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FEAST OF VENGEANCE IN “SAVAGED”

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  In the upcoming gore thriller “Savaged,” a harmless deaf and mute lady returns to life after being brutally killed by a gang when she sees them slaughtering two Native American boys. “Savaged” tells the story of Zoe (starring newcomer Amanda Adrienne), a beautiful deaf woman who is abducted, brutalized and left for dead by a murderous gang. When she is found by a local native medicine man, he tries to save her but his efforts take a disastrous turn when she awakes possessed by a murdered Apache chief, hellbent on revenge. Winner of Audience Award for Best Movie at Nocturna Film Festival in Madrid, “Savaged” is directed by Michael Ojeda and is his first foray in feature films too, coming from a background of television documentaries. Ojeda’s script is brought to life by a very talented cast and an impressive visual effects despite the given meager production budget. “Savaged” opens August 6 in cinemas from Crystalsky Multimedia.

“THE BOOK OF LIFE” POSTER REVEAL

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  Producer Guillermo Del Torro and director Jorge Gutierrez push the boundaries of animation in the upcoming “The Book of Life” where three childhood friends Manolo (Diego Luna), Joaquin (Channing Tatum) and Maria (Zoe Saldana) take on their most important journey within an enthralling landscape and larger-than-life visuals. As the story unfolds, all the world is made of stories but the greatest story begins in “The Book of Life,” the day when spirits pass between worlds and anything can happen. “The Book of Life” sees the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. Rich with a fresh take on pop music favorites, the movie encourages us to celebrate the past while looking forward to the future. Check out this cool poster of “The Book of Life” as it opens us up to

“PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR” CLIP & POSTER REVEAL

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  DreamWorks Animation and 20 th Century Fox reels out the latest “Penguins of Madagascar” clip in an all-new adventure to save the world,  video clip is now live here: Following the scene-stealing penguins of “Madagascar” franchise, the quad-core team headed by Skipper (Tom McGrath) and his fellow penguins encounter a team of animal secret agents called North Wind, led by a wolf named Classified (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch). The penguins and North Wind don't really get along, but they'll have to team up to stop an evil octopus known as Dr. Brine (John Malkovich) on his plan to destroy the world with his toxic formula Medusa Serum. Opening nationwide in Philippine theatres on November 26, “Penguins of Madagascar” is a DreamWorks Animation and 20 th Century Fox film to be locally distributed by Warner Bros.

LINDSAY LOHAN STARS IN EROTIC THRILLER “THE CANYONS”

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  Notorious writer Bret Easton Ellis (“American Psycho”) and acclaimed director Paul Schrader (writer of “Taxi Driver” and director of “American Gigolo”) join forces for this explicitly erotic thriller about youth, glamour, sex and surveillance. Manipulative and scheming young movie producer Christian (adult film star James Deen) makes films to keep his trust fund intact, while his actress girlfriend and bored plaything, Tara (Lindsay Lohan), hides a passionate affair with an actor from her past. When Christian becomes aware of Tara's infidelity, the young Angelenos are thrust into a violent, sexually-charged tour through the dark side of human nature. “The Canyons” is a contemporary LA noir film about the dangers of sexual obsession and ambition, both personally and professionally. One chance encounter among a group of people in their twenties sets in motion a series of events, resulting in deceit, paranoia, cruel mind games and violence. From Crystalsky Multimedia, “The Cany

ON DANGEROUS TRAINING GROUNDS: “THE MAZE RUNNER” AND “KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE”

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    20 th Century Fox adapts two of the world’s best-selling thrilling young adult fictions, “The Maze Runner” and “Kingsman: The Secret Service” into the big screen. Based on James Dashner’s futuristic thrilling adventure of the same title, “The Maze Runner” by filmmaker Wes Ball , primarily known for his successful venture as the owner of Oddball Animation tells a story about life in a post apocalyptic world unlike no other. “The Maze Runner” sees a group of young boys living together and surviving on their own in a place they call the Glade, not knowing who put them there and why they are there, they soon find out the chilling mystery of their entrapment when Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) is sent to the Glade. Thomas along with the other boys and the only girl named Teresa dare to defy status quo and risk their lives to get out and run through the series of dangerous maze where predators wait to feast on human flesh. The movie also stars Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sa

Miguel Tanfelix, Bianca Umali: BUM’s Two New Youth Brand Ambassadors

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  QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The country’s next top clothing brand, BUM has found another reason to welcome two young brand ambassadors— Miguel Tanfelix and Bianca Umali . A contract signing is set on Thursday, July 24, 1pm at Annabel’s on Tomas Morato Avenue, Scout Delgado Street. Both Tanfelix and Umali are GMA artists and are the youth lead stars of the top-rating teleseries titled ‘Niño’ which is aired daily on GMA Kapuso Network after 24 Oras. “It is but fitting to have the two join the rosters of our young ambassadors because of the image they have created toward the Filipino televiewers. They consistently project wholesome personas,” Rai Lacoste, BUM’s Marketing Officer said. “Apart from that, both Miguel and Bianca are also considered as today’s Teen Prince and Teen Princess of GMA Telebabad.” Tanfelix, now 15 years of age was the Young Pagaspas in Kapuso’s other top-rating fantaserye called ‘Mulawin’ in 2004. While Umali, 14, was a former host and performer in ‘Tropang P

PUDSEY STARS IN HIS OWN MOVIE (OPENS AUGUST 27 IN SM CINEMAS)

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    Pudsey who won with his owner Ashleigh in 2012’s Britain’s Got Talent leaps to the big screen in “Pudsey: The Movie” where he plays a London stray that eventually meets three kind-hearted siblings who takes him home after he saves one of them from a bullying incident. In the movie, Pudsey is quite happy being a lone ranger until he meets siblings Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights). After losing their father, their mother Gail (Jessica Hynes) is moving the family to the sleepy village of Chuffington and Pudsey tags along, to the dismay of their landlord, Mr. Thorne (John Sessions), and his cat Faustus. As Pudsey starts to settle in with the family and realize what he was missing when he was alone, he stumbles across Thorne's evil plan and he determines to save them and the whole village. Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment and Vertigo Films produce the movie under the direction of Nick Moore. Rupert Preston of Vertigo states "

MICHELIN Right2Race winners off to Sepang in August 2014

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    ALL THUMBS UP! MICHELIN Philippines, composed of its Chief Representative Mike Nunag (L) and Marketing/Communications Manager Caroline Del Rosario (R), congratulate the winners of the MICHELIN Right2Race Game, namely: Sung Joon Park, Ivan Isada and Paolo Alcance who are off to Sepang for their greatest MICHELIN Pilot Sport Experience (MPSE) this August. The winners from Philippines are among the over 3,647 entrantsfrom six other countries, who have won an invitation to this eventby setting the fastest lap time using their chosen racing lines and braking points around the digital version of Sepang International F1 Circuit. MICHELIN Pilot Sport Experience is an annual motorsport event where the participants get to discover first hand Michelin products’ performance, their qualities and the excellence of the company’s servicesin a safe environment. The experience will give the exhilaration and adrenaline rush of piloting some of the most competitive racing cars in the motor sports

"BLACK BUTLER" FROM HELL CONQUERS SM CINEMAS THIS JULY 23

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  Japanese superstars Hiro MIzushima and Ayame Gouriki star as the ideal master-servant duo in "Black Butler" directed by Kentaro Otani and Keiichi Sato based on the phenomenal manga series of the same title ("Kuroshitsuji") illustrated and written by Yana Toboso. The live-action movie "Black Butler" stars Hiro Mizushima in the titular role, Sebastian, the butler from hell. Sebastian possesses a wealth of knowledge, unbelievable skills, perfect looks and grace, he is a butler without flaws. If one were to find any negative thins about him, it would be his troubling personality. Both the manga and anime are set in Victorian Era London and tells the story of 12-year oldEarl Ciel Phantomhive, Queen Victoria's faithful servant and the most powerful boy in England, but unknown to many , he bears the scars of unspeakable suffering who witnessed his parents murdered. Seeking vengeance, Ciel summons the services of Sebastian and thus becomes the Young Mas

DANIELLE CHUCHRAN BACK IN FIGHTING FORM IN "SURVIVOR"

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      Danielle Chuchran, an up and rising action heroine who recently starred in "Saga: Curse of the Shadow," "Minor Details" and "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat" shows her action skills anew in "Survivor" along with favorite sci-fi actor Kevin Sorbo. Produced by Arrowstorm Entertainment, known as a world leader in fantasy films, the movie finds Kate (Chuchran) as one of the last living humans who landed on an alien planet. But when Kate's crewmates are captured by flesh-eating creatures, she must join forces with the planet's mysterious masked inhabitants before what's left of humanity is destroyed. Kate awakens bound in a cave, trapped by flesh-eating cave creatures and separated from her friends, and must learn to trust the planet's mysterious humanoids in order to outrun, outsmart and outfight hordes of bloodthirsty aliens and an enormous mutated wolf creature, and rescue her friends and her captain before they are

RAIN READY IN “THE PRINCE”

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Korean pop star Rain is back in fighting form after serving in the army for his country. Back to work and in full action mode, Rain stars alongside Hollywood’s Bruce Willis and Jason Patric in “The Prince” where he plays loyal henchman to Willis’ character who is about to settle scores with Patric playing the title role. “The Prince” pits two long time enemies – a retired assassin Paul Brennan (Patric) and Omar (Willis), the city’s most powerful man who faceoff once again after twenty years. Paul Brennan (Patric), a retired New Orleans crime boss, has lived a quiet life off the grid, running an auto repair garage in remote Mississippi when his teenage daughter goes missing, Paul is forced to return to the city and face his former enemies. The plot follows the re-awaking of a feud between a retired assassin and the man whose wife he killed years earlier. This man, played by Bruce Willis, exacts revenge by kidnapping the former hit man's daughter. Now the two are chasing each oth

FLEEING FROM THE INESCAPABLE IN “THE MAZE RUNNER”

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  Filmmaker Wes Ball, acclaimed for his kinetic powerful 8-minute short “Ruin” that had internet audiences blown away brings his dynamic filmmaking flair in the upcoming young adult movie “The Maze Runner.” Based on the bestselling book by James Dashner, “The Maze Runner” stars Dylan O’Brien along with a talented young cast – Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Will Pouter, Ki Hong Lee, Aml Ameen, Alex Flores, Chris Sheffield, Dexter Darden, Jacob Latimore and Blake Cooper who are all trapped in a enclosed space known as The Glade. “The Maze Runner” is the first book in the bestselling trilogy set in a post-apocalyptic world where a community of young men discover they’re all trapped in a maze. When Thomas (O’Brien) surfaces from the bottom of The Glade, things have never been the same, especially when the last one and the only girl in the group followed after Thomas. They all must work together not only to escape the maze, but solve its riddle and reveal the chilling secret o

BLOODY "SAVAGED" OPENS JULY 30 IN CINEMAS

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  In the upcoming gore thriller movie "Savaged," Zoe, a lovely deaf mute woman, stumbles on a horrific crime - a gang of rednecks slaughtering two Native American Boys. Zoe's brave attempts to save one of the boys seal her fate. She is captured, raped and left for dead. When an indian shaman finds her clinging to her life in a shallow grave he attempts to save her - she walks amongst the living, hellbent on getting revenge. One by one she slaughters the men who brutalized her, while the clock ticks on her quickly decomposing body. "Savaged" won as Best Film in this year's Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Awards and was lauded by Craveonline as"'The female version of The Crow movie we've all been waiting for." Moreso, www.horrornews.net mentioned "Savaged" as "Brutal, exciting and heart-breaking. With brilliant film making and amazing performances, this film is destined to become a classic 5 out of 5 stars."

DUPLICITY: JAKE GYLLENHAAL ON CREATING THE CHARACTERS ADAM AND ANTHONY IN ‘ENEMY’

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  What would you do if you discover someone who looks exactly like you? The reality of finding your doppelganger or a mirror image or yourself is the intriguing premise of the upcoming psychosexual thriller ENEMY, released by Solar Pictures. Based on the novel “The Double” by José Saramago, ENEMY tells the story of a university lecturer named Adam (Jake Gyllenhaal) who is nearing the end of a relationship with his girlfriend Mary (Melanie Laurent). One night, while watching a film, Adam spots a minor actor who looks just like him. Consumed by the desire to meet his double, Adam tracks down Anthony (Jake Gyllenhaal), an actor living with his pregnant wife Helen (Sarah Gadon) and engages him in a complex and dangerous struggle. “In terms of finding a lead actor for these dual parts, I was looking for someone who I would be able to share creativity and collaborate with,” notes Academy Award Nominated director Denis Villeneuve (INCENDIES, PRISONERS). “In Jake I found someone that was h

Paseo Verde “Living on a Greener Community”

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  Education is the most important inheritance a parent can give to their children, with proper guidance and right up bringing, a child can never go wrong with his or her decisions. This holds true in the case of these two students. At a very young age they persuaded their parents to buy them a condominium unit at Paseo Verde in Las Piñas City. A mid rise condominium located South of Metro Manila interest the two students, Doreen Joy Rosell and Maria Jessica Bello both students from FEU, because of its unique features that Paseo Verde offers to its unit owners. The bike facilities and electronic bike charging is just one feature that the condominium offers, it also has park and play ground of its own located in its premises. Plus the certified accreditation by the Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence (BERDE) and a member of the Philippine Green Building Council for its steps toward promoting a sustainable community. Presently, the awareness in promoting and living i

"DRAGON NEST: WARRIOR'S DAWN" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO TRAILER (ENGLISH)

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  "Dragon Nest," the MMO-based game the world loves to play releases its music video for its movie-adapted release entitled "Dragon Nest: Warrior's Dawn." The music video entitled "Gem of Love" performed by Keely Hawkes, introduces us to a group of warriors, young and legendary alike trying to save their kingdom from an impending doom that is bent to annihilate all living creatures. The video pans too on the mostly humorous, sometimes romantic encounters between Lambert and Liya - both young warriors in training who met at a time when their kingdom need them most. "Dragon Nest: Warrrior's Dawn" is from Shanda Games in collaboration with Mili Pictures who is also produced by Bill Borden, known for his works in blockbuster movies such as "Mission Impossible 3," "Kungfu," "Meet the Robinsons" and "Kung-Fu Hustle." Additionally, he also produced the successful "High School Musical" series

SCI-FI ICON KEVIN SORBO FINDS “SURVIVOR”

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  Best known for his breakout role in TV series “Hercules: The Legendary Journey” and “Andromeda,” Kevin Sorbo is still all brawn in the sci-fi action thriller “Survivor” as Captain Hunter who finds themselves trapped in a planet populated with bloodthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors. “Survivor” is an action‐packed sci‐fi adventure, featuring flesh‐eating mutants against a small group of human warriors, Captain Hunter must lead his human pack to outrun and outsmart the aliens for the human race to survive. The movie follows Kate Mitra (Danielle Chuchran) after she discovers a habitable planet, but a meteor strike destroys her spaceship, crash-landing Kate and her crew on a mysterious barren world. Separated from her group, Kate battles flesh-eating cave creatures and must learn to trust the planet’s mysterious humanoids in order to outrun, outsmart and outfight hordes of bloodthirsty aliens and an enormous mutated wolf creature to rescue her friends and her

“EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS” TRAILER REVEAL

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      The great divide and plagues are about to happen when “Exodus: Gods and Kings” opens in cinemas this December. First, watch a tease of the movie here that was just released by 20 th Century Fox:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU9NWHWiFM0&index=2&list=UU-JrjBL_iZAn5wjEsw9nRYA Filmed at Pinewood Studios in London and on location in Almeria, Spain and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, “Exodus: Gods and Kings” is the reimagining of one of the greatest stories ever told by one of the best filmmakers working today. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Oscar® winner Christian Bale as Moses along with a stellar cast that includes Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and John Turturro, the biblical epic is lifted from the Book of Exodus from the time when Moses was born until the time he leads a rebellion against Ramses, whom he was raised with as his brother.           Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”) is cast as Joshua, a former slave who becomes his right ha

HIRO MIZUSHIMA EN VOGUE AND IN TIME FOR ACTION IN “BLACK BUTLER”

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  Following a string of adaptation to theatre, magazines and video games, the widely read manga series “Black Butler” written and illustrated by Yana Toboso has also been adapted to a movie starring Hiro Mizushima and Ayame Gouriki. The movie “Black Butler” revolves around a “flawless demon butler” character named Sebastian Michealis who personifies grace, knowledge, and physical perfection as he investigates dark and mysterious incidents. Eventually, he was summoned by an orphaned aristocrat to exact revenge at the price of her soul. "Black Butler" story was originally set in the 19th century, in the ruling era of Queen Victoria but the film is set in the year 2020 to allow for a more reasonable mingling of Asian-European cultures. In the movie, Shiori Genpo (Ayame Gouriki) runs the large corporation Funtom. Shiori is also a descendant of the prestigious noble family, Phantomhive of England. In order to hunt down the murderers of her parents, the orphaned aristocrat sum

DAWN OF AN UNLIKELY HERO IN “DRAGON NEST: WARRRIOR’S DAWN” (TRAILER REVEAL)

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    The phenomenal MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) “Dragon Nest” is now a movie – Axinite Digicinema has recently released its English-dubbed trailer:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEXs-7tS_ng “Dragon Nest: Warrior’s Dawn” is an upcoming Chinese-American animated adventure fantasy romance film directed by Song Yuefeng and based on the Dragon Nest video game. At the center of the movie is a young warrior named Lambert. His family and home town was destroyed by the Black Dragon when he was younger. He set out to seek revenge and vowed to slay the Black Dragon. A sword yielding warrior and unlikely hero, Lambert eventually becomes a student of Barnac, one of the 6 legendary hero who took notice of his skills and talents in warfare. The movie brings us to the land of Altera that has observed an uneasy peace for years among Humans, Elves and Evil beasts who are loyal to the legendary Black Dragon. But the Black Dragon begins to stir from its hibernation,

BEGIN AGAIN, HITS THE MOVIE SCREEN

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    JOHN CARNEY BRINGS BACK MUSICAL MAGIC ON THE BIG SCREEN “If music be the food of love, play on,” wrote William Shakespeare over 400 years ago, reminding us of the way that music can inspire and speak to our emotions and connections in a deeper and more profound way than simple words. It’s no wonder, then, that the cinema has embraced the power of music to capture and enhance the screen’s powerful connection to the human spirit. No one knows that better than filmmaker John Carney, whose 2006 film ONCE went from being the find of the Sundance Film Festival to winning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film, earning a Grammy nomination for its soundtrack, and winning the Best Original Song Academy Award for the romantic ballad “Falling Slowly” (composed and performed by the film’s stars, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.) The stage play based on the film then went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical. Now, Carney has brought his unique perspective to New York City

PLAYING MASTER AND SERVANT IN “BLACK BUTLER”

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    Hiro Mizushima stars in the titular role of “Black Butler” produced by Shinzo Matsuhashi about an orphaned aristocrat exacting revenge who hires the services of a black butler at her aid costing her soul. Ayame Gőriki plays the aristocrat young lady named Shiori Genpo who masquerades as a male in order to get even to those responsible for her family’s death. She eventually summons a black butler named Sebastian Michaelis, on the condition that her soul is already for the taking after the revenge has been fulfilled. Sebastian Michaelis, a demonic butler with impeccable knowledge, manners, grace, cooking skills, martial arts and charming looks. Adapting the highly successful Manga series into a movie, directors Kentaro Ohtani and Kei’ichi Sato with writer Yana Taboso decided to change the setting of the movie to a very near future fusing the East and West culture, creating a whole new distinctive era. Eventually, most of the characters have also been rewritten to suit the new

“DRAGON NEST: WARRIOR’S DAWN” POSTER RELEASE

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  WORLD’S VIDEOGAME PHENOMENON DRAGON NEST NOW A MOVIE The global video game phenomenon “Dragon Nest” comes to the big screen with its first of a trilogy – “Dragon Nest: Warrior’s Dawn” where an unlikely human hero is centric in uniting a divided enchanted land to fight against the evil force that seeks to destroy all humans and elves. Directed by Yuefeng Song, the movie covers the events that took place during the Black Dragon Raid when a Black Dragon appeared in the once peaceful land enchanted land of Altea. With the Black Dragon’s attack, the King ordered then the young warriors Geraint, Argenta, Velskud and other legendary heroes to form the Dragon Slaying Alliance. The incident years after was widely known to be the First Dragon Invasion for the younger generations. We now find Lambert, a young restless wannabe warrior who lost his homeland and family when he was young, causing him to have the dream of vanquishing the Black Dragon. His limited but impressive fighting skill

1st ko si 3rd

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  Nova Villa "takes a chance with the one that got away" When you retire and fate gives you a chance to pursue your first love, would you?   Follow Cory, who is in her 60's, as she takes a leap to reignite an old flame in a story that would give an interestingly different look at love in 1st Ko si 3rd, an official entry to the 2014 Cinemalaya Film Festival. The movie is about that "what if" of the heart and giving it a second chance. The lead character, Cory, is played by veteran comedienne Ms. Nova Villa who once again is partnering with her on-screen duo, Mr. Freddie Webb. The latter is playing Cory's love interest, Third. For the first time in years the duo brings back to life their chemistry in cinemas by reliving their love team. This time however the comic antics are tamed to a level of serious but light depiction of sensible situations.   1st Ko si 3rd is written and directed by Real Florido and will be showing at the Cultural Center of the Philip