Senator Katie Britt, watching as her colleague's prepared bear trap flips around and bites him in his own ass
Noel Vera
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The look on your face when you know you got him and he's doomed and he's not getting away
Senator Eric 'Hawkeye' Schmitt from Missouri -- watch out for him, he's sharp as a butter knife
Thoughts on my favorite Resident Evil "Surprised to see Dave Kehr interviewed on Movie Morlocks; was even more surprised to see that Kehr is a fan of Paul Anderson--W.S., not Thomas--and that he loved Resident Evil: Retribution. Did not know Kehr was an Anderson fan." (Link to article in comments)
This September 2026 Armando 'Bing' Lao (1948 - 2024) was posthumously granted the title of National Artist of the Philippines, generally considered the highest honor the state can give one of its citizens. (Link to rest of the articles in the comments)
Thoughts on David vs Go-- sorry, Coyote vs Acme: "The movie has in-jokes (Acme's law firm is Avery, Jones, and Maltese, the plot is an amalgam of Erin Brokovich and, of all things, Pascal Laugier's Martyrs)." Laugier? But I talk about that in my article, link in the comments
Thoughts on David Robert Mitchell's The End of Oak Street: "-- The End of Oak Street is a bowl of Spielberg movie parts tossed together, with a dash of Robert Zemeckis for plot dressing. (Link to the rest of the article in the comments)
Thoughts on Fernando Poe Jr's iconic film, Asedillo (Screening at the UP Film Center 8/24/26 @ 2 PM; streaming on YouTube, English subtitle settings available) (Link to rest of article in the comments)
I saw SPIDERMAN BRAND NEW DAY AND I liked it better when it was this movie
Relaunching in Cinemalaya: The Quiet Man, the films of Mario O'Hara. Aug. 11 at 5.30 am. Cinema 3, Red Carpet Cinema, Shangri La Plaza To be introduced by writer-director Denise O'Hara (Mamang), and longtime O'Hara collaborator, writer-director Frank Rivera And I'll be there too, in a way...
One of Emily Wilson's complaints about the Christopher Nolan Odyssey is that for an epic stuffed to the gills with delicious meals the adaptation shows such "horrible food" and I agree (Link to my article in the comments)
You know you want it you know you need it! My thoughts on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey: Got no problem with Lupita Nyong'o's Helen/Clytemnestra or Elliot Page's Sinon. I do have problems with Matt Damon as Odysseus. (Link to the article in the comments)
When Trump attends the Correspondent's Dinner and bombs harder than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined
In preparation for Christopher Nolan's Troy (2026), my thoughts on Wolfgang Petersen's Thud and Blundering version (Link to article in the comments)
I know I know you've seen them on my timeline before and you're going to see them on my timeline every single time I get the chance to eat them-- lakatan bananas, arguably the best bananas in the world
Lanzones-- lansium domesticum-- are ovoid fruits the shape size texture of baby potatoes. The flesh is translucent and spit-in-your eye juicy, a cross between grape and pomelo, with a maddeningly subtle flavor that is unmistakably its own.
On the heels of LGBTQ month my thoughts on Adrian Chiarella's horror LEVITICUS (2026) "Year is only about halfway done and I'll say it: Adrian Chiarella's Leviticus is the best horror of the year." (Link to the article in the comments)
Paalam, Tony (1948-2026) I know him as the raconteur who dished the juiciest gossip on Filipino and Asian filmmakers and invited me as juror for the 2009 Vancouver Festival. Paalam again sir, and you weren't just brilliant, you were brilliant to be with.
Phantom faces at the window Phantom shadows on the floor Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will meet no more.
Fourteen years gone. Thoughts on one of his (and Nora's) finest films "Mario O'Hara's CONDEMNED (1984) crackles with the energy of the damned stabbing and shrieking and fornicating and, well, not giving a damn." (Link to complete article in the comments)
Will Bryan: Altman's 'Popeye' is 65% brilliant 35% something else I can't put my finger on it. Me: The 65% I admire, the 35% I adore (Link to my article in the comments)
Thoughts on the latest Spielberg: "Spielberg starts the film off at fifty miles an hour, opening on a tense confrontation. Kellner makes off with the bagful of McGuffins and the girl." (Link to article in the comments)
SAW LEVITICUS AND THOUGHT it was excellent and the gore was the least horrifying moment here
Ninoy had a moral compass that held him steady for most of his brief life. Cayetano is more like a propeller.
Thoughts on Anthony Maras' Pressure (2026) "-- based on a 2014 play by David Haig-- answers a question no one thought to ask before: can a riveting thriller be made out of weathermen?" (Link to complete article in the comments)
