Cindy doesn’t mind losing Dyesebel role
NO big deal for Cindy Kurleto kung hindi na siya ang gaganap bilang Dyesebel sa movie version nito. She’s happy for Anne Curtis who was chosen by Viva Films to portray the mermaid role. “Congratulations to her,”she said.
Nag-expire na ang contract ni Cindy sa naturang film outfit na wala siyang nagawang movie. Isang work-out video lang ang ginawa niya.
Happy naman daw siya sa takbo ng kanyang career ngayon dahil aside from her two TV shows sa GMA-7 (“Encantadia” at “Daddy Di Do Du), may movie …

Nagkaloob na naman ng awards sa bansa ang pelikulang Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Olivares Oliveros.
Nagkamit ang pelikula ng Golden Zenith Award First Film World Competition sa Montreal World Filmfest. Ang pelikulang ito ay digital movie na ipinalabas recently sa CCP.
[source: Taliba article by Noel Asinas]
Update:
Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
Director: Aureaus Solito
Producer: Raymond Lee
Script: Michiko Yamamoto
The purity of first love is pitted against the squalor and corruption found in the slums of Manila, the setting for Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros). Gay, pre-teen Maxi is slavishly …

Lovestruck by GMA Films
Cast:
Jennylyn Mercado, Mark Herras, Jolina Magdangal, Mike Tan, Yasmien Kurdi, Rainier Castillo, Ryza Cenon, LJ Reyes, Allan K, Keempee De Leon
Direction: Louie Igancio
Script: Suzette Doctolero
This September 2005.
See also: LoveStruck Tidbits

Cast:
Jennylyn Mercado, Mark Herras, Jolina Magdangal, Yasmien Kurdi, Rainier Castillo, Allan K, Keempee De Leon
GMA Films
Direction:Mark Reyes Louie Igancio
Script: Suzette Doctolero
This September 2005.
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Lovestruck opens September
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LET’S GET to know seven more new filmmakers who are screening their first full-length narrative movies at the Cinemalaya indie film fest starting July 12:
Michiko Yamamoto, a graduate of the Film Development Foundation’s Screenwriting Workshop, is best known as the writer of the much-awarded film, “Magnifico.” The inspiring drama’s screenplay won first prize in the 2001 FDFPI scriptwriting contest. She was then tapped to work for Viva and Star Cinema, as well as on some telenovelas, including the current hit, “Mga Anghel na Walang Langit.”
In her Cinemalaya film, “Ang Pagdadalaga …

Nagsimula nang mag-shooting sina Richard Gutierrez at Angel Locsin ng pelikulang I Will Always Love You ng Regal sa isang lumang bahay sa Muntinlupa City.
Ikinuwento ni Manny Valera ang buod ng istorya na marami pa ring kilig scenes. Isang rich playboy si Richard at si Angel nama’y isang mahirap para maiba sa Let the Love Begin.
Sa July 16, aalis sina Angel at Richard for San Francisco para sa 10-day shooting. Dito kinunan ang eksenang isinama ni Richard sa States si Angel at pinag-aral pa nang hindi alam ng kanyang ina.
Kasama …

Photo courtesy of Regal Films
Showing on June 1

While most film critics panned “Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,” some praised the performance of Billy Crawford, who is cast in the movie, director Paul Schrader’s alternative version to last year’s “Exorcist: The Beginning.”
Bob Strauss, film critic of Los Angeles’ Daily News, wrote: “‘Dominion’ features a character not in ‘Beginning’: Cheche, a handicapped local outcast played quite well by the pop singer Billy Crawford. He becomes the main vessel for the devil, and rather than deteriorate, Cheche just grows stronger and more beautiful, calling into question the true nature of …

Jeturian’s latest
After the critically acclaimed sex-comedies like “Bridal Shower” and “Liberated,” Seiko Films sends the summer heat soaring with “Bikini Open,” the latest from director Jeffrey Jeturian.
The film, which follows the fates and fortunes of participants in a bikini contest, is done in what its director calls “mockumentary” (fake documentary) format. Direk Jeffrey says that when he sat down with Robbie Tan to discuss his next project for Seiko Films, all he knew was that he wanted it to be as fun as “Bridal Shower.” But in typical Jeturian fashion, …

‘Ibong Adarna’ as a time capsule
THERE is nothing like seeing a true classic like Vicente Salumbides’ film, “Ibong Adarna,” restored and screened recently at the UP Film Center for the first time since its release in 1941, to realize just how derelict we have been in preserving the signposts and products of our culture.
The picture was one of around 20 movies LVN Productions managed to produce before Japanese bombs rained down on Manila in December of that year. Sadly, only one other LVN film from that period survives-”Giliw Ko,” which, …