Please Pause: Filipino TV and Film

Barry–short, sweet, and spoiler-free. HBO on-going series since 2018. Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader. Starring Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, and Henry Winkler. 2019 Peabody Award 2019 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 2018 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 2018 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series...

Love Lockdown–short, sweet, and spoiler-free. 2020. Directed by Andoy Ranay, Darnel Villaflor, Noel Escondo, and Emmanuel Palo. Starring Jake Cuenca, Kylie Verzosa, Angelica Panganiban, JM de Guzman, Sue Ramirez, Tony Labrusca, and Arjo Atayde Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @pleasepauseph

Better Call Saul–short, sweet, and spoiler-free. On-going since 2015. Created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Starring Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seahorn, and Giancarlo Esposito. 2018 Peabody Award 23 Primetime Emmy nominations Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @pleasepauseph

On the Job–short, sweet, and spoiler-free. 2013. Directed by Erik Matti. Starring Joel Torre, Gerald Anderson, Joey Marquez, and Piolo Pascual. 17th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Best Actor Award for Joel Torre 62nd FAMAS Awards Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Story, and Best Sound Fernando Poe, Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence for Piolo Pascual Fol...

Knives Out–short, sweet, and spoiler-free. 2019. Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, and Katherine Langford. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @pleasepauseph

Chernobyl–short, sweet, and spoiler-free. 2019 miniseries, 5 episodes. Starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, and Emily Watson. 2019 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series 2019 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series 2019 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @pleasepauseph

We continue our Listener's Choice series with this week's episode of Please Pause with Mike and Ham! This week's request is from Reddit user megalomania00. We're talking about Seasons 1 to 3 of Netflix's Workin' Moms. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @pleasepauseph and keep sending your requests for more Listener's Choice!

We have another Listener's Choice on this episode of Please Pause with Mike and Ham! This week's request is from Instagram user @blockzbarkada. We're talking about the 2020 iWant series starring Julia Barretto, I Am U. We get into our best and worst and necessary nitpicks, as always. We even have our own pitch for a single actress, multiple role teleserye especially made for Julia Barretto! Listen...

Please Pause is taking a break from its season break for the first edition of Listener's Choice! This week we're fulfilling a request from Instagram user @lamagsss. We're talking about the 2019 movie starring Maine Mendoza and Carlo Aquino, Isa Pa with Feelings. This episode is dedicated to graduates, board and bar exam passers, and any person who had a congratulatory tarp made for them by their f...

Through Night and Day—short, sweet, and spoiler-free. 2018. Directed by Veronica Velasco. Starring Paolo Contis and Alessandre de Rossi. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @pleasepauseph

The Americans—short, sweet, and spoiler-free. 6 seasons, 2013-2018. Starring Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell. 2015, 2019 Peabody Award 2018 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series 2018 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 2015, 2016 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @pleasepauseph

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On the final episode of Please Pause with Mike and Ham, we give our final words for our first season. Then we have more Crash Landing on You! We still have Adrian Sumalde with us to talk about the series and play more K-drama music on the piano. We also have our best and worst and necessary nitpicks. Thanks to all of you who listened to our episodes. We really appreciate it. Keep sharing the podca...

This week on Please Pause with Mike and Ham, it's Part 1 of our two-part season finale where we talk about one of Netflix's most popular shows in the Philippines, Crash Landing on You! We brought in friend of the podcast and two-time guest Adrian Sumalde to help us navigate through the heart-fluttering moments of the show. Listen as he plays some Crash Landing on You music on the piano! He also gi...

This week on Please Pause with Mike and Ham, we brought back the 90s kids within us to talk about the age of Filipino children's movies and the 1995 film by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes, Batang X. Join us as we look back on a film from a different time in Filipino movie history. We get into kid superheroes, sci-fi mumbo jumbo, and slapstick comedy. More importantly, we talk about 1995 Michael de M...

You're gonna be okay! This week on Please Pause with Mike and Ham, we're joined by Nick and Gleniz of the F Buddies podcast! Check out the first and spoiler-free part of our conversation on the F Buddies podcast. We're talking about a movie that they recommended, 1992 cult classic, and Quentin Tarantino's first ever film, Reservoir Dogs. In this episode, spoiler warning as we recap the many ways t...

May inuwi si nanay, si nanay, sa bahay... More frights and scares on this episode of Please Pause with Mike and Ham as we bring back our friend Mich to talk about another horror movie. This time, we're taking on a Filipino classic and blockbuster hit, Feng Shui. First, we asked Mich about actual feng shui, good luck charms, and the Chinese Zodiac. We then talk about Feng Shui as the horror movie t...

It's not the house that's haunted... In this episode of Please Pause with Mike and Ham, we brought in friend of the podcast and horror movie fan, Mich to talk about a movie we watched at her urging, Insidious. But first, we ask Mich how she got into creating the beautiful calligraphy works you can find on Instagram @pepperletters. We then try to reconcile how someone who shares so much positivity...

It's the second and spoiler-filled part of our The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina special! We still have Ray and Pati calling in from Osaka, Japan to talk about the Netflix series. We recap the earlier seasons and the numerous story threads of Season 3. We give our best and worst of the series, ranging from the inspired to the funny and to the downright frustrating. We talk about some of the stuff...

This week on Please Pause with Mike and Ham, it's the spoiler-free part of our The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina special. We brought in Sabrina fans Ray and Pati to talk about the show among other things. Ray is from the Philippines, Pati is from Mexico, they're married, and they live in Japan. Listen in as they tell us about wedding misadventures, some of the unusual aspects of Japanese culture,...

To skip or not to skip, that is the question. On this episode of Please Pause with Mike and Ham, we talk about long form ads and the changing advertising landscape in the age of Youtube. We get into what has been a local fast food chain's yearly tradition of February ads, the series of love-themed Kwentong Jollibee. We examine this year's stories: Space, Apart and #CoupleGoals. We then give our ve...

Hindi tayo mapapakain ng passion na 'yan! It's our 25th episode! And it's the last of our Month of Love (Teams) series! On this episode of Please Pause with Mike and Ham, we talk about KathNiel and one of the highest grossing Filipino films of all time, The Hows of Us. As always, it's another unqualified review from yours truly as we talk about the movie in the context of KathNiel's past movies an...

Anong klaseng tao ka? Manloloko, mandurugas... It's teleserye time again on the Please Pause podcast! In the second episode of our Month of Love (Teams) series, we wrap up The Killer Bride then we talk about LizQuen and their newest teleserye, Make It with You. We look into the show's first few episodes and compare it to classic teleserye tropes and LizQuen's past works. We then go over what's wor...

Cafe assistant? Brand manager? It's February and Valentine's Day is upon us! We're celebrating this season with a Month of Love (Teams)! In the first episode of this series, it's all about JaDine and one of our favorite Filipino romantic dramas, Never Not Love You. We talk about why we love the movie and how it set the gold standard for modern love team movies for us. We also get into the best and...

...dary! It's the second part of our How I Met Your Mother special and we still have friend of the podcast, Adrian Sumalde with us. In this episode, we talk about the characters we identify with the most and we list our favorite episodes from the series. Of course, no HIMYM discussion would be complete without talking about the controversial series finale. So what's HIMYM to us? To paraphrase Ted,...