Direk Bobby Bonifacio, Jr. says “Bula” is a black comedy

AJ Raval and Kiko Estrada Starrer 'Sitio Diablo' is More Than Just A Sexy Action Thriller

 

FDCP to Celebrate 2nd Philippine Film Industry Month this September

 

Barbie Almalbis to perform at Cinema '76 Café Anonas

 

Expensive Candy Starring Julia Barretto and Carlo Aquino Showing Sept 14 in Cinemas

 

Slumberland starring Jason Momoa and introducing Marlow Barkley comes to Netflix on November 18

 

Hulagway - A Documentary on Endangered Languages Holds Press Screening

 

Cult director Roman Perez, Jr. talks about “Sitio Diablo” his latest directorial effort

 

PETA Plus Launched Smashed Philippines on its 2nd Year

 

Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill are Back in Enola Holmes 2

 

Rhen Escaño, Arron Villaflor, Ayanna Misola & Josef Elizalde Star on Sexy Thriller Series - Secret of A Nympho

 

Inding Indie Film Festival Now on its 7th Year

Ryan Favis spearheaded the Inding Indie Film Festival

 

Movie Review: How To Love Mr. Heartless

A good daughter and a reliable sister, Yanyan will do anything for her family. She also loves preparing meals and cooking for them to show how much she cares. With her cooking, she’ll also try to get to know Blue, the handsome young man who is often cold and distant from everyone but is also the man who did not hesitate to take care of Yanyan when she was in need. Yanyan exerts an effort to win Blue’s affection because she could not forget what he had done for her and can’t help but fall for him. Is Yanyan finally the one who can take away Blue’s blues? Or will it be another tiresome and failed mission to win his heart? To begin with, does Blue still even have a heart?

 

Movie Review: Lampas Langit

Lampas Langit follows the story of Jake (Baron Geisler), a struggling writer who’s also having a hard time keeping his marriage afloat with Mylene (Chloe Jenna). In the condominium where they live, Jake meets his literary idol and famous novelist, Arman (Ricky Davao), and a young, attractive woman named Belle (Christine Bermas), who they thought as Arman’s daughter. Jake gets closer to Belle, immediately falls for her, and begins to have an affair.  

Cinemalaya 2022 entries get extended run at Cinema 76

 

“Delikado” Plays to a Full House at Cinemalaya 2022

Unsung heroes: Para-enforcers, led by team leader Tata Balladares (center), serve as the backbone of PNNI’s fight against illegal logging, fishing, and mining.

Direk Paul Basinillo talks about his movie “The Escort Wife”

 

Romance-Thriller Lampas Langit is Coming To Vivamax

 

Meet The Characters of Star Cinema's 1996 Award-Winning Hit 'Madrasta'

 

Films On The Hopes and Dreams of a Moro Boy and Gen Z Top Cinemalaya 2022

Cast and crew of The Baseball Player with the Cinemalaya Organizing Committee

 

My Verdict for Cinemalaya 2022

 

Movie Review: 12 Weeks

After ending her toxic relationship with her boyfriend Ben, 40-year-old Alice discovers she is pregnant. With her age and current relationship status, her first instinct is to have the pregnancy terminated. As her body undergoes dramatic changes, Alice struggles and needs to decide what to do. Will she slide back into the arms of Ben? What will this mean for the child growing inside her?

 

Movie Review: Ginhawa

Anton is an aspiring boxer.  He hopes to continue the legacy of his older brother Saul, who was given a chance to escape poverty by joining a competition in the city but later faced tragedy. Against his mother’s wishes, Anton leaves their small fishing town to pursue boxing in Manila where he unravels the ugly truth of the brutal sport.

Movie Review: Angkas

Leo is not just an ordinary habal-habal driver. He is the resident ambulance and delivery man in a remote village in Compostela Valley who is hired to transport the dead down the mountain. One day, his estranged friend Miguel appeared on his doorstep and insisted to join Leo in fetching the corpse of Ditas, their childhood friend who is a rebel pursued by the military. As Leo and Miguel embark on a dangerous journey in a habal-habal, their fragile friendship will be tested, and they will encounter danger only to be saved by an unlikely hero.    

Movie Review: Batsoy

After selling firewood for their basic needs, siblings Toto and Nonoy go to buy batsoy, the food that the younger brother has been craving the most. Mt. Manaphag, which faces the town of San Dionisio, becomes the silent witness to their journey to satisfy their craving. Their adventure will ultimately bring viewers to the world of magic, fantasy and reality. 

Movie Review: Kaluskos

Rebekah files for sole custody for her young daughter Amaya. But this doesn’t sit well with her estranged husband Jay. Amid the custody battle, Rebekah finds another “Amaya” under the bed. When the other Amaya emerges, Rebekah feels the motherly connection that she lost with her daughter. The other Amaya insists that she is the real Amaya trapped under the bed because of a curse, and the other one is the impostor. Wanting to start a new life with the other Amaya, Rebekah seeks to set her free. But to do that, she needs to kill the impostor.

Review: Cinemalaya 2022 Short Film Features Set B

 

Review: Cinemalaya 2022 Short Film Features Set A

 

Movie Review: The Baseball Player

Amir, a 17-year-old Moro child soldier whose father was killed in all-out war in 2000, dreams to live a different life – he wants to become a baseball player. Training extensively with his coach, he makes it to the final tryout of a local university. Unfortunately, another all-out war against Moro rebels breaks out in 2003, and he is confronted with making a choice between pursuing his dream or fighting in the war.

 

Movie Review: Blue Room

Rebel Rebel, an indie rock band composed of woke albeit sheltered teens, gets its biggest break at a prestigious local music festival. But after their celebratory night at the local bar, they are arrested for drug possession. Instead of the standard procedures, they were hauled to the Blue Room, a VIP detention area where they can bribe their way out through rogue cops. The band members have to decide whether to use their privilege to go on with their lives or to own up to what they had been preaching.   

Movie Review: Retirada

Despite her husband Edong’s assurance, Azon Marcelo experiences melancholia as she adjusts to her life as a retired government employee. Their neighbor Chayong introduces the game of Bingo to Azon. After hitting the jackpot, Azon becomes a regular Bingo player hoping to duplicate her initial windfall. But her new sense of purpose and the adrenaline rush from her new hobby would teach her what retirement really means.

 

Movie Review: Bula Sa Langit

Acting as if coming home from a vacation, young Marawi war veteran Wesley is excited to bring his girlfriend Ritz home to meet his family. Showered with unsolicited hero worship upon his homecoming, Wesley struggles to reconnect with his present relationships with his family and lover all while celebrating the town fiesta. Overwhelmed and alienated, the young soldier finds himself haunted by one of his traumatic kills, and in this internal war, he is alone. Compounded and triggered, his frustration shoots up in one of his conversations with Ritz. He impulsively goes to the carnival to confront his trauma.

Movie Review: Kargo

When her entire family perished in a motorcycle accident at a rough highway in Maasin, Iloilo, Sara crashed into a deep depression, which was gradually replaced with an overpowering need to avenge them. Believing that her husband and daughter were murdered, she searches for the man who killed her entire family to find some closure. But at the end of her journey, she untangles something she did not quite expect – a discovery that could profoundly change her entire life. 

Movie Review: Bakit Di Mo Sabihin

Deaf couple Miguel and Nat have been struggling to keep their marriage.  After a huge fight, Miguel leaves his wife alone in Manila and decides to live in Baler with their kids. As he starts a new life, Miguel is reminded about the reasons he married Nat by his family's relentless stories about how modern a woman Nat is, and how he failed in so many ways to recognize that he fell in love with a younger deaf woman. One Christmas Eve, Miguel finally made a move to tell Nat everything she needed to know. 

Movie Review: Leonor Will Never Die

Leonor Will Never Die (Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago) tells the story of Leonor Reyes who was once a major player in the Filipino film industry after creating many successful action films, now struggling to pay for her household bills. After reading an advertisement looking for screenplays, she started tinkering with an unfinished script about the journey of young and noble Ronwaldo, who was forced to avenge his brother’s murder at the hand of thugs. As her imaginations provide a little escape from reality, she goes all-in after going into an accident – a television knocking her out, sending her into a coma, and transporting her inside the incomplete movie. Now, Leonor can play out and live her wildest dreams firsthand and discover the perfect ending to her story.

AQ Prime Goes Live

 

Triangle of Sadness International Trailer Out Now

Morissette releases Bisaya single ‘Undangon Ta Ni’

 

Cinemalaya Unveils 2022 Main Jury Members and Netpac Jurors

 

Nationwide Screening of Cinemalaya18 at Partner Malls

 

Be Ready To Discover Bigger Things with Your First E-Wallet, GCash Jr.

 

Award Winning Documentaries are Closing Films for Cinemalaya 18

 

Cinemalaya Book Launches

Cinemalaya To Pay Tribute To Outstanding Cinemalaya Artists

 

Sean De Guzman and Cloe Barreto Star In Sexy Thriller Film - The Influencer

 

Queer Tender Romance Between Lovi and Janine in iWantTFC's Sleep With Me

 

Cignal Entertainment's Big Night! featured on Prime Video in Southeast Asia, bags big FAMAS Awards

 

Thriller Sexy Film - Purificacion Premieres This August 5 on Vivamax

 

Cinemalaya Breaks Through The Noise With Talkback Sessions

 

34th CCP Gawad Alternatibo in 18th Cinemalaya