Noel Vera
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I write on films, for Businessworld and my blog Critic After Dark [email protected]. Defiantly liberal. NO DMS PLEASE
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Thoughts on Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: "Yeoh bumps into a woman she has never met before, and what does she do? Pulls out the sword and starts showing it off."
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December 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Thoughts on King Hu's A Touch of Zen criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-to...
A Touch of Zen (King Hu, 1971)
Filipino films, Hollywood, science fiction, fantasy, action, horror, comedy, French, Korean, Chinese, silent, DVD, streaming, other bizarre creatures
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December 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Thoughts on King Hu's A Touch of Zen criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-to...
"I wonder if 47 ran as a Republican because Democrats left a bad taste in his mouth."
December 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"I wonder if 47 ran as a Republican because Democrats left a bad taste in his mouth."
Suddenly the term 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' takes on a whole new meaning
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Suddenly the term 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' takes on a whole new meaning
David Mamet on Tom Stoppard: "Spielberg asked Tom to write for Jaws and Tom said he was writing a play for the BBC. 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?'
"'No' Tom said. 'BBC Radio.'"
"'No' Tom said. 'BBC Radio.'"
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
David Mamet on Tom Stoppard: "Spielberg asked Tom to write for Jaws and Tom said he was writing a play for the BBC. 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?'
"'No' Tom said. 'BBC Radio.'"
"'No' Tom said. 'BBC Radio.'"
Kash Patel used government funds to fly to his girlfriend on a jet He-- Kash has a girlfriend?
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Kash Patel used government funds to fly to his girlfriend on a jet He-- Kash has a girlfriend?
Just in time for Christmas--
Saw Tim Burton's Batman Returns on the big screen again after three decades and far as I'm concerned: the best onscreen incarnation of the character ever
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Saw Tim Burton's Batman Returns on the big screen again after three decades and far as I'm concerned: the best onscreen incarnation of the character ever
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November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"You're so pretty I could eat you up!"
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"You're so pretty I could eat you up!"
Better dead than Ted
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Better dead than Ted
"Quiet piggy!" says the noisy bore
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Quiet piggy!" says the noisy bore
What could possibly go wrong?!
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What could possibly go wrong?!
Thoughts on Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025):
If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.
If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thoughts on Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025):
If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.
If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.
When you hear news of his passing (JUAN PONCE ENRILE 1924-2025) and the Church sends in their team to make sure
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When you hear news of his passing (JUAN PONCE ENRILE 1924-2025) and the Church sends in their team to make sure
Wooden stake, garlic wreaths, three-day waiting period -- we have protocols to follow, dammit!
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Wooden stake, garlic wreaths, three-day waiting period -- we have protocols to follow, dammit!
Thoughts on Jerrold Tarog's biopic Quezon (showing in select American theaters):
Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself?
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Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself?
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November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thoughts on Jerrold Tarog's biopic Quezon (showing in select American theaters):
Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself?
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Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself?
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When the president breaks wind, someone suffers the consequences
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
When the president breaks wind, someone suffers the consequences
Saw Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day again and -- Godfather? What Godfather?
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Saw Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day again and -- Godfather? What Godfather?
Belatedly Adam Greenberg (1939-2025)-- The Big Red One, The Terminator, Near Dark. He did some good work: the gritty cinematography of Cameron's breakout feature; the poetry of Bigelow's vampire flick, particularly the glow of a fiery desert sunrise; the no-budget epic range of Fuller's masterpiece
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Belatedly Adam Greenberg (1939-2025)-- The Big Red One, The Terminator, Near Dark. He did some good work: the gritty cinematography of Cameron's breakout feature; the poetry of Bigelow's vampire flick, particularly the glow of a fiery desert sunrise; the no-budget epic range of Fuller's masterpiece