Jonathan Demme Passes at 73

Legendary filmmaker Jonathan Demme has died at the age of 73. Per IndieWire, the Oscar-winning director passed away from esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease, for which he was originally treated in 2010 and suffered a recurrence in 2015. He is survived by his wife, the artist Joanne Howard, and their three children.

CineLokal Iloilo's Successful Launch

13th Bantayan Film Festival was a Success

Guimbal was recently under the spotlight with the 13th Bantayan Film Festival happening last week, April 6, 2017.

Vikander and Uthaug Talk About Tom Raider

Filming is underway on the Tomb Raider reboot, and the first images have popped up online. Alicia Vikander stars in the upcoming film directed by Roar Uthaug (The Wave). This new film will break away from the Angelina Jolie pictures by being more in line with the 2013 reboot of the video game, also titled “Tomb Raider” and its 2015 sequel Rise of the Tomb Raider. Rather than a clean tank top and perfectly styled hair, this new movie is meant to evoke the gritty, life-or-death stakes evoked by the recent video games.

The BLISS Controversy

"Bliss" a psychological thriller which is the new film from Heneral Luna director Jerrold Tarog has been causing much controversy lately. Not only because its main actress Iza Calzado won Best Actress at the Osaka Film Festival 2017 for this movie. The other controversy is that the MTRCB attempted to axe it with an “X” rating. But now thankfully, it was given an R-18 Rating.

Is "It" Going to have a Sequel?

Some of you may be excited for the upcoming remake/adaptation of Stephen King's "It". The upcoming horror film from director Andrés Muschietti (Mama) follows a group of teenagers in Derry, Maine who are attacked by the malevolent forced, Pennywise. Although Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard) is frequently depicted as a clown, he actually takes the form of your worst fear. “He doesn’t have a steady behavior, he doesn’t expose how he thinks, and that’s what makes him really unpredictable,”

The 13th Bantayan Film Festival this coming week

This April 6, 2017, Guimbal will once again shine with the glitter of the cinematic projection lights as it holds the 13th Bantayan Film Festival. This is the longest running film festival in Western Visayas. With its Local Government Unit firmly supporting it, the festival was able to hold on to 13 years of celebrating cinema in the municipality of Guimbal.

CineKasimanwa Films to be Screened at "Pag+uo"

In tune with the solemn season, the CineKasimanwa: Western Visayas Film Festival in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines' Cinematheque Iloilo presents "Pag+uo" a screening of films about trials, challenges, fate, mystery, hope, journey, redemption, symbolisms, pain and joy, in the eyes of Ilonggo Filmmakers. These are picked selections from the CineKasimanwa: Western Visayas Film Festival screenings. The screenings will be held at the FDCP Cinematheque Iloilo, Solis Street, Iloilo City on April 8 and 9 at 2:00 PM screenings. These films are Free of charge, and the filmmakers will be in attendance.

What's Opening This Week

Nothing much on what is new on Iloilo's silver screens this week. We can only highlight the Ilonggo Films that will be screened at the FDCP Cinematheque this weekend; the CineKasimanwa: Western Visayas Film Festival in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines' Cinematheque Iloilo presents "Pag+uo" a screening of Ilonggo Films that are appropriate for this solemn season. We will be talking more about that on tomorrow's edition of my column. So far, there are only two new on the mainstream theaters.

No Stallone for Expendables 4?

When you think about The Expendables, the first thing that usually comes to mind is its creator: Sylvester Stallone; so it's going to be strange if you remove Stallone from Expendables.

Is Terminator Ever Coming Back?

The Terminator franchise has not really stood up with a film decent enough to proudly stand alongside the first two films The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The sequels that followed have either been mediocre or boring.

Syowing this Week [March 29, 2017]

The weekend's almost here! If you're going to go out and watch a movie, you may wanna check these films that are opening this week...

ASEAN Film Festival in Geneva Kicks Off with Pinoy Film "Boses"

The opening of the 2017 ASEAN Film Festival was recently held at the United Nations Palais des Nations building with the film "Boses" kicking off the start of the festival. This is in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

FDCP and SM Cinema's CINE LOKAL to pave the way for PINOY INDIE CINEMA to SHINE

It is looking to be the start of a new era in the mainstream film scene as SM Cinema is opening its doors to indie films with the launching of CineLokal.

Who will be Cable for Deadpool 2?

Ever since the first "Deadpool" movie teased about the inclusion of the character Cable for the sequel, there had been a lot of buzz on who could be the perfect actor to play the character. There had been many choices that have surfaced since.