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Liza Soberano delivers a scene-stealing performance in “Lisa Frankenstein”

Horror and comedy are, perhaps, the best ways to effectively depict stories about teen angst and the “monsters” that plague their daily existence. Case in point is the cult classic “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” created by Joss Whedon. The now-defunct…

‘Anyone But You’ director and cast talk about joys of working together

For director Will Gluck, Anyone But You was a chance to make a romantic comedy that was as funny as any in recent memory. “Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell are simply two of the funniest people I’ve ever worked with,” says Gluck….

Aquaman is returning to cinemas on January 8

Jason Momoa is back in Philippine cinemas as the King of Atlantis.   After a two-week break from most local cinemas during the Metro Manila Film Festival, “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” will return to the big screen on January 8. …

Meet Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” in this trailer

Joaquin Phoenix takes the crown. Watch the new trailer for Napoleon, from acclaimed director Ridley Scott, and starring Academy Award® winner Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Josephine. The highly anticipated action epic opens in cinemas November 29. Also…

“The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes” opens Nov. 1 exclusively at SM Cinemas

Winner of the highly coveted Paul Grimault Prize at the Annecy Festival (2023), “The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes” is a sweet romantic young adult (YA) coming-of-age film that entwines two young high school students from different backgrounds…

“Killers of the Flower Moon” is a beautiful direction of an awful story

Director Martin Scorcese has previously decried superhero movies, claiming they are not cinema. Regardless of what you feel about it and whether he’s right or wrong, one thing remains true: he has earned the right to assert his thoughts about…

“Target” is so effectively scary

For a quick few seconds, the opening scene of director Park Hee-kon’s suspense-thriller Target can give you a different impression of the movie. When the sequence opens to a series of interconnected shots of people going about their business in…

‘Meg 2: The Trench’ review: Sinks its teeth perfectly

When Jason Statham first went head-to-head with the Megalodon in 2018, it felt to me like it was okay if it’s the last time we see Jonas Taylor because there was really nowhere else this can go. It wasn’t a…

Khris Davis delivers a knock-out punch performance in ‘Big George Foreman’

George Tillman Jr.’s sports biographical drama Big George Foreman is probably my most surprising movie of the year (so far) because it was really good. I had little idea about the movie. But the name sounded familiar. It wasn’t until…

TBA Studios to re-release big winners at the Oscars

TBA Studios has great news for all those who missed the screenings for Everything, Everywhere All At Once and The Whale: starting March 15, these two Academy Award-winning films will be re-released in various local cinemas. Everything, Everywhere All At…