Movie review: ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ goes full circle
Everything came full circle in Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Believed to be the final movie in the hugely successful action franchise, The Final Reckoning takes off from the events in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One where Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his crew are out to save the world […]
Death is back–with even more vengeance in ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’
Death is back and it’s got quite a lot of baggage. It’s been fourteen years since the last Final Destination movie and one of the most likely questions people would have about the new installment could be: “how is this any different?” Let’s face it. The Final Destination franchise runs on a tried-and-tested formula that […]
Go behind the scenes of ‘LOTR: The War of the Rohirrim’ in this new featurette
“By delving into the past and maintaining that connection, I believed we could add depth to the film,” says director Kenji Kamiyama about the highly anticipated original anime feature “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” in a newly released featurette about the film. “This approach also allowed new stories to emerge.” […]
Comfort movies to keep you warm on Disney+
Do you feel the cool afternoons and chilly nights already? As we get ready to experience colder nights more often, it’s best to be prepared. Whether you have a special someone to snuggle with during those days when you stay in or if you’re quite content being single (for now) and happy with all those […]
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 TV show perfectly metaphorized high school monsters and how it’s like to deal with teen […]
‘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. “You put them on the big screen together, and magic happens.” In Anyone But You, Sweeney […]
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. The James Wan-directed superhero sequel, which also stars Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman […]
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 in IMAX. Watch the new trailer: Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered […]
“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 but share similar pains growing up. In the film, it was an awkward first meeting […]
“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 movies he feels are good or bad. That’s because he knows how to make a […]