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SPOILER-FREE like we always do. We know we've been gone for a while but we're back with a vengeance! Yes, it's finally here. Fresh from a staycation in Cavite, it's the much-anticipated Please Pause Cavite Special! This is where we pay tribute to all things Cavite like no other TV and film podcast can so listen at your own risk! Just remember, fun-fun lang. And yes, we watched The Super Mario Galaxy movie in Cavite. Have we got a story for you. Chris Pratt and all the major players are back but does the sequel measure up to the original? Pag-usapan natin! We also watched Zendaya and Roberto Pattinson in The Drama which is, well, a drama about them as a soon-to-be-wed couple. Not your usual drama though as this was way more stressful than your average romance. Also in this episode, Phantom Lawyer and Daredevil Born Again. Plus some Netflix chart toppers in The Immortal Man, The Red Line, and The Last Beergin. Fun-fun lang! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE, in case you didn't know! Our last episode was a little light so bawi kami ngayon. We begin with a couple of Netflix romance series that we finally finished watching. Napag-usapan ang virtual reality dating app na nakahumalingan ni BLACKPINK Jisoo sa Boyfriend on Demand. So was it kilig or cringe? That's the question. We then move on to a Japanese series about a romance between a Korean girl and a Japanese guy, Gimbal and Onigiri. We've been touching on these for a few weeks now so now that it's over, we finally get to answer if all of that's worth it. Pagkatapos nun, Ham tells us about Ready or Not 2: Here I Come where the returning badass bride, Samara Weaving, is joined by her sister played by Kathryn Newton. Then it's Mike's turn to tell Ham about Made in Korea, the Netflix Indian movie that was... Made in Korea. Mike also talks about Season 2 of the much anticipated live action adaptation of One Piece. Then onto the main event of the episode, Project Hail Mary! Science, space, and Ryan Gosling plus his adorable friend. It's one thing to be worthy of a trip to the cinema but in this economy? Pag-usapan natin! Also in this episode, a movie called Eden starring A-listers Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, Daniel Brühl, and Ana de Armas. And also in this episode, an extremely inaccurate teleserye conversation about Batang Quiapo and What Lies Beneath that definitely needs some fact checking. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE no matter how crazy we sound! In celebration of Women's Month, we start this episode with Direk Jun Robles Lana's latest film, Sisa! Actually, we started with the number one movie on Netflix, War Machine, starring the hulk of a man that is Alan Ritchson but whatever. Sisa though, is it a psychological thriller? Is it a historical drama? Is it a war movie? Pag-usapan natin. After that, Ham tells us about The Bride! from writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal. Is Frankenstein alive again (as an IP)? Well, this isn't really about him, apparently. Last but not the least, we get into Pixar's latest feature that's not Avatar but very much like Avatar, Hoppers! This movie has certainly a lot of lessons to teach but is it even fun? Listen in and let's talk about it! Also in this episode, some of the stuff we're watching like Paradise and Scrubs. Let us know what you'e watching as well! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE! You already know that! Good luck sa Spotify in auto-generating chapters for this episode. But before anything else, the people behind the podcast would like to apologize on behalf of Ham dahil medyo inaantok-antok pa siya at the start of the recording. We begin with crime—as in Chris Hemsworth as a jewel robber in Crime 101. The movie doesn't exactly teach you how to do crime but we hope you learn something new from this episode. We go on to talk about Margaret Qualley as the sexually charged private detective, Honey, in Honey Don't which is now available on HBO Max. Pagkatapos, sa Prime Video naman kami with the sort of erotic thriller series, 56 Days, starring Dove Cameron. Sa dakong Netflix naman, we also saw the Korean drama film, Pavane. Kung napaiyak kayo nito, raise your hand. Last but not the least, we cannot NOT talk about the best thing on TV right now, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Tara, kinig na! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

A SPOILER-FREE Valentine's fallout to you and your spirit! It's our first time recording an episode in the same room in a very long time so happy Valentine's Day to us. Ham starts off with a report from Netflix Philippines' What Next? Thanks to Netflix for the invite! If they only knew what we say about Netflix in this podcast... We're kidding! Itinuloy 'yan ni Ham sa obligatory Jason Statham action flick of the year na Shelter. She also talks about the award-winning historical drama about the Shakespeares, Hamnet. Mike then gets into the animated basketball movie about a three-point shooting goat produced by the three-point shooting GOAT, Steph Curry, Goat. Ang gulo ba? Pakinggan niyo na lang. And of course, we can't let Valentine's Day pass us by without romantic movies so Ham talks about the period romantic drama starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, Wuthering Heights. Then last but not the least, Direk Irene Villamor is back at it with her heart-wrenching ways with Anne Curtis and Jericho Rosales in The Loved One. Also in this episode, ang latest Netflix series na aming kinahuhumalingan, Gimbap and Onigiri. This episode was recorded with our new and improved, 7 years too late podcasting set-up. Let us know how it sounds! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

A SPOILER-FREE homecoming for Ham! She just couldn't bear London anymore because the Philippines is just too beautiful a country (sarcasm alert!). We indulge her one last time in the final edition of her segment, Inggitin Mo Kami. Once that's over and done with, we can finally get on with our lives and we get into Sam Raimi's survival thriller, Send Help with Rachel McAdams. Mike then tells us about Sophie Turner in the crime series, Steal. We also get into the latest MCU series, Wonder Man. Created by Destin Daniel Cretton, Yahya Abdul-Mahteen and Ben Kingsley take on Hollywood in this superhero series without much superheroing. Also in this episode, we have bunch of Netflix chart toppers in 96 Minutes and Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight. Plus a final word on Can This Love Be Translated?. Welcome home, Ham! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

Yes, it's SPOILER-FREE! It's officially Ham's final recording from London so we begin with her signature segment, INGGITIN MO KAMI! That's her telling us about another bunch of stuff we won't get to experience anyway. Once that's over with, she moves on to the critical darling and awards season contender, Sentimental Value. It's going to be showing in the Philippines soon as part of FDCP's A Curation of World Cinema so we actually have a chance to see Stelan Skarsgard and crew in this Norwegian drama. After that, lipat naman tayo sa curation of couch cinema with Netflix's action thriller, The Rip, with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Steven Yeun. Mike then proudly reports that after missing it last week, he finally saw The Housemaid as Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried get tangled up in this stressful domestic thriller. Also in this episode, P77 with Barbie Forteza, Can This Love Be Translated?, and more... Oh, so much more. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE by default! Wait, diba may episode lang last Wednesday? Then new episode agad ngayon? Whatever's happening, it must be good. Or not. Ham even tried to exercise her executive powers on this episode. Did it work? Listen in and find out! Sinimulan ni Mike with Call Me Mother, MMFF 2025's Vice Ganda comedy drama and this time they have Nadine Lustre in tow. We then got into a Netflix number one rom-com, People We Meet on Vacation. Ham then tells us about Brendan Fraser in Rental Family. Tapos napag-usapan rin ang awards season entry ni George Clooney na Jay Kelly. Then to top it all off, Mike talks about Bar Boys: After School, the lawyer life comedy drama sequel to Bar Boys from 2017. Okay na? Let's go! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

A SPOILER-FREE new year to all! After almost a month, finally, a new episode! Well, maybe "finally" is a strong word. Let's be honest, no one's actually that excited for this auditory masterpiece. Of course, we have our post-vacation report which includes seeing James Cameron's latest billion dollar movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash—all three and a half hours of it. We also saw Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet and his award-winning performance. At hindi pwedeng hindi namin pag-usapan ang kakatapos lang na Stranger Things. Dagdag mo pa dyan ang stage play na The First Shadow. Hindi lang 'yan, also in this episode, Emily in Paris, The Great Flood, The Kingdom and more. But enough of this episode description, pakinggan niyo na lang! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE—in case you're new here. Here's a new episode kahit medyo nakabakasyon na utak namin. Or at least one of us. We begin by extending our utmost gratitude to you, our listeners, as this year's Spotify Wrapped just came out! Then Ham tells us about her Dutch and Italian escapades on this week's edition of Inggitin Mo Kami. She then went on about two Netflix movies na ginamit niyang pambanlaw from stress—A Merry Little Ex-Mas and Our Little Secret. Mike answers with a lot of stress as he tells us about Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys' thriller series, The Beast in Me. Pagkatapos nu'n, napag-usapan ang fantasy rom-com from A24 na Eternity starring the afterlife love triangle of Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner. We round out this episode with... Church? We got Sana Sinabi Mo with JK Labajo playing a missionary from the best-est church ever (nope). And last but not the least, Rian Johnson is back with another Knives Out mystery in Wake Up Dead Man! This time, Detective Benoit Blanc has to solve a murder in a, yes, church. And oh yeah, please pardon and his current romance anime obsession. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE, here we go! It's a chill and not so packed episode for once—or is it? We're here to talk about the much anticipated final season of Stranger Things!Season 5 Volume 1 has just been released on Netflix. Exciting or uninspiring? Pag-usapan natin. We also get into the second act of last year's musical phenomenon, Wicked, Wicked: For Good! Cynthia Erico and Ariana Grande are at it again with some vocal gymnastics but was it a fitting conclusion? Listen in and let's talk/sing about it! You just have to get through Ham's ramblings about her adventures first but once you get past that, it's smooth sailing from there. No, it's not. It never is. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE kahit gulo-gulo na ang upload schedule! This episode was recorded last Monday but wasn't released until now so there are some days-old information here. Blame it on our editor—ehem, Mike, ehem. At least in this episode, for the first time in a long time, we both saw all the movies we're going to talk about! We start with Star Cinema and Direk Cathy Garcia-Sampana's latest family drama, Meet, Greet and Bye! Mukhang tatabo na naman sila sa takilya sa pagdadala ni Maricel, Piolo, Joshua, JK, and Belle so actually, wala naman talagang bearing kahit ano pang sabihin namin dito! We then get into Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. It's alive! Well, is it really? Last but not the least, we also talk about Edgar Wright's The Running Man starring Glen Powell. The leading man of the 2020s is at it again but is this his latest action hit or was it an action dud? Pag-usapan natin! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

A bit late but still SPOILER-FREE! Full disclosure, this was recorded last weekend but it got stuck in post. Well, it's finally out now so you're welcome! Obviously the information here is at least five days old so bakit pa natin patatagalin? Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone in Bugonia. Jennifer Lawrence and Roberto Pattinson in Die My Love. The horsemen in Now You See Me: Now You Don't. Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This. Deadly creatures in Predator: Badlands. And featuring Mike's weekly Physical: Asia report. And that's how you do an episode description in a very lazy manner. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

A SPOILER-FREE post-long weekend to everyone! We're back with another episode that's filled to the brim and umaapaw pa! Of course, we have Ham telling us again about her London exploits and this time, it's about her trip to the MCM Comic Con London. And after niya tayo inggitin, she tells us about the romantic film, Regretting You, starring everyone's favorite young version of the lady protagonist, Mckenna Grace. We also get into the recently concluded fifth season of Only Murders in the Building and maybe for once, we agree? What? Mike then tells Ham about the supernatural horror film, Shelby Oaks, and the story behind the making of the movie. Napag-usapan rin ang one long continuous shot na movie ni Alessandra de Rossi na Everyone Knows Every Juan. Then last but not the least, we get into acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook's black comedy film, No Other Choice, starring Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin. Ang dami na ba? Also in this episode, Tulsa King, Gen V, Physical: Asia, and It: Welcome to Derry! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!

SPOILER-FREE! But you already know that. Pasensya na, medyo late ang episode this week but it's here now, what more do you want? We start with Ham catching us up on her busy week by sharing some Shakespeare fun facts that she learned from Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel in the play, Born with Teeth. She also saw her Hollywood crush, Channing Tatum, in person when she watched Roofman at the London Film Festival. And if that wasn't enough, she also tells us about her quick Barcelona getaway. Then in a battle of Saturday stories, Mike tells us about his Mandaluyong getaway wherein he went to the German film festival, Kinofest and watched Chainsaw Man--The Movie: Reze Arc. He also talks about Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, and Keanu Reeves' misfortunes in Good Fortune. Napag-usapan rin ang Filipino vampire movie ni Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Carlo Aquino na The Time That Remains. Then last but not the least, Quezon! Jerrold Tarog's final installment of the Bayaniverse is finally upon us. With a star-studded cast, a kickback-level budget, and Ser Jorah Mormont in tow, are we looking at the newest bayani box office phenomenon since Heneral Luna yelled p*nyeta in the cinema? Wait, do we even know who Quezon was and what Quezon did? Quezon City? Quezon Province? Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and Letterboxd @pleasepauseph We'd really appreciate it if you tell someone about the podcast! Thank you for supporting Please Pause!