Showing posts with label March. Show all posts
Showing posts with label March. Show all posts

March 15, 2017

Northern Lights: A Journey To Love (2017) Trailer Impressions: A Story of a Father Reconnecting with his Estranged Son and a New Flame Met Along the Way

Northern Lights: A Journey To Love is a 2017 romantic drama film from Regal Films, Star Cinema, and Spring Films under the direction of Dondon Santos starring Piolo Pascual, Yen Santos, and Raikko Mateo slated for a March 29, 2017 theatrical release. Let's check out what this latest Star Cinema film set overseas has to offer.

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Northern Lights: A Journey To Love
Plot / Synopsis

In this drama from Star Cinema, Pascual is paired with actress Yen Santos.dHe plays a father who strives to fix his relationship with his estranged son, portrayed by child actor Raikko Mateo, best known for starring in the inspirational teleserye "Honesto."

Northern Lights A Journey to Love (2017) Star Cinema movie featuring  Piolo Pascual and Raikko Mateo as father and son in alaska

This seemingly straightforward father-son movie gets complicated when he falls in love with Santos's character, an admittedly heartbroken woman looking to start fresh in a new country.

"Northern Lights: A Journey To Love" is set in a picturesque town in Alaska, where auroras can be seen frequently.

Source: ABS-CBN News


Watch Northern Lights: A Journey To Love (2017) Official trailer here:





Northern Lights: A Journey To Love (2017) Official Trailer Impression
Northern Lights: A Journey To Love (2017) Film Trailer Review

Northern Lights A Journey to Love (2017) Star Cinema romantic drama and family film featuring  Piolo Pascual and Yen Santos love team

What can be said about Northern Lights: A Journey To Love (2017) official movie trailer? First off the film looks visually stunning and I think this is what is to be expected in one of the most prominent (if not the number one) film production company in the Philippines. But of course, the film's competency and watchability doesn't end up in cinematography alone. The question now is if whether Star Cinema's March 2017 film featuring Piolo Pascual any good? Well, the answer can only be known once you guys check it in theaters but from what we can make up from the trailer... it's probably decent. The film will join the ranks of other Star Cinema's films that has been majorly shot overseas/abroad like Milan, Barcelona, and Dubai.

Northern Lights A Journey to Love (2017) Star Cinema film starring  Piolo Pascual, Yen Santos, and Raikko Mateo about a father winning his estranged son's heart and finding love with a heartbroken girl in alaska

So how does Northern Lights: A Journey To Love differ from the tens and thousands of romantic (romantic-comedy) films that Star Cinema has been "efficiently" producing as of recent memory? The answer is to add some real life element to it and that is in the form of estranged familial relationships. While having a care-free father winning over the hearts of his estranged son could have already been enough as a main driving plot, Star Cinema (or its writers) decides to go the romantic route and mix the unnecessary romantic interest (because, by the gods, you can't make a "good" Star Cinema film without romance). But it is what it is and the film's main theme seems to revolve around second chances and starting over again ergo mixing the estranged son and the heartbroken woman seems to be a perfect fit (?) (if you apply logic to it).

Northern Lights A Journey to Love (2017) movie title card from Star cinema, Regal Entertainment, and Spring Films directed by Dondon Santos starring  Piolo Pascual, Yen Santos, and Raikko Mateo showing on March 29, 2017

How about you guys? What do you think about this film about a father winning the heart of his estranged son and juggling a token romantic interest? Will you be seeing this film when it hits the theaters and why? What local films shot abroad that you genuinely liked and has become of your favorites? Share your thoughts and opinion about Northern Lights: A Journey To Love (2017) in the comments section below and let's discuss about it.
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March 14, 2017

Pwera Usog (2017) Trailer Impressions: Teenager's Prank and its Horrific Consequences

Pwera Usog is a 2017 horror film from Regal Entertainment under the screenplay and direction of Jason Paul Laxamana starring Devon Seron, Sofia Andres, Joseph Marco, Kiko Estrada, Cherise Castro, Albie Casino, Aiko Melendez, and Eula Valdes slated for a March 8, 2017 theatrical release. Let's check out what this latest Regal horror film featuring new stars has to offer.

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Pwera Usog
Plot / Synopsis

Ang pelikulang PWERA USOG ni Jason Paul Laxamana ay kwento ng isang typical millennial barkada, adventure seeker, curious at internet-savvy. Ngunit isang hindi inaasahang pangyayari ang mararanasan nila simula nang biruin nila ang isang pulubi na pinaglalaruan pala ng isang masamang kaluluwa.

Pwera Usog 2017 Regal horror film featuring Sofia Andres and Devon Seron

Maniniwala kaya sila sa USOG? O sa masamang KALULUWA?
Sabay sabay tayong manood ng kakaibang fun-horror barkada movie on March 8! In Cinemas nationwide!


Source: Official Facebook Page


The film is about a typical adventure seeking, curious, and internet-savvy millenials in which after pranking a homeless individual who so happen to also be haunted by a malevolent spirit, their lives were never be the same again.

Watch Pwera Usog (2017) Official trailer here:





Official Pwera Usog (2017) Trailer Impression
Pwera Usog (2017) Film Trailer Review

Pwera Usog 2017 Regal horror film featuring Devon Seron

What can be said about Pwera Usog (2017) official movie trailer? Well, first up the trailer for the film looks crisp which is not really that big of an accomplishment (and deal) as this film is backed up by a major Filipino film company (Regal Entertainment). Whether the film will have a good cinematography is yet to be seen. Pwera Usog is another horror film that uses a Filipino superstitious belief as its theme just like its predecessors; earlier Filipino horror films like Sukob, Pagpag, and Bulong. It is really odd to use the superstitious concept of "usog" as a film's main focus for a horror film but Regal somehow made that possible. They probably might weave "usog" into the story but I don't know if we should commend them for creativity or loathe them for laziness.

Pwera Usog 2017 Regal horror film featuring Eula Valdez and Aiko Melendez

Pwera Usog at a glance seems to be a conveyor belt film which I can't even categorize as a passable film. It seems to be one of those debut films for Regal's up and coming stars; a small investment for a company like Regal. If you think about it, this is probably why they use "usog" as its main theme or title and uses some Filipino showbiz newcomers that the rest of the cost probably went to the two veteran actress in the film, Aiko and Eula. Well, I am a big horror fan and almost seen most of them, but when I watched the trailer for this film all it solicit was some chuckle and face palm. You have a set of unlikeable millennials doing some stupid things (like what most of them do nowadays) and the film somehow expects us to sympathize with them on their journey o solving the problem they set in motion in the first place. The Pwera Usog trailer makes the film looks forgettable and laughable, but that's just me. You probably might be a fan of these new stars and be much more forgiving in this mediocre trailer for a mediocre film.

Pwera Usog 2017 Filipino horror movie title from Regal Films directed by Jason Paul Laxamana starring Devon Seron, Sofia Andres, Joseph Marco, Kiko Estrada, Cherise Castro, Albie Casino

How about you guys? What do you think about this film about "usog?" Are you familiar or a fan with the new stars serving as the film's main protagonist in the film? Share your thoughts and opinion about Pwera Usog (2017) in the comments section below and let's discuss about it.
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