The 87th Academy Awards

Before we go to the results, here are some of the most memorable moments from this year's Academy Awards Night.

TOP 15 FAVORITE MOMENTS:

1. The Magical and Inspiring Opening Number (plus Jack Black)

2. Eddie Redmayne's win and acceptance speech.

3. NPH's Birdman Impression

4. Tribute to the late greats (shed a tear for Robin Williams)

5. Common's Acceptance Speech

6. Adeel Dazeem and John Travolta

7. Graham Moore's Acceptance Speech

8. Emma Stone Winning a Lego trophy

9. Patricia Arquette's Acceptance Speech
10. Everything is Awesome

11. Lady Gaga being not so gaga

12-15. Every Grand Budapest Hotel win

Top 5 BOO!/WTF?!/LOL in a Bad Way Moments:

1.  Racist Sean Penn (It's obvious that Birdman will win when his name was called. Could've been Mel Gibson but Penn is okay.)

2. The Eddie Murphy Joke by NPH

3. Terrence Howard's intimate moment

4. J. Lo's dress

5. Big Hero Six winning over Princess Kaguya (at least it's not How To Train Your Dragon 2)

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO….

TOP TEN FILIPINO FILMS OF 2014

Twenty-fourteen is a great year for the Philippine movie industry. Even if there are a ton of mehs along the way, good films were recognized and Pinoy filmmakers won awards. Disclaimer: I didn't use the term "Best" for I'm not an expert in film criticism. To start this, I have to mention some movies that didn’t make it in the top ten but became noteworthy parts of the past year.

KUBOT: THE ASWANG CHRONICLES 2

Just when you thought that Tiktik was bad-ass, wait ‘till you see this. GMA Films never outdid themselves since Muro Ami. It’s great seeing them back in making an awesome film. I just wish that we won’t wait for more than a decade for another GMA classic.

MY BIG BOSSING

Despite the awards received, Vic Sotto had a tough year because of the hate mails and bad reviews about My Little Bossings. Now that Kris Aquino and the never-ending product placements are gone, can he redeem himself and keep the Christmas tradition alive?

FENG SHUI 2

This is perhaps the most intriguing entry of this year’s MMFF. I love how I was able to discuss this with critics and Star Cinema fans. Most people who liked the first part were disappointed with this. Some liked this film and others are just okay with it.

ENGLISH ONLY, PLEASE

The film started strong with the introduction of Jennylyn Mercado’s Tere. The usual Jadaone female lead. You know, tatanga-tanga. But what’s different from her is that there is the sex element involved in her katangahan. It’s slightly more matured than Tadhana and more graphic than Mayohan. But this is still a love story. We were introduced to Rico who was perfectly portrayed by Kean Cipriano. I remember teenagers in the theatre saying, “Tangina talaga ng mga ganyan, talaga! So relate. Ipapapanood ko ito kina besties.” and I was like, “Bitch, you know nothin!” in Chris Rock’s voice.

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SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL XV

A lot of things have changed since that disappointing experiment by Chito Roño two years ago. Can SRR redeem itself or is this the end of one of my favorite Christmas traditions?

METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL 2014 TEASERS & POSTERS

VIOLATOR

Forgive me, Father, for I have seen…

In times like these, man is highly exposed to deaths and sin. We hear news about rapes, murders and corruptions as if it’s part of our daily habit. Zero-crime rate is as rare as a legendary pokémon and people are losing their faith in mankind. Probably most of you have asked yourself, “Is there a God?”

THAT THING CALLED TADHANA

This is a story of an iskandalosa meets a burgis

Let me tell you upfront that this is the HUGOT film of the year. Most chick-flicks revolve around the blossoming of love. Others focus in the moving on process. This ‘feelm’ tried to cross those boundaries and let everyone know that both of them can’t just happen on the same day. 

RED

♫ I’m sure they’d think again if they had a friend like Red ♫

Nowadays, the first expectation for local action films is that it has to be as action-packed as On The Job where there has to be shoot-outs, chase scenes and loosely-based on true story characters. Malupet din ito… pero hindi ito putang inang OTJ. 

HINDI SILA TATANDA

Warning: This review is full of shit

There are two types of people who will walk out and say positive things about the film. Those who truly appreciate its art, which I can’t mess with because they have their reasons, and those who are afraid to tell the truth because they might get mugged by a swarm of weed-smokers, meta-hipsters, critical thinkers and ultra-multiverse pretentious fucks. Well, I’m neither of them and I speak for the people who say that this shit is booooooooring!

ESPRIT DE CORPS

♫ Esprit de Corps, Esprit de Corps, Can’t hold it back anymore ♫

To tell you the truth, I’m quite a homophobe when it comes to this kind of film. As much as people are praising Quick Change, Kasal and other films with men-to-men nudity, I still didn’t see them. I love Maximo Oliveros and Rent but there was something inside of me that’s afraid of seeing gay films in a theatre. Because of the intriguing teaser and positive reviews from some of my friends, I finally went out and saw a gay-themed film on the big screen.

CINEMA ONE ORIGINALS 2014 SCHEDULE AND TEASERS

Here are the TENtries for the inTENse Cinema One Originals

Festival will run from November 9-18, 2014