(Spoiler warning: This essay discusses major plot details, including the ending of “La La Land.”) A decade is plenty of…
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.
Virginia “Biring” Divinagracia has already been told no several times, but she keeps dressing up and trying again. At the…
This family seems to eat unresolved traumas and secrets for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It takes Giancarlo Abrahan’s “Mag-iina” (Lit.…
What the hell was Uncle Paul doing with that dog? It’s the question hanging over the first stretch of Dustin…
The money is already there. That’s what makes “2 Valid IDs” so infuriating. Sylvia (Marietta Subong, better known as Pokwang)…
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“Mabuhay,” a tour guide (Pipay Kipay) tells a busload of wealthy Chinese visitors on their way to a Philippine country…
A few weeks ago, a package arrived at our house under my name. Inside was a bikini set. It had…
Minutes after watching Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” I described it as an assault to the senses in the best possible…