A day after David Ayer posted the first cast photo of DC’s anti-hero supervillain team flick Suicide Squad, the writer-director tweets out Jared Leto in Joker’s iconic green hair, holding a camera akin to the phenomenal cover of Batman: The Killing Joke, a one-shot superhero graphic novel by acclaimed writer
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‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ goes global
Shooting in different continents, even extending Johannesburg, The Avengers have to deal with the issue of being a global entity in Avengers: Age of Ultron. From the recently released featurette, from Jo Blo Movie Trailers, on the shooting locations of the film, director Joss Whedon and the various cast members
Insurgent
An attempt to make a faithful adaptation while still making a mark against the influx of recent dystopian YA adaptations proves unsuccessful for Insurgent.
‘Imbisibol’ sweeps Sinag Maynila 2015 awards
Lawrence Fajardo‘s Imbisibol is the big winner of Sinag Maynila as it takes home all seven jury awards from the Gabi ng Parangal held at SM Aura Sky Park on the eve of March 21,2015. Imbisibol, dubbed as best film of the inaugural form of the film festival, bags best
March 2015 Screenings and Workshops at UPFI Film Institute
Environmental films, Cinema One Originals 2014, women in Philippine Cinema, digitally restored classics, Kidlat Tahimik’s new offering, workshops on photography, scriptwriting, and film criticism are abound this March 2015 at the Film Center of the UP Film Institute in UP Diliman. For admission information, call 9262722; 9263640. Luntiang Tabing Environmental
Singkuwento 2015 Winners
Starting as a showcase of Filipino films, Singkuwento International Film Festival evolved in its 2nd edition with the addition of a short film competition. Robert Reyes Ang, director of TNT (Tago Nang Tago), chaired the three-piece jury, composed of himself, Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo (filmmaker of Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni
Spring Film Festival 2015 runs from February 13 to 22
Celebrate the year of the Ram with the 9th Spring Film Festival at the Shangri-la Plaza in Origas from the 13th to the 22nd of February 2015. You won’t be alienated as the six different acclaimed Chinese films come in English subtitles. Admission is free for all of these loved
The Taking of Deborah Logan
The collective torment in The Taking of Deborah Logan creeps back to an unenviable happenstance, one that does not enter Adam Robitel’s frames but reverberates to consequences just as sweeping, back in the rise of switchboard answering machines, when data and information are tantamount, and entrusted, with no legal bounds whatsoever,
The ABCs of Death 2
The ABCs of Death anthologies do not necessarily invite to winnow of treasures on a proverbial pile of manure; they encourage its viewers, instead (for the lack of a daintier term), to dig right into the said pile-o’-shit, for there to discover rewarding and beautiful oddments. The finds are unusually
Yam Laranas announces new thriller Abomination
Yam Laranas have had quite a space of time to bring in his next picture following the widely successful The Road (’12)—a generation-leaping horror-thriller following a young man’s unbecoming. If it is all-texture, as critics note, I rest with the inarguable fact that it is a great texture, which makes the utopia in justice finding itself
Student shorts shine in Piling Obrang Vidyo 11
Eighty entries. Twenty finalists. One showcase of maturing creativity. Piling Obrang Vidyo 11 recognized three outstanding student short films in their respective categories: documentary, experimental and narrative. Coming from nearby provinces and beyond the island boundaries, filmmakers and their support groups trooped to the Cine Adarna, University of the Philippines
American Sniper, Blackhat, M open this week in Philippine theaters
This week finds the release of American Sniper and Blackhat—two films I have already watched during the Awards, a.k.a. screener season. The former is a Clint Eastwood film perfectly fitting the Oscar mold; the latter being Michael Mann‘s under-sung work, which some imagine if titled “American Hacker” would have had ‘better chances’ in the awards
6th Brazil Film Festival from January 20 to 22 at UPFI
From January 20 to 22, 2015, the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil, in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), present homegrown cinematic gems in the 6th Brazil Film Festival. Admission to all screenings at the Cine Adarna of the UPFI Film Center, UP Diliman,
‘Boyhood’ and ‘Birdman’ win big at 2015 Critics’ Choice Awards
Boyhood garners acting wins for its on-screen mother-son duo of Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane, and the coveted Best Director and Best Picture awards for auteur Richard Linklater. From its 13 nominations, Birdman shone as well as it led the winners with seven awards from acting, writing and technical categories.
Now Showing: ‘Taken 3’, ‘Before I Go to Sleep’, ‘Edsa Woolworth’
Filipino movie Edsa Woolworth and two thrillers open in cinemas this week. Whether you’re in for testosterone-filled action, a family drama-comedy, or something quite cerebral, here are what’s in store for us in Philippine theaters this Wednesday, January 14, 2015: the psychological mystery film adaptation of the novel “Before I Go
‘Seventh Son’ and ‘Tragic Theater’ lead 2015 opening salvo
‘Seventh Son’ and ‘Tragic Theater’ leads opening films to be screened in 2015.
This year’s Sineng Pambansa has been reissued ‘Frightfest,’ playing right now in select Ayala Cinemas
This year’s government-backed film festival has not been particularly good. In my report of the fest, I expressed my contempt for three-quarters of the whole lot, which premiered only four films including Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes’s remake of their own 1988 cult-favourite T’yanak. It is the only film that
Watch: Trailer for Terrence Malick’s new film Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale
Terrence Malick’s new film Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman, has a first-trailer released, and, as most Malick trailers do, they do not give away too much of the central plot but manages to shake the earth beneath you. An official synopsis has not been
Watch: Cinemalaya 2014 award-winning short film Lola debuts online
Kevin Ang’s entry about a disillusioned grandmother (portrayed by Erlinda Villalobos) won all Best Director, Best Screenplay and Audience Choice awards at the recent Cinemalaya Film Festival. Titled Lola, the film is centred on Villalobos’s character who keeps and feeds her undead family at home, ignorant of the outbreak that had
WATCH: “Too scary” — MTRCB bans trailer for Tragic Theater
The above trailer for the new film by Tikoy Aguiluz (director of Segurista) is banned, for some reason, and was given an “X rating” by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). There are dark forces behind this ban, I feel it. The production took to YouTube, which is
Watch: The trailer for David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows is genuinely unsettling
David Robert Mitchell launched It Follows at Cannes to thunderous raves, with critics already honouring it one of the best horror films of recent. We have the trailer for the film, which, if it serves any indication, makes a great promise and, taking into account the critical acclaim, fulfils with a
We are spilling details on the upcoming J.J. Abrams sci-fi feature—it’s top-secret!
The modest success of lo-fi found-footage Cloverfield has launched Matt Reeves to the world as an able storyteller, succeeding with much bigger projects such as Let Me In and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. J.J. Abrams who eyed the up-and-coming talent, hopes the same to happen to music
Watch: This Wes Anderson cut of the Star Wars VII teaser-trailer is c’est drôle
Remember the first three Star Wars parody trailers we shared? Well apparently the internet simply could not move past them because someone has made a Wes Anderson version of the now-viral teaser-trailer, and it is c’est drôle. You may watch the Wes-cut trailer above. Star Wars Episode VII is directed by J.J. Abrams (Super 8)
Bond 24 debuts official title ‘Spectre’; unveils cast
The twenty-fourth Bond film, alternately referred to per accustomed tradition as Bond 24, has unveiled its official title. The upcoming film directed by Sam Mendes is going to be called Spectre; following the odd clever of 2012’s Skyfall, the film is suggestive of an arc involving the villainous same-name organization and confirming Christoph Waltz‘s
Onto our worthwhile procrastination of the week: ‘Star Wars VII’ parody trailers
Cards on the table: at this point, any Star Wars film not-directed by George Lucas is goldmine. There is an unspoken and collective frustration felt about him as there is an overt annoyance for Jar Jar Binks. That is why when J.J. Abrams boarded the Episode VII project, much excitement
