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Writing
Roy Iglesias
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Known For
Istokwa · 1996Istokwa
★ 8.01996
MovieDrama
Two teenage boys escape from their mothers and embark a journey that turns into a misadventure leading to self-discovery about themselves.
Lilet Never Happened · 2012Lilet Never Happened
★ 7.02012
MovieDrama
Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world with her wits. But she has to face up to reality when she runs out of innocent dreams.
Desperadas · 2007Desperadas
2007
MovieComedyRomance
The story is about four beautiful half-sisters - Isabella, Courtney, Stephanie and Patricia - who have problems in their personal life. Isabella has issues with commitment, Stephanie is having problems with her husband Richard, Courtney's boyfriend Patrick becomes a Born again Christian and Patricia publishes her new sex book much to the dismay of her husband who's having trouble with their relationship as a couple.
Hubog · 2001Hubog
★ 3.02001
MovieCrimeDrama
A poor Filipino woman (Assunta de Rossi) tries to take care of her mentally handicapped sister amid the poverty and violence of the shantytown in which they live.
Always Looking for You · 1999Always Looking for You
★ 7.01999
MovieRomanceDrama
Adventure story of 2 young professionals, Jinny, a hotel junior executive, and her husband, Brian, a commercial pilot and their daughter Niña.
Woman by the Window · 1998Woman by the Window
★ 5.51998
MovieDramaThriller
Abandoned by his wife, Mitch finds respite from his depression by spying on his beautiful new neighbor, Jack. Before long, the pair becomes intimately acquainted. But trouble lies ahead: it seems that Jack's lover has ties to Manila's underworld, and Mitch soon finds himself in grave danger.
Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure · 2001Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure
★ 6.32001
MovieDramaAction
In World War II veteran Lolo Melo enjoys regaling his grandson Jobert with war stories, one of which includes Lolo's participation in burying the famed Yamashita treasure. When Jobert heads to Manila to unearth the cache, little does he know that he has competition: A shadowy G-man and a soldier of fortune are also in pursuit of the loot.
Ganito Kami Muli · 2013Ganito Kami Muli
2013
MovieDocumentary
A documentary produced by Cinema One that sees through fully restored film in the eyes of young filmmakers.
Movies
Istokwa · 1996Istokwa
★ 8.01996
MovieDrama
Two teenage boys escape from their mothers and embark a journey that turns into a misadventure leading to self-discovery about themselves.
Lilet Never Happened · 2012Lilet Never Happened
★ 7.02012
MovieDrama
Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world with her wits. But she has to face up to reality when she runs out of innocent dreams.
Desperadas · 2007Desperadas
2007
MovieComedyRomance
The story is about four beautiful half-sisters - Isabella, Courtney, Stephanie and Patricia - who have problems in their personal life. Isabella has issues with commitment, Stephanie is having problems with her husband Richard, Courtney's boyfriend Patrick becomes a Born again Christian and Patricia publishes her new sex book much to the dismay of her husband who's having trouble with their relationship as a couple.
Hubog · 2001Hubog
★ 3.02001
MovieCrimeDrama
A poor Filipino woman (Assunta de Rossi) tries to take care of her mentally handicapped sister amid the poverty and violence of the shantytown in which they live.
Always Looking for You · 1999Always Looking for You
★ 7.01999
MovieRomanceDrama
Adventure story of 2 young professionals, Jinny, a hotel junior executive, and her husband, Brian, a commercial pilot and their daughter Niña.
Woman by the Window · 1998Woman by the Window
★ 5.51998
MovieDramaThriller
Abandoned by his wife, Mitch finds respite from his depression by spying on his beautiful new neighbor, Jack. Before long, the pair becomes intimately acquainted. But trouble lies ahead: it seems that Jack's lover has ties to Manila's underworld, and Mitch soon finds himself in grave danger.
Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure · 2001Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure
★ 6.32001
MovieDramaAction
In World War II veteran Lolo Melo enjoys regaling his grandson Jobert with war stories, one of which includes Lolo's participation in burying the famed Yamashita treasure. When Jobert heads to Manila to unearth the cache, little does he know that he has competition: A shadowy G-man and a soldier of fortune are also in pursuit of the loot.
Ganito Kami Muli · 2013Ganito Kami Muli
2013
MovieDocumentary
A documentary produced by Cinema One that sees through fully restored film in the eyes of young filmmakers.
Mano Po · 2002Mano Po
★ 7.32002
MovieDrama
During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina. The couples children, Daniel and Linda, were raised in a mixture of Chinese and Filipino-Hispanic tradition. These richly cultured people are the ancestors of a dysfunctional third-generation family whose daughters tell their own stories of joy, struggle, and the complex realities in the life of Filipino Chinese families.
Prosti · 2002Prosti
★ 4.52002
MovieDrama
Nanay Xedes runs her whorehouse with an iron fist and expects her employees to obey her rules — the most important of which is that her pimps and prostitutes can never be intimate with each other.
Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion · 2012Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion
★ 6.02012
MovieActionComedy
The first part follows four cousins who gathered together to receive their own 5 million peso inheritance from their dead uncle, and the responsibility of taking care of his comic book creations. The second part follows an army special unit trying to survive from a horde of zombies. The third and last part follows a couple who became survivors when the aliens invaded Earth.
Feng Shui · 2004Feng Shui
★ 6.52004
MovieDramaHorror
After finding a Feng Shui amulet, Joy starts to see a string of fortunate events come her way. Soon, she realizes it is, in fact, a curse. Now she must break the cycle of good fortune and death in order to save her family.
Mano Po 2: My Home · 2003Mano Po 2: My Home
★ 4.32003
MovieDrama
Antonio Chan, a prominent Chinese businessman, has three women in his life Sol, a Filipina; Lu Shui, a Chinese; and Belinda, a Filipino-Chinese. Antonio has children with all three women. A crisis shakes up the over-extended Tsinoy family prompting all the members to re-examine their values, their relationships, and confront issues that they have refused to face all these years.
Xerex · 2003Xerex
★ 4.12003
MovieDramaRomance
After 15 years of unprecedented tabloid sex notoriety, the Xerex Xaviera fantasy achieves big screen fulfillment via three exciting escapades into sensual. "Kama" tells of a teenaged girl's intimate dalliances with a campus heartthrob who turns out to be a heel. "O" follows a bride-to-be's lusty rollercoaster ride that takes her to an orgasmic bore, and her newfound toyboy, a beach lifeguard who¿s only saving grace is his bedside acrobatics. While "Butas" explores the dark, seedy voyeuristic world of illicit sex.
The Healing · 2012The Healing
★ 6.82012
MovieThrillerHorror
A community rushes to a faith healer after learning that one of them was miraculously healed from a deadly disease by the same person. They are torn apart afterwards as the healing brings them a terrible curse that wreaks harm and death.
Pacquiao: The Movie · 2006Pacquiao: The Movie
★ 4.82006
MovieDramaAction
Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a champion and national hero. Yet when the pressures of his sport, his personal life and the high expectations of his countrymen take their toll, he falls from grace. With the help of his wife (Bea Alonzo), will he be able to rise once more to be worthy of being called "the People's Champion"?
Feng Shui 2 · 2014Feng Shui 2
★ 6.02014
MovieMysteryHorror
It focuses on Lester who, upon getting the cursed bagua, starts to get all the luck and prosperity he could get in his life, but with deadly consequences.
Desperadas 2 · 2008Desperadas 2
★ 5.72008
MovieComedyDrama
The story of Desperadas 2 is about four half-sisters - Isabella, Patricia, Stephanie, and Courtney - who have another big problems in their life. They also found out that they have another half-sister, Lugaluda.
Bugbog Sarado · 2003Bugbog Sarado
★ 4.72003
MovieDramaThriller
The story opens with Brandon and Shy, negotiating for a lease of an old room owned by Stella. Brix, a travelling salesman and Stella's live-in partner deals with the couple in behalf of the landlady. Little do they know that inside the mysterious house lies a perplexed truth. Bugbog Sarado" shapes up the frames of sadism and masochism. It intensified the sounds of pain and protest in discovering the real encounters inside the bedroom of abused women.
Nympha · 2003Nympha
★ 4.32003
MovieDrama
A re-imagination of the Celso Ad Castillo classic, "Nympha" tells the story of an orphan woman named Nympha living in a backward province with a narrow minded aunt who is a religious fanatic.
Filipinas · 2003Filipinas
★ 9.02003
MovieDrama
Florencia, the matriarch of the Filipinas family, is in poor health, and Yolanda, the eldest of the Filipinas children, finds herself in the unenviable position of keeping her bickering family from disintegration. As the tension rises, Yolanda seeks refuge in a local church. She is critically injured trying to break up a nasty fight between brothers Emman and Samuel, forcing her family to make a life-changing decision.
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story · 2011Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story
★ 3.02011
MovieActionDrama
Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.
Bulong · 2011Bulong
★ 3.32011
MovieComedyHorror
Hospital worker Conan is hopelessly in love with a sexy and beautiful nurse named Ellen. He is on friendly terms with the alluring lady, but gets desperate when he sees her kissing a resident doctor. The jealous guy seeks the help of his friends and learns about the power of a wish whispered to the dead. He scampers off to a wake and surreptitiously opens the casket. In a barely audible way, he whispers: Mahalin ako ni Ellen.
Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love · 2009Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
★ 5.02009
MovieDrama
Melinda Uy is a half-Filipino, half-Chinese struggling mother to four children married to a full-Chinese blood man. Her family was believed to bring curse to Olive's famiily. Because of this, Melinda was not accepted by Uy's family as one of their members. Melinda's struggling as a mother begand when she has nothing else to do but to strive and work more.
TV Shows
Encantadia · 2016Encantadia
★ 9.82016
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Four sisters – Pirena, Amihan, Alena, and Danaya — guard the gems that hold the power to maintain peace and harmony in the world of Encantadia. Their bond is broken when Pirena discovers that their mother is afraid of her desire to become the queen of Encantadia.
Kung Mawawala Ka · 2002Kung Mawawala Ka
★ 9.02002
SeriesDrama
Kung Mawawala Ka was an award-winning epic political thriller and love story Philippine drama produced by GMA Network and directed by Joel Lamangan, in his first TV series. It re-aired internationally on GMA Pinoy TV and recently on GMA Life TV.
Onanay · 2018Onanay
★ 3.32018
SeriesDramaFamily
Sisters Maila and Natalie have different approach to their mother, Onay who has Achondroplasia. Maila is a nice and attentive daughter, while Nataile is arrogant and disobedient. Besides their different upbringing, they have a different father as well.
The Rich Man's Daughter · 2015The Rich Man's Daughter
★ 8.82015
SeriesDramaFamily
Jade Tanchingco was born into a wealthy, traditional Chinese-Filipino family with a high regard for honor and is extremely dedicated to their Chinese traditions. She always believed she would end up married to her boyfriend whom her family approves, David, until she falls in love with a woman, Althea. A strong bond between the two women emerges that will test Jade's commitment to her conservative family and their values.
Magdusa Ka · 2008Magdusa Ka
2008
SeriesDrama
Magdusa Ka or Misery is a Filipino drama series created by Pablo S. Gomez, developed by Aloy Adlawan and produced by GMA Network, as the eight production of Sine Novela. It headlined Katrina Halili, Dennis Trillo and Iwa Moto as the lead characters and directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes. It is a television adaptation of a popular 1986 Filipino movie of the same title. The series nominated for the 37th International Emmy Awards for Best Telenovela. The series premiered on May 12, 2008 and concluded on August 29, 2008. From December 3, 2008 until March 23, 2009, it was aired worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. From February 18, 2013 to June 7, 2013 GMA Life TV airs its English-dubbed version worldwide.
My Only Love · 2007My Only Love
2007
SeriesDrama
My Only Love is a Philippine drama airing on GMA Network as the fifth instalment of Sine Novela. The original movie was released back in 1982.
Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita · 2008Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita
★ 6.02008
SeriesCrimeDrama
Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita or Sweet Revenge is a Filipino drama television series created by Gilda Olvidado, developed by Don Michael Perez and produced by GMA Network. The series is a remake of a 1989 movie with the same title and stars Yasmien Kurdi, JC de Vera, Marvin Agustin, Angelika dela Cruz and Dina Bonnevie and directed by Joel Lamangan, it aired on GMA Network from March 24, 2008 until June 27, 2008. From March 31, 2008 until July 4, 2008, the series was aired internationally, with a one-week delay, on GMA Pinoy TV.
Forever · 2013Forever
2013
SeriesDrama
Forever is a Filipino drama series created by Jun Lana, developed by Kit Villanueva-Langit and produced by GMA Network. It premiered on January 21, 2013 on GMA Telebabad block and January 24, 2013 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series headlines Heart Evangelista, Geoff Eigenmann and Gloria Romero. It executive produced by Kaye Atienza-Cadsawan and under the direction of Ricky Davao.
The show narrates the magical love story of ill-fated lovers, Adora and Ramon and their quest to continue their tragic love affair five decades past through the present time with the help of an antique pocket watch.
The series concluded on April 19, 2013. It ran for 13 weeks with the total of sixty three episodes.
Let the Love Begin · 2015Let the Love Begin
2015
SeriesDramaComedy
My Love From The Star · 2017My Love From The Star
★ 10.02017
SeriesDramaComedy
Matteo Domingo is an extraterrestrial being that disembarked on the Philippines back in the 16th century during the Spanish Colonial Era. As he ventures to aid a teenage girl, Marcella, from descending off a cliff, he failed to join his trip, the KMT 184.5 comet, back to his planet and is grounded on Earth for the next four centuries and counting. He possesses an almost perfect form, enhanced physical abilities that improves his vision, hearing and speed drastically, and has a rather caustic, jaded point of view with regards to human beings. As time passes by and the story folds on, Matteo is forced to employ a new identity every ten years, as his human appearance never ages.