ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
DELETER (2022) ReviewDirected by Mikhail Red If you’re hoping to get chills this Christmas, you should consider watching Mikhail Red’s latest horror thriller Deleter. The film delivers atmospheric chills through its setting and cinematography. It felt like Red, together with Nadine Lustre as its star, revived the 2000s Asian horror like Ju-On: The Grudge and …
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FAMILY MATTERS (2022) ReviewDirected by Nuel Crisostomo Naval Have you reflected on how you treat or value your family lately? Do you sometimes take something for granted because you feel like there’s always another time? “Your phone will always be there, but I won’t,” one of the lines in Nuel Crisostomo Naval’s latest family drama …
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“Bakit hindi natin ipakita ang istorya na kapupulutan ng aral? Bakit natin kakalimutan? Na ang buhay ay hindi romanticism. Ang buhay ay ‘yung totoong nangyayari hindi ‘yung naitatakip ng katotohanan. Ipakita natin ‘yan. Kasi paano nila mauunawaan ang mga nangyayari sa kapaligiran kung hindi natin ipapakita ang mga tinatagong kasaysayan? Bakit itatago? Ipakita para kapulutan …
CineKo Productions releases the official trailer for their Metro Manila Film Festival 2022 entry ‘Family Matters.’ Watch it below: Starring Noel Trinidad, Liza Lorena, Nonie Buencamino, Agot Isidro, Mylene Dizon, Nikki Valdez, James Blanco, JC Santos. Directed by Nuel Crisostomo Naval. In cinemas December 25, 2022.
No more FOMO as KTX.PH brings some of the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) films this February plus the much-anticipated fan conference of “PBB Kumunity Season 10” celebrity housemates KD Estrada and Alexa Ilacad. After its successful run in foreign film festivals and last year’s MMFF, the Carlo Matatad film “Whether The Weather is Fine” starring MMFF Best Actress Charo …
With the recent news about the devastation brought by typhoon Odette hitting the headlines, the subject of the Metro Manila Film Festival entry film Kun Maupay Man It Panahon (which opens in theaters nationwide on December 25) is as timely as ever. The globally recognized drama film starring Charo Santos, Daniel Padilla and newcomer Rans Rifol, tells …
One of the most anticipated local events of the season, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), formally returns to theaters after releasing the list of official entries this year. Among the contenders that made it on the roll is Jun Robles Lana’s dark comedy, Big Night! Produced by Cignal Entertainment and IdeaFirst Company, together with …
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FAN GIRL (2020) ReviewWritten and directed by Antoinette Jadaone WHAT. A. RIDE. If someone tells me that Antoinette Jadaone is doing a movie about a fan girl starring Paulo Avelino and newcomer Charlie Dizon, this is not what I would expect. The film is deeply engrossing from start to finish, and not just because of …
Adrian Lindayag and Keann Johnson, two of the most talented rising stars in the country today, play the leads in the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2020 romantic comedy “The Boy Foretold By The Stars.” Adrian is a stage performer who was a mainstay of the iconic late night variety show “Walang Tulugan” hosted and …
Here are the winners of the Metro Manila Film Festival 2020 Gabi ng Parangal: 3rd Best Float: Fan Girl2nd Best Float: Isa Pang BahaghariBest Float: Magikland Best Child Performer: Seiyo Masunaga, The Missing Best Sound: Vincent Villa, Fan GirlBest Musical Score: Emerzon Texon, MagiklandBest Original Theme Song: Ulan, The Boy Foretold by the Stars Best …