Uninvited — Movie Review

Lilia Capistrano (Vilma Santos) has a plan. She is going to kill billionaire Guilly Vega (Aga Muhlach) at his mansion during his 55th birthday party.

Why? Well, there’s a lot of reasons.

The Vega family is powerful, but they are also heartless, entitled, and dangerous. Guilly’s wife, Katrina (Mylene Dizon), is simply apathetic. She couldn't care less about her constituents. Their daughter, Nicole (Nadine Lustre), is a troubled young woman with drug addiction. 

But Guilly Vega is the worst of them all. He’s a corrupt politician with a long history of wrongdoings and crimes. One of the most horrific of it is the random abduction of Lilia’s daughter (Gabby Padilla) and her boyfriend (Elijah Canlas).

Lilia knows justice will not be served through the legal system. The Vega family has influence, money, and deep political connections. Even if she takes them to court, the outcome is almost certain. She will lose.

That leaves her with only one choice.

She must take justice into her own hands.

Hintayan ng Langit — Movie Review

Dan Villegas’s not-so-typical love story is about letting go, moving on, and finding closure.

"Hintayan ng Langit" (or Heaven's Waiting) is set in a place called "The Middle," a hotel-turned-way-station for souls awaiting their clearance to go to heaven.

The film follows Lisang (Gina Pareño), a stubborn and grumpy old woman who has lived in "The Middle" for two years already. For some reason, heaven is not opening its doors for her yet. However, she claims that her husband is already petitioning for her. 

In the meantime, she spends her time working on different community projects.

One day, a surge of new souls entered "The Middle," and one of them was Manolo (Eddie Garcia), a charming, level-headed, and nice old man.

Since almost all of the rooms in the place are full, the Tagasuri (Joel Saracho) decided to temporarily let him stay with Lisang.

As it turns out, Manolo and Lisang are ex-lovers. The two parted ways without closure a long time ago. Now they both have their own respective families, though the wounds from that relationship never healed.

As the two spend their time together, they bicker and tease each other. But most of the time they found themselves reminiscing about the love they have lost, the lives they have built, and the "what ifs" of their relationship.