Netflix: Review of UNCUT GEMS: Serious Screwed Sandler

February 2, 2020 Howie Ratner perilously juggled his gems dealing business with his addiction to high-stakes gambling, for which he has incu...

Review of DOLITTLE: Madcap Menagerie

January 31, 2020 Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jr.) was a doctor noted for his remarkably ability to talk to animals. Since his beloved w...

Review of BLOCK Z: Rabidly Ravenous

January 30, 2020 One day, a woman named Angie showed up at the hospital of San Lazaro University for an alleged dog bite on her ankle. Howev...

Review of BAD BOYS FOR LIFE: Tougher Together

January 27, 2020 The original "Bad Boys" was shown way back in 1995, an explosive buddy-cop comedy action film starring Will Smith...

Review of JUST MERCY: Deliverance from Death

January 26, 2020 In 1986, African-American lumberjack Walter "Johnny D." McMillian was convicted of the brutal murder of a white t...

Review of SPIES IN DISGUISE: Pigeon Patrol

January 25, 2020 Blue Sky Studios had always been behind Disney/Pixar or Dreamworks in terms of their output of computer-generated animation...

Review of D'NINANG: Meeting a Missing Mother

January 23, 2020 This past decade, Ai Ai de las Alas was being noticed more for her indie dramas "Ronda" (2014), "Area" ...

Review of NIGHTSHIFT: Madness in the Morgue

January 23, 2020 Yam Laranas is a Filipino director and cinematographer whose specialty lay in horror films. He will be remembered for ...

Review of THE GRUDGE (2020): More Madness and Murder

January 18, 2020 The original "Grudge" movie was the 2002 Japanese horror movie "Ju-On" by Takashi Shimizu, It originate...

Review of RICHARD JEWELL: Stereotype Slander

January 18, 2020 Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) was an odd fellow. At the age of 34, he was single, obese, not too bright, can't ho...

Review of MIA: Healing the Hurt

January 17, 2020 When Noah proposed to Mia, the happy occasion was marred by a freak accident. Emotionally wrecked, Mia gatecrashed a weddin...

Review of JOJO RABBIT: Sensible Satire

January 15, 2019 Movies about Nazi Germany are usually deadly serious, but here's one film who decided to portray Nazi atrocities as a b...

Review of 1917: Fluidly Following

February 6, 2020 It is April of 1917 in the trenches of the British troops in Northern France during the First World War. Two young soldiers...

Review of CATS: Freakish Felines

January 9, 2020 Since it was released in the US last month, "Cats" had been receiving one scathing review after the other. It had ...

MMFF 2019: Review of SUNOD: Maternal Mission

January 8, 2019 Since its inception, there would at least be one horror film in the Metro Manila Filmfest, from the "Shake, Rattle and ...

MMFF 2019: Review of MIRACLE IN CELL NO. 7: Tangible Tearjerker

January 7, 2019 I have long known about a hit Korean movie entitled "Miracle in Cell No. 7" (Lee Hwan-kyung, 2013) which audiences...

MMFF 2019: Review of MINDANAO: A Filipino Family in Focus

January 7, 2019 Saima Datupalo was a woman from Maguindanao who loved performing Muslim dances and telling Muslim stories. She had a four-ye...