ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Happy Pride Month! In celebration of Pride Month, the most talked about and awarded films at last year’s Cinema One Originals also center on narratives about the LGBTIA+ community — “Sila-Sila” and “Metamorphosis” will be available to subscribers via pay-per-view for P30. Sila-Sila is said to be a ghosting story about a man whose breakups …
Cinema One Originals puts off the film festival slated this year and extends deadline for the submission of script entries for its 16th run until June 1 (Monday), allowing more time for debuting filmmakers to craft fresh and fascinating narratives intended for the big screen. “After careful deliberation, we have decided to postpone this year’s C1 …
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Giancarlo Abrahan’s gay rom-com “Sila Sila” was named Best Picture, while J.E. Tiglao’s feature debut “Metamorphosis” also emerged triumphant with five awards in this year’s Cinema One Originals film festival held last Friday (November 15) at the Dolphy Theater. Best Picture “Sila Sila” established Giancarlo as a force to reckon with, since he had already …
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UTOPIA (2019) Review Written and Directed by Dustin Celestino You know those films that you thought are just entertaining you then hits you emotionally and psychologically in the end with a surprise reveal? Dustin Celestino’s multi-character and multi-themed movie ‘Utopia’ is a crime comedy that’s hard to execute. I was in awe on how everything …
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For its fifteenth year, Cinema One Originals loudly and proudly declares what it’s stood for all these years, originality in all its permutations, and challenging old and new audiences if they’re ready for the Cinema One Originals Experience—an experience that goes beyond cinema, beyond cinephilia, beyond entertainment. All these years, the Cinema One Originals …
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Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid finally marks her big screen comeback as she stars in “Yours Truly, Shirley,” an official entry to the highly anticipated 2019 Cinema One Originals film festival. The Nigel Santos-directed comedy picture—one of the eight C1 Originals competition films this year—features the beloved songstress as a widow who believes a young popstar …
We’re months away from this year’s Cinema One Originals Film Festival and we just got the official synopsis and a teaser of one of its entries: ‘Utopia’ by Dustin Celestino and Dustin Uy. Check out the official synopsis of ‘Utopia’ below: UTOPIA by Dustin & Dustin In Competition, Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2019 “Utopia” …
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NOW SHOWING IN PHILIPPINE CINEMAS October 17, 2018 I STILL SEE YOU – Rated R-13 AIR STRIKE – Rated R-13 FIRST LOVE – Rated G FIRST MAN – Rated PG THE LEGEND OF MUAY THAI – Rated PG STILL SHOWING A STAR IS BORN – Rated R-13 LIWAY – Rated PG JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN – Rated PG CINEMA ONE ORIGINALS 2018 – …
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NOW SHOWING IN PHILIPPINE CINEMAS October 10, 2018 BROTHER OF THE YEAR – Rated PG HELL FEST – Rated R-16 A STAR IS BORN – Rated R-13 LIWAY – Rated PG WILD AND FREE – Rated R-13 JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN – Rated PG MILE 22 – Rated R-16 BROTHERS OF THE WIND – Rated G CINEMA ONE ORIGINALS 2018 – October 12 …
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Original. The word, and all its permutations, has been a significant part of the festival name for the last 13 years. Originality has always been the one thing Cinema One Originals has championed and pushed for. “I Am Original” is the tagline of the 14th Cinema One Originals. It is both a declaration, by the filmmakers …
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