Midlifing as a hero’s journey
By Jim Paredes | October 1, 2006 - 12:00am
Lately, I’ve been meeting too many people going through midlife. I guess it has to do with my age and my milieu. We’re all going through the inescapable business of growing old. Some do it with grace while...
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Lord of the Oscars?
By Scott R. Garceau | January 25, 2004 - 12:00am
Let me preface this review by saying I am not in any way, shape or form a huge Tolkien fan or "LOTR" geek. I sat through the previous two Lord of the Rings films with an open mind, and on the whole found...
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Little people
By Erwin T. Romulo | January 16, 2004 - 12:00am
Once upon a time, in a film by Peter Jackson, there lived an inquisitive and clever-handed Hobbit named Sméagol who bore a curious resemblance to actor Andy Serkis. On his birthday, Sméagol went fishing...
Young Star
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It’s cool being an elf
By KETCHUP PLEASE, LUIS! By Luis Carlo San Juan | January 16, 2004 - 12:00am
By the time you read this the third and final part of the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King will finally (about time!) have been shown. We are among the last among the Hollywood-crazed countries to see the movie...
Young Star
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A fitting finale to a stirring saga
By Rob Vaux | January 4, 2004 - 12:00am
Holiday moviegoers powered the North American box office with one of the biggest weekends in history as four new releases entered the top 10 while returning champ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King remained...
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The Lord of the Rings: Beyond the movie
By Stephanie Tanyu Coyiuto | September 12, 2003 - 12:00am
The Lord of the Rings was – and still is – a book which continues to inspire and influence me. This comes a bit of a surprise, considering how small my inclination towards the science-fiction genre –...
Young Star
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The age of innocence
By Erwin T. Romulo | February 14, 2003 - 12:00am
Ring junkies will be stunned by what Peter Jackson has done to their precious The Two Towers.
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Unhappy ending of a real-life telenovela
By Ricky Lo | January 28, 2003 - 12:00am
And after all the superlatives about the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and the tons and tons of glowing reviews, Funfare is putting out an "irreverent" one, contributed by Jonathan Chua who regularly...
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2 reviews of The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers; A worthy translation of the original
By Baby A. Gil | January 17, 2003 - 12:00am
The wait is over and The Two Towers, the second book of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy is finally on the screen. And here is one of those rare cases where the film has emerged as a worthy translation...
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Frodo lives!
By Erwin T. Romulo | February 1, 2002 - 12:00am
In the beginning, there were the words; then, the words became flesh and dwelt among Middle-earthlings. The Wizard, Gandalf, arrives in the Shire to set off fireworks for a long-expected party.
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