Month: September 2018
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Cinemalaya’s highest-grossing film, ‘Liway,’ gets nationwide release
After a very successful premiere at the 2018 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, the film “Liway” begins its commercial run in cinemas across the country on October 10. Quantum Films is the distributor of this stirring motion picture. The story, which is set during Martial Law, is about a young mother who uses storytelling to […]
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‘Peppermint’ review: Jennifer Garner is one fierce, angry momma
After a decade of ‘mom roles’, the former Alias star still has it in her bones in Pierre Morel’s action thriller ‘Peppermint.’ Looking at Jennifer Garner’s IMDB page, it’s apparent that the action heroine has been pinned to a decade of nondescript maternal roles since 2007’s The Kingdom. Fans (including me) are itching to see […]
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‘Night School’ review: Potentially squeaks out passing grade
Malcolm D. Lee’s Night School smartly puts the talents of Tiffany Haddish to her reliable co-star Kevin Hart. Kevin Hart playing the lead in Night School will surely elicit a fun time filled with cheeky jokes and great laughs. But setting aside the hilarity, the film subtly focuses on broad important issues in education like […]
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Watch ‘Call Me By Your Name’ in this film concert with The Manila Symphony Orchestra
Set during an idyllic ‘80s Italian summer, the heartrending coming-of-age film Call Me By Your Name has left millions overwhelmed. Based on the novel by André Aciman, directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by James Ivory, it has received awards for Best Adapted Screenplay from the Academy, BAFTA, Writers Guild, and Critics’ Choice. The story […]
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The son steps up to the challenge in new trailer for ‘Creed II’
Witness a boxing match for the ages. Check out the brand new trailer of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Creed II” and watch the film in Philippine cinemas November 28. In “Creed II,” life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the […]
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Sophie Turner is a girl on fire in first teaser for ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’
20th Century Fox unleashes the rise of one of the most powerful mutants in the X-Men universe in “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” starring Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Alexandra Shipp, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Evan Peters and Kodi Smit-McPhee, written and directed by Simon Kinberg. In “X-Men: Dark Phoenix”, the X-Men […]
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‘The Nun’ crosses $300 million worldwide at the box office
New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “The Nun” crossed another milestone, surpassing $300 million at the global box office, it was announced today by Ron Sanders, Warner Bros.’ President of Worldwide Theatrical Distribution and Home Entertainment. Through Tuesday, the film has taken in an estimated $102.4 million domestically. It has also been #1 at the international […]
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Chito S. Roño’s ‘Signal Rock’ is PH’s Foreign Language Film entry to Oscars 2019
Chito S. Roño’s ‘Signal Rock’ has been selected by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) as the Philippine entry to the Foreign Language Film category of the 2019 Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. This was confirmed by the production team of CSR Films PH and its distributor Regal Entertainment on Wednesday, September […]
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