Genre: Drama
Plot:
Melinda (Alessandra del Rossi) is a new substitute teacher at the Malawig Elementary School, located in a poor remote barrio. A young university graduate, her family expects her to look for work abroad, but in her idealism she takes on a challenging job in the provincial public school, which lacks resources and has corrupt personnel. The heavy monsoon rains and the nearby NPAs also add to her difficulties.

The children are indifferent to their studies, having been affected by the hopelessness around them. Melinda tries to motivate them by capitalizing on their interest and talent in singing. She takes advantage of a funding opportunity to enter them in a choral contest. She encounters some resistance, however, from the school administration and from the parents of her students. Furthermore, the death of one of the choral group’s members at the hands of the NPA casts a pall on their once joyful preparations. Melinda, however, constantly tries to rise above these challen

Year/Release Date: 2002
Running Time: 109 min
Director: Gil Portes
Writer: Gil Portes (screenplay) (as Gil M. Portes) &
Senedy Que (screenplay) (as Senedy H. Que) &
Adolfo Alix Jr. (screenplay) (as Adolfo B. Alix Jr.)
Cast: lessandra de Rossi … Melinda
Dexter Doria … Mrs. Pantalan
Gina Alajar … Chayong
Amy Austria … Luz
Bryan Homecillo … Popoy
Pierro Rodriguez … Obet (as Pierro Rodriguez III)
Irma Adlawan … Fe
Mhalouh Crisologo … Solita (as Malou Crisologo)
Noni Buencamino … Fidel (as Nonie Buencamino)
Tony Mabesa … Mr. Tibayan
Lailani Navarro … Pilar
Keno Agaro … Adong
Sining Blanco … Gela
Christian Galindo … Lino
Hazel Logan … Ida
Jessie Diaz … Bugoy 1
James Alvaro … Bugoy 2
Rowell Reyes … Ato
Aj Delos Santos … Carlos
Jelly Cruz … Malawig Choir Kid
Jocelyn Escobal … Malawig Choir Kid
Gema Gonzales … Malawig Choir Kid
Celina Suntay … Malawig Choir Kid
Myko Suntay … Malawig Choir Kid
Nanding Josef … Adong’s Dad
Shamaine Buencamino … Adong’s Mom (as Shamaine Centenera)
Connie Chua … Gela’s Mom
Aleth de la Cruz … Ida’s Mom (as Aleth Dela Cruz)
Hamid Eton … Mr. Singh
Tessie Villarama … Teacher / Emcee
Jess Evardone … Melinda’s Dad
Jo Kristi Payet … Young Melinda
Rey Mendoza … Adong’s Brother
Jasper Vinarao … Adong’s Brother
Bong Rodriguez … Ka Andres / NPA 1
Jun Galindo … NPA 2
Ramon Pedro P. Paterno … Central School Supervisor (as Dr. Ramon Pedro P. Paterno)
Menchu Rodriguez Suntay … Central School Supervisor (as Menchu Suntay)

Genre: Drama
Plot:
In the daytime, Karen is an insurance saleswoman in Manila, but in the evening she works as an escort in a club. She is very successful in selling insurance to her escort clients. On the weekends she returns to her husband and daughter in the provinces, who are living amongst the volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo. She is forced to take stock of her life when Sonny, a rich car dealer, offers to set her up in an apartment. Written by Will Gilbert

Year/Release Date:
Running Time: 111min
Director: Tikoy Aguiluz
Writer:
Tikoy Aguiluz (story) &
Jose F. Lacaba (story) …
Cast: Michelle Aldana … Karen Fernandez
Gary Estrada … Sonny Reyes
Ruby Moreno … Ruby Dimagiba
Albert Martinez … Jake
Julio Diaz … Eddie
Pen Medina … Pepe Moreno
Eddie Rodriguez … Lawyer
Liza Lorena … Mrs. Librada
Suzette Ranillo … Brian
Teresa Loyzaga … Grace
Anthony Castelo … Technocrat
Roy De Guzman … Male Customer (as Roi de Guzman)
Manjo del Mundo … Caloy
Celsar Bendigo … Joemar
Evelyn Vargas … Candy

Genre: Action , Drama
Plot:
The King of Philippine Movie teams up with the Megastar in this enchanting romantic comedy with huge doses of action. This is the first time that FPJ and Sharon Cuneta worked together, and the result was a box-office hit which broke all existing records. Likewise, movie fans were greatly pleased with the love story of the driver-bodyguard, Delfin and the headstrong, Georgia whom he was able to tame. Would they end up together? Maybe not because as they themselves said, they were born to different times….

Year/Release Date: February 27, 1990
Running Time:
Director: Pablo Santiago
Writer:
Cast: Bing Loyzaga, Dencio Padilla, Fernando Poe Jr., Manjo del Mundo, Naty Santiago , Paquito Diaz , Rey ‘PJ’ Abellana , Ricky Davao , Romeo Rivera , Sharon Cuneta , Subas Herrero

Genre: Drama
Plot:
This film explores the theme of the biblical Magdalene – the prostitute who becomes a saint. This modern-day Magdalene story is about a very young and sinful girl who is suddenly confronted by the evil in her life when she receives the stigmata in her dreams. Written by Michael Lauzon

Year/Release Date: 17 November 2004
Running Time:
Director: Laurice Guillen
Writer: Johnny Delgado (writer)
Jerry Gracio (writer)
Cast:
Angelica Panganiban … Malen
Jericho Rosales … Mike
Hilda Koronel … Chayong
Johnny Delgado … Fr. Tony
Cherry Pie Picache … Sister Dolor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ricky Davao
Pinky de Leon … Mrs. Hoffman

Genre: Drama
Plot:
“Angels” is a trilogy. The three episodes featured in the movies are: “Angel of Mine”, “Daddy’s Angel” and “Angel of Love”. “Angel of Mine,” directed by Gina Alajar, features a career woman forced to tend to a child left by this problematic mother. “Daddy’s Angel” follows the bitter father-and-son relationship between a (dying) ex-convict and this affectionate young boy who bore miserable stigmas of a brutal past. A young man is imprisoned for killing a close friend, who raped his wife on his wedding day. While in prison, his wife gets pregnant, giving birth to this angelic boy. The wife dies before his sentence is due. In “Angel of Love”, Bianang, a frustrated musician, is caught in a tangle of family concerns. Orphaned by their mother and abandoned by their father, she is left to look after her two younger siblings and fend for their needs by finding her niche in the music industry. By some twist of fate, guised through Kerubina, her path crosses with Jude, a guy from a matriarchal clan of aristocrats who battles with repercussions of ending a heavily laden relationship.

Year/Release Date: 2007
Running Time:
Director: Gina Alajar
Writer:
Cast: Angel Locsin, Marvin Agustin, Jennylyn Mercado

Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
Teban, introduced to us in a brutal urban “hunt,” has been butchering dogs all his life. Even though the local slum-dwellers around his shop line up to buy a pound of “woof,” they still treat him with contempt for his trade. Late in life, he meets twelve-year-old Lily, who has but one friend in the world – her little dog. Slowly and improbably, they develop a friendship. Lily’s home life is ruinous; her dad is a police clerk, taken off his beat by a trumped-up graft charge. His humiliation takes shape in ugly violence directed towards Lily’s vain and baby-obsessed stepmother. When Teban learns of the perverse depths to which his new friend’s household has sunk, he takes action.

cast & crew:

Carlos Siguion-Reyna Director
Ricky Davao Tomas
Glydel Mercado Sonia
Dante Rivero Teban
Alessandra de Rossi Lily
Enrique Ramos screenplay
Carlos Siguion-Reyna Producer
Tatus Aldana Executive Producer
Bibeth Orteza Executive Producer

Genre: Drama
Plot:
Salve (Sharon Cuneta), a content barrio lass, is married to Alfred (Christopher de Leon), an aspiring politician. Alfred meets Via (Hilda Koronel) finds out that they can both be very useful to each other’s lives. He is set on pursuing a political career and Via is from a powerful political family that wants to continue to govern the land. Together, Albert and Via plan a scheme to get rid of Salve. But Salve survives the carnage. Salve takes revenge.

Year/Release Date: 1989
Running Time:
Director: Lino Brocka
Writer:
Cast: Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon, Hilda Koronel, Bembol Roco

Genre: Drama
Plot:
A Dangerous Life is a 1988 English-language film about the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines directed by Robert Markowitz and written by David Williamson. It was originally released as a six-hour HBO mini-series in the United States and was later edited down as a 162-minute television movie.

Year/Release Date: 1989 (Philippines)
Running Time:
Director: Robert Markowitz
Writer: David Williamson (teleplay)
Cast: Gary Busey … Tony O’Neil
Johnny Delgado … Lt. Col. ‘Red’ Kapunan (1988)
Roy Alvarez … Col. ‘Tiger’ Tecson (1988)
Ray Ventura … Gen. ‘Eddie’ Ramos (1988)
Joonee Gamboa … Juan ‘Johnny’ Ponce Enrile (1988)
Ruben Rustia … Ferdinand Marcos (1988)
Mervyn Samson … Gen. Ver (1988)
Pudji Waseso … Father Villegas (1988) (as Pudji Waeso)
Rolando Tinio … Cardinal Sin (1988)
Michael Pate … Ambassador Bosworth (1988)
Rez Cortez … Col. ‘Gringo’ Honasan (1988)
Vic Diaz … Maj. General Olivas (1988)
Freddie Santos … Butz Aquino (1988)
Edwina Kinnes … Mother Superior (1988)
Mars Cavestany Jr. … Capt. Morales (1988)