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Top Movies Watched 2025

City Lights (1931)
Ikiru (1952)
Ganito Kami Noon... Paano Kayo Ngayon? (1976)
Amadeus (1984)
A Passage to India (1984)
Baraka (1992)
Arakimentari (2004)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Samsara (2011)
January 2, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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A ★★ review of Dimas Guerrero (1973)
There should be a study on why the Philippines have the sub-genre of Westerns. Dimas (Aristorenas) is a traveling cowboy and escapes a stick-up by natives. Guerrero (Varon) is a native which has his o...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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A ★★½ review of Bangis (1996)
This Predator homage could have been a cult classic but the action is meaningless without establishing the lead players. Monsour Del Rosario is a bonafide action star and although he is not comparable...
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August 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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A ★★½ review of Alyas Palos (1961)
Based from the comic serial of the same title, this movie should have been a modern day Robin Hood tale but becomes a disarray in terms of themes and pace. Palos played by the enigmatic Bernard Bonnin...
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August 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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A ★★½ review of Baril sa Baril (1961)
Two post war guerillas (FPJ, Erap) go back to their hometown and return to their normal lives. However their past actions during the war has its consequences as a conniving lawyer takes advantage by c...
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August 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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A ★★ review of Genghis Bond: Agent 1-2-3 (1965)
The legend Dolphy plays both Genghis and Bond in this spy comedy banking on the popularity of espionage films in the sixties. Dolphy performs both roles to a tee but often jokes falls flat and maybe f...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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A ★½ review of Kapwa Simaron (1981)
Two men (Vergel, Lapid Jr.) with their own reasons ends up in an small island town. One looking for someone and the other returning to his home town. The two ultimately ending up fighting the same peo...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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A ★★½ review of Ex-Convict (1967)
FPJ is an ex-convict who is trying to retrieve loot from a previous heist but has to get through three charming ladies living in the now completed house where he hid it. Its a funny and uncomplicated ...
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July 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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A ★★★ review of Shalimar (1951)
They don't make movies like these anymore. The plot is thin and the lead laughs a bit too much but the creativity and resourcefulness at that time to create a movie straight out from Arabian Nights.
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July 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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nicely disturbing, full on paranoia
A ★★★½ diary entry for Caché (2005)
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July 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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entertaining horror from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, possibly a genre was born from it
A ★★★ diary entry for Sweet Home (1989)
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July 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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a rainy day watch, brilliantly conniving
A ★★★ diary entry for The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
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July 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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A ★★★ review of The Consequences of Love (2004)
A tale of loneliness, resignation and isolation. Beautifully shot, Servillo's performance is outstanding as Titta. Poignant, morose and reprieving.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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A ★★★★★ review of Baraka (1992)
No narrative. No agenda. Just pure imagery of parts unknown.
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June 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Ikiru (1952) by Akira Kurosawa #dokvader
June 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I am a hack. lol
April 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM