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The World Gets Pitch-Slapped in ‘Pitch Perfect 2’
The Barden Bellas are back to pitch slap the world in Universal Pictures’ Pitch Perfect 2, the follow-up to 2012’s runaway global hit about a
QCinema 2015 announces 8 full-length films in competition
On its third year, QCinema International Film Festival, the official film festival of Quezon City, the City of Stars, unveils its line-up of eight locally-produced
WATCH: Trailer for King Palisoc’s ‘Tandem’ Lands Online
The trailer for King Palisoc‘s first feature Tandem (a.k.a. The Wolf Tatoo) is now live. The action/thriller casts JM De Guzman and Nico Antonio as brothers who, astride a motorbike, roam the Metro
New ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Trailer Has Arrived!
Permit my fanboy spontaneity interrupt your reading; something major has surfaced on the internet that has rendered fans to the point of “literally can’t even.”
Jared Leto’s Joker in an iconic look for ‘Suicide Squad’
A day after David Ayer posted the first cast photo of DC’s anti-hero supervillain team flick Suicide Squad, the writer-director tweets out Jared Leto in
‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ goes global
Shooting in different continents, even extending Johannesburg, The Avengers have to deal with the issue of being a global entity in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
‘Imbisibol’ sweeps Sinag Maynila 2015 awards
Lawrence Fajardo‘s Imbisibol is the big winner of Sinag Maynila as it takes home all seven jury awards from the Gabi ng Parangal held at
March 2015 Screenings and Workshops at UPFI Film Institute
Environmental films, Cinema One Originals 2014, women in Philippine Cinema, digitally restored classics, Kidlat Tahimik’s new offering, workshops on photography, scriptwriting, and film criticism are
Singkuwento 2015 Winners
Starting as a showcase of Filipino films, Singkuwento International Film Festival evolved in its 2nd edition with the addition of a short film competition. Robert
Spring Film Festival 2015 runs from February 13 to 22
Celebrate the year of the Ram with the 9th Spring Film Festival at the Shangri-la Plaza in Origas from the 13th to the 22nd of
The Taking of Deborah Logan
The collective torment in The Taking of Deborah Logan creeps back to an unenviable happenstance, one that does not enter Adam Robitel’s frames but reverberates
The ABCs of Death 2
The ABCs of Death anthologies do not necessarily invite to winnow of treasures on a proverbial pile of manure; they encourage its viewers, instead (for
Yam Laranas announces new thriller Abomination
Yam Laranas have had quite a space of time to bring in his next picture following the widely successful The Road (’12)—a generation-leaping horror-thriller following a young man’s unbecoming. If
Student shorts shine in Piling Obrang Vidyo 11
Eighty entries. Twenty finalists. One showcase of maturing creativity. Piling Obrang Vidyo 11 recognized three outstanding student short films in their respective categories: documentary, experimental
American Sniper, Blackhat, M open this week in Philippine theaters
This week finds the release of American Sniper and Blackhat—two films I have already watched during the Awards, a.k.a. screener season. The former is a Clint Eastwood film perfectly
6th Brazil Film Festival from January 20 to 22 at UPFI
From January 20 to 22, 2015, the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil, in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI),
‘Boyhood’ and ‘Birdman’ win big at 2015 Critics’ Choice Awards
Boyhood garners acting wins for its on-screen mother-son duo of Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane, and the coveted Best Director and Best Picture awards for
Now Showing: ‘Taken 3’, ‘Before I Go to Sleep’, ‘Edsa Woolworth’
Filipino movie Edsa Woolworth and two thrillers open in cinemas this week. Whether you’re in for testosterone-filled action, a family drama-comedy, or something quite cerebral,
‘Seventh Son’ and ‘Tragic Theater’ lead 2015 opening salvo
‘Seventh Son’ and ‘Tragic Theater’ leads opening films to be screened in 2015.
This year’s Sineng Pambansa has been reissued ‘Frightfest,’ playing right now in select Ayala Cinemas
This year’s government-backed film festival has not been particularly good. In my report of the fest, I expressed my contempt for three-quarters of the whole
Watch: Trailer for Terrence Malick’s new film Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale
Terrence Malick’s new film Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman, has a first-trailer released, and, as most Malick trailers do,
Watch: Cinemalaya 2014 award-winning short film Lola debuts online
Kevin Ang’s entry about a disillusioned grandmother (portrayed by Erlinda Villalobos) won all Best Director, Best Screenplay and Audience Choice awards at the recent Cinemalaya Film
WATCH: “Too scary” — MTRCB bans trailer for Tragic Theater
The above trailer for the new film by Tikoy Aguiluz (director of Segurista) is banned, for some reason, and was given an “X rating” by the