Love wins at the MMFF
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
Love is the name of the game at this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). This time around, the fantasies — and horror perennial Shake, Rattle, N’ Roll — which have dominated recent iterations of the film festival are taking a backseat. Instead, at the forefront are romantic comedies: My Bebe Love, Walang Forever, and All You Need is Pag-ibig (love).
Seven’s the charm for Stallone
By Angela Dawson, Front Row Features
PHILADELPHIA — It’s been 40 years since an underdog boxer named Rocky Balboa jogged up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and subsequently became an international cultural phenomenon. Now, Sylvester Stallone, the writer and legendary star of that iconic film (which has become a lucrative and enduring franchise) returns for yet another round of heartwarming drama and boxing-as-metaphor for never giving up in Creed.