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1 week ago | 
bworldonline.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana |Patricia Mirasol
By Brontë H. Lacsamana and Patricia MirasolNo travel plans this Holy Week? Here is a list of malls and public transport options for those staying in Metro Manila this coming long weekend. MallsAraneta CityApril 17-18, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday – Araneta City malls, namely Gateway Mall 1 and 2, Ali Mall, and Farmers Plaza, will be closed.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
bworldonline.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
By Brontë H. Lacsamana, ReporterMOVIE REVIEWGladiator IIDirected by Ridley ScottMTRCB Rating: R-16RIDLEY SCOTT’S Gladiator II is a grand, entertaining spectacle. The opening credits scene is a thing of beauty, the animated sketches and score serving as a breathtaking introduction to the Roman Empire as depicted in the film.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
bworldonline.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
By Brontë H. Lacsamana, ReporterBOTH LOCAL and foreign films make up the weighty lineup of this year’s QCinema International Film Festival. In celebrating a coming-of-age in its 12th edition, the festival has expanded — initially catering to avid Pinoy cinephiles whose calendars (and wallets) are prepped for this time of year — to serving as an industry platform to connect Southeast Asian filmmakers and producers through the QCinema Project Market (QPM).
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bworldonline.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
New music at the start of NovemberBy Brontë H. Lacsamana, ReporterA WELL-KNOWN meme among the chronically online around this time of year has two photos of Mariah Carey next to each other, one of her in a witch costume captioned “Me on Oct. 31” and another of her in a Santa outfit (a la “All I Want For Christmas Is You”) captioned “Me on Nov.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
bworldonline.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
By Brontë H. Lacsamana, ReporterMovie ReviewV/H/S BeyondSM’s Sine SindakFOR teenagers and young adults, Sine Sindakwas the ideal Halloween treat. Too old to partake in Trick or Treat and too young to organize family visits to the cemetery, this segment of the youth was more than happy to check out an affordable horror film festival brought to malls nationwide by SM Cinemas.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
bworldonline.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
Shorts and Briefs Theater Festival turns 10By Brontë H. Lacsamana, ReporterTheater ReviewShorts and Briefs Theater FestivalTHE Shorts and Briefs Theater Festival (SNB) returns each year to present one-act plays by theater first-timers to a live audience. For its 10th year, the festival upped the ante by accepting musicals helmed by first-time playwrights, directors, actors, andnewbie songwriters.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
agoodmovietowatch.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
The take Xavier Dolan’s emotionally charged directorial debut centers on the complex relationship between 16-year-old Hubert and his mother, brought to life by Dolan himself and Anne Dorval, respectively. The film paints an authentic and all-too-familiar picture of two people who love each other yet clash in similarly self-centered and stubborn ways. The mother-and-son duo vacillate between love and hate in a screenplay full of drama.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
agoodmovietowatch.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
The take Craig Foster’s bond with an octopus takes the spotlight in this heartfelt documentary set in the cold seas of South Africa. The title hints at the nature of this bond: the tentacled creature shows the human outsider the ropes in her watery den. Both parties have an endless curiosity about one another, giving the filmmakers Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed much fuel for this sentimental doc.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
agoodmovietowatch.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
The take Don't let the title and poster fool you—Riders of Justice isn't the testosterone-filled action flick you'd expect going in (though it does get ridiculous at some points). It centers on deployed military man Markus, played by the appropriately masculine Mads Mikkelsen, who has to return home to his teenage daughter Mathilde after his wife dies in an accident.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
bworldonline.com | Brontë H. Lacsamana
Jose Tence Ruiz engages with the tedium through artBy Brontë H. Lacsamana, ReporterDESPITE having just released a book that serves as an inventory of his career that spans 50 years, Filipino artist Jose Tence Ruiz has found that there is still a lot left in the world to confront.
