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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY January 1 - 20, 2019
TFC at the Movies brings Philippine Festival
films to the world
to the world.
Kicking off the
celebration
were
the screenings last
December
of
the
films
“Fantastica”
and “Jack Em Popoy:
The
Puliscredibles”
which will also soon
screen in other regions
worldwide.
The comedy-fantasy
film “Fantastica” which
stars Vice Ganda is
about the life of Belat
(Vice Ganda) who
hopes to bring back the
life in their carnival for
her mother Fec (Jaclyn
Jose). She will then
meet Prince (Richard
Gutierrez) who asks
for her help to save the
world of Fantastica,
and in return will help
her restore the life of
their carnival that is
at the verge of being
in possession of the
family of her former
best friend Dong Nam
(Dingdong Dantes).
On the other hand,
the action-comedy film
“Jack Em Popoy: The
Puliscredibles” which
tart the year celebrating stars Vic Sotto, Coco Martin and
the Philippine cinema by catching Maine Mendoza is about police
some of the 2018 MMFF entries
officers Popoy (Sotto), Jack
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES - (Martin), and Emily (Mendoza)
- The celebration of the Philippine whose paths will cross as they face
Cinema continues as TFC at the a life-threatening mission, that also
Movies brings five of the 2018 changes their relationship as they 2018 MMFF entries that will soon
Metro Manila Film Festival entries get to know each other better.
go global via TFC at the Movies
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are “Mary, Marry Me”,
“One Great Love” and
“The Girl in the Orange
Dress”.
The film “Mary,
Marry Me” stars real-life
sisters Toni Gonzaga
and Alex Gonzaga with
their leading man Sam
Milby. It is a story about
sisters Mary Anne (Toni)
and Mary Jane (Alex),
whose relationship will
be tested after Mary
Jane gets engaged
with Mary Anne’s old
flame Pete (Milby). Will
Mary Jane and Pete’s
engagement totally drift
the sisters apart? Who
between the sisters will
Pete end up marrying?
A moving love story
is what the film “One
Great Love” offers to
its viewers, which stars
Kim Chiu, Dennis Trillo,
and JC De Vera. It tells the
story of Zyra (Chiu) who is torn
between the two men in her life:
Carl (De Vera) who once broke
her heart but hopes to start
over again with her, and Ian
(Trillo) who after helping mend
her broken heart became her
best friend. Will Zyra choose
to take the risk with the man
who once broke her heart or
with the man who picked up
her broken pieces?
Another film that falls under
the romantic-comedy genre is
“The Girl in the Orange Dress”
which stars Jericho Rosales
and Jessy Mendiola. The film
is about the ordinary girl Anna
(Mendiola) who one day wakes
up in bed beside the popular
actor Rye Del Rosario (Rosales).
As Anna tries to escape from
the hotel with the help of Rye,
they find themselves caught
in the middle of their budding
romance
and
personal
dilemmas. Will Anna fight for
her feelings for Rye or let it go
for the sake of friendship? How
will this incident affect Rye’s
career?
Catch these world-class
films from the recent 2018
Metro Manila Film Festival
as they soon screen in your
regions. Find out which films
will screen in your regions, the
screening dates and cinema
list by visiting emea.kapamilya.
com, mytfc.com, and the
official TFC Facebook pages in
your area.