Monday, November 18, 2024

Sergei Kravinoff Becomes “Kraven The Hunter” In Bloody New Vignette

“This is Sergei Kravinoff becoming Kraven,” actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson talks about his character’s journey into becoming the iconic villain, and his own adventures of stunts and training in the “Making of a Villain” vignette from Kraven the Hunter.

Watch the redband vignette: https://youtu.be/chxIFs9V7kE

“I’m so lucky I get to do the stunts. Old school, real, raw, barefoot running through the streets of London. Doing flips and running off the wall, because you needed to have that kind of authenticity,” Taylor-Johnson continues. “He’s [Kraven’s] not a superhero. He’s a man who’s been trained and is a skilled hunter and killer.”

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Kaka-VALORANT Mo Yan! Cash Prizes and Scholarships Up for Grabs in Estudyante Esports’ Nationwide VALORANT Campus League

Reinforcing their commitment to elevating the competitive gaming and esports scene for local grassroots gaming communities in the country, Riot Games Philippines today announced that VALORANT has partnered with Estudyante Esports in support of their nationwide campus league. In addition to a cash prize pool, VALORANT will also be covering one full semester of tuition for the winning school team–amounting to a combined prize value of nearly 1 million pesos.

Organized by Dark League Studios–the official tournament partner of the recently concluded University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Esports tournament–and poised to be the biggest campus esports event in the country, the Estudyante Esports campus league welcomes gamers from colleges and universities nationwide. The tournament includes teams hailing from schools from the UAAP and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and will feature popular game titles including Riot Games’ VALORANT and League of Legends (LoL).

Saturday, November 9, 2024

The beginning of the end; how director Kelly Marcel choreographed "Venom: the Last Dance”

Director Kelly Marcel thinks that Venom: The Last Dance is a lot of things, as she closes off the final chapter in the trilogy. “The Venom trilogy is a classic rom-com, really,” Marcel says, laughing. “Eddie Brock and Venom meet in the first film. In Venom: Let There Be Carnage, they’ve got the seven year itch and they break up. Now, as we conclude their story, they have finally learned to live with each other, they’ve finally reached symbiosis, but will they be able to stay together?”

Watch the final trailer: https://youtu.be/GEaPCApOQbM

Friday, November 8, 2024

Meet the colorful trio of Totsuko, Kimi, and Rui, in the whimsical animated film “The Colors Within,” by “K-On!” director Naoko Yamada

Naoko Yamada’s The Colors Within sees the world through the eyes of Totsuko, Kimi, and Rui: three students who come together in a small town and bond through shared experiences and music. Together they go through life and young teens and all the joys and sorrows that come with it.

Check out the adventurous kids of The Colors Within:

Monday, November 4, 2024

“Venom: the Last Dance” swings to #1 in PH, with a $175-M global opening weekend

Venom: the Last Dance took a huge chunk out of the box office as it grossed $175 million USD globally. The  final chapter to the epic Venom saga stepped into #1 in the Philippines and most territories where it opened.

Watch the final trailer: https://youtu.be/GEaPCApOQbM

Tom Hardy reprises his role as Eddie and Venom, the alien symbiote, in collaboration with director Kelly Marcel, who co-wrote the first two entries in the trilogy. Venom: The last Dance is currently the 3rd largest opening for a Hollywood film in international markets.

Witness the epic finale as Venom: The Last Dance is now showing in Philippine cinemas.

Friday, November 1, 2024

First reactions are in! “Venom: The Last Dance” have fans calling the film “the best in the trilogy” and Tom Hardy “absolutely at his best as Eddie Brock and Venom”

Tom Hardy goes in for one last tango as Eddie and Venom in “Venom: the Last Dance,” the final chapter in the Venom trilogy, and early reactions have been fantastic. The film held its world premiere on Monday night in New York, and attendees have praised it as “one of the best comic films ever.”

Watch the final trailer: https://youtu.be/GEaPCApOQbM

Ian Sandwell of Digital Spy called it “the most entertaining in the trilogy.” “It’s largely a funny and sweet road trip with Eddie and Venom living their Thelma & Louise fugitive dreams, including car karaoke and dog rescuing. You might even find yourself getting emotional,” he continues

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Alpas Pinas Engages Youth at Komiket 2024 with Nuclear Energy Advocacy

Members of Alpas Pinas with Lead Convenor Gayle Certeza at their booth during Komiket 2024.

Alpas Pinas, a non-stock, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting nuclear energy as a clean and sustainable source of power, took part in Komiket 2024, held on October 12-13.

Komiket, a space for all types of creators—from handmade toy makers to sticker designers—aims to expand the local komiks community by welcoming a wide variety of artistic expressions. The event provided an ideal platform for Alpas Pinas to connect with young attendees, sharing information about nuclear energy while distributing specially designed stickers created by young artists who support the advocacy.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Naoko Yamada is inspired by love, acceptance, and music in “The Colors Within,” now in PH cinemas

Music has always been a recurring theme in Naoko Yamada’s works, from her directorial debut K-On! and now her latest work The Colors Within. “Music allows people to communicate without words,” Yamada tells The Japan Times. “It gives you a way to share your feelings. It crosses borders. Through sound, through music, you can share what you like.”

Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/9NF0wKHei4w

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Collecting in Real Time: Toki’s Top 5 Livestream Auction Moments

Livestream auctions are the ultimate thrill ride—bidders battling it out in real-time, and the energy is electric. Toki, the first social commerce platform for collectibles here in the Philippines, has taken this excitement to a whole new level. They've created a virtual space where collectors can not only score awesome stuff but also hang out and interact. 

Here are the top 5 moments from Toki's livestream auctions that totally stole the show:

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Reviews Are In! Critics Say “Transformers One” Is “The Best Transformers Movie Ever Made”

“Transformers One” rolls out in Philippine cinemas September 18

Orion Pax in Transformers One

Reviews for Transformers One have started to come out, and reactions from critics have so far been mostly positive. 

“TRANSFORMERS ONE is by far and away the best Transformers film to date,” raved a critic for Next Best Picture. “Rich in character and emotion with a deep reverence for the lore, it tells the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron, tragically transforming once from brothers to enemies. Josh Cooley directed this animated film to perfection, down to the last comedic and action beat, all backed by an epic score and an excellent voice cast.”

Monday, September 16, 2024

They’re In This Together. Watch The Final Trailer For “Venom: The Last Dance”

At the end of everything, all they need is each other. Watch the curtains fall on Eddie and Venom in “Venom: The Last Dance.” Crashing through Philippine cinemas on October 23.

Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/GEaPCApOQbM

About Venom: The Last Dance

In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance.

Monday, September 9, 2024

“We are Transformers!” The star-studded voice cast of “Transformers One” talks about being part of the film, in cinemas September 18

“We’re Transformers! We are Transformers!” shouts out an excited B-127, voiced by Keegan-Michael Key in Transformers One, the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie.

Voicing Bumblebee is an honor for Key, especially because in previous Transformers movies, the fan favorite robot didn’t have a voice. “I really enjoyed being able to give Bumblebee a voice. Over the last few movies he speaks through the radio inside the Volkswagen, which I thought was so cool,” says Key. “But now we get to imbue him with personality through his voice and I was really honored that I got the opportunity to do that.”

Watch Key talk about his character in the featurette “Giving Bumblebee a Voice”: https://youtu.be/Xpk054x8arQ 

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Let your imagination run wild. Watch the teaser trailer for “A Minecraft Movie,” starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, in cinemas April 2025

Get ready for a new kind of block-buster. “A Minecraft Movie,” starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, will premiere only in cinemas April 2, 2025. 

Watch the teaser trailer: https://youtu.be/Nb-nfP03y8Y?si=RpuDtO7jFWhjYYfD

Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits – Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks) – find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Arcane Returns for Final Chapter this November

Today, Netflix and Riot Games released the Official Trailer, along with new images, for the Second and Final Chapter of ARCANE. 

The explosive trailer is powered by a collaboration with Ashnikko for “Paint The Town Blue,” the first single on the Arcane season two original soundtrack from Riot Games / Virgin Music Group. “Paint The Town Blue” debuted alongside the trailer today and fans can listen to the single here.   

The Primetime Emmy Award winning series returns this November, only on Netflix.

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Try to keep up! Watch the trailer for “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”, only in cinemas 2025

New adventure. New rival. 💙💛❤️🖤 Watch the trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 – only in cinemas 2025.

Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/6tGppz4SJJU

Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

Director Jeff Fowler returns along with our all-star cast including Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally, Lee Majdoub, newcomers Alyla Browne and Krysten Ritter, with Keanu Reeves joining the franchise as Shadow the Hedgehog.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3, distributed in the Philippines by Paramount Pictures through Columbia Pictures, opens only in cinemas 2025. Join the conversation with the hashtag #SonicMovie3 and tag @paramountpicsph

Photo and Video Credit: “Paramount Pictures International”