The collective effort that The Walking Dead took in order to up the ante for its fifth season is, it can be said, squandered, with
Author: Armando Dela Cruz
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Bond 24 debuts official title ‘Spectre’; unveils cast
The twenty-fourth Bond film, alternately referred to per accustomed tradition as Bond 24, has unveiled its official title. The upcoming film directed by Sam Mendes is going
Grace of Monaco
According to the crimson text that opens it, Oliver Dahan’s Grace of Monaco is “a fictional tale inspired by real events,” and in sitting through
Onto our worthwhile procrastination of the week: ‘Star Wars VII’ parody trailers
Cards on the table: at this point, any Star Wars film not-directed by George Lucas is goldmine. There is an unspoken and collective frustration felt
#TWD 5.7: “Crossed”
The fifth season of The Walking Dead has so far been a whirlwind, with consistently solid episodes that keep formidable emotional groundings. It helps that
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
It is from the fest circuits of ’04 and ’05 that Paul Etheredge-Outzs’s film Hellbent is unwarrantedly announced as “the first homoerotic slasher.” However, cultists who
Nightcrawler
It is interesting that when Rick (Riz Ahmed) nervily assesses his employer—“your problem is you don’t understand people,” he notes—Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), the employer
Attention, aspiring screenwriters! Jun Robles Lana is offering a free screenwriting workshop this coming January
Jun Robles Lana, alongside The Idea First Company, is hosting a screenwriting workshop free for aspiring screenwriters ages eighteen to forty. The writer-director of the
Watch: Official trailer for Dan Villegas’s ‘English Only, Please’ debuts online
The three consecutive films released this year under the direction of Antoinette Jadaone—Beauty in a Bottle, Relaks, it’s Just Pag-Ibig and That Thing Called Tadhana—are
Hindi Sila Tatanda
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Two Cents and Too Cents: On an unspoken dilemma in film criticism
The world we live now is at an age for free-thinkers. Liberals, the fancier folks call them. There are good and bad sides to that.
Four hours of bonus content to come in upcoming ‘Ang Nawawala’ DVD release
Digital distribution in the Philippines is at a depressing point where home video is alarmingly scarce. Case in point: if you walk in a video
Two new Lana Del Ray songs in Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’
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#TWD 5.6: “Consumed”
Carol’s transit from small to major character is, as is the normality in the series, especially ugly, having to witness the true death of her
“Set Me Free” by Dillon Francis & Martin Garrix
The title of the album from which the terrific electro-house banger “Set Me Free” is released could not be any more apt: Money Sucks, Friends
The Babysitters
Being a film about a pair of swindlers, Paolo O’Hara’s The Babysitters begins with an auspicious prelude in which a caroller drones sarcastic lyrics to
#TWD 5.5: “Self-Help”
The Riddle of Samson—“out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet”—is cited towards the end of “Self-Help.” It can be
Watch: Teaser for Erik Matti’s ‘Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2’
We have been itching to share this with you; this statement being inspired by so much hair in this teaser. Erik Matti’s Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles pushed past
#TWD 5.4: ‘Slabtown’
At last we arrive at Episode Beth (Emily Kinney)—the arc for which you and your meme generators have been in keen anticipation. The episode, titled
#SinengPambansa Horror Plus Film Festival is no Oz, all Kansas
Be cautioned of three-quarters of this year’s edition of Sineng Pambansa Film Festival, brazenly subtitled with ‘Horror Plus’ like it had been last year with
Halloween Watchlist: 13 of Our All-Time Favorite Horror Films
The most important holiday of the year is upon us. A busy number of horror films–good and bad–are being released. And if history of late
