WHAT'S SYOWING THIS WEEK?

SCREENING SKEDS of what's in Iloilo Theaters this Week...
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|| FDCP Cinematheque || UPV Cinematheque || Robinsons Movieworld JARO ||
|| Robinsons Movieworld ILOILO || SM Cinema Iloilo ||
[all screening skeds are subject to change without prior notice]

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Syowing this Week [July 31 to August 5, 2014]

Guardians of the Galaxy
is a space epic adventure that focuses its story on a band of intergalactic misfits who are outlaws fighting for good. The Marvel comics series of the same name from which it is based on, and the upcoming movie seems to have a treatment quite similar to Firefly and Serenity; high adventure with light-hearted elements of comedy.
SCREENING SKEDS:
Robinsons Movieworld Cinema 1 [3D] = 5:00 PM | 7:40 PM
Robinsons Movieworld Cinema 2 = 12:15 PM | 2:55 PM | 5:35 PM | 8:15 PM
SM Iloilo Cinema 8 [3D] = 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM
SM Iloilo D-Cinema = 12:30 PM | 3:20 PM | 6:10 PM | 9:00 PM
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Enemy (2014)
This psychological thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve which was loosely adapted by Javier Gullón from José Saramago's 2002 novel The Double. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal who plays Adam Bell, who is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend Mary. Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double, a bit-part actor named Anthony Clair, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined. Gyllenhaal is transfixing as both Adam and Anthony, provoking empathy as well as disapproval while embodying two distinct personas.
SCREENING SKEDS:
Robinsons Movieworld Cinema 6 = 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM
SM Iloilo Cinema 7 = 1:30 PM | 4:00 PM
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Trophy Wife (2014)
Another one of those infidelity stories, this Filipino romantic drama and thriller film starring Cristine Reyes, Derek Ramsay, Heart Evangelista, and John Estrada, and is directed by Andoy Ranay, who is best known for mainstream Tagalog movies like "Sosy Problems" and "Diary ng Panget"
SCREENING SKEDS:
Robinsons Movieworld Cinema 5 = 12:45 PM | 3:10 PM | 5:35 PM | 8:00 PM
SM Iloilo Cinema 4 = 1:00 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:20 PM | 9:00 PM
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Blood Widow
Laurie and Hugh are a successful young couple who have just closed on a weekend home away from the city. Unbeknownst to them, the neighboring property contains the crumbling remains of a boarding school that was shuttered in the wake of an unspeakable massacre. The sole survivor of that massacre still resides in the ruins of the school, hiding from the world and wanting only to be left alone. When Laurie and Hugh's friends explore the property, they have no idea that they disturbed an emotionally-broken killing machine: The Blood Widow.
SCREENING SKEDS:
SM Iloilo Cinema 1 = 6:20 PM | 9:00 PM
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Possessed
Originally titled "Pee Kao Pee Ook", this Indonesian horror-comedy is about a group of kids who go to a Chinese cemetery as a filming location for their short movie 'senior-year' project; Only to end up being haunted by ghosts.
SCREENING SKEDS:
SM Iloilo Cinema 7 = 6:30 PM | 9:00 PM
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[hit the jump to continue to the movies on extended run, and the FDCP Cinematheque movies]


Hercules (2014) [extended run]
This new film about the Greek Hero stars Dwayne Johnson as the title character, and is directed by Brett Ratner (the Rush Hour movies). Haunted by a sin from his past, Hercules has become a mercenary.  Along with five faithful companions, he travels ancient Greece selling his services for gold and using his legendary reputation to intimidate enemies.  But when the benevolent ruler of Thrace and his daughter seek Hercules’ help to defeat a savage and terrifying warlord, Hercules finds that in order for good to triumph and justice to prevail… he must again become the hero he once was… he must embrace his own myth… he must be Hercules.
SCREENING SKEDS:
Robinson's Movieworld Cinema 4 = 12:00 PM | 2:05 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:15 PM | 8:20 PM
SM Iloilo Cinema 6 = 1:00 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:20 PM | 9:00 PM
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She's Dating the Gangster [extended run]
The story revolves around Athena Dizon, a 17-year-old student, and Kenji de los Reyes, a rebellious teenager. They begin a false romance in order to spite Kenji's ex-girlfriend, and Athena thinks everything will be fine. She slowly realises that her life is not as steady, as her relationship with Kenji inevitably transforms into something greater.
SCREENING SKEDS:
Robinsons Movieworld Iloilo Cinema 3 = 12:45 PM | 3:10 PM | 5:35 PM | 8:00 PM
SM Cinema Iloilo Cinema 2 = 1:00 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:20 PM | 9:00 PM
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Step Up: All In [extended run]
In the next exciting fifth chapter of the dance movie series STEP UP, all-stars from previous installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers. This film is directed by Trish Sie.
SCREENING SKEDS:
Robinsons Movieworld Iloilo Cinema 1 = 12:00 PM | 2:30 PM
SM Cinema Iloilo Cinema 3 = 1:00 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:20 PM | 9:00 PM
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Black Butler [extended run]
Based on the manga series "Kuroshitsuji" by Yana Toboso, which also had an anime series in 2008, the story centers on a character named Shiori Genpo who runs the large corporation Funtom. Being a descendant of a prestigious noble family Phantomhive of England, Shiori solves difficult cases which are ordered by the queen. On the other hand, in order to take revenge on those who have wronged him, Shiori makes a deal with Butler Sebastian who is endowed with dark secrets. Their deal involves Butler Sebastian protecting Ciel until her revenge is fulfilled and then Sebastian will consume Shiori's spirit. The film was released on January 18, 2014.
SCREENING SKEDS: SM Iloilo Cinema 1 = 1:00 PM | 3:40 PM
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FDCP CINEMATHEQUE:

One thing that is so distinct in Mexican cinema is the Lucha films, and the pioneer of that distinct genre are the El Santo movies. The El Santo movies feature the iconic wrestler El Santo as he battles evil monsters, zombies, martians, and even vampire women. This week, the FDCP Cinematheque is featuring the classic El Santo movies, with their "El Santo Super Estrella" Film Cycle. It will run from July 29, 2014 to August 3, 2014. Admission is Free! The FDCP Cinematheque is located at B&C Square Bldg., Solis St., Iloilo City.


Santo en el Museo de Cera (Santo in the Wax Museum, 1963) aka Samson in the Wax Museum
Santo faces the sinister powers of Dr. Karol, a famed European surgeon who went mad after being imprisoned in a concentration camp, and who now directs the Wax Museum. When beautiful magazine photographer Susana disappears after visiting the museum, Santo will fight to rescue her before Dr. Karol, who “hates beauty”, transforms her into a living wax figure called “the Panther Woman.”
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 29, 2014 - Tuesday = 3:30 PM
August 2,2014 - Saturday = 1:30 PM
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Santo y Blue Demon Contra los Monstruos (Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters, 1969)
When Dr. Bruno Halder dies, Santo and Blue Demon share the suspicion that he was a criminal mastermind. Their suspicions are confirmed when Blue Demon witnesses Waldo, Dr. Halder’s assistant, carrying the doctor’s body back into his castle and bringing him back to life. When the re-animated doctor discovers Blue Demon, he clones him and sends the clone to kill Santo, along with a grotesque gallery of monsters which includes a Vampire, a Mummy, a Cyclops, a Werewolf and Frankenstein. Santo will have to find the castle and rescue Blue Demon, so they can destroy the monsters and their evil creator mano a mano.
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 29, 2014 - Tuesday = 5:30 PM
July 31, 2014 - Thursday = 3:30 PM
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Santo Contra Blue Demon en la Atlántida (Santo vs. Blue Demon in Atlantis, 1969)
Santo and Blue Demon face each other when a former Nazi scientist called Aquiles kidnaps Blue Demon and hypnotizes him at his underwater domain, sending him back to the surface with the mission of capturing Santo. Aquiles wants to impose a new world order in which humanity will be enslaved under his new “master race,” and the World Security Control depends on Special Agent Santo to fold the plot and save the world from the evil plans of Aquiles. Will Santo be able to stop Aquiles and bring Blue Demon back from Atlantis?
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 30, 2014 - Wednesday = 3:30 PM
August 1, 2014 - Friday = 5:30 PM
August 3, 2014 - Sunday = 1:30 PM
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Santo Contra las Lobas (Santo vs. the She-Wolves, 1972)
Luba, the queen of the werewolves, is re-born with the mission of destroying the human race and rule the earth, but Cesar Hacker, a member of a family that has battled werewolves for generations, contacts El Santo and informs him that it is foretold that only a “silver symbol” can destroy the werewolves, so “the man in the silver mask” reluctantly accepts the challenge. Licán, the king of the werewolves, ships himself from Transylvania to lead the clan in their fight against Santo, who will have to kill Licán by the night of the great red moon, or risk becoming a werewolf himself.
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 30, 2014 - Wednesday = 5:30 PM
August 1, 2014 - Friday = 3:30 PM
August 3, 2014 - Sunday = 3:30 PM
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Santo en Anónimo Mortal (Santo in "Anonymous Death Threat", 1972)
A series of mysterious murders are terrorizing the city. When Santo is called to protect Mario Gaos, a prominent businessman who has received an anonymous death threat, he will enter a web of intrigue and revenge, as he untangles a case of double identities and deceit designed by a mysterious Nazi commander named Von Struber, who was sentenced to the gallows back in Germany by a jury of anti-Nazi citizens.
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 31, 2014 - Thursday = 5:30 PM
August 2, 2014 - Saturday = 3:30 PM
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