Minutes after watching Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” I described it as an assault to the senses in the best possible…
Author: Paul Emmanuel Enicola
Paul Emmanuel Enicola
Paul is a Tomatometer-approved film critic inspired by the biting sarcasm of Pauline Kael and levelheaded worldview of Roger Ebert. Nevertheless, his approach underscores a love for film criticism that got its jumpstart from reading Peter Travers and Richard Roeper’s accessible, reader-friendly reviews. As SEO Manager/Assistant Editor for the site, he also serves as a member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Society of Filipino Film Reviewers.
If you’re going to title your film “mother, you have not died yet. but you will. and when you do,…
(Critic’s Note: This review discusses key plot details of Adrian Chiarella’s film “Leviticus.” Some spoilers ahead.) The cruelest trick in…
I don’t usually have a lot of patience for television. That’s not a badge of honor, nor some curmudgeonly critic…
(This is a spoiler-free article about Curry Barker’s “Obsession.” For our review of the movie, click here.) Cinema keeps circling back…
Carl Joseph Papa does not use animation as decoration. In his films, it behaves more like an instrument of pressure.…
The first thing we see in “Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu” is Bob Odenkirk and David Cross facing each…
“I chose my name because keys open doors,” Alicia Keys says in voiceover early in “Alicia Keys: Girl From Hell’s…
A title like “That Friend” already tells you the movie has arrived with a familiar problem in tow. You know…
There is a moment in “The Gas Station Attendant” when filmmaker Karla Murthy begins to look at her father not…