Last September 18, the Film Academy of the Philippines named Transit as the official entry of the Philippines to the 86th Academy Awards next year. With critical and commercial buzz coming from Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, director Hannah Espia is getting ready for the crucial Oscar campaign. Coming off her victorious circuit in Cinemalaya…
Author: Arielle Poblete
In March 2010, The Menagerie released an article entitled, “Overnight at DLSU: Searching the haunted halls.” An article, risky as it was, that covered an overnight stay of three staffers in the University. In search of the paranormal and what lurks within the grounds during the grim hours of darkness. Sadly, the expedition failed to…
While reading this article, please imagine the fast speed sequence used in existential movies in which the character remains motionless while the people around him or her are moving fast. This would enhance the excitement and feel of this article about current Filipino trends that will be able to defend through the tests of time…
Philippine TV has truly gone far from its cathode-ray tubes and LCDs, far enough to intervene in the world opposite its superficial screens. Unquestionably, this form of media has always been part of determining the what-hot and what-not for the Philippine pop culture. Hence, by exploring its remarkable breakthroughs and impediments, we unveil an essential…
Texting is arguably the prime example of the power of the peso, that is why it has ingrained itself into the life of an average Filipino who cannot survive a day without sending a text containing a barrage of emoticons, or a text pleading for more load. Thus, this phenomenon has caused economic authorities to…
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Rant and Rave: ‘Juana C.’
Dynasty after dynasty, epal after epal, scandal after scandal: thousands have raised their voices in reaction through all kinds of media. It’s about time the film industry released its own version in the name of Juana C. The Movie, a truly voluptuous on-screen delight. Juana Change was first introduced to the world through YouTube with…
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Fearless Forecast: A digital government
Cyberspace, with all its bytes and pixels, is a hotbed of possibilities of liberal twists and turns, game changing ideas, animal videos, and of widespread rants on how the skin color of a person can somehow degrade his or her ability to pursue something. In a world where everything is slowly being tinged by futuristic…
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Social elections 2013
National elections are a time where different sides of the Philippines are exposed. There’s always the side where politicians show their strong, stately commitments through whatever way they can think of (or buy): a million posters with their faces, motorcades with speakers blasting a customized Call Me Maybe, going to barangays to shake people’s hands,…
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Is it really worth my time?
Just recently, right after one of my countless viewings of a certain daytime teleserye, a question popped into my head: What did I just watch? Or, to use a more youthful expression, ‘Daheq did I just see? The teleserye’s story was dragging and useless. I already knew what was going to happen, what was going…
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A march of valor
On April 9, 1942, with the 2nd World War at full rise in Asia, the Japanese forces had stretched their military might to plod over all of Central Luzon. After the three month Battle of Bataan, Major General Edward P. King Jr. surrendered his army of over 76,000 diseased and wounded men to the victorious…