Jim Dandy Nov 21, 2017
There are 4 stories in this week's episode of The Gifted. One of them is good. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
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1.7 eXtreme measures
This was probably inevitable, but inevitability didn't make The Gifted's first wheel-spinning episode any less tedious to sit through.
The show split the main characters into four groups, and only managed to do something interesting with one of them. This week's A-story would have been part of an interesting B-story in a good episode; two others are, except for an Easter Egg or two, a complete waste of time.
Let's start with the good: Jamie Chung is pretty good at acting. Thunderbird decides to try and bring Blink back to the underground, so he helps her find the place she kept...
There are 4 stories in this week's episode of The Gifted. One of them is good. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Neill Blomkamp interview: sci-fi shorts and Oats Studios Neill Blomkamp's Oats Studios releases second teaser trailer
1.7 eXtreme measures
This was probably inevitable, but inevitability didn't make The Gifted's first wheel-spinning episode any less tedious to sit through.
The show split the main characters into four groups, and only managed to do something interesting with one of them. This week's A-story would have been part of an interesting B-story in a good episode; two others are, except for an Easter Egg or two, a complete waste of time.
Let's start with the good: Jamie Chung is pretty good at acting. Thunderbird decides to try and bring Blink back to the underground, so he helps her find the place she kept...
- 11/14/2017
- Den of Geek
"Ded Na Si Lolo" ("Grandpa is Dead") is the entry of the Philippines to the 82nd Annual Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Film category. The dramedy is written and directed by Soxy Topacio starring Gina Alajar, Elizabeth Oropesa, Dick Israel, Roderick Paulate, Perla Bautista, and Manilyn Reynes.
I'm proud of this movie! It blends comedy and drama well to tell the story of a death in a family told through the eyes of a child, Bobet (Bj Forbes). When his grandpa dies, Bobet learns our steep superstitious beliefs involving death.
Good luck to Topacio and company, I hope the Academy chooses this film, but for now, take a look at my movie review of "Ded Na Si Lolo" as seen on Balitang America in The Filipino Channel.
I'm proud of this movie! It blends comedy and drama well to tell the story of a death in a family told through the eyes of a child, Bobet (Bj Forbes). When his grandpa dies, Bobet learns our steep superstitious beliefs involving death.
Good luck to Topacio and company, I hope the Academy chooses this film, but for now, take a look at my movie review of "Ded Na Si Lolo" as seen on Balitang America in The Filipino Channel.
- 12/6/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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