The Wheel and Axle

Seriously, people.

Hollywood has a long history of portraying evil and/or lecherous fictional heads of state and world leaders. How many evil Russian and Eastern European dictators have we seen on film and on TV? How about corrupt South American warlords? Even US leaders have not been spared, as the villainous VPOTUS was a key element in Iron Man 3, for example. Half the world leaders in Kingsman: The Secret Service sold the world out to mass death and destruction.

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I need help decluttering. Stat.

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This has been around for several months now, but not only is it hilarious as heck, it started my slight obsession with Jak Roberto. I mean, seriously. Look at him.

So, so, so easy on the eyes, ammirite?

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We grew up on Sesame Street. It was life, and who could forget this one?

In more ways than one.

I came upon a recent article shared by James Deakin regarding the MTRCB seeking to regulate internet movies.

No, they weren’t talking about porn, which the government has also tried to suppress under the pretense of stopping child abuse – not thinking the banned sites are mainstreams that have stringent policies against child porn while those that feature such horrendous practices are in the darkest recesses of the web and difficult to access (never mind that there are tons of lesser-known porn sites still accessible and that Filipinos easily circumvent online bans).

But I digress.

No, this time the MTRCB is targeting legitimate and legal pay-for-play subscription-based streaming channels – unnamed, but presumably Netflix, iFlix, Amazon Prime Video, HOOQ, and the like. Their reasoning?

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I never thought Jackie Chan could ever make me cry.

Resident Evil, the film series at least if not the games, finally comes to an end (as far as we are promised this time) with the recent release of the sixth installment, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.

It’s been around for fifteen years, this franchise, and while it has had its ups and downs, it remains a guilty pleasure for me. Despite certain installments being less than stellar and prone to some mediocre moviemaking, the entire saga just compelled me to watch every single one of them on the big screen. Aside from having a fun premise, it features kickass characters – primarily women – and cool action.

I swear, Milla Jovovich will continue to live a wealthy and secure life long after this is over. And she deserves to.

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… and it wasn’t because of the freezing ocean.