Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2014
01-10 August
Hari Ng Tondo - Carlos Siguion-Reyna
The Janitor - Michael Tuviera
Children's Show - Roderick Cabrido
Dagitab (Sparks) - Giancarlo Abrahan V
K’na, The Dreamweaver - Ida Anita Q. Del Mundo
Ronda - Nick Olanka
Separados - GB Sampedro
Sundalong Kanin - Janice O'Hara / Denise O'Hara
Badil - Chito Roño
SHORTS
Asan Si Lolo Mê? - Sari Estrada
Mga Ligaw Na Paruparo - J.E. Tiglao
Padulong Sa Pinuy-anan - Eden Villarba
The Ordinary Things We Do - David R. Corpuz
Tiya Bening - Ralph Quijano
Eyeball - Thop Nazareno
Ina-Tay - Chloe Anne A. Veloso
Indayog Ng Nayatamak - Joris Fernandez
Lola - Kevin Ang
Nakabibinging Kadiliman - Paolo O’Hara
40th Metro Manila Film Festival New Wave
17-24 December
Mulat (Awaken) - Maria Diane C. Ventura
Gemini - Ato Bautista
M. (Mother's Maiden Name) - Zig Madamba Dulay
Magkakabaung (The Coffin Maker) - Jason Paul Laxamana
Maratabat (Pride And Honor) - Arlyn Dela Cruz
SHORTS
Siyanawa - Gio Franco Alpuente
Bimyana - Kim Zuniga
Ang Soltera - Michelle Soriano
Kalaw - Immy Rempis
Kubli - Regine Ynieto
ANIMATION
An Maogmang Lugar - Mary Ann Espedido
Cherry - Dustin Uy
Gymsnatch - Eric Dequitos
Isip-Bata - Eugene Ceriola / Keith Bercero
Shifter - Jerico Valentino C. Fuentes
40th Metro Manila Film Festival
25 December 2014 - 07 January 2015
Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo - Enzo Williams
English Only, Please - Dan Villegas
Feng Shui 2 - Chito Roño
Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2 - Erik Matti
Muslim Magnum .357 - Francis "Jun" Posadas
My Big Bossing - Tony Reyes / Marlon Rivera / Joyce Bernal
The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin - Wenn Deramas
Shake, Rattle & Roll XV - Dondon Santos / Jerrold Tarog / Perci Intalan
MONG'S TOP MOVIES OF 2014
86. The Giver - Phillip Noyce
85. The Janitor - Michael Tuviera
84. Rio 2 - Carlos Saldanha
83. ABNKKBSNPLAko?! The Movie - Mark Meily
82. Bride For Rent - Mae Cruz
81. +1 - Dennis Iliadis
80. Starting Over Again - Olivia M. Lamasan
79. Dark Touch - Marina De Van
78. Noah - Darren Aronofsky
77. Island Dreams - Gino M. Santos / Aloy Adlawan
76. Stonehearst Asylum - Brad Anderson
75. Maleficent - Robert Stromberg
74. A Walk Among The Tombstones - Scott Frank
73. #Y - Gino M. Santos
72. Enemy - Denis Villeneuve
71. Grand Piano - Eugenio Mira
70. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends - Keishi Ōtomo
69. Case Closed: Dimensional Sniper - Kobun Shizuno
68. What If - Michael Dowse
67. The Homesman - Tommy Lee Jones
66. 12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief - Amir Bar-Lev
65. 1st Ko Si 3rd - Real Florido
64. Barber's Tales - Jun Lana
63. Beauty In A Bottle - Antoinette Jadaone
62. Kill The Messenger - Michael Cuesta
61. Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear - Isaac Florentine
60. The Book Of Life - Jorge Gutierrez
59. Fury - David Ayer
58. The Drop - Michaël R. Roskam
57. Ibong Adarna: The Pinoy Adventure - Jun Urbano
56. John Wick - Chad Stahelski / David Leitch (uncredited)
55. Relaks, It's Just Pag-Ibig - Irene Villamor / Antoinette Jadaone
54. 47 Ronin - Carl Rinsch
53. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - Kenneth Branagh
52. Need For Speed - Scott Waugh
51. Dementia - Perci Intalan
50. Lucy - Luc Besson
49. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Marc Webb
48. Muppets Most Wanted - James Bobin
47. The Maze Runner - Wes Ball
46. The Rover - David Michôd
45. Oculus - Mike Flanagan
44. The Book Thief - Brian Percival
43. Mr. Peabody & Sherman - Rob Minkoff
42. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Ben Stiller
41. Third Eye - Aloy Adlawan
40. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - Francis Lawrence
39. Godzilla - Gareth Edwards
38. Hari Ng Tondo - Carlos Siguion-Reyna
37. The Boxtrolls - Graham Annable / Anthony Stacchi
36. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies - Peter Jackson
35. Bang Bang Alley - Ely Buendia / King Palisoc / Yan Yuzon
34. Under The Skin - Jonathan Glazer
33. She's Dating The Gangster - Cathy Garcia-Molina
32. Begin Again - John Carney
31. All Is Lost - J. C. Chandor
30. 22 Jump Street - Phil Lord / Christopher Miller
29. Saving Mr. Banks - John Lee Hancock
28. Chef - Jon Favreau
27. Snowpiercer - Bong Joon-ho
26. T'yanak - Peque Gallaga / Lore Reyes
25. The Fault In Our Stars - Josh Boone
24. American Hustle - David O. Russell
23. Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno - Keishi Ōtomo
22. Interstellar - Christopher Nolan
21. The Babadook - Jennifer Kent
20. The Raid 2: Berandal - Gareth Evans
19. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Anthony Russo / Joe Russo
18. The Wolf Of Wall Street - Martin Scorsese
17. Nebraska - Alexander Payne
16. Edge Of Tomorrow - Doug Liman
15. X-Men: Days Of Future Past - Bryan Singer
14. NORTE: HANGGANAN NG KASAYSAYAN
Director: Lav Diaz
Cast: Sid Lucero / Angeli Bayani / Archie Alemania
Angelina Kanapi / Soliman Cruz
Mae Paner / Hazel Orencio
Distributor: Cinema Guild
Release Date: 31 March 2014
Box Office: $10,457 (WW)
"It is the work of a director as fascinated by decency as by ugliness, and able to present the chaos of life in a series of pictures that are at once luminously clear
and endlessly mysterious."
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
13. NIGHTCRAWLER
Director: Dan Gilroy
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal / Rene Russo / Riz Ahmed / Bill Paxton
Distributor: Open Road Films
Release Date: 12 November 2014
Box Office: PHP1,400,155
$38,312,262 (WW)
"This is a classic film, not just because every scene and line is casually beautiful and devoid of extraneous touches,
but because its tone is mercilessly exact."
Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com
12. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Cast: Matthew McConaughey / Jennifer Garner / Jared Leto
Distributor: Focus Features
Release Date: 07 May 2014
Box Office: $55,198,285 (WW)
"The film manages to educate without ever feeling didactic, and to entertain in the face of what would, to any other character,
seem like a grim life sentence."
Peter Debruge, Variety
11. WHIPLASH
Director: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Miles Teller / J. K. Simmons / Paul Reiser
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: 15 October 2014
Box Office: PHP298,639
$6,803,092 (WW)
"If you can appreciate the sight of two totally dialed-in performers simmering until they boil over, that's enough. And P.S., that's pretty much the definition of jazz."
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
10. HER
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix / Amy Adams / Rooney Mara
Olivia Wilde / Scarlett Johansson
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: 26 February 2014
Box Office: PHP1,192,896
$47,351,251 (WW)
"Her is an outstanding movie, in part because of its originality, but also because of its execution. It isn’t the indictment of technology or a comment on its isolating effects one might expect. Instead it’s something trickier, an honest-to-goodness romance like we’ve never seen before,
one that knows it’s not important
where we find love, just that we do."
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ellar Coltrane / Patricia Arquette
Lorelei Linklater / Ethan Hawke
Distributor: IFC Films
Release Date: 03 December 2014
Box Office: $43,442,768 (WW)
"What makes Linklater great is that he possesses the modesty and confidence to simply observe banal, otherwise forgettable non-events, then invest them with scale and sweep and deep significance. As a film that dares to honor small moments and the life they add up to, Boyhood isn’t just a masterpiece. It’s a miracle."
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Ralph Fiennes / F. Murray Abraham / Edward Norton
Mathieu Amalric / Saoirse Ronan / Adrien Brody
Willem Dafoe / Léa Seydoux / Jeff Goldblum
Jason Schwartzman / Jude Law / Tilda Swinton
Harvey Keitel / Tom Wilkinson / Bill Murray
Owen Wilson / Tony Revolori
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: 19 April 2014
Box Office: PHP2,989,036
$174,576,019 (WW)
"Anderson doesn’t milk nostalgia, in the misty-eyed old Hollywood mode, but turns it on its head. We find ourselves situated in a roomy and delectable vision of the past, feeling oddly nostalgic for the present."
Tim Robey, The Telegraph
7. BIG HERO 6
Director: Don Hall / Chris Williams
Based on Big Hero 6 by Man of Action
Cast: Ryan Potter / Scott Adsit / Daniel Henney / T. J. Miller
Jamie Chung / Damon Wayans, Jr. / Génesis Rodríguez
Maya Rudolph / James Cromwell
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release Date: 06 November 2014
Box Office: PHP141,792,437
$378,961,351 (WW)
"Amid all the nerd-inspired firepower that gives the movie much of its flash, the big boy's droning tone proves to be the film's stealth weapon, perfect for pulling off
highly targeted comic strikes.
Pow, pow, kaboom, cuddle."
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Director: Steve McQueen
Based on Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor / Michael Fassbender
Benedict Cumberbatch / Paul Dano / Paul Giamatti
Lupita Nyong'o / Sarah Paulson
Brad Pitt / Alfre Woodard
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: 05 March 2014
Box Office: PHP3,517,915
$187,733,202 (WW)
"There has never been a movie like
12 Years A Slave, which is Hollywood's shame. Miss it, and that mistake is yours."
Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times
5. THE LEGO MOVIE
Director: Phil Lord / Christopher Miller
Based on Lego Construction Toys
Cast: Chris Pratt / Will Ferrell / Elizabeth Banks / Will Arnett
Nick Offerman / Alison Brie / Charlie Day
Liam Neeson / Morgan Freeman
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: 06 February 2014
Box Office: PHP51,395,295
$468,060,692 (WW)
"They’ve made a clever, vividly imagined, consistently funny, eye-poppingly pretty and oddly profound movie... about Legos."
Dana Stevens, Slate
Director: David Fincher
Based on Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Cast: Ben Affleck / Rosamund Pike
Neil Patrick Harris / Tyler Perry
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 08 October 2014
Box Office: PHP24,892,126
$362,316,833 (WW)
"Because when you break it all down, this is just a really absurd story. It’s a crazy mystery that bends on an absolutely ridiculous twist. And yet, people are debating what it all means. This is the greatest trick it has managed to pull off. Through sheer craft,
it has allowed people to believe."
Philbert Ortiz Dy, ClickTheCity.com
Director: Matt Reeves
Based on Planet Of The Apes by Pierre Boulle
Cast: Andy Serkis / Jason Clarke / Gary Oldman / Keri Russell
Toby Kebbell / Kodi Smit-McPhee
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 09 July 2014
Box Office: PHP118,936,764
$708,835,589 (WW)
"I told you this would sound silly in the retelling, and I'll risk making it - or myself - sound more so by adding that Caesar has a tragic sense of the impending combat.
'He's more than just an ape,'
Malcolm says admiringly.
This is more than just an ape movie."
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Director: Dean DeBlois
Based on How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Cast: Jay Baruchel / Cate Blanchett / Gerard Butler
Craig Ferguson / America Ferrera / Jonah Hill
Christopher Mintz-Plasse / T.J. Miller / Kristen Wiig
Djimon Hounsou / Kit Harington
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 11 June 2014
Box Office: PHP142,612,737
$618,909,935 (WW)
"It’s not about the world catching up to understand poor, lonesome Hiccup.
It’s about Hiccup catching up
to the expectations of the world
on his own terms."
John Semley, The Globe And Mail (Toronto)
Director: James Gunn
Based on Guardians Of The Galaxy
by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Cast: Chris Pratt / Zoe Saldana / Dave Bautista
Vin Diesel / Bradley Cooper / Lee Pace
Michael Rooker / Karen Gillan
Djimon Hounsou / John C. Reilly
Glenn Close / Benicio del Toro
Distributor: Walt Disney
Release Date: 31 July 2014
Box Office: PHP239,236,166
$772,655,258 (WW)
"If you’re old enough to remember when sci-fi and comic books were fun, Guardians Of The Galaxy will be your new favorite movie. If you’re not, it will set a standard for everything you see. Surrender, earthlings.
It’s the Guardians’ world and you’ll be happy to live in it."
It’s the Guardians’ world and you’ll be happy to live in it."
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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