Far from what is usually expected from exorcism movies, ‘Dark Nuns’ focuses more on substance than cheap jump scares and gore, but still leaves horror fans’ expectations unfulfilled.

Although the material may come across as shallow at times, ‘Cells at Work!’s’ campy and outrageous depiction of scientific concepts like red and white blood cells easily complements it.

If Steven Soderbergh's latest experiment in ‘Presence’ can be summarized into one statement, it's this: what if Gaspar Noe’s ‘Enter the Void’ is more like David Lowery’s ‘A Ghost Story’?

Companion’s sturdy structuring, biting humor, and tight pace of escalating tension allows it to bolster its thematic sentiments through an intriguing premise. It’s acidic fun with a twisted, beating heart.

‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ gives its own perspective into the ongoing discussion on humans coexisting with AI, but some creative choices might cause audiences to interpret it the wrong way.

'Mary' could have been a revolutionary and timely coming-of-age, but its politics, in front and behind the cameras, sets it up for failure.

‘Cunk on Life’ is a mockumentary film adaptation of the ‘Cunk on Earth’ mockumentary series, but it gets less entertaining as it progresses. Perhaps it’s better in short episodes. Now streaming on Netflix.

‘Espantaho’ showcases a realistic terror that is ever-present in Philippine cinema: the melodramatic dread of familial complications. Though, that ends up being the scariest part of the film even when pit against a supernatural entity. 

‘Green Bones’ reminds us to never lose hope, even in the face of uncertainty, to strive to be good people, and to ultimately live a good life whenever we can.

‘Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital’ offers a new perspective to cater to the field of horror films with clever characterization tactics and technical modernization.

‘Uninvited’ delivers a high-stakes journey of vengeance, powered by stellar performances but falls short of fully exploring the complexities of its subject matter.

Arjo Atayde’s haunted, steely stoicism is an adequate anchor to hold ‘Topakk’ on. There are plenty of fist-pumping viscera to be found, but the film’s lack of grasp on its chaos hurts it more often than not.

‘My Future You’ plays with space and time but the love between its characters is no more than the cute moments in the film. The film is an entry to the 50th Metro Manila Film Festival.

‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ goes under the same pitfalls as the other prequels: insufficient characterization, reappearance of popular figures that serve little purpose, and overreliance on spectacle over character.

‘The Lion King’ prequel shows Mufasa’s rise to power. It successfully pays tribute to its precursor film and is unhindered by the live-action remake Disney trend fatigue.

Firmly planted in the lives of three Mumbai nurses in the lower-income part of the city, ‘All We Imagine as Light’ gently claims its place as one of the century’s most romantic films asserting that third world romances are worthy of the big screen.

‘Shahid’ is docu-fiction in feeble form, one that unfortunately limits itself to the prosaic presentations of symbols and signs, and so the film ends rather unfinished and unmoving, on a pulpit on its own. 

‘Room in a Crowd’ utilizes what is essentially a collective scattering of fragmented thoughts and musings to deliver an incredibly ethereal experience.

‘Lost Sabungeros’ suggests through interviews with insider whistleblowers that the criminal mastermind behind the violent disappearances within the e-sabong industry is the notorious gambling tycoon, Charlie “Atong” Ang.

Khavn’s new film, ‘Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge,’ about the fragments of Jose Rizal’s work, is shot on expired film. It’s an acknowledgment of the faded, collective memory that plagues pre-war Filipino film history.