I Am | Marc Meru

Journalist / Editor / Film and Travel Junkie ||

'Surging, crashing waves,
In the stillness of your heart,
dwell and find solace'

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@DearEvanHansen in Manila, Philippines and Sydney, Australia.

#DearEvanHansen #DearEvanHansenPH #DEH

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This Annatar scene is easily up there with the Gandalf and Galadriel scenes All hair-raising, spine-tingling masterclasses in filmmaking. #TROPspoilers #TheRingsOfPower #LordOfTheRings

[One Sports @OneSportsPHL]

PANALO PARA KAY PETECIO 🇵🇭

Nesthy Petecio punches her ticket to the quarterfinals of the women's 57kg boxing event after securing victory over French contender Amina Zidani via majority decision.

#OlympicGames #Paris2024 #100TaongLaban #ParaSaBayan

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@javyxrodriguez @EK_Encarnacion accurate ba? 🤣

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It's in moments like this that Queen Elsa should never let go! 😂 ❄️❄️❄️

#Frozen #Elsa #QueenElsa #Anna #Disney #DisneyOnIce #Disney100

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Magic carpet is officially unemployed. 😂

#Aladdin #Jasmine #Disney #Disney100 #DisneyOnIce

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Thank you @QCinemaPH for making "festival films" more accessible to PH cinephiles. Got to see 5 this year, incl. tipped Oscar frontrunner #PoorThings (Venice) & these 4 others: #AllOfUsStrangers (Telluride) #FallenLeaves #PerfectDays (Cannes), #EvilDoesNotExist (BFI) #QCinema2023

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@ATRightMovies "Welcome Frodo of the Shire, the one who has seen the eye!"

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Final shots of Aftersun (2022) and Close (2022). 🎬🎥

#Aftersun #Close #CloseMovie #CloseTheFilm #Cannes2022 #Cannes #Oscars #Oscars2023 #CharlotteWells #LukasDhont

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Aftersun and Close (wc both screened at Cannes in 2022 and went on to get Oscar nods) have strikingly similar final shots, with both protagonists facing the camera one last time before turning back and walking away, as a similar sounding somber score plays in the background.

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#OnThisDay, September 2:
#JRRTolkien died 50 yrs ago
#HoChiMinh died 54 yrs ago
#Japan surrendered in World War II 78 yrs ago
#KeanuReeves was born 59 yrs ago

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Whenever a cast is involved, you know where the story will go...

#Close #Aftersun #DearEvanHansen #EdenDambrine #PaulMescal #BenPlatt

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Watching #Aftersun back-to-back with #Close would surely take an emotional toll on anyone. Aftersun's ending was so powerful it's one of those that leave you frozen on your seat, staring pensively into the blackness of the screen as the credits roll. 😢

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Beautiful and heartbreaking in equal measure. An intense yet tender portrait of friendship and loss. Emotions ran highest during the awkward silences and piercing stares. Newcomers #EdenDambrine and #GustavDeWaele are a revelation. #CloseMovie #CloseTheFilm #Close #LukasDhont

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If there's 2 films you have to watch this season, they've got to be #Aftersun and #Close. They are currently being screened in Ayala Malls. What #Barbenheimer ? This is the real Back2Back films to catch! Don't know what to call it yet though #AfterClose or #CloserSun 🤣

[Film Development Council of the Philippines @fdcpofficial]

STILL SHOWING IN SELECT AYALA MALLS CINEMAS NATIONWIDE! Catch the curation of world cinema titles presented by the FDCP in cinemas near you from August 23 to 29.

Buy or reserve your tickets now at https://t.co/B2NpBxHe05. #FDCP #AyalaMallsCinemas

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@anjocalimario Ang OG na Tay & New! 🤣

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@anjocalimario https://t.co/QXji9r3oix siya po 🤣

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#Finland's Käärjiå is the definition of Eurovision camp and he is my winner this year. #Eurovision2023

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For the first time in its history, #Eurovision2023 is finally allowing the rest of the world to vote in their competition, something non -European fans like me have long waited for.

[I Am | Marc Meru @marcmeru]

#Finland's Käärjiå is the definition of Eurovision camp and he is my winner this year. #Eurovision2023

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In fairness, goosebump moment ung volt in sequence. The second the theme song kicked in.
#VoltesVLegacyTVPremiere