Ang Panday (2009)

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‘Sanglaan’ Wins 2 Awards at Lyon Filmfest in France

The Cinemalaya 2009 finalist, Sanglaan, is the latest Filipino film to win awards overseas.

Milo Sogueco’s first full-length film, Sanglaan (The Pawnshop) received two awards at the 15th Lyon Film Festival
held last Nov. 3 to 8 in Lyon, France.

The film, which stars Tessie Tomas, Ina Feleo and Joem Bascon won silver in the New Asian Cinema and the bronze Grand Prix du Public audience award.

Earlier this year, Sanglaan won the Best Actress award for Ina Feleo and Best Supporting Actress for Tessie Tomas in the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival which was held at the CCP.

Sanglaan captures stories of five people conflicted with matters of life. A middle-aged woman is troubled by aging. A girl is deeply in love with her high school crush while a security guard becomes a husband to a sick wife. Also featured in the film are similarly interesting characters of a seaman and a loan shark.



Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/11/19/sanglaan-wins-2-awards-at-lyon-filmfest-in-france/

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Ang Tanging Pamilya

The grand trailer premiere of the highly-anticipated Star Cinema movie, Ang Tanging Pamilya, starring Ai Ai delas Alas and former President Joseph Estrada was released minutes ago before ASAP’09.

Directed by Wenn Deramas, Ang Tanging Pamilya boasts of a once in a lifetime
love team – the comedy queen Ai Ai delas Alas and the former Philippine president Joseph Estrada.

It will also reunite the kilig love team of Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby.

And introducing in the movie is no less than Manny Pacquiao’s mom, Aling Dionesia Pacquiao!

Ang Tanging Pamilya (A Marry-Go-Round) hits theaters on November 11, 2009.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/10/25/ang-tanging-pamilya-a-marry-go-round-grand-trailer-premiere/

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Wapakman Movie Trailer

Manny Pacquiao is the lead character, an ordinary man who developed super powers. The sexy comedienne Ruffa Mae Quinto is the new leading lady of Manny Pacquiao for the movie WAPAKMAN. Nicole Scherzinger, THE lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, was supposedly the one who will be the leading lady of Manny Pacquiao, but was replaced by Ruffa Mae Quinto instead because of conflict of schedule. WWE David Michael Bautista most known as BATISTA, would be the villain in this film.

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Cristine Reyes and Richard Gutierrez Make It to the New York Times

The story on how Richard Gutierrez saved the stranded Cristine Reyes hits CNN, Fox News and The New York Times.

After the news that Cristine Reyes was stranded on top of the roof of her house in Provident Village in Marikina City, her leading man Richard Gutierrez came to the rescue. Richard borrowed a speedboat and navigated the flooded area of Provident Village to look for Cristine.

The true-to-life suspense thriller story made it to major news network in the US and top broadsheet like The New York Times. Here’s an excerpt of the report entitled “Filipino Actor Saves Real-Life Damsel in Distress”:

A popular Philippine actress
cried out for help from a rooftop as a tropical storm roared and floodwaters rose menacingly. Then an actor emerged from nowhere on a speedboat and swept her to safety.

A romantic scene from a movie?

No, it was the real-life travails of young actress Christine Reyes. Her rescue by movie and TV heartthrob Richard Gutierrez as Tropical Storm Ketsana raged across the northern Philippines was one of the happier moments of last weekend’s disaster that left at least 140 dead and tens of thousands homeless.

The day after the incident, a malicious text message proliferated saying that the rescue story was only a “gimmick” to promote the upcoming Yam Laranas movie which is topbilled by Richard Gutierrez and Cristine Reyes.

Richard denied that his rescure effort is only a gimmick:

“I feel sad that there are negative-minded people na gumagawa ng mga maling kuwento. Do you think I, or anybody for that matter, would risk my life negotiating the dark, flooded area at 1 o’clock in the morning para lang mag-gimik?”

Cristine also denied the malicious text message:

“Do you think I would be that crazy to stay on the roof for 12 hours with my mom and my two pamangkin para lang gumawa ng gimmick?”

The Richard-Cristine starrer “Patient X” is showing in theaters later this month.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/10/01/cristine-reyes-and-richard-gutierrez-make-it-to-the-new-york-times/

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Heart Evangelista Wins FAMAS Best Actress

Heart Evangelista has just won Best Actress in the 57th FAMAS Awards for her portrayal of a teacher in the indie film “Ay Ayeng.”

Heart bested the megastar Sharon Cuneta (Caregiver), Judy Ann Santos (Ploning), Dawn Zulueta (Magkaibigan), Melissa Mendez (Kalakal) and Anne Curtis (Baler).

Here is the (partial) list of winners for the 57th FAMAS Awards:

Best Picture:
Baler

Best Actress:
Heart Evangelista (Ay Ayeng)

Best Actor:
Allen Dizon (Paupahan)

Best Supporting Actress:
Snooky Serna (Paupahan)

Best Supporting Actor:
German Moreno (Paupahan)

Best Child Actress:
Jessica Mae Flores (Ay Ayeng)

Best Child Actor:
Dominico Soriano (Ay Ayeng)

Presidential Award:
Carlo J. Caparas and Donna Villa

Circle of Excellence Award:
Gov. Vilma Santos

Fernando Poe Jr. Memorial Award:
Senator Bong Revilla

German Moreno Achievement Award:
Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson
Kris Bernal and Aljur Abrenica

Golden Artist Award:
Sarah Geronimo

Posthumous Award:
Roland Dantes

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/10/20/heart-evangelista-wins-famas-best-actress/

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‘Boy’ Stands Out from the Gay-Themed Genre

“Boy” is not just another gay-themed indie film. It’s hailed by critics as a gem in the genre proliferated by thrash.

From the acclaimed director of “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros”, comes a coming-of-age gay movie about a young gay poet who sells his prized comic book and action figure collection to spend a night with a macho dancer.

“Boy” is helmed by Auraeus Solito, acclaimed director of Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2006), and Tuli (2007). Starring Aeious Asin and Aries Pena, the movie is now showing at the Robinson’s IndieSine and other selected cinemas.

SYNOPSIS: One evening, young budding poet (Adam) observes lip-synching drag-queens and dancing rent-boys (macho dancers) in a gay bar. The poet finds himself attracted to Aries, who comes from a poorer part of town. Selling his comic books so as to be able to afford the macho dancer for one night, Adam’s character buys Aries at the bar and brings him home for the New Year.

Sparks fly while celebratory fireworks go off outside the house and the boys forge a fragile connection that neither of them is certain will last. Boy is a coming-of-age tale of a sensitive boy who arrives at his first lesson about love and who learns to grow confidently into his own sexuality.



Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/10/08/boy-stands-out-from-the-gay-themed-genre/

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