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Slow Jam King

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:11:01 +0000

$17.99

Jojo Enriquez,a Filipino-American, poseur gangsta-pimp, thinks he hears his call to the streets and carjacks Vance, a mysterious traveling perfume salesman. In tow is Devaun, Jojo's best friend, who tries desperately to protect Vance from Jojo's impulses, as the motley trio hits the road to Nashville, and slowly succumbs to an escapist adventure that takes them further away from Jojo's reality. When Jojo discovers the truth about his reluctant road companion, the trip takes a turn that leads the three of them to truth, love, and the dirty underbelly of the Nashville country music scene, where they encounter the militant Black country music star, Buck Garvey.

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Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Won:

Emerging Director Award, 2004 Asian American International Film Festival

http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/movies/09jam.html

Review quote:

"Spirited characters and high levels of comic energy." -- Laura Kern, NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

2004

Length:

109min

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Pinoy / Blonde

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:56 +0000

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On his hospital bed, a dying Uncle Tong gives final instructions to his dreadlocked nephews Andrew and Conrad: deliver a brown bag in exchange for a package. No questions asked. Cousins Andrew and Conrad Cunanan -- two film school geeks consumed by one overwhelming question: who is the greatest Filipino director? A debate rages between them as they dutifully bring the brown bag to the drop-off point - the Hotel Maricopa, a creepy, decrepit, abandoned hotel infested by strange underworld characters.

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Format:

Fullscreen

Year:

2005

Length:

95min

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Mother Nanny

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:54 +0000

$17.99

Norma (Soriano) straddles between two worlds as mother to Ruby and nanny to Louise. When Norma takes Ruby to the city to live with Louise s family, the two girls struggle to share the woman they both fiercely love. Everyday is a balancing act for Norma as she deals with her demanding ward and her headstrong daughter; a generous employer and her opinionated mother-in-law; the desire for a good life and the need to survive.

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Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Won:

Best Film, Best Performance (Soriano), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, 2007 Young Critics Circle, Philippines

http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2006/12/inang-yaya-2006.html

Review quote:

"The emotional wallop that is derived from those vignettes of joyous ordinary life is just undeniable." -- Francis Cruz, OGG'S MOVIE THOUGHTS

Year:

2006

Length:

99min

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Magnifico

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:52 +0000

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Magnifico is trying to cope with a family filled with troubles. When his grandfather falls off the roof, the young boy decides to take matters into his own hands, becoming an entrepreneur, and his family's savior.

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Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Won:

Glass Bear, Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix, 2004 Berlin International Film Festival

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Manio), Best Supporting Actor (Martinez), Best Supporting Actress (Romero), Best Sound, 2004 Gawad Urian Awards (Philippines)

http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9500E1D9133DF93AA15753C1A9...

Review quote:

"De los Reyes's fluid compositions, dead-on pacing, and knack for eliciting naturalistic performances make the story uncommonly cathartic." -- Mark Holcomb, VILLAGE VOICE

Year:

2003

Length:

120min

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The Fatima Buen Story

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:50 +0000

$15.99

Based on the true-to-life story of Fatima Buen, the film tells the story of a convicted woman felon who falls prey to the perverse corruption of the big city. The film gives us a glimpse of what is inside Fatima Buen as she tries to recover from the tumultuous path brought about by her sorry past. Portrayed by Kris Aquino, Fatima Buen's life is plagued by a never-ending cycle of love and revenge. She is courted by the lesbian Batman (Belen) and is given a difficult time by the jail warden. Her luck with men isn't all that cheerful either. Though Baron(Regala) falls madly in love with her, she is tormented by Kintanar (Legaspi), the corrupt policeman. Will she be able to escape her wretched fate? Or are her misery and desperation enough to justify one of the most controversial murders of her time?

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Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Won:

Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor (O'Hara), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, 1995 Gawad Urian Awards

Year:

1994

Length:

110min

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Weighted But Found Wanting

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:46 +0000

$29.99

Junior is the son of the richest man in town. He seems to have it all -- house, girlfriend, wealth. But then it all begins to fall apart and Junior must find meaning with the town's outcasts.

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Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Won:

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (De Leon), Best Actress (Rodriguez), Best Supporting Actor (O'Hara), Best Supporting Actress (Guillen), Best Musical Score, 1975 FAMAS Awards

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/noelmoviereviews/message/332

Review quote:

"A seminal work in contemporary Philippine cinema." -- Noel Vera, NOEL'S MOVIE REVIEWS

Year:

1974

Length:

126min

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Magdalena: The Unholy Saint

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:45 +0000

$19.99

Malen is the only daughter of Chayong, a prayer woman in Quiapo who complements her trade with selling rosaries and scapulars. Stubborn and willful, Malen listens to nobody and does what she wants, even if it is against her mother's wishes. No wonder she becomes easily involved with Mike, a charming and wily tourist driver, who is very much like her.

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Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Director, Best Actress (Panganiban), 2005 FAMAS Awards

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927876.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

Review quote:

"[The movie's] spiritual issues are universal." -- Russell Edwards, VARIETY

Year:

2004

Length:

108min

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Mother, Sister, Daughter

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:45 +0000

$15.99

This film tells the story of half-sisters competing for the love of men. Emilia (Solis) seeks the love that her father shows to the more favored daughter, Pura (Rodriguez). Pura is after the attention of a man seduced by Emilia into marriage to spite her. Both women cannot admit their inability to control the love of the men for which they both long. Their bitter rivalry escalates; and despite their other accomplishments, they focus on the very frustrations they seem to unable to live without. As a consequence, they grow cold and distant with one another, making their lives even more miserable.

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Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Actress (Solis), 1980 FAMAS Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Actress (Solis), 1908 Gawad Urian Awards

Year:

1979

Length:

98min

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To Live Another Day

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:33 +0000

$15.99

Juliet (Santos) finds herself struggling against an ever-escalating series of problems. A determined single parent, she manages to raise a child while remaining successful in her career as an advertising executive. Everything in her life seems to go along well until she is diagnosed with a terminal disease. For her son s sake, and without revealing her condition, she is forced to resolve her most important life relations: rekindling first her connections with her parents, and then with the very man who fathered her son.

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Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Won:

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Santos), Best Supporting Actor (Reyes), Best Cinematography, 1990 Gawad Urian Awards

Year:

1989

Length:

116min

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Manila by Night

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:32 +0000

$19.99

MANILA BY NIGHT probes the city's depravity and exposes its strangeness. An ensemble of desperate characters are trapped between the city's lure of a better life and its dark and ghastly ways of providing for its residents. The impoverished women pin their hopes on the city, but men lure them into prostitution, drugs and crime.

List Price: $21.99

Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Won:

Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Bernardo), Best Production Design, 1981 Gawad Urian Awards

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/noelmoviereviews/message/31

Review quote:

"Bernal emerges as the great Doubting Thomas of our society, the clear-eyed critic of our flawed culture." -- Noel Vera, NOEL MOVIE REVIEWS

Year:

1980

Length:

151min

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