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About
Paul is a self-described cinephile who couldn’t stop talking—and writing—about films. Inspired by the biting sarcasm of Pauline Kael and levelheaded worldview of Roger Ebert, Paul’s love for film criticism nonetheless got its jumpstart upon reading Peter Travers and Richard Roeper’s accessible, reader-friendly reviews. A self-styled critic who swears by the works of Dostoevsky, Kafka, and Kubrick, Paul also moonlights as ghostwriter and editor for a few memoirs. He currently resides in the Philippines.
My Posts
Movie Review: Drop (2025)
Dating apps and wireless file sharing were supposed to make life easier. Instead, they’ve become perfect fuel for modern tech ...
Movie Review: Snow White (2025)
Marc Webb’s live-action Snow White is many things, but “the fairest of them all” is not one of them. A ...
Movie Review: Companion (2025)
I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of Drew Hancock’s film Companion when I first watched it. Yes, it’s darkly ...
Movie Review: Novocaine (2025)
Novocaine toys with a moral tightrope, inviting its audiences to revel in over-the-top violence under the guise of rooting for ...
Movie Review: Mickey 17 (2025)
"What’s it feel like to die?" That’s the question Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) is asked more than anything else. Not ...
MMFF 2024 Movie Review: ‘Isang Himala’
This year's Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as ...
MMFF 2024 Movie Review: ‘And the Breadwinner Is…’
This year's Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as ...
MMFF 2024 Movie Review: ‘Espantaho’
This year's Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as ...
MMFF 2024 Movie Review: ‘Uninvited’
This year's Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as ...
MMFF 2024 Movie Reviews: ‘Green Bones’, ‘The Kingdom’
This year's Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as ...
Movie Review: Outside (2024)
Carlo Ledesma’s Outside offers an interesting take on the zombie apocalypse genre by turning its lens inward, trading blood-soaked thrills ...
Movie Review: The Substance (2024)
"Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?" Coralie Fargeat’s latest film, The Substance, asks this question rather ...
JAPAN CUTS 2024 Movie Review: Following the Sound (2023)
Recurring grief can sneak up on someone, sometimes unannounced. After all, one can say that it’s basically unexpressed love with ...
JAPAN CUTS 2024 Movie Review: Whale Bones (2023)
Takamasa Oe's “Whale Bones” (Japanese: 鯨の骨), which recently had its North American Premiere at this year’s JAPAN CUTS, plays like ...
JAPAN CUTS 2024 Movie Review: Six Singing Women (2023)
A Tokyo-based photographer receives a phone call one day, informing him of the death of his estranged father. Wanting nothing ...
