ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage in the supernatural thriller “Pay The Ghost” based on the bestselling short story of the same title by Tim Lebbon, a horror and dark fantasy writer, about a doting father on a desperate search whose son mysteriously disappears during Halloween. Directed by Uli Edel, whose work in “Baader Meinhof Complex” …
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Jesse Andrews’ thought-provoking and moving young-adult novel “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” took readers by surprise with a truly contemporary coming-of-age story, packed with smart original dialogue and fully realized teen characters. Now director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has perfectly captured the book’s offbeat humor, rare sensitivity and unique worldview in a feature film that …
Academy Award® nominee Josh Brolin (“Milk,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”), one of Hollywood’s top leading men, is known for challenging roles in both mainstream studio productions and thought-provoking independents. In Universal Pictures’ epic adventure “Everest,” Brolin plays Beck Weathers, the Texas pathologist who survived the 1996 expedition but lost his right arm, the fingers and …
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“Dracula may be a world-famous monster, but he’s really just a family guy,” says director Genndy Tartakovsky, who helped to reinvent classic monsters, like Dracula, Frankenstein, the werewolf, and more in the hit animated comedy “Hotel Transylvania.” The 2012 original film grossed more than $350 million worldwide and still holds the all-time record for highest …
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After nearly twenty years, the Power Rangers are getting an official big-screen reboot. Said to be taking a “mature but playful” approach to the fan-favorite 1990s TV series from Haim Saban, the updated Power Rangers will be directed by Dean Isrealite (Project Almanac), with a script from Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz (X-Men: First Class). After some rumored plot details …
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RICKI AND THE FLASH (2015) Review Directed by Jonathan Demme Aside from Meryl Streep being awesome as always which is the main attraction here (in every film she stars, actually), Ricki and The Flash is ordinary and predictable. There’s a lot of charm and likeable sequences here that would make the film pleasant to watch. …
He has established himself as one of the finest actors of his generation—with an array of emotionally searing and physically challenging roles defining his body of work. Now, Academy Award®-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Universal Pictures’ epic action adventure “Everest” as Scott Fischer – a real-life American climber and guide, and the first American …
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BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE (2015) Review Directed by Hiroyuki Yamashita Simple but entertaining. Boruto: Naruto The Movie doesn’t try hard like the recent Naruto Movies that came to Philippine cinemas. It’s not a film adaptation just for the fans, aside from impressive action sequences, the film also invests in its story for tackling about family and …
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Considered as the master filmmaker of the romantic-comedy genre with a prominent female perspective, writer-director Nancy Meyers (“It’s Complicated,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” “The Holiday”) is back with another heartwarming comedy, “The Intern” starring Oscar-winners Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. In the film, De Niro stars as Ben Whittaker, a 70-year-old widower who has discovered …
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SINISTER 2 (2015) Review Directed by Ciaran Foy The film is surprisingly tame. All the dangers that built the suspense in the first one isn’t felt here anymore. Sinister 2 is ordinary, it does have an interesting premise going back to the roots of Bughuul but it doesn’t pay off. The film sure does have …