There are no clocks in hell according to Frank Ferguson Jr.’s unnamed druggie, who we only know through his (possibly drug-induced) fits of rage and
Category: Reviews
The Gift
Don’t let its seemingly formulaic premise deceive you, The Gift plays with convention to deliver a smart, suspenseful, and expertly-crafted psychological thriller. The Gift starts out like pretty
Inside Out
Inside Out opens in Philippine cinemas this August 19 nationwide.
Redlights
Playing like a tense thriller reminiscent of the films of Michael Mann, Redlights plays up its atmosphere of uneasiness – that feeling that’s something’s up but
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
With a resume of movies like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Snatch; and the Robert Downey Jr.-lead Sherlock Holmes series; director Guy Ritchie‘s name has become synonymous to
Wawa
If you come in to Angelie Mae Macalanda’s short film Wawa, expect anything but the myth of Bernardo Carpio enduring two mountains apart or the enkantada
Pusong Bato
When you are told that the premise of the film you are about to watch revolves around a has-been starlet who falls in love with
Papetir
Beneath Papetir‘s exterior of outdated editing and its just basic lack of directorial style, lies glimmers of an interesting premise not fully utilized. Papetir is
Sanctissima
Sanctissima is easily the best amongst the the other short films it screened alongside with, as part of Cinemalaya’s Shorts A block. This is not
Coming Home
Established on an enthralling trustworthy backdrop of Mao-era communism where exhibiting of industrial, banking and commercial nationalization is perceptible. Swathed with political milieu and narrating
Modern Robin Hoods are ‘Plastic’
From the shelves of Julian Gilbey (A Lonely Place to Die) comes a conspicuous and clever movie about a gang of 20-year olds, dazzling bad-boy
‘Attack on Titan’ to devour Philippine box-office
As the last stronghold of mortality defends its loss from the mind-numbing naked giants who eats people to exist; Hajime Isayama’s famous manga-anime “Shingeki no
Fantastic Four
Warning: Mild (as in, Johnson’s Baby Shampoo-level mild) spoilers ahead. The best way to describe Fantastic Four is that it’s like reading 2/3 of a good book
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
After nearly three years since its stellar Ghost Protocol, the Mission: Impossible franchise comes back with its latest, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and the
Mr Holmes (2015)
MR. HOLMES opens to a soft, glowing view of the English countryside rather than the gloomy mood of Baker Street in London from where the
The Gallows
Let me begin by saying that, despite it being chockablock of streak after streak of uninspired features, I maintain my belief on The Found-Footage Horror.
Chain Mail
The premise of Chain Mail, the new film from Viva Films Adolf Alix Jr., is problematic: a cursed chain e-mail is being looped around, terrorizing a
Cure
The serial killer in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 1997 film Cure does not fit the description cinematic representations typically associate his likes. Mr. Mamiya (Masato Hagiwara) is
Sex Ed
While the film’s advocacy is refreshingly optimistic and sincere, ‘Sex Ed’ fails to build up a narrative that can powerfully convey it.
Ant-Man
“It was never just a heist.” And in those words, Paul Rudd‘s Scott Lang captures in a nutshell what Ant-Man is as a movie. Tonally, Ant-Man
Gut
Tom (Jason Vail) lives a routine for a life. Every day he wakes up, jogs, then meets his wife and daughter for breakfast. His days are
Ex Machina
Finally, the dark deft sci-fi writer Alex Garland directs his own dark deft sci-fi movie, and it feels like Stanley Kubrick’s sequel of Her. Sleek,
The Territory
Russian novels are often lengthy and are a bit tricky to adapt on screen. Looking at the trailer set for Alexander Melnik’s The Territory, it is
Son of Mine
Limburg, in the south of Netherlands, is the location of Remy van Heugten’s feature film “Gluckauf” (Eng. title: “Son of Mine”). As an ode to
Filosofi Kopi
There’s so much to tell in a single cup of coffee. All the love and effort made in preparing it, the trade, the hard work