Guess who’s back? [dropcap size=big]Q[/dropcap]uantum Films just released the teaser for the much-anticipated meta-comedy, Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 2 (#ForeverIsNotEnough). Written by Chris Martinez and directed by Marlon Rivera, the film follows Eugene Domingo (who, in the film, plays a parodical version of herself), a bigger film and television star
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Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin
The definition of the word ‘satire’ has evolved from being a legitimate genre of literature to a now undervalued niche category in our Thought Catalog-driven world. At one point, the word meant “calling somebody an asshole.” That is, if Urban Dictionary is to be trusted. Bob Ong is a good
You’re Still the One
True love doesn’t expire The course of true love never did run smooth. – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Romantic dramas and comedies drive in the audience because they are the most relatable to the escapists, the dreamers and the realists. After all, love is the universal language. In
TSZ#1: ‘The Gifted’ (2014)
THE SPOILER ZONE is a haven (on a different dimension, perhaps? Erm, doesn’t matter…) in which one can further discuss a film most elaborate and insightful as possible, in hoping that for a deeper understanding on said film. Here spoiler-y details not only allowed, but encouraged. So step out, if you
The Gifted
Besides the Blue Suede-sequence from Boy Golden, the epilogue in Chris Martinez’s Kimmy Dora: Ang Kyemeng Sequel is one of the cleverest things to grace last year’s Metro Manila Film Festival. The scene is subversive and (meta-textually) expositive of the festival it contends on. It is postmodern mind-fucking in an
