Please Pause: Filipino TV and Film

Still SPOILER-FREE and still here! No, we did not disappear... Yet. And we have a lot to talk about. We know you've been waiting for a new episode since forever (no, you're not) so we'll make this description short. We finished Nobody Wants This Season 3 on Netflix really quickly. We also watched Florence Pugh in East of Eden. Mike talks about Zoey Deutch in Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass and Stanley Tucci in Masterplan. We saw Margaret Qualley fall in love in Love of Your Life. Then Ham talks about Whalefall in 4DX. You know what would be cool in 4DX? 2 Valid IDs. Last but not the least, Street Fighter! Ready? Fight!Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE for the stuff we watched... And the stuff we didn't! Like Always Yours, Never Mine. We haven't seen that so kung napanood niyo, balitaan niyo na lang kami. Ham kicks off the episode with Tom Cruise's latest film, Digger. Tungkol san nga ba 'to? Allow Ham to tell us. After that, napag-usapan naman ang Prime Video chart topper na Love Hypothesis starring Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman as Rey and Kylo Ren—what??? We then get into the DCU's latest hit series on HBO Max, Lanterns. Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, or Nathan Fillion, will the real Green Lantern please stand up? Pagkatapos noon, Filipino series naman tayo with Call My Manager where Direk Erik Matti shows us some behind-the-scenes showbiz shenanigans. Then last but not the least, we have Robert Pattinson catching child predators on TV in Primetime. Controversial? Righteous? Entertaining? Pag-usapan natin!Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE tayo mga kababayan from this world and all parallel worlds! It's our Forgotten Island episode mga "loh-lo" and "loh-la". We journey with H.E.R. and Liza Soberano to Nakali in this Dreamworks animated feature based on Filipino mythology. To celebrate or criticize? Pag-usapan natin 'yan. But before that, we talk about MMFF 2025's best picture winner that's now on Netflix, Sigrid Andrea Bernardo's I'mPerfect. Was it deserving of its accolades? We'll touch on that for sure. Pagkatapos, we talk about another Netflix chart topper, the teen sports drama series starring Miku Martineau, Crew Girl. Is this a series about rowing with some romance or a romance with some rowing? And somehow, from Crew Girl napunta ang uspan sa Heated Rivalry. If you've seen that, you are more welcome to chime in. Then meron pa kaming isang napanood sa sine na ayaw pa panoorin ni Ham nung una dahil takot siya, Resident Evil! Zach Cregger's film about the beloved video game franchise has some people throwing praises while some people are up in arms. Which one is it? Nagsisi ba si Ham? Let's go!Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

A SPOILER-FREE season premiere to all! Year 8 na tayo or more accurately, akalain mong naka-Year 8 pa tayo? So let's see how much further we can drive this car on empty. Mike starts things off by telling Ham about the number 1 series on Netflix, the true crime documentary, Death of the Pastor's Wife. If that's not depressing enough, we also talk about Shugo Praico's crime series, Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence. With the final's release in limbo and its episodes taken down from Youtube, the question is, malalaman pa kaya natin kung anong ending nito? We also have another Netflix chart-topper, Dan Villegas' rom-com starring JMFyang, Almost Us. Tapos napag-usapan rin ang Japanese drama series tackling various sexual problems, S&X. We also got into Sadie Sandler's tearjerker of a movie, Don't Say Good Luck. Then last but not the least, we talk about Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic drama/thriller, The Dog Stars. Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, and Guy Pearce survived the apocalypse—now what? Please Pause Season 8! Now what?Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE, always! It's our season finale! So let's pretend that means something. We started off with Mike telling Ham (and doing a really poor job at it) about the Prime Video teleserye starring Janine Gutierrez and Jericho Rosales, The Loyalty Game. Then we talked about Piolo Pascual and crew on the MMFF 2025 film, Manila's Finest. Tapos isa pang Pinoy movie ulit with Ganito, Ganyan, Ganoon. Jodi Sta. Maria and Agot Isidro lead this unconventional family drama but does it hold up with the classics? Pag-usapan natin! After that, si Ham naman ang nagkuwento about Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor dealing with dinosaurs in the sci-fi survival family movie, The End of Oak Street. Taumbahay Mike then tells her about Greta Lee in the sci-fi survival family Netflix original, The Last House. Then we top off the episode with two of the most popular series in the world, House of the Dragon and Our Sticky Love! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOIILER-FREE and spider-filled, this episode is! It's a rainy episode so pagtiyagaan niyo muna 'yung background noise. We hope everyone's safe and dry while you're listening to our Spider-Man: Brand New Day episode extravaganza! But before that, we ramble about some Pinoy movies that we watched in a very "casual" manner. We start with Wonderful Nightmare ni Kim Molina and Jerald Napoles. Napag-usapan rin ang MMFF 2024 film na My Future You with FranSeth. Tapos MMFF 2025 naman with Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins. Then napunta ang usapan sa Come Dine with Me: Celebrity Philippines, ang latest reality show na aming kinahuhumalingan. Ito naman seryosohan na with Angelica Panganiban and Zanjoe Marudo in Unmarry. Then as an appetizer before we get to our main course, we talk about the Prime Video series, Spider-Noir! And syempre, we saved the best for last because we have a lot to say about the MCU's latest billion-dollar blockbuster, Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Ito daw ang first movie ever that was shot for ScreenX so if you're looking to try that experience, we got you. Dito ka na kung hanap mo ay ScreenX MeMa. Of course, we also get into Peter Parker's post-No Way Home adventure and this time, he has the Punisher and Sadie Sink to back him? Or fight him? Pag-usapan natin 'yan and more!Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE and long story short, it's our The Odyssey episode! It's a Greek mythology extravaganza sprinkled with modern controversy, manufactured or otherwise. Christopher Nolan has successfully brought people to the theaters again but ito na nga ba ang pinaka-ultimate Nolan cinematic experience? Pag-usapan natin! And that's not all! We finally saw the acclaimed Cinemalaya sapphic film starring Janella Salvador, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Leanne Mamonong, and Klea Pineda, Open Endings! We missed this in the cinemas but now it's on Prime Video just like The Sheep Detectives! If you're not familiar at all, yes, they're sheep solving crime. And yes, it was fun! Then last but not the least, whether we want to or not, we finally talk about the Netflix Korean series, Teach You a Lesson! Napanood niyo or hindi, let us know what you think!Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE kami... If you care about that sort of thing. We know, we know. This episode is overdue. Our past few weekends have been full but finally, here we are with so much backlog to get through! We begin with the recently concluded series, The Bear. It's been a rollercoaster ride of a series in terms of greatness and not-so-greatness but now, we're at closing time so we're gonna have to say our goodbyes to Chef Carmy, Sydney, Richie and crew. Pagkatapos nun, we get into the live-action remake of one of Disney's most beloved movies in the modern era, Moana! Catherine Laga'aia brings Moana to life while The Rock is still... The Rock. We then get into one of Netflix recent rom-com hits, Voicemails for Isabelle. Was it something to fall for or something to forget? Pag-usapan natin! Last but not the least, we also have our Queen Rhaenyra, Milly Alcock, in Supergirl! The much anticipated film from James Gunn's DC Universe is finally here BUT... Yeah, there are probably a lot of buts. Listen in and let's talk about it!Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE kahit na ang gulo na ng release schedule namin! Nonetheless, this is a special all-sine episode! Puro sine tayo ngayon so kung nag-iisip pa kayo to watch or not to watch, this is for you. Inuna na namin ang latest film ni Steven Spielberg, ang Disclosure Day. Ilalabas ba ni Emily Blunt and Joshua O'Connor ang mga alien? Alien! Sinundan namin yan ng hit horror love story movie ni Curry Barker na Obsession. Finally, napilit rin ni Mike si Ham na panoorin 'to. Nagsisi ba siya? Listen in and find out! And that's not all. Napanood rin namin ang reunion movie na pang millenials and older, ang Home Along Da Riles Da Reunion. The Kosme family is back—only question is do we really have to go back to the tracks? Pag-usapan natin! Then last but not the least, kung nostalgia lang din naman, we reminisce about our childhood (and adulthood) toys habang pinag-uusapan ang Toy Story 5!Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE as always! Had to put together an episode while we feel like being responsible TV and film podcasters. We've left a lot on our "we want to watch that" list. We don't know how long those movies will remain on that list but for now, we begin with Eraserheads: Combo on the Run! The documentary on Philippine's most iconic band is finally on Netflix. Para sa fans? Pano sa mga hindi? Pag-usapan natin! We then move on to the massively successful sci-fi horror film from A24, Backrooms! From creepypasta to Youtube series to box office hit, director Kane Parsons gives us a tour of this endless maze of unsettling vibes. Pagkatapos nun, we give our final word on the number one series in Korea, Filing for Love. Then while still on the topic of office romance, we talk about, well, Office Romance. Starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein, sabi ng Netflix NSFW daw ang relationship nila—talaga ba? Last but not the least, napanood nga rin pala namin ang latest movie ng DonBelle, ang Tayo Sa Wakas! At heto na nga daw ang wakas—as in this is DonBelle's final film as a love team... Until it's not. Listen in and let's talk about it!Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepausephWe'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!