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Mel Gibson Guns for Oscar Best Director Prize with “Hacksaw Ridge”

With films that span from the classic, Oscar Best Picture-winning Braveheart to The Patriot, We Were Soldiers, The Passion of the Christ and his most recently directed film, the Mayan civilization epic Apocalypto, Mel Gibson has become known for meshing big themes with atmospheric style that takes audiences into revealing worlds. Now, Mel Gibson’s re-creates …

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Phenomenal Manga “Death Note: Light Up The New World” to Have PH Release

The highly-anticipated manga film adaptation “Death Note: Light Up the New World” is an interesting follow up to the original three Death Note films. The story takes place 10 years later since two geniuses fought the battle of intelligence and now, six different notebooks fell down on Earth.                 The film simultaneously takes place in Shibuya, Wall …

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Andrew Garfield Vies for Best Actor Oscar with “Hacksaw Ridge”

British actor Andrew Garfield earns his first Academy Award nomination by playing real-life hero, Desmond Doss, in director Mel Gibson’s World War II epic, Hacksaw Ridge. Nominated for eight Oscar Awards including Best Picture, Hacksaw Ridge centers on the story of Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), a Seventh-day Adventist who became an army medic while …

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Amy Adams Decodes Extra-Terrestrial Language in “Arrival”

Five-time Academy Award®-nominated actress Amy Adams mesmerizes as linguist Louise Banks in Columbia Pictures’ critically acclaimed and Oscar contender, Arrival from director Denis Villenueve. “Amy was the actress I was dreaming of for this part because I knew that the audience would believe in this movie if the actress believed in it—everything is happening through …

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Jeremy Renner, a Man of Science, Substance in “Arrival”

“It’s a very insular story told through the eyes of Amy Adams’ character, a linguist who’s hired to try to communicate with the aliens,” says Jeremy Renner of Columbia Pictures’ new sci-fi film, Arrival. “My character is hired on as the other side of this team, as a physicist to deal with communication through mathematics,” …

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Must-See Film “Arrival” Holds Sneak Previews in PH Cinemas Feb 6 & 7

Nerdist calls it, “The smartest blockbuster since The Dark Knight,” while NY Magazine describes it as “An eerie, tantalizing, altogether superb puzzler.” The subject of these praises is Columbia Pictures’ Arrival – the critically acclaimed film that’s up for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay. And now, Philippine audiences can catch …

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History’s Greatest “Hidden Figures” Behind The Apollo Missions

 Everyone knows about the Apollo missions.  We can all immediately list the bold male astronauts who took those first giant steps for humankind in space:  John Glenn, Alan Shepard and Neil Armstrong.  Yet, remarkably, Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson’s are names not taught in school or even known to most people — …

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“Hacksaw Ridge” Receives Six Oscar Nominations, Including Best Picture

Manila, 26th January – Hacksaw Ridge, a true story of a World War II hero – Desmond Doss, a “non-combatant” medic who singlehandedly saved the lives of 75 fellow comrades, has earned its rank with a total of six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Andrew Garfield), Best Director (Mel Gibson), Best Film …

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With 8 Oscar Noms, “Arrival” a Rare Sci-Fi Best Picture Contender

Nabbing a best picture nomination January 23, Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival joined the short list of science-fiction films that have been nominated for the film industry’s top prize. Reports Variety, previous to the Academy’s expansion of the category in 2009, sci-fi nominees were a rarity. The only two that come to mind are E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial …

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“The Bye Bye Man” Haunts in Philippine Cinemas Soon

  “The Bye Bye Man,” a chilling horror-thriller that exposes the evil behind the most unspeakable acts committed by man. When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there is only one way to avoid his curse: don’t think it, don’t say it. But once the Bye …

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