Nick Jonas, a Mysterious Gamer in “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”

Multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated recording artist, actor, and award-winning songwriter Nick Jonas (Kingdom, Scream Queens) stars in Columbia Pictures’Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (in Philippine cinemas Monday, January 8). The action adventure tells of four unlikely friends who are sucked into the world of Jumanji. When they discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never …

“Black Panther” Leaps from Page to Screen in New Featurette

Watch Black Panther go from comic book to the big screen in an all-new special featurette that’s just been launched by Marvel Studios. The video shows producer Kevin Feige explaining what makes the title character such an enchanting and exciting figure, along with director Ryan Coogler and star Chadwick Boseman sharing their take on the comic book …

Blue Sky’s Delightful Animation “Ferdinand” Opens January 8

   In the tradition of beloved animals from children’s classic tales comes a gentle giant with a heart of gold in “Ferdinand” – starring the voice of wrestling superstar John Cena along with Gina Rodriguez, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale and Anthony Anderson.                 Directed by Carlos Saldanha, who also helmed global blockbuster animation films such …

DJ Khaled, Matt Lanter Lead the Men of “Pitch Perfect 3”

There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to new talent in Universal Pictures’ Pitch Perfect 3, the next chapter in the beloved series opening in Philippine cinemas on Monday, January 8. One particularly special newcomer to the group is countless award-winning actor John Lithgow (Netflix’s The Crown), who portrays Fergus, Fat Amy’s very sketchy father. Joining …

Jack Black Channels His Inner Teenage Girl in “Jumanji”

When Bethany, a high school self-obsessed queen bee, is drawn into the mysterious Jumanji game, she chooses to play a “curvy genius,” Dr. Shelly Oberon, who will help navigate in the game as an expert in cartography, archeology and paleontology. Just one thing: Shelly is a nickname for Sheldon. The image-conscious Bethany is suddenly, in …

Gladers’ Last Fight for Survival in “Maze Runner: The Death Cure”

 The highly kinetic and global hit YA book-to-movie series “Maze Runner” comes in full circle in the final chapter “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” where the Gladers have finally caught up in the reality of their nightmare. Reprising their roles in the concluding saga are Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Rosa …

Golden Globes Nominees “The Post,” “Darkest Hour,” “Call Me By Your Name” Ready for Glory on Jan 8

Three critically acclaimed films that will soon be shown in the Philippines are expected to reap honors in the 75th Golden Globe Awards on Monday morning, January 8. They are Steven Spielberg’s The Post, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name and Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour – all distributed locally by Columbia Pictures. Starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, The Post tells of a cover-up spanning …

MMFF 2017 Best Picture “Ang Larawan” Goes to US Theaters on January 12

The 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival Best Picture winner “Ang Larawan” will be having its US Theatrical run starting January 12, 2018. In a musical tale about standing together against materialism, two impoverished sisters anguish over whether or not to sell a painting, the final masterpiece by their recluse father. A bitter struggle for survival against betrayal …

First “Slender Man” Trailer Introduces New Creepy Creature

He gets in your head like a virus. Watch the first trailer of Columbia Pictures’ new horror-thriller Slender Man now: In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that …

“Downsizing” Thinks Big for Its New Poster

Matt Damon is meant for something bigger in the new poster for Paramount Pictures’ new quirky comedy Downsizing directed by two-time Oscar-winner Alexander Payne. Check out the poster below and watch Downsizing in Philippine cinemas January 24. Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose …