MMFF 2025: First 4 Entries Revealed

My Verdict for Metro Manila Film Festival 2024

Movie Review: Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital

This horror film is about a team of adventurous celebrities who are invited to explore and film in Taiwan’s infamous Xinglin Hospital, one of the most haunted locations in Southeast Asia. What was thought to be a unique opportunity for an adventurous and cutting edge production quickly spirals into a horrifying ordeal – escalating to horrifying levels as the celebrities face paranormal phenomena in every halls, room, and floors reek presence that makes every inch of their bodies want to scream and escape. As tensions rise, the group became fragmented because of their strong personalities, conflicting motivations and they became pawns of a malevolent entity. The celebrities need to make difficult choices and sacrifices to survive their journey in the haunted hospital. 

 

Get Ready For Reality Horror in Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital

 

Metro Manila Film Festival 2024 Official Entries Has Been Announced

 

Metro Manila Film Festival 2024 First Five Official Entries Announced

 

Movie Review: Rabid

Rabid is an anthology film that probes into our everyday reality of anxiety, uncertainty and paranoia. It features distinct but interwoven stories that revolve around the different ways this world can drive us human beings to the brink of madness.

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Movie Review: A Girl and A Guy

A Girl and A Guy is a modern tale of young adults navigating the tricky world of relationships, connection, and intimacy in today’s society. The film tells the story of a girl, the story of a guy, and the story of a girl and a guy. 

A Girl and A Guy will give its viewers an in-depth look at the dynamics at play in the messy and complicated yet still fun arena of love and dating through the perspective of Fiona, an ambitious advertising production staff who has big dreams in the field of filmmaking; and Raf, a charming and laid-back marketing associate who has no plans for his future.

A Girl and A Guy - The First Upstream Original Film, Directed by Erik Matti

 

Movie Review: Watch List

After her husband is mysteriously killed in the drug wars of the Philippines, a widowed mother of three must confront her own darkness to protect her children from further harm.

Written and directed by the Hollywood-based filmmaker Ben Rekhi. He described Watch List as a “hybrid” production. The Tagalog film entirely shot in Manila is a collaboration of cinema artists from the US and Philippines. It is backed by Hollywood-based company XYZ Films which is the movie’s executive producer.  

Movie Review: Damaso

Damaso features the story of writer Fernando Damaso (Marlo Mortel), who seeks to materialize his story to a film. At the same time, it goes back in the past, revealing that his book counterpart, Padre Damaso (Arnel Ignacio), is facing the same problems of his own. This musical-within-a-film shows how the struggles we (and the entertainment industry too) are facing today are no different from the abuse Filipinos encountered under the Spanish colonization. To have more in-depth and entertaining storytelling, the film showcases the character’s thoughts and feelings through singing and dancing. 

Damaso - Isang Napapanahong Musikal Na Pelikulang Pilipino

Movie Review: Santigwar

Horseshoe Studios and Reality Entertainment presents a story about Hasmin (Alexa Ilacad), a Santigwar (healer, warrior) who has been on a decade-long hunt for the Aswang clan who killed her mother. When she and her father encounter a group of fun-seeking boys headed to an abandoned town, she knew that the Aswangs she seek are now near. Is Hasmin powerful enough to avenge her mother and will she be able accept the bitter truth that binds her Santigwar family to the Aswangs?

Andrea Brillantes and Khalil Ramos Topbill "The Ghosting" - Solante Urban Legend

Movie Review: Kuwaresma

The film revolves around the family of husband and wife Arturo (Arcilla) and Rebecca Fajardo (Cuneta). Their son Luis, portrayed by newcomer Kent Gonzales returns to their old house with a dark past to unravel the true reason behind the death of his twin Manuela (played by Kent’s real-life sister Pam) who mysteriously died on the second week of Lent. Luis is forced to consult with a psychic to uncover the mystery of Manuela’s death and comes face-to face with the family home’s dark history.

Sharon Cuneta, John Arcilla top-bill Globe Studios and Reality Entertainment’s Mother’s Day thriller “Kuwaresma”

Sharon Cuneta, John Arcilla and Erik Matti Join Forces For The Epic Horror Movie Kuwaresma

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Movie Review: Second Coming

It follows the story of a stepmother who, after moving in the home of her husband is haunted by her possessed stepdaughter.