Long-Fiction | The Poet
I was reading a book and he was writing his. My eyes were staring at the words laid on my lap, but my mind wandered to and wondered about the words on his hands. I took a look at him. The afternoon sun was directly shining at him, creating this silhouette of his fig…
Sort of a Film Review | Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016)
Ah, and we're back to the wizarding world! As a huge Harry Potter geek, I was excited that there would be a revisit to a world we all loved— despite the absence of Harry and the whole gang. But at the same time, I was having qualms regarding the film because it&#…
Sort of a Film Review | Weekend (2011)
“I met him two days ago. He doesn’t know me and I don’t know him. We met two days ago. Two days is nothing,” said Tom Cullen’s character Russell to his best mate Jamie (Jonathan Race) in his goddaughter’s birthday party. They were talking about the wild but deeply in…
Long-Fiction | At Kuya's Place
Despite the loud music playing through his headphones, Luis caught the knock on the door. He had attuned his ears for something urgent like that – a knock, a call from the kitchen, a disrupting crash from the road outside. But he didn’t get the door. He simply ignored…
Sort of a TV Review | Black Mirror Season Three (+ Definitive Ranking of The S03 Episodes)
Black Mirror can be listed among the scariest series and it’s not because it has the most frightening monsters or the most gore and bloody killings; but because it’s a possible future that’s just minutes away from the present and mind you, highly likely to happen. Cha…
Sort of a Film Review | Doctor Strange (2016)
Undeniably, this was one of the most anticipated films this year. With a fresh face for the lead, in the form the ever amazing Sherlock Benedict Cumberbatch and trippy teasers after teasers, establishing that the crew didn’t go short with the visual effects, this was …
500-Word Story | Wonder
I love to watch you read. I love how you place yourself on that tight corner. I love the way your fingers deftly turn each page without even creasing any. I love how you balance the book on your knees while you create a bun above your head (with your eyes never lea…
