REVIEW: The Surprising Metaphor Behind ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’
March 27, 2023
Once the metaphor was so clear to me, I was cheering for John Wick because, like him, I wanted to be free of this unceasing struggle with the system.
Wanggo Gallaga
Screenwriter, HIV advocate, and faculty at the Film Department of the College of St Benilde, Wanggo Gallaga has been writing about movies, television, and theater since 2012. He has written the films Sonata (2013), T'yanak (2014), and co-writer of Open (2019) as well as the digital series Hanging Out (2016) and the documentary HIV Rising: New Gen (2018).
REVIEW: Action and gore coupled with family drama, ‘Kill Boksoon’ has it all
March 27, 2023
There is a world here not unlike John Wick and it doesn’t go too deep that it overshadows the heart and soul of the film but it is real enough to make the world not feel so empty or fabricated.
REVIEW: The stakes are raised in the first two episodes of ‘The Glory’ part two
March 6, 2023
The show, already intense as it is, gets even more heated in the first two episodes of its latest season.
REVIEW: The first two episodes of ‘The Mandalorian’ season 3 is building momentum for something grand
March 3, 2023
It’s a fun show that prefers to show us in broad strokes a world that is outside the reach of authority.
REVIEW: The irreverent and hilarious ‘Walang Aray’ is the perfect return of PETA to live theater
February 28, 2023
Coming from its 2-year break, it’s great for PETA to be back with something fun and funny and irreverent.
REVIEW: Splendid performances elevate ‘The Whale’ from its many flaws
February 22, 2023
Fraser could win the Oscar, and he would deserve it, but it’s quite clear why the film was only nominated for its two performances and make-up and hairstyling.
A Lovely Illusion: a review of ‘Empire of Light’
February 16, 2023
Director Sam Mendes takes the magnificently versatile and dynamic Olivia Colman and a very charming and impressive Michael Ward into a narrative set in a cinema in 1981 Margate, England.
REVIEW: While a lot of fun, ‘Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ lacks an emotional punch to make it memorable
February 15, 2023
While ‘Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ is an enjoyable movie – a good number of action sequences, a big, new world to discover, and a lot of nice thrilling super-hero moments, and funny one-liners – the movie feels hollow by the end of it all.
What Women Want: A Review of ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’
February 8, 2023
The show goes beyond the cheap thrills of men’s bodies and gyrating movements but manages to touch upon something even more profound: what women really want.
REVIEW: Queer Representation is Front and Center of ‘Knock at the Cabin’
February 1, 2023
Within its whole narrative, the issues of the queer community are really put into an emotional grinder.
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