Posted on Monday, September 7, 2009 by Beng
There’s a certain attraction in movies from the old that reel me in. By old movies I mean not silent, Charlie-Chaplin fares. By old movies I mean either those I watched before I even had the capacity to fully appreciate the themes, understand the lines, or internalize the message, or those classics begging to [...]
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Posted on Sunday, August 23, 2009 by Beng
“You had me at hello” now sounds so old. [Sorry, Jerry Maguire, in my book, I'm saying goodbye to your movie's famous line.]
How about, “I have just met you, and I love you”? Doesn’t that sound so . . . heartwarming? But before you get transported to the romantic fantasy world that will make you [...]
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Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 by Beng
We have all of us been told that grace is to be found in the universe. But in our human foolishness and shortsightedness we imagine divine grace to be finite…But the moment comes when our eyes are opened, and we see and realize that grace is infinite. Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but [...]
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Posted on Sunday, February 3, 2008 by Beng
“I don’t need to be taken cared of, thank you.”
The statement that ushered in this post was uttered by Jane, played by Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl, when she was face to face with Kevin/Malcolm, played by James Marsden. Last Thursday my friends and I trooped to Glorietta 4 cinema and watched 27 Dresses. The [...]
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