Review: 'Compliance' - A Skillfully Made and Harrowing Thriller

"Based on true events," in bold letters Craig Zobel's unnerving picture Compliance  begins. One will find this hard to believe...

MMFF Review: 'One More Try' - Bound to the Ground

Ruel S. Bayani's One More Try  has an interesting premise, but it is bound by its own loudness. Crazy enough, it brought home many award...

MMFF Review: 'Sisterakas' - Diminishing Satire

As far as joint features by Vice Ganda ( Praybeyt Benjamin ) and TV/film director Wenn Deramas ( This Guy's In Love With You Mare ) go, ...

MMFF Review: 'Sossy Problems' - Distasteful Indolence

Andoy Ranay's  Sossy Problems (or Sosy Problems , but "sosy" isn't actually the correct spelling, is it?)   is an indolent...

MMFF Review: 'Si Agimat, Si Enteng at Si Ako' - Tired

A couple of writer friends told me that "platform" is very important in being published. A platform is basically the writer's ...

MMFF Review: 'Shake Rattle and Roll 14' - Inept

Chito S. Roño ( The Healing )  beckons the directing duties to all three segments of this year's Shake Rattle and Roll  (aka The Invasio...

MMFF Review: 'The Strangers' - Built Up For Corrosion

More than what is on the surface - handsome visuals and imposing cinematography - Lawrence Fajardo's The Strangers  boasts of formidable...

MMFF Review: 'Thy Womb' is a Laudable Ethnographic Drama

Meritorious filmmaker Brillante Ma. Mendoza justify his vehemence in crafting nonetheless powerful tales like Thy Womb , a movie challenged ...

Review: 'Excision' - A Rewarding Fare to the Oddball

"And my mother," greasy-haired Pauline converses with God. "Kill her." Little or no explanation is required on Richard ...

(End of the World) Review: '2012' - Cheese-Ball Apocalypse

Here's why I would have preferred a zombie apocalypse rather than some mumbo-jumbo Mayan prediction: I pick simply retch from flesh-eati...

Horror Retrospect: 'Re-Animator' (1985) Movie Review

Notwithstanding its ludicrous premise, Stuart Gordon's ( King of the Ants ) earlier horror journey,  Re-Animator , is a wickedly fun rid...

ICN Review: 'The Entrepreneur' - Entirely Gray

In a nutshell, Giuliano Montaldo's drama The Entrepreneur is as dull as its color palette: gray. If you require  an explanation on how ...

Horror Retrospect: 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (1974) Movie Review

There is a fortune of gore and suspense in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre  where a group of teenagers ultimately falls in the arms of a family ...

Review: 'Killing Them Softly' - Cold Heart

W hat's cooking?  You ask? (Nadda much, just a possible "actual" first-rate Hollywood movie concerning capitalism.) Smells goo...

Review: 'Silent Night' - Murderous Yuletide

Beats me why the need to remake 80's slashers is still around. They rarely work -  Nightmare on the Elm Street  and Friday the 13th  rem...

Review: 'Deadfall', Indeed, Falls Dead

As far as film-noirs go, Deadfall  is underwhelming. Tepid tension, unimposing drama - notwithstanding the stellar cast which include Kate M...

Review: 'Cloud Atlas' - Imposing If Not Too Striking

If you haven't read the book, I guarantee, while you sit still on the theater seats, watching the screen dumbly, a moment in which you w...

Review: 'House at the End of the Street' - Lifelessly Executed

I guarantee you've seen House at the End of the Street  before. A different title might appear on the screen, but it's the same film...

(Kind-Of) Horror Retrospect: 'Strangers on a Train' (1951) Movie Review

In lieu of elucidating my fascination with Alfred Hitchcock's movies, which about now should be tired as hell because I always say it, I...

Review: 'Premium Rush' Indeed, Brakes for Nothing

This is an uber late review. It came out September this year, but since it's zooming its way to home entertainment (DVD and Blu-Ray), I ...