Best Friends Forever (BFF) - Full Trailer Premiere

Star Cinema premiered the full trailer of Best Friends Forever (BFF) minutes ago before ASAP’09, check it out!

Best Friends Forever (BFF) is topbilled by the Megastar Sharon Cuneta and the Box-office Concert Comedy Queen Ai Ai delas Alas. Also starring in BFF are Empress Schuck, Gina Pareño, Enchong Dee, Chokoleit, AJ Perez, Miles Ocampo, Nash Aguas, Joy Viado, DJ Durano and John Estrada.

Directed by Wenn Deramas for Star Cinema, the film arrives in theaters on May 13, 2009.

Video Link: Best Friends Forever (BFF) - Full Trailer

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/04/26/best-friends-forever-bff-full-trailer-premiere/

Best Friends Forever (BFF) - 2nd Teaser

Check out the second teaser released by Star Cinema for the upcoming comedy movie Best Friends Forever (BFF).

Best Friends Forever (BFF) is the 16th year anniversary presentation of Star Cinema starring the Megastar Sharon Cuneta and the Comedy Queen Ai Ai delas Alas.

Sharon and Ai Ai will be playing as best friends in this comedy film helmed by box-office director Wenn Deramas of Tanging Ina and Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat.

Included in the cast are John Estrada, Candy Pangilinan and Chokoleit.

Best Friends Forever is set to hit theaters on May 13, 2009.

Video Link: Best Friends Forever (BFF) - 2nd Teaser

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/04/25/best-friends-forever-bff-2nd-teaser/

Best Friends Forever (BFF) - Teaser

Check out the first teaser released by Star Cinema for the upcoming comedy movie Best Friends Forever (BFF).

Best Friends Forever (BFF) is the Mothers’ Day offering of Star Cinema starring the Megastar Sharon Cuneta and the Comedy Queen Ai Ai delas Alas.

Sharon and Ai Ai will be playing as best friends in this comedy film helmed by box-office director Wenn Deramas of Tanging Ina and Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat.

Included in the cast are John Estrada, Candy Pangilinan and Chokoleit.

Best Friends Forever is set to hit theaters on May 13, 2009.

Video Link: Best Friends Forever (BFF) - Teaser

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/04/23/best-friends-forever-bff-teaser/

‘Imburnal’ Wins 2 Awards from 10th Jeonju International Film Festival

The Cinema One indie film “Imburnal” took home two trophies from Korean filmfest.

Imburnal, by Sherad Anthony Sanchez, took home the Woosuk and the NETPAC award in the recently concluded 10th Jeonju International Film Festival, the second most prestigious in Korea after Pusan IFF. The nine-day film fest was held from April 30 to May 8, featuring 200 films from 42 countries.

The Woosuk award, which comes with a cash prize of $10,000, is given to the film that contributes to widen the scope and depth in contemporary cinema. This is the first award captured by the Philippines via the Cinema One Originals Best Picture winner “Imburnal.”

The second award grabbed Imburnal was the NETPAC award, or the best Asian feature film screened at JIFF. Imburnal bested 12 other countries for this award.

The Audience Award, on the other hand, was snatched by Maeda Tetsu’s “School Days with a Pig.” The Japanese film took home 2 million Korean won.

The Daum Special Jury Prize was won by Algeria’s “Inland.”

The other Filipino film that participated at Jeonju was Lav Diaz’ “Butterflies Have No Memories.”

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/05/10/imburnal-wins-2-awards-from-10th-jeonju-international-film-festival/

Gina Pareño Wins Best Supporting Actress in Hong Kong Filmfest

Our very own Gina Pareño has just won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Serbis” (Service) in the recently concluded 3rd Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (HKAFF).

The festival was dominated by China, Japan and Korea. Gina Pareño was the only winner from Southeast Asia.

Jacklyn Jose was also nominated for her performance in Serbis as well as Brillante Mendoza for Best Director.

Serbis competed in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival last year with Brillante Mendoza being nominated for the Golden Palm award. It was the most controversial movie at Cannes in 2008 and the only entry from Asia selected for competition (if we regard Israel as part of Southern Europe and not Asia for that matter).

Later of 2008, it won the Golden Kinnaree Award at the Bangkok International Film Festival. It also received 3 nominations at the 2008 Asian Film Awards.

Here’s the list of winners for the 3rd Hong Kong Asian Film Festival:

Best Film:
Tokyo Sonata (Japan, Hong Kong, and The Netherlands)

Best Director:
Kore-Eda Hirokazu (Still Walking, Japan)

Best Actor:
Motoki Masahiro (Departures, Japan)

Best Actress:
Zhou Xun (The Equation of Love and Death, The Chinese Mainland)

Best Newcomer:
Yu Shau-qun (Forever Enthralled, The Chinese Mainland)

Best Supporting Actor:
Jung Woo-sun (The Good, The Bad, The Weird, South Korea)

Best Supporting Actress:
Gina Pareño (Service, Philippines)

Best Screenwriter:
Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Max Mannix, & Tanaka Sachiko
(Tokyo Sonata, Japan / Hong Kong / The Netherlands)

Best Cinematographer:
Jola Dylewska (Tulpan, Germany/ Kazakhstan/ Poland/ Russia/ Switzerland )

Best Production Designer:
Daniel Lee Yan-Kong (Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragons, The Chinese Mainland / Hong Kong / South Korea)

Best Composer:
Hisaishi Joe (Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea, Japan)

Best Editor:
Kim Sun-Min (The Chaser, South Korea)

Best Visual Effects:
Craig Hayes (Red Cliff, The Chinese Mainland)

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/03/24/gina-pareno-wins-best-supporting-actress-in-hong-kong-filmfest/

‘Sundo’ Tops RP Box-Office with P17.98 M, ‘You Changed My Life’ Hits P216.3 M

Directed by Topel Lee (Ouija), Sundo received a grade of “B” from the Cinema Evaluation Board. It is rated PG by the MTRCB because of some violent scenes not suitable for children.

It is a story about a retired military operative who goes into seclusion and discovers that he has the uncanny ability of seeing ghosts around people who will soon encounter sudden, disastrous deaths.

It stars Robin Padilla, Sunshine Dizon, Rhian Ramos, Hero Angeles, Mark Bautista and Katrina Halili.

The Star Cinema movie You Changed My Life, on the other hand, raked-in P11.29 million last weekend for a total 4-week gross of P216.3 Million, the highest top-grosser in Philippine history!

Here are the Top movies last weekend in Philippine theaters:

PHILIPPINE BOX-OFFICE TOP 10
(Weekend of March 18 to 22, 2009)

1. Sundo - P17.98 M *
2. You Changed My Life - P11.29 M
3. Race to Witch Mountain - P10.24 M
4. Punisher: War Zone - P5.48 M *
5. Watchmen - P3.37 M
6. The Unborn - P2.9 M
7. Taken - P2.21 M
8. The Secret of Moonacre - P1.98 M *
9. The International - P0.34 M
10. Revolutionary Road - P0.3 M

Bubbling Under: Streetfighter: The Legend of Chun Li, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Push, Gran Torino, Shaolin Girl, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas*, Jonas Brothers 3D Movie and Valkyrie.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/03/24/sundo-tops-rp-box-office-with-p1798-m-you-changed-my-life-hits-p2163-m/

‘You Changed My Life’ Hits P166 Million on 2nd Week

You Changed My Life is on track to become the biggest Filipino movie of all time for hitting a whopping P166,208,430.00 million in two weeks.

The cast and crew of the Star Cinema and Viva Films movie held a victory party because You Changed My Life has already surpassed P170 million as of Sunday, March 7. It only needs P9 million to break the record established by the original film, A Very Special Love, which is P179.57 million.

The record that You Changed My Life needs to beat is P197 million which was established by by the MMFF movie Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat starring Ai Ai delas Alas. Now on its 3rd week, the Sarah Geronimo and John Lloyd Cruz starrer should earn an additional P27 million in order to be the top-grossing Pinoy movie of all time.

Because of the success of the film, John Lloyd Cruz said he will share 10% of his bonus to the crew of the movie.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2009/03/12/you-changed-my-life-hits-p166-million-on-2nd-week/