Indie games on sale offer great value for money

By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong Game Review Darkest Dungeon Cooking Witch Death Road to Canada PC via Steam IT’S STEAM’S SUMMER SALE! Held every year during summer,...

Small town on the big screen

DVD Review Some Came Running Directed by Vincente Minnelli By Noel Vera (Warning: plot twists and narrative discussed in detail) Vincente Minnelli’s Some Came Running (adapted from the James...

Lost and found

By Noel B. Vera DVD REVIEW The Lost City of Z Directed by James Gray YOU WONDER looking at James Gray’s New York-based dramas where the producers got...

Nico Santos is proud and out of the box

By Angela Dawson Front Row Features TELEVISION Superstore Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. Sony Channel NICO SANTOS plays Mateo on the NBC sitcom Superstore. The TV series starring America Ferrera (Ugly...

In ‘Despacito,’ reggaeton rises from margins to pop triumph

REGGAETON MUSIC has long been a fixture in nightclubs around the Spanish-speaking world, but that hasn’t brought it critical acceptance, with the genre rooted...

The unparalleled uniqueness of Echoes

Videogame Review Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Nintendo 3DS Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong Fire Emblem Gaiden celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Having debuted...

Bob Dylan’s five main inspirations cited in Nobel lecture

In his long-awaited Nobel lecture, Bob Dylan reflects on the possible links between his lyrics and literature and mentions artists and books that have...

The Disgaea experience at its finest

By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong Videogame Review Disgaea 5 Complete Edition Nintendo Switch DEVELOPED BY Nippon Ichi Software and catering to the turn-based JRPG market, Disgaea...

A stranger’s dream

By Noel Vera TV Review Twin Peaks Showtime TRUE DAVID Lynch hasn’t made a feature in 11 years -- the barely categorizable Inland Empire -- and if we’re...

Trip to Quiapo

Movie Review MNL 143 Directed by Emerson Reyes By Noel Vera You’d think Emerson Reyes’s MNL 143 took inspiration from Jafar Panahi’s Taxi, or Steven Knight’s Locke —...

Roaming China

Videogame Review Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 PlayStation 4 By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong ROMANCE of the Three Kingdoms 13 (ROTK 13) is the latest...

Good JRPG but lovers of story-driven games should stay away

By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong Video Game Review Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey PlayStation 4 THE ATELIER SERIES has always had a soft spot in...