This Guy's in Love with U Mare! (2012)

This Guy's in Love with U Mare!  (Wenn Deramas, 2012) There is this one particular scene in Wenn Deramas’ This Guy’s in Love with U Mare...

The Mistress (2012)

The Mistress  (Olivia Lamasan, 2012) The Mistress has a plot that feels taken straight out of one of those cheap trashy novels, the ones wi...

The Reunion (2012)

The Reunion  (Frasco Mortiz, 2012) In his episode in Cinco ( Five , 2010), Star Cinema’s episodic horror that featured body parts in variou...

The Healing (2012)

The Healing  (Chito Roño, 2012) Chito Roño’s The Healing is afflicted with a chronic case of indecision. It is viciously a horror film, one...

Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme (2012)

Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme  (Joyce Bernal, 2012) Joyce Bernal’s Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme misses the entire point. It is...

Captive (2012)

Captive (Brillante Mendoza, 2012) Captive is Brillante’s most political to date, interpreting the kidnapping of several vacationers by Abu ...

Born to Love You (2012)

Born to Love You  (Jerome Pobocan, 2012) Jerome Pobocan’s Born to Love You is hardly anything special. A weepy romance with bits of comedy ...

Every Breath U Take (2012)

Every Breath U Take  (Mae Czarina Cruz, 2012) One fateful Valentine’s night, virginal Majoy (Angelica Panganiban), whose time-bound ovaries ...

Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang (2012)

Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang  (Richard Somes, 2012) English Title: Corazon: The First Aswang In Ang Lihim ng San Joaquin (T he Secret of San J...

Unofficially Yours (2012)

Unofficially Yours  (Cathy Garcia-Molina, 2012) Perhaps the primary motivation for Cathy Garcia-Molina’s Unofficially Yours is to craft a l...

My Cactus Heart (2012)

My Cactus Heart  (Enrico Santos, 2012) The biggest problem of Enrico Santos’ My Cactus Heart is that its protagonist, Sandy (Maja Salvador)...

Tanging Yaman (2000)

Tanging Yaman  (Laurice Guillen, 2000) English Title: A Change of Heart After several years away from the Philippines and her already illust...

Won't Last a Day Without You (2011)

Won't Last a Day Without You (Raz de la Torre, 2011) A romantic comedy that seeks to reinforce the love team between singer-turned-actre...

No Other Woman (2011)

No Other Woman (Ruel Bayani, 2011) Ruel Bayani’s No Other Woman has supposedly earned for itself the distinction of being the highest gross...

Forever and a Day (2011)

Forever and a Day (Cathy Garcia-Molina, 2011) Their love’s on a rush. Eugene (Sam Milby), a shoe designer who insists on always being on top...

In the Name of Love (2011)

In the Name of Love (Olivia Lamasan, 2011) The first fifteen minutes of Olivia Lamasan’s In the Name of Love is that sort of uncharacterist...

RPG Metanoia (2010)

RPG Metanoia (Luis Suarez, 2010) Luis Suarez’s RPG Metanoia is the first Filipino-made 3D and CG-animated feature length film. Sadly, it se...

My Amnesia Girl (2010)

The Art of Exquisite Fluff A Review of Cathy Garcia-Molina's My Amnesia Girl by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Cathy Garcia-Molina’s My Amnesia ...

Till My Heartaches End (2010)

Till My Heartaches End (Jose Javier Reyes, 2010) The young lovers in Jose Javier Reyes’ Till My Heartaches End have the easiest of romances...

I Do (2010)

I Do (Veronica Velasco, 2010) Sometimes a kiss is just not enough. After the redundancy and tedium of romancing, fighting, and forgiving tha...