Please Pause: Filipino TV and Film

We're back and still SPOILER-FREE! And maybe you'll learn something useful from us in this episode for a change? Who knows? Let's go! Antoinette Jadaone and Maris Racal's Sunshine has finally been released sa Pilipinas! Medyo mabigat ang pelikulang 'to but if you're interested in seeing it, you probably should as soon as you can dahil baka mawala na siya sa mga sinehan before you realize it. Napag...

SPOILER-FREE pa rin kahit na LDR podcasting na kami ulit! Ham's away again but that never stopped us before. Just a word of warning, this episode's a bit light on the TV and film but it's certainly heavy on everything else. We begin with Mike telling us about the Australian horror film from the Philippou brothers, Bring Her Back. We then get into the 4th season of The Bear, the widely acclaimed—is...

SPOILER-FREE syempre! We recorded this episode on a rainy afternoon kaya pasensya na sa background noise. This was also right before Ham's flight back to the UK kaya eto na rin ang despedida niya. Umabot kaya siya sa flight? We'll see. But no matter, what a huge episode this is. We start with Jurassic World Rebirth starring ScarJo, Mahershala Ali, and a bunch of... Weird dinosaurs? So was it a reb...

Still SPOILER-FREE but not going to lie, there isn't much in this episode. We have so much stuff to catch up on but that's for another time. For now, magkwentuhan muna tayo. Ham tells us about Pixar's latest animated movie, Elio! Right on the heels of Lilo and Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, kamusta naman kaya si Elio and his out of this world adventure? Let's go. Napanood rin namin ang seria...

SPOILER-FREE yey! We've been really bad at promoting our recent episodes so thanks for sticking with us! Ham's still live and in person in our beautiful country of the Philippines so might as well make the most of it. We saw a bunch of movies straight from the silver screen. Una na dyan ang live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon. Hiccup and Toothless are at it again but this time, they are...

SPOILER-FREE as always! Ham is back home! For better or worse, albeit temporarily. So let's podcast away! We're talking about The Last of Us Season 2—na hindi pa napapanood ni Ham so Mike tells her all about Ellie... and Joel. Shhh! No spoilers! We also got into the John Wick spinoff starring Ana de Armas, Ballerina! Money-grab or a worthy successor? Pag-usapan natin! Speaking of spinoffs, natapos...

SPOILER-FREE. That's it. It's been three weeks so we're not going to delay this any further but it's definitely someone's fault why we couldn't do an episode. Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning—last movie na daw nila Tom cruise, allegedly. Let's see. Final Destination Bloodlines—people died. The end. For them. Best movie in the franchise daw? Andor Season 2—spoiler-alert, if you've seen Rogue...

SPOILER-FREE in case you forgot how this works. We've been gone for weeks but we're back. Apologies muna because we have so much to catch up on, ang haba tuloy. Ang dami kasing kwento, pwede namang wala! But that wouldn't be Please Pause, would it? And here we are. So Thunderbolts* is finally out. Directed by Jake Schreier, this latest Marvel film has got everyone excited as we enter MCU's next ph...

SPOILER-FREE but you already know that. Here's a new episode for compliance's sake. We had a lot to go through though starting with A Minecraft Movie! Mike talks about Jack Black and Jason Momoa's video game adaptation from the eyes of a non-Minecraft player so let's see how that goes. Nagkwento naman si Ham about Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller, Black Bag. Wala pa 'to sa Pilipinas officially but...

SPOILER-FREE, it's not a prank! Daming pinag-usapan, halos lahat walang kwenta. In case anybody needs context, Mike is stuck in the beautiful country of the Philippines while Ham is currently living in a cold, gray, cesspool of a city on the other side of the world. We both saw My Love Will Make You Disappear though. Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino's first film as a love team goes worldwide. How did Ki...

SPOILER-FREE is our SOP. We're keeping it relaxed for this episode... ALLEGEDLY. We only have three things on the agenda. First would be the Shondaland mystery-comedy series, The Residence. It's another one of those quirky detective series but this time, Uzo Udoba's Cordelia Cupp is taking on a murder at the White House. So how does it compare as far as whodunnits go? Pag-usapan natin! After that,...

SPOILER-FREE pa rin! Recorded this last weekend, got stuck in editing, and finally here it is. Since this episode is long overdue, hindi na kami magpapaligoy-ligoy pa. Mickey 17 napanood namin. The Electric State rin. Lilim and Babygirl napanood ni Mike. Daredevil: Born Again on-going na. May mga kwento rin si Ham about Lion King: The Musical and The Diplomat. OK na? Go! This episode description i...

Yes, still SPOILER-FREE! Another Monday, another episode from yours truly that we oh so enthusiastically recorded. So without further ado, the MaThon movie is upon us! Syempre pinag-usapan namin ang number one movie on Netflix, ang Sosyal Climbers with Maris Racal and Anthony Jennings! Did one of the most talked about (in a good way and in a bad way) love teams in recent memory deliver? Listen in...

We hope you all had a SPOILER-FREE Valentine's like this episode! It's the first time in a long time since we released episodes in consecutive weeks. So hooray for us! We just had to catch up with each other with everything that's going on in this brave new world that we're living in. First, Mike tells Ham about the Marvin and Jolina reunion movie, Ex Ex Lovers. Were JP Habac and Tonette Jadaone a...

SPOILER-FREE tayo as always. In this episode, we play some "wala ka sa napanood ko" as Mike starts with Marius Talampas and Sherwin Buenvenida's Sampung Utos Kay Josh. Religious jokes? Bastos jokes? Sabaw jokes? All in good fun! Tinapatan naman 'yan ni Ham ng The Brutalist with all its accolades, seriousness, and 3 1/2 hours of it. Three. And. A. Half. Ikukwento 'yan lahat ni Ham. And there's more...

SPOILER-FREE, of course! Except for the teleserye parts of the conversation because there is no such thing as spoilers when it comes to teleseryes. We probably spent too much time catching up in the first part of this episode so please bear with us. In case you didn't know, we're doing some long distance podcasting frome here on out. We also have to apologize for the audio issues. Honestly, we sti...

SPOILER-FREE pa rin! Please Pause is entering a new chapter... And it's not as exciting as it sounds. The podcast isn't dead though so hooray! We're coming from our December vacation so we'll tell you about some of our misadventures from that. And since wala kami nung MMFF, we had to catch up on the festival. We were able to watch And the Breadwinner Is..., Vice Ganda's MMFF comeback project direc...

SPOILER-FREE as always! It's our Christmas-year-ender-despedida all-in-one episode! We're going on vacation but only one of us is coming back—dun-dun-dunnn! Listen in and find out if this is the end of Please Pause as we know it! But other than that, meron lang kaming mga pahabol bago matapos ang 2024. Katulad na lang ng Mufasa: The Lion King which just came out just before MMFF season. We were al...

SPOILER-FREE pa rin tayo and this episode for this week actually came early! For once! Or is it last week's episode and it came really late? Whatevs! Unahin na natin ang latest blockbuster na Wicked! Pag-usapan natin how Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande captivated audiences around Oz with their adaptation of this hit theater musical. Pero kung kami ang tatanungin, was it good? Or was it wicked? Lis...

The obligatory Hello, Love, Again episode! SPOILER-FREE pa rin of course. Congrats sa amin dahil na-release namin 'tong episode na 'to within two days of recording it. Mukhang tumatabo si Kathryn and Alden sa takilya kaya hindi pwedeng hindi kami maki-ride dyan. And we have plenty of strong feelings on this sequel kaya join us and pag-usapan natin kung dine-deserve nga ba ni Joy and Ethan ng movie...

SPOILER-FREE pa rin yada yada yada. We recorded this episode last Sunday and because of our unwavering dedication to this podcast, we're releasing this four days later! Kaya hindi na kami mahpapaligoy-ligoy pa. Look at the title. We're talking about those movies. Why bother listing them down again here in the description? In addition, meron ding Trap, It's What's Inside, and Don't Move. And of cou...

SPOILER-FREE that's our SOP! This time, it didn't take three weeks for a new episode! Congratulations to us. So let's get to it! Ham tells us about Sam Claflin's horror movie, Bagman. Yes, she watched a horror movie. Then we move on to a trio of Netflix series. Mystery muna tayo with Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, and Eve Hewson in Perfect Couple. Tapos rom-com naman with Kristen Bell and Adam Bro...

We're still here and still SPOILER-FREE! Episodes have been getting fewer and far in between but you're not getting rid of us that easily! Bawing-bawi tayo ngayon because we have a lot to talk about starting with the academic cheating movie, Bad Genius. Hindi niyo naitatanong pero we used to be teachers in our past life so we know a thing or two about students. We also got into the animated origin...

Still here and still SPOILER-FREE! But enjoy it while it lasts! It's been kind of a slow past two weeks in terms of new releases but we're here now. We start with the latest ABS-CBN teleserye, Lavender Fields! Jodi Sta. Maria, Janine Gutierrez, and Jericho Rosales take on the revenge genre and oh, someone's not satisfied. Listen in and find out who. Pagkatapos n'un, we get into Yorgos Lanthimos an...

New season, same old SPOILER-FREE podcast! Season 6 na kami? Why? Gusto lang namin! Ham thinks we've overloaded this episode unnecessarily. Aagain. Mike thinks this one's pretty chill. Listen in and let us know which side you're leaning. Kwentuhan lang! Now onto the meat of the episode—Mike reports on a bunch of series he's been trying to get into to varying degrees of success. Then we talk about...