ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Puregold CinePanalo has partnered with Ayala Malls Cinemas to screen its 2026 festival lineup—7 full-length films and 20 student shorts—across 6 Metro Manila locations, expanding the reach of local independent cinema and Filipino storytellers.
🎭 Puregold launches Teatro Panalo, a new theater festival for original Filipino 1-act plays & musicals! 12 chosen playwrights get ₱100k + production support. Open to PH writers 18+. Apply by Sept 11, 2026: https://bit.ly/PGTeatroPanalo #PuregoldTeatroPanalo
Be the first to catch the brand new nightmare from the Insidious franchise as Insidious: Out of the Further tickets are available now, including midnight screenings in multiple locations across the country.
QCinema International Film Festival announces QCinema Industry 2026, the latest edition of the festival’s official industry platform, taking place from November 18 to 20 as part of the 2026 festival, which runs from November 14 to 23.
The official trailer for “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland” debuted alongside a look at the film’s poster and a special recording of “Mad-Wicked Wonderland.” The highly anticipated next chapter of the “Descendants” franchise premieres Thursday, July 17, on Disney+ Philippines.
GMA Public Affairs and GMA Pictures’ animated documentary film “58th” won the Facing the Edge Award at the 2026 Doc Edge Festival, New Zealand’s premier documentary festival and an Academy Awards-qualifying event.
Stream House of the Dragon Season three and new series like the highly-anticipated Max Original Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, featuring favorite characters from The Big Bang Theory, Stuart, Denise, Bert and Barry, The Five Star Weekend, starring Jennifer Garner and Gemma Chan, as well as Korean cooking series Undercover Chef – Korea, on HBO Max.
Back for an even bloodier game of cat and mouse, Searchlight Pictures’ Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is now streaming on Disney+ Philippines.
Disney has announced that Filipina actress and singer Kai Montinola will sing “Hangganan Ko,” the Filipino version of “How Far I’ll Go” for the upcoming live-action reimagining of “Disney’s Moana.” Fans can listen to the local rendition when it drops digitally on July 3.
Making a feature film just got a lot easier for this year’s Puregold CinePanalo filmmakers. CMB Film Services is officially back on board as a festival partner, and they are bringing a massive budget boost with them by raising their equipment rental grants to a cool PHP 1.25 million per project—marking a PHP 250,000 bump from last year.