ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
VINCE AND KATH AND JAMES (2016) Review Directed by Theodore Boborol You could say that Vince and Kath and James is the only full-on mainstream film among the eight entries of this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival, that may be the case but it definitely deserves the spot of being one of what they call the Magic 8. …
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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 …
ORO is about the lives of simple folk caught between the crossfire of Kapitana (Idlawan) accused of political patronage, and Patrol Kalikasan using the environment as a front for their own political and economic interests on the small mining community. As the provincial government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) fight over …
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“The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual film festival held in Metro Manila, the Philippines. The festival, which runs from December 25 (Christmas) through New Years Day and into first weekend of January in the following year, focuses on Filipino films. During the course of the festival, only films approved by the jurors …
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Comedienne Eugene Domingo returns as Eugene Domingo in the sequel of the critically acclaimed and box-office hit independent film, “Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank,” simply titled “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2.” The funnier, zanier, braver and more exciting sequel brings us close to one of our favorite movie genres, the Pinoy rom-com. In “Ang Babae …
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Written in 2004, first shot in 2005, edited & animated 2006-2009, re-shot from scratch in 2010, re-edited & re-animated from 2011-2015 & finally competed in 2016. Avid Liongoren’s “Saving Sally” was indeed a hardwork for its team, the artists on and off camera. A rare feat in Philippine cinema, live-action and animation combined to tell a simple story but …
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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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KABISERA, the biggest and most powerful family drama of 2016 is coming to theatres nationwide this December for the Metro Manila Film Festival with a top-caliber cast headlined by the Grand Dame of Asian Cinema, Nora Aunor. The much-anticipated MMFF come-back of the one and only superstar is joined by award-winning actors—Ricky Davao, JC De …
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The Metro Manila Film Festival just released the official trailer of four of its official entries, Marlon Rivera’s Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 2 #ForeverIsNotEnough, Jun Robles Lana’s Die Beautiful, Theodore Boborol’s Vince & Kath & James and Erik Matti’s Seklusyon. Watch the trailer of the comedy film from Quantum Films, Ang Babae Sa …