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Monday, March 18, 2024

THE NINETIES # 1084: RAMON 'BONG' REVILLA, JR., ARA MINA, WITH TONTON GUTIERREZ, CARLO AQUINO, EFREN REYES, JR., JEFFREY SANTOS, WILLIAM LORENZO, GIO ALVAREZ, RAY VENTURA IN "ALYAS POGI, ANG PAGBABALIK" (1999)

 A man comes out of prison deadset on leading a new life with the son he didn't get to see for the past 12 years. However, circumstances force him to defend his townmates from a corrupt mayor who wants to build a golf course on their own lots.


"Alyas Pogi, Ang Pagbabalik" (1999)
Star Cinema Productions
Release Date August 11, 1999
Screenplay Bien Ojeda, Joey del Rosario
Cinematography Rey de Leon
Film Editor Joyce Bernal
Production Design Arthur Santamaria
Musical Director Jaime Fabregas
Direction Joey del Rosario
Cast Ramon 'Bong' Revilla, Jr., Ara Mina/ Also Starring Tonton Gutierrez, Carlo Aquino, Efren Reyes, Jr., Jeffrey Santos, William Lorenzo, Gio Alvarez, Ray Ventura





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THE NINETIES # 1083: NINI JACINTO, LEONARDO LITTON, SOFIA VALDEZ, JUAN CARLOS CASTRO, DIVINA DEL RIO IN "TALONG" (1999)

A young woman artist finds her inspiration in a handsome eggplant farmer who returns her affections after his fiancé left to work abroad. Problem arises when the man's fiancé returns home pregnant and claims that he is the father of her child. 


"Talong" (1999)
Seiko Films
Release Date August 4, 1999
Cinematography Felizardo Bailen
Film Editor Ferren Salumbides
Production Design Sonny Maculada
Musical Director Bienvenido ' Benny' Medina
Executive Producer Robbie Tan
Written and Directed by Mauro Gia Samonte
Cast Nini Jacinto, Leonardo Litton, Sifia Valdez, Juan Carlos Castro, Dina del Rio/ Also starring Emmanuel Borlaza, Anita Linda, Dang Cruz, Ben Sagmit, Beverly Salviejo

THE NINETIES # 1082: MONSOUR DEL ROSARIO, ROI VINZON, WITH JOANNE QUINTAS, DANIEL PASIA, ERNIE ZARATE, RANDO ALMANZOR, CRIS DALUZ, LEVI IGNACIO, JESS SANCHEZ IN "PINTADO" (1999)

A former military officer races against time as he searches for the ultimate weapon against a former comrade who has as ax to grind and is now armed with mystical and superhuman powers.



"Pintado" (1999)
Regal Films
Release Date August 4, 1999
Story and Screenplay Glenn Marcelo
Cinematography Caloy Salcedo
Film Editor Joe Solo
Production Design Catalino 'Boy' Tablizo
Musical Director Dionisio 'Nonong' Buencamino
Executive Producer Lily Monteverde
Direction Baldo Marro
Cast Monsour del Rosario, Roi Vinzon/ Also staring Joanne Quintas, Daniel Pasia, Ernie Zarate, Rando Almanzor, Cris Daluz, Levi Ignacio, Jess Sanchez, Froilan Sales, Banjo Romero, Archie Ventosa/ Co-starring Frank Lapid, Violy David, Robert Miller, Mike Vergel, Husman Hassim, Rey Flores


THE NINETIES # 1081: MARICEL SORIANO, CLAUDINE BARRETTO, DIETHER OCAMPO, WITH RAYMOND BAGATSING, RITA AVILA, MAILA GUMILA, ALICIA ALONZO AND MS. NIDA BLANCA IN "SOLTERA" (1999)

A woman lives in with a man many years her junior. Conflict arises when the young man falls in love with a young woman his age and decides to leave his live-in partner, now pregnant, behind.


"Soltera" (1999)
Star Cinema Productions
Release Date July 28, 1999
Screenplay Jun Lana, Jerry Lopez Sineneng
Cinematography Jose Batac, Jr.
Film Editor Marya Ignacio
Production Design Gil Morales
Musical Director Jessie Lasaten
Direction Jerry Lopez Sineneng
Cast Maricel Soriano, Claudine Barretto, Diether Ocampo/ Also starring Raymond Bagatsing, Rita Avila, Maila Gumila, Alicia Alonzo and Ms. Nida Blanca





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Saturday, March 16, 2024

THE NINETIES # 1080: ALBERT MARTINEZ, SUNSHINE CRUZ, WITH ACE ESPINOSA, RAYMOND BAGATSING, RYAN EIGENMANN, JAIME FABREGAS IN ERIK MATTI'S "EKIS" (1999)

A battered wife and her lover, whom she doesn't know was actually a kidnapper, want to start a new life together. Things go wrong when the police bust the ransom payoff and the wife, caught by her husband packing, kills her husband during a fight that ensues.


"Ekis" (1999)
Viva Films
Release Date July 28, 1999
Screenplay Erik Matti, Carmel Orbida, Jet Orbida
Executive Producer Vic del Rosario, Jr.
Direction Erik Matti
Cast Albert Martinez, Sunshine Cruz/ Also starring Ace Espinosa, Raymond Bagatsing, Ryan Eigenmann, Jaime Fabregas



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THE NINETIES # 1079: KLAUDIA KORONEL, ELIZABETH OROPESA, JOEL TORRE, JULIO DIAZ, ISABEL GRANADA AND MIKE MAGAT IN LAV DIAZ'S "HUBAD SA ILALIM NG BUWAN" (1999)

A man loses his sanity after his wife commits suicide and discovers that one of his daughters was sired by another man.


"Hubad sa Ilalim ng Buwan" (1999)
Good Harvest Films
Release Date July 27, 1999
Screenplay Suzette Doctolero, Bong Ramos & Lav Diaz
Cinematography Louie Quirino
Film Editor Randy Brien
Production Design Elson de Veyra
Musical Director Michelle Pritchard
Direction Lav Diaz
Cast Klaudia Koronel, Elizabeth Oropesa, Joel Torre, Julio Diaz, Isabel Granada and Mike Magat



Original theatrical poster of "Hubad sa Ilalim ng Buwan" (1999)
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Thursday, March 14, 2024

THE NINETIES # 1078: EDU MANZANO, INA RAYMUNDO AND ZOREN LEGASPI, WITH RICHARD BONNIN, NINO MUHLACH, CHARLIE DAVAO, RUEL VERNAL, BING DAVAO, ORESTES OJEDA IN "MARKADO" (1999)

A woman who has changed her whole identity to protect herself is running once again from the same syndicate she worked for but testified against.


"Markado" (1999)
Regal Films
Release Date July 21, 1999
Screenplay Peck Pinon
Cinematography Vic Anao
Film Editor Francisco Vinarao
Musical Director Jaime Fabregas
Executive Producer Lily Monteverde
Direction Efren C. Pinon
Cast Edu Manzano, Ina Raymundo and Zoren Legaspi/ Also starring Richard Bonnin, Nino Muhlach, Charlie Davao, Ruel Vernal, Orestes Ojeda, Peck Pinon, Ric Arellano, Bing Davao, Jess Sanchez, Alex David, Frank Lapid, Mike Vergel



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THE NINETIES # 1077: ARA MINA, SAMANTHA LOPEZ, JOHN APACIBLE, LEE ROBIN SALAZAR, WITH MARITA ZOBEL, MANNY CASTANEDA AND MIKE MAGAT IN "PHONE SEX" (1999)

Bored by her routine life, a woman participates in phone sex and eventually engages in an affair with her caller until her guilt drives her to confess her infidelity to her husband and leave her family for another man.


"Phone Sex" (1999)
Regal Films
Release Date July 14, 1999
Cinematography Eduardo 'Totoy' Jacinto
Film Editor Vito Cajili
Production Design Jake de Asis
Musical Director Jesse Lucas
Executive Producer Lily Monteverde
Story, Screenplay and Direction Jose Javier Reyes
Cast Ara Mina, Samantha Lopez, John Apacible, Le Robin Salazar/ Also starring Marita Zobel, Manny Castaneda, Lui Manansala, Rolando Inocencio


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THE NINETIES # 1076: CESAR MONTANO, SUNSHINE CRUZ, JAY MANALO, WITH CELIA ROPDRIGUEZ, AMY AUSTRIA, ROMMEL MONTANO, CRIS VERTIDO, RUFA MAE QUINTO, SPANKY MANIKAN IN "BULLET" (1999)

With the help of a female NBI agent and his sharp shooting skills, an autistic man eludes his enemies who are hunting him down for witnessing a crime.


"Bullet" (1999)
Viva Films
Release Date July 7, 1999
Screenplay Cesar Montano, Bien Ojeda
Cinematography Romeo Vitug
Film Editor Joyce Bernal
Production Design Alex Ochoa
Musical Director Edwin Ortega
Executive Producer Vic del Rosario, Jr.
Direction Cesar Montano
Cast Cesar Montano, Sunshine Cruz, Jay Manalo/ Also starring Celia Rodriguez, Amy Austria, Rommel Montano, Rufa Mae Quinto, Cris Vertido, Spanky Manikan, Daniella, Jethro Dionisio, Precious Valencia, Eugene Domingo



Wednesday, March 13, 2024

OSCAR'S BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS (1948- 2023)- UPDATED



2023 --  THE ZONE OF INTEREST  - United Kingdom
2022 -- ALL QUIET ON THE WSTERN FRONT - Germany
2021 -- DRIVE MY CAR- Japan
2020 -- ANOTHER ROUND ( Original title- DRUK) - Denmark
2019 -- PARASITE- South Korea
2018 -- ROMA- Mexico
2017 -- A FANTASTIC WOMAN- Chile
2016 -- THE SALESMAN- Iran
2015 -- SON OF SAUL- Hungary
2014 -- IDA- Poland
2013 -- THE GREAT BEAUTY- Italy
2012 -- AMOUR- Austria
2011 -- A SEPARATION- Iran
2010 -- IN A BETTER WORLD- Denmark
2009-- EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (The Secret in Their Eyes)- Argentina
2008-- DEPARTURES - Japan
2007-- THE COUNTERFEITERS - Austria
2006-- THE LIVES OF OTHERS - Germany
2005-- TSOTSI - South Africa
2004-- THE SEA INSIDE - Spain
2003-- THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS - Canada
2002-- NOWHERE IN AFRICA - Germany
2001-- NO MAN’S LAND – Bosnia/Herzegovina
2000-- CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON – Taiwan
1999-- ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER – Spain
1998-- LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL – Italy
1997-- CHARACTER – The Netherlands
1996-- KOLYA – Czech Republic
1995-- ANTONIA’S LINE – The Netherlands
1994-- BURNT BY THE SUN – Russia
1993-- BELLE EPOQUE – Spain
1992-- INDOCHINE – France
1991-- MEDITERRANEO – Italy
1990-- JOURNEY OF HOPE – Switzerland
1989-- CINEMA PARADIS0 – Italy
1988-- PELLE THE CONQUEROR – Denmark
1987-- BABETTE’S FEAST – Denmark
1986-- THE ASSAULT – The Netherlands
1985-- THE OFFICIAL STORY – Argentina
1984-- DANGEROUS MOVES – Switzerland
1983-- FANNY & ALEXANDER – Sweden
1982-- VOLVER A EMPEZAR ( To Begin Again) – Spain
1981-- MEPHISTO – Hungary
1980-- MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS - USSR
1979-- THE TIN DRUM – Federal Republic of Germany
1978-- GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS – France
1977-- MADAME ROSA – France
1976-- BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR – Ivory Coast
1975-- DERSU UZALA – Union Soviet Socialist Republic
1974-- AMARCORD – Italy
1973-- DAY FOR NIGHT – France
1972-- THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISE- France
1971-- THE GARDEN OF FINZI-CONTINIS – Italy
1970-- INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION – Italy
1969-- Costa Gavras’ Z – Algeria
1968-- WAR AND PEACE – USSR
1967-- CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS – Czechoslovakia
1966-- A MAN AND A WOMAN – France
1965-- THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET – Czechoslovakia
1964-- YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW – Italy
1963-- Federico Fellini’s 8 ½ - Italy
1962-- SUNDAYS AND CYBELE – France
1961-- THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY – Sweden
1960-- THE VIRGIN SPRING – Sweden
1959-- BLACK ORPHEUS – France
1958-- MY UNCLE (MON ONCLE) – France
1957-- THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA – Italy
1956-- LA STRADA - -Italy
1955-- SAMURAI, THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI – Japan
1954-- GATE OF HELL – Japan
1953-- N/A
1952-- FORBIDDEN GAMES – France
1951-- RASHOMON – Japan
1950-- THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA – France/Italy
1949-- THE BICYCLE THIEF – Italy
1948-- MONSIEUR VINCENT - France






















OSCAR'S BEST PICTURES: FROM 1928 TO 2023/ UPDATED



2023- OPPENHEIMER
2022- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
2021- CODA
2020- NOMADLAND
2019- PARASITE
2018- GREEN BOOK
2017 -- THE SHAPE OF WATER
2016 -- MOONLIGHT
2015 -- SPOTLIGHT
2014 -- BIRDMAN
2013 -- 12 YEARS A SLAVE
2012 -- ARGO
2011 -- THE ARTIST
2010 -- THE KING'S SPEECH
2009 -- THE HURT LOCKER
2008 -- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 
2007 -- NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
2006 -- THE DEPARTED
2005 -- CRASH 
2004 -- MILLION DOLLAR BABY 
2003 -- THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 
2002 -- CHICAGO
2001 -- A BEAUTIFUL MIND
2000 -- GLADIATOR
1999 -- AMERICAN BEAUTY
1998 -- SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1997 -- TITANIC
1996 -- THE ENGLISH PATIENT
1995 -- BRAVEHEART
1994 -- FORREST GUMP
1993 -- SCHINDLER’S LIST
1992 -- UNFORGIVEN
1991 -- THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990 -- DANCES WITH WOLVES
1989 -- DRIVING MISS DAISY
1988 -- RAIN MAN
1987 -- THE LAST EMPEROR
1986 -- PLATOON
1985 -- OUT OF AFRICA
1984 -- AMADEUS 
1983 -- TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
1982 -- GANDHI
1981 -- CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1980 -- ORDINARY PEOPLE
1979 -- KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1978 -- DEER HUNTER
1977 -- ANNIE HALL
1976 -- ROCKY
1975 -- ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
1974 -- THE GODFATHER II
1973 -- THE STING
1972 -- THE GODFATHER I
1971 -- THE FRENCH CONNECTION
1970 -- PATTON
1969 -- MIDNIGHT COWBOY
1968 -- OLIVER
1967 -- IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1966 -- A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS 
1965 -- THE SOUND OF MUSIC
1964 -- MY FAIR LADY
1963 -- TOM JONES
1962 -- LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 
1961 -- WEST SIDE STORY
1960 -- THE APARTMENT
1959 -- BEN-HUR
1958 -- GIGI
1957 -- THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
1956 -- AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
1955 -- MARTY
1954 -- ON THE WATERFRONT
1953 -- FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
1952 -- THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
1951 -- AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
1950 -- ALL ABOUT EVE
1949 -- ALL THE KING’S MEN
1948 -- HAMLET
1947 -- GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT
1946 -- THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
1945 -- THE LOST WEEKEND
1944 -- GOING MY WAY 
1943 -- CASABLANCA
1942 -- MRS. MINIVER
1941 -- HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
1940 -- REBECCA
1939 -- GONE WITH THE WIND
1938 -- YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
1937 -- THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
1936 -- THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
1935 -- MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
1934 -- IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1933 -- CAVALCADE
1932 -- GRAND HOTEL
1931 -- CIMARRON
1930 -- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
1929 -- BROADWAY MELODY
1928 -- WINGS















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