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  • Angels & Demons

    ★★★½

  • The Reader

    ★★★★

  • The Da Vinci Code

    ★★★★

  • The Theory of Everything

    ★★★★

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  • Angels & Demons

    Angels & Demons

    ★★★½

    “Church is flawed because of man, not God”

  • The Reader

    The Reader

    ★★★★

    I was shookt when David Kross stripped fully naked in front of the camera because his character was just 15 years old diring that time in the film (I immediately googled Kross’ age when they filmed the scene. Thank God he’s already 18). Well, I felt the nude scenes were necessary to establish all the tensions and excitement between Michael and Hanna’s ‘relationship’, and the power dynamics due to age differences.

    Early in the movie, I already observed that Hanna…

  • The Theory of Everything

    The Theory of Everything

    ★★★★

    I really thought Stephen Hawking was born with motor neuron disease so, I had a TIL moment na naaksidente pala sya.

    Siguro ang takeaways ko dito ay:
    1. Even the greatest of scientists, who question God’s existence, will arrive at a point na mapapapaniwala na lang talaga sila na there exist a creator; and,
    2. Maybe we are just so pressured by the society to stay in committed relationships because of duty kahit hindi na talaga tayo masaya. Pero, there…

  • The Da Vinci Code

    The Da Vinci Code

    ★★★★

    Stories exploring Jesus Christ, Christianity, its history and mysteries will always be interesting to me even if it is just fictional.

    Tanda ko when I was young (heck, this film was released in 2006 — I was in first year high school), hindi ine-encourage ng catholic church na panoorin yung film na to kasi daw, baka magbago ang tingin ng mga tao sa simbahan. Haha.

    I love rewatching films like this. Mas nagegets ko kasi mas nakukuha ko yung mga detalye.

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