MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It was more than a year in the making, but it’s finally here: the most awaited film project featuring the one and only Liberal Party of the Philippines.
Based on true events, the film traces the rise and fall of the Yellow Party, and its subsequent coming back from the dead.
Already, critics are saying that the film will surely make waves at upcoming International Film Festivals.
Here’s the TRAILER.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Client records are always confidential, but plastic-surgeon-to-the-stars Dr. Vicki Belo promised to make public the names of all her clients who have undergone artificial physical transformation.
Belo made this announcement in protest against the new TRAIN (Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion) law which institutes changes in income tax.
The lady doctor said TRAIN will kill the country’s cosmetics and aesthetics industry, including medical tourism.
Belo said her extensive client list includes not just people in the entertainment sector but also politicians and their immediate family.
She says she is releasing her client list to show the expansive negative impact TRAIN would have not only on her business but on people’s basic human right to be more beautiful.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Less than 24 hours after it handed out the 2017 film awards, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) withdrew all recognition for the film ‘Ang Larawan,’ including Best Picture and Best Actress for Joanna Ampil.
Ang Larawan” is based on the play “A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino” by National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, and features music by Ryan Cayabyab and lyrics from Rolando Tinio. It garnered 7 of the festival awards.
In a statement, MMFF said that it “cannot in conscience recognize a film with all the major awards when it has not even been shown widely in theaters.
Many mall and other theaters pulled the film just a day after the festival opening because it wasn’t attracting crowds just like other top-grossers, mostly slapstick and cast appeal movies like those featuring Vic Sotto and Vice Ganda.
”Come to think of it, how can a movie be considered a film festival entry when it is not even being shown starting with Day 2,” MMFF said.
There are only 8 films selected for the festival.
Maybe, the MMFF should consider bringing back double feature screenings during the festival so that a quality film can be shown in the same theater as another of mass appeal. Two for the price of one. Everybody wins!
Cinema distribution has always been a contentious point during the MMFF, with mall owners quick to shelve low-performing entries for crowd pleasers to take advantage of the holiday rush.
Ryan Cayabyab, whose music is used in “Ang Larawan,” tweeted early Tuesday a list of malls that have removed their entry.
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