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‘Exes Baggage’ movie praised
by Philippine Cinema
Evaluation Board
The romantic comedy-drama
Filipino movie, ‘Exes Baggage‘,
gets a glowing review from the
Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB)
of the Philippines, giving the film a
noteworthy ‘B‘ rating.
The Cinema Evaluation Board
had nothing but praises for Director
Dan Villegas, scriptwriter Dwein
Baltazar, and lead stars Angelica
Panganiban(age 31) and Carlo Aquino
(age 33) of ‘Exes Baggage‘.
According to CEB, Dan Villegas
has “effortlessly mastered the art of
unravelling beautiful love stories”
and is at his best again with ‘Exes
Baggage‘.
The interesting script was
executed skillfully, making the movie
look like an “unscripted journey” of
the film’s main characters named Pia
(Angelica Panganiban) and Nix (Carlo
Aquino).
As to the films lead stars, the
Cinema Evaluation Board described
Angelica Panganiban and Carlo
Aquino as “incredibly capable”, whose
rapport and chemistry on screen
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makes the romantic story as real as
can be.
“The
pair
effectively
and convincingly play out the
complexities of young love without
being lachrymose or cheesy,” the
CEB said.
The CEB also commended the
editing, cinematography, production
design, and musical scoring of ‘Exes
Baggage’.
In summary, the Cinema
Evaluation Board described ‘Exes
Baggage’ with these words:
“The
excellent
direction
coupled with the wonderful script
and the casting of Angelica and
Carlo in an almost two-character film
all complement each other. The two
leads are so comfortable and natural
with each other and they have great
chemistry.”
The movie will have an
international screening in Canada
starting October 5, 2018. See Poster
on pages 18-19.
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AEGIS CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY
WITH A US/CANADA TOUR
The iconic power belter group
Aegis will bring their music to USA and
CANADA from October to December
2018. They will set ablaze “AEGIS:
Doble Dekada, Ang Soundtrack ng
Buhay Mo,” the 20th anniversary
concert of the phenomenal 90s band
in various cities in Canada and USA.
Aegis band will tour their
hugely successful Araneta concert last
July 13 to Vancouver on October 26;
Toronto on October 27; Winnipeg on
November 4; Arizona on November
30; Chumash on December 14;
Morongo on December 15 and Hawaii
on December 16.
The band has made powerful
music in the past two decades and
their hit songs such as “halik”, “luha”
and “Sinta” among others are just
staple favorites at Karaoke bars.
Now these heart-wrenching, vocally
challenging songs are going to be
heard by their Filipino fans abroad.
Aegis is composed of vocalists
Juliet Sonot, Mercy Sunot and Kris
Sunot, keyboardist Stella Maries
Pabico, drummer Vilma Goloviogo,
bassist Rowena Adriano and guitarist
Rey Abenoja. See poster on Page 32.
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