Cinephiles, I come bearing good news. Fresh from its Cinemalaya win, Eduardo Roy Jr.’s award-winning drama Pamilya Ordinaryo is going to have a run at commercial theaters later this month. The film, which follows Ronwaldo Martin and Hasmine Killip as teenage vagabonds whose infant child gets kidnapped, is easily one of the
Category: Upcoming Movies
Watch Ai Ai Delas Alas portray an aging prostitute in trailer for ‘Area’
I.C.Y.M.I.: The official trailer for Louie Ignacio’s new film Area just debuted online. The film, which stars Ai Ai Delas Alas, is set on a whorehouse in Pampanga dubbed an “area” in which aging prostitutes either wither away or limp to finally escape prostitution. There’s not much I can say about the
Lav Diaz’s ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ competes at Venice Film Fest
This year’s edition of the Venice Film Festival, its seventy-third, has listed a most exciting lineup, featuring works from Francois Ozon, Wim Wenders, Derek Cianfrance, Andrei Konchalovsky, Ana Lily Amirpour, and other great filmmakers. But of course, I’m here to report on one particular film: Lav Diaz’s Ang Babaeng Humayo
The trailer for DC’s ‘Wonder Woman’ is fantastic
The Princess of Themyscira is here and she is beauty, she is grace, and, she is definitely able to punch you in the face. [dropcap size=big]D[/dropcap].C. Extended Universe’s Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) was first introduced earlier this year in BvS: Dawn of Justice (and stole the show, if we are
Adam Wingard’s ‘The Woods’ is actually a secret ‘Blair Witch’ project
It was right under our noses, but as it trails a widely beloved territory, will the new Adam Wingard film be out of the woods or did it just walk into a wildly treacherous one? Not much in the way of story has been made available for the new Adam
A Glimpse at Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time’
The Tree of Life director Terrence Malick is going back to the cosmos and the exploration of life with his latest documentary Voyage of Time. With Malick’s newest offering, the audience will be able to witness the journey of the universe from the Big Bang to the dawn of man and
‘Smaller and Smaller Circles’ is being adapted into a film; Raya Martin directs
The producers of Heneral Luna and acclaimed director Raya Martin (Buenas noches, España!) have teamed to film the upcoming adaptation of F.H. Batacan’s seminal mystery crime-thriller, Smaller and Smaller Circles. If that doesn’t give you the cinephilic tinglies, you might want to consider getting yourself checked. But you already know
Here’s your first look at Paul Soriano’s latest ‘Dukot’
Quickly dropping here the teaser poster (and trailer) for Paul Soriano’s latest film, Dukot, a crime-thriller starring Enrique Gil. The film is produced by Star Cinema and Soriano’s own film outfit, Ten17P, responsible for the Berlinale-winning Lav Diaz film, Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis. Not much is known about its plot, but having
Mike Cahill is tapped to helm film adaptation of ‘Doctors’
Dash Shaw’s graphic novel Doctors can be described, in a gist, as a story of the dead being haunted by the living. The story follows “a doctor and his team who can go into a dead person’s consciousness in the form of a memory and temporarily bring them back to life.” It’s
Charo Santos returns to acting in Lav Diaz’s new film ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’
Charo Santos just dropped some major news today: she had just finished filming for Lav Diaz’s new film Ang Babaeng Humayo. The nonchalance with which this bit of information is announced escapes me; I share with Richard Bolisay (who took to Twitter to share the news) a feeling of welcome
‘The Man From Earth’ sequel begins filming June
I’ve come to drop by quick on a Sunday, unsure if I bear good or not-so-good news. The 2007 cult-favorite science fiction film The Man From Earth is getting a sequel and filming is set to start next month. The new film is titled The Man From Earth: Holocene. “People
Jake Gyllenhaal reunites with director Denis Villenueve for his new film
Jake Gyllenhaal’s last great film is Nightcrawler. (Spare us with your “what about Man Bites Dog” contradictions; Dan Gilroy’s 2014 film on the extremities of ruin media is great in its own right.) Meanwhile, last year’s Southpaw is weighed down by a completely hosed narrative, and Everest relegates ol’ Jake in the permafrozen background. Not
HBO Films is making a new ‘Fahrenheit 451’
Science fiction fans, we’ve got news for you. Many years before The Hunger Games took millennials and youngsters to a chaotic dystopian world, a far more sinister dystopian future has been depicted in Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451. Set on a time where books and novels are prohibited, the book’s
Oscar Isaac and Alex Garland reunite for Jeff Vandermeer adaptation ‘Annihilation’
Alex Garland’s Shelley-esque science fiction-thriller Ex Machina is one of the best to come out last year and surely is deserving of its acclaim and commercial success. In Garland’s second film, he’s re-enlisting Oscar Isaac, the actor who in their previous teaming-up played the philanthropist tycoon, Nathan Bateman, to join
‘Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis’: Lav Diaz’s latest gets a PH release date
Just in: Lav Diaz’s new film Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis is having its Philippine release on March 26, 2016. The eight-hour epic comes home fresh from its win at the 2016 Berlinale. And knowing that it’s backed by Star Cinema, the country’s largest film outfit, it’s unsurprising to see the film having a considerably
Luca Guadagnino Wants Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton For His ‘Suspiria’ Remake
For better or for worse, a remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria is happening. The horror classic holds well for almost four decades-old film, still one of the most thrilling genre pictures of all time. That said, a contemporary iteration is welcome, especially with Luca Guadagnino is at helm. Picture it: How perfect is Tilda
‘The Revenant’ makes a second run at PH theaters this week
The Revenant—fresh from its wins at the recently concluded Academy Awards—is returning to Philippine theaters this week, March 2, for reasons already quite obvious. Leonardo DiCaprio, Emmanuel Lubezki, and Alejandro González Iñárritu all won the awards for Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Director, respectively. Surely there’s a new market of
Stephen King: Elba and McConaughey to star in ‘The Dark Tower’ film adaptation
It’s happening. Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series is going to be adapted into a film—and guess who are going to star? Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey as The Gunslinger and The Man In Black, respectively. Boy, what good mood are the movie gods in today? Entertainment Weekly spoke with Steve and
J.J. Abrams is already talking about ‘Cloverfield 3’
Now that the Internet has calmed down a bit after all hell broke loose when a trailer for a 10 Cloverfield Lane suddenly dropped out of nowhere, the Internet is collectively asking a lot of questions about the movie. Is it going to feature the same monster? Are we ever going to
Stephen King’s ‘It’ gets an R-rated film iteration; filming begins this year
A new film adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel It is happening after all, and fans might be getting the R-rated iteration we rightfully deserve. News comes from an article on Collider which reports that the project has now been green-lit, the production being slated sometime this year. There had been plans
The ‘Deadpool’ Effect: Fox says ‘Wolverine 3’ will be Rated R
Fox is making sure that Wolverine 3 will get an R-rating—reports per Comic Book Source. An ironic turn of events, in that the character whose mouth they literally shut close is the one that’s giving them a run for their money. And as Ryan Reynolds so charmingly revealed—it’s the B.S. free
Marvel enlists Ryan Coogler as director for ‘Black Panther’
Kevin Feige, president—and Supreme Overlord!—of Marvel Studios, has officially announced that Ryan Coogler, director of Sundance favorite Fruitvale Station and Rocky-spin off Creed, will direct Black Panther. In an official statement, Feige says: “We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family. The talents Ryan showcased
Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson talk analog cinema, 70mm, and ‘The Hateful Eight’
It’s still technically the Holidays, and cinephiles in the Philippines, we won’t get to see The Hateful Eight until—realistically, hmmm—January, so this post is still relevant. Right? Well, during Christmas Eve, Deadline’s Pete Hammond sat down with Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson, to talk about film, the 70-mil, and Q-T’s latest.
‘Sadako Vs. Kayako’, starring a woman unlucky enough she’s cursed, twice
So. This is what it has become. We have officially crossed over (ha! Me and my puns!) to the abyss of no return—the franchise crossovers. You would think it natural for Jason Voorhees and Freddy Kreuger, but not for Sadako and Kayako. You would think it’s Western Spirit, the kind
These ‘Ip Man 3’ character posters will make you want to buy an extra wall
The much-anticipated threequel [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”@FilmPoliceRevs” suffix=”#IPMAN3″]Ip Man 3 just dropped six character posters on us, and hot damn are they fine[/inlinetweet]. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film basically tells us how modern-day Bruce Lee and the Iron Mike (Donnie Yen and Mike Tyson, respectively) became best friends, and then the
