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...

In Defense of the Status Quo

In Defense of the Status Quo by Francis Joseph A. Cruz If cyber-libel was a person, natural or juridical, it would have been itching to call...

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...

Of Blind Items and Critics

Of Blind Items and Critics by Francis Joseph A. Cruz You eventually get used to it --- the hate, the fear, the derision, the awkward pleas f...

Give Up Tomorrow (2011)

Give Up Tomorrow  (Michael Collins, 2011) It should have ended when the Philippines’ Supreme Court denied the several Motions for Reconsider...

Headshot (2011)

Headshot (Pen-ek Ratanaruang, 2011) Thai Title: Fon Tok Kuen Fah Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Headshot is a shape-shifter of a film. It opens like ...