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(Reuters) — The “Star Wars” universe landed at London’s southbank on Tuesday (December 14), with stormtroopers standing guard at the riverside Tate Modern art gallery for the launch of the sci-fi franchise’s new standalone film “Rogue One” in Britain. Instead of walking the red carpet in the central Leicester Square, where movie premieres are usually held in the British capital, actors Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen and Forest Whitaker showcased their film at the gallery, home […]
CHENNAI, India (AFP) — Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the chief minister of south India’s Tamil Nadu state and one of the country’s most popular political leaders, has died after a prolonged illness, hospital authorities announced late Monday night. “It is with indescribable grief, we announce the sad demise of our esteemed honorable chief minister of Tamil Nadu … at 11:30pm (local time) today (December 5),” Chennai’s Apollo Hospital said in a statement released to the media. Doctors […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) –The Independent Filmmaker Project celebrated its 26 Gotham Film Awards on Monday (November 28) in New York with a star-studded red carpet. Actors Ethan Hawke, Amy Adams and director Oliver Stone were among those who received special tributes. “I feel like 42 is kind of young to get a tribute, but I’m really honored. I was awarded here with the breakthrough actor eleven years ago. So, nice to sort […]
by Thomas URBAIN NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Straying from his normal vitriolic skewering of the status quo, Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Michael Moore in TrumpLand” is less of an attack on Donald Trump than an ode to Democrat Hillary Clinton. The award-winning provocateur unveiled the surprise film just three weeks before the US election, and he told journalists he made it in just 12 days. “I wanted to do something subversive here, something […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Financial thriller “The Accountant” booked $24.7 million in ticket receipts on its opening weekend to score number one at the North American box office, industry data showed on Monday. The Warner Bros. film centers on an autistic mathematics savant who capitalizes on his fondness for numbers by becoming an undercover forensic accountant for criminal organizations. Starring Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick, the film opened to mixed reviews but yielded more […]
by Frankie TAGGART LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — From Pokemon onesies to Disney frocks, comic and film fans from across the world will don costumes this week and descend on California to spend four days geeking out. Every July, San Diego transforms into Nerd Town USA, as tens of thousands of monsters, aliens, manga characters and caped crusaders throng the streets for Comic-Con International. Since its humble beginnings in 1970 as a convention of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Pixar’s “Finding Dory” was floating atop the box office over the weekend, taking in an estimated $73.2 million, industry data showed Sunday. “Dory,” voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, follows a forgetful fish on a quest to find her parents, much as she did as a supporting character in the 2003 animated hit “Finding Nemo.” The film, in its second week in theaters, splashed past “Independence Day: Resurgence,” which made a […]
Initiated by Czech Embassy in Manila in cooperation with the Film Development Council of the Philippines, this year’s FilmAsia premieres six Filipino feature films, old and new. Among the films brought to Prague are the recently rediscovered and restored classic Genghis Khan (1950) directed by Manuel Conde which opened the festival on December 4, 2015, and the acclaimed political family drama Dekada ’70 (2002) based on acclaimed novel by Lualhati Bautista—a film which mirrors similar, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, September 2) – Ever since it was announced that a biopic about Bro. Felix Y. Manalo will be made, many are filled with anticipation, awaiting the showing of the epic film. On the 15th of August, Viva Films released a teaser of “Felix Manalo” in the social media,which immediately garnered many “likes” and “shares”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuyL7rDo8Uw Courtesy: Viva Films “Felix Manalo” was directed by veteran film director Joel Lamangan. It […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 2) – “Wala pong eksenang napipili, lahat po’y kaabang abang.” said Mr. Joel Lamangan on his interview for Felix Manalo movie this first Tueday of September in Taumbahay. Lamangan stated that he has already been oriented with the Iglesia ni Cristo’s doctrines and practices for one of his relative is a deacon inside the church. He said that he also collaborated with some of the award-winning Directors in the industry namely Mr. Julius Alfonso, and Mr. […]
DANISH film director Gabriel Axel, the first Dane to win an Oscar for best foreign film “Babette’s Feast”, died Sunday, February 9, at the age of 95. News about his death was announced by his daughter, Karin Moerch, in a statement. She said her father died “quietly and peacefully after a long and eventful life.” She did not say where he died or give the cause of death. Born April 18, 1918, in Denmark’s second […]
