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C1 Originals review: 'Manang Biring' director returns with new animated film

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 02:33 PM

"Manang Biring" was actually the big winner of C1 Originals 2015. This year, its director, Carl Joseph Papa, is back with another animated film, simply entitled "Paglisan." Read more »

20+ reasons why Honolulu should be your—and your buddy's—next stop

Kanoelani Turner and Rita Nazareno
Updated as of Oct 16 07:53 AM

Honolulu is one of those places that insists on keeping its old charms. Here, two buddies who went to high school in Hawaii's capital revisit their favorite haunts and find themselves still fascinated by their old stomping grounds Read more »

Movie review: Atkinson still has what it takes as Johnny English returns

Fred Hawson
Posted at Oct 13 11:30 AM

This is the third film in the "Johnny English" franchise. Read more »

New 'Glass' trailer shows comic book bad guys teaming up

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 07:51 AM

What happens when you team up a super villain with multiple personalities with an evil mastermind? Read more »

Movie review: Daring documentary 'Call Her Ganda' grips you

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 01:36 PM

Today marks another death anniversary of Filipina transgender Jennifer Laude.  Read more »

Movie review: Innovative 'Para sa Broken Hearted' surprises at every turn

Fred Hawson
Posted at Oct 09 12:07 PM

First-time screenplay writer Rinka Romero Sycip developed a beautifully affecting script based on the best-selling novel of the same title written by Marcelo Santos III.  Read more »

Movie review: Ryder, Reeves reunite in 'Destination Wedding'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Oct 08 01:01 PM

Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder were never really rom-com actors in their prime before, and this is their first one together -- she at age 46, and he at age 54. Read more »

Movie review: Tom Hardy makes 'Venom' fun to watch

Fred Hawson
Posted at Oct 07 04:30 PM

This was definitely not the total disaster that other critics maligned it to be.  Read more »

Due to 'creative differences,' Erik Matti bows out of new 'Darna' movie

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 04 03:10 PM

Filmmaker Erik Matti will no longer direct the much-awaited movie of Star Cinema "Darna." Read more »

Movie review: There's so much more to 'Smallfoot' than cute characters

Fred Hawson
Posted at Oct 04 12:26 PM

"Smallfoot" is by the Warner Animation Group, makers of the "Lego" films. Read more »

The 2-minute review: Venom

Andrew Paredes
Posted at Oct 04 11:51 AM

Tom Hardy displays a confident grasp of his role in Venom, managing to imbue his back-and-forth with a voice in his head and some CGI work with charm and comic timing Read more »

Half of 'Last Jedi' haters were bots, trolls, activists, study says

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 08:09 AM

How much did movie fans hate "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"?  Read more »

Tom Hardy brings out Marvel's darker side in 'Venom'

Rollo Ross, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 03:38 AM

LOS ANGELES - In the new movie "Venom," British actor Tom Hardy plays an investigative journalist whose body is invaded by an alien with violent instincts who feeds on a diet of human flesh. Read more »

Movie review: Do we really need a 'Papillon' remake?

Fred Hawson
Posted at Oct 01 01:18 PM

This 2018 remake of "Papillon" by Danish director Michael Noer joined the ever-growing list of unnecessary remakes of films already considered classics. Read more »

Movie review: Sizzling chemistry lifts relatable 'Exes Baggage'

Fred Hawson
Updated as of Sep 30 06:26 PM

The known fact that Angelica Panganiban and Carlo Aquino were actually exes in real life definitely added further vivid color into their already sizzling onscreen chemistry. Read more »

Movie review: 'Nakalimutan Ko Nang Kalimutan Ka' is heavy on hugot

Fred Hawson
Updated as of Sep 26 02:37 PM

Knowing how romantic Filipinos are, this film and its plethora of mostly well-written "hugot" will definitely connect with its audience, especially those who, for one reason or the other, are not in a relationship. Read more »

Movie review: Eli Roth serves horror for kids in 'House With A Clock'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Sep 25 05:54 AM

"The House With a Clock in Its Walls" is old-fashioned family-friendly horror fare (based on a 1973 children's book by John Bellairs) with modern CGI flourish. Read more »

Director Joyce Bernal to take over Marawi movie of Piolo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 06:44 PM

Filmmaker Joyce Bernal will take over "Children of the Lake," a movie about the Marawi siege, after its original director Sheron Dayoc resigned, one of its producers, actor Piolo Pascual, said. Read more »

Movie review: 'Searching' is terrifying for parents

Fred Hawson
Posted at Sep 24 06:28 AM

After "Disconnect" (2013) and "Unfriended" (2014), there could never be enough cautionary tales about the internet. Read more »

The two-minute review: Iginuhit Ng Tadhana

Andrew Paredes
Updated as of Sep 25 07:54 AM

Weeping by the bintana, a courtroom drama, and a meet-cute. On the 46th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, we revisit and weigh the merits and excesses of the biopic of the batas militar architect Read more »