ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
2019 has just started and Cinemalaya’s sci-fi entry just dropped its first teaser, a featurette rather, of what the film would be. Check out 01 and 02 introducing us to the future, the year 2050: Year 2050 Federal State of Bicol. A newly orphaned boy moves to a farm to live with his estranged grandfather. When Mauricio falls …
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Here’s the full list of winners of the recently concluded Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2018 Awards Night held at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines: Audience Choice Award (Short Feat): KIKO by Jojo Driz Audience Choice Award (Full-length): LIWAY by Kip Oebanda Best Sound (Full-length): WILDSOUND for Musmos na Sumibol sa …
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PAN DE SALAWAL (2018) by Che Espiritu If you’re finding something a bit magical or out of the ordinary at this year’s Cinemalaya Film Festival, Che Espiritu’s Pan de Salawal is the movie for you. It’s for the whole family because of its ability to be wholesome and delightful visually and emotionally. The film, gracefully led by Bodjie …
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KUYA WES (2018) by James Robin Mayo. Ogie Alcasid returns to the big screen in a light romance comedy directed by James Mayo who helmed the charming The Chanters last QCinema 2017. Yes, that was a long sentence because I want to stress that a talented man like Alcasid works with a new but also talented artist …
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MAMANG (2018) by Denise O’Hara. Lovely, warm and heartbreaking, Denis O’Hara’s Mamang paints a charming mother-and-son relationship while also tackling the difficulty of getting old. Celeste Legazpi and Ketchup Eusebio portrays a mother and son with credibility. The chemistry between the two felt natural that it looks like you’re watching real life mother and son. …
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You’re in your 70s or 80s and you’re already at peace with the person you’re with but suddenly your husband contacts you and needs your assistance until….. his dying day? It’s a tricky question and situation but that is hardly tackled in Philippine cinemas that’s what producer Omar Sortijas told us during the pocket press …
It takes guts to write, produce and film a movie about Martial Law today. Not only does history being re-written today, more are uneducated of the events and chose to rely on Facebook memes and fake news. Brave are those who still choose to tell their stories amid the hate, the bashing and sometimes, worse. …
Singer-songwriter Ogie Alcasid returns to acting in James Robin Mayo’s Cinemalaya 2018 entry Kuya Wes. Watch the teaser below: In “Kuya Wes” by James Robin Mayo, a man called Kuya Wes working in a money transfer company finds himself “in a relationship” with a regular client, a married woman who suffers from marital woes. Kuya Wes will premiere …
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“May napatay ba kayo no’n, Dad? May tinorture kayo?” Watch the teaser for Benedict Mique Jr.’s Martial Law-era film ML starring Eddie Garcia and Tony Labrusca: In “ML” by Benedict Mique Jr., Carlo meets Colonel, an old resident in their village who was a former soldier during the Marcos regime. After learning how the Colonel cruelly tortured student …
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“All I can say is that, your Mama is here because she needs to be here with us.” Check out the teaser for Distance formerly titled Sa Pagitan ng Dito at Doon starring Iza Calzado and directed by Perci Intalan. Still in mourning form the loss of her partner, Liza receives a call from her husband, Anton, inviting her …
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