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...
Tomorrow is another day By Noel Vera George Romero's original "Dawn of the Dead" had corpses again rising up from their graves to consume the flesh of the...
Exploding head syndrome Noel Vera David Cronenberg's "Scanners" (1981) begins where Brian De Palma's hallucinatory "The Fury" ends--with the image of a man's...
Pink Flicks Noel Vera The British Council in cooperation with Mowelfund presents the Pink Film Festival, a Festival of gay films starting June 16. A quick ...
As the web still turns Noel Vera Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man 2" is, as the title suggests, more of the same, only better--more digital effects, more web-slinging,...
Vengeance is mined Noel Vera With "Kill Bill, Volume 2" Quentin Tarantino completes what, for better or worse, represents his vision for the new millennium--a ...
Where's the flicks? Noel Vera The Society of Film Archivists (SOFIA), celebrating its 11th year with the help of the UP Film Institute, the Cultural Center of...
Astound the world in any way Noel Vera Orson Welles' 1946 production of "Around the World in 80 Days" was, according to legend, something to behold, a stage...
Aye, numbnuts Noel Vera Isaac Asimov's short story collection "I, Robot"--the title slapped on by an editor despite Asimov's objections (or so he claimed) that...
Pick your poison By Noel Vera Chang Cheh's "Five Deadly Venoms" (1978) turns on a brilliant premise: five men, trained in five styles of kung fu--"Centipede," ...
Brain wash Noel Vera "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is yet another product of eccentric, enigmatic scriptwriter Charlie Kaufman's brain, a light- ...
Village of the dumb Noel Vera It would have been nice to go against the negative critical tide washing all over M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie "The...
Softcore Noel Vera Nonzee Nimibutr's "Jan Dara" came out way back in 2001 and was screened in Cinemanila in December the same year, after having made the...
The New Yorkers had their chance; now it's Toronto's turn. Haven't seen this but Lav Diaz's previous 5-hour "Batang West Side" (West Side Avenue) was a pretty...
Odor in the court Noel Vera Peter Howitt's "Laws of Attraction" has supersuccessful divorce attorney Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore) facing off with maddeningly ...
Snake movie bites Noel Vera Dwight H. Little's "Anacondas," sequel to the efficient if not very evocative 1997 monster flick, transfers the action from the...
Godawful Noel Vera Nick Hamm's "Godsend" opens with a quick sketch of a happy family-- father Paul Duncan (Greg Kinnear), mother Jessie (Rebecca Romijn- ...
The following article on Breakwater: http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/noelmoviereviews/message/411 will appear in Cinemaya Magazine's Summer or Fall Issue...
Lousy going on awful Noel Vera Gary Winick's "13 Going on 30" is about as witless, toothless, humorless, and charmless a teenybopper comedy as any you might...
Different strokes Noel Vera Stephen Shainberg's "Secretary," a film adaptation of a short story by Mary Gaitskill, turns on a nice little premise: Lee...
Land of the giants by Noel Vera Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" may not seem so much like a serious documentary as it does one of those reality-TV stunts,...
Mudslinging 101 Noel Vera "Documentary" filmmaker Michael Moore is hardly one to inspire sober thoughts about fair play and unimpeachable journalism; if...
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