Review of KNIVES OUT: Confounding Conundrum

December 1, 2019 I grew up enjoying those Agatha Christie murder mystery movies like "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974 and 2017...

C1 ORIGINALS 2019: Reviews of SILA-SILA and TIA MADRE

November 30, 2019 SILA-SILA Gabriel took off to work in Cagayan de Oro for a whole year, and never communicated with any of his friends back...

Review of THE HEIRESS: Scion of Sorcery

November 29, 2019 When I first heard of the title, it called to my mind a classic 1949 American drama film which won for Olivia de Havilland...

Review of UNBREAKABLE: Melange of Melodrama

November 28, 2019 It was 2005. A couple of 18 year-old college girls became best of friends. Mariel Salvador (Bea Alonzo) was a responsible,...

Review of COUNTDOWN: Defying Death

November 27, 2019 A mobile phone app called "Countdown" rapidly became viral because it claimed to tell the exact amount of time d...

Review of FROZEN II: Elemental Enchantment

November 24, 2019 It is difficult to believe that it had been 6 years since "Frozen" ( MY REVIEW ) was the biggest hit movie of 20...

Review of 21 BRIDGES: Clampdown for Cop-Killers

November 22, 2019 Two petty crooks, Michael Trujillo (Stephan James) and Ray Jackson (Taylor Kitsch) got more than they bargained for when w...

Review of DAMASO: Faults of a Friar

November 21, 2019 Movie producer Ms. Lulu (Aiko Melendez) is asking her in-house director Joey (Nyoy Volante) and scriptwriter Ferdie (Marlo...

Review of ADAN: Throwback Tittilation

November 20, 2019 Ellen Sta. Cruz (Rhen Escano) was a blossoming young lady at 16 years old, but her father Lucas (Bembol Roco, Jr.) kept he...

Review of THE ANNULMENT: A Cheesy Chore

November 19, 2019 Gari (Lovi Poe) was a stylish fashionista who worked as a pre-school teacher, with online sales businesses on the side. Sh...

Review of FORD V FERRARI: Gripping Gear-shifts

November 16, 2019 When the Ford company decided that they wanted to race Ferrari at the celebrated 24 Hours of LeMans endurance car race, t...

Review of CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2019): Furthering the Franchise

November 15, 2019 Elena Houghlin (Naomi Scott) is a scientist behind a powerful new invention which could be dangerous in the wrong hands. W...

Review of THE ART OF LIGAW: Courtship Counseling

November 14, 2019 Jake Esguerra is a hotshot fund manager who is also well-versed in the art of picking-up ladies for quickie affairs. One d...

Review of THE LIGHTHOUSE: Claustrophobic Chaos

November 12, 2019 It was the 1890s. Two men were sent to maintain a lighthouse in a remote island of rock in New England. Thomas Wake was th...

C1 ORIGNALS 2019: Review of METAMORPHOSIS: Intersex Illumination

November 13, 2019 14 year-old Adam Bonifacio is a senior high student in the rural town of Natividad. He is the son of a Christian pastor Ed...

C1 ORIGINALS 2019: Review of TAYO MUNA HABANG HINDI PA TAYO: Losing Labels

November 11, 2019 Alex (Jane Oineza) was an ambitious, career-oriented young woman. Needing to prove that she more than just a pretty face, ...

Review of DOCTOR SLEEP: A "Shining" Sequel

November 8, 2019 "The Shining" (1980) was a classic horror film by Stanley Kubrick based on a 1977 novel by Stephen King. This was...