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The Room Next Door 2024
This film is the very first full-length film written and directed by Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar in the English language. It is adapted from the 2020 novel of American author Sigrid Nunez entitled "What Are You Going Through." Almodovar likes to paint vivid portraits of complex female characters in his films, and he did so again with this new one. People who have followed Almodovar's filmography will definitely feel the lack of dark comedy here.
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Mananambal 2025
Of course, National Artist for Film Nora Aunor is main reason why people are going to watch this film. Her face had been deglamorized with dark blemishes on her right forehead and eyelids. Lucia was a stoic person of few words, so Aunor's expressive eyes were as intense and captivating as ever as they conveyed her inner turmoil. She did not even need to utter a single word when she banished the evil spirit in that first scene.
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Doll House 2022
Baron Geisler may fit the role of an irresponsible, alcoholic, drug addict and rock singer to a T. But the rest of the film where Rustin (using his auxiliary name Clyde) playing and interacting with a spirited little kid Yumi is something we thought we'll never see. Having genuine rapport with a child co-star is never easy, but Geisler pulled it off nicely, enough to elicit tear-jerking emotional connection with his audience when it counted.
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Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
The big difference can be seen from the very start with the odd squarish aspect ratio of 1.33:1. No more Superman was being interviewed by kids, Batman hunting parademons or Lex Luthor's notes referring to three squares. This time in Part One ("Don't Count on It, Batman"), it begins with Superman in the throes of death, his screams of anguish activating three cubes located in Gotham City, in Atlantis and in Themyscira. This, along with a good number of restored…
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