Review of PATRIOTS DAY: Boston Brave

January 12, 2017 This film was called "Patriots Day" because it was on this holiday that the Boston Marathon is held, and on a par...

Review of LA LA LAND: Dreams and Disenchantments

January 11, 2017 This is one of the most acclaimed films for the awards season of 2016. It had been topping various critics lists for Best P...

My Yearend Roundup: The BEST FILIPINO FILMS of 2016 That I Have Seen

January 9, 2017 For the year 2016, I was able to watch 28 Filipino films (up from 17 in 2015).  However, it had not been easy for me to catc...

Review of PASSENGERS: Expediency and Ethics

January 8, 2016 There are 5000 people from planet Earth hibernating on board the spaceship called the Avalon. They are going to wake up in 1...

Review of SING: The Concert's the Charm!

January 6, 2017 The Moon Theater owned by koala Buster Moon is facing financial troubles. To save the theater, Buster thought of a singing c...

MMFF 2016: Review of SAVING SALLY: Freedom from the Friendzone

January 7, 2017 The last animated film that I recall from the MMFF was "RPG Metanoia" back in 2010 and that was very good. For bei...

Review of COLLATERAL BEAUTY: Connecting with Catharsis

January 5, 2017 This film had been receiving very bad reviews since it was shown Stateside last month. It was notoriously the worst opening ...

MMFF 2016: Review of DIE BEAUTIFUL: Travails of a Trans-woman

January 5, 2017 "Die Beautiful" earned a lot of pre-festival buzz because it won Audience Choice and Best Actor for star Paolo Bal...

MMFF 2016: Review of SEKLUSYON: Tortured by Temptations

January 4, 2017 Based on the trailer alone, this was the first choice of the eight entries in this year's Metro Manila Filmfest that I w...

MMFF 2016: Review of SUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN: Diaries of Domestics

January 3, 2017 This current Metro Manila Filmfest is different from those of the recent past because the selection committee decided to giv...