Across his promising career, Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan has established himself as a master of manipulating time and space through a self-consciously slippery dream logic. His latest feature “Resurrection” is his most ambitious plunge yet into the realm of...

More than three hours…. You read that right. The final installment in the Avenger trilogy will be over three hours long. That’s 182 minutes to be exact. A friend of mine said the movie’s runtime was broken down as follows:...

With over a month left before the movie “Avengers: Endgame” hits Philippine theaters, the Marvel Cinematic Universe ups the anticipation several notches with the release of the film “Captain Marvel.” Yes. Anticipation is the key word here after the existence...

A beautiful young woman, seen in a café eating a serving of what appeared to be gelato, caught a little girl's eye who was also eating a gelato. They exchange a few light-hearted smiles in what appeared to translate...

Definitely enjoyable. This was the first thing that popped in my mind as I began watching Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” in a cinema in Trinoma, Quezon City recently. I have to admit it was with great reluctance that I decided to...

Wow! That’s how I would describe “Aquaman,” latest cinematic addition to the DC Expanded Universe. The movie, which was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, was ably helmed by director James Wan. I use the word “ably” because Wan succeeded in breaking...

Having read Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy and seen the films, I had high hopes for the Hollywood remake which did not disappoint. With David Fincher at the helm, he cast Rooney Mara for the role of hacker Lisbeth Salander...

Shonda Rhimes is a life ruiner. At least according to fans of Grey's Anatomy on social media. Like a lot of fans, I would say I have been tuned in to Grey's Anatomy for the last 13 years. Yes,...

This imperiously matriarchal film is a remake of the 1977 Dario Argento film with Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) at the helm. Guadagnino reunites with Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton, whom he directed in the 2015 film,...

Spearheaded by the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order, “Siddhartha The Musical” was staged at The Theatre at Solaire in Pasay City from Oct. 27 to 28. Founded by the Venerable Master Hsing Yun in 1967, the order is based on...

Let’s begin with this: Anne Curtis, in the lead role of Nani Manigan, is no tweetums in this movie. BuyBust is gritty and it is violent and liberally laced with crude slang and cussing akin to a speech by...

A spree of violence contrasted with presidential attempts at religious peace-making as the first week of July rolled on the blood of two mayors, two vice mayors, a councilor, and a radio broadcaster while President Rodrigo Duterte committed to...