Tomorrow, May 16, the Cannes Film Festival 2023 opens with French film *Jeanne du Barry*, directed, produced, and co-written by and starring Maïwenn with Johnny Depp. Jeanne is a courtesan climbing up society and becoming King Louis XV’s favorite lover. Her arrival in Versailles scandalizes...
In 1897, Bram Stoker wrote the novel *Dracula*, creating a fictional character, R. M. Renfield. This year, a film produced and directed by Chris McKay known for his directorial debut, *The Lego Batman* *Movie* (2017), creates the horror comedy *Renfield*, starring Nicholas Hoult as Robert...
The highly-anticipated sequel to Denis Villenueve's remake of Dune released an action-packed trailer. “Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) as he unites with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who...
There are two words that will convince you to watch this movie: Nicolas Cage. The esteemed actor has reached the point in his career where he simply portrays his audacious self on-screen, and that is perfectly all right. In fact, we expect that of him. A lot of fans (including the author), would...
We all remember the first "Insidious (2010)" movie, with all its seat grabbing tension and jump scares. Director James Wan opened the gates to a new frontier of horror cinema with that first movie. It also started an entire horror franchise that would span 13 years in the industry. The latest...
I remember the slow, easy days of my youth—weekends playing outside with my friends and cousins; bonding and cuddling my pet dog (how I miss the little furball); and, of course, playing video games. As a child of the nineties, I was fortunate enough to have played with that now iconic video game...
In anticipation of the Metro Manila Summer Film Festival, Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid renewed his call for the government to provide support for the Philippine arts and entertainment industry by providing them corporate tax breaks, including exemptions from amusement tax. In filing...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has filed a bill updating and strengthening the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) against objectionable movies, publicity materials and other audio-visual media to protect Filipino viewers, especially children. Sen. Robinhood "Robin"...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez called on all seniors in the city to get movie booklets for free movies. Olivarez announced on Friday, Feb. 3, the free movies for seniors in the city will resume on Feb. 7 at Cinema 9 of Ayala Malls, Manila Bay at 2:00 p.m. He said the program, which was...
The Parañaque City government announced that senior citizens can watch movies for free again starting Feb. 7 after it was suspended for more than two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mayor Eric Olivarez said the resumption of free movies for the seniors was discussed during a meeting with SM...
EDITOR'S DESK I call this an “affair” as my love for movies is not something I share with people, even to family members or friends. But ever since I saw my first movie inside a dark theater in Ever Monumento (that was one of the Star Wars films in the ‘80s), I always had this insatiable...
EDITORS DESK ROBERT REQUINTINA Looks like the people are finally heading back to movie theaters! Acting Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Atty. Romando “Don” Artes revealed that the ongoing 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival is a certified box-office hit in terms of...
