ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Cinema Centenario for the month of June brings in Freedom and LGBTQ-themed movies, alongside the 1st #CineManunuri Film Festival, to be screened at the premiere micro-cinema of Quezon City located along food hub Maginhawa Street. As the country commemorates Independence Day, CC gathers a selection of films that address the theme of nationhood and freedom: Panahon ng …
Continue reading “Freedom X Pride at Cinema Centenario this June!”
Award-winning movies are offered at the reopening of one of the newest microcinemas in the Philippines – the Black Maria Cinema. Opened November 2017, Black Maria Cinema is an 80-square meter microcinema located at 779 San Rafael Street, SQ Film Laboratories Building, Plainview, Mandaluyong City. Before Holy Week, Black Maria Cinema will feature three award-winning films that …
CHANGING PARTNERS (2017) Review Directed by Dan Villegas There haven’t been that much musicals in Philippine cinema especially in independent film festivals. So, can we call Vincent de Jesus’ Changing Partners a game changer? Perhaps. Though deeply emotional, the more captivating feat of the movie is how it presented its story. Love is universal, pain is universal. …
Continue reading ““Changing Partners” Review: Love and Pain are Universal”
NOW SHOWING IN PHILIPPINE CINEMAS January 31, 2018 A BETTER TOMORROW – Rated PG CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – Rated R-16, Exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas CHANGING PARTNERS – Rated R-13 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN – Rated PG, Also in IMAX PADDINGTON 2 – Rated PG WINCHESTER – Rated R-13 STILL SHOWING MR. & MRS. CRUZ – Rated PG MAZE RUNNER: …
Continue reading “NOW SHOWING IN THE PHILIPPINES (January 31, 2018)”
STAR Cinema culminates the month of January with the much-awaited mainstream theatrical release of the critically acclaimed musicale Changing Partners. Directed by Dan Villegas and written by Lilit Reyes and Vince de Jesus, Changing Partners was an official multi-awarded entry to the 2017 Cinema One Originals Film Festival. Based on a PETA musicale play of the same title …
Continue reading “Meet Alex & Cris in the Musical Drama “Changing Partners””
Ikaw si Alex, Ikaw Si Cris. Ako si Alex, Ako si Cris. Dan Villegas’ film adaptation of Vincent de Hesus’ musical drama “Changing Partners” is getting a wide release on January 31, 2018 after its successful run during the Cinema One Originals Film Festival last November 2017. Based on the Palanca Award-winning musical play by Vincent de …
2017 haven’t been the best year for Philippine cinema. We’ve gone back to the old Metro Manila Film Festival, some films had only been screened for a few days at few cinemas and there haven’t been that much groundbreaking films featured this year. But there are also good things that happened for Philippine cinema. The …
Continue reading “Pelikulas in 2017, Part 4: Best Filipino Films”
The Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2016 has unveiled its winners of its thirteenth year at the Dolphy Theater, localted at ABS-CBN Studios in Quezon City, Philippines, November 19, 2017. Photo from Cinema One Originals Here are the winners: AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD: Changing Partners CHAMPION BUGHAW AWARD: Changing Partners BEST SOUND: Leeroy New (Nervous Translation) BEST …
NOW SHOWING IN PHILIPPINE CINEMAS November 16, 2017 FALLBACK – Rated PG JUSTICE LEAGUE – Rated PG, Also in 3D, 4D and IMAX 3D CHANGING PARTNERS – Rated R-13 HAUNTED: A LAST VISIT TO THE RED HOUSE – Rated PG HISTORIOGRAPHIKA ERRATA – Rated R-13 THROWBACK TODAY – Rated PG BUNDOK BANAHAW, SACRED AND PROFANE – Rated …
Continue reading “NOW SHOWING IN THE PHILIPPINES (November 16, 2017)”
Based on a musical play of the same title, Vincent De Jesus’ “Changing Partners” begins with Alex and Cris celebrating their first anniversary as a live-in couple. Recognizing their 15-year age gap, they are clearly in love with each other, ignoring what people say about their relationship. Their differences become more evident six years later …