By now, the image of a couple—or two—retreating into the wilderness for a therapeutic weekend has gone from serious indie…
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.
Coming-of-age stories often cling to the notion that growth is a clean arc: a lesson learned, a heartbreak endured, and…
Isabel Hagen’s “On a String” might be one of the few films where the setup itself already plays like a…
In Jessica J. Rowlands’ directorial debut “Rise,” there’s a quiet certainty to every frame. It’s as if the story was…
At some point, every long-running franchise has to face the question: what’s left to say? With “Mission: Impossible – The…
Less than a week before the Filipino public once again marches to the polls, it’s hard not to recall a…
“There is something wrong with me.” That’s the first thing we hear in “Thunderbolts*”—Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) saying it flatly,…
“You keep dancing with the Devil… one day he’s gonna follow you home,” a preacher admonishes his guitar-slinging son in…
“Not everyone aspires to your flagrant monogamy,” a superior sneers to MI6 officer George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) in “Black Bag,”…
Rami Malek opens “The Amateur” already looking like a man half-buried under grief, twitchy, haunted, always a little too deep…