ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
THE HOPEFUL ROMANTIC (2018) Review Directed by Topel Lee Topel Lee directing a romantic comedy movie, I was actually surprised when I knew who the director of Regal Films’ newest romcom movie The Hopeful Romantic is.But what really works in the film is its comedy. When it punches its humor, it goes all the way. Not in …
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In the vein of many globe-hopping spy thrillers,” The Spy Who Dumped Me” sends its characters on an international odyssey to nine cities: Vilnius (Lithuania), Los Angeles, Vienna, Prague, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Tokyo, and Moscow dodging bullets as they learn to navigate the high-octane world of espionage, the two best buds quickly learn that …
Most recently seen in Edgar Wright’s hugely successful heist thriller “Baby Driver,” opposite Ansel Elgort and Jamie Foxx, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actor Jon Hamm now stars as Bob Callahan, founding member of the tag brothers, in New Line Cinema’s male bonding comedy “Tag” (in Philippine cinemas June 27). In the film, five guys—despite age, geography, and adult circumstances like jobs, illness, …
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BOOK CLUB (2018) Review Directed by Bill Holderman We know how massive the book Fifty Shades of Grey was, that it turned into a movie. But what happens when four stable and successful women who are in their golden years decide to put something extra in their monthly Book Club, introducing Christian Grey. When you put Diane …
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The filmmakers of Universal Pictures’ new sex comedy Blockers were looking for fresh voices and a natural chemistry when casting the three young women who forge a pact to lose their virginity on prom night. “It needed to seem as if they’d known each other most of their lives,” explains director Kay Cannon. “Fortunately, when the three …
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After demonstrating his scene-stealing comic chops in Trainwreck, actor and WWE Superstar John Cena (Ferdinand, Daddy’s Home 2) now stars as the straight-laced, overprotective dad, Mitchell, in Universal Pictures’ new comedy Blockers (in Philippine cinemas May 02.) In the film, when three parents (Cena, Leslie Mann and Ike Barinholtz) discover their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at prom, …
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For decades, beginning with the groundbreaking Porky’s and extending to modern classics from Superbad to American Pie, guys have watched on-screen versions of guys like them boldly and bawdily celebrate the first time they have sex. It’s time the ladies have their shot to celebrate the story of their first time, in Universal Pictures’ new comedy Blockers (in Philippine cinemas May 02). With …
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Teens out to have fun. Parents out to stop it. Universal Pictures has just launched the new one-sheet art for its upcoming adult comedy, Blockers, starring John Cena, Leslie Mann and Ike Barinholtz as as a trio of parents who spend prom night trying to stop their teenage kids from losing their virginity. Check out the poster below and watch Blockers in Philippine cinemas May 02. …
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The more you play, the crazier it gets. Watch the new official trailer for Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s comedy Game Night, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams. The film opens in Philippine cinemas March 14. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star in Game Night as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game night gets kicked up a notch …
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It’s all fun and games until… Check out the new poster for Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s Game Night, an adult comedy with wild adventures, in Philippine cinemas March 14. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star in Game Night as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game night gets kicked up a notch when Max’s charismatic brother, Brooks (Chandler), …
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