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Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, based on the popular series of books by DARREN SHAN, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires.  Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.
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This is literally the return of the King. Peter Jackson is back to what he does best, directing movies. Peter Jackson’s project with Dreamworks on the movie adaptation of Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones is finally coming to the Philippines. It is the magnificent and heart – warming little story of the young Susie Salmon, who is raped and murdered and while in Heaven (or the In-between Heaven, as Peter Jackson puts it), watches her family, her loved ones come to terms from her passing and how their lives play out in front of her, including her rapist’s life. If you have read the novel, you would know that when it comes to telling a story that happens above Earth, but is surely grounded in reality, there is no one better than Peter Jackson to turn to for a spectacular narration. It also helps when you have Steven Spielberg as Executive Producer on behalf of DreamWorks.

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Devoted family services specialist Emily Jenkins (Academy Award® winner Renee Zellweger) has seen it all – lies, neglect, abuse – domestic horrors of every type. That is, until she takes on Case 39: the case of 10-year-old Lillith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland), whose eerie, secretive family leaves Emily shaken and disturbed.  When Lillith’s parents attempt to harm their only child in a late-night ritual, Emily intervenes.  Heartbroken by Lillith’s loneliness and innocence, Emily decides to do something she has never allowed herself to do in the past: get personally involved. Hoping to do the right thing for the withdrawn girl, Emily offers Lillith a caring, happy home until she can find an adoptive family.
That’s when the real terror begins.
W hat pushed Lillith’s family to the breaking point?  Why does everyone who comes into contact with Lillith seem to suddenly become mad?  And how will Emily survive the devastating secret fears that have come to the fore? To discover the truth, Emily must leave behind her rational beliefs and confront her most terrifying nightmares as she enters a supernatural realm where evil preys on humanity.
Now, the one thing Emily has to fear is the power of fear itself.
CASE 39 is released and distributed by United International Pictures thru Solar Entertainment Corp. In Cinemas 03 February 2010 (Wednesday)
MTRCB Rating: R-18

The scene that played out poolside at Quentin Tarantino’s house in Los Angeles proved to be a small but significant snapshot in contemporary movie history. Two films – one directed by Tarantino and the other by his close friend, Eli Roth – were still in the early stages of development, and each director was offering the other vital encouragement.

One, Roth’s horror movie, HOSTEL, would go on to become a huge worldwide box office hit just over a year later. The other, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, took longer to reach the screen but would eventually become the latest, eagerly awaited offering from cinema’s enfant terrible – a World War II “fairytale” about a ruthless group of Jewish-American soldiers who operate behind enemy lines to strike fear into the hearts of the Nazis.
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Kimmy Dora, is #1 movie among all the movies that came out on 02 September. The first solo starrer of comedienne Eugene Domingo, lead the pack  of 6 releases, which included 4 Hollywood and 1 local films.
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TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, the country’s biggest film to date, easily rolled past the P350 million mark after only 33 days at the box office.

Nicole Castillo-Deato, Marketing Manager of Solar-UIP, the film’s Philippine distributor, attributed the film’s popularity and longevity to several factors, including the film’s flawless and thrilling special effects, the original cast and director, and the incredible support of fans of the TRANSFORMERS franchise.  In particular, the biggest Filipino Transformers community in the world, Cybertron Philippines, once again provided astounding voluntary commitment to the success of the REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, much in the same way the group helped to launch the first TRANSFORMERS film to similar box office success.  For both films – and indeed for many other Solar-UIP releases, such as the upcoming G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA – the group volunteered members, time, and effort during the planning and execution of several events critical to building the fanbase and mass appeal of Transformers.

Ronald Matignas, Sales Manager of Solar-UIP, also expressed his gratitude to exhibitors, who continue to show TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN on screens nationwide.

GI JOE

G.I.JOE is an international ultra-black ops Special Forces unit comprised of the top men and women from the finest military organizations in the world.

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Two years have passed since young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) saved the universe from a decisive battle between warring races of robotic aliens.  Despite his extreme heroics, Sam is still an average teenager with everyday anxieties about heading to college, leaving behind his girlfriend Mikaela (Megan Fox), and separating from his parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White) for the first time.  Of course there is the additional burden of trying to explain his departure to his newest friend and guardian robot, Bumblebee.  For Sam the goal is to lead a normal university lifestyle, but to do that, he must ignore his destiny.

While Sam has done his best to put the conflict at Mission City behind him and return to his daily routine, the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, although a top secret incident, has instigated many changes.  Sector 7 has since been disbanded and its most loyal soldier, Agent Simmons (John Turturro), summarily dismissed.  In its place, a new agency, NEST, has been created.  Utilizing experienced field commanders like Lennox (Josh Duhamel) and Epps (Tyrese Gibson), NEST seeks to work side by side with the Autobots to avoid another deadly confrontation with the Decepticons.  Unfortunately National Security Advisor Theodore Galloway (John Benjamin Hickey) possesses little foresight to fully comprehend the inexorable dangers which abound.  Driven to gain control of every defense organization, along with their potential for power, and at the same time do away with what he sees as a frivolous government bureau, Galloway endeavors to terminate NEST, believing that any threat of war has long since passed.  It is his conviction that humans share no vested interest in the Autobots’ dispute with the Decepticons.

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