Sinapupunan (2012)

Sinapupunan  (Brillante Mendoza, 2012) International Title: Thy Womb Sinapupunan ( Thy Womb ) opens with a woman giving birth. Shaleha (Nor...

Melodrama Negra (2012)

Melodrama Negra (Maribel Legarda, 2012) Like Loy Arcenas, Maribel Legarda has several years’ worth of theater experience to guide her first ...

Slumber Party (2012)

Slumber Party (Emmanuel dela Cruz, 2012) Emmanuel dela Cruz’s Slumber Party is a film of undeniable charms. It revels in color. It delights...

Taglish (2012)

Taglish (Gym Lumbera, 2012) In response to a query as to when he felt his feature film was already finished, director Gym Lumbera replied wi...

Palitan (2012)

Palitan  (Ato Bautista, 2012) English Translation: Exchange Ato Bautista’s Palitan ( Exchange ) opens with a business transaction. Ramiro (...

Ang Paglalakbay ng Bituin sa Gabing Madilim (2012)

Ang Paglalakbay ng Bituin sa Gabing Madilim (Arnel Mardoquio, 2012) English Translation: A Star's Journey into the Dark Night Arnel Mard...

Rigodon (2012)

Rigodon (Erik Matti, 2012) Erik Matti’s Rigodon , unlike the many infidelity films that have plagued local theaters, eschews glamour for gri...

A Secret Affair (2012)

A Secret Affair (Nuel Naval, 2012) Nuel Naval’s A Secret Affair makes a lot of noise and drama about nothing. The story revolves around act...

Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles (2012)

Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles  (Erik Matti, 2012) The first thing one would notice in Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles is how incredibly gorge...

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...

Of All the Things (2012)

Of All the Things  (Joyce Bernal, 2012) Of All the Things has director Joyce Bernal reunite with Aga Muhlach and Regine Velasquez, who, onc...

Pridyider (2012)

Pridyider (Rico Maria Ilarde, 2012) The first few scenes of Rico Maria Ilarde’s Pridyider immediately reveal a particular milieu that is fa...

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...

Mga Mumunting Lihim (2012)

Those Glaring Inconsistencies in Jose Javier Reyes' Mga Mumunting Lihim ( Those Little Secrets ) by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Tragedy is th...

Harana (2012)

The Lost Kings of Serenade in Benito Bautista's Harana by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Nothing is ever truly obsolete. When something loses it...

Mga Dayo (2012)

A Quiet Diaspora in Julius Sotamayor Cena's Mga Dayo ( Resident Aliens ) by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Julius Sotomayor Cena’s Mga Dayo ( R...

Aparisyon (2012)

The Sins of Silence in Vincent Sandoval's Aparisyon ( Apparition ) by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Prior to Marcos’ declaration of Martial Law...

Bwakaw (2012)

Coming Out Late in Jun Lana's Bwakaw by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Jun Lana started his career in film writing screenplays for directors Mar...