The Philippine Online Chronicles

Articles by Cristina Tantengco

• Catch-up cinema: Eat Drink Man Woman

  30 July 2010 Synopsis When we think of family films, we usually think of messed-up events leading to happy end…

• Riding the Korean wave: The Philippine context, and what it all means

  27 July 2010 Last January, local network GMA7 started promoting a girl group called SH3 (pronounced like the pr…

• Catch-Up Cinema: An Introduction

  06 July 2010 Perhaps it’s a function of our inner hipster and genre geek, but we seem to prefer making refere…

• Riding the Korean Wave: On Koreanovelas (part 2)

  10 June 2010 On Historical Dramas A uniquely Korean style of drama popular in the Philippines is the sageuk (h…

• Riding the Korean Wave: On Koreanovelas (part 1)

  09 June 2010 It surprised me, then, to find that Korean dramas – or Koreanovelas as they are locally known  

• Riding the Korean wave: The anatomy of the K-Pop group (part 2)

  02 June 2010 Crazy Catchy Cute Their music videos are a big factor in the popularity of K-Pop groups. Bianca T…

• Riding the Korean wave: The anatomy of the K-Pop group (part 1)

  26 May 2010 That’s not to say it’s all bad. For every vehicle artist, there are two or more on those shows…

• Riding the Korean Wave: An Introduction

  19 May 2010 The wildly successful song is, as I’m sure we all know, by the K-Pop quintet Wonder Girls. Its M…

• Awkward Boys and Unsuitable Men: Analyzing Michael Cera’s appeal

  30 April 2010 So why, then, do we root for his characters? Why do we keep watching his movies despite their lack…

• Cheapskate summer: A student’s guide to having fun on the cheap

  08 April 2010 1. Take up a new hobby. A lot of things are less expensive than they seem. Take photography for ex…