ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
The inaugural Puregold Teatro Panalo shortlisted 26 one-act plays from 373 entries by veteran and rising theatrical practitioners. Selected for their compelling story potential, the plays advance to the next round of the festival’s selection process.
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to holiday films in Prime Video’s The Man with the Bag, streaming Dec 2, 2026. Directed by Adam Shankman, this action-comedy sees Santa team up with a Naughty List thief (Alan Ritchson) to pull off a Christmas heist.
Twenty years ago, an unlikely hero swallowed a giant pink rock from space and reshaped Filipino pop culture. Today, Zsazsa Zaturnnah remains as fierce, funny, and indispensable to the country’s queer legacy as the day she arrived.
This October, GMA Pictures brings audiences “Red Crown,” a thriller film that takes the glamorous and fiercely competitive world of beauty pageants to a shocking extreme. Directed by Dominic Zapata, the film opens in cinemas nationwide on October 28.
In Netflix’s upcoming Filipino mystery-thriller series Balaraw (Oct 29), Sabina searches for her missing mother, Rebecca, on an uncharted island. The show explores dark family secrets, Sabina’s mysterious dreams, and why inhabitants stay or leave.
Stream HBO Original dramas Rage Season two and War this October, as well as new Korean romantic series Make Me Tingle on HBO Max. Look forward to blockbuster hit The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jack Black, and catch Lili Reinhart and Lola Tung in Forbidden Fruits.
Oscar winner Mikey Madison set her sights on playing Frances Haugen in Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning. She was drawn to Haugen’s strong moral compass and selfless act of revealing damaging truths without ever seeking to be seen as a hero.
“Ken and Ryu go way, way back,” says Noah Centineo, who plays Ken in the new Street Fighter movie, in a new featurette. “They were training partners and friends for a very long time.”
Prime Video has revealed its October 2026 lineup, featuring new series like The Seven Knights Of The Marronnier Kingdom, Love In Disguise, and Helluva Boss S3, alongside major films including Guy Ritchie’s In The Grey and Apocalipsis Z: New World.
Ti West’s holiday film Ebenezer hits cinemas nationwide on December 2. Starring Johnny Depp as Ebenezer Scrooge alongside Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint, and Daisy Ridley, the movie offers a fresh, unexpected take on the classic Christmas tale. In PH cinemas December 2.