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Article 18
Jo Mari, his wife Cora and I, June 2011. No-one could have believed this would be Jo Mari's last photo.Our good friend, writer/director/actor Jo Mari Avellana, would have been 71 today. Sadly he...
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Shadow Of The Dragon (1973)
1973 - Shadow Of The Dragon(Topaz Film Productions)[Release date 1st December 1973; released in France as "Il Etait Une Fois Bruce Lee"/"Once Upon A Time Bruce Lee"]Director Jun Gallardo...
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James Bone: Agent 001 (1986)
1986 – James Bone: Agent 001(Jonrox Films/Larry Santiago Productions)[Release date unknown]Director/Fight Instructor Ruben Ramos Story Willie Deato Screenplay/Associate Director Ric Acasio...
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Fortress In The Sun (1975)
1975 - Fortress In The Sun(Mirick Films International/Jowell Film Productions)[Release date 24th April 1975]Director/Story George Rowe Screenplay Humilde "Meek" Roxas Executive Producer Jesse G. Chua...
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GMA News article 2012
Weng Weng And My Love Affair With Pinoy B FilmsPublished on the GMA News website, Philippines 22/06/12All life-long obsessions have to start somewhere. Mine? Seeing a two-foot nine James Bond use a...
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100 Reasons Why I Love The Philippines (In No Particular Order) Part One
100 REASONS WHY I LOVE THE PHILIPPINES #1: Howdy Pilgrims! Daniel Palisa and I outside the ruins of the Diplomat Hotel in mountainous Baguio, scene of the ultimate nuns-with-machine-guns battle in They...
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Force Of The Shaolin Boxer (1980)
1980 – Force Of The Shaolin Boxer(Twin Dragon Films)[Philippines release date 25th April 1980, original title "Pedrong Palaka"/"Pedro The Frog"; released internationally by Cinex Films/F. Puzon Film...
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You Me And Imelda article 01/09/12
You, Me and Imelda: Brisbane Filmmakers' Unexpected Philippines AdventureDan Nancarrow’s interview with Andrew Leavold and Daniel Palisa in Brisbane Times, 01/09/12 The crowd of celebrity...
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Sex Blood And Betamax interview 2012
Sex, Blood, And Betamax TapesInterview with Andrew Leavold by Don Jaucian, The Philippine Star 21/07/12When the history books of Philippine cinema will finally be dusted off, rewritten and repurposed...
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The Tanduay Rum Diaries Part One
THE TANDUAY RUM DIARIES #1: THE MOST FAMOUS CROSS-DRESSING MIDGET IN THE PHILIPPINES (AT THIS PRESENT MOMENT)[Previously published on the Mondo Macabro blog, April 2012]"Mura's up for an interview," I...
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Naked Vengeance (1985)
1985 - Naked Vengeance(D.S. Pictures/M.P. Films/Westbrook)[US/Filipino co-production shot around Baguio, with second unit in New York and possibly Los Angeles; production supervised by Roger Corman's...
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Future Hunters (1986)
1986 - Future Hunters(Lightning Pictures) [US/Filipino/Trinidad co-production filmed in 1985 as "The Spear Of Destiny"; released as "Deadly Quest", in France as “Les Nouveaux Conquérants”, in Italy as...
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The Tanduay Rum Diaries Part Two
THE TANDUAY RUM DIARIES #2: THE FIRST CHURCH OF FERNANDO POE JR …in which your humble narrator, and Dani Palisa, his tattooed Sancho Panza, are on a Search For Weng Weng shoot in Manila, only to...
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Cashiers du Cinemart article 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to say I am a published author once again! My 15-page article on mad Filipino satires is in the latest bound issue of one of my favourite US magazines, Mike White's...
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Di Ingon 'Nato article 2012
JUST PUBLISHED: My cover article "Di Ingon 'Nato: Zombies In Our Backyard" and interview with its Cebuano director Ivan Zaldarriaga in Sinekultura Film Journal (University of San Carlos, Cebu) Issue...
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Chiquito interview 1983
CHIQUITO: PORTRAIT OF A COMEDIAN by Mario E. Bautista, Movie Flash, 5th May 1983, p.36 [Many thanks to Ben Perez for the translation, and to James dela Rosa's Pelikula Atbp and Simon Santos' Video 48...
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NOW OPEN! Trash Video Blog
Everyone, Trash Video Blog is the start of my on-line shop, where I'm selling off my old film and music posters, books and magazines, CDs, VHS tapes and DVDs. The days of hoarding are officially over,...
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Caxambu! (1967)
1967 - Caxambu! (W. Lee Wilder Productions) [American production shot in the Philippines, perhaps a TV movie for Paramount Television]Director/Producer W. Lee Wilder Screenplay Waldon Wheeland...
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The Fighting Dragon (1975)
1975 - The Fighting Dragon(Golden Films Company) [Hong Kong production partly filmed in the Philippines, also released as "Challenge Me Dragon", re-released theatrically in the US in 1982 as "Fighting...
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Cry Freedom (1959)
1959 - Cry Freedom(Banaue Pictures)[Philippines' release date 1st July 1959; distributed theatrically in the US in 1961 by Parallel Film Distributors Inc, released in Belgium as "Le Cri De La...
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FILIPINO EXPORT FILMS, INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS AND CO-PRODUCTIONS SHOT IN...
UPDATED 07/01/13- As part of my PhD thesis on the history of genre filmmaking in the Philippines, I am proposing a list of features filmed in the Philippines, either by local or foreign companies, for...
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Eye Of The Eagle (1987)
1987 - Eye Of The Eagle(Premiere Productions/Concorde Pictures)[US/Filipino co-production released internationally by Roger Corman's Concorde Pictures; released in Germany as "Battlefield Vietnam" and...
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For Your Height Only on German DVD - with my extras!
WENG WENG FANS REJOICE! The new German DVD of For Your Height Only (titled "Agent 003 1/2") just arrived in the post yesterday from its Film Art label, and the bonus features I supplied are all there!...
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Article 24
Howdy Bamboo Gods!It's that time of the year when I head back to Manila for a series of talks and screenings. This time I may be heading to Mindanao and the Visayas in late June/early July, so any...
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SEARCH FOR WENG WENG: Week #2 update!
Dear friends and colleagues,As you may have heard, I'm currently running a crowdfunding campaign to finish my THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG documentary -...
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