Review of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017): Enchanting Evermore

March 16, 2017 Disney's first version of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's fairy tale  "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) was...

SINAG MANILA 2017: Review of KRISTO: A Cockpit Chronicle

March 14, 2017 In Filipino, the title word "Kristo" means two very different things. The meaning familiar to more people is "...

Review of KONG: SKULL ISLAND: Awesome Ape Action

March 13, 2017 I literally groaned when I first saw the trailer of "Kong: Skull Island." Really? Yet another Kong movie, barely 10...

Review of A KIND OF MURDER: Nixed Noir

March 11, 2017 There is a classic charm I like about film noir. It is always a welcome treat to see a current film try to recreate those sty...

SINAG MANILA 2017: Review of TU PUG IMATUY: Lumad Lamentation

March 9, 2017 The 2017 Sinag Maynila Film Festival is being held from March 9 to 14 in SM Megamall, SM North EDSA, Glorietta, and Gateway. T...

Review of PWERA USOG: Salvation by Saliva

March 8, 2017 Among Filipino superstitions, a most curious one is "usog." This is supposed to be a curse imparted by a stranger wh...

Review of T2 TRAINSPOTTING: Mellowed by Middle-Age

March 7, 2017 "Trainspotting" was a celebrated British film in 1996 which dealt about a gang of young heroin addicts living in the...

Review of LOGAN: Mutants in Mangled Misery

March 4, 2017 Hugh Jackman had been playing the Marvel character Wolverine for 17 years. He was in all 3 of the original X-Men films, as wel...

Review of A DOG'S PURPOSE: Reincarnations and Reunions

March 3, 2017 A dog movie is a distinct genre of its own. These are usually wholesome, usually sentimental family films about a child and an...

Review of FRIEND REQUEST: Occult Online Obsession

March 3, 2017 Because of the immense popularity of social media these days, horror movies about the Internet are already being made. The mos...