Unknown soldiers Noel Vera Charles Haid's "Buffalo Soldiers" is an attempt, however imperfectly, to do justice to a little-known chapter in U.S. military...
Return to sender Noel Vera Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" ends what may be the single most massive production in recent cinema, a ...
Kill swill (Vol. 1) Noel Vera Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" is about as basic a movie as you can get--The Bride (Uma Thurman) was once upon a time...
PRESS RELEASE YCC bares winners of film awards MARIO O'Hara's "Babae sa Breakwater" and its lead actress in the title role, Katherine Luna, lead the top...
Film Comment January/February 2004 issue features an article titled "Terra Incognita--Unknown pleasures that made our 10 Bests." Included in the article are...
The Ass Samurai Noel Vera Edward Zwick's "The Last Samurai," starring that wonderful Hollywood star Tom Cruise, is hilarious crap. Cruise doesn't even begin to...
Sword and cinematic sorcery Noel Vera King Hu's "A Touch of Zen" differs from his earlier "Dragon Gate Inn" and later "The Valiant Ones" in that the film...
This thing called love Noel Vera The NCCA's 2004 edition of "Cinema Paraiso" has a definite "love story"-type slant (it's February, after all), from the Nora...
Julia Roberts' Rictus Noel Vera Mike Newell's "Mona Lisa Smile"--a paean to passionate individuality and spontaneous nonconformity, to finding your own way,...
Pelikula at Lipunan 2004 Noel Vera The 2004 edition of Mowelfund's "Pelikula at Lipunan" (Film and Society) emphasizes recent independent works, with a...
Three times the inspiration Noel Vera It never rains but it pours. Last few weeks we've had "Pelikula at Lipunan 2004," "Cinema Paraiso 2004," and now three...
Found in transit Noel Vera Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" is on the surface a not-quite love story about two fairly well-off people in a swanky Japanese...
Have horse, will toddle Noel Vera Joe Johnston's "Hidalgo" is an attempt to go back to those romantic, faintly Eastern adventures that Douglas Fairbanks used...
Questioning "The Passion of the Christ" Noel Vera Mel Gibson and his publicists have repeatedly claimed that his "The Passion of the Christ" is the most...
The flick of laughter and forgetting Noel Vera "50 First Dates" is yet another Adam Sandler foray into Male Sensitivity, only this time the director isn't some...
Mambo Italiano Noel Vera If one wanted to summarize "Wisegirls" in a quick sentence, it would probably be "chick flick in a Mafioso setting." But that quick ...
The straightest stories ever told Noel Vera It's Easter season and just fresh from the controversies of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," so a quick...
Mind you, this was 2002, but it's nice to see some people liked the film: http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/24/favourites1.html#gianvito Cinema...
"Angels" in a colder America Noel Vera Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" perhaps the best piece of theater ever to come out of that country in the past ten...
Tall Tale Noel Vera "Big Fish," Tim Burton's adaptation of Daniel Wallace's novel, is wonderful fun. It takes the corny old storyline about estranged son ...
A devilishly good time Noel Vera The opening sequence of Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" promises much: windswept Scottish island, fanatic Nazi soldiers, retro-...
Cahiers du Cinema issued this April an Atlas on World Cinema that has got an article of mine in it, an assessment of the Philippine film industry (and the...
Once upon a time in Mexico Noel Vera Tony Scott's "Man on Fire" right away shoots up to the top of the list as the year's most migraine-inducing movie. Shock...
The passion of Nat Turner Noel Vera Charles Burnett's documentary "Nat Turner: a Troublesome Property" is about as startling and excellent a documentary as...
Our lady of the tabloids Noel Vera Joel Schumacher's "Veronica Guerin" is based on a true story about an Irish journalist (Cate Blanchett) shot to death for...
Looking a gift horse in the mouth Noel Vera Wolfgang Peterson's "Troy" is perhaps an odd mix--an attempt at a summer blockbuster with the patina of a sincere...
Article le Monde 22 05 04 Amidst a small community of indigents living along the shore of the filthy waters of the Manila Bay, Basilio and his young brother,...
Moody green giant returns Noel Vera Frontline critics have reached a consensus, more or less: "Shrek 2" the further adventures of the cantankerous green ogre...
Forget me not Noel Vera "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," Michel Gondry's film of Charlie Kaufman's script, is perhaps Kaufman's best effort to date. It...
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