Movie Review: SISA

Set in the Philippines in 1902, Sisa unfolds in a nation left raw and wounded after the Philippine-American War. The land remains occupied, violence lingers in silence, and grief hangs heavily in the air. Widows fill the villages, and mothers disappear into quiet suffering. Among them walks Sisa, portrayed by the legendary Hilda Koronel — barefoot, broken, and dismissed as mad by a society that fears what it cannot understand. Yet beneath that perceived madness lies something far deeper: a woman carrying a secret and a quiet resolve for revenge.

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Movie Review: About Us But Not About Us

A literature professor meets his student at a restaurant and, over the course of one meal, secrets and lies will be unearthed and the sinister connection to a suicide will be revealed.

 

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Cignal Entertainment's Big Night! featured on Prime Video in Southeast Asia, bags big FAMAS Awards

 

Movie Review: Gameboys The Movie

Based on the first Boys' Love series in the Philippines, Gameboys The Movie follows the story of gamers turned lovers Cairo and Gavreel as they get to spend time together in Gavreel's house, a few weeks before Cairo returns to his province. What starts out as a romantic holiday for the young couple turns into a relationship test that they have to overcome. Cairo is faced with the reality of his imminent departure while Gavreel is compelled to make a life-changing decision. After defying distance and even the pandemic, will Cairo and Gavreel be able to prove once again that their love for each other is strong enough to withstand fate and circumstance?

Movie Review: Kalel, 15

Kalel knows a thing or two about secrets. His mother has an ongoing affair with a married man. His sister had undergone an abortion at a young age. And to top it all, he is the son of a priest. He grew up being told to be ashamed and apologize for sins he did not commit. Insecure about his past and upbringing, he winds up recklessly searching for love and validation from complete strangers he meets online. When, at age 15, he is diagnosed with HIV, Kalel thinks it will just be another secret that he has to keep. After all, he has mastered showing a carefree exterior while keeping his emotional and physical pain bottled up inside. This charade allows him to enjoy whatever precarious balance in life he can manage. But Kalel’s already fragile existence comes unhinged. Without any moral compass to restrain him, he is now in danger of sliding into a life of destruction and pain.

Movie Review: Born Beautiful

After the sudden death of her best friend Trisha (Paolo Ballesteros), Barbs (Martin del Rosario) tries to go on with her life as a mortuary beautician at Happy Ending Funeral Homes. When another friend dies, Barbs tries to start a new life as a straight man named Bobby. And this triggers a chain of events that leads her to the arms of Trisha’s ex-boyfriend Michael Angelo (Akihiro Blanco), her own ex-boyfriend Greg (Kiko Matos) and a woman that barges into her life claiming that she is pregnant and Barbs is the father!

Movie Review: Ang Babaeng Allergic Sa WiFi

Norma is an ordinary teenage girl, and like most girls her life (and lovelife) revolves around technology. One day she is diagnosed with Electromagentic Hyper-Sensitivity — an unusual illness that makes her literally allergic to Wi-Fi, data signals, etc. So she is forced to move in with her grandmother in the province and learns to live a much simpler life that will impact her relationship with Leo — and her friendship with Leo’s brother, Aries.

Ang Babaeng Allergic sa WiFi Highlights Value of Making Personal Connections Beyond the Internet

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Movie Review: Dementia

In the hopes of helping her aunt Mara (Nora Aunor) better deal with her dementia, Nora (Jasmine Curtis) moves her out to their family's remote ancestral home. There Nora records Mara's daily activities and helps engage the older woman in exercises that would help her cognitive thinking, such as putting together jigsaw puzzles. What Nora didn't plan on is that Mara's presence in the house will stir up memories and presences that are better left undisturbed

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Dementia Trailer

Movie Review: Barber’s Tales

Set in a remote province at the onset of Martial law in the early 1970s, the story revolves around the free-spirited and newly widowed Marilou who inherits their town’s only barbershop from her husband - a business that has been passed down by generations of men in her husband’s family. Having no other means to support herself, she musters the courage to run the barbershop, a traditionally male trade. However, despite the skills she gained from years of observation and being an assistant to her husband, as a female barber she fails to attract any customers. Nevertheless, things take an unexpected turn when Marilou gains the trust of other women in her community.

Barber’s Tale Trailer