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Nigel Paolo Grageda
‘Poor Things.’ - A Luring Concoction Unfurling the Limits of Deep Sensibilities
Temperaments are crazed, tempted, and learned in Yorgos Lanthimos’ wild science-fiction pleasure.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania" - Explosive with Particles of Wonder in the MCU Whole
Blast here, blast there, it's a loaded hysteria in a dream explosion of absurdist curiosity.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"The Banshees of Inisherin" - Moving On Lingers with Remorse, Just to Let It Pass
To accept what's come to takes an excruciatingly slow while, and it could be madness.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
“Don’t Look Up” - Satirical, Terrifying as Global Ignorance Means Annihilation
Adam McKay’s political collage hits the nerve on misinformation and cultural abandon.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Unspools the Multiverse of Disappointment
Peter Parker reaches ultimate maturity, and it may be time to stop the MCU.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
“The Green Knight” - Remembering Destiny is Innocence in David Lowery’s Sweeping Achievement
A legend rises, and the voyage is as meaningless as it is rewarding.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"My Amanda" - Will the Will-They-Won't-They Genre Ever Be Cosmically Off-Trend?
This inseparable pals’ unfaltering closeness is comprised of small lasting encounters, thus sweeter in their dimunitive indulgences.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
“Black Widow” - MCU's Experiment Results in the New Standard-Bearer of the Cavalcade
Marvel Studios cements Natasha Romanoff’s legacy, yet maybe what matters is taking bygones with to make amends with pursuing the present.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
“No Sudden Move” - A Race Where Who Loses First Sees It to the End
Steven Soderbergh’s caper relies on sheer instinct in figuring if anyone is even anyone.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Malcolm & Marie" Beautifies Misery through Adequately Exaggerated Acts
Reoccurring hurt is the shards of amnesiac loving so neutrally luminous and pierces deeply.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Nomadland" - The Desolate Occupies Somethingness for Settlement or Passing Along
All expeditions circle the farther the miles ahead.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
“Wonder Woman 1984” Broadcasts Wishfulness During DC Superhero Season
Patty Jenkins connives a festive but possibly overcompensating merry-go-round.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Fan Girl" is a Twisted Fairytale About Addiction and Overcoming Abusive Relations
In a fanatical country, idolatry is a cycle of media and government.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - Conscience is a Cabin Where Blues Resounds Louder
Fluting horns and belting out the blues is as suffocating as the airless, crowded self.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Alter Me" - Musically Climactic, this is the Sound of Brokenhearted Resurrection
Because heartbreak is music and sexing that begs listening to.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story" - A Worthwhile Revolt of Senseless Poverty and Cartoon Daydream
Felinely animation and detailed with clever caricatures, this is the Philippines motioned with satirical lovemaking.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Another Round" - Spirits Consumption is the Intake of Spirituality
Liquor, in a swill, is the gateway to and from presentiments.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"I'm Thinking of Ending Things" - Remnants of Mentality are Either Illusion or Realness
Giving in to the malleability of thoughts.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Palm Springs" - Recurrence is Energetic Learning with Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg
Life is meant to be lived as many times as possible. And so forth.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
“Da 5 Bloods” - Spike Lee’s Expressionist War Drama Warps from Then and Now
The Spike Lee joint is a rich, head-rolling jungle fury.
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