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Oh really? Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz Written by Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric Besnard Based on Maurice George Dantec's sci-fi novel "Babylon Babies" Somebody tell French director Mathieu Kassovitz to quit it. No matter what he says, or what the studio says, this is still their movie. And it sucks, big time. Kassovitz publicly disowns the movie, which he says was edited to death (estimated somewhere between 15 and 70 minutes) by studio Twentieth Century Fox. Even if crucial pieces were taken out (which I doubt), what remains onscreen are a confusing jumble of story parts, bad dialogue and emotionally unappealing characters. Based on the 2005 futuristic tale Babylon Babies by French punk rocker turned novelist Maurice Dantec, Babylon A.D. is a convoluted mess about cloning, corporate religion, human trafficking, psychic powers, cybernetic genetic manipulation and quasi- Christian second coming of the Messiah. Heads were shaking in co...

Pantawid Rebyu ni Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre September 3, 2008 Review in Filipino Written, Directed and Produced by Cris Pablo Sept 3-9 sa Robinson’s Galleria IndieSine Rated R, gay film May karapatan bang lumigaya ang breadwinner na bakla? Ito ang gustong sagutin ng pelikulang Quicktrip ni producer-director Cris Pablo, isa sa mga pinakaunang filmmaker na nagrelease commercially ng digital film sa isang sinehan nang itanghal ang Duda/Doubt sa SM Megamall noong 2003. Masasabing isang unresolved study ang Quicktrip tungkol sa sitwasyon ng mahirap na bakla na hindi nakapaglaladlad dahil sa pangangailangan ng mga taong umaasa sa kaniya. Isang hamak na waiter si Cris (Topher Barreto) na pinagkakasya ang karampot na kinikita para sa gamot ng sakiting ina, upa sa maliit na bahay, pagkain, pamasahe at pambaon ng dalawang nakababatang kapatid. Hindi nila alam na bakla si Cris. Kung may tira sa sahod, ipinanlilibre niya ito sa call center agent boyfriend na Dexter (Ian Atocador). Magse-ce...