Drive
By Noel Vera
JAFAR PANAHI’S Taxi would be remarkable just for existing — it’s the third feature the filmmaker has done since the Iranian government...
Old favorite gets an update
By Anthony L. Cuaycong
It would be an understatement to argue that Metal Slug was an unqualified hit when it first came out 21-and-a-half years...
Mother lover
By Noel Vera
DVD Review
Goodnight Mommy
Directed by Severin Fiala
and Veronika Franz
SEVERIN FIALA and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy is perfect Mother’s Day fare -- if your...
Reimagined MacGyver assembles team
Television
MacGyver
Thursdays, 9:45 p.m
AXN
HOLLYWOOD — The action series MacGyver, which made a problem-solving star of Richard Dean Anderson in the 1980s, gets a 21st century...
DVDs: Norm, Leo, Maggie, Agatha Christie, Veep, and more on home entertainment
LIONSGATE’s family adventure Norm of the North is now in a Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand. Follow the adventures of Norm, a...
Part-biography, part self-help book
Book
My Journey: The Story of an Unexpected Leader
By Maria Rosario “Charo” Santos-Concio and An Mercado-Alcantara
ABS-CBN Publishing
By Zsarlene B. Chua, Reporter
Actress and former TV executive...
Year after album, Frank Ocean drops mellow new track
NEW YORK -- Frank Ocean, the introspective singer who has thumbed his nose at music industry conventions, has unexpectedly released a new song, a...
For Honor is at the mercy of one’s Internet connection
By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong
Videogame Review
For Honor
Ubisoft
WITHOUT a doubt, For Honor can be an immersive experience. Boot up the game and...
40 years after death, singular voice of Callas finds new life
NEW YORK -- Maria Callas died in 1977 as a life-weary recluse, her glories on stage long past, but 40 years on her reputation...
Jessica Jones star calls superhero part her dream role
LOS ANGELES -- The star of Netflix hit Jessica Jones said Tuesday she knew she had found her dream job even before she read...
Dirt poor
By Noel Vera
Video
Mudbound
Directed by Dees Rees
DEES REES’s Mudbound (2017), adapted from the novel by Hillary Jordan, tells the story of two families -- one...
Ed Sheeran back with two new singles
LONDON — British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran surprised fans by releasing two new songs last week, drawn from his forthcoming third album.
The 25-year-old, who won the...