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  • Joji Alonso awarded by MPA for anti-camcording work

    Joji Alonso awarded by MPA for anti-camcording work

    Attorney and filmmaker Joji Alonso was presented with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) Asia-Pacific Copyright Educator (A.C.E.) Award today at CineAsia in recognition of her long term commitment to championing the value of screen content and the need to protect the work and livelihoods of her fellow filmmakers in the screen community in the Philippines.…

  • Night vision goggles now being used to catch illegal camcorders

    Night vision goggles now being used to catch illegal camcorders

    As part of its ongoing campaign to eliminate illegal camcording in the Philippines, the local screen community has increased security measures in all cinemas countrywide. Statistics reveal an alarming growth in the number of illegal camcords that have been forensically matched to the Philippines this year. Ten released copies have been recently traced back to…

  • Autodesk software used to create CGI effects in the film “Elysium”

    Autodesk software used to create CGI effects in the film “Elysium”

    Autodesk, Inc., has played a pivotal role in the creation of some of the most iconic and breathtaking movie imagery over the past two decades. From large post-production studios to small boutique houses, talented artists across the globe use Autodesk visual effects (VFX) software such as Autodesk 3dsMax, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Flame, Softimage to create…

  • Indie film Boses showcases home grown Pinoy talent abroad

    Indie film Boses showcases home grown Pinoy talent abroad

    The viewership is growing for a small independent film that has been making the rounds of screenings here in the Philippines and abroad since 2008. The film is “Boses” and it is the story of a boy made mute due to unbearable circumstances, and the friendship he forges when he learns to play the violin…

  • Transformers 4 to feature “Pain and Gain” star Malk Wahlberg premiers June 2014

    HOLLYWOOD, CA – After an exceptionally successful collaboration on the upcoming “Pain and Gain,” Michael Bay has cast Academy Award®-nominee Mark Wahlberg in the highly anticipated “TRANSFORMERS 4.” The film will hit theaters June 27th, 2014.

  • ‘Arjun: The Warrior Prince’ brought to Life Using Autodesk Software

    LOS ANGELES — Indian animation and visual effects powerhouse Visual Computing Labs (VCL), a division of Tata Elxsi Ltd., leveraged Digital Entertainment Creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to produce its second mainstream animated Bollywood film — “Arjun: The Warrior Prince”. A joint collaboration between Disney and UTV Pictures, the film was directed by…

  • “Munting Alay” is audience choice winner at the second 180 Microcinema Film Festival

    180 Microcinema Film Festival is an online short film festival that challenged filmmakers to tell a compelling story in just three minutes while engaging an online audience. These filmmakers showcased their 180-second entries on the festival site http://180cinema.net, and shared by viewers through various social media platforms.

  • Inception (2010) movie review

    IMDB: Inception (2010) Director: Christopher Nolan Direction and screenplay: 10/10 Watching Inception film is like being on a cruise ship. Everything falls together smoothly, in a way that simply makes sense. There is none of the jittery and roughness you get from riding the smaller boats. The on-screen transitions feel almost second nature. Every shot…

  • Fire and Ice poem by Robert Frost used as an opening in Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

    I have always been a fan of Robert Frost’s poetry. I was really delighted to find the poem Fire and Ice featured at the the opening of the book “Eclipse”, the third installment in the Twilight series of novels by Stephanie Meyer. Its does a very good job of setting the mood and tone of…

  • Monty Python’s Life of Brian

    I must say that I love Monty Python forever. I guess I must be living under a rock for the past couple of years for not realizing they had their own YouTube channel. Thank you, Monty Python, for the years of geeky comedy. You are and will forever be, the gods of comedy.