ALL FILM REVIEWS
‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ REVIEW: Unwrapped, Unabashed, and Unhinged Grieving
What is that vision that Lee Cronin brings to his ‘The Mummy’? An utterly vicious, shambling behemoth that is difficult to process how it coheres together, but a visceral one.
‘Gohan’ REVIEW: A Stray Dog’s Journey Through Time
‘Gohan’ is as efficient a piece of mainstream ‘cry and laugh-er’ as it should be, one that both reflects the modern era we are living in, and one that implores us to continue living in the midst of it, even with its difficulties, with our furry companions.
‘5 Centimeters Per Second’ REVIEW: The Distance That Time Can’t Resolve
Yoshiyuki Okuyama’s ‘5 Centimeters Per Second’ stays faithful to the original and expands on what made Makoto Shinkai’s film resonate, reflecting on life after two people grow apart.
‘Sweet Escape’ REVIEW: In That Moment, I Swear It Was a Movie
Arci Muñoz and Kang Dong-Gun find love while running from their past in a romantic drama film that throws its dedication to love stories on the wall, hoping anything sticks. Despite its familiarity, there’s still ‘Sweet Escape’ to find in some of its charm.
‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ REVIEW: Glorious, bloody, horror movie fun
‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ is a delightfully fun return to the world, with new characters to enjoy, more of the world to explore, Samara Weaving further earning her scream queen title, and somehow — even more bloody explosions.
‘They Will Kill You’ REVIEW: Hack and Slash
Armed with confidence and a sense of extreme escalation, ‘They Will Kill You’ is one hell of a ride that, in its stumbles, still has the guts to entertain.
‘Sisa’ REVIEW: Ang Kapangyarihan Ng Isang Baliw
Jun Robles Lana’s ‘Sisa’ is not your typical Rizalian damsel in distress. It is a masterclass on restraint amidst the horrors of the Philippine-American War.
‘Project Hail Mary’ REVIEW: Houston, We Have a Blockbuster
‘Project Hail Mary’ brings back the old-fashioned math of adding a star, skilled creatives behind the lens, and a best-selling novel together, pushing blockbuster filmmaking forward by working its way back to a time before everyone caught the franchise bug.
‘A Special Memory’ REVIEW: Love, Memory, and the Depth the Story Never Reaches
‘A Special Memory’ asks what happens when love must compete with forgetting. It’s a powerful premise, though the film never fully explores the emotional depth behind it.
‘Hoppers’ REVIEW: Wild, zany fun with a heart
Daniel Chong’s ‘Hoppers’ is a charming, wild ride that reminds us of how beautiful and strange our natural world is, and of the power of caring about things — all wrapped up in a weird, fun body-hopping package.
‘Marty Supreme’ REVIEW: Greatness is Built at a Cost
If it wasn’t already clear through A24’s razor-sharp marketing and relentless press circuit, Marty Supreme promised a great deal and, remarkably, it delivers on the inflated terms it sets for itself.
‘The Bride!’ REVIEW: A Mad Experiment Gone Wrong
‘The Bride!’ is a creation run rampant, stitching together dozens of different, disparate elements, forming a monstrous (and monstrously entertaining) whole. For better and for worse, there's nothing else quite like it.
8th Parmata Film Exhibition OMNIBUS REVIEW
The 8th Edition of the Parmata Film Exhibition highlights the creative outputs of the Reading Visual Art class of Melver Ritz Gomez, showcasing young Ilokano talent that pushes the boundaries of cinema through experimental styles and narrative choices.
‘Resurrection’ REVIEW: A Dreamy Exploration of History and Cinematic Memory
Bi Gan reaches for the audience with ‘Resurrection,’ a film that dives into a man’s dreams in a world that has stopped dreaming. Each chapter invites us to remember why we keep dreaming — and watching movies.
‘The Loved One’ REVIEW: Love is (im)patient and (un)kind
‘The Loved One’ lays bare how love, in all forms, is (un)questionable, (im)patient, and most of the time, (un)kind.
3rd PeliCuliat Film Festival OMNIBUS REVIEW: Competing and Non-Competing Films
Now in its third year, the PeliCuliat Film Festival keeps Kapampangan stories at the center; family, love, grief, social realities, and history shaped by emerging filmmakers.
‘Wuthering Heights’ REVIEW: The Romance of Erosion
Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ favors atmosphere over brutality; visually striking, emotionally suggestive, but hesitant to fully embrace the ruin it gestures toward.
‘Shelter’ REVIEW: Protection in Predictability
There's comfort in familiarity that 'Shelter' embodies in spades, like a quick grab from your local fast food joint.
‘Rental Family’ REVIEW: Living in a fabricated reality
Some have pointed out the mawkishness of ‘Rental Family’ — too sentimental, people-pleaser, and even unrealistic. But these points, the wholesomeness, and its ability to shed a tear make it great, easy to appreciate, love, and rewatch.
‘The Housemaid’ REVIEW: Another girlboss thriller
In a sea of forgettable thrillers dumped on streaming platforms, a handful of films survive the streaming curse and are still being released in theaters with the same quality as these made-for-streaming films. For the case of ‘The Housemaid,’ while scenes from this film are something you would see posted over and over again on Facebook reels or TikTok, and the film’s ‘Gone Girl’-esque approach was done way too many times now, there’s a charm to this film that makes it worthy to sit through.

