Jan 30, 2011

Two Funerals 2010


Release Date: 8 September 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

A cross between Colorum and Ded Na Si Lolo, this hilarious film is a welcome return to form for director Gil Portes. According to the acclaimed creator of Mulanay, Saranggola, and Mga Munting Tinig, he came across the subject for the film in a tabloid. He read about the case of a corpse that was delivered to the wrong set of surviving family members. This germ of an idea haunted him for years. He peddled his story to lots of producers but none will touch it.


Jan 29, 2011

Super Inday And The Golden Bibe 2010


Release Date: 25 December 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

Super Inday and the Golden Bibe is a remake of the original 1988 movie starring Maricel Soriano & a fantasy-adventure flick official entry to 36th Metro Manila Film Festival–Philippines 2010 of Regal Entertainment co-produced with Regal Multimedia, Inc. on December 25, 2010. This stars Marian Rivera as Super Inday and John Lapus as the Golden Bibe.

Si Agimat At Si Enteng Kabisote 2010


Release Date: 25 December 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

Si Agimat at Si Enteng Kabisote is an action comedy fantasy film directed by Tony Reyes which stars the two box office kings of Philippine cinema, Vic Sotto and Sen. Bong Revilla. Uniting their famous characters(Agimat and Enteng Kabisote) in one blockbuster movie which grossed a P31M on its opening day.

RPG Metanoia 2010


Release Date: 25 December 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

The story's less of a stretch than what can be expected from animated features. When it is not concerned with the plotline of an in-game character wreaking havoc on the real world via a virus that transmits images through the computer that effectively turns humans into gaming zombies, the film spends time exploring the domestic life of Nico, his intimate dinner conversations with his mother (voiced by Eugene Domingo), his webcam communications with his father (voiced by Aga Muhlach), who is working overseas, his blossoming crush with a girl next door, his role in his gaming troop, and his inefficiencies in sports and other physical activities. A bulk of what makes RPG Metanoia so charming is how it translates these relatable elements of living into gorgeous animation.

Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na To!) 2010


Release Date: 25 December 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

A few months after Ina left the position as the President of the Philippines, she is back in the media limelight as she releases a book of her life in her journey as a mother to her children and as a mother to the people of the Philippines. Ina now lives a simple life with her beloved children, together with her long-time best friend, Rowena.

After a freak accident at President Ren's wedding, Ina found herself doing an X-ray and medical examinations inside a hospital. The doctor who examined Ina's health told her that she only has 6 to 8 months to live due to the fractures found in her skull and some complications found in her medical results. Upon knowing this, Ina is having a hard time telling her children that she only has a few months to live. Ina is also having visions of her departed husbands—or so it would appear at first. Ina was very sick of her children are fighting. She thought Juan, her first son, was in New Zealand but he's actually living on the streets. Pip had a daughter named Monay. And Tudis keeps fighting with her husband, Troy, because of her daughter being with another man. When Ina's children knew about her sickness, they were heartbroken and decided to change for the better, especially Juan and Tri. When yet another accident occurred, Ina was rushed to the hospital, where Rowena was due give birth, Six and Tenten came, but Por was not there. Ina thought that the light that she saw was God, who was about to take her. But it was actually a light from a shooting. Then, the last doctor (Rubi - Rubi) claimed that Ina was not sick. Ina and her family then enjoyed a happy life together.

Shake Rattle and Roll XII 2010


Release Date: 25 December 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

Mamanyika

A young girl found a dirty doll half-buried in a freshly made grave when she and her elder sister went to the cemetery to visit their deceased mother. She brought the doll home with her. The girl's elder sister became wary of the doll when strange things began to occur, and wanted to get rid of it. But the little girl didn't want to be separated with her newfound "Mama Doll." And when death began to surround them, the elder sister then realized that the "Mama Doll" was possessed, and it had an axe to grind on anyone who wished to separate it from its "daughter."

Isla

A group of three female tourists came to an isolated island for a vacation secluded from the outside. No Internet, no cellphone service, no way out but through boat. Unknown to them, the island itself was the home to an "Engkanto" who commanded evil fairies called "Lambana." To make matters worse, the engkanto had set its eyes on one of the girls. And there was nothing that could stop it from getting what it wanted.

Punerarya

Becoming a tutor to two children living right next to a funeral parlor can be a little disturbing at first, but the tutor believed she'd get used to it. But that belief had shattered when she unraveled the secrets concerning the children and the eerie inhabitants of the "punerarya." Curiosity killed the cat, but unfortunately satisfaction might not bring it back. The inhabitants of the place are revealed to be cadaver-eating ghouls, with the "punerarya" used as a front of their devious acts. Can she escape the strange inhabitants before she gets eaten too?


Rosario 2010


Release Date: 25 December 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

The story revolves around Rosario (Jennylyn Mercado), a paragon of beauty and grace, intelligent, sophisticated, a liberal thinker, a young and liberated Filipina in the 1920s who has just arrived from New York, and is spending her vacation in their hacienda.
The daughter of Don Enrique (Phillip Salvador) and Doña Adela (Eula Valdez), Rosario was a passionate woman who lives according to her heart’s desires. She was a woman ahead of her time.
There, she meets and falls in love with Vicente (Yul Servo), an older man who manages the tobacco plantation owned by Rosario's family. When Rosario's father finds out about his daughter's scandalous affair, he sends Rosario to a convent.
She escapes, and elopes with Vicente to Manila where they raise a family. But Rosario's life of married bliss slowly crumbles when Vicente becomes ill with tuberculosis, and she is lured to committing adultery. Temptation and scandal still hound Rosario as she continues to defy the moral restrictions of her time.
Based on a true story and set in one of the most colorful periods in Philippine history, ROSARIO is destined to be a modern masterpiece in Philippine filmmaking. It is a monumental yet intimate portrait of a woman's emancipation and the sometimes painful consequencesof following one's desires.


Father Jejemon 2010


Release Date: 25 December 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

A priest (Dolphy) with a humorous style is assigned to a small town to replace a beloved parish priest. His odd charm endears him to the town, but a shady businessman is worried that the new priest might get in the way of his interests.


Jan 27, 2011

Dalaw 2010


Release Date: December 25 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

For the sake of her son, Paolo, Stella is re-married to another man, Anton, in the hopes of a having a whole and peaceful family life. However, after the wedding, she experiences major haunting that endangers her life and the people around her. All the clues are pointing to her dead husband. Feeling guilty of her ex-husband’s death, Stella tries to save her family from the ghost’s wrath. Along the way, secrets start to unravel and Stella is now unsure of who is haunting her and why she is being haunted.

Jan 2, 2011

Sa 'Yo Lamang 2010


Release Date: 1 September 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

From the director who gave us Tanging Yaman, Laurice Guillen, is back with another heart-warming family drama which teaches us about love, faith and life. Sa ‘Yo Lamang stars Lorna Tolentino, Bea Alonzo, Coco Martin, Enchong Dee and Miles Ocampo. Dianne Alvaro (Bea Alonzo) seems to have a happy family. She and her mom (Lorna Tolentino) just bought a house for them, her younger siblings are doing great at school, and her boyfriend of two years is already preparing for their future together. But everything in her life shatters when her dad, Franco (played by Christopher De Leon), returns after ten years of being with his mistress. More than the irritating presence of Franco, what hurts Dianne the most is how her mom wholeheartedly accepts Franco back to live with them again, and how her siblings allow him to be their father again, as if he never left. Confused and hurt, Dianne does everything to throw Franco out of their lives. But as she succeeds with her plans, she is shocked to learn that their family’s problem is more than the return of the man who has hurt her in the past. And thus the start of the journey of Dianne and her family as they discover their family’s secrets.

Jan 1, 2011

Hating Kapatid 2010


Release Date: 28 July  2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

Rica (Judy Ann Santos) and Cecil (Sarah Geronimo) are sisters who grow up with their Lola Amor (Gina Pare?o) while their parents work abroad. Rica takes her role as the big sister seriously, more so when Cecil gets hurt in a minor accident. She breaks up with her boyfriend, Bong (JC de Vera), and vows to devote her life taking care of Cecil. The close relationship of the sisters starts to change whentheir parents return home tenyears later. Unlike Cecil, Rica does not warm up to their parents easily. She even gets jealous that they are taking over her role as guardian to Cecil. Things get worse when Cecil starts working and meets Edsel (Luis Manzano). Cecil tries to reach out to her, and tracks down Rica?s former sweetheart for her. However, the gap between the sisters has become too wide, and a drastic change has to happen to set things right again.

Mamarazzi 2010


Release Date:   25 August 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

Eugene Domingo plays the role of Violy, a mortuary make-up artist who just wants to have kids and is blessed with triplets in the person of AJ Perez as the male in the triplets and Andi Eigenmann who plays a dual role. Violy becomes very successful in her field as a mortuary make up artist and eventually owns a funeral parlor of her own. However, her success with business is quite the opposite when it comes to her children. Her triplets have different personalities.

Accompanying Violy all her life is her bestfriend played by John "Sweet" Lapus. Violy's bestfriend knows her life very well, he even knew who the father of Violy's children were. One day, a man came to Violy's funeral parlor, played by Diether Ocampo, and asking for a second chance to Violy. Could he be the father of her triplets? Will there be a reconciliation between the two?

Noy 2010


Release Date:  26 May 2010
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog

Rica (Judy Ann Santos) and Cecil (Sarah Geronimo) are sisters who grow up with their Lola Amor (Gina Pareño) while their parents work abroad. Rica takes her role as the big sister seriously, more so when Cecil gets hurt in a minor accident. She breaks up with her boyfriend, Bong (JC de Vera), and vows to devote her life taking care of Cecil.

The close relationship of the sisters starts to change when their parents return home tenyears later. Unlike Cecil, Rica does not warm up to their parents easily. She even gets jealous that they are taking over her role as guardian to Cecil. Things get worse when Cecil starts working and meets Edsel (Luis Manzano). Cecil tries to reach out to her, and tracks down Rica's former sweetheart for her. However, the gap between the sisters has become too wide, and a drastic change has to happen to set things right again.

Forced to find a job as his family's breadwinner, Noy (Coco Martin) poses as journalist commissioned to come up with a documentary following the campaign trail of his namesake and top presidential bet, Sen. "Noynoy" Aquino for 2010 Philippine National Elections. The film, infused with actual documentary footage, inter-cut with dramatic scenes, deals with themes of poverty, survival and hope for the Filipino family.