All in all, , What Happened to Monday? had a very modern day Soylent Green vibe to it and its villain reminded me of Thanos minus the Infinity Gauntlet. But at the end of the day, its brilliance was hinged on the casting of an effective lead star like Noomi Rapace to serve up the acting and the action in equal heart pounding measure. … Read More What Happened to Monday: Movie Review
When I heard that Star Cinema and Viva Films will adapt the wattpad-turned besteselling Marcello Santos III novel Para sa Hopeless Romantic starring teen stars Nadine Lustre and James Reid, along with new loveteam Julia Barreto and Iñigo Pascual, I was intrigued. True, Jadine’s first two movies Diary ng Panget and Talk Back and You’re… Read More Para sa Hopeless Romantic (For the Hopeless Romantic): Book Review
From the title alone, audiences can already figure out the main premise of this Irish supernatural horror starring Missy Keating, Game of Thrones’ Art Parkinson and Marcella Plunkett. It lives up to its name as indeed, it was a very dark and broody film that deals with the truly depraved subject of child abuse. Niamh… Read More Dark Touch: Movie Review
SYNOPSIS: Tobias, Tris, Peter and a handful of Abnegation members flee the city to seek temporary sanctuary with Amity, but they discover that the Erudite’s action has split their former faction in half. Some have found allies in Candor while Dauntless traitors led by Dauntless leaders Eric and Max have pledged allegiance to Jeanette Matthews… Read More Insurgent: Book Review
SYNOPSIS: After escaping from the Maze, the Gladers are rescued from WICKED by a group of rebels and taken to a “safe” facility. When they wake up however, they realize that their safety was just an illusion when it is revealed that WICKED is not yet done with their experiments. This time, each Glader wakes… Read More The Scorch Trials: Book Review
Since there is one more episode left before I could review the entire ninth season of Supernatural, I will settle for reviewing Bloodlines, which aired as the 20th episode of the show for Season 9. The episode,which showcases the first three of five monster families that control Chicago, was intended as a backdoor pilot for… Read More Bloodlines: Backdoor Pilot Review
Had I not checked what was showing on the cinemas the other day, I might never have found out about Snowpiercer, a South Korean production starring Captain America himself, Chris Evans, along with other Hollywood A-listers Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Ed Harris and Jamie Bell. Had I missed it, it would have been a great… Read More Snowpiercer: Movie Review
I’ll be the first to admit that I went to see Horror Stories 2 without having any idea what it was about. Worse, I did not even see the first movie, but with the Korean horrorfest being the only scary movie showing, I decided to go with it. It was a good decision on my… Read More Horror Stories 2: Movie Review
