First Trailer of “Beauty and the Beast” Invites You to “Be Our Guest”

Disney has just released the teaser trailer of its live-action “Beauty and the Beast” from director Bill Condon. Watch the trailer here here: Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true …

Adrenaline Rush in Inspiring Revolutionary Dance Movie ‘High Strung’

A hip hop violinist meets a ballerina in the high-energy dance movie “High Strung” where two misfits didn’t belong until they believed in each other and go head to head against the best of the best in the Manhattan Conservatory of Arts Peterson Dance contest. Ruby (Keenan Kampa), a lovely ballet dancer on scholarship who …

The Boys are Back, Nix Dave’s Likely Wedding in ‘Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Road Chip’

One of the most successful family movie franchise, “Alvin and the Chipmunks” presents a new road to chip in the latest kiddie and family adventure movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” bringing in a mix of the new and classic Chipmunks’ mischievous humor and heartwarming moments that fans adore about the franchise. In …

‘Insidious 3’ Star Stefanie Scott is ‘Jem’s’ Sister in ‘The Holograms’

Nurturing an impressive body of work, Stefanie Scott is one of Hollywood’s most promising young talents. Earlier this year, she was seen as the lead in Columbia Pictures’ “Insidious: Chapter 3,” which holds the record as the highest grossing horror movie in the Philippines. Now, Scott returns to the big screen as Kimber in Universal …

‘Boy Next Door’ Ryan Guzman in ‘Jem and The Holograms’

Ryan Guzman, lead star of the hit thriller “The Boy Next Door” and TV’s new toprater “Heroes Reborn,” lends a masculine presence to Universal Pictures’ female-oriented musical-adventure “Jem and The Holograms.” In the film, as Jerrica (Aubrey Peeples), a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar as her alter ego Jem, she …

Young Women Express Themselves, Conquer Hearts in ‘Jem and the Holograms’

As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her band of sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. In Universal Pictures’ “Jem and the Holograms,” four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm when they see that the key …

MOVIE REVIEW: Straight Outta Compton (2015)

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (2015) Review Directed by F. Gary Gray “Speak a little truth and people lose their minds.” Even with numerous racial inequality films released, Straight Outta Compton still manages to produce eye-opening sequences that tackles unfair treatment to colored people. With a compelling and insightful story in a gripping direction, the film effortlessly …

Fil-Am Cinematographer Shoots Acclaimed Film ‘Straight Outta Compton’

Don’t look now, but a Filipino-American contributed to the enormous critical and commercial success of Universal Pictures’ “Straight Outta Compton,” which traces the rise of influential (and notorious) rap group N.W.A. The film’s Director of Photography is none other than Oscar-nominated Fil-Am cinematographer Matthew Libatique, himself a life-long fan of hip-hop music. Libatique describes to …