While it doesn’t quite capture the magic of the original, the new ‘Lilo & Stitch’ still knows how to warm your heart and remind us what it feels to be a little lost and found.

Aside from Koepp’s sharp-witted screenplay, what makes Soderbergh’s Black Bag so fascinating is the fantastic ensemble, led by an icy Michael Fassbender and an alluring yet cunning Cate Blanchett.

The Margaha Film Festival returns for its 6th run, bringing in new stories and interpretations of old myths from Sagaynon filmmakers — stories that reflect what culturally resonates in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.

‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ is a gleeful return to the anarchic ultraviolence that is the franchise’s raison d'etre, giving you what you’d expect in subtly different, yet all the more tense and outrageous manner.

‘The Accountant 2’ reunites criminal brothers Christian and Braxton Wolff (Ben Afleck and Jon Bernthal) for an emotional mission, but gives an average story and a regressive depiction of neurodivergence compared to the original. Now showing in cinemas.

Having measly expectations heading into ‘Thunderbolts*’ added a certain satisfaction that took me back to what a Phase One MCU film felt like.

Lemual Lorca’s ‘Water Lemon’ examines a town that is drowning in its personal everyday concerns, yet the environmental crisis still looms. This reflects how immediate challenges of daily survival overshadow the long-term inevitabilities.

‘The Legend of Ochi’ is a lovingly crafted riff on classic fantasy adventure films, one whose intimate foggy mountain atmosphere gives weight to rather broad-brush storytelling.

The Pelikultura Calabarzon Film Festival challenges the Manila-centric Tagalog representations by allowing radical Southern Tagalog cinema to flourish in the national discourse.

After spending nine years making big movie franchise movies, Ryan Coogler has decided that it's time to do his own thing with Sinners — a genre-bending Southern Gothic epic that people will eventually see as a modern classic in the future despite its shortcomings.

'A Working Man' is exactly what the marketing advertised — Jason Statham annihilating those in his way for a personal vendetta. But aside from the gleefully brutal intermittent bursts of carnage, there isn’t much substance beneath the surface.

‘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.

‘Flow’ is a refreshing take on a post-apocalyptic world where humans no longer exist, and nature reclaims its rightful place on Earth.

‘A Minecraft Movie’ is a decently entertaining flick that captures the attention of the original game’s audience.

Staunchly single photographer Pia is challenged by her family to go on five blind dates to find the love of her life in ‘Picture This,’ a rom-com that skimps on both the rom and the com, leaving nothing to chew on but a delightful Simone Ashley performance.

‘Snow White’ transcends the magic of the original animated film, breaking Disney’s live-action remake expectations of being second-best to their predecessor classics.

‘Everything About My Wife’ tackles how couples begin to hate the very same things they initially liked about each other in their meet-cute, bringing a refreshing angle to the Filipino rom-com.

Beneath the slight eccentric clunkiness of ‘In The Lost Lands’ lies a very stylish and charmingly dorky slice of fantasy that believes in its own scrappy, wondrous illusions, and is all the better for it.

Watching JP Habac’s ‘Ex-Ex Lovers’ in the cinema feels like reliving a childhood memory — almost as if I was watching the same Marvin and Jolina on my grandparents’ sofa from years past.

Mikhail Red’s latest horror film ‘Lilim’ is a slick and chilling crowdpleaser that plays it safe — to its detriment.