WARNING: This review contains spoilers for the Cinemalaya 2020 Main Competition Shorts Entry “Fatigued”. Read at your own risk.   Photo courtesy of Cinemalaya REVIEWER’S RATING: 6/10   SYNOPSIS: One night, you overslept because of too much work. Now, you must wake up before your nightmare becomes a reality.   Fatigued is an “interactive film” by Director James Mayo, where you play as yourself, a tired and overworked employee, who overslept one night. How do you wake up? How do you know what is real? The film has a really eerie feel to it from the start. It claims to...

August, is known to be the “Buwan ng Wika”, a commemoration for the Filipino language, heritage, traditions, and culture. And to better celebrate Buwan ng Wika safely in the midst of pandemic, we list down 10 Filipino movies that you can watch on Netflix. Here are our picks: Heneral Luna   “A work of fiction based on facts,” Heneral Luna---one of the most expensive and highest-grossing Filipino movies of all time, directed by Jerrold Tarog, unfolds the story of the bold and brilliant Philippine hero General Antonio Luna (John Arcilla) who faces resistance from his own countrymen as he fights for...

August is supposedly one of the most-awaiting months for film enthusiasts as people gather at the Cultural Center of the Philippines to witness masterpieces from independent filmmakers and directors. But, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, for the first time in its 16-year running, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival will push through online this year, as the country’s biggest independent film festival will be screened on Vimeo— an online video platform. Although unlike the usual, the festival will feature 10 short films this year instead of full length films. In an interview of CNN with Cinemalaya festival director Chris Millado,...

Many people have been resorting to Netflix for their daily dose of entertainment, especially during the quarantine. Aside from numerous K-drama series and Western movies, Netflix is also home to great documentaries that you can watch — and some of them are true-crime documentary series. There are tons of true crime docuseries in the platform that will surely baffle your mind, trigger your emotions, and make you slightly uneasy. Trigger warning; all of these documentaries contain disturbing events and scenes that some audience may find too hard to handle. Please watch at your own risk. Here are some of our...

Heartfelt, spontaneous, and tragic—these are some few words to best describe the number 1 movie on Netflix Philippines today. The comedy-drama of 2018, ‘Through Night and Day’ has brought us into the realm of realizations to contemplate if we are choosing the right person to be with for the rest of our lives—as scary as it may seem, but damn, this was the film all about. Screenshot from Netflix   Ben (Paolo Contis) and Jen (Alessandra De Rossi) have been lovers since fourth grade. Truly, they are #RelationshipGoals. They were sure to marry each other one day. With 13 years...