ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
A burgeoning actor who is solidifying his status as the next young leading man, Nick Robinson (Jurassic World) now stars as Olly Bright as the brooding boy-next-door in Warner Bros. Pictures’ new romantic drama Everything, Everything (in Philippine cinemas June 21, 2017). Based on the bestselling book of the same name by Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything tells the unlikely love story …
“A Silent Voice” (Koe no Katachi) is based on the highly regarded, award-winning Manga by Yoshitoki Oima, the film was made by Kyoto Animation and directed by Naoko Yamada. A coming-of-age story, “A Silent Voice,” is a manga about a deaf high school girl, the boy who bullies her and his attempt at reconciliation. …
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2 COOL 2 BE 4GOTTEN (2016) Review Directed by Petersen Vargas A film that is packaged as a coming-of-age gay film, you wouldn’t expect it to go intense, dark and twisted. So, how would you tell a coming-of-age story? Go deeply personal, that’s how director Petersen Vargas wants to tell the story of Felix Salonga, played …
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Sam seemed to have everything a teenage girl could want: popularity, a hot boyfriend, cool status, fun friends, loving family and seeming happiness. But beyond the superficial, Sam’s life wasn’t so charmed. She was one of a clique of high school mean girls who made life hellish for those different from them. When she’s killed …
Continue reading “Young Adult Novel “Before I Fall” Turned Motion Picture”
VINCE AND KATH AND JAMES (2016) Review Directed by Theodore Boborol You could say that Vince and Kath and James is the only full-on mainstream film among the eight entries of this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival, that may be the case but it definitely deserves the spot of being one of what they call the Magic 8. …
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REGAL ENTERTAINMENT’s highly successful Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) horror trilogy franchise, Shake, Rattle & Roll gives way this year to an even hair-raising, sine-chilling, bloodier, horrifying theater experience as the mother and daughter tandem of Lily Monteverde field Haunted Mansion right on Christmas Day. Directed by multi-awarded Jun Lana, Haunted Mansion features three of today’s freshest and …
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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. …
JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS (2015) Review Directed by Jon M. Chu A bland rise to fame drama that doesn’t know the essence of fame, being in the younger years and family. Jem and the Holograms’ strong suit is its song number sequences but there is not enough for it to save the film from being …
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As the Philippine opening of Paramount Pictures’s “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” looms, the studio has now released two new clips from the teen-oriented horror comedy for fans to enjoy. Watch the clip titled “How to Build a Campfire” and a trailer cutdown Packed with blood-soaked gags and inappropriate humor, “Scouts Guide” is said …
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