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TOM HARDY REVEALS NEW SIDE OF HIMSELF IN "THE DROP"

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  The discovery of an abandoned and abused puppy leads a lonely bartender out of his constricted world in "The Drop," a riveting journey through a rarely seen side of working-class Brooklyn. The first film written by best-selling author Dennis Lehane, "The Drop" sets an unusual love story against the volatile backdrop of organized crime’s unbreakable grip on the small pubs and taverns used as money-laundering “drops.” Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) slings drinks in his Cousin Marv’s (James Gandolfini in his final performance) bar and looks the other way whenever Brooklyn crime bosses use the place as a temporary bank for their ill-gotten gains. He keeps to himself, attending Mass daily at the old neighborhood parish church, but never taking Communion. Bob’s simple life becomes much more complicated when he discovers a battered pit bull puppy in a trash can. Turning to his neighbor Nadia (Noomi Rapace) for help, he nurses the puppy back to health, as their mutua

KOREAN TEEN ACTOR KI HONG LEE STARS AS ELITE RUNNER IN "THE MAZE RUNNER"

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  Korean actor Ki Hong Lee has obviously set a firm pace to stardom starring opposite Dylan O'Brien in the upcoming book adaptation of "The Maze Runner." By the looks of it, the recently concluded Greenies Screening in the Phils. had the girls giggling after the movie, charmed by his notable presence and performance in the movie. Thomas (O'Brien) wakes up in a lift, moving slowly upward. As the box grinds to a halt and the doors open, he finds himself among a colony of boys who welcome him to the Glade – a large open expanse surrounded by enormous concrete walls. Thomas’ mind is blank. He has no knowledge of where he is, doesn’t know where he came from, and he can’t remember his parents, his past, or even his own name. Thomas and his fellow “Gladers” don’t know how or why they got to the Glade. Thomas learns that each resident of the Glade has a role to play, from gardening to construction to being one of the elite runners who map the walls of the Maze that keep the

JASON PATRIC FACES OFF WITH BRUCE WILLIS IN "THE PRINCE"

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    In the vein of high-adrenaline action-packed films such as "Narc," "Catch .44" and "Frozen Ground," prolific producer Randall Emmett pits Jason Patric againts Bruce Willis in the upcoming movie "The Prince." “Bruce really fell for the material, as well as Jason, and then John (Cusack) came on board and I felt that actors of this caliber would bring something really special to the characters and to the story of a man having to face his old demons when his daughter disappears in the same crime universe that he used to live in.” says Emmett. Jason Patric stars as Paul Brennan, a widowed family man who goes to New Orleans to track down his missing daughter. The truth of her disappearance is hard for him to take and forces him to confront his own criminal past. Living under the radar for 20 years, Paul operates as a mechanic whose daughter, Beth (Gia Mantegna), attends college all the way across the country. But when he soon learns that Beth

TROUBLE FINDS STEVEN SEAGAL IN “A GOOD MAN”

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  Currently in cinemas, “A Good Man” is an exciting Steven Seagal show of non-stop, heart-racing action. A Good Man follows Alexander (Steven Seagal) a retired Special Forces agent torn by a tragic past, as he tries to live a low-key life out of trouble. But trouble will find him when his neighbors Lena (Iulia Verdes) and Mya (Sofia Nicolaescu) are kidnapped and held ransom by Strip club owner Li Wei (Elias Ferkin) who works for the mysterious Mr. Chen until their brother Saha (Victor Webster) pays it off. Alexander and Sasha will embark on a mission to free their friends and bring down Mr. Chen’s (Tzi Ma) crooked empire. Tzi Ma said, “The most interesting thing in the movie is the content in the story of the balance between good and evil, and how those forces often times come together. It is something hard to depict, and this movie shows it throughout, surprisingly so.” “A Good Man” is from Crystalsky Multimedia and is now showing in the following cinemas: SM North Edsa, SM Fa

ENGAGING BREAKTHROUGH VISUALS AND STORY IN “THE BOOK OF LIFE”

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  From the studio (20 th Century Fox) that introduced the exhilarating world of “Avatar” comes “The Book of Life,” an animated feature film with an epic mythology inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday set in a visually spectacular world never seen before with an original story from producer Guillermo Del Toro and director Jorge R. Gutierrez. Both of Mexican descent, Del Toro and Gutierrez are compleat filmmakers who wanted to share the richness of their culture to the world by creating an authentic Mexican story at the backdrop of a revolutionary style in animation. “The Book of Life” is also Jorge’s (the director’s) love letter to his native land that is an emotionally engaging, emotional and original story with comedy, love, action and adventure featuring a star-studded voice cast including Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna, Ron Perlman, Ice Cube, Danny Trejo and Christina Applegate. Two-time Academy Award-winner and Grammy winner music producer Gustavo Santaolall

Greenhills Cinemas treats Moviegoers to Smartphones, Tablets and TV sets in Movie Madness Promo

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  Watching movies is good for you. Researchers from New York University found that movie watching helps perk up the mind, lessen stress and produce an overall sense of wellbeing. From August 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015 Greenhills Cinemas is treating movie buffs to a level-up movie experience called Movie Madness. Every cinema ticket bought at Theater Mall Cinemas 1 and 2, Promenade Cinemas 3, 4 and 5 or at the new Promenade Cinemas 6, 7 and 8 in Dolby Atmos entitles moviegoers to one raffle stub per ticket that will win them exciting prizes every month. For August one lucky cinema ticket holder will take home a Samsung Galaxy Duo S2 android phone while another lucky moviegoer will win a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in September. October and November raffle draw winners meanwhile will win Samsung Galaxy Note 8 android tablets that are virtual travel companions/secretaries. December, January and February winners will each receive Samsung S1 51” Plasma TV sets. “We Filipinos are such big

“THE MAZE RUNNER” PICKS UP SPEED AS SEPTEMBER 17 NEARS! Watch the Gladers Video

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  “The Maze Runner” is set to turn things in a dizzying blur as the teenage captives in a virtual prison known as The Glade run for a chance to save their lives. Headed by “Teen Wolf’s” heartthrob Dylan O’Brien along with a group of talented young actors including Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee and Blake Cooper, “The Maze Runner” is directed by Wes Ball based on James Dashner’s hugely successful (trilogy) tome. At this year's Comic Con, the cast attests that the movie will be shocked on how the book’s famous baddies known as the Grievers, were depicted. Director Ball further stressed that the audience will definitely be in for a pretty terrifying ride. Published in October 2009, “The Maze Runner” became a New York Times Best Seller and captured the imaginations of readers around the world, who described it as a combination of “Lord of the Flies,” “ The Hunger Games,” and the legendary television series “Lost.” Dashner understands

MAZE RUNNER Fans Day Screening

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  Do you want to watch the Premiere of Maze Runner with your Running Mates ? Just follow the Mechanics here in the Photo above and have a chance to have three of your running mates see this Amaze-ng  movie. Watch THE MAZE RUNNER with your 4 friends in advance! Upload a photo of you and your friends here on our Facebook wall, your Twitter or Instagram with the hashtags ‪#‎GladersPH‬ and ‪#‎MazeRunner‬ . Promo runs until August 19, 2014

The Awesome Threesome @ Joes Jeans Boutique

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    Ingrid Chua Go, Mikaela Martinez and Princess Violago hosted a Sale Party for the Launch of Joe’s Jeans Manila, Philippines- A big shopping spree happened at SM Mega Fashion Hall when three big fashion icons launched the sought-after jeans brand in L.A. Ingrid Chua Go, Mikaela Martinez and Princess Violago hosted a Joe’s Jeans Private Sale Party at the first and newest Joe’s Jeans boutique. Joe’s is an L.A.-based casual chic lifestyle brand known for modernized, timeless styles from premium denim and collection pieces to contemporary accessories and footwear. With over a decade of influence in the fashion industry, Joe’s has remained true to their DNA throughout their expansion, embracing fashion innovation in the creation of a fully faceted line for men and women. “Joe’s Jeans wants to feature an image of strong-minded and independent people, like Ingrid Chua Go, Mikaela Martinez and Princess Violago who live for passion and follow their hearts. I believe they are the depic

BRUCE WILLIS IN UNRELENTING ACTION FILM “THE PRINCE”

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  Bruce Willis leads a venerable group of veterans and newcomers in “The Prince,” a non-stop action film that forces a retired crime boss back into the seedy underworld he’d left behind. For 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 Beth goes missing, Paul is forced to return to the city and face his former enemies including Omar (Willis), the city’s most powerful man whose family he mistakenly took out, in an explosive final standoff that may offer redemption for Paul’s past mistakes. Prolific producer, Randall Emmett (“2 Guns,” “Escape Plan”) read the script and immediately knew it was a winner in the vein of his previous action packed movies. “Bruce really fell for the material, as well as Jason, and then John came on board and I felt that actors of this caliber would bring something really special to the characters and to the story of a

"PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR" FULL LENGTH TRAILER REVEAL - SPIES ON THE HATCH!

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  Dreamworks Animation reveals the latest full length trailer of "Penguins of Madagascar" where we get to see our favorite penguins as toddlers and follow them through as they grow up to become the world's most reliable yet hilarious spy quartet. "Penguins of Madagascar" is a spin-off from the blockbuster "Madagascar" franchise where the scene-stealing penguins started out composed of Skipper, Rico, Private and Kowalski who are now stars of their own self-titled movie.     In "Penguins of Madagascar," Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Rico (John DiMaggio) and Private (Christopher Knights) join forces with a super-secret animal organization called North Wind to fight the many-tentacled menace North Wind's leader, meanwhile, is a wolf known only as Classified (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch).                                               The core group of penguins will be joined by actors  including John Malkovich, Pete

Energizer Night Run @ Alabang City

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  After the last year’s “glowing race” with thousands of runners in the Greater Manila area, people can experience again the one-of-a-kind fun run as Energizer opens Night Race Manila 2014. Energizer’s night race is the perfect fit especially for those who love running but do not like the heat. Just like the past years, this event in September will also create a night of lights as the runners beam up the race route in Filinvest City Alabang produced by the Energizer 3LED Headlights which is part of their running gear. The Energizer Night Race for a Brighter World is a Global series of nighttime running events where participants race by the light of an Energizer headlight to raise awareness for the need for safe, clean solar lighting around the world. First launched in South Africa in 2007, the race has become a well-established event taking place in Argentina, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and of course, Philippines. The event is a great occasion to engage with our tar

Moving Loved one closer through LINE Premium Call

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  Last August 6, 2014- Line the worlds leading Mobile platforms with its 490 million users,  launches the new LINE Premium Call, a globally renowned call service, along with loads of other surprises exclusive for Philippine users, during the event LINE more, Be Closer , held at Makati Shangri-la. Since its launch in the Philippines, the global messaging and call app continued to roll out exciting new features that aims to brought its Filipino users to be more closer together. LINE Premium Call allows users to make low-cost calls domestically and internationally to both landlines and mobile devices from inside the LINE app. With over 490 million users worldwide, the globally renowned app helps users in the Philippines reconnect with their families and friends through enhanced call quality and better network conditions. Since its launch of LINE free call service in the Philippines, the global messaging and call app continued to roll out exciting new features and now  LINE has bee

Hari ng Tondo, a Cinemalaya Film

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  One week before the showing of this movie, we were invited as Bloggers who will help this film to be the talk of the town, and we met this wonderful casts where they give their time to talk and relay their characters and how they do this in the period of 9 days as Director Carlos Siguion Reyna relays .              Bibeth Orteza was the one who wrote the story while Director Carlos Siguion Reyna directs the film, a man and wife tandem who has been one of the industry’s best. Here are the cast that we met and enjoys chatting with at the back left is Rafa Siguion Reyna, Dir. Carlos Siguion Reyna, Gian Magdangal, Left front Audi Gemora, Rez Cortez, Robert Arevalo and Ciara Sotto. It’s a story of a typical Filipino family who have been an entrepreneur for the period of time yet because of some difficulties and changes in times businesses are become stagnant and slows down in earnings, or maybe for some after 30 or 40 years of being an employee in any companies faces early ret

FAMILY ADVENTURE FILM “PUDSEY THE MOVIE” OPENS AUGUST 27 IN SM CINEMAS

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  Following his winning performance in Britain’s Got Talent last 2012, the charming Pudsey now stars in his own movie about a city stray dog who relocates to the countryside with his new loving family. Entitled, “Pudsey: The Movie,” it follows the titular dog and his siblings Molly (Izzy Meikle-Smith), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights) as they move to the village of Chuffington-on-Sea with their mother Gail (Hynes). Nick Moore will direct the family film from a screenplay by Paul Rose. Vertigo Films’ Rupert Preston, Allan Niblo and James Richardson are producing with co-producer Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment. “We are thrilled to be working with Vertigo Films and Syco Entertainment to bring Britain’s Got Talent’s Pudsey to the big screen,” said Content Film president Jamie Carmichael. “And we’re really looking forward to making Pudsey the most famous dog in the world.” “Pudsey is absolutely irresistible – and draws you in immediately,” said Preston. “This

HOLLYWOOD’S UNSETTLING SIDE IN “THE CANYONS”

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  “The Canyons” starring Lindsay Lohan is a contemporary thriller written by Bret Easton Ellis (“Less Than Zero,” “American Psycho”) directed by Paul Schrader (“Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “Affliction,” “Auto-Focus”)and producer Braxton Pope, “The Canyons” documents five twenty-something's quest for power, love, sex and success set in the year 2012 in Hollywood. The filmmakers partly financing the film themselves through Pope’s new company Sodium Fox in order to maintain complete creative control of the distinct source material. According to Schrader, “We all experienced the frustrations of financing and institutional censorship. But now, with advances in digital photography and distribution, we can tell a story in the manner we choose. Movies are changing and we’re changing with it.” “The Canyons” tells the searing indictment of Hollywood culture and the year's most controversial film. Young trust-fund baby Christian (James Deen) is working on financing a horror film

CINEMALAYA’S 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY FEATURE FILMS AT AYALA MALLS CINEMAS

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  Ayala Malls Cinemas continues to celebrate with the nation as Cinemalaya’s 10 th Anniversary recently opened (August 2) at their latest digital screen at Fairview Terraces. The latest satellite venue of the festival which is Ayala’s Fairview Terraces in Quezon City hosted an opening night featuring “Separados,” a romantic comedy drama by GB Sampedro starring Alfred Vargas, Anjo Yllana, Jason Abalos, Victor Neri, Ricky Davao and Erik Santos. Inspired by true events, “Separados” is about the bittersweet saga of six men who separated from their wives. In attendance at the Opening Night at Fairview Terraces are cast from the movie headed by the movie’s director GB Sampedro along with Anjo Yllana, Alfred Vargas with his wife, Angel Jacob, Melissa Mendez and Menggie Cobarrubias. “This year's batch of filmmakers will undoubtedly rise up to the challenge of the previous years with new stories to tell us and new lessons to be learned from their films," Cinemalaya Foundation pre

WALKING DEAD AMONG THE LIVING IN “SAVAGED”

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  Amanda Adrienne makes her feature film debut in “Savaged” where she takes on the role of Zoe, a deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body. Her character Zoe tells her mother that she wants to move in with her long distance boyfriend, her mother is reluctant to let her drive by herself since her daughter is deaf and unable to call for assistance. Despite her reservations, Zoe's mother allows her to go alone, which proves to have disastrous consequences when Zoe is abducted, brutally raped by several rednecks and left for dead when a Native American rescues her. Now empowered with mystical spirits, Zoe returns for violent revenge on her attackers. In preparing for the physical demands of the role, Adrienne revealed in previous interviews that she studied Wushu for nine months for the fight scenes. “It’s definitely mostly physical and emotional scenes but you just have to

CONDO LIVING TO THE MAX

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  Condos aren’t mansions, but they are a perfect lifestyle fit for some, especially the younger generation that's always on the go. Sure, it’s less space, but they’re chock full of goodness. Condominiums you say? Nay. They are Condomaximums! Here's a few reasons why condo-living rocks: BE SOCIABLE Living in a condo building you’ll naturally be around more people. Since units are closer together and there are many more common areas like party rooms, fitness centers, and pools, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to meet your neighbors and kick it. GET CLOSER TO THE ACTION You’re a mover and a shaker. You need to be knee-deep in the action and the condo life brings you closer to restaurants, bars, theaters, and many other city-centric events and shows. In a country full of commutes, you’ll perpetually be less than 20 minutes away from everything. LOCK IT, THEN ROCKET A condo is like life before kids. It used to be so easy to spontaneously decide to go to dinner and dr