Category: TV

Isn’t it a bummer when you see your favorite movie already playing halfway through when you turn on the TV? Fret not! From rom-com and action to horror and thriller, we’re giving you a heads up on all the must-watch movies on TV from June 13 to 19, 2022.

June 13, Monday

The Mall, The Merrier
(11am, PBO)
Two siblings fight for ownership of their parents’ mall.

47 Ronin
(8:05pm, HBO)
In feudal Japan, Lord Asano rules his province with fairness. However, jealous Lord Kira fears that the shogun favors Asano over him and hatches a plot that ends with Asano’s ritual suicide. After Asano’s death, his samurai, led by Oishi, are forced to live as outcasts. Oishi wanders for several years but realizes that he must turn to Kai, a mixed-blood warrior he once rejected, to help him and his ronin comrades take revenge on Lord Kira.

Honor Thy Father
(9pm, Cinema One)
A family loses everything after it falls victim to a Ponzi scheme.

June 14, Tuesday

Isa Pa With Feelings
(5pm, Cinema One)
An aspiring architect falls for her deaf neighbour, and he teaches her basic sign language as they grow closer despite their differences.

In The Heights
(5:50pm, HBO)
In Washington Heights, N.Y., the scent of warm coffee hangs in the air just outside of the 181st St. subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies a vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is a likable and magnetic bodega owner who hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.

June 15, Wednesday

ABNKKBSNPLAko? The Movie
(11:30am, PBO)
An author recollects memories of his childhood to early student days until his few years at work.

Last Fool Show
(5pm, Cinema One)
Mayessa, an indie film director, is egged to direct her first romantic comedy film. Unable to create a new story, she pitches in her personal tale of love and heartbreak with her ex-boyfriend, Paolo. The plot of Mayessa’s film revolves around.

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
(10pm, HBO)
The world’s most lethal odd couple — bodyguard Michael Bryce and hit man Darius Kincaid — are back for another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius’s even more volatile wife. Soon, all three are in over their heads when a madman’s sinister plot threatens to leave Europe in total chaos.

June 16, Thursday

Shrek The Third
(4:45pm, HBO)
When King Harold suddenly croaks, Shrek learns he will have to rule the land of Far, Far Away, unless he can find a suitable heir to the throne. The most-promising candidate is Princess Fiona’s cousin Artie, a teenage slacker in a medieval high-school. Shrek and his trusted companions, Donkey and Puss in Boots, set out to bring Artie back but find their mission is a bigger challenge than they expected.

Dalaw
(9pm, Cinema One)
Strange things start happening when a family moves to a new house. The mother soon learns that they are being targeted by a supernatural visitor, and she must find a way to keep it from causing her family harm.

June 17, Friday

She’s Dating The Gangster
(5pm, Cinema One)
Seventeen-year-old Athena Dizon unwittingly plays a trick on resident heartthrob and bad boy Kenji de los Reyes. All of a sudden, she finds herself pretending to be his girlfriend to make an ex jealous; however, she falls in love with him.

Sucker Punch
(8:10pm, Cinemax)
Locked away, a young woman named Babydoll retreats to a fantasy world where she is free to go wherever her mind takes her. Determined to fight for real freedom, she finds four women — Rocket, Blondie, Amber and Sweet Pea — to join together to escape the terrible fate that awaits them. With a virtual arsenal at their disposal, the allies battle everything from samurais to serpents, while trying to decide what price they will pay for survival.

Spider-Man: Homecoming
(9pm, HBO)
Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, young Peter Parker returns home to live with his Aunt May. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark, Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man. He also tries to return to his normal daily routine — distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just a friendly neighborhood superhero. Peter must soon put his powers to the test when the evil Vulture emerges to threaten everything that he holds dear.

Beauty and the Bestie
(10pm, Cinema One)
Undercover agent Emman asks his former best friend Erika to take the place of an abducted beauty pageant contestant while he and his agency hunt for the kidnapping victim.

June 18, Saturday

Tenet
(6:30pm, HBO)
A secret agent is given a single word as his weapon and sent to prevent the onset of World War III. He must travel through time and bend the laws of nature in order to be successful in his mission.

It Takes a Man and a Woman
(7pm, Cinema One)
The relationship between Miggy and Laida didn’t last, and neither did Miggy’s business success. When Laida returns to help with a presentation to MET, old feelings come to the surface.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
(8pm, Cinemax)
Fearless explorer Lara Croft tries to locate Pandora’s box before criminals Jonathan Reiss and Chen Lo use it for evil. According to myth, the box holds deadly organisms that could kill millions of people. With her old partner, Terry, Croft goes on a hunt that takes her from Europe to Asia to Africa, where pal Kosa helps her. Along the way, Croft rappels down cliffs, scuba dives and decimates many male opponents.

June 19, Sunday

Seven Sundays
(3pm, PBO)
Siblings reunite when their father is diagnosed with cancer, and must settle old issues as they spend time together.

F9: The Fast Saga
(9pm, HBO)
Dom Toretto is living the quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, but they know that danger always lurks just over the peaceful horizon. This time, that threat forces Dom to confront the sins of his past to save those he loves most. His crew soon comes together to stop a world-shattering plot by the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they’ve ever encountered — Dom’s forsaken brother.

300: Rise of An Empire
(6pm, Cinemax)
While King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans have their date with destiny at Thermopylae, another battle against the Persians is brewing, this time at sea. Themistocles, a Greek general, sees the threat posed by the God-King Xerxes of Persia. He knows that he must unite all of Greece if he is to stand any chance of repelling the Persian invasion. Even if he accomplishes his mission, Themistocles must still face Artemisia, the ruthless leader of the Persian armada.

Pagdadalaga Ni Maximo Oliveros
(11pm, Cinema One)
Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings. He dresses in girls’ clothing and wears makeup, with nothing but acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted one evening, Victor, a police officer, comes to his aid. Maxi soon develops a crush on Victor, who shows a platonic affection for the young lad. The unorthodox friendship is strained when Victor’s job leads him to Maxi’s brothers and father.

Isn’t it a bummer when you see your favorite movie already playing halfway through when you turn on the TV? Fret not! From rom-com and action to horror and thriller, we’re giving you a heads up on all the must-watch movies on TV from June 6 to 12, 2022.

June 6, Monday

No Other Woman
(7:30pm, PBO)
A woman discovers that her husband is having an affair with a customer’s daughter.

Jumanji: The Next Level
(8pm, HBO)
When Spencer goes back into the fantastical world of Jumanji, pals Martha, Fridge and Bethany re-enter the game to bring him home. But the game is now broken — and fighting back. Everything the friends know about Jumanji is about to change, as they soon discover there’s more obstacles and more danger to overcome.

Alagwa
(9pm, Cinema One)
An impoverished single parent, Robert Lim spends his free time with his young son Brian after the death of his wife during childbirth. As a child, Brian is stubborn and often get into a fight with his schoolmates, teasing him about how his father looks like a hobo.

June 7, Tuesday

ABNKKBSNPLAko? The Movie
(5:30pm, PBO)
An author recollects memories of his childhood to early student days until his few years at work.

Spider-Man: The Homecoming
(7:50pm, HBO)
Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, young Peter Parker returns home to live with his Aunt May. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark, Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man. He also tries to return to his regular daily routine — distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just a friendly neighborhood superhero. Peter must soon put his powers to the test when the evil Vulture emerges to threaten everything he holds dear.

June 8, Wednesday

Knight and Day
(11:40am, HBO)
June Havens chats up her charming seatmate on a flight out of Kansas, but she doesn’t realize that she will soon land in the middle of an international adventure. The fellow passenger, Roy Miller, is a covert operative who claims he has been set up to take a fall. Now his reluctant partner, June must dodge bullets in Boston, leap rooftops in Austria and evade bulls in Spain, while she and Roy learn that trust is the most important survival skill.

The Girl in the Orange Dress
(5pm, Cinema One)
After a night of partying, a young woman wakes up in a movie star’s bed.

Robocop 3
(8:15pm, Cinemax)
Greedy corporation Omni Consumer Products is determined to begin development on its dream project, Delta City, which will replace the derelict Detroit. To achieve this end, O.C.P. is employing armed forces to bully residents out of the city, under the guise that they are just doing their part to reduce crime and root out thugs. After RoboCop joins the civilian resistance, he sustains severe injuries but recovers to battle advanced ninja robots developed by O.C.P.

June 9, Thursday

Pixels
(7:15pm, HBO)
When aliens intercept video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack Earth, using the games as models. Knowing that he must employ a similar strategy, President Will Cooper recruits his childhood pal, former video-game champ and home-theater installer Sam Brenner, to lead a team of old-school arcade players and a military specialist in an all-out battle to save the planet.

The Hunger Games
(9pm, HBO)
In what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games. Every citizen must watch as the youths fight to the death until only one remain. District 12 Tribute Katniss Everdeen has little to rely on, other than her hunting skills and sharp instincts, in an arena where she must weigh survival against love.

Beauty and the Bestie
(9:30pm, PBO)
Undercover agent Emman asks his former best friend Erika to take the place of an abducted beauty pageant contestant while he and his agency hunt for the kidnapping victim.

June 10, Friday

Contagion
(12:15pm, HBO)
When Beth Emhoff returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her shocked husband that they have no idea what killed her. Soon, many others start to exhibit the same symptoms, and a global pandemic explodes. Doctors try to contain the lethal microbe, but society begins to collapse as blogger fans the flames of paranoia.

Siargao
(5pm, Cinema One)
A love triangle plays out between a rock singer and two women on the island of Siargao.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(5pm, HBO)
Now in his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry learns that many in the wizarding community do not know the truth of his encounter with Lord Voldemort. Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, appoints his toady, Dolores Umbridge, as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, for he fears that professor Dumbledore will take his job. But her teaching is deficient and her methods, cruel, so Harry prepares a group of students to defend the school against a rising tide of evil.

Till I Met You
(7:30pm, PBO)
Three friends — Iris, a girl; Basti, a boy; and Ali, a closeted homosexual — eventually fall in love with each other and find themselves in an unusual love triangle.

June 11, Saturday

You Changed My Life
(7pm, Cinema One)
Miggy and Laida settle into their lives as a couple, but their successful careers soon threaten to tear them apart.

The Dark Knight
(7:35pm, HBO)
With the help of allies Lt. Jim Gordon and DA Harvey Dent, Batman has been able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a vile young criminal calling himself the Joker suddenly throws the town into chaos, the caped Crusader begins to tread a fine line between heroism and vigilantism.

17 Again
(8:15pm, Cinemax)
Mike O’Donnell was a high-school basketball star with a bright future, but he threw it all away to marry his girlfriend and raise their child. Almost 20 years later, Mike’s marriage has failed, his kids think he’s a loser, and his job is going nowhere. He gets a chance to correct the mistakes of his past and change his life when he is miraculously transformed into a teenager, but in trying to fix his past, Mike may be jeopardizing his present and future.

Camp Sawi
(11:30pm, PBO)
A group of brokenhearted women goes to a resort that specializes in helping people ease their pain.

June 12, Sunday

Heneral Luna
(3pm, Cinema One)
In 1898, Gen. Antonio Luna faces resistance from his own countrymen as he fights for freedom during the Philippine-American War.

Baler
(5:15pm, PBO)
As real events of the siege unfold, the film follows the fictional love story of Celso Resurrección, a Spanish Mestizo soldier, and Feliza Reyes, a local maiden and daughter of a Katipunero, with their relationship caught in the middle of the Philippine Revolution.

Venom
(11pm, HBO)
Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating one of Drake’s experiments, Eddie’s body merges with the alien Venom — leaving him with superhuman strength and power. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicating.