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Stars: I’VE FALLEN FOR YOU
Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson
Director: Lino Cayetano
Rating: G
Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
Genre: Romance//
Studio: ABS-CBN Films.
Official Site: http://www.abs-cbn.com/star-cinema/upcoming_releases.html

Synopsis:

Stories of Great Love never have endings

Love is space and time measured by the heart; it feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble and attempts what is above its strength. Stories of Great Love never have endings.

After an endless wait, the list of UPCAT qualifiers is finally out. Somewhere among the crowd of UP hopefuls, some boy and some girl jump for joy as they see the name ‘Alex Reyes’ is on the list. Meantime, the host of an animé costume contest announces that ‘Alex Reyes’ wins the grand prize for the night. From the stairs, that same girl and boy rush to claim the prize at the same time—-they’re both named ‘Alex Reyes’. As the confusion ensues, a love story brews between two young teens coping with their family’s past.

I’ve Fallen For You is a romantic light drama that tells about the universal story of great love that will surely capture both young and old hearts.

Stars: APAT DAPAT DAPAT APAT
Rufa Mae Quinto, Eugene Domingo, Pokwang, Candy Pangilinan, DJ Durano
Director: Wenn Deramas
Rating:
Runtime:
Genre: Comedy//
Studio: VIVA International Pictures
Official Site: http://www.viva.com.ph/movies/nextattraction/index.php?movieno=97#desc

Synopsis:

Their friendship starts with a life-threatening event. That day, the young BRITE (Ruffa Mae Quinto), DOLLY (Eugene Domingo), GAY (Pokwang) and RES (Candy Pangilinan) are riding on the same bus that nearly falls off the cliff. Thank God, they are miraculously saved and the four young girls vow to stay friends for life … and in death! Together, forever!

And as things get topsy-turvy, the more the story gets riotously funny with Brite, Dolly, Gay and their dearly departed friend, Res.

Stars: ONE PERCENT FULL
Burton Richardson, Ronnie Ricketts, Andrea del Rosario, Niño Muhlach
Director: Burton Richardson
Rating:
Runtime:
Genre: Action/Drama/Comedy
Studio: One Pecent Full, LLC
Official Site: http://onepercentfull.blogspot.com/

Synopsis:

Burton Richardson (Man in the Iron Mask, Kickboxer films) Ronnie Ricketts (Uno), and Andrea Del Rosario (Viva Hot Babe) star in this uplifting story. Shot in Hawaii and Manila, ONE PERCENT FULL is an international, family friendly movie packed with amazing mixed martial arts (MMA) action, but also offers tender moments and lots of laughs.

Frank Hopkins (Burton Richardson) is a wealthy American MMA champion living in Honolulu. But Frank is unhappy. Despite the exotic cars, extravagant house, and beautiful women, he can always find something to complain about. His business partner Axel (Charles Jewitt) sends Frank to Manila, Philippines to promote their line of MMA products.

Frank’s pessimistic attitude irritates his bodyguard, Boy (Ronnie Ricketts), and Boy’s sister-in-law, Girly (Andrea Del Rosario). But Frank’s life is about to change when he is double-crossed, left penniless, and pursued by the police. Boy saves Frank by taking him to his home in the squatter area. But Axel sends a team of American martial arts experts to capture Frank in Manila. This formidable team is led by their guide Shaquille (Niño Muhlach). Can a rich American survive in a Manila slum? Can he discover the secret to happiness there? Can he find love?

Stars: Iza Calzado
Director: Jowee Morel
Rating: G
Genre: Drama//
Synopsis:

Mona is a poor single Filipina mother with an ailing father and a sick daughter. She decides to take a better-paying job in Singapore, thinking she has been hired as a chambermaid. She discovers that she has been unwittingly recruited into a stable of prostitutes. She is initially repelled by the prospect of selling her body, but her financial needs are great. She is thrust into a world behind closed doors where she must entertain clients with different sexual tastes, orientations, and deviations.

One of her clients, a handsome young artist, charms her with his gentle generous nature, and she is irresistibly drawn to him. She pays a price for her blind infatuation when his true nature comes to light.

Set in cosmopolitan Singapore, it is a story of struggle, despair, sacrifice, and Hope.

Stars: TULAD NG DATI
The Dawn, Jet Pangan, JB Leonor, Francis Reyes, Buddy Zabala, Agot Isidro, Carlos Balcells, Mylene Dizon, Zoe Sandejas, Raffy Francisco, and Ping Medina
Director: Mike Sandejas
Rating: R-13
Runtime: 1 hr 45 min
Genre: Drama/Fiction/Human Interest
Studio: Echo and Mirage
Official Site: http://www.thedawn.ph/

Synopsis:
Let the music make you remember …

TULAD NG DATI follows the current exploits of the Filipino rock band, The Dawn, composed of Teddy Diaz, JB Leonor, Caloy Balcells and Jett Pangan. During the second half of the 1980s, the band had risen to become the most influential musical rock group of the time. At the height of their popularity, their leader, Teddy Diaz is murdered. The remaining members decide to continue on with the music but eventually disband in 1996. In 2003, The Dawn reunited.

TULAD NG DATI starts in 2006. It revolves around the character of Jett Pangan who is nearing his forties. Jett has lost his passion for music and life and entertains thoughts of retiring from the band. On a fateful night, Jett is assaulted by a burglar and goes into a coma. He wakes up with no memory of his life after 1988. He remembers that he is 20 years old and is at the peak of his career with The Dawn. Not satisfied with how things turned out with his life, he tries to change everything back to to the way it used to be. The path he takes while finding his place in this strange new world proves itself to be a tough, emotional, and sometimes hilarious journey—accompanied by the celebrated music of The Dawn, both past and present.

Stars: FOSTER CHILD
Cherry Pie Picache, Jiro Manio, Kier Alonzo, Alwyn Uytingco, Dan Alvaro
Director: Brillante Mendoza
Rating: PG13
Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
Genre: Drama/Human Interest/
Studio: Seiko Films
Official Site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtgNXt48WA

Synopsis:
Love and Life are not always equal

Thelma, her husband Dado, and two teenage sons, belong to a poor urban family in Manila, Philippines. They are hired by a local Foster Care Facility to provide a temporary home for abandoned babies pending their formal adoption. When Thelma’s latest foster child John-John is to be handed over to his adoptive American parents, every moment with the 3-year old becomes precious as Thelma goes through the day.

Happy Hearts is about true love between a young man and a young woman, a son’s love for his father, a father’s love for his son, and true love between a man and a man.

Alvin (Rayver Cruz) returns to the Philippines with her mom Sarah (Jean Garcia) to visit his father, Enrico (Rustom Padilla) a respected professor of an exclusive university for boys and his godfather Louie (Wendell Ramos), a sing-along master and who happens to be Enrico’s live-in partner. Alvin falls in love with Kristine (Shaina Magdayao), a rich and talented girl who lives under the strict hand of a very influential father (Tirso Cruz III).

Can love survive the odds? Will Alvin fight for his true love? Will the man get to keep his romance with the man? Will everybody’s hearts indeed be happy?

Daniel and Andrea grew up in the same home and have been closer than real brothers and sisters ever since. But her father’s goodwill to take in Daniel and bring him up does not sit well with her real older brother, who retaliates one day and kicks Daniel out. But by this time, nothing can come between the deeply in love Andrea and Daniel anymore–until the rich family on whose hacienda they’ve been working all these years come back. Andrea catches the eye of the rich son, while the daughter fancies Daniel, too. This will set in motion a series of events that will test how deep the two’s love goes.

One woman’s dream … would lead to her biggest test of all
Through the eyes of Dacmay, a young woman who returns to her native village after 14 years, we discover the poignant story of missionary Sister Adel. Dacmay relives the special bond between them and the events that changed the course of their lives forever.
Set in a breathtakingly beautiful rustic region, the story not only captures the natural splendor of the Philippines, but also the social adversities in a remote, ethnic village.
Sent to teach Christianity, Sister Adel encounters battles that continually test her will and determination. She confronts a village that resents her ways, and she faces the poverty and lack of schooling for children in the tribe. In the process, she forges a friendship with feisty Dacmay who, at a tender age of seven, tests the will of the strongest. And amidst this is the continuing conflict between local rebels and government soldiers that further hinder her mission.
Determined to improve the lives and uplift the future of the children, Sister Adel must take the roles of a nun, teacher, mentor, social advocate, friend, and even that of a mother¬ figure to Dacmay.
But her biggest test is yet to come when she falls in love. Will she unveil herself and succumb to a night of forbidden passion that would leave her torn apart by her faith, her bond with Dacmay, and her dedication to a village that would condemn her?
It all begins in the time of preparing rice paddies for planting, in that season of hopes and dreams called haw-ang.

Di ba lahat naman tayo nandadaya paminsan-minsan
IDOL, at face-value, seems typical. It appears to be a simple coming-of-age story about friendship and youth and high school life. But more than that, it is a story about honesty, integrity and honor, and the differences between these ideals—and why sometimes they do not go together.
The story opens with a typical problem of high school students. Elly’s friends, Simon, Tompet, and JP are all in danger of not graduating this school year. They have been delinquent through the years, and in spite of Elly’s help, they are included in the list of those who may not pass their Physics class.
Needless to say, Elly owes much to Simon. Even the comforts and pleasures that a teen-ager should experience—he owes these to his best buddy. And so Elly returns the favor by helping Simon and their other friends in their academics.
Friendship and “utang-na-loob” win over the values that Elly’s father has instilled in him. One day, Elly decides to sneak into the secretary’s office, open the computer file and print a copy of the exam for his three friends. Then there came the fourth, then the fifth, then the sixth …
In the unfolding of the story, the principles of each of the characters are put to the test. As a result, the word integrity acquires a new meaning and our values as a people are revealed.