CinoMalaya?

CinoMalaya? English Translation: Who's Free? Pardon the pun (Thanks to Raya for the lovely picture; his blog also has essays on the fal...

Squatterpunk (2006)

Squatterpunk (Khavn dela Cruz, 2006) It’s a roller coaster ride down the literal rectum of the metropolis. Its only punctuations are title c...

Hesus Rebolusyonaryo (2002)

Hesus Rebolusyonaryo (Lav Diaz, 2002) English Title: Hesus the Revolutionary Lav Diaz's vision of our nation's near-future is not ve...

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

The Simpsons Movie (David Silverman, 2007) The biggest (and funniest) joke in The Simpsons Movie happens in the start of the movie. We see ...

Kadin (2007)

Kadin (Adolfo Alix Jr., 2007) English Title: The Goat The story is pure simplicity. A boy (Rico Mark Cardona) wakes up and finds his goat mi...

Tribu (2007)

Tribu (Jim Libiran, 2007) Tribu' s script is Jim Libiran's Palanca Award-winning screenplay. It follows the members of three gangs t...

Endo (2007)

Endo (Jade Castro, 2007) The film's title is street-speak for "end of contract." It also refers to the final day of work in th...

Tukso (2007)

Tukso (Dennis Marasigan, 2007) English Title: Temptation There's so much to admire about Dennis Marasigan's sophomore feature Tukso...

Pisay (2007)

Pisay (Auraeus Solito, 2007) English Title: Philippine Science Two years after the debut of Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros ( The Blosso...

Foster Child (2007)

Foster Child (Brillante Mendoza, 2007) Brillante Mendoza got most of the details of that relationship between foster families and their part...

Planet Terror (2007)

Planet Terror (Robert Rodriguez, 2007) My age and nationality (drive-in theaters and grindhouses aren't commodities in largely-Catholic ...

Boatman (1984)

Boatman (Tikoy Aguiluz, 1984) The first thing we see in Tikoy Aguiluz's Boatman is the gleaming revealed blade of a balisong (a switchb...

Ang Huling Birhen sa Lupa (2003)

Ang Huling Birhen sa Lupa (Joel Lamangan, 2003) English Title: The Last Virgin Ang Huling Birhen sa Lupa ( The Last Virgin ) takes its cue f...

Ratatouille (2007)

Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007) Kitchens and rats: they are not exactly the key elements to a sumptuous dinner date. In Brad Bird's imagin...

The Descent (2005)

The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005) The initial fascination with underground rocks and dangers starts wearing off when at its thirty-minute ma...

Tuya's Marriage (2006)

Tuya's Marriage (Wang Quanan, 2006) Mandarin Title: Tuya de hun shi Berlinale-winner Tuya's Marriage is bookended with the same seq...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (David Yates, 2007) Mirrors, memories and magic are the ingredients to this latest movie adaptati...

El (1953)

El (Luis Buñuel, 1953) English Title: This Strange Passion This is Luis Buñuel's monster movie; it's only difference with the likes ...

Paraiso: Tatlong Kwento ng Pag-asa (2007)

Paraiso: Tatlong Kwento ng Pag-asa (Ricky Davao, Jun Lana & Joel Ruiz, 2007) English Title: Paradise: Three Stories of Hope Gawad Kaling...