NAKASAMA sina JC Santos, EA de Guzman at Joshua Garcia sa elite list ng Top 15 best male film performances of 2017 written by Dennis Buckly which came out sa Cinema Bravo last March 8.
Ang pumasok sa listahan ay sina Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (1); Timothee Chalamet as Elio in Call Me By Your Name (2); Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington in Get Out (4); Sebastian Stan as Jeff Gillooly in I, Tonya (15); Josh O’Connor as Johnny Saxby in God’s Own Country (6); Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in Logan (7).
“Sam Rockwell as Jason Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (8); Michael Shannon as Richard Strickland in The Shape of Water (9); Garrett Hedlund as Jamie McAllan in Mudbound (10); Michael Stuhlbarg as Mr. Perlman in Call Me By Your Name (11); Robert Pattinson as Connie Nikas in Good Time (12); James Franco as Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist (13).
“JC Santos as Fidel Lansangan in 100 Tula Para Kay Stella (14). Anyone who has undergone through that awkward, young adult phase, whose hearts were once broken, and whose identities were trapped in a cycle of endless crisis (basically, everyone), will be able to feel, sympathize and hope with JC Santos’ portrayal of Fidel Lansangan in 100 Tula Para Kay Stella.”
“Joshua Garcia as Caloy in Love You To The Stars and Back (5). The film is a Joshua Garcia show. For a newcomer, it’s almost unbelievable to see how he transforms on screen, on different personas with different emotions: from the happy-go-lucky guy, to the suave romantic, to the desperate abandoned son, to the helplessly ill — everything is just seamlessly embodied into one humane character, with absolutely no vanity of any sort.
“He simply disappears as Caloy on film. Perhaps, one of the greatest performances delivered by a male actor on Philippine cinema.”
“EA Guzman as Mark in Deadma Walking (3). EA Guzman is a firecracker. He is a complete breakthrough, almost as if the film was intentionally made to show off his brilliant comedic versatility and dramatic chops.
“A scene stealer, he manages to give a luminous performance in a film about death and grief, and it never felt condescending or strange to the theme. One of the most memorable performances of 2017.”