[SPOILERS AHEAD]‘90s kids probably had the same thrill I had being able to watch “Clueless”’ star Alicia Silverstone after a long hiatus, in a holiday romcom… supported by no less than Melissa Joan Hart, another ‘90s icon.Image: IMDB/A Merry Little Ex-MasKate (Sliverstone) and Everett (Oliver Hudson) are a married couple going through a divorce during
[MILD SPOILERS AHEAD…]As in the spirit of the season, Netflix’s “Champagne Problems” is a holiday romance where a driven corporate woman (again) on a mission to advance her career by “saving” a struggling family business (again) from a French widower with a dreamy son (again… only the nationality is different). Image: IMDB/Champagne ProblemsSydney Price (Minka Kelly)
Korean drama “Good Boy” has everything in it: a cop show with endearing characters, a workplace romance, quirky comedy, and some heavy drama…. Think “Brooklyn 99” but more dramatic.Endearing characters in a fun and action-packed storyline remind us that the buddy coptrope is far from done.Another thing that is not yet done, is corruption.Globally, so
In recent years, society has glorified the grind through hustle culture, pressuring us into lifestyles that are not sustainable in the long run. However, if we want to experience joy in our daily working lives, as well as reasonable career longevity, we must learn to practice grindfulness.What is grindfulness?Grindfulness is “being present and mindful enough
Have you made a bad situation worse out of desperation?We all probably have. In Tyler Perry’s “Straw,”Taraji P. Henson is masterful as Janiyah, an exhausted single mother to an ailing child. And we are taken through the single worst day of her life.Image: Netflix/StrawThe expression “the last straw,” is a shortened version of “the last
Don’t you wish there was a simple recipe we can follow for moving on?Whether it’s from a loss of a job, health, or loved one. Grief can come in different ways.The reason “The Nonnas” feels like a cookbook is because a cookbook’s pages are made of independent, unique recipes. While the film begins with the
This. Nothing like a visual of a hapless, bedraggled election worker, Emmy (Marian Rivera)to encapsulate the Filipino electorate. Nothing like a well-made indie movie to hold up a mirror to emphasize the sorry state of politics in the Philippines. But then again, we already knew that.Corrupt politicians playing the victim, getting rich off taxpayers’ hard-earned money,
Trigger warning: ViolenceHistory is preserved in books, documentaries, some films, but there is something visceral about hearing it from somebody who experienced it firsthand. If you’re a Filipino millennial, you probably learned about the Japanese occupation of the Philippines not just from school, but from the firsthand experiences of your grandparents.Real stories of how Japanese soldiers
Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) is a cliché nepo baby roped into her own redemption arc in this lighthearted comedy series about business, basketball, and family.Growing up with three brothers with whom her father had been particularly strict, all the while being protective/dismissive of her, Isla has zero experience with the game, and the business. So
For those who loved the Karate Kid film series, Cobra Kai is the spinoff we didn’t know we needed. The first Karate Kid film was a simple coming-of-age story of teenager from the wrong side of the tracks Daniel La Russo (Ralph Macchio) who is bullied at his new high school courtesy of popular ringleader Johnny
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