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Matthew Escosia

Matthew Escosia

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Pop Culture Editor and Writer, The Philippine Star

Philippines

Biography

Part-time pop culture writer, full-time nerd. We may be obsessing over the same movie or show. Lead editor for "SEA Wave Pop Culture Magazine". Also writes on my personal film blog "Film Geek Guy".

Final Covers

Pop Culture , Advocacy

Doesn’t Cover

Anything outside of Dallas-Fort Worth

Journalist Type

Industries

Medium Formats

Content

Total articles 107

  • “Drop” review: Date night horrors

    By Matthew Escosia Verified| filmgeekguy.com@ In Christopher Landon’s “Drop”, Meghann Fahy plays Violet, a mother who goes on a date for the first time after years of being a widow. When she receives a phone notification asking her to play a game, a harmless prank message that gradually turns into threats to her personal life, Violet must choose between embarking on a deadly mission and ignoring it to put her child in danger. In these games, Violet is given several tasks.

    By Matthew Escosia Verified · filmgeekguy.com

    Apr. 19, 2025

  • “Sinners” review: Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic is his best film yet

    By Matthew Escosia Verified| filmgeekguy.com@ Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic “Sinners” marks the director’s first original work that isn’t connected with an existing source material. It is only his fifth film in an already prolific filmography, yet it already feels like something that he is grinding himself towards. Combining the epic, ambitious style of his blockbuster films “Creed” and “Black Panther”, plus his dramatic roots with “Fruitvale Station”, “Sinners” has the mark of a filmmaker who is free-spirited and oozing with confidence.

    By Matthew Escosia Verified · filmgeekguy.com

    Apr. 18, 2025

  • Review: “The Penguin Lessons” is a charming tale of a troubled teacher and his penguin friend

    By Matthew Escosia Verified| filmgeekguy.com@ “The Penguin Lessons” is based on the memoir of Tom Michell (Steve Coogan), a teacher assigned to work at a boy’s school in Argentina amidst the Dirty War, a period when the country had a military dictatorship and over 30,000 people were killed or disappeared. During a trip, Tom rescued an oil-soaked penguin on a beach and decided to keep him at his school to bring enlightenment and positivity on his students.

    By Matthew Escosia Verified · filmgeekguy.com

    Apr. 14, 2025

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Company Info

The Philippine Star