Ayala Malls Cinemas, in partnership with Viva Films, presents back-to-back feature films this May 13, a nostalgic throwback to Philippine cinema with “Bagets,” and a gripping Vietnamese horror-fantasy experience with “The Demon Prince.”   With Ayala Malls Cinemas’ “A Rewind” initiative with Viva Films, audiences can relive the ultimate barkada film “Bagets,” starring Aga Muhlach, William Martinez, Herbert Bautista, JC Bonnin, and Raymond Lauchengco. One of Philippines’ most beloved coming-of-age films, “Bagets’ is perfect for longtime fans of the 80s matinee idols and for the GenZ moviegoers discovering them for the first time, the film revisits the joys, humor, and...

From “Weapons” and “Barbarian” director comes a thrilling new nightmare, “Resident Evil.” The film, inspired by the hit survival-horror video game series of the same name, stars Austin Abrams in a brand new story. Abrams plays Bryan, a medical courier whose fate puts him through a terrifying night of chaos.     “Resident Evil” arrives in Philippine cinemas, including IMAX, in September.   About Resident Evil:   From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling – and terrifying – reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise. In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams),...

A curious list of suspects is investigated by an even more unusual group of woolly crime-solvers in The Sheep Detectives. The rolling green hills of George’s (Hugh Jackman) farm are the perfect home for his devoted flock. The charming shepherd has a nightly routine of reading murder mysteries to the fluffy audience, and their peaceful life is shattered when the sheep discover George dead one morning. Determined to catch their shepherd’s killer, the flock gets on the case, with some humans tagging along to help.   To complement the all-star voice cast for the sheep, we also meet a colorful...

There is no light where we’re going. Colleen Hoover’s The New York Times best-selling psychological thriller “Verity” gets adapted for the big screen. The film stars Anne Hathaway as renowned author Verity Crawford, Dakota Johnson as writer Lowen Ashleigh, and Josh Hartnett as Verity’s husband Jeremy.     Get ready as “Verity” is out in Philippine cinemas soon.   About Verity:   Adapted from Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, this seductive, psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson), a struggling writer who relocates to the remote Crawford estate to ghostwrite for Verity. After Lowen...

130 million people take road trips every year. 15,400 of them are never seen again. Passenger, directed by André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), stars Lou Llobell (TV series Foundation), Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for Life, Bad Boys: Ride or Die) and Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter). Passenger opens in the Philippines only in cinemas May 27.     Official synopsis:  After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won’t stop until it claims them both turns their...