Nothing turns me off more than when zombie films gradually derail from character development and fall into the trap of gorefests and amusement killing just
Category: Reviews
The Secret Life of Pets
A Toy Story for pets. There, I’ve gotten it out of the way – the classic Disney film that every critic will mention in reviewing
Jason Bourne
Matt Damon has said in his previous interview, “We have ridden that horse [Bourne series] as far as we can. So, if there’s going to
Lando at Bugoy
I am left with ambivalence upon learning in the credits roll that Lando at Bugoy is actually inspired by a real-life story. Does that supposed
Mercury Is Mine
The defining trait of Jason Paul Laxamana’s Mercury Is Mine is its forthright craziness. Never has madness been beckoned with this much vigor; it’s reckless,
Pamilya Ordinaryo
The everyday routine of a Filipino family is founded on endurance and survival: surviving the traffic during rush hours, and surviving to make good on
Suicide Squad
It’s all crazy pretty,” remarks one of the armed men. Harley Quinn smiles ominously nearby, trapped inside her cell. And this writer wonders whether the
Ignacio De Loyola
The most earnest moment in Ignacio De Loyola comes from a scene where the eponymous saint asks a prostitute to visualize God sat on an
Ghostbusters
Upon release of the allegedly “lousy” trailer of Paul Feig’s gender-bender reboot of the 1984 classic, Ghostbusters, netizens immediately imagined numerous ways how it could
Eye In The Sky
How many calls does it take to release a single hellfire missile? How many approvals does it take to sanction the potential death of an
Star Trek Beyond
Upon the launch of the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond – a fast and furious (sorry) ninety-five seconds, frantically scored to Sabotage by the
Ice Age: Collision Course
The Ice Age franchise, now roughly 15 years old, started with the journey of Manny, Sid and Diego rescuing a human infant back in 2002.
Alice Through the Looking Glass
To be fair, I remember enjoying Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland when it was released way back in 2010 and perhaps that was because 3D
The Achy Breaky Hearts
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Perhaps a popular opinion nowadays is that traditional marriage has partially lost its allure, most especially to an unprecedented portion
The Legend of Tarzan
When it comes to recycling yesterday’s heroes, one can wonder if there’s still a place in contemporary cinema for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ century-old, Tarzan. Arguably,
Sakaling Hindi Makarating
Letters and Romance. Since time immemorial the two have been intertwined like the hands of lovers, or in some cases, the fingers of a pleading
Independence Day: Resurgence
It has been 20 years since the first Independence Day, a movie that I fondly remember as a kid as something that pushed the
Finding Dory
Thirteen years since Pixar’s Finding Nemo made a splash on the big screen, the studio takes another dive into marine life, and revisits the characters
Central Intelligence
When a film has a tagline as witty and sharp as Central Intelligence‘s – “Saving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson” —
