This year’s indie Filipino scene seemed to have many noteworthy LGBTQ narratives, andRookieis a sapphic addition to this trend. The movie revolves around a girl named Ace, who transfers to an all-girls Catholic school. A gifted athlete, Ace gets tapped for the school’s volleyball team, an...
The coastal areas have been settled by the most important ethnic groups in the Philippines: the Visayans (41 percent of the population), Tagalog (21 percent), Ilokano (12 percent), Bikol, Pampangans, Pangasinans, Ibanags, and Sambal. Living in the southern part of Mindanao and on the ...
Phil, I have been deeply touched and inspired by this gifted and wonderful young girl, Charice. But I must also say that I am amazed by what you have done for her. Like Falsevoice, I believe that you will have a major role to play in her life. You impressed me as a writer whose...
It has been 19 long years between the firstWallace & Gromitfeature in 2005 and now the second in 2024, but it is an understatement to say it was well worth the wait. Nick Park‘s and Aardman‘s delightful buddy movie,Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowlis an animated film noir merged ...
FBI (1) Native Americans Full Blooded Indian. Used in the movie Thunderheart. Not really a slur. Feargal Blacks Short for Feargal Sharkey (a UK Pop singer from late 70's and 80's) which rhymes with Darkie. Feather Native Americans Used to differentiate Indians from India ("Dots") from ...
she realizes why “fake dating” is such a tried-and-true movie trope—and that her heart’s in danger of being broken again, to Alyssa Miele at Quill Tree, in a good deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2023, by Molly Ker Hawn at The Bent Agency (NA...
@ Charles Reece. “Rorschach is a far more emotionally complex character than Andy, who’s not much more than a selfish asshole.” That’s pretty crude reading of The Death Ray. The middle-aged Andy is pretty much an asshole, albeit one gifted (as many Clowes characters are) in self-...
civet. Well, so much for the movies. However, the movie did bring out the curious in me as I added “trying outkopi luwak” in my own bucket list. Only lately did I find out that we had a local version calledkape alamid(in the Tagalog area, but called motit coffee in the ...
One such structure that still exists is Casa Feliz. Built in 1898, the first owner of the house was Don Leoncio Grajo who was gifted this house by his father when he passed the bar exams in the early 1900s. Leoncio was elected the First Representative of Sorsogon in the Philippine Asse...
the preternaturally gifted but mercurial daughter of wealthy art collectors. Gradually, Louisa and Karina are drawn into an intense sensual and artistic relationship, one that forces them to confront their deepest desires and fears. But Karina also can’t shake her fascination with Preston Utley, ...