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Materialists
(2025)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Materialists doesn't break new ground, but it's a necessary reminder of what we're allowing the system to extract from us: our ability to measure love by how it feels, not by what it costs.
Posted Aug 06, 2025
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4.5/5
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Hit Man
(2023)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Glen Powell must transform into Glen Powell, and he must do so by acting. There is no lower-hanging fruit to romanticize than that.
Posted Jun 19, 2024
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4.5/5
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Poor Things
(2023)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Lanthimos finally reaches the zenith of his artistic credo: combining the absurdist entrapment of Dogtooth with the Frankensteinian bombast of old Hollywood.
Posted Dec 31, 2023
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4.5/5
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Afire
(2023)
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Ryan Oquiza
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In its final act, be prepared to be swept off your feet by a harrowing tone shift.
Posted Dec 31, 2023
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5/5
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Anatomy of a Fall
(2023)
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Ryan Oquiza
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In the process of watching the film, we are drawn not into the act of violence against flesh, but rather the creation of it. Finding out who Sandra is, who Daniel is, and who Samuel was. I recommend you to get to know them as soon as you can.
Posted Dec 31, 2023
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4.5/5
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Killers of the Flower Moon
(2023)
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Ryan Oquiza
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What elevates it is Scorsese’s candid admission that, as a filmmaker marked by his own limited experiences, his role is a storyteller, an old sage paying tribute to the dead and unearthing the humanity lost to decades of injustice and inequality.
Posted Dec 31, 2023
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4.5/5
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Bottoms
(2023)
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Ryan Oquiza
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[Bottoms] hijacks the traditional Hollywood third act and bathes it in a sort of queer elixir, unveiling a vibrant kaleidoscope of colors that represents the most exciting, freeing, and ingenious storytelling of the year.
Posted Sep 02, 2023
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4/5
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Barbie
(2023)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Greta Gerwig, seeking to forge a distinguished persona for Barbie, one that steps beyond the corporate machinations and transnational interests of Mattel, secures a delicate equilibrium that noticeably tips in her favor.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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4/5
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The Batman
(2022)
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Ryan Oquiza
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It’s a part-serial killer mystery, part-superhero adventure, and part-crime drama stuffed in a 3-hour runtime that can feel loaded but never dull.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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3.5/5
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Fanny: The Right to Rock
(2021)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Alas, the tragedy of ‘Fanny’ is that they arrived too early and then came back too late, but this documentary doesn’t offer a tale of wrong timing, but rather, a heartwarming ode to one of the forgotten pioneers of rock & roll.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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4/5
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Happening
(2021)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Diwan’s adaptation is unique for its unflinching resolve to show the callousness of men (the intransigent doctors and exploitative men), the inadequacies of social structures, and the need for solidarity amongst women.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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5/5
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Leonor Will Never Die
(2022)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Leonor Will Never Die wears its playful sweetness as a badge. It glistens with a lustrous sheen tinged by the colorful past of Filipino action films and pays homage to the emancipative wonders of storytelling.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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4/5
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Spencer
(2021)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Heartened by a career-defining turn by Kristen Stewart, Spencer shows the ephemerality of grandeur, the rigidity of aristocracy, and the enduring humanity of Diana.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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3/5
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Benedetta
(2021)
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Ryan Oquiza
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What’s most intriguing in the film is its sycophantic religious politics — not the romance. The politicking and faux puritanism are executed cogently, often more riveting than its other parts.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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3.5/5
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Rabid
(2021)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Rabid is Erik Matti’s answer to the calls that never once came for him to direct a Shake Rattle & Roll film—and thank God he didn't since this one is an absolute delight.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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2/5
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Promising Young Woman
(2020)
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Ryan Oquiza
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It’s clear that the power of Promising Young Woman lies in its relevance in dissecting the normal and mundane micro-aggressions and power dynamics that men hold on women...but from what it looks like, it wasn’t executed to its fullest potential.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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5/5
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Moral
(1982)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Moral acts as a revelation — it somehow manages to depict the previously hidden stories of Filipino women with such care and precision, never condescending, and never admitting to having any pretensions
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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2.5/5
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Zack Snyder's Justice League
(2021)
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Ryan Oquiza
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The result is something you would expect from a film that has the task of introducing three new heroes while still having to incorporate three other established ones; It’s good enough.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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5/5
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Insiang
(1976)
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Ryan Oquiza
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Every frame of this film epitomizes the deteriorating conditions the slums had to endure under Marcos’s dictatorship in the '70s. It’s a social realist venture into the very soul of the Filipino people in a time replete with turmoil.
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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