ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
VisMin was represented well at the recently concluded Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival Gabi ng Parangal as the film from Southern Leyte, ‘Pinikas’, wins big with 7 awards including Best Picture.
ORO (2016) Review Directed by Alvin Yapan The perfect anti-MMFF movie this year, Oro does not offer a pleasant story for the whole family as it is based on the tragic true events about the “Gata 4 Massacre” in Gata, Caramoan, Camarines Sur and its effect on its viewers is as painfully raw as the one who experienced …
Acting pieces in a Metro Manila Film Festival entry hasn’t been highlighted as much as those who are breaking box-office gross even though they are critically slammed for being a cash cow. But still, after the awards night, winners which doesn’t even enter the top three of the box-office returns get to have the much-deserved …
Selected as one of Metro Manila Film Festival’s official entry for 2016, “Oro” or Gold is a drama crime thriller based on true events about Elmer (Joem Bascon), a small-scale miner, who plans to finally establish a life of his own by asking for Linda’s (Mercedes Cabral) hand in marriage; separate from Kapitana (Irma Adlawan), his long-time employer-benefactor …
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An Kubo sa Kawayanan (2015) Alvin Yapan 5/5 With director Alvin Yapan’s filmography, you know you’re in for something bizarre and An Kubo Sa Kawayanan is definitely a Yapan film. A daring piece of art that pushes the audience’s thoughts to think big in small things. The intricacy of the story, the characters and the …