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Hamnet ('25 Chloe Zhao): A bit skeptical of its last act, but for the most part,it's a gorgeous, devastating portrait of grief. Buckley is wonderful.

"Wuthering Heights" ('26 Emerald Fennell): Well, "Heathcliff is awesome and sexy" is a take.

GOAT ('26 Tyree Dillihay): Gorgeously animated. Story feels rocky, though, because the main character doesn't have to grow.

Send Help ('26 Sam Raimi): Had a lot of fun with this one. Raimi does Raimi things. O'Brien recalls Ray Liotta. Rachel McAdams is the greatest.

A Werewolf Boy ('26 Crisanto Aquino): Well, it's like the original, but with clumsier staging.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple ('26 Nia DaCosta): Not a zombie movie! Instead, a meditation on societal memory that serves as a stage for Fiennes to crank it up to 11.

The Housemaid ('25 Paul Feig): Trashy, in all the right ways.

From Bar Boys to Shake, Rattle and Roll: All The MMFF 2025 Movies Reviewed Your ultimate guide to choosing what to watch from the ongoing film festival.

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'UnMarry' Is a Surprisingly Breezy Drama On The Serious Business of Ending a Marriage Angelica Panganiban shines in a film that takes us through a painful legal process.

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Focused Storytelling Makes ‘Call Me Mother’ a Very Different Vice Ganda Film A clunky setup doesn’t stop the latest from Vice Ganda from delivering the goods. <br>

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Rekonek ('25 Jade Castro): Kind of a mess, though an appealing one by the end.

Love You So Bad ('25 Mae Cruz Alviar): "I'm Savannah. My life is a vibe."

Call Me Mother ('25 Jun Robles Lana): Hey. That was great.

Manila's Finest Is One Terrific Bummer Raymond Red's MMFF entry is a sepia-toned feel-bad movie about an inevitable creep into tyranny.

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Bar Boys: After School ('25 Kip Oebanda): Has some really strong scenes, but a lot of it feels overwritten, becoming a series of florid pep talks that don't quite land right.

I'mPerfect ('25 Sigrid Bernardo): I'm unsure about its last stretch, but for the most part, this is unabashedly kind cinema that often soars.

UnMarry ('25 Jeffrey Jeturian)ň Surprisingly breezy for a film about a torturous process. Great to have Angelica Panganiban back on screens.

2050 ('25 Ian Loreños): Undone by its action sequences, which are shot way too close, making it unclear what's happening at any given time.

2025 ('25 Joey de Guzman): A pretty fun, slasher coded romp. Kind of suffers from a lack of sound design, but it's all right in the end.

1775 ('25 Shugo Praico): Just doesn't work, even on a mechanical level. The story just never comes together.

Shake Rattle and Roll: Evil Origins ('25 Various): Like every entry in this venerable franchise, a mixed bag. Let's break it down:

Mandirigma ('25 Danny Marquez, JR Olinares): Sometimes, you watch a film that makes you question the entire enterprise of cinema.

Manila's Finest ('25 Raymond Red): A terrific film that's also a total bummer, dissecting a time period where everything went wrong and nothing could have been done to change it. Heavy stuff!

Avatar: Fire and Ash ('25 James Cameron): Humongous. Corny as all hell. Inexplicably, not a single moment of its ridiculous runtime is boring.

A ★★½ review of Ang Happy Homes ni Diane Hilario (2025) It's just all so...vague. It keeps implying that something sinister is going on, but the movie never really gets to point out what exactly that is. And I suppose there's an argument to be made for a m...

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Ang Happy Homes ni Diane Hilario ('25 Marlon Rivera): Has intriguing parts. Doesn't at all stick the landing.

Meet, Greet & Bye ('25 Cathy Garcia-Sampana): Some great acting in this, but I think it overdoes things.

The Running Man ('25 Edgar Wright): I think it kind of flubs the climax, but it's a really fun time overall.

Bugonia ('25 Yorgos Lanthimos): Still processing where it goes, but I can definitely say it's weird and fun.

Everyone Knows Every Juan ('25 Alessandra de Rossi): Script could have used some pruning, but it's formally audacious, and the performances make it fun.