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4 BS ECE. Paul was once flattered when he was told he looked “tall from afar.” Aside from backhanded compliments, he also enjoys going to the movies and imagining his life as a Woody Allen film. In his less pretentious days, he’s a regular student at Faura fretting over his next exam. Tweet him when he’s not panicking @ratatatad.
TV & FilmBest Animated Feature Nominees: Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 Song of the Sea The Tale of Princess Kaguya Deany: I’d like to start off this discussion by pointing out perhaps the most glaring non-Gone Girl snub this year: The LEGO Movie. Personally, I had it pegged to run away […]
February 19, 2015
TV & FilmAs the calendar turns to 2015, we have officially passed the halfway point of the new decade. With that in mind, we’ve decided to take a look back at the various cultural milestones that have made a profound impact over the past five years. In this article, two of our staffers take a look at […]
December 29, 2014
It all began with a controller or a keyboard. Ever since our countrymen picked up these contraptions, we’ve been joining insurgent factions and counter-terrorist forces, commanding humans in space to build bases and settlements, ganging up on ziggurats and creeps blocking the way to the Frozen Throne, stealing mushrooms from a farm to become a […]
October 2, 2014
FoodMy college days have limited my fluid intake to two things: Coffee for the good days, and liquor for the bad days. Enter The Vantage Clean Eating Challenge. Since water isn’t an integral part of my lifestyle as it should be, I decided to take on a water detox, which is, as the Internet suggests, […]
August 12, 2014
Theater & ArtsThe kids of Mga Apo ni Lola Basyang Storytelling Group, or simply Apo, are huddled inside the intimate space of Sancho Churreria along Maginhawa Street. I’m lucky enough to have been invited to their first official Kwentuhan session, and everyone present is expected to perform an oral piece. As I sit there and listen, I’m […]
August 4, 2014
TV & FilmThere’s a close up of a stranger in black and white. He has a look of uncertainty on his face. He speaks. “To my 50-year-old self… Sana kilala pa rin kita.” Thus ends the teaser for Bia Catbagan’s latest film project, Letters to the Future. The minute-and-a-half preview hints at the unbridled honesty of several […]
December 5, 2013
TV & FilmEvery year, the school’s premiere film organization, Loyola Film Circle (LFC), writes and produces an original short film and showcases it to the incoming freshmen as a fun introduction to Atenean culture. From the quirky romantic comedy tropes of Scott Pilgrim-Santos vs. the World (2011), to the heart-stopping action of The Hungry Games (2012) and […]
June 2, 2014