Haruki Murakami’s latest novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage has landed bookstores and readers all over the world are winding through the
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George R.R. Martin is going to be more savage in killing off his characters, like it is news
The author of the series Song of Ice and Fire might be history’s first serial killer who openly does his craft and gets away with it — every
Talk Back and You’re Dead
There is but a single thread stringing together the story of Talk Back and You’re Dead, thus far the latest amongst the Wattpad-imports currently most ubiquitous
Trailer: ‘Amityville: The Awakening’ revisits a supposed-to-be unsalable estate.
Since the Lutzes were scurried away from the infamous haunted house in Long Island, New York, a handful of follow-ups and hopeful revamps have been
Wolf Creek
The smaller moments in Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek inspire liberation from the conventions of grotesque cinema: a slight, giggly yet sincere wedding of the lips; the
Diary ng Panget
The general observation for Andoy Ranay’s Diary ng Panget is that it can be viewed as a substandard Cinderella byproduct — and it is — where the youth revolt
We Need Votes! Help Make Filipino Horror Film ‘The Disturbed’ Happen!
Tyrone “Ty” Acierto, the acclaimed director of MMFF New Breed-sleeper The Grave Bandits, is trying to make his new horror film The Disturbed happen thru an online film-funding program
Barber’s Tales
For most of Jun Lana’s new film Barber’s Tales (alternatively known as Mga Kwentong Barbero), the women who live in the small rural town fraught
Ang Katiwala
Meant — rather explicitly — as a propaganda for the late President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines Manuel L. Quezon, Aloy Adlawan’s Ang Katiwala (The
Les Revenants
In Les revenants (They Came Back, 2004) the threat posed by a vast river of bodies inexplicably risen from their recent deaths, is far more internal
Final Exam
Echoing John Carpenter’s seminal slasher, Jimmy Huston’s almost-forgotten Halloween wannabe Final Exam (then an unconscious subversion of the slasher genre), is an audaciously soiled exercise yet comes to
Trailer: You can’t get rid of ‘The Babadook’
Fresh from its recent festival runs (where it is showered with much critical love; Indiewire’s Sam Adams calls it “a flat-out masterpiece”), Jennifer Kent’s fest-fave Aussie horror The Babadook
True to B-Movie Form, MTV’s ‘Scream’ Casts Hot Teacher and All-American B-Baller
Wes Craven’s clever postmodern-slasher Scream dwindled onto its trilogy (with the fourth film somewhat redeeming the franchise); yet the following it has cultivated is enough for a big-to-small
Millenium Films’ ‘Leatherface’ Prequel is Happening; Further Messes-Up Franchise Mythos
Tobe Hooper’s seminal The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is being stretched one film longer — reports per entertainment site The Wrap — with Millenium Films’ prequel titled Leatherface planned for
No Adele…Will Sam Smith Sing The “Bond 24” Theme Song?!
With an ominously turbulent orchestration and apropriately brassy, soulful vibe, Adele’s Oscar-winning Skyfall proves a righteous victor. “This is the end,” she warns. “Hold your breath and count to
Giveaway: Win a “Rurouni Kenshin” DVD!
Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Taika-hen (Kyoto Inferno), the sequel to Keishi Otomo’s widely successful adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin, based on Nobuhiro Watsuki’s same-name manga series, is coming to
Nora Aunor on Cinemalaya Posting Films on YouTube: “I think it’s like stealing.”
As predicted, the Awards Night for Philippine independent film festival Cinemalaya was, to sum up in two terms, very awkward. Winning Best Actress for Joel
Will Arnett Confirms Fifth-Season Renewal for “Arrested Development” is a Go
Arrested Development‘s return with its fifth season is no ‘would-they-or-wouldn’t-they?’ drama, but as fans we want things locked in and sealed with confirmed announcements. So rejoice
1st Ko Si 3rd
In Real S. Florido’s 1st Ko si 3rd time plays two roles: one that creates a void and another that fills it. The case of
Previous Cinemalaya Entries ‘Mistakenly’ Uploaded to YouTube
A YouTube account — belonging to one Janssen Agbada, a ‘technical personnel’ of Cinemalaya — had been host to ‘mistakenly’ uploaded videos of full-length, previous
Children’s Show
Only a few frames from completely wallowing in its relentless, almost-stifling realism, director Roderick Cabrido’s debut feature Children’s Show swivels to the truly weird and
Extended “Gotham” Trailer Lands Online; Teases Joker
There is a new extended trailer for Gotham arriving online; and to see the series — meant presumably to build a superhero universe from the ground-up