Temptation Island - Pinoy Movie

The film is about a group of beauty contest finalists stranded in a desert island without food, water and shelter.

Main Cast: Marian Rivera, Heart Evangelista, Lovi Poe, Solenn Heussaff, John Lapus, Mikael Daez, Tom Rodriguez and Aljur Abrenica

Director: Chris Martinez

Produced By: Regal Entertainment Inc.

Genre: Sexy / Comedy Movie

Forever and A Day - Pinoy Movie

“Forever and a Day” is Star Cinema’s next offering after the highly successful romantic drama “In the Name of Love.” It stars two of the country’s most gorgeous faces in showbiz–Sam Milby and KC Concepcion–under the direction of Cathy Garcia-Molina.

Main Cast: Sam Milby and KC Concepcion

Director: Cathy Garcia-Molina

Produced By: Star Cinema

Genre: Romance / Drama Movie

In the Name of Love - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A jaded dancer is hired to be the dance instructor for a ball hosted by a powerful political family. There, he's immediately drawn to a sad young woman engaged to be married to one of the family's scions. With powerful forces arrayed against them, the two risk everything for their love.

Main Cast
Aga Muhlach, Angel Locsin

Supporting Cast
Jake Cuenca

Director
Olivia M. Lamasan

Genre
Drama / Romance Movie

Ikaw Ang Pag-ibig - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
The movie revolves around a young, contemporary, rebellious woman Vangie Cruz (INA FELEO), whose family life and career as a video editor are disrupted when her only brother, a newly ordained priest, Fr. Johnny (MARVIN AGUSTIN), is diagnosed of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). As a sibling, Vangie is called upon to be a donor for Fr. Johnny's bone marrow transplant. At first, Vangie is very reluctant. She has a clinical phobia for medical procedures, the reasons for which are rooted in an attempted, but botched, abortion which she suffered through many years earlier and has since been troubled about. Her life is saved by Dr. Joey Lucas (JOMARI YLLANA) with whom she has a love child, and whom she eventually marries.

Main Cast
Ina Feleo, Jomari Yllana, Marvin Agustin

Supporting Cast
Eddie Garcia, Jaime Fabregas, Nonie Buencamino, Shamaine Centenera, Yogo Sinch

Director
Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Genre
Drama Movie

Tumbok - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A young couple inherits an old condominium, not knowing that the building lies on a site where spiritual energies flow uncontrollably. The two are beset at all sides by supernatural danger, and must fight to survive.

Main Cast
Carlo Aquino, Cristine Reyes, Ryan Eigenmann

Supporting Cast
LJ Moreno, Malou de Guzman

Director
Topel Lee

Genre
Horror / Thriller Movie

Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
An angel is sent to Earth to convince a conman healer to change his way, only to have the conman take advantage of his angelic healing powers. The conman's road to salvation lies in reconciling with one his victims, and the angel has to find a way to get them together.

Main Cast
Bea Alonzo, Vic Sotto

Supporting Cast
Jose Manalo, Pokwang ., Wally Bayola, Xyriel Manabat, Zaijan Jaranilla

Director
Tony Y. Reyes

Genre
Comedy / Fantasy Movie

Tum: My Pledge of Love - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
Two people from very different cultures meet in India and defy custom by falling in love. With different beliefs standing between them and a score of people determined to keep them apart, the two must fight for their love.

Main Cast: Mariel Rodriguez, Robin Padilla

Supporting Cast: Datu Khomeini Bansuan, Ejay Falcon, Nash R. Raza, Queenie Padilla

Director: Robin Padilla

Writer: Robin Padilla

Genre: Drama / Romance Movie

Catch Me... I'm In Love - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A young girl with high ideals about romance is assigned to accompany the spoiled son of the president as he goes on an immersion trip. Coming from different worlds, the two find much to fight about. But an attraction soon grows between them.

Main Cast
Gerald Anderson, Sarah Geronimo

Supporting Cast
Charee Pineda, Christopher de Leon, Dawn Zulueta, Janus Del Prado, Joey Marquez, Ketchup Eusebio, Matteo Guidicelli

Director
Mae Czarina Cruz

Genre
Comedy / Romance Movie

Who's That Girl? - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A young successful career woman and her longtime crush get caught up in a complicated case of mistaken identity. As they try to undo their mistakes, the two end up finding a real connection.

Main Cast
Anne Curtis, Eugene Domingo, Luis Manzano

Supporting Cast
Bobby Yan, Candy Pangilinan, Dina Bonnevie, DJ Durano, John Lapus, Joy Viado, Ricky Rivero

Director
Wenn V. Deramas

Genre
Comedy Movie

My Valentine Girls - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A writer trying to complete a novel dreams up of three romantic stories. A girl falls in love with a ghost. A lawyer sets up her colleague and comes to regret the decision. And two people wake up to find that the world has ended.

Main Cast
Richard Gutierrez

Supporting Cast
Eugene Domingo, Jillian Ward, Lovi Poe, Rhian Ramos, Solenn Heussaff

Director
Andoy Ranay, Chris Martinez, Dominic Zapata

Genre
Comedy / Romance Movie

Release Year
2011

Released By
GMA Films & Regal Entertainment, Inc.

Mamarazzi - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
Desperate to have children, an aging mortuary makeup artist decides to use artificial insemination to start a family without a husband. She immediately finds herself saddled with a far larger family than she expected, and hilarity ensues as her off-kilter maternal instincts take over.

Main Cast
Eugene Domingo

Supporting Cast
A.J. Perez, Andi Eigenmann, Arron Villaflor, Carl Guevara, Carla Abellana, Diether Ocampo, JC Tiuseco, John Lapus, Xian Lim

Director
Joel Lamangan

Genre
Comedy Movie

Release Year
2010

Released By
Regal Films

MTRCB Rating
GP

Running Time
01 h 45 m

Bulong - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A heartbroken nurse seeks paranormal help to catch the girl of his dreams. He whispers his wishes to the dead, and seemingly gets what he asks for. But the fulfillment of his dreams come at a price, as death begins to follow him around.

Main Cast
Angelica Panganiban, Vhong Navarro

Supporting Cast
Angie Ferro, Bangs Garcia, Carme Sanchez, Eda Nolan, Gian Terry, Jon Avila, Joy Viado, Manuel Aquino, Mel Kimura, Mosang , Ruben Gonzaga, Teddy Corpuz

Director
Chito S. Roño

Genre
Comedy / Horror Movie

RPG Metanoia - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A group of kids seek refuge from the mundane world by playing an online computer game. But when a deadly virus starts blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, the kids must step up to defeat the virus.

Main Cast
Zaijan Jaranilla

Supporting Cast
Aaron Junatas, Aga Muhlach, Basty Alcances, Eugene Domingo, Jairus Aquino, Mika Dela Cruz, Vhong Navarro

Director
Louie Suarez

Genre
Adventure / Animation / Drama Movie

Father Jejemon - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A priest with unusual style is brought to a small town to replace a beloved parish priest. His odd charm endears him to the town, but a shady businessman is worried that the new priest might get in the way of his interests.

Main Cast
Dolphy Quizon

Supporting Cast
Cherie Gil, Efren Reyes, Ejay Falcon, Epy Quizon, Maja Salvador, Moymoy Palaboy, Nash Aguas, Rhap Salazar, Roy Alvarez, Tony Mabesa, Vandolp Quizon

Director
Frank Gray Jr.

Genre
Comedy Movie

Rosario - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
In the 1920s, a young mestiza arrives in her family's hacienda after a jaunt in New York. Her strong free spirit soon challenges the moral atmosphere of the time, as she follows her passions into the arms of several men.

Main Cast
Jennylyn Mercado

Supporting Cast
Dennis Trillo, Desiree Del Valle, Dolphy Quizon, Eula Valdez, Isabel Oli, Phillip Salvador, Ricky Davao, Sid Lucero, Tonton Gutierrez, Yul Servo

Director
Albert Martinez

Genre
Drama Movie

Super Inday And The Golden Bibe - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
An unassuming housemaid receives superpowers from a magical fowl, and must step up to save the world from those who would seek to destroy it.

Main Cast
Marian Rivera

Supporting Cast
Buboy Villar, Jairus Aquino, Jake Cuenca, John Lapus, Mylene Dizon, Pokwang ., Sabrina Man, Sheena Halili

Director
Michael Tuviera

Genre
Action / Comedy / Fantasy Movie

Si Agimat at Si Enteng Kabisote - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A hero from the mortal plane and a great warrior from the magical realms are made to team up to take down the combined forces of an evil empire and a power hungry magician. But the heroes don't get along as well as others had hoped, and are soon at each other's throats.

Main Cast
Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Vic Sotto

Director
Tony Y. Reyes

Genre
Action / Comedy / Fantasy Movie

Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'to) - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A dedicated mother is told that she only has a few months to live. She is determined to spend her remaining days with her family, but she takes that idea to a ridiculous extreme.

Main Cast
Ai-Ai de las Alas

Supporting Cast
Alwyn Uytingco, Carlo Aquino, Dennis Padilla, Empoy Marquez, Eugene Domingo, Jiro Manio, Jon Avila, Kaye Abad, Marvin Agustin, Nikki Valdez, Rafael Rosell, Serena Dalrymple, Shaina Magdayao, Tonton Gutierrez, Yuki Kadooka

Director
Wenn V. Deramas

Genre
Comedy Movie

Shake, Rattle & Roll 12 - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A young girl gets hold of a doll with evil intentions. A group of people struggle to survive on an island home to dangerous spirits. A funeral home hides a strange and horrifying secret behind its closed doors.

Main Cast
Andi Eigenmann, Carla Abellana, Shaina Magdayao

Supporting Cast
John Lapus, Kristel Moreno, Mart Escudero, Nash Aguas, Niña Jose, Rayver Cruz, Ricky Davao, Rita Avila, Sid Lucero

Director
Jerrold Tarog, Topel Lee, Zoren Legaspi

Genre
Horror Movie

Release Year
2010

Released By
Regal Films

Dalaw - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
A family moves to a new house, and strange things start happening around them. The mother soon learns that she is being targeted by a supernatural visitor, and she must find a way to keep it from causing her family harm.

Main Cast
Kris Aquino

Supporting Cast
Alessandra de Rossi, Diether Ocampo, Gina Pareño, Ina Feleo, Karylle

Director
Dondon S. Santos

Genre
Horror Movie

Adela - Pinoy Movie

‘Adela’ is a Cinemalaya film. The movie topbills veteran actress Anita Linda as a woman who celebrates her birthday alone, after her children fail to visit her.

Synopsis
A well-known radio talent back in the fifties, Adela now lives alone along the edge of the Berendo dump site that is next to the Manila-Cavite Expressway. On this particular day, she is waiting for a visit from her family to celebrate her eightieth birthday. Her daughter, who works as a housekeeper, comes with the grandchildren of her eldest son. In general, her neighbors are friendly and well-intentioned. However, as she goes about her daily chores, we start to get a better understanding of her restrained honor and her loneliness.

Cast & Crew:
Anita Linda
Jason Abalos
Joem Bascon
Kenneth Ocampo
Arnold Reyes
Angeli Bayani
Arman Reyes
Cyra dela Cerna

Two Funerals - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis:
A black comedy cum road movie about a grieving mother's journey to recover her daughter's body after a funeral mix-up caused it to be accidentally switched with a stranger's corpse. The journey from Tuguegarao, Cagayan in the north to Matnog, Sorsogon in the south is actually a journey to the heart of the country during Holy Week in the heat of the election season.

Filmmaker’s Profile
Gil M. Portes is one of the leading independent filmmakers in the Philippines. He has won directing awards from almost all award-giving bodies in the country. A number of his films won awards and hailed in various foreign film festivals. He has the lone distinction of having the most feature films - three - selected as the official Philippine entries to the U.S. Academy Award (OSCARS) competition for Best Foreign Language Film. They are Mga Munting Tinig (Small Voices) 2002, Gatas sa Dibdib ng Kaaway (2001), and Saranggola (The Kite) 1999.

Namets! - Pinoy Movie

Namets! (Yummy!) is a full-length digital feature film in Hiligaynon, one of 10 finalists to the 2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. It was directed by Jay Abello, who in 2007 directed the Cinemalaya film Ligaw Liham, shot entirely in Negros Occidental. Namets! continues his ongoing project to tell the story of his home province, Negros Occidental.

Namets! is produced by Cinemalaya in cooperation with Bonfire Productions, 7th Films, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Film Development Council of the Philippines, and Roadrunner.

Synopsis
Every region in the Philippines has a cuisine unique to it, and the island of Negros is no exception. Forget your diet if you’re planning to visit—from piaya to chicken inasal to guapple pie to kinilaw, Negrosanon food is irresistible.

Karera - Pinoy Movie

“Karera” is another one-worder indie movie of Adolfo Alix, Jr. starring Rosanna Roces (Aurora, Ligaya ang Itawag Mo Sa Akin), Jay Manalo (Ang Huling Birhen sa Lupa), Joem Bascon (Batanes) and Laurice Guillen (Noon at Ngayon).

Also starring in Karera are Allan Paule, Menggie Cobarrubias, Soliman Cruz, Kristofer King, Marife Necesito, Arnold Reyes, Edgar Allan Guzman, Mercedes Cabral, Cherry Madrigal, Kenneth Ocampo, Jess Evardone and Moises Magisa.

Karera is written by Jerome David Zamora and helmed by Adolfo Borinaga Alix, Jr., director of notable films as Kalayaan, Imoral, Adela, Aurora, Daybreak, Manila, Batanes, Tambolista, Nars, Kadin and Donsol.

Synopsis
KARERA captures a day in the life of the Domingo family, which seems to be a microcosm of the Filipino society racing against time and opportunity as they gamble with their personal choices in a series of complicated moral, spiritual, political and social issues.

Colorum - Pinoy Movie

Colorum is a full-length independent film directed by Jon Steffan Ballesteros. The film won the Special Jury Award in the 2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival, a yearly competition and festival of independent films and cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers and aspirants. It also won Best Actor award for Lou Veloso.

Synopsis
The film tells a story that revolves around two people. Simon a promising young cop working part-time as a driver of one of the many “undocumented” and ‘illegal’ FX taxis in the metro. And Pedro, a 70 year old ex-convict. An unfortunate incident forces the two together to embark on a road trip across the Historic Philippine East Coast.

But, what was expected as an escape route doomed to be a domino of crime begetting crime, becomes a wagon of life choices to them and to the people they meet. The film takes a look at the paradox of the human condition, and the “grayscale” morality that is today’s Philippines.

Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo - Pinoy Movie

Ang Huling Araw Ng Linggo spans a week in a life of seven individuals with interconnected narratives.

The film illustrates the interconnectedness of our lives, a cycle of random events in which the decisions we make are as important as the choices we didn't take.

Domeng (Johnny Delgado) is involved in networking or multi-level marketing business and plans to encourage his estranged daughter Luna (Jennifer Sevilla) to join in this unscrupolous business.

Luna ais abandoned by her husband and son: she asks help from her mother Aling Tess (Boots Anson-Roa).

Aling Tess is a landlady who lives alone and fancies a young male boarder named Kulas (Arnold Reyes).

Insiang - Pinoy Movie

Insiang is a 1976 drama film directed by Lino Brocka. It was the first Filipino film to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival, and was responsible for making Brocka an international name in cinema. The story itself is set in the slums of Manila, where the title character is raped by her mother's lover and learns to exact revenge.

Synopsis
The story centers around a teenage girl, Insiang (Hilda Koronel), who is trapped by a mundane life of poverty in Tondo, a slum district of Manila. In the opening scene, countless pigs scream helplessly against the shrill whine of machines carving them from living beings into chunks of flesh. The image mirrors the brutal and callous world Insiang faces daily.

Baliw - Pinoy Movie

Storyline / The Plot

"Thousands of children in the Philippines are abandoned by their parents every year. Some have hopes. Some don't. They become a statistic. In their world, the struggle to retain life is imminent. In their world, the struggle for a second chance is a "need". - Aurora Gutierez -

"BALIW" is a story of a man who, as a young boy, grew up in a violent and elusive environment. Despite the efforts of rehabilitation, psychological turmoil still haunts and prevents him from living a peaceful and ordinary life. Faced wit this reality within the facade of a third world country, he searches for a way to exorcise his personal demons. The road less traveled eventually leads him to the answers to his questions and ironically crosses paths with a demon that he himself had created.

Cast: Ryan Eigenmann, Joshua Docareza, Jaime Fabregas, and Joel Torre

Director: Redd Ochoa

Genre: Drama

Release Year: 2007

Released By: Redd5Luke Productions

MTRCB Rating: R-18

Running Time: 1 hr 50 m

SpedHearts - Pinoy Movie

SpEdhearts is a story about SpEd (Special Education) teachers in a small montessori school who are confronted with their own problems and are bound to give up life.

But seeing their SpEd students full of enthusiasm pursuing their own battle, these teachers are just as grateful living normal lives.

SpEd Hearts aims to correct the misconception about special children and to educate every human being that they need really SpEd Hearts as well to understand them.

Main Cast: Ciara Sotto

Genre: Drama Movie

Release Year: 2010

Released By: Leo Films

MTRCB Rating: R-13

Running Time: 01 h 50 m

Ika-Sampu - Pinoy Movie

Ika-Sampu is the story of rich girl Alexa Nicole Dela Vega (played by Alexa Arce), who inherited a mansion. Upon getting curious about what had happened with the mansion many years back, she discovered a dark secret of her family history that dates back during the Spanish era. A ghost from the past haunts Alexa as she stayed inside the mansion as she unfolds the mystery of a missing gold coin.

Veteran actor Eddie Garcia plays a Spanish General who gets everything he wants and punishes those who disobeys his rules. A young peasant indio, Clara (played by Aya Montez), was punished when she was accused of stealing the tenth moneda which was given to Heneral Dela Vega as gift from his comrades.

Through nightmares, Alexa fell prey to the ghost of Clara and eventually led to the discovery of Clara‘s remains inside the premises of the mansion.

Closer to Home - Pinoy Movie

Finally, a great award winning movie that realistically shows life in the Philippines today. See the daily life of a small town family. Their relationships, hardships and joys. See their home, their town and the countryside with over 25 locations included.

Then see how and why this pretty Filipina teenager meets an older American man, their courtship, marriage and how she copes with the USA culture shock the first few months after she arrives in the USA.

Synopsis
Joseph Nobile's Closer to Home weaves a universal, haunting tale of two people inexorably drawn together for vastly different reasons. Dean (John Michael Bolger) is tired of wandering around the world as a merchant marine, and is trying to settle down in his hometown of New York City. He is just barely able to keep body and soul together as a part-time taxi driver, and will be out on the streets if his sister succeeds in selling his parent's old apartment to their cousin. Nonetheless, he has a yen to marry a nice Asian girl, and contracts with a mail-order-bride service to marry Dalisay (Madeline Ortaliz), a young Filipina. She has entered into this arrangement because she wants to earn money for her impoverished family and for her sister to have a needed operation. It is not until they are married that Dalisay discovers that Dean, otherwise a decent enough husband, doesn't want her to work. This would not be a problem, except that Dean is unable to keep a job. Their efforts to cope with one another's needs and expectations form the backbone of this independent film production.

Sa Aking Pagkakagising Mula Sa Kamulatan - Pinoy Movie

Sa Aking Pagkakagising Mula Sa Kamulatan is a full length digital picture that takes a realistic glimpse of the Filipino youth in the gulf of Manila's urban gullies.

It tackles socially-related issues surrounding the intersecting lives of marginalized ordinary Manileños.

Presented in a staggered vista of correlated events, the movie explores the day-to-day survival of the characters and their broken dreams, pent-up anger and abnormal sexuality.

Sa Aking Pagkakagising Mula Sa Kamulatan conveys its message powerfully in a daring and unapologetic way-- using street lingo to it's fullest.

The story unfolds one night when Rey, the docile and cowardly teenage student is mauled as he passes by a drinking spree of street toughies: Pogie, Jopet, Kahoy and Taba.

Miss Pinoy - Pinoy Movie

Digital film "Miss Pinoy" is a fiction inspired by a true story of a group of Overseas Filipino Workers who looked for a good investment in preparation for their eventual return to the Philippines but turned out to become victims of million dollar fraud.

Together they triumphed over insurmountable odds, gained the support of the media, help of NGOs, and attention of the government...

They were able to prove themselves, bring down a deceitfully influential person to his knees, and get back what was rightfully theirs.

JUDY ANN SANTOS ON MISS PINOY
Doing an indie film that is "Miss Pinoy," is a new venture for the award-winning actress whose last movie was "Sabel" under Regal Films. Most of the scenes of "Miss Pinoy" were shot in Manila but Judy Ann's trip to Hong Kong covered all the montage shots needed for this film.

Pisay - Pinoy Movie

“PISAY”, directed by Auraeus Solito, PSHS ’86, winner of the Best Director, Best Production Design and the Audience Choice Awards at the recently concluded Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, is a story about eight students who makes it to the premier science high school during the politically volatile 80’s in the Philippines. These students find the world outside, with the chaos of the end of the Marcos dictatorship erupting into the People Power revolution in 1986, being replicated within the school as they struggle to graduate, contend with teachers, classmates, family, school officials, and a new classification system to segregate students into two groups based on their academic ranking. It chronicles their journey of self discovery as they go through the joys and pains of adolescence.

The screen writer is Henry Grajeda, also of PSHS ’86.

Synopsis
“Pisay” relates the stories of eight Philippine Science High School (PSHS) students during the volatile 1980s when the Philippines was in its greatest moment in history- as the Marcos Dictatorship is ousted by the 1986 People Power Revolution to Cory Aquino’s New Government- as they come of age in a time filled with excitement, conflict and change.

Saan Nagtatago Si Happiness? - Pinoy Movie

A box-office hit in the 2006's Cinemalaya film festival, this light and breezy semi-musical cum comedy movie tackles man’s elusive search for happiness in typical Pinoy fashion.

Starring veteran stage actor and singing champion Andy Bais in the role of Tikyo, a 50-year-old ice cream vendor searching for his lost mother. The movie was hailed by the father of independent cinema Kidlat Tahimik for capturing the true sentiments and longings of ordinary Filipinos. In fact, Tahimik, one of the jurors in the second Cinemalaya filmfest, handed his special Bamboo Camera award to this digital film produced by Mediarevolution Film Productions in cooperation with Tadpole, Inc.

Lending full support to the talented Bais are veteran movie and television actors like Ricky Davao, Caridad Sanchez, Nanette Inventor, Rez Cortez, Nonie Buencamino, January Isaac and “Little Big Star” child sensation Mica Torre and 2006 Singapore filmfest best actor winner Elijah Castillo.

Kubrador - Pinoy Movie

Kubrador (English title: The Bet Collector) (2006), is a film that centers on jueteng, the game of numbers dating back to the Philippines' Spanish colonial period from (1521 to 1898).

Synopsis
An ordinary meaningless existence can suddenly be challenged by the perplexing game of life, luck and death.
Amelita or Amy is an aging jueteng kubrador (bet collector). Despite the regular crackdown on the illegal numbers game, she clings to the job she has known for more than 20 years. She walks around the poverty-stricken squatter’s neighborhood collecting bets from her regular patrons everyday. Her husband Eli, who is equally aging, can only manage to help by manning their small sari-sari (variety store). Amy’s grown up children have all left home. Her eldest daughter Mona works as a domestic helper abroad. Her second daughter, Juvy, who is always pregnant, lives with her in-laws. Amy’s youngest son, Eric, a young soldier, recently died on combat duty in Mindanao. While collecting bets three days before All Saints day, Amy is apprehended by a police officer. She joins the other kubradors in the police station until their kabo (handler) bails them out. The following morning, Amy returns to the streets and continues her clandestined activity. She meets the parish priest, who informs her of a young neighbor’s sudden death from an accident. The priest asks her to collect abuloy (donations) from neighbors and friends. When Amy remits her afternoon jueteng collection to her kabo, she finds him sick at home. He then asks her to attend the next jueteng draw on his behalf, Amy being a trusted ally of the jueteng network for a long time.

Foster Child - Pinoy Movie

Foster Child is an award-winning indie film from Seiko Films, which stars Cherry Pie Picache as a temporary foster parent to an abandoned child. The movie is directed by Brillante Mendoza.

Foster Child is Brillante Mendoza's fourth feature film, following Masahista (2005), Kaleldo (2006), and Manoro (2006). Mendoza is the fourth Filipino director whose work was screened in the Directors' Fortnight of Cannes film fest. The past filmmakers were Lino Brocka, Mike de Leon and Mario O'Hara.

Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are an urban poor family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family.

Raket Ni Nanay - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
Badong, an established painter, comes home and returns to his old studio. He has a piece in mind that requires a specific model to pose nude. He wants Mimosa, his former nude model and ex live-in partner. Years ago, Mimosa left him for another man.

Though he hates Mimosa for abandoning him during his struggling years, he profoundly yearns to paint Mimosa's naked body once more. It is at this point where his hatred walks hand-in-hand with his passion.

Mimosa accepts the offer to pose nude, born out of grave necessity. She needs the oddly hefty fee for her child's operation. With the approval of her husband, she reluctantly spruces herself up, and prepares to face the ghost of her past.

Aside from fearing Badong's wrath, Mimosa feels unworthy of a nude session, as motherhood has taken its toll on her physique. Stretch marks, love handles and sagged breasts now overshadow her charm. Still, she embarks on a night of painting sessions, all for some extra bucks.

Sarong Banggi - Pinoy Movie

One night can change your life forever....

The night begins...

A boy is celebrating his sixteenth birthday with his rowdy group of friends who all agree - there's no better gift to gift him than his first sexual experience.

They book him a night with a prostitute. the night grows deeper...

The boy strikes an unusual connection with a sensual but older woman.

What starts out casually turns intimate and surprisingly tender.

In this most unusual one night stand, the teenage boy looses her virginity and the more experienced, toughened woman rediscovers her vulnerability.

You Got Me! - Pinoy Movie

You Got Me! is a 2007 Filipino romantic-comedy film that tells a love story between three different people, the strong aggressive police woman played by actress-host Toni Gonzaga, the shy-type police man played by actor-singer Sam Milby, and the bad boy played by model-actor Zanjoe Marudo. It was produced by Star Cinema, ABS-CBN Film Productions.

Plot Summary
Lt. Amor "Moe" Santander (Toni Gonzaga) is a tough chick who's used to going after crooks. But there's also one thing she's running away from ever since her mother died: falling in love. Lt. Kevin Robles (Sam Milby) is daunted by most things, but most especially coming clean with the girl he's been loving from afar for a time now. Meanwhile, Caloy (Zanjoe Marudo) is a pirated DVD vendor whom Moe captures, along with his heart. Things get complicated when Caloy enlists Kevin's help to win Moe, just when Moe and Kevin's friendship gets deeper. Who does Moe really love? Will she even surrender to her feelings in the first place? Suddenly her life as one of the best performers in the service suffers.

La Vida Rosa - Pinoy Movie

Everyday, we see different faces of criminals featured in the police report segments of both Saksi on GMA-7 and TV Patrol on ABS-CBN. However, I've always wondered how these people are really like away from their unlawful activities. Like how do they live, eat and breathe?

Unfortunately, in most local movies, the parts of criminals (even if they are playing protagonists) are always written in such a way that they often come out as dull cardboard characters.

In Star Cinema's La Vida Rosa, we finally see hooligans in their everyday conditions' living, loving and hoping for a better life. Givng flesh to these hoodlum characters in the film are Diether Ocampo and Rosanna Roces.

Directed by Chito Roño, La Vida Rosa casts Roces and Ocampo as con artists who get involved in all sorts of criminal activities: kidnapping, carnapping, theft, etc. They actually operate under the supervision of an underworld boss, played by Vic Diaz.

Lola - Pinoy Movie

Lola (Grandmother) is a Filipino independent film about two grandmothers living in the slums of Malabon, Manila, who are trying to cope with the “loss” of their respective grandsons. Directed by Brillante “Dante” Mendoza, with a screenplay by Linda Casimiro, the film was the surprise pick at the 2009 Venice Film Festival as well as a winner in the 2009 Dubai International Film Festival.

Plot
The movie revolves around two grandmothers, Lola Sepa (Anita Linda) and Lola Puring (Rustica Carpio), who have to deal with a crime involving their two respective grandsons—Lola Sepa's grandson was killed by a cellphone snatcher, who turns out to be Lola Purings's grandson Mateo. The two grandmothers then have to deal with their losses in a very concrete manner: Lola Sepa pawns her pension card to find enough money not just for her grandson's burial but also for the case against Mateo, whom Lola Puring cannot bail out of jail also due to the lack of money. The two only come face-to-face inside the courtroom during Mateo's trial, where they would have to resolve the case to reach a favorable outcome for the two of them.

Sumpa - Pinoy Movie

Mocha Uson and Joross Gamboa will be the lead stars in the upcoming sexy horror movie "Sumpa".

Mocha is a lead singer of the girl group with the same name, while Joross is a product of star circle quest talent search on ABS-CBN.

Plot
At the end of one particularly bad day, Raymond (Joross Gamboa) decides to drink the night away with his uncle (Mark Gil). His uncle tells him that he needs to take a vacation, and he hands him the keys to his house in Laguna. There, despite being the only guest in the house, Raymond notices a woman swimming in the pool. She disappears on him at first, but shows up again later and introduces herself as Jackie (Mocha Uson), one of his neighbors on the street. He begins flirting with her, and they soon form a relationship. But Jackie is not what she appears to be, and she may be part of a curse laid down on Raymond’s family.

This will be Mocha’s acting debut, and Joross’ very first lead role in a movie, movie cast includes other mocha girls Hershey, Bez and Grace with viva hot babe Maricar Dela Fuente, new comer Annkriss and veteran actor Mark Gil.

Marino - Pinoy Movie

“Marino” is produced by ATD Entertainment Productions in partnership with CDP Events and Entertainment Production.

Allen Dizon who’s a co-producer of the film, joins the powerhouse cast which includes award-winning actor Emilio Garcia, Ara Mina, Krista Ranillo, Bangs Garcia, Marco Alcaraz, Mike Tan, Rico Barrera and Jan Nieto. The cast also includes Victor Basa, Jaja Gonzales, Benjie Felipe, Nella Marie Dizon and Lui Manansala.

Jan Nieto sings the theme song “Bakit Kailangang Lumayo?” composed by none other than Ogie Alcasid himself.

The movie tackles the lives of seafarers and the families they leave behind, a first in Filipino filmdom. It is directed by Ateneo graduate and Cinemalaya alumnus Paul P. Sta. Ana, who also wrote the script.

Nasaan Si Francis? - Pinoy Movie

Nasaan si Francis? (Where is Francis?) is 2006 Filipino comedy film by Gabriel Fernandez which stars Rivermaya vocalist Rico Blanco, Paolo Contis and Christopher De Leon. the movie is based on Fernandez's own play with same name.

Synopsis
Boy (Paolo Contis) is a middle-class young man in desperate need of money to save his girlfriend who is being forced to work as a prostitute under the town's powerful Mama San.

To solve his problem he desides to pawn off a carabao to his ex-partner in crime and childhood friend Francis (Epy Quizon).

Together with their other friend Sonny (Rico Blanco), he asks his wealthy but violent friend for help.

Instead of taking his offer, Francis counters with a different dea: he consigns them 50 tablets of ecstasy that they can sell for double the price and thereby raising the money Boy needs.

Caregiver - Pinoy Movie

Caregiver is a 2008 Filipino medical-drama film. The film stars Filipina actress Sharon Cuneta portraying the role of Sarah, a mother who left her son in the Philippines and also a teacher who relinquished her profession in lieu of care giving in London, in hopes of augmenting her salary. Chito S. Roño directed the film and Chris Martinez wrote its screenplay.

It is one of the top-grossing Filipino movies of the year. The film also receives mostly positive reviews from critics.

Production
The film is based on real-life stories of Filipino caregivers abroad. Director Roño searched for stories of their lives abroad and personally talked to some who shared their experiences. Roño has friends who work as caregivers; their real-life scenarios were directly depicted in the film.

Eighty percent of the film was shot in Littlehampton, West Sussex in three straight weeks. Shots in Littlehampton include the snow scene, upon many others. The cast includes British actors namely; Saul Reichlin, Matthew Rutherford, and Claire Jeater.

Astig - Pinoy Movie

Astig (Mga Batang Kalye) is a 2009 Cinemalaya indie film festival finalist starring Glaiza de Castro, Paolo Paraiso and Dennis Trillo.

The four episodes of Astig:

Episode l – stars Dennis Trillo (with Glaiza De Castro)
Episode 2 – Edgar Allan Guzman
Episode 3 – Arnold Reyes
Episode 4 – Sid Lucero

Vhong Navarro and Ai-Ai delas Alas have cameo appearances in the movie.

Synopsis: ASTIG (Mga Batang Kalye), written by multi-awarded writer Jerry B. Gracio, produced by Noel Ferrer and directed by GB Sampedro is an episodic tale of four young men whose stories parallel and contrast with the landmarks and various images of Manila. It tells the story of Ariel, a conman who has to leave his girlfriend upon learning that she is in love with him; Boy, an expectant young father who has to sell his body to pay his wife’s hospital bill; Ronald, a Chinese mestizo who is coming to grips with his identity; and Baste, an overly protective son of an OFW who has to avenge his sister. The film tells the stories of the tough guys of Manila and their resolve to survive the dirt and filth of the “Distinguished and Ever Loyal City.”

Madrasta - Pinoy Movie

Madrasta is a 1996 Filipino movie directed by Olivia Lamasan starring Megastar Sharon Cuneta and Christopher De Leon. The family drama clinched for the Megastar a Grandslam Best Actress honor, garnering best actress recognition from all major award-giving bodies in the Philippines, while its strong showing at the box-office conferred to Sharon, another Box-Office Queen award. The Star Cinema produced drama was Sharon's first movie outside her home studio of more than twenty years, Viva Films. Madrasta had its Asian TV screening via the movie channel Cinemax.

Synopsis
The loving and nurturing Mariel (Sharon Cuneta) marries Edward (Christopher De Leon) after his first wife abandons him and took responsibility as a mother to his three children (Claudine Barretto, Patrick Garcia and Camille Prats). Mariel strives to win the acceptance and affection of her new stepchildren, even as she tries to define her role in the family she is still just a stepmother no matter what and she must learn how to cope and be a part of their lives. Directed by Olivia M. Lamasan, this provocative film explores issues of love, trust and what it means to be a family.

Kung Ako Na Lang Sana - Pinoy Movie

Kung Ako Na Lang Sana is a story of a barkada in their college days as we witness their lives from their early 20's to their 40's.

Among the barkada, the movie focuses on two individuals: Emmy (Sharon), a manang type who is domineering and focused on her career, and Vince (Aga), the cool chickboy who is laid-back and has a stoic attitude towards life until much later in his adult years.

Emmy and Vince started out as casual friends until parallel events in their lives drew them closer to later become the best of friends.

Even if they weren't physically close and not constantly communicating, they still manage to affect and influence each other's lives.

This is when they find themselves falling in love with each other.

Resiklo - Pinoy Movie

Resiklo (Recycle) is the official entry to the 33rd Metro Manila Film Festival starring Bong Revilla, Jr. under the direction of Mark A. Reyes. The movie is set to be the most expensive Filipino film ever.

Synopsis
The film is set in the future (2021) and alien invaders have conquered the Earth. In the Philippines, a group of human survivors living in a place called Paraiso, combats the aliens with impoverished weapons and vehicles engineered from recycled scrap parts. At the same time, the humans try to uncover the true reasons behind the alien attack.

Crisval Sarmiento (Bong Revilla, Jr.), an ex-military colonel, is the reluctant leader that defends the whole compound from alien threats. The alien invasion brought about the unity of the people, their willingness to fight for and save their community.

Directed by: Mark A. Reyes
Produced by: Andrea M. Bautista
Written by: Mark A. Reyes
Starring: Bong Revilla, Jr.
Music by: Arnold Buena, Allen Feliciano
Cinematography: Jay Linao
Editing by: Aleks Castaneda, Jay Halili
Distributed by: Imus Productions, Ignite Media, Inc.
Release date(s): December 25, 2007
Running time: 110 mins.

Minsan Minahal Kita - Pinoy Movie

Synopsis
Dianne (Sharon Cuneta), is a passive wife to a chauvinistic husband, Louie. She pitches self-improvement seminars to companies and their employees. What she does not realize is that she needs more of this 'self-improvement' than she realizes. It seems that everything she does, her husband perceives as wrong. She is always late. She moves too slow and barely catches up with the rest of the family. Plus, she worries too much as affirmed by her husband.

Albert (Richard Gomez) is a hardworking real estate developer. He came from a poor family as compared to his wife, Menchu, who came from a rich one. He had to work extra hard to prove himself to his in-laws. Albert's relationship with Menchu is perhaps too safe even to the point of being cold. It severely lacks passion.

Albert and Dianne first met at a soccer field. There, Albert sees Dianne cheering for her eight-year old son, Gelo. They remember each other as classmates back in high school. Albert reminds Dianne of their class reunion. Dianne says she will not be able to attend.

Baler - Pinoy Movie

Baler is Viva Films' official entry to the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival, starring Anne Curtis and Jericho Rosales and directed by Mark Meily. The film is based on the historical event known as the Siege of Baler, where 57 Spanish soldiers held fort in the town of Baler for almost one year during the final moments of the Spanish occupation in the Philippines. Baler has won the festival's best picture award among seven other major awards.

Synopsis
In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler (which would later be the capital municipality of Aurora in 1951) against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days.

Filipino barrio lass Feliza (Anne Curtis) and Filipino-Spanish soldier Celso (Jericho Rosales) are caught in a forbidden love, torn apart by the societies they came from. Feliza's father Nanding (Philip Salvador) is an anti-Spanish government fighter, which puts pressure on the young couple to keep their relationship a secret. Outnumbered and out-gunned by the Indios they once governed and abused, the Spanish soldiers in Baler, including Celso and buddy Lope (Mark Bautista), are now forced to hole up in a church as they wait for non-existent military reinforcements to rescue them from the band of Filipinos who have now surrounded them and are waiting for their surrender.

My Only U - Pinoy Movie

My Only Ü is a 2008 dramedy film starring Vhong Navarro and Toni Gonzaga directed by award-winning director Cathy Garcia-Molina released under Star Cinema.

Synopsis
Bong (Vhong Navarro) has liked Winona (Toni Gonzaga) since time immemorial but he never had the courage to pursue her. Winona on the other hand, seems to be also showing interest in Bong, but he is too insensible to notice this. One day, in the tenement Bong is managing for his Aunt Lolit, he receives the final notes from the recently deceased neighborhood Doctor. Panying, Doc’s assistant, hands Bong his result and asks Bong to just hand out Winona’s. He checks out his letter and sees that the results are all negative. Bong is very healthy. However, as he opens Winona’s envelope, fear drowns him because he knows about the so-called curse that all the women in Winona’s family die before 25. Bong is aware that Winona is turning 25 soon and this letter might just confirm that curse. He opens the letter and sees the result. It is positive. Winona has lupus and she will die soon. Bong vows to make Winona’s last remaining days happy and perfect. Bong goes through the whole montage of making life blissful for Winona. Winona and Bong become a lot closer to each other. They begin to fall in love. When Winona turned 25, she didn’t die. She found the letter sent by the hospital. She discovers then that her results were all negative. Bong finds out about the good news, he is thrilled. So whose results did Bong find? Who was the real person with lupus?

After the party of Winona, she decides to tell Bong how she feels about him. However, as she starts to tell Bong, he faints. Eventually, he learns that he is the one with lupus. He finds out that the Doctor’s assistant made a mistake with his notes. He felt devastated. However, Bong is determined not to tell Winona. He’s not confident to love Winona anymore since he will die soon. Winona and Bong started to fight and drift apart. Winona felt neglected and unloved.

A Love Story - Pinoy Movie

A Love Story is a film about successful but emotionally scarred businessman Ian Montes (Aga Muhlach) who is torn between two women: Joanna (Maricel Soriano), a doctor, and Karyn (Angelica Panganiban) a flight attendant. On August 26, 2007, the cast of "A Love Story" flew to the United States of America for the American premier of the movie.

Synopsis
What would you do if you met the woman of your dreams and wanted to make her your wife after you've married someone else?

Ian Montes (Aga Muhlach) was the embodiement of success and despite being the son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride the success of his father's empire. Instead, he built his own real estate company, where he earned his first million at a very young age and has never looked back since. Driven by the ambition to become as good, if not better than his father, Ian managed claw his way to the top and make it on his own. But behind the glorious facade was a broken man yearning for love and recognition, still scarred from when his mother abandoned them at the impressionable age of 17, compounded by his desire for his father's approval, Ian longed for someone who can and will love him unconditionally. Lightning struck twice when he met the two women who would change his life forever - Joanna Villanueva (Maricel Soriano) and Karyn Torres (Angelica Panganiban).