my first...
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2015 in Movies, 34-39
"Inherent Vice."("Hi. I'm Jade. Welcome to Chick Planet Massage. Please take note of today's Pussy Eater's Special, which is good all day till closing time.""How much is it?""$14.95.""Well, not that...
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