ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
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 …
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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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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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It’s not every day you get to work with the Superstar Nora Aunor and director Joel Lamangan in a film that also tackles socially relevant issues like the LGBTQIA+. And with the success of ‘Rainbow Sunset,’ the conversation of stories of the LGBTQIA+ members during their older years should continue. ‘Isa Pang Bahaghari’ tells the …
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) festival organizers held a “MMFF Zoom Roadshow” with Pinoy celebrities to invite Filipinos from all over the world to watch this year’s line-up of top calibre films. Celebrities Zanjoe Marudo, Charlie Dizon, Keann Johnson, Andrew E, Ritz Azul, Senator Jinggoy Estrada, Julia Estrada, Fumiya and Yamyam kicked off the …
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Fresh from glowing reviews from its Japan and Estonia premieres, the latest film from Antoinette Jadaone is about the fan girl in all of us- with brilliant performances from newcomer Charlie Dizon and Paulo Avelino, who’s playing as himself. If you had one night with your idol, are you ready for the most memorable day …
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Included in the list of this year’s digital Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF 2020) entries is Suarez: The Healing Priest, biopic of the recently-departed Fr. Fernando Suarez. Before his untimely demise last February, the 53-year old priest was able to handpick award-winning actor John Arcilla for the title role. Suarez was also very much involved in the recording of the film’s theme song, “Yakapin …
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President Rodrigo Duterte encourages Filipinos from all over the world to patronize locally produced films by supporting the 46th edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) via UPSTREAM in partnership with GMovies, which will take place as scheduled this Christmas season.The MMFF opens on Christmas Day, December 25, 2020 until January 21, 2021. “This …
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The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) together with exclusive partner Globe, announced the much-awaited lineup of films for the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival in a presscon held via zoom, together with Dondon Monteverde of Sphere Entertainment, Inc. (UPSTREAM). The 2020 MMFF official entries in different genres such as fantasy, drama, comedy, horror and romance, that …
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The holiday season is fast approaching and while Filipinos are known to have the grandest (and longest) celebrations out there, with the current situation, the festivities will surely be different this year. By this time last year, the Christmas craze had begun with establishments festooned with decorations and lights, malls crowded with shoppers, and the warm …
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