First Trailer of Ben Affleck's "Live By Night" Arrives Online‏

Warner Bros. Pictures has just revealed the first trailer of Ben Affleck's latest directorial effort, the dramatic crime thriller “Live by Night.” View the trailer at https://youtu.be/_mbod4QirDc.

Affleck also stars in the film and wrote the screenplay, based on the award-winning best-seller by Dennis Lehane; it marks the second collaboration for the fellow Boston natives, following the acclaimed drama “Gone Baby Gone.”

“Live by Night” is set in the roaring `20s when Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough ambition and nerve and Joe Coughlin (Affleck), the son of the Boston Police Superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss by stealing his money and his moll. The fiery affair ends in tragedy, setting Joe on a path of revenge, ambition, romance and betrayal that propels him out of Boston and up the ladder of Tampa’s steamy rum-running underworld.

R U Tough Enough?

KIX, the ultimate destination of action entertainment in Asia, has brought back R U Tough Enough? (RUTE) 2016 - the nationwide search for the Toughest Pinoy. Ten people, comprising of men and women, will be recruited to compete in a series of challenges that will test the limits of their physical strength, mental endurance and emotional resilience. Only one will win the title of the “Toughest Pinoy” and a grand prize of PHP250,000.

If you think you have what it takes to be called the toughest Pinoy, click on this link to learn more about the competition: http://www.kix-tv.com/tough

Hurry, as online registration is only until September 15, 2016.

VIRAL: Latest #KwentongJollibee “Kahera” tugs at the heartstrings of Pinoys

Jollibee premieres yet another episode to its heart-warming series for Grandparent’s Day

Jollibee, the country’s number one fast food chain, produces another made-for-digital material that pays tribute to the never-ending love and support grandparents shower their apos.

In the span of 150 seconds, “Kahera” shows the story of a young restaurant cashier’s seemingly awkward encounters with an elderly customer. The older woman never fails to comment on the young cashier’s every move; from her crooked nameplate to the way she speaks, no details seem to escape the older woman’s scrutiny. The video concludes with a touching revelation that sometimes, one does not need to look far for guidance and love.

First "Collateral Beauty" Trailer Summons Death, Time, Love‏

The first trailer of New Line Cinema's inspiring and emotional drama “Collateral Beauty” has just been released and may be viewed at http://youtu.be/I5OrwjiTvww.

From Oscar-winning director David Frankel, “Collateral Beauty” is a thought-provoking drama that explores how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of beauty, and how the constants of love, time and death interlock in a life fully lived.

When a successful New York ad executive suffers a personal tragedy and retreats from life, his friends devise a drastic plan to reach him before he loses everything. Pushing him to the very edge, they force him to confront the truth in surprising and profoundly human ways.

“Collateral Beauty” features an all-star cast, including Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley, Michael Peña, Naomie Harris, Jacob Latimore with Oscar winners Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren.

"Sausage Party" - Animated Hero's Journey that Breaks All Rules‏

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have been the masterminds behind some of the world’s most outrageous, inventive, and hilarious comedies – from “Superbad” to “Pineapple Express” to “This Is the End” to “The Interview.”

Now, they go into the world of animation for Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures’ “Sausage Party,” the world’s first R-rated CG animated comedy, about a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.

Selene Back with a Vengeance in "Underworld: Blood Wars" First Trailer‏

Columbia Pictures has just unveiled the first trailer for “Underworld: Blood Wars,” the latest installment in the blockbuster Underworld franchise. Check out the trailer at https://youtu.be/foG7g5M0qw8 and watch “Underworld: Blood Wars” when it opens across the Philippines on November 30, 2016.

Directed by Anna Foerster ("Outlander"), “Underworld: Blood Wars” stars Kate Beckinsale as the rebellious vampire hybrid Selene, Theo James (the “Divergent” franchise) as fellow vampire David and Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”) as vampire elder, Thomas.

"Storks" Cherishes Friendship, Family in an Unforgettable Story‏

The action-packed, animated adventure “Storks,” from directors Nick Stoller and Doug Sweetland, takes audiences on a road trip like no other, as a super-focused stork with big ambitions, and a sunny 18-year-old orphaned girl with some wild ideas, rush to make one very special delivery. Braving danger and unforeseen setbacks, not to mention completely opposite points of view on almost everything, this unlikely pair of couriers makes the transformative journey of their lives, in an original story that celebrates friendship and family, amidst laughter and poignant moments of discovery.

The spark for the story came from Stoller’s own life. The father of two girls, he explains, “We were lucky with our first daughter, and it was a big surprise when having the second one wasn’t so easy and required a bit of science. That experience made me appreciate having children even more, and I believe it also made me more present as a parent. So that was the inspiration, but it wasn’t until later that the idea popped into my head about storks and the myth about how they once delivered babies and how that might impact a little boy who wants a little brother. It seemed like a fun world to explore and a concept with a lot of opportunities for comedy.”

Vin Diesel's "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage" Reveals Trailer‏

The first trailer for Vin Diesel's upcoming extreme action-thriller “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage” has just been launched by Paramount Pictures, and may be viewed at http://youtu.be/d38EYqcUOJo.

The film opens in cinemas January 2017.

The third explosive chapter of the blockbuster franchise that redefined the spy thriller finds extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Diesel) coming out of self-imposed exile and on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora’s Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.

A New Generation Of Filipino Contemporary Dance Merges In "Bagong Sayaw" This Sepr

Six brave choreographers are set to push the boundaries of dance with the young dancers of Ballet Philippines II this September with “Bagong Sayaw”, to be staged at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater).

Translated as “new dance”, this production celebrates just that – the emergence of fresh ideas expressed in various choreographic forms. The choreographers featured in this production are Al Bernard Garcia, Erl Sorilla, Gia Gequinto, Bonifacio Guerrero Jr., Danilo Dayo Jr., and John Ababon.

“’Bagong Sayaw’ is a venue for us to give our young dancers and choreographers the necessary challenges and for them to be able to grow as artists,” says Ballet Philippines artistic director Paul Alexander Morales. “They say that experience is the best teacher, but more than that, we also think it’s important to let their voices be heard.”

Misfits Band Together to Become "The Magnificent Seven"‏

“When MGM asked me about making a Western, I got excited about the possibility of it, because I grew up with Westerns,” says Antoine Fuqua, who re-teams with Denzel Washington in the story of seven outlaws, gunslingers, gamblers and bounty hunters who band together to save a town under the thumb of corruption in “The Magnificent Seven.”

(Watch “The Magnificent Seven” TV Spot “Together” at http://youtu.be/pjt596XVAKA.)

“So I asked myself, ‘Why make a Western now? Why would it be important?’ And the answer was, the idea of tyranny, happening in our world today – that’s what made it timely. You’d need a special group of people to come together to fight tyranny.”