ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
NO BOYFRIEND SINCE BIRTH (2015) Review Directed by Jose Javier Reyes What’s supposed to be a jolly and entertaining film turns out to be bland and unromantic. No Boyfriend Since Birth already has its leads obvious chemistry but it wasn’t put to good use. The film feels hopeless in bringing the romance that it doesn’t …
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Cinema One Originals boasts 9 new and “Kakaiba” films to compete for this year’s Digital Film Festival. “From a pregnant drag princess in a small town, to a group of children trying to find their heroes on the streets; from a mother’s deep love for her daughter, to one caught in the horrors of religion. Presenting, …
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The refreshing tandem of Carla Abellana and Tom Rodriguez returns to the big screen via Regal Entertainment’s latest romantic-comedy offering, “No Boyfriend Since Birth,” directed by Jose Javier Reyes. Carla Abellana plays Karina Miranda, an executive assistant who works in a bridal shop. She’s never been in a relationship all her life, waiting for her high school …
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HENERAL LUNA (2015) Review Co-Written and Directed by Jerrold Tarog “Bayan o Sarili?” It’s hard to absorb its opening sequence as it is one of the busiest you’ll see but not that it’s bad, the film welcomes you in an unpleasant and intense gathering as to make the dispute feel authentic. Heneral Luna is big, …
Opening in Philippine cinemas October 7.
THE LOVE AFFAIR (2015) Review Yet we have another ‘other woman’ story in our midst that promises to change the way we look at love when we see it. The Love Affair doesn’t care to give its characters to reflect and to repent on what they’ve done. It focuses on relationships as if it can’t …
The 11th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition opens on August 7-15, 2015 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and at Greenbelt 3 in Makati City. For this year, the competition will be held only in the short film category. The competition process for the full-length feature category is on-going and the screening of …