Chappie, although visually alluring is a reluctant and incoherent film that suffers from deliberately not knowing what it is trying to achieve as a story.
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March 2015 Screenings and Workshops at UPFI Film Institute
Environmental films, Cinema One Originals 2014, women in Philippine Cinema, digitally restored classics, Kidlat Tahimik’s new offering, workshops on photography, scriptwriting, and film criticism are
Predestination
The facade of every time travel movie is that they force our minds into the pseudo-problem of the free will. It is always man’s biggest
Singkuwento 2015 Winners
Starting as a showcase of Filipino films, Singkuwento International Film Festival evolved in its 2nd edition with the addition of a short film competition. Robert
The Theory of Everything
The Theory of Everything is exclusively showing at Ayala Mall Cinemas starting Feb. 25.
Han Gong-Ju
The proverbial desire to escape from the past has proven to be no less than harrowing, if not futile, for Han Gong-ju’s titular character (Chun
The Last Five Years
In the case of The Last Five Years, innovation and passion are the keys for its own salvation. Broadway buffs and fans will unanimously praise
Paddington
If you watched Paddington as an animation near the end of the 90’s, you would probably remember the charming little bear full of heart in
Liwanag sa Dilim
Richard Somes’s Liwanag sa Dilim enacts a battle between good and evil, the timeless adventure of friends joined in defeating a villainous being, tykes assembled
The Virtue of Naivety: the romantic dramedies of Antoinette Jadaone
Antoinette Jadaone is on the crusade of deciphering love—the great mystery she synonymizes to “katangahan” or naivety, so indulgently she chews in and spits out,
Before Sunset
Like a high school reunion, Before Sunset is a rekindling of lost loves, and reigniting friendships we hoped to last forever. Director Richard Linklater revisits
Before Midnight
Time is a consistent fascination for Richard Linklater. Friend or foe, time in his films is always depicted for being the most humanizing aspect of
Before Sunrise
In our finite existence which is being challenged by both the ideas of determinism and randomness, the profound sense of connection between earthly beings are
The Imitation Game
In evolutionary biology, mimicry is a survival mechanism employed by some species. The Imitation Game is about the battle for humanity, in population terms and
Halik sa Hangin
Halik sa Hangin. Kiss the wind. Try doing that. Turn on your electric fan. Let it rotate its head 180° side-to-side. Face the oscillating blades
Spring Film Festival 2015 runs from February 13 to 22
Celebrate the year of the Ram with the 9th Spring Film Festival at the Shangri-la Plaza in Origas from the 13th to the 22nd of
The Taking of Deborah Logan
The collective torment in The Taking of Deborah Logan creeps back to an unenviable happenstance, one that does not enter Adam Robitel’s frames but reverberates
The ABCs of Death 2
The ABCs of Death anthologies do not necessarily invite to winnow of treasures on a proverbial pile of manure; they encourage its viewers, instead (for
Yam Laranas announces new thriller Abomination
Yam Laranas have had quite a space of time to bring in his next picture following the widely successful The Road (’12)—a generation-leaping horror-thriller following a young man’s unbecoming. If
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Good vs Evil. Substance over Style. In-N-Out. Truth or Dare. Rise and Fall. Extant/Extinct. Fight or Flight. The
Edsa Woolworth
The Woolworth family is composed of three Filipino siblings, the titular Edsa Woolworth, played by Pokwang who is not terrible in drama for someone well-versed
American Sniper
If there’s one word to describe the film American Sniper, it is ‘enough‘. It is just enough as a Middle East war film in the