Filipinos love comics. And with mainstream media blitzing us with both home-grown and foreign properties, it’s a good time to be a fan. It’s easy to forget that there are people behind these beloved characters. Pepper Marcelo brings those artists to light in his documentary, Illustrated By.
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After what was sure to gave been a hard fought and storied set of deliberations, Cinema One has released the list of the finalists for this year’s Cinema One Originals. It couldn’t have come sooner, as the filmmakers have to get ready for their premieres later this year.
The full List after the jump.
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SM Cinema is pulling out all the stops to make SM Malls the premiere movie watching venue this summer. And with the Avengers, Amazing Spiderman and the Dark Knight Rises now snaking their ways into theaters, it looks their timing couldn’t be any better.
The next trick up their playbook: the SM Cinema e-Plus Card.
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Mae Cruz’s Every Breath You Take Teaser was released at probably the worst time last week, sometime during Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, buried under vaction and religious fever. It’s a good thing we don’t take vacations (*sob*).
Hit the jump for the full teaser!
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Filmmakers looking for funding outside of Cinemalaya may have reason to keep writing.
D’ream Arts Production is inviting filmmakers from all over the country to submit their scripts to the Unang Sine Pinoy Film Festival where they’ll be eligible for a P1 Million film grant.
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Director Erik Matti hasn’t been afraid to voice his opinions on the controversy surrounding Cinemalaya.
But this time Erik Matti isn’t just posting his thoughts on Facebook. He’s going on record.
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Asiong Salonga and In the Name of Love came away as big winners yesterday at the 28th Philippine Movie Press Club Star Awards for Movies, tieing for several categories.
The full list of winners after the jump.
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Zombadings directorJade Castro has come forward to say his piece on the ongoing controversy surrounding Cinemalaya. His opinion?
A change of management is needed.
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Despite being cut from the Cinemalaya roster, Director Emerson Reyes is determined to finish his film, MNL 143.
Even if it means working on a much smaller budget.
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In 2010, Director Adolf Alix submitted his film Chassis to the MTRCB for review. He got an X rating. After an appeal for re-evaluation, he got another X.
The good folk at Rappler.com have done a piece on the whole affair, including Direk Alix’s latest appeal to the Palace where President Aquino himself has banned the film.
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