Martyred
By Noel Vera
Video Review
Martyrs
Directed by Pascal Laugier
(Warning: plot and narrative twists discussed in explicit detail)
PASCAL LAUGIER鈥檚 2008 horror film Martyrs deserves respect for taking...
Dangerous high school
By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong
IT鈥橲 TO SPIKE CHUNSOFT鈥檚 credit that Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony manages to bring uniqueness and originality out...
Stephen Moyer joins X-Men Universe on The Gifted
By Judy Sloane
HOLLYWOOD 鈥 Set in Marvel鈥檚 X-Men universe, Fox鈥檚 new drama The Gifted stars Stephen Moyer (True Blood) as District Attorney Reed Strucker,...
US author George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
LONDON 鈥 US author George Saunders on Tuesday became only the second American writer to win Britain鈥檚 renowned Man Booker Prize, which was awarded...
Writer Margaret Atwood gets 2017 Kafka award
PRAGUE 鈥 Canadian poet, critic, and novelist Margaret Atwood received this year鈥檚 international Franz Kafka literary prize at a ceremony in Prague on Tuesday,...
A game to sink your teeth into
By Alexander O. Cuaycong
Total War: Warhammer II, the second offering in the Warhammer Trilogy of Creative Assembly and published by Sega, takes its lore...
40 years after death, singular voice of Callas finds new life
NEW YORK -- Maria Callas died in 1977 as a life-weary recluse, her glories on stage long past, but 40 years on her reputation...
Dong Abay urges 鈥榢alinaw鈥 — every day
By Diana Moraleda
A FEW in the crowd of around 500 mostly young people bobbed their heads as Dong Abay sang his new song, 鈥淜alinaw.鈥...
Carneval
Video
Trouble Every Day
Directed by Claire Denis
Available on YouTube
By Noel Vera
LIKE A MAESTRO poised to perform Claire Denis begins her 2001 genre film Trouble Every...
Old favorite gets an update
By Anthony L. Cuaycong
It would be an understatement to argue that Metal Slug was an unqualified hit when it first came out 21-and-a-half years...
Tricky goes clean and gets darker
PARIS 鈥 After a string of releases over the past decade, Tricky found himself in an unfamiliar state. The influential trip-hop producer didn鈥檛 need...
E.T. returns in new 35th anniversary limited edition
THIS YEAR marks the 35th anniversary of the release of director Steven Spielberg鈥檚 iconic sci-fi classic E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the unforgettable and emotional adventure...