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‘The Last Jedi’ is a brilliant act of subversion

THE greatest Jedi mind trick writer-director Rian Johnson employs in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is to engage in a brilliant act of subversion. Since

Filipino comfort food still rules

Despite the rise and popularity of new cuisines, the tweaks on traditional recipes by chefs and the entry of foreign food franchises, it seems that most Filipinos would always crave for typical local dishes we all grew up with. Hence, our conclusion: Filipino comfort food still rules.

Logan is the Wolverine film you’ve been waiting for

You’d think after traveling back in time and preventing the Sentinels from ever being invented in “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” Wolverine would have created

Tinapa Lumpia, Pancit Maria, adobo rice and more Pinoy faves

The hospital is one place I don’t mind not seeing. Whether there’s someone sick to visit or just being there for a check-up is something I don’t look forward to.

10 new must-try dishes in the metro

With a new restaurant opening practically every week, it’s unlikely you’ll run out of options when dining out in Manila. On the contrary, you might get overwhelmed.

Very good brisket in this hipsterville barbecue place

What’s the difference between “to diet” and “to reduce”? Answer: about 30 years.

Bare walls, cement floor–and really good steak

It all started out very innocuously. The first time we ate there we were quite happy with it, but I decided that there wasn’t enough to say about the place to warrant a review, so I didn’t write about it.

Authentic Singaporean food at Megamall

It’s a hassle each time I break a racquet string in badminton, go to a sports shop and wait for it to get fixed. But then I’ve learned to use the waiting time to sneak out and eat.

A happy place with hearty dishes

Many restaurant interiors are done in black, or combined with lighter hues. But there is one dining chain whose movers are internationally in-demand interior designers who have opted for a more cheerful, spring-like ambiance in their elegant restos.

‘Passengers’ is a high-tech mystery obscured by a lo-fi romance

The derelict or seemingly abandoned spaceship/space station/colony is a trope familiar to sci-fi fans, one that’s usually mined for horror, as shown by the movies spawned from 1979’s iconic “Alien.” But what “Passengers” is trying to do is different and new—it’s trying to mine the seemingly abandoned spaceship trope for a meet-cute romance.