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Review: Kim Molina, Jerald Napoles sizzle in 'Ang Babaeng Walang Pakiramdam'

Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 08:55 AM

“Ang Babaeng Walang Pakiramdam” lead stars Kim Molina and Jerald Napoles prove their worth as actors in the Darryl Yap movie about the dynamics of love, pain and acceptance.  Read more »

Netflix review: 'Trese' delights with Filipino folklore, pop culture references

Fred Hawson
Posted at Jun 12 06:22 AM

This new 6-episode animated "Trese" is based on a popular Filipino graphic novel book series of the same name by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo which first saw print in 2005, and had been reprinted multiple times over the years. Read more »

K-drama review: 'Law School' hampered by complex convolution of cases

Fred Hawson
Posted at Jun 10 11:46 AM

Being complex and heavy, 'Law School' would not be an easy one to binge. The legal manipulation twists and turns of the multilayered, multi-branched story involving numerous characters at a time were not always easy to understand fully.  Read more »

Amazon Prime review: 'The Underground Railroad' is painful to watch yet a must-see

Fred Hawson
Posted at Jun 05 06:25 AM

If you have seen "Roots" or "12 Years a Slave" before, you already know what to expect from 'The Underground Railroad,' and you will see painfully emotional elaborations of the same theme for 10 episodes. Read more »

Filipino lecturer among new Harvard Public Health Review managing editors

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 02:27 PM

A young Filipino lecturer from De La Salle University has been accepted as one of the newest managing editors of the Harvard Public Health Review, a peer-reviewed journal.  Read more »

Movie review: EXO's Chanyeol and his music are the main draws of 'The Box'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Jun 04 06:42 AM

'The Box' by writer-director Yang Jeong-woong had a very simple premise -- a talented musical artist who could not bring himself to perform his music in front of people.  Read more »

PNP backtracks: Only 53 resolved drug war cases available for DOJ review

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 05:06 PM

From an initial 61 cases, PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar told ANC Rundown on Wednesday the PNP is willing to grant the DOJ access to all the records of more than 7,000 deaths during drug operations “as long as the DOJ requested for [their] availability.” Read more »

HBO Go review: Timely 'Oslo' shows gravity of Israel, Palestine issues

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 30 09:00 AM

'Oslo' gives us a brief backgrounder about these differences that makes peace between Israel and Palestine seem so impossible.  Read more »

Movie review: Hitman has a heart in action-packed 'Deliver Us From Evil'

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 29 11:04 AM

All the fight scenes between Lee Jung-jae and Hwang Jung-min were frenetic and brutal, so well-choreographed, just like a Korean version of "Taken" or "John Wick." Read more »

DOJ: 'Nanlaban' cases in drug war says a lot about police rules of engagement

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 10:28 AM

MANILA - A justice official on Thursday described as "revealing" deaths related to the country's anti-drug campaign, saying the initial review of "nanlaban" cases— or suspects killed after allegedly resisting arrest— "say a lot" about how police conduct their operations. Read more »

Netflix review: 'Halston' tracks designer's decadent descent

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 23 10:18 AM

This 5-episode series recounted the rise of fashion designer Halston (Ewan McGregor)starting with Jackie Kennedy's iconic pillbox hat in the 1960s.  Read more »

Netflix review: Zack Snyder returns to zombie genre - and delivers with 'Army of the Dead'

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 22 10:10 AM

'Army of the Dead' is basically a heist film with a very tight time limit, and a thousand zombies thrown in to add more fun and excitement, and family drama for some balance. Read more »

Netflix review: Amy Adams is totally convincing in thriller 'The Woman in the Window'

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 16 11:05 AM

Now on Netflix: 'The Woman in the Window' is a psychological thriller had a screenplay adapted by Terry Letts based on a novel by controversial author A.J. Finn. Read more »

Netflix review: Empowering 'Samjin Company English Class' is Baeksang best film 2021

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 15 08:14 AM

The serious topic of whistle-blowing against irresponsible (or even criminal) company practices is certainly not lightweight stuff.  Read more »

Book review: 'My Lives Behind the Proscenium' by Celia Diaz-Laurel

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 11 03:46 PM

"My Lives Behind the Proscenium" will be formally launched on May 29, the 93rd birthday of its author, Celia Diaz-Laurel.  Read more »

A Filipino cinematographer is behind the powerful images in this thrilling and timely American horror

Andrew Paredes
Updated as of May 11 10:46 AM

In “She Watches From The Woods,” writer-director Beau Ballinger takes on a neurosis so fitting for the times America finds itself in: white guilt.   Read more »

K-drama review: Song Joong-ki wows as cool consigliere in 'Vincenzo'

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 03 11:11 AM

The first episode opened with an elaborate action scene set in the vast Italian estate of the Cassano family, promising that 'Vincenzo' will be different from the usual K-drama. Read more »

Netflix review: Fast-paced 'The Mitchells vs the Machines' is also surprisingly moving

Fred Hawson
Posted at May 02 07:34 AM

'The Mitchells vs the Machines' takes potshots against technology and how it is getting in the way of genuine family interactions.  Read more »

Movie review: 1 victim, 3 witnesses in 'Rashomon'-inspired 'Death of a Girlfriend'

Fred Hawson
Updated as of May 01 12:31 PM

In 'Death of a Girlfriend,' director Yam Laranas was very obviously influenced by the Japanese film classic Akira Kurosawa's 'Rashomon.' The witnesses related contradictory versions of how one heinous crime had been committed, any one of which could actually be true.  Read more »

Oscars 2021: 'Nomadland' review

Fred Hawson
Posted at Apr 28 06:22 AM

Here is our review of Oscar best picture winner 'Nomadland.' Read more »