#Janella Salvador

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#401 gifs of JANELLA SALVADOR in 'darna: season 2 (2022),' can be accessed by joining my discord server, or sending me a message off anon. janella is of filipino (cebuano) descent and was born in 1998, so cast accordingly. please like and reblog if you found these useful.

tw: violence, alcohol

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Hey You (Music Video)

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Bubbline

Hey You (2024) - Janella Salvador

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Janella Salvador & Jane de Leon in Hey You by Janella Salvador

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HEY YOU - JANELLA SALVADOR

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Janella Salvador, a Filipina mainstream actress, publicly admitting wanting to do a GL project with her best friend (Jane de Leon who's also a mainstream actress) and fucking saying that she's been waiting for it and that "it's been two years where is it" like us fans and being at a whole pride event and showed the gay ass music video with Jane during the pride event makes me so happy as a Filipina queer I-

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New sapphic song dropped from Filipino singer Janella Salvador.

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Janenella for Mega Entertainment March 2023

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JANE DE LEON & JANELLA SALVADOR via tiktok

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MALLARI (2023) Trailer | dir. derick cabrido

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Janella Salvador and Jane de Leon for Mega Entertainment-(March 2023)

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Singer-actress Janella Salvador doing BINI’s viral Na Na Na TikTok dance challenge

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HUMBAM! - Janella Salvador, 2022

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Actresses being 🍉🍊🥝fruity🥑🍎🍋 backstage, love it.

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MALLARI (2023) - MMFF REVIEW

“‘Di ba’t isang sumpa ang magmahal?”

Mallari does not only showcase the story of the infamous Fr. Severino Mallari, but also delves into the lives of men from succeeding generations of his clan. The first descendant, Johnrey, a documentary filmmaker in post World War II Philippines, and the second being Jonathan De Dios, a doctor and the lead protagonist of the film. The two descendants of Fr. Severino try to discover their family’s darkest secret, which most likely has contributed to the killings and disappearances in Magalang, Pampanga.

All three generations of the Mallari clan are played by Piolo Pascual, which is perceived to be difficult parts to play. However, Pascual was able to to help distinguish one generation from another and yet was able to establish the connection between all three characters.

What also is depicted in the movie is the presence of important female figures in each of the Mallari men’s lives: Dona Facunda, Fr. Severino’s mother played by Ms. Gloria Diaz, Felicity, Johnrey’s wife played by Elisse Joson, and Agnes, Jonathan’s fiancee played by Janella Salvador. All three actresses gave the three women their respective well-defined characters which was able to show how each Mallari’s love for these women had urged them to take greater lengths, even if it will cost them their own morals.

JC Santos does an excellent job in portraying Brother Lucas in the likeness of Brutus from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, as he showcases his character’s loyalty and later betrayal to Pascual’s Dr. Jonathan.

The film may remind one of Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All (2022) with its presence of common themes such as gore and manslaughter. It is also important to note how both Carido and Guadagnino have commonly used manslaughter as a dark metaphor for love as a motive of sacrifice and self-discovery, which the former has executed very well and evidently in Mallari (2023). It also bears similarities with Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho (2021) not just with the presence of gore and manslaughter, but also with the key theme of time travel, which the two Mallari descendants have used in order to learn about the dark secret of their family for this film.

The film had a well-organized flow of events, as well as a smooth transition in between time periods. It was able to give me and other viewers proper context and a good idea on how to let the story unfold and think about what could happen next. However, Jonathan’s arc was very anti-climactic towards the end yet it established his arc as an anti-hero.

Another thing to love about this film is that not only did it have Gothic themes and the use of the Catholic faith, which are associated as Western literary and cultural elements, but it also incorporated the use of Filipino folk medicine and faith healing, which are indigenous Filipino cultural elements, as important parts of the film.

In conclusion, Mallari (2023) was a great watch, and it definitely deserved the accolades. Not only did it bring justice to a dark love metaphor, but it also presented and promoted Filipino culture through folk medicine as key horror elements. It is a must watch for traditional Filipino horror movie buffs and those in need of a fresh face to Filipino horror films.

[Metro Manila Film Festival 2023]

RATING - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

(review is also available on letterboxd!)