Jason Paul Laxamana’s Cinemalaya award-winning film, Mercury Is Mine, is getting a handful of extended screenings in select theaters at Ayala Malls. I’ve written a review on it, in which I talked in brief about its “forthright craziness”, which, to those familiar with his 2013 film Babagwa and liked it, is for certain something
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Mercury Is Mine
The defining trait of Jason Paul Laxamana’s Mercury Is Mine is its forthright craziness. Never has madness been beckoned with this much vigor; it’s reckless, relentless, and completely unsound of mind. The film opens with the title character, played by Bret Jackson, a young American, who, in the scene, finally
Edsa Woolworth
The Woolworth family is composed of three Filipino siblings, the titular Edsa Woolworth, played by Pokwang who is not terrible in drama for someone well-versed in self-deprecating stand-up comedy; Boni, enlivened by the reliable Ricci Chan; Paco, with Prince Saruhan providing enough angst; and their American stepfather, who is endearingly
