I think many Filipinos born during a certain time will have connected to the music of the Eraserheads in one way or another. For the
Category: Reviews
Everything about My Wife Review: To Be Loved is to Be Seen
There comes a time in a relationship where things start to shift from the exciting highs of new love to the beginnings of a longer-lasting
A Complete Unknown Review: A Chronicle of TImes A-Changin
Bob Dylan became the American counterculture icon because he never rested on his laurels. He did not merely follow the tradition of folk music and
MMFF 2024 Review: Hold Me Close
Pain – whether physical or emotional – is unpleasant, and many of us understandably spend our entire lives trying to avoid it. Lynlyn (Julia Barretto)
MMFF 2024 Review: Uninvited
There are some people that don’t deserve redemption, their evil so pervasive and unchecked that the normal mechanisms of justice simply don’t work anymore. Dan
MMFF 2024 Review: Green Bones
Whenever you watch a video of a person getting their just desserts or receiving the karma that they deserve, do you ever wonder what drove
MMFF 2024 Review: Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital
There are certain aspects of streaming culture that disturb me. “Content” is a word that properly describes what is created from this activity; a word
MMFF 2024 Review: And the Breadwinner Is…
Bambi (Vice Ganda) works as an OFW in Taiwan. She’s been working multiple jobs for many years in order to renovate their large family house.
MMFF 2024 Review: The Kingdom
Fairytales don’t often concern themselves with the details: once it’s happily ever after, that’s it. Anything else is in the domain of speculation (and fanmade
Ang Pagsasa-Dokumentaryo Ng Isang Ulat: Rebyu ng “Lost Sabungeros”
Ang “Lost Sabungeros” ay ipinalabas noong Nobyembre sa QCinema International Film Festival 2024. Nitong nakaraang Agosto, naging kontrobersyal ang pag-kansela ng Cinemalaya sa pagpapalabas ng
Gladiator II: Are We Not Entertained (With Nostalgia)?
Why do we have a sequel to Gladiator? Nostalgia. The film industry has been riding the tremendous rise of nostalgia since the start of the
Film Review: “Simon of the Mountain”
Simon of the Mountain, what is the point of all this? Winner of the Cannes 2024 Critics’ Week Grand Prize premiered as part of this
Review: ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) is an animated film directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise. Review by our first-ever Senior High contributor, Stephen So.
Film Review: ‘Outside’ (2024)
Ang dami kong naririnig na hindi nila nagustuhan ang Outside dahil kulang daw sa zombies at puro drama lang. Unfair naman ‘yun. May ambisyon si
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: Filipinos to find charm in sequel of American cinema classic
The story of Betelgeuse and the Deetz family is so foreign to the usual Filipinos, including me. I had never heard of Beetlejuice until I
Sinag Maynila 2024: Reviews of All Seven Full-Length Films
Gospel of the Beast: Molded by Darkness Mateo (Jansen Magpusao) is an ordinary schoolboy who messes around in class. During one particular instance, he accidentally
A Review of Look Back: Searching for Completeness
I’ve always liked making stuff – drawing, writing, what have you – even though I’m not exactly the best at it. There have been so
‘And So It Begins’ Review: What do we do next?
In one of And So It Begins subplots, historian, columnist, and former president Noynoy Aquino’s official Manolo Quezon III was talking to singer and anti-Marcos
Review: Deadpool and Wolverine
When Marvel Comics neared bankruptcy in the late nineties, it sold the movie rights to some of its characters in order to stay afloat. While
Filmic Duration and Liberatory Memory Work: Analyzing Lav Diaz’s ‘Evolution of a Filipino Family’ (2004)
Introduction To introduce Lav Diaz and his cinema, the simplest approach is to emphasize his distinctive use of long cinematic duration, which is not merely
Daisy Ridley stars as the ‘Young Woman and the Sea’, premieres this July 19 on Disney +
Young Woman and the Sea is the extraordinary true story of the first woman to successfully swim the English channel. The inspirational drama, which was
Inside Out 2: Isa Pa, With More Feelings
Contains minor spoilers. “Holy sh*t. Is this really for kids?” I thought while watching Anxiety (Maya Hawke in a captivating voiceover performance) spins out of
Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
Whether you’re a huge fan of the Planet of the Apes franchise or a casual moviegoer, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a
‘Anak Ka Ng Ina Mo’ (Your Mother’s Son Review): Political Intrigue and Personal Turmoil in Jun Lana’s Erotic Thriller
Jun Lana’s latest sexy, disturbing, and cunning film Anak Ka ng Ina Mo (Your Mother’s Son) is a series of tug of war: son versus
The Seen and the Unseen review: An Indonesian Gem about Rediscovering Our Magical Childhood
Kamila Andini’s The Seen and the Unseen (2017) navigates the depths of a child’s subconscious, as seen through her cultural heritage. It recounts the story of fraternal
