Tag: pauloavelino

Review: GOYO: THE YOUNG GENERAL, Reversing the Hero's Journey

Warning: Full spoilers...but come on, it's a biopic! Are spoilers even possible?!?   In the Philippines, we are taught to worship heroes from a young age. In primary school, we are made to memorize single-line descriptions of what to remember...

MMFF 2017 Review: ANG LARAWAN Makes You Feel the Passion Beyond Its Insularity

There are projects that beyond their flaws you’ve got to praise for brazenness, the amount of love put into their creation. There’s this air of faith, of passion, that permeates all aspects, smoothening out whatever rough patches the material may...

RESUREKSYON Poster And Trailer: Filipino Vampires Wreak Havoc

Why do hundreds of overseas Filipino workers return home in coffins? Watch the trailer for Resureksyon to find out. Isabelle Daza, Jasmine Curtis, Raikko Mateo and Paulo Avelino star. Alfonso Torre III directed; he previously made Kabisera. The film will be...