ALL FILM REVIEWS
‘Resident Evil’ REVIEW: Zach Cregger captures your brain on survival horror
In Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil,’ the looseness with the source material, however, does not come from a lack of affection for it. If anything, stepping away from the mythology allows him to get closer to something that previous adaptations have often missed: the experience of actually playing the games, both in the way they make you feel and in the anxious thought process that comes with moving through them.
‘Hope’ REVIEW: An action-packed creature feature that outruns its own ideas
‘Hope’ is a mesmerizing collision of sound and image, an action blockbuster made all the more exciting by having a filmmaker as assured as Na Hong-jin behind the camera.
‘No Other Choice’ REVIEW: No Other Choice, No Happy Endings
With ‘No Other Choice’, Park Chan-wook delivers a darkly hilarious, visually playful yet haunting requiem for the working man.
‘CineSilip 2025’ BITE-SIZED REVIEWS: Big Screen, Bold Desires
CineSilip’s inaugural run celebrates a new wave of Filipino filmmakers unafraid to probe desire, morality, and eroticism in seven genre-spanning films that dare to challenge and provoke.
‘Cinemartyrs’ REVIEW: Experiencing memories of a forgotten war
‘Cinemartyrs’ does not merely revisit the past but lets it breathe again, to tremble and to speak, through image and sound.
‘The Ride’ REVIEW: A trip that goes nowhere
‘The Ride’ is a wasted chance at a crime drama that could have simmered with tension, melancholy, and heart. At just over an hour, it has the speed of a getaway car, but none of the gravity to make the journey matter.
‘Magellan’ REVIEW: A Lav Diaz anti-epic, anti-biopic
Despite concessions to foreign producers, 'Magellan' remains unapologetically a Lav Diaz film, uncompromising in its gaze and staggering in its scope.
‘Posthouse’ REVIEW: Death by cold open
‘Posthouse’ is not interested in horror as a subconscious experience, but as something spelled out, explained, and flattened — every terror announced, leaving nothing to linger, haunt, and truly unsettle.
‘P77’ REVIEW: As P77 Crumbles, Barbie Forteza Stands Tall
‘P77’ is trapped, not in a penthouse, but in a tangle of its own half-realized ambitions. It toys with ideas of madness, colonial legacy, and family dysfunction, but never allows any of them to breathe. It gestures toward meaning, but never gets there. And no amount of screaming and crying can make up for a story that chooses escape over reckoning.
‘Ne Zha 2’ REVIEW: The perfect sequel
‘Ne Zha 2’ is the rare and perfect sequel that doesn’t just build on its predecessor but transcends it, solidifying China’s place as a new powerhouse in animation.
‘Broken Rage’ REVIEW: Takeshi Kitano's tragicomic take on his legacy
‘Broken Rage’ carries the weight of an artist confronting his own legacy, grappling with the realization that, despite a lifetime of reinvention, perception is, more often than not, unshakable.
‘Cloud’ REVIEW: In the Name of Capital, I Will Destroy You
Kiyoshi Kurosawa creates a genre-bender, deftly blending elements of paranoia thriller, psychological horror, shoot ‘em up, and a surprising touch of dark comedy, creating something wholly unique when genre films have become predictable.
‘Outside’ REVIEW: Shambling Without a Pulse
‘Outside’ tries to carve out its own path, but in doing so, it loses touch with what makes the zombie genre resonate in the first place — primal survival and raw human emotions in collision with a world of viscera and chaos.
‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ REVIEW: More Than a Wuxia Spectacle
'Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In' captivates with its unabashed embrace of the fantastical myth-making and whimsical absurdities of a wuxia set in contemporary times.
‘La Llegada’ REVIEW: A Double-Edged Immigrant Horror Story
'La Llegada' is a demanding watch due to its minimalist stylistic choices, which may alienate viewers, as the film’s commitment to realism and intimacy sometimes overshadows any cinematic flourishes.
‘Iskalawags’ REVIEW: Rebel With a Cause
Keith Deligero instills ‘Iskalawags’ with an unfiltered, sometimes vulgar, and humorous energy that remains playful and fun — an endearing quality that makes the film so charming and earnest
‘Ang Panday’ REVIEW: The Faces of FPJ
Ang Panday’ is perhaps the best example that shows how little distinction there is between FPJ’s on-screen hero, who embodies humility, justice, and selflessness, and his off-screen persona, which made him a beloved figure of Philippine cinema.
‘Borderless Fog’ REVIEW: An Enduring Mystery That Calls for a Closer Look
Indonesian filmmaker Edwin concocts an atmospheric and absorbing crime thriller that invites us to investigate the bewildering and grisly details beyond the machinations of the plot.
‘Gulay Lang, Manong!’ REVIEW: I Love Farmers, Even if Everybody Else Doesn’t
‘Gulay Lang, Manong!’ ensures a chill and fun time at the cinema while also inviting us to inquire into the challenges that our farmers face.
‘Fuchsia Libre’ REVIEW: Sometimes, Genres Mix Like Water and Oil
Fuchsia Libre’s pursuit of telling a supposedly simple tale of wrestling and reconciliations wraps up in disparate styles and inconsistent tones, giving birth to a genre-hybrid abomination that is utterly confused on what it intends to accomplish.