Bahay na Pula: Movie Review

Brillante Mendoza’s second horror feature is a look into sexual violence towards women.

Raffy (Xian Lim) and Jane (Julia Barretto) traveled to Pola, Oriental Mindoro to visit their ancestral house. They are welcomed by the house’s caretaker and Jane’s family servant, Aling Ising (Erlinda Villalobos).

Jane’s family plans to demolish the house and repurpose it. However, the city of Pola barred the operation in accordance with the National Cultural Heritage Act. Despite this, Jane is determined to proceed with their plan. So he asked for the help of her ex-boyfriend and a city hall employee, Roger (Marco Gumabao), to convince the mayor of their intention.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Raffy and Jane, the ancestral house is haunted by the spirit of a cruel Japanese soldier. It turns out the house was once a place for rape and murder during World War II. As Jane slowly discerns this tragic past through nightmares, she becomes the target of the ghost’s sadism.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Movie Review

Netflix’s 2022 "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" foregoes all of the original’s sequels to follow through with its own gory slasher film.

Melody (Sarah Yarkin) and Dante (Jacob Latimore), along with Lila (Elsie Fisher) and Ruth (Nell Hudson), travel to Harlow, Texas to pitch to a group of investors the remote town they want to gentrify. The town has been abandoned for a long time, and the group intends to sell the properties through an auction.

Upon their arrival, they are welcomed by the local mechanic and the group’s contractor, Richter (Moe Dunford). He had conflicting ideas about selling the town, but he didn’t try to intervene with their venture.

In one of the houses, an old woman lives with her adopted son. Dante and Melody try to persuade her that they have already brought every establishment in the area. But during their argument, the woman experiences a heart attack and dies.

Her quiet and towering son is enraged by the death of his mother. So, in retaliation, he picks up his Texas Chainsaw and goes on a killing spree, specifically targeting Dante and Melody.

He's All That

Laney and Zack return as Cameron and Padgett in this gender-swap remake of the classic rom-com film from the 1990s.

Padgett Sawyer (Addison Rae) is not only the most famous student at her high school, but she is also an Instagram star promoting business mogul Jessica Miles Torres’s (Kourtney Kardashian) beauty products. However, even if she is a successful influencer, she lies about living in a luxurious apartment when she actually lives in a modest Los Angeles home with her divorced mother (Rachael Leigh Cook).

Padgett is in a relationship with Jordan Van Draanen (Peyton Meyer), a rising musician. But they split up after she caught him cheating which seriously harmed both her reputation and sponsorship.

Disheartened, Padgett quickly lost all hope of having a better life for her family. 

Unless she does something her fans will love.

So when her best friend Alden (Madison Pettis) bets that she can't turn the most "failure" student she can find into prom king, she immediately accepted the challenge. That's where she met Cameron Kweller (Tanner Buchanan), a social media hater and generally grumpy student. The guy for her project to regain her followers' trust.

The Kissing Booth 3

Vince Marcello's wild teen rom-com/drama finally comes to a close after 3 long years.

The second installment of "The Kissing Booth" ended on a cliffhanger, teasing viewers that Elle (Joey King) must choose between Berkley and Harvard, her best friend Lee's (Joel Courtney), and boyfriend Noah's (Jacob Elordi) respective schools.

In “The Kissing Booth 3” she finally decided to go to Harvard, which devastated Lee. To make amends, she devised a comprehensive bucket list for them to enjoy during their final summer together.

As the two best friends do all the crazy stuff on the list like organizing a flash mob, skydiving, and playing real-life Mario Kart, Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez) and Chloe (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) re-enter Elle and Noah’s life. Shaking their relationship to its core, one more time.