Raphael Phang, Manager of Content Acquisition on Netflix, has said that he is amazed at the support of Filipino fans for entertainment. Phang's full statement: "Over the last 20 years living and working across Southeast Asia I have yet to encounter a community of fans as passionate, vocal or...
Here are some of the more exciting titles announced at the Netflix Anime Festival 2020 Sixteen new anime titles. That’s how many Netflix has in store for otaku all over the world. But excluding the anime version of Trese , which is what excites Pinoys the most, and the already leaked and...
There are a lot of new (or old new, because they’re season 2 or a comeback of some long lost series) anime titles coming in 2021 under streaming service Netflix. But perhaps the most interesting announcement for Filipinos at the ongoing Netflix Anime Festival 2020 , dubbed the “Future of Anime,...
With cinemas in most cities all over the world still shut, and big budget films put on hold until 2021, it’s left for the streaming services to provide us with new releases. Here in the Philippines, Netflix is quite often the home for the prestige film projects that can still find a 2020 release...
As we head to the last week of October, inconsistent offerings is what we have from our favorite streaming services. While we would have welcomed a downpour, instead we get random ‘drops’ - a 50 percent batting average. The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) - Based on the Walter Tevis 1983 novel, this...
"Rebecca" starts after a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), a newly married young woman (James Lily) arrives at Manderley, her new husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast. Naive and inexperienced, she begins to settle into...
Nearly two months after the Black Panther star’s death, Netflix unveils the trailer for his last performance in a film Fans of actor Chadwick Boseman , who passed away in August from colon cancer, is back for one final act in the August Wilson adaptation Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom . Netflix...
Two shows have dropped on Netflix in mid-October. They’re both about Liberté, about Revolution - whether political or cultural. But one is a sobering History lesson set in 1968 Chicago, while the second is Fantasy and the supernatural blended into actual Gallic History. The Trial of the Chicago...
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s original documentary is the No. 1 most popular movie in 28 countries and regions, and emerged second overall in the world on Netflix. “BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky,” directed by Caroline Suh, was released on Oct. 14 on Netflix and it showcases the rise to stardom...
GMA Network’s internationally-acclaimed primetime series “Descendants of the Sun Philippines” is set to make its exciting debut on Netflix Philippines beginning November 13. As it celebrates its 70th anniversary, GMA Network continues to strengthen its digital presence while staying true to...
You’ve been waiting for it! The trailer of the first-ever Filipino animated film to stream on Netflix is now out, and it doesn’t disappoint. Avid Liongoren ’s film Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story stars Angelica Panganiban , who lends her voice for the movie’s lead Nimfa Dimaano, an...
ISKA, a film about an impoverished grandmother who is saddled with the care of her autistic grandson, spoke to its audience when it premiered at last year’s Cinemalaya Film Festival. One year after, the film which earned local and international acclaim from numerous film festivals, is headed to...
