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...

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...

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,...

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...

Let me be the first to admit this: I saw the film four times. Yes, count them, four times. After watching it the first time, I felt very strongly I should watch it again with different people to see how they...

A popular and critical success. That’s the verdict of the website Rotten Tomatoes on the movie “The Ant-Man and The Wasp”, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With a Tomato Meter of 86% and an audience score of...

As a child, I spent one too many sleepless nights playing the Tomb Raider franchise in PS1. From the first one all the way to Tomb Raider Chronicles. At the advent of the PS2, I played The Angel of...

Three years ago, my best friend Mary Estrella called me on my cell, shrieking that the “Fifty Shades” trilogy of E.L. James will finally grace (or disgrace) the silver screen. She pulled all the stops to get me to...

Fast paced and action packed, the latest installment to the Marvel Cinematic Universe certainly didn’t disappoint. According to the Disney’s official plot summary, the movie showed what happened to T’Challa after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda,...