ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
After 11 nominations and 2 awards (3rd best picture and best supporting actress for Shaina Magdayao) at last December’s Metro Manila Film Festival, Tagpuan was declared the Best Feature Film at the 6th Chauri Chaura International Film Festival in India. Alfred Vargas, the lead actor and producer of Tagpuan, is elated over the film’s international …
Alyx Arumpac’s Aswang, a film that portrays the grim aftermath of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, is eligible for consideration in the documentary feature category of the 93rd Academy Awards. The film qualified after winning the prestigious White Goose Award at the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Asia’s largest documentary festival, which took place in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Korea …
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Filipinos who missed the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival will get another chance to catch two of the season’s featured movies—”Suarez: The Healing Priest” and “Pakboys Takusa”—as SKY Movies Pay-Per-View offers the MMFF Bundle, starting January 22 (Friday). Recipient of the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award, “Suarez: The Healing Priest” depicts the true-to-life story …
FAN GIRL (2020) ReviewWritten and directed by Antoinette Jadaone WHAT. A. RIDE. If someone tells me that Antoinette Jadaone is doing a movie about a fan girl starring Paulo Avelino and newcomer Charlie Dizon, this is not what I would expect. The film is deeply engrossing from start to finish, and not just because of …
Adrian Lindayag and Keann Johnson, two of the most talented rising stars in the country today, play the leads in the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2020 romantic comedy “The Boy Foretold By The Stars.” Adrian is a stage performer who was a mainstay of the iconic late night variety show “Walang Tulugan” hosted and …
Here are the winners of the Metro Manila Film Festival 2020 Gabi ng Parangal: 3rd Best Float: Fan Girl2nd Best Float: Isa Pang BahaghariBest Float: Magikland Best Child Performer: Seiyo Masunaga, The Missing Best Sound: Vincent Villa, Fan GirlBest Musical Score: Emerzon Texon, MagiklandBest Original Theme Song: Ulan, The Boy Foretold by the Stars Best …
This Christmas, there’s no other place to be than home, literally and figuratively. Instead of feeling deflated that you are missing out on the usual stuff you love doing during the holiday season, why not look for ways to keep the festive spirit alive and kicking? One thing you can do is to bring the …
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happenstance nounhap·pen·stance | \ ˈha-pən-ˌstan(t)s , ˈha-pᵊm- \Definition of happenstance: a circumstance especially that is due to chance What if you mysteriously connect with someone from the past? How will this friendship work? And what if this friendship blossoms into romance? In the midst of 2020, Wade finds an old bag full of love letters in his house’s attic. He discovers that these …
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THE BOY FORETOLD BY THE STARS (2020) ReviewDirected by Dolly Dulu I can’t remember the last time I felt really good after watching a movie. The pandemic forced us to watch movies at the small screens of our gadgets with distractions here and there, in addition to the stress that we are experiencing now. Luckily, …
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From the creator of Spy Kids and The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl comes a new action movie for the whole family, watch the trailer for We Can Be Heroes! When alien invaders kidnap Earth’s superheroes, their children must team up and learn to work together if they want to save their parents and the …
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