Expected to premiere in 2024 as a Filipino romantic drama, Baligtaran tackles modern relationships, emotional detachment, and the journey into oneself. The film’s peculiar perspective on love and identity was the work of Aya Topacio and Quinn Carrillo. Set in the modern world, Baligtaran integrates relatable characters to highlight the beauty of connection, individual choice, […]
The first Boss Ma’am film is a sixty-minute long Filipino drama directed by Iar Arondaing that first premiered at the U.P. Film Circle in 2024. Following a minimalist approach in regard to setting, the film is devoted to the core of the emotional tension, shifts in the balance of power and the characters themselves. Each
Introduction Throuple is an independent romantic drama releasing in 2024 that continues to break the boundaries of self-exploration, human relationships, and connections. It is directed by Greyson Horst and the leading character is portrayed by the writer of the film Michael Doshier. This film paints the story of a young man navigating the boundaries of
Synopsis “American Pie Presents: Beta House” is a collection within a larger work, and like the others, presents a mixture of adolescent themes through lighthearted humor, as directed by Andrew Waller. This is the sixth piece of the American Pie series, and as with the others it contains a dose of romance, with this one
Sabel Is Still Young, formerly branded Bata Pa Si Sabel, stands as a 2022 Filipino revenge drama confronting the relentless cycles of trauma, masculinity, and the uneasy promise of justice through private reckoning. Helmed by Reynold Giba, the narrative chronicles a woman whose desire for life and love unravels on what ought to be a
Synopsis No Strings Attached, directed by Ivan Reitman from a screenplay by Elizabeth Meriwether, reinvigorates the romantic comedy genre by probing the intricate interplay of love, friendship, and casual sex against the backdrop of contemporary dating mores. Premiering in January 2011, the film pairs Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in the roles of two young
Introduction Debuting in 2011 and helmed by Will Gluck, Friends with Benefits assembles a frame of romantic comedy around Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, young urbanites who transact a transactional sexual bond only to confront an obvious, if unwelcome, corollary: the heart does not circulate according to rationalist cursive. With a script that decalibrates the
Synopsis Released in 2009 as a direct-to-DVD product, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love is the fourth entry in the American Pie Presents offshoot of the broader American Pie franchise, inaugurated in 1999. Helmed by director John Putch, the film tracks a familiar story arc in which a trio of male adolescents embark on
Synopsis American Reunion is a 2012 adult comedy helmed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, the creative pair renowned for the Harold & Kumar trilogy. The film constitutes the fourth major feature in the American Pie series, following the original American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), and American Wedding (2003). Nearly a decade since
Synopsis: Directed by Nimrod Zalmanowitz, All American Bikini Car Wash is a 2015 film that strays far from the traditional confines of a thoughtful narrative structure. Rather, the screenplay by Patrick Rodio introduces a teenage lad to a world of scantily clad women, while visually amusing the audience with cheap sex jokes, and a myriad
