NOW SHOWING
“Manila Filmfest”
entries at Screenville
The 49th edition of Metro Manila Film Festival is still going on until today, January 7, where the top 5 official entries are showing at Screenville Cinemas of Island City Mall and Alturas Mall.
Now breaking box office records nationwide are the historical film “GomBurZa”, which grabbed 7 awards; the suspense thriller “Mallari”, adjudged as Best Visual Effects and 3rd Best Picture; the top-grossing romantic drama “Rewind”; and the filmfest Best Picture “Firefly”.
“GomBurZa” features the lives of three Roman Catholic Filipino priests, Fr. Mariano Gomez (Dante Rivero), Fr. Jose Burgos (Cedrick Juan), and Fr. Jacinto Zamora (Enchiong Dee), who were executed during the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines.
“Mallari” stars Piolo Pascual as the murderous Catholic priest, Fr. Juan Severino Mallari, who killed 57 people in the 19th century, thus becoming the first and only recorded serial killer in the Philippines.
“Rewind” is about a man (Dingdong Dantes) who rewinds his life and discovers the true meaning of happiness; while “Firefly” follows a little boy’s adventure to find an island of fireflies, as told in his mother’s stories.
“REWIND” is the top-grosser in the 49th Metro Manila Fillmfest Festival now showing at Screenville Cinemas of Island City Mall and Alturas Mall.
RE-OPENS TOMORROW
“Aquaman 2” at Screenville Cinemas
After the two-week run of Metro Manila Film Festival 2023, “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” will be shown again starting tomorrow, January 8, at Screenville Cinemas of Island City Mall and Alturas Mall.
A sequel to “Aquaman” in 2018, “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” is set several years after the events of the first film, where Arthur Curry aka Aquaman (Jason Momoa-“Braven”) is forced to protect Atlantis and his loved ones from devastation after an ancient power is unleashed by Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) obtaining the cursed Black Trident.
In order to achieve this, he will have to seek help from an unlikely ally, his brother Orm (Patrick Wilson-“Speed 2”), the former Atlantean king who was imprisoned following his crimes against Atlantis.
Black Manta is a ruthless pirate and high-seas mercenary who uses an Atlantean armored suit and wields the powerful Black Trident, seeking to kill Arthur as revenge for the death of his father.
“AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM” will be shown again starting tomorrow, January 8, at Screenville Cinemas of Island City Mall and Alturas Mall.