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Dafort Villaseran
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Simple plot, subtle visuals
by Dafort Villaseran - December 12, 2003 - 12:00am
To sum up Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as two ships skirmishing around the South Seas is to simplify the book Moby Dick as a hunt for a white whale. Pithy words do not do justice to the tale....
When art imitates life
by Dafort Villaseran - June 12, 2003 - 12:00am
Film review: The Matrix Reloaded For those who have been jostling for an adrenaline-junkie fix, take time to do a double take on the Wachowski brothers’ The Matrix Reloaded.
Separating homo sapiens from homo superiors
by Dafort Villaseran - May 25, 2003 - 12:00am
Film review: X2: X-Men United Bryan Singer’s X2: X-Men United separates the homo sapiens from the homo superiors.
A cat-and-mouse caper
by Dafort Villaseran - February 14, 2003 - 12:00am
Fresh from portraying paranoid futures, Spielberg presents his most upbeat and personal work to date. His cat-and-mouse caper, Catch Me If You Can, is best seen during the holidays, not simply due to its recurring...
The age of innocence
by Dafort Villaseran - February 14, 2003 - 12:00am
Ring junkies will be stunned by what Peter Jackson has done to their precious The Two Towers.
Insane in the brain
by Dafort Villaseran - December 24, 2002 - 12:00am
Looking at the rotund, benign-faced Japanese man in a dark suit across the boardroom table...
Judicious cuts, mega doses of humor
by Dafort Villaseran - December 2, 2002 - 12:00am
Film review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling’s second novel may sparkle less than the first, but this time, Christopher Columbus’ adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets...
Stan ‘The Man’ Lee of Marvel Comics: Along came a spider
by Dafort Villaseran - May 11, 2002 - 12:00am
Much of our youth was spent spellbound in the Marvel universe, caught up in a mythology spun by the mind of writer Stan Lee. It was one of those simple childhood truths...
Pin-Up Girls Power
by Dafort Villaseran - April 25, 2002 - 12:00am
The Pin-up Girls are Mondo Castro, Ryan Nachura, Jeng Tan, Pam Aquino, and Noel Garcia. They are not all girls, obviously.
Erwin Romulo on human bondage Q&A
by Dafort Villaseran - March 13, 2002 - 12:00am
Unnaturally pale with a shock of black hair, Erwin Romulo has lived most of his life in the city, in front of TV screens. Despite his obvious youth, his eyes seem jaded, showing a weariness beyond his years.
Frodo lives!
by Dafort Villaseran - February 1, 2002 - 12:00am
In the beginning, there were the words; then, the words became flesh and dwelt among Middle-earthlings. The Wizard, Gandalf, arrives in the Shire to set off fireworks for a long-expected party.
In the Company of Thieves
by Dafort Villaseran - December 28, 2001 - 12:00am
In The Score, the film title refers, perhaps, to the casting coup. The movie poster puts it plainly: The best actors of three generations – Marlon Brando, Robert...
A Knight’s Tale
by Dafort Villaseran - December 26, 2001 - 12:00am
As one, the line of spears and tall helms thundered across the Plain of Battle. Smashing through the brittle ranks of skeletal warriors
Great expectations
by Dafort Villaseran - December 11, 2001 - 12:00am
Some stories are simply magical – stories like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Children of all ages have...
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