Thanks to celebrated filmmaker and documentarist Dr. Clodualdo Del Mundo’s curation Filipinos make the best documentaries. Pinoy-made documentaries are some of the most substantial, informative, and well-made programs in Philippine cinema and television. This has become more apparent now amid the...
Scenes from “Sinkhole” (KOFIC / Showbox) “Sinkhole,” the disaster comedy film starring Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, former “Running Man” star Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Hye-jun, has set an opening day record for a Korean film this year. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which...
'Escape from Mogadishu' (top) and BLACKPINK (KOFIC / YG Entertainment) The Kim Yoon-seok-Jo In-sung film “Escape from Mogadishu” topped the weekend box office in South Korea and emerged as the No. 1 top-grossing Korean film this year to date. Based on the numbers from the Korean...
Plus, there's a new animated film out this August 6 The start of the pandemic had us all stressed out at home with work-from-home and parenting duties all getting jumbled up that we lose track of what day it is already. One thing that helped gives us a semblance of normalcy are the online shows we...
The ninth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise has just hit theatres in the US. In time with its release, the internet has been flooded with memes about the movie and the franchise’s notorious physics and reality-defying antics. Few would have guessed that a car movie like The Fast and...
Hip Hop artist Blxst and Bino Rideaux's most recent collaboration is trending. The Los Angeles-based music acts have been on top of Spotify’s Hot Hits Philippines playlist for the second week. Their single “Movie,” released on Red Bull Records, is the pair’s first single off their...
(Clockwise from top left) 'Fast & Furious 9,' 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie-Mugen Train,' 'Soul,' “Cruella' and 'Minari' (KOFIC) “Fast & Furious 9” emerged as the No. 1 film in South Korea in the first half of 2021 based on data from the Korean Film Council...
Editor’s note: With the animated series Trese featuring Philippine mythology still making waves on Neflix, where it trended in at least 19 countries within three days of its release last month, allow us to share with you this list of other celebrated Filipino originals on the streaming site. The...
BLACKPINK (Instagram) A movie produced to commemorate K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s fifth debut anniversary will be released globally. YG Entertainment said “BLACKPINK The Movie” will be screened at CGV theaters in Korea and 100 countries around the world in August to coincide with...
Even "stars" need to get inoculated from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Actor Joross Gamboa receives his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine during the immunization of movie industry workers at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) headquarters in Makati City on June 11, 2021....
Before Gerald Anderson, there was Claudine Barretto. Apparently, the actress came way ahead of him ghosting somebody. Although Gerald has denied it, Bea Alonzo accused Julia Barretto's current boyfriend of simply leaving her hanging with nary an explanation. Claudine is different. She is more than...
Jon M. Chu gives spotlight to the Latino community after his 'Crazy Rich Asians' fame Still from 'In the Heights' What does home mean? We woke up early last May 22 to join the CAAMFEST 2021 (Center for Asian American Media) in their conversation with the cast and crew of In the Heights. Showing on...
