MMFF 2016 Movie Review: ‘Sunday Beauty Queen’
‘SUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN’ is the sincerest film in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) lineup, if not the most heartwarming of them all.
Month: December 2016
MMFF 2016 Winners vs Hot Faves
IT’S MMFF 2016 AWARDS NIGHT again, and like every year before, we become instant judges, if only for one night.
MMFF 2016 Movie Review: ‘Kabisera’
HAVING THE SUPERSTAR in a film about extrajudicial killings — arguably the most relevant topic in the Philippines today — didn’t do ‘Kabisera’ any favors.
MMFF 2016 Movie Review: ‘Saving Sally’
Visually stunning by any measure, the lone animated film in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival, ‘Saving Sally,’ is a breath of fresh air for local filmmaking.
MMFF 2016 Movie Review: ‘Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2’
WHILE ‘ANG BABAE SA Septic Tank 2: Forever is not Enough’ is a good follow-up to the 2011 original, ‘Ang Babae sa Septic Tank,’ it falls short of viewers’ expectations.
MMFF 2016 Movie Review: ‘Vince and Kath and James’
STAR CINEMA finally has a good romantic-comedy entry at the Metro Manila Film Festival.
Where Are They Now: Good Looking Pinoys Who Went Viral on Social Media
FROM CARROT MAN to Badjao Girl, a handful of undeniably good-looking people went viral on social media in the past few months. The internet turned their photos into moments that made most of us go gaga all over again — so we did some digging to find out how that unsolicited fame actually changed their lives. If you’ve been asking “Where are they now?” here are the answers.
MMFF 2016 Movie Review: ‘Die Beautiful’
BEYOND THE MAKEUP transformations, ‘Die Beautiful’ shows what it means to be a gay man by taking viewers along on the journey — from being unaccepted at home and surviving sexual abuse, to becoming a beauty queen, and ultimately, a transwoman.
MMFF 2016 Box Office Results: Opening Day Rankings and Earnings
FOR THE FIRST TIME in years, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) opened without its usual box-office insurance. The annual Christmas festival, which fills Metro Manila cinemas exclusively with local films from December 25 into the new year, has long leaned on crowd-pleasers built around bankable stars like Vice Ganda, Vic Sotto, and AiAi delas Alas. The 2016 edition left them out in favor of a lineup picked for quality, and everyone watching the money is now watching the festival.
MMFF 2016 Movie Review: ‘ORO’
ITS STRAIGHTFORWARD storytelling is both ORO’s strength and weakness.