Oras de Peligro has good intentions of reminding the local audiences about the country's dark history, and reigniting the flames that will prompt people into action, but Lamangan's overstuffed screenplay and rushed production eventually leads to its downfall.

Suzume is a sincere and poignant exploration of humanity's collective grief amid a tragedy. Despite some shortcomings on its story, there’s just something incredibly moving about a young teenage girl making an effort to stop a major tragedy and the deaths of others when she has already suffered the worst tragedy of her life. For once, a Makoto Shinkai film that feels cathartic and soulful.

Between the decent action and humor, overloaded visual effects, underdeveloped characters, and somewhat half-baked storyline, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is a perfectly serviceable film that doesn’t quite reach the zany heights of its predecessors, while offering a tease of what’s to come in the MCU’s Multiverse Saga.

Not even Fraser’s comeback as a main lead can save Aronofsky’s “The Whale”, harpooning more on emotionally manipulating its audience to a pitiful lead with a surface-level analysis on obesity, religion, and homophobia.

Celebrate February 15, a.K.a the Valentines’ Day of the Mistresses by watching a murder-mystery comedy kabetpelikula, Jun Lana’s “Ten Little Mistresses,” exclusively on Prime Video PH!

A story about trust and company, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish highlights chosen families, and although blood is thicker than water, the movie is a testament to the beauty of friendship that can stand the test of time.

Arnold is a Model Student shows rallying students and activists side by side to make everyone realize how oppression exists in all forms, a subtle jab at the current Thai administration that curtails its people’s basic right to free speech. The school is indeed a microcosm of the community, where the principal and the head of the country both boil down to a single, authoritarian evil.

Though unrefined in some aspects, 12 Weeks still finds itself to be a fascinating debut from Anna Matutina.

Autobiography is very much a product of its home country. Due to similarities in customs and social issues presented in the film, other Southeast Asian audiences might find the film hitting close to home. Its structure feels familiar but what makes it stand out in this year's releases is its coherency and brilliance in all areas.

Even if one finds difficulty in the film’s individual plotlines, Plan 75 snakes around these at least with frames and shots that outline the loss of personal grief and humanity that come with the titular program.

If anything, Ajoomma works in the same way most other K-dramas work: family. Every plot point in this film revolves around the importance of it and the ways it changes dynamically, yet always having love remain in spite of everything.

Having grown up in a Jehovah Witness community, Sarah Watts definitely succeeded in achieving her main purpose of making this. With the help of her co-director Mark Slutsky, You Can Live Forever turned out to be a sweet and tender sapphic drama that was made with such passion and care for its subject material.

This year’s Asian Shorts film program for QCinema features a diverse selection of socially relevant films from filmmakers from China, Nepal, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In their own ways they each deal with issues that afflict their local communities and continue to exemplify the unbridled power of cinema as a tool for reflection on the state of human society today.

‘Nang Maglublob Ako sa Isang Mangkok ng Liwanag’ is proof that it is not enough to imagine a better world and humane conditions for our trans folks and queer siblings because only when we actively act on achieving this can it truly materialize, which speaks of what trans cinema really means.