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Today’s reviews are by the vivacious vuvuzelic Vivien.

My must-see movie of Cinemalaya 2010: Mario O’Hara’s Ang Paglilitis Ni Andres Bonifacio. There should be a law compelling Mario O’Hara to make at least one movie a year. – JZ

Ang Paglilitis Ni Andres Bonifacio (The Trial of Andres Bonifacio): Fantastic. Masterful. Essential. This is filmmaking as vital historical tract. Nakakawasak.

Meryl Soriano in a scene from Mark Meilly’s Donor.

Donor: A fine black comedy that transcends its social realist costume. Mark Meilly’s, Meryl Soriano’s, and Baron Geisler’s best work yet.

Sampaguita by Francis X. Pasion.

Sampaguita: After the hilarious opening, a wicked music video sendup of our national anthem, all goes to shit and irreverence gives way to incredibly cheap sentimentality. Feels like a school project gone wrong. Bad bad bad, shockingly so because this is the kind of drivel that this particular filmmaker is so apt to lampoon to death.

Something was wrong with the link to the chart so here it is again: The Cinemalaya 2010 Quickie Reviews in Handy Chart Form.

Thanks to our buddy Bert for this brilliant chart, which should save us several hours of our lives.