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...