Gabbi fondly recalls her ‘kontesera’ days
There are no ifs and buts about it: Gabbi Garcia is as whip-smart as she is pretty. Last time we touched base with the 19-year-old former “Encantadia” star during a GMA 7 sortie, we quickly realized...
View ArticleComing-of-age rom-com gets a coming-out twist
Times are a-changing, indeed. After all, it isn’t every day that we get to watch a film about “gender-fluid” young men who share a reluctant smooch, while the SRO crowd watching their story being...
View ArticleChillers and scorchers from ‘lovestruck’ Sarah’s significant summer album
Sarah Geronimo’s maturity and musicality continue to unravel in her latest album, “This 15 Me.” The 11-track collection is, in fact, one of our top musical picks to help defuse the season’s summer...
View ArticleLife-or-death stakes in ‘Rain’-soaked horror series
Who will you be when the rain comes? That’s one of the audience-hooking taglines that the horror/sci-fi series “The Rain” asks viewers to mull over. The post Life-or-death stakes in ‘Rain’-soaked...
View ArticleMore than his father’s son
Midnight Sun” falls under the weight of its emotionally manipulative schmaltz and hackneyed cheesiness, but its heart-on-its-sleeve sincerity manages to chip away at viewers’ skepticism because of its...
View ArticleDavid Duchovny, Rose McGowan as musical provocateurs
You need not seek Dana Scully and Fox Mulder’s assistance to figure out if David Duchovny’s second album “Every Third Thought” deserves as much obsequious flattery as his acclaimed new novel, “Miss...
View ArticleWhy Robert Patrick owes his Hollywood career to his ‘Filipino connection’
Robert Patrick has a disarming way of demonstrating his familiarity with the Filipino language. “Maganda babae, iniibig kita (I love you, beautiful lady),” the actor blurted out when he learned that we...
View Article‘Evil Genius’ unravels twisted mind of master manipulator
Seeing a person getting blown to smithereens is never a pretty sight. The post ‘Evil Genius’ unravels twisted mind of master manipulator appeared first on Inquirer Entertainment.
View ArticleNoirish CineFilipino entry ‘Hitboy’ is worth its weight in gold
It isn’t every year that we get to see movies from the CineFilipino Film Festival. But while a few of its productions are underwhelming (“Bingoleras,” “Mga Alaala ng Tag-ulan”), a good number of them...
View ArticleZsa Zsa pays tribute to her look-alike mom
When Zsa Zsa Padilla takes the stage for her 35th anniversary concert “The Best Day of My Life” at Resorts World Manila tonight, she says she wants to dedicate a special song to her mom, Esperanza...
View Article‘Eternity,’ ‘Hypothalamus’ find unconventional beauty in adversity
If you don’t like movies that dumb down viewers’ intelligence or conveniently hide behind pretentious abstractions to conceal their filmmakers’ inability to tell comprehensible tales, make a beeline...
View ArticleCharlie Puth’s ‘Voicenotes’ a hook-heavy guilty pleasure
Whether you love him or hate him, it isn’t easy to dismiss the incontrovertible catchiness of the harmony-driven tracks in Charlie Puth’s sophomore effort, “Voicenotes”—from the infidelity-themed “How...
View Article‘Bite-sized’ focus on K-pop, designer babies, ‘myth of monogamy’ in docu series
Good things come in small packages. You wouldn’t find an aphorism better suited for Inquirer Entertainment’s exclusive “first-look” feature this week: Netflix’s documentary series, “Explained,” which...
View ArticleNo magic required for JK Rowling’s foray into a grittier world
Move over, Harry Potter and Newt Scamander. Cormoran Strike, JK Rowling’s latest screen hero, need not cast a spell nor wave a magic wand to get out of tight fixes. The post No magic required for JK...
View Article‘Kasal’: Romantic roundelay goes for the jugular
Love and its vagaries are given a winking makeover in Ruel Bayani’s “Kasal.” The post ‘Kasal’: Romantic roundelay goes for the jugular appeared first on Inquirer Entertainment.
View ArticleWit, comedic timing and trivia enliven Steve Martin and Martin Short’s comedy...
Laughter is the best medicine. This maxim couldn’t get any truer than the undiluted pleasure you’ll get out of watching “Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your...
View ArticleHeart-on-sleeve musical confections from Selena, Moira
Selena Gomez may not have the strongest voice in the music biz, but what she lacks in power, she more than makes up for in taste and irrepressible musicality that are made more appealing by the...
View ArticleMethod to Steven Spielberg’s madness–and magic
Steven Spielberg was only 13 years old when he realized he wanted to pursue a career in filmmaking. But, at 16, he almost gave up on his dream when he saw David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” and was...
View Article‘Lost’ kids’ favorite scenes
Taking part in the 2018 reboot of “Lost in Space” was especially memorable for Taylor Russell (Judy), Mina Sundwall (Penny) and Maxwell Jenkins (Will), the three young actors who portray John and...
View ArticleJameson-Janella tandem buzzes with youthful brio
It’s hard to take your eyes off “So Connected,” Jason Paul Laxamana’s quirkily out-of-the-box rom-com, for much of its running time because, unlike “My Fairy Tail Love Story,” the film doesn’t rely on...
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