SIDHI At Ang Salimuot Ng Kuwento Ni A.
Ang pelikulang Sidhi (Crown Seven Ventures, Inc., 1999) ay kuwento ni Ana (Nora Aunor), isang piping naninirahan sa liblib na lugar sa bundok kasama ng amang si Badong (Ray Ventura). May malubhang karamdaman ito kaya ihinahanap niya ang anak ng lalaking maari nitong mapangasawa. Natagpuan ni Badong si Miguel (Albert Martinez), isang komersiyanteng nagpapahayag lamang pakasal dahil sa lupaing

THE ACTRESSES OF THE 1980'S
Vilma Santos achieved a rare feat during the 80's which was never accomplished by any other performer, male or female. In 1983, Santos hit the grand slam by winning Best Actress in all the award giving bodies for her performance in Ishmael Bernal's Relasyon (Regal Films, Inc., 1982). Although the first trophy she got during the decade was from the FAMAS for Pakawalan Mo Ako (MVP Pictures, Inc.,

LAST VIEWING... An Affirmation Of Life And Death
It is a cause for cheer when a filmmaker tries to elevate the very common genre of the melodrama into a rich and intellectually rewarding film experience, such as director Ronaldo Bertubin has done with Last Viewing (Davis Entertainment Productions, 2009). Bertubin has seen in the material an opportunity to put substance to what has often been denigrated as the unthinking man's entertainment, and

Unleashing The Horrors Of ZUMA
Jun Raquiza's Zuma (Cine Suerte, Inc., 1985) is a filmic take on the macabre set against the spectra of myth. Raquiza presumably resorts to hybridization to underscore the fact that no one paradigm governs how subjectification come to tentative resolutions. The screenplay by Manny Rodriguez places Zuma (Max Laurel) in the center of a murderous rampage after being unearthed by an archeological

SERBIS... Sa Likod Ng Sine
Bold ang oryentasyon ng Serbis (Centerstage Productions/Swift Productions, 2008) ngunit may kutob akong maiigpawan ng direktor ang kalabisan ng genre. Noong 2005 kasi, ginawa ni Brillante Mendoza ang Masahista, isang natatanging hayop sa gubat ng bold. Sa madaling salita, inasahan kong magagawan ng paraan ni Mendoza ang kalakal at kalakaran ng paglalako ng katawan sa sine sa kasalukuyan.