Author: Philip Cu Unjieng
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Rounding up new films and streaming choices
The Film Awards season is delayed but just around the corner, and today’s article has two features that plan to figure during this upcoming season. Then there are other more commercial options. It’s a mix of productions we can watch on our streaming services and those that are available on demand, and we’ll have to pay for to watch. Enjoy!
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The Year of the Metal Ox, the Day of Hearts, and BLGL
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL
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STREAMING REVIEW: Sourdough and a pair of croissants:
If I had to characterize three of the new streaming releases of this weekend on Netflix, I’d call Pieces of a Woman, an embittered Sourdough, and refer to French productions Lupin and Tony Parker: The Final Shot as the two tasty croissants.
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SciFi chronicles and celebrating eccentricity
Three novels in this review will fall under the genre of science fiction and fantasy, but it’s illuminating to discern how different the three are from each other. A fourth novel is a quirky, darkly humorous tale that highlights the English and why they’re so peculiar.
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New Year streaming
For this first weekend of the Year 2021, it was a mix of satirical news documentaries, a new Old School romance, and children-oriented feature films,
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‘A Thrill of Hope, Our Weary World…’ & the Coronials
Heard It Through the Gripe-Vine: Our New Abnormal
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Analyzing the Facts-ination: #WhenwillwebeaVaccineNation?
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL
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All that jazz, plus more: A review of ‘Soul’
Pixar’s ‘Soul’ is their latest animated feature; and once again, as directed by Peter Docter who gave us ‘Up’ and ‘Inside Out’, it’s a potent & thought-provoking examination of what makes us people tick. In the form of enjoyable, vividly imagined worlds of the Real, the After, and the Before; Docter employs the animated feature to tackle several existential questions – and if anything, this is the most ‘adult’ Pixar treatment to the quandary of how to find happiness & fulfillment in Life.
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STREAMING REVIEW: This Christmas Weekend
Two prestige productions drop on Netflix this Christmas weekend. Whether they’re true delights; or more projects in fancy dress and a lot of hype, is the million dollar question.
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Turn a new leaf this 2021 with these four fantastic novels
If you’re looking for reading material come Christmas holidays and are in the mood for riveting literary fiction, here are four weighty recommendations.
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Mid-December Blues: Streaming Review
It’s mid-December and after Mank, Netflix has Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, that’s also here for Film Awards consideration. Three other new films have big stars attached to them, but that doesn’t necessarily turn them into quality products.
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Holi-dazed: 2020 words of the year, and wishing we could forget them
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE
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A love letter to Barcelona: BCN at BGC
The Spanish fare that one finds at BCN is a wonderful blend of "comfort food" for the frequent Barcelona traveler, and an intriguing mix of grill-fired and sauced meat dishes.
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Rest for the COVID-Weary
Every member of the family that’s in need of quality sleep, rest, and relief from the multifarious disruptions that the pandemic has insidiously created within our everyday COVID-lives.
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Filinvest City ‘lights up’ our lives
Filinvest City promotes "Be the Light Virtual Community" campaign, which highlights the people connecting and bonding with the community even when we’re physically apart.
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Our Home remains relevant with its new look and interior designer-friendly selections
Observing health protocols, its Mall of Asia branch is welcoming homeowners who want to conveniently shop with a fresher and more vibrant ambience.