JERRY OLEA:
Taob sa Barbenheimer ang bagong bukas na Haunted Mansion.
Kahit ano pa ang sabihin ni MJ Lastimosa, nanguna pa rin sa takilya ng North America last weekend (Hulyo 28-30) ang Barbie with $93M.
Read: MJ Lastimosa reacts to immense backlash over "parang school project film" tweet about 'Barbie'
Pumangalawa pa rin ang Oppenheimer with $46.7M, samanQtalang ang opening weekend gross ng Haunted Mansion ay $24M.
Read: JulieVer movie, pumatok kaya sa takilya? "Barbenheimer" double winner sa box office
Iyong Talk To Me ay nag-open sa pang-anim na puwesto with $10.4M.
WORLDWIDE, pasabog and fantastic pa rin ang Barbenheimer phenomenon.
So far this year, pangatlong pinakamalakas globally ang Barbie ($781M), samantalang nasa ikalabing-isang puwesto na ang Oppenheimer ($406M).
Ang updated na talaan ng 20 pinakabongga ang worldwide gross ngayong 2023: The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($$1.3B), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ($845M), Barbie ($781M), Fast X ($705M), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ($682M); The Little Mermaid ($564M), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($476M), Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One ($448M), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ($430M), John Wick: Chapter 4 ($427M); Oppenheimer ($406M), Elemental ($396M), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ($356M), Creed III ($275M), The Flash ($268M); Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves ($208M), Insidious: The Red Door ($174M), Scream VI ($169M), Sound of Freedom ($149M), Evil Dead Rise ($147M).
Nag-uulan last week dahil sa bagyong Egay. Tumaas ang TV ratings dahil nag-stay ang karamihan sa kani-kanyang bahay.
Ang limang pelikulang nag-open sa local cinemas noong Hulyo 26, 2023, Miyerkules, ay Haunted Mansion, Talk To Me, Litrato, The Cheating Game, at Psycho-Pass: Providence.
Iyong Cobweb na dapat ay last Wednesday ang playdate, iniurong ang showing bukas, Agosto 2.
Palabas na rin bukas sa local cinemas ang Meg 2: The Trench, Soft & Quiet, at ang pelikula nina Aljur Abrenica at Elizabeth Oropesa na Sa Kamay ng Diyos: The Jonard Pamor Story.
Iyong mga malalakas na pelikula ay nae-extend ang showing sa mga sinehan. Iyong mga semplang, napu-pull out agad.
Para sa mga kakaiba at de kalibreng pelikulang Pilipino, maraming mapapanood sa Cinemalaya XIX: ilumiNasyon (Agosto 4-13).
Read: Complete guide to Cinemalaya 2023 full-length entries
Ang opening film na Marupok AF (Where Is The Lie) ay mapapanood sa Agosto 4, Biyernes ng 7:00 p.m. sa Cinema Rizal (Meeting Room 1) ng PICC.
Idinirek ito ni Quark Henares, at tampok dito sina EJ Jallorina, Royce Cabrera, at Maris Racal.
Agosto 5, Sabado, hanggang Agosto 12, Sabado, mapapanood ang Cinemalaya 2023 films sa PICC (Cinema Rizal, Cinema Bonifacio, Cinema Felipe, Cinema Palma) at Ayala Malls (Manila Bay, Trinoma, Glorietta, UP Town Center).
Ang mga full-length features ng 19th Cinemalaya filmfest ay Tether ni Gian Arre, Ang Duyan ng Magiting ni Dustin Celestino, Bulawan Nga Usa ni Kenneth de la Cruz, Gitling ni Jopy Arnaldo, Huling Palabas ni Ryan Espinosa Machado, Iti Mapukpukaw ni Carl Joseph E. Papa, Maria ni She Andes, Rookie nina Samantha Lee at Natts Jadaone, As If It’s True ni John Rogers, at When This Is All Over ni Kevin Mayuga.
Meron pang sampung short films na hinati sa dalawang set.
Sa Agosto 13, Linggo, ang awards night ng Cinemalaya 2023 sa PICC.
Sa araw na iyon ay iyong dalawang pinakamalakas sa takilya ang ipapalabas doon. Showing pa rin iyong Cinemalaya entries sa Ayala Malls.
Marami pang ibang pelikulang matutunghayan sa PICC sa duration ng Cinemalaya — Pinoy man o banyaga.
Read: Cinemalaya 2023: 'Marupok AF' is opening film, 'Third World Romance' is closing film
GORGY RULA:
Maliban sa competing films, tampok sa Cinemalaya 2023 ang remastered version ng May Minamahal (MMFF 1993) nina Aga Muhlach at Aiko Melendez, sa direksyon ni Jose Javier Reyes.
Closing film ang Third World Romance nina Carlo Aquino at Charlie Dizon, sa direksiyon ni Dwein Baltazar.
Sa Retrospective section, tampok ang Cinemalaya 2022 full-length films na The Baseball Player ni Carlo Obispo, Blue Room ni Ma-an L. Asuncion-Dagñalan, 12 Weeks ni Anna Isabelle Matutina, at Kargo ni TM Malones.
Bida si Max Eigenmann sa 12 Weeks at Kargo.
The Exhibition Films Section features three subsections — Anima, which is dedicated to animated films in experimental and documentary genres; Gawad’s Best, showcases the winning films from 34th Gawad Alternatibo; And Next Gen Shorts, screens short films about memory, tradition, and possible futures.
For Anima, the nine featured films are: Black and White Road by Jericho Nepomuceno Maravilla; Ang Liwanag ng Bakunawa by Alvin Joshua A. Gasga; Daligmata Delivers by Minnesota S. Flores; Lingkis by Yvonne Elizabeth G. Salazar and Isabel Margarita P. Valenzuela; I Wanna Be A Tutubi by James Benedict Calleja; Ang Mga Sisiw Sa Kagubatan by Vahn Leinard C. Pascual; Hazmat by Noli Agbayani Manaig; Somewhere I Belong by Jyrah G. Dotarot and Shamy Rasma C. Jailani; and Wetsitales: Aponibolinayen and the Sun by Jade Dandan Evangelista.
For Gawad’s Best, ten films that won first and second places in the four categories of Gawad are grouped into two programs.
Program 1 includes experimental and narrative films while Program 2 has the documentary and animation categories.
Program 1, which includes experimental and narrative films, highlights Kasikas Sa Ganiha Ug Unya by Eric Bico and Kuda Bux (1st place); Letters to Our Little Brown Brothers by Noli Agbayani Manaig (1st place); Read-Only Memory by David Corpuz and Camille Sulit (1st place); A Sabbath on the Longest Day of the Year by Edmund H. Telmo (1st place); and Pagbilang Kong Tatlo by Xzy Dumabok (2nd place).
Program 2, features documentary and animation, shows Pasilong by Toni Cañete (1st place); River of Tears and Rage by Marion Montajes (2nd place); Ang Amomonggo sa Aton by Vinjo Intuna (1st place); I, Labyrinth by Jag Garcia (1st place); Black and White Road by Jericho Cedric Nepomuceno Maravilla (2nd place); and Maris by John Gabriel Gantala.
Next Gen also has two programs: Program 1 includes Ikaw at Aking Daigdig by Andre Joachim “Aki” Red; Espansa by Francis Dumalig; Karkarma by Melver Gomez; Ramon’s Special by Angelika Espejo.
Program 2 films are: Urimos (Prayer of the Dead) by Joseph Cartago Jr.; #bagets by Lester Cristal; Laki sa Tubig by Janus Victoria; Mary Go Round, Mary Go Round by Vahn Pascual; and Tawa Na Lang Tayo by Elian Idioma.
NOEL FERRER:
Habang umaariba sa takilya ang Barbie at iba pang foreign movies, umaasa tayo na tangkilikin pa rin ng ating mga kababayan ang Cinemalaya!
Two new factors to contend with — ang paglipat ng venue sa PICC at ang madalas na pag-ulan.
Sana, suungin ng mga kababayan natin ito para tuluyan na nating tulungan ang pagbangon ng industriya ng lokal na pelikula.