Category: Cinemalaya 2022
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Scream 7 review
Read More: Scream 7 reviewA new Ghostface has set its sights on Tatum Evans, the daughter of Sidney Prescott. Now living a quiet domesticated life, Sidney’s world is turned upside down, once again, as a new killer starts wreaking havoc. This time, the masked murderer is dead-set on traumatizing Tatum. Reprising her iconic role as Sidney Prescott is Neve…
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‘Hamnet’ review: delightfully painful
Read More: ‘Hamnet’ review: delightfully painfulChloe Zhao’s Hamnet surprised—delighted, actually—me at its final act. At the start of the movie, I thought that it would be an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s longest play, Hamlet. Although it’s been ages since we studied the tragedy, I was quite certain during the first thirty minutes that what’s unfolding on the screen isn’t like…
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‘Wuthering Heights’ review: a cautionary tale
Read More: ‘Wuthering Heights’ review: a cautionary taleI think it’s clever that Wuthering Heights features actors who have some of the most beautiful faces in the industry today. Superficial as it sounds, their looks are most probably the only thing that will keep you from disliking the movie. Or I could be wrong. Because the movie is delightfully indulgent. I haven’t finished…
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Catch early screenings of ‘Hamnet’ this Valentine’s Day at Ayala Malls Cinemas
Read More: Catch early screenings of ‘Hamnet’ this Valentine’s Day at Ayala Malls CinemasMake your Valentine’s Day unforgettable with a romantic movie night as you become among the first to experience Hamnet on the big screen. Early Access screenings take place on February 14 at 6:30 PM at select Ayala Malls Cinemas: Trinoma, Glorietta 4, and Ayala Malls Manila Bay. The critically acclaimed Golden Globe winner for Best…
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NBA champ Stephen Curry takes animation to the court in ‘Goat’
Read More: NBA champ Stephen Curry takes animation to the court in ‘Goat’Smalls can ball! Goat is the newest animated film from Sony Pictures Animation, the studio that created the Spider-Verse films and KPop Demon Hunters. An underdog story in which a small goat named Will (Caleb McLaughlin) gets the opportunity of a lifetime to play professional roarball. In a sport dominated by the fiercest and largest…
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China’s all-time #1 animated film ‘Nobody’ comes to PH cinemas
Read More: China’s all-time #1 animated film ‘Nobody’ comes to PH cinemasThe all-time number 1 2D animated film in China, Nobody, is coming to the Philippine cinema this February 4. Currently holding a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes’ Popcornmeter, the movie is celebrated for its humor and inspiring tale of these overlooked heroes. Its impressions signal an appreciation for 2D animation rooted in cultural heritage blending satire,…
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‘Send Help’ review: Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast?
Read More: ‘Send Help’ review: Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast?If Survivor would become a movie, this is probably it. In Send Help, director Sam Raimi returned to form by bringing together survival horror, dark comedy, and character study by putting two characters who are polar opposites in an environment where they are forced to, just like in the reality TV behemoth, outlast the elements…
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‘Mercy’ review: Edge-of-your-seat thrill makes up for its shortcomings
Read More: ‘Mercy’ review: Edge-of-your-seat thrill makes up for its shortcomingsThere are times when movies don’t need to say or do too much to be interesting, or even entertaining. A movie just needs to be enjoyable to watch. Such is the case in Timur Bekmambetov’s Mercy. Starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, the movie centers on a futuristic AI-powered judicial program that uses an evidence-based…
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‘Primate’ review: no monkey business here
Read More: ‘Primate’ review: no monkey business hereJohannes Roberts’ creature suspense-horror film Primate means serious business. It’s full-on gore and violence. It gets too brutal it can be hard to watch at certain times. There’s a lot of blood and ripping of flesh (and other body parts) it can make anyone with a weak stomach want to leave the cinema—or, at least,…
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‘Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins’ review
Read More: ‘Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins’ reviewEvil is back in Regal Entertainment’s Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins. Horror goes full circle in the 17th installment of the most popular horror franchise in the Philippines. Evil Origins will span three timelines so that each story is connected to the horrors from the previous generation. The stories happen in 1775 where an…
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Scream 7 review
A new Ghostface has set its sights on Tatum Evans,…
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‘Hamnet’ review: delightfully painful
Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet surprised—delighted, actually—me at its final act. At…
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‘Wuthering Heights’ review: a cautionary tale
I think it’s clever that Wuthering Heights features actors who…