‘Haunted Mansion,’ A Strong Contender for Best Picture, Janella Salvador, A Shoo-In for Best Actress

Multi-awarded director Jun Lana made sure that Regal Entertainment’s Metro Manila Film Festival entry, ‘Haunted Mansion,’ is tops not just in the technical aspect but in the acting department as well. This year’s biggest horror movie topbills Janella Salvador, Marlo Mortel and Jerome Ponce with senior actors Iza Calzado, Dominic Ochoa and Janice De Belen. …

‘Nilalang’ Aims to Change the Game in Philippine Cinema

While every film tells a story – that of characters, conflicts and even subliminal messages – few are made carrying a clear sense of purpose that goes beyond what the audience sees on screen. The kind where viewers, as the credits roll, begin to think, “every movie should be made that way.” WeLovePost, — or …

Vhong, Sweet, Rayver, Alex, Janine & Lotlot Headline The MMFF Horror-Comedy ‘Buy Now, Die Later’

      LAUGH hard and scream your hearts out with the ensemble cast of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival entry “Buy Now, Die Later” — Vhong Navarro, John “Sweet” Lapus, Rayver Cruz, Alex Gonzaga, Janine Gutierrez and Lotlot de Leon.             The psychological thriller “BNDL” is a different take on the supernatural as …

Jennylyn Mercado & Jericho Rosales as Mia and Ethan in ‘#WalangForever’

PRODUCERS of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival entry “Walang Forever” did right in choosing award-winning actor Jericho Rosales to be Jennylyn Mercado’s leading man in “Walang Forever.”   “Walang Forever” is from the same producers that brought us the 2014 MMFF sleeper blockbuster “English Only, Please,” which also topbilled Jennylyn, who won the MMFF …

MMFF New Wave 2015: Director John Paul Su on ‘Toto’ and His “American Dream”

This is director John Paul Su’s statement on his upcoming film “Toto.” Set in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, ‘TOTO’ is a comedy/drama about a young Filipino room service attendant whose determination to attain a U.S. visa precipitates an odyssey of universal import. Undeterred by his lack of education and scant prospects, Toto schemes relentlessly …