4 films to see on the week of July 29-August 5, 2016
How To Be Yours
This romantic comedy-drama from Star Cinema pairs Bea Alonzo and Gerald Anderson — under the direction of Dan Villegas — as two professionally driven people who fall in love and are forced to reassess their goals.
MTRCB Rating: PG
Ignacio de Loyola
Written and directed by Paolo Dy, and produced by Jescom Film Philippines, this biopic tells the tale of the 16th Century Spanish soldier who finds God and eventually helps fond the Jesuits. It stars Andreas Muñoz, Javier Godino, and Julio Perillan.
MTRCB Rating: PG
Sadako Vs. Kayako
Kôji Shiraishi directs this film where two evil queens of Japanese horror battle it out. Woe betide anyone caught between them — particularly ghost hunter Keizo (Masanobu Ando) and his sidekick Tamao (Mai Kikuchi). The film also stars Aimi Satsukawa, Mizuki Yamamoto, and Tina Tamashiro. “Director Koji Shiraishi (The Curse, 2005) is a horror veteran who largely respects the ideas that make up the constituent franchises, which started with Ringu (1998) and Ju-On (2002),” writes John Lui of The Straits Times, but “Keizo’s and Tamao’s characters feel as if they wandered in from a high-school comedy featuring a cool teacher and his magic pet.”
MTRCB Rating: R-13
Nerve
Pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve which involves dares, a high school girl decides to sign up for just one dare. She soon finds herself partnered with a stranger caught up in a competition that takes a sinister turn. Directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, it stars Dave Franco, Emma Roberts, and Juliette Lewis. Entertainment Weekly’s Kevin P. Sullivan writes: “The perils of social media may be ripe for the after-school-special treatment, but less expectedly, they make for a half-decent Hunger Games riff.”
MTRCB Rating: PG
