A lot better than its ancestry
By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong
IT ISN’T HARD to think badly of Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (SAO) just from saying the...
Game set match
By Noel Vera
(Warning: surprise twists and plot details, of both series and novels, to be discussed!)
Season 6 of Game of Thrones has just ended...
Monster, Inc.
By Noel Vera
Video Review
My Neighbor Totoro
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
(CAUTION: plot and narrative twists — which aren’t all that much and anyway aren’t the heart...
Well worth its price tag
By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong
KOEI TECMO and Omega Force were on to something when they unveiled Attack on Titan in 2016....
The 10 books you need to read this summer
By Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg View
IF YOU are anything like me, you are probably looking forward to delving into several new and recent book releases...
Model student
By Noel Vera
DVD Review
The Neon Demon
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon provokes as many questions as it does responses: is...
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: 21st century screwball comedy
The Binge
By Jessica Zafra
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Kimmy is abducted in front of her house by a cult leader. She spends the next 15 years in an underground...
Why is Downton Abbey just like Walking Dead?
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
IT SEEMED that Downton Abbey, like the zombie apocalypse, would never end. And yet the series created and written by Julian...
House of Cards ‘watchathon’ before 4th season’s March 5 airing
TO PREPARE audiences for the upcoming fourth season of House of Cards on March 5, RTL CBS Asia Entertainment HD will air seasons 1...
Mat-maker, mat-maker, make me a mat
MAT WEAVING, or pagbabanig, is a tradition that has been ignored for the past several years — long enough for an author to declare...
For a few hours of distraction
By Alexander O. Cuaycong
BY WAY of background for the uninitiated: Project Shrine Maiden is a collection of manic-shooter video games published by Team Shanghai...
‘Oh no, not again’: Why do stars keep dying in 2016?
Washington — “Prince, surely not? Can we turn this year off and turn it back on when it stops being a giant exit for...