Star Cinema is alarmed by the sharing of links to copies of The Achy Breaky Hearts on Facebook while the movie is still being shown on cinemas nationwide.
In a statement sent to newspapers late this week, the movie production company of broadcasting giant stated, “The unauthorized posting of the movie, whether in full or in parts, on social media is a form of stealing that is prohibited by law.
“We strongly condemn this criminal act that slowly kills the film industry. We feel for the hundreds of staff and crew who worked so hard behind the camera just to produce a quality film for the enjoyment of moviegoers. We appeal to the public to join us in our crusade against piracy.
“If you encounter the illegal links to the film on social media, please do not share it and instead, report it to us by e-mailing report@abs-cbn.com.”
Well, fans are fans and they are eager to share their excitement over the movie. But they should be aware that what they have done is against the law and if they are caught, they’d be liable to the owners of the film. They can be imprisoned and asked to pay a fine of several thousands of pesos.
Just a reminder to fans, it doesn’t help to be so eager and share your eagerness by way of downloading a movie from a website of pirated movies and sharing the same to fellow fans. If you are a fan, show your support to your idols in a legal way. Watch the movie and tell other fans to do the same.
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Star Movies mounts 7th Movie Marathon
Star Movies kept moviegoers up on their feet all day and all night on June 27 for the Star Movies Move-A-Thon. The movie marathon required non-stop dancing from contenders that wanted to be declared the Philippines’ ultimate film lovers.
Groups of avid film viewers shimmied and shook their “groove thang” for up to 24 hours straight while watching the best and most popular movie musicals of all time—all for the chance to win the grand prize of P200, 000.00.
With each movie binge embracing a different theme, Star Movies marathons have been highly successful, garnering thousands of entries each time. Starting with a straight-up movie marathon with unlimited food and drinks in 2010, the Star Movies marathon was upgraded with a fitness theme with yoga and other physical challenges in 2012; a rigid boot camp theme in 2013, where the grand prize was awarded to just one hardy individual; and a scare-a-thon of all horror movies in 2015, where 500 participants were required to sit completely still until one winner remained.
The Star Movies Move-A-Thon is the channel’s seventh movie marathon, and it was the first time that viewers were allowed to compete in teams. Contestants danced non-stop for an entire day while watching the most entertaining musicals in movie history, and because of the nature of the contest, Star Movies took the movie marathon out of the cinemas and onto the dance floor, holding it in the nightlife mecca of House Manila at Resorts World Manila. The channel and partner sponsors also provided contestants with food and beverages throughout the day.
Not only did the teams have to move continuously throughout the contest, all while enjoying memorable films, but they also had to go through various challenges in order to earn their bathroom breaks. Contestants scrambled to follow the rigid requirements of the movie marathon while thinking of their teammates’ physical comfort, resulting in a fun and chaotic dance-party-slash-movie-marathon that went down in Star Movies history. In the end, the last team dancing—and watching—was declared the winner of the movie marathon. The five team members had the privilege of sharing the grand prize of P200,000.00.
“We were so excited to continue Star Movies’ tradition of exciting movie marathons this year and add another cool twist to up the game. Star Movies Move-A-Thon certainly brought the most dedicated film lovers out of the woodwork and onto the dance floor, and we’re proud to be handing the prize over this year to those who really worked for it, had a lot of fun, and really deserved it,” said Charo Espedido, director and head of Marketing for FOX International Channels.
The Star Movies Move-A-Thon was brought to you by FOX Networks Group in cooperation with Listerine: Bring Out The Bold, 5 Star Cadbury: The latest, happiest, craziest Cadbury in town #youthinkyoucan, and Dolfenal “para laging good vibes, magdolfenal”, official venue partner, Resorts World Manila, Nothing Compares, and House Manila and official coffee partner, Bo’s Coffee, Your Homegrown Coffee.
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Cesar Montano pumps up the action in ‘FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano’
The audience will witness more thrilling scenes every night as action star Cesar Montano joins the cast of the country’s top series FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano.
Don’t miss Cesar as he plays Hector, a hit man hired by Tomas (Albert Martinez) and Don Emilio (Eddie Garcia), tasked to put down Cardo’s (Coco Martin) grandfather Delfin (Jaime Fabregas) to stop him from further investigating their illegal business.
Joining Cesar in pumping up the action are seasoned actors Eddie Gutierrez and Bembol Roco with Kapamilya actress Meg Imperial.
With the new characters to watch out for, the action-series continues to prove its supremacy in primetime and even hit a national TV rating of 44.2 percent last Monday (July 4), easily beating its rival show Poor Señorita, which only got 14.7 percent (data from Kantar Media). Watch out for the action-packed scenes in the number one teleserye, FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, weeknights on ABS-CBN or on ABS-CBN HD (SkyCable Ch 167).
Catch up on the program’s past episodes via iWanTV.com and skyondemand.com.ph for Sky subscribers.
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Bud Spencer and Maciste :
A common thread in Italian B-cinema
by alessandro milani
A few days ago, a giant (literally) of the Italian cinema passed away at the age of 86. His name was Carlo Pedersoli, known the world over as Bud Spencer. From the late 60s through the 80s, he starred in dozens of Italian B-films that poked fun at popular Hollywood genres such as Westerns and Who-Done-Its.
The films of this comedic and unusual superhero, broadcast by the RAI channels, were my best companions on Friday nights as a child and teenager.
Bud Spencer’s characters were always powerful. He usually played the brawny, generous, perhaps abit slow but goodhearted giant, always keen at throwing big punches at the baddies to defend the vulnerable.
It is interesting to note that this kind of character is common in the spectrum of Italian Cinema.
This year, both the Italian Pordenone Silent Film Festival (the biggest and most important silent film festival in Europe) and the Philippine-Italian Association, in the 10th edition of the International Silent Film Festival, the first of its kind in the whole Southeast Asia, taking place at Shangri-La Plaza Edsa from Aug. 25 to 28, are proposing a film of another “good giant”, another unusual (perhaps the first??) superhero of the world cinema – Maciste.
The name Maciste comes directly from an epithet of the mythological figure of Hercules. Maciste was a Herculean-like figure invented by the Italian writer, poet, playwright and adventurer, Gabriele D’Annunzio whose many films enjoyed immense success in the Italian film industry from 1915 to the mid1960s. From 1914 to 1929, there were 26 silent films about Maciste directed by different directors but only one had the privilege of playing the role, the actor Bartolomeo Pagano. His role as Maciste was consistently a powerful man using his massive strength to achieve heroic feats and protect the vulnerable.
Bud Spencer and Bartolomeo Pagano are by no means considered the best representations of Italian Cinema; Bud Spencer came from the world of sports, while Bartolomeo Pagano was a simple docker.
But they both reflect and nourish major characteristics in the Italian collective imagination that can still be found in Italian society and even history. I refer to the Italian trait of playing down and making light of things but also to their perhaps unconscious and paradoxical fascination for human strength.
Whether you agree or not, it can be safely said that the success that this type of characters have in our Cinema would definitely give you an insight to the Italian psyche that you would not find anywhere else.