For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip “Nebraska,” Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them “the obvious guys.”
Welsh actor Luke Evans is growing vampire teeth. In a media gathering in Makati City on May 16, Evans announced he would be playing the lead character in the 2014 movie version of the 1897 Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker. “I have a special diet because I’m training right now for ‘Dracula.’ I [...]
War between self-appointed kings and power-craving players continues to rage in the latest season of the fantasy-epic series “Game of Thrones,” HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s hit series of books. While it started as a seemingly male-dominated conflict, some female characters were influential, or continue to wield power behind the scenes, ably guiding [...]
If Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” had Kim Novak, Lino Brocka’s “Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag” had Hilda Koronel.
Once a year, this sleepy resort town south of France transforms into a “mecca for cineastes,” in the words of internationally acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz.
On location with “Fast and Furious” Vin Diesel in Manila? Filipinos could experience the thrill of watching the sights and sounds of Manila and the rest of the country on screen as they did in “Bourne Legacy” if they take on the challenge of the star of the “Fast and Furious” action series.
“Iron Man 3″ maintained its box office mettle with $72.5 million in its second weekend, while “The Great Gatsby” proved a strong runner-up with a $50.1 million debut.
Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office.
Disney’s Marvel Studios continues to mine precious metal with a $174.1 million opening weekend for “Iron Man 3,” the second-biggest domestic debut ever behind the $200-million-plus launch of “The Avengers” a year ago.
Super-hero blockbuster sequel “Iron Man 3″ smashed to the top at the US box office with a mega $175.3 million take – the second best opening weekend ever – industry estimates showed Sunday.
Taking off from the success of “Iron Man 2”, the third instalment of the “Iron Man” film franchise for the first time highlights the vulnerability of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) without his iron suit.
Organized by the Entertainment Press Society, the 10th Golden Screen Awards for Movies held last Saturday at Teatrino in Greenhills, San Juan City, was devoid of spectacle or that overwhelming glamour and star power one would usually expect in an awards night. The stars came in trickles, and not everyone was dressed to the [...]
