Rating 2.5 Pre-colonial Philippines comes back to life in Ramon L. Muzones’ epic tale Margosatubig: The Story of Salagunting. Margosatubig provides readers with a Philippines long forgotten in the humdrum of the modern age, a Philippines distant, almost alien. In this Philippines, the ancient Moros of Mindanao are put on the center stage, and a…
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Once a classic, always a classic. True to form, renowned director Peter Jackson welcomes us back into the perils and pleasures of Middle Earth with a three-part adaptation of The Hobbit – the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Tolkien’s brilliant writing, coupled with exhaustive cinematography, forges a mythical land of lore and…
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Rant and Rave: ‘Capacities’
Rating: 4.0 Up Dharma Down’s third album takes us to a familiar destination, but with an unexpected detour. So it’s best to buckle up, as the band takes us through an emotional roller coaster ride. From the first single Turn it well, it’s clear we’re now being treated to a whole different UDD sound. Unlike…
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Rant and Rave: ‘Wreck-It Ralph’
Rating: 4.0/4.0 Classics meet the modern as Wreck-it Ralph mixes up the nostalgic feel of old age video game graphics and style into a modern day 3D animation feature film, surely making us reminisce the days of pixelated gaming and old school consoles. The movie’s protagonist, Wreck-it Ralph, has become tired of being a villain…
Rating: 3.5 The five boys of One Direction are at it again! Since the “unexpected” leakage of the music video of the “YOLO” song Live While We’re Young came out last September, fans of all ages have been waiting for the sophomore album of the English-Irish boy band. Together with artists such as Edward Sheeran,…
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Rant and Rave: ‘Skyfall’
You may have heard of the saying “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. But what about teaching a new dog old tricks? In the latest installment of the James Bond series, Skyfall, it is exactly that which seems to be the case, with the influx of signature Bond class that makes this one…
Oh love! Green Day is on its way to cause another musical revolution by releasing three albums in a span of five months. It seems like the group wants to capture the crowd back, and re-enter the punk rock scene by releasing the album trilogy ¡Uno! , ¡Dos! , and ¡Tré! In this album, singer…
Rating: 2.5 In a learned style that Riordan has honed since Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, he comes back with a fresh new title that promises his usual mix of adventure, humor, romance, with a dash of Greek and Roman Mythology. The Mark of Athena is Rick Riordan’s third book in the Heroes of…
J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy had much to live up to and much to prove. It is her first novel that is not about a certain boy wizard, her first in five years, and her first targeted to adults. The author, however, has proven once more that her way of storytelling is a unique and mastered…
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Rant and Rave: The King and I
Rating: 3.5 What happens when a Broadway musical and an all-star Filipino cast are thrown in together? An absolutely sensational performance, I have to say. Despite stiff competition from the other Broadway show The Phantom of the Opera, The King & I has definitely held its own in a stage as large as the Newport…