Spanky Manikan

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Bona (1980)

A scorned teenager gets revenge on the aging gigolo who took advantage of her while pursuing other women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lino Brocka
CAST:  Nora Aunor  •  Phillip Salvador  •  Marissa Delgado  •  Raquel Monteza

A scorned teenager gets revenge on the aging gigolo who took advantage of her while pursuing other women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lino Brocka
CAST:  Nora Aunor  •  Phillip Salvador  •  Marissa Delgado  •  Raquel Monteza

The Reaper (2001)

A group of prisoners was secretly commissioned by Gen. Torre to fight those who intend to destabilize the government. And after successfully ridding the system of scalawags, they were promised that their records will be cleared as well as reinstatement in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cesar Montano
CAST:  Cesar Montano  •  Josephine Canonizado  •  Rommel Montano  •  Daniel Fernando

A group of prisoners was secretly commissioned by Gen. Torre to fight those who intend to destabilize the government. And after successfully ridding the system of scalawags, they were promised that their records will be cleared as well as reinstatement in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cesar Montano
CAST:  Cesar Montano  •  Josephine Canonizado  •  Rommel Montano  •  Daniel Fernando

Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story (2013)

Alfredo S. Lim has just been awarded as one of Manila's ten most outstanding policemen. The celebration has abruptly ended when one of his co-honorees is killed while trying to stop a robbery. Lim tracks down these criminals which ruffles the feathers of powerful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cesar Montano
CAST:  Cesar Montano  •  Alessandra de Rossi  •  Nonie Buencamino  •  Tirso Cruz III

Alfredo S. Lim has just been awarded as one of Manila's ten most outstanding policemen. The celebration has abruptly ended when one of his co-honorees is killed while trying to stop a robbery. Lim tracks down these criminals which ruffles the feathers of powerful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cesar Montano
CAST:  Cesar Montano  •  Alessandra de Rossi  •  Nonie Buencamino  •  Tirso Cruz III

Buhay Kamao (2001)

Pepe upon the order of his father did not want anything to do with boxing, after all it was boxing which took his brother’s life. But the easy money involved in the sport attracted him when he was desperate to pay off a long standing debt he incurred during the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joyce E. Bernal  •  Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario
CAST:  Robin Padilla  •  Rica Peralejo  •  Kristine Mangle  •  Bobby Andrews

Pepe upon the order of his father did not want anything to do with boxing, after all it was boxing which took his brother’s life. But the easy money involved in the sport attracted him when he was desperate to pay off a long standing debt he incurred during the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joyce E. Bernal  •  Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario
CAST:  Robin Padilla  •  Rica Peralejo  •  Kristine Mangle  •  Bobby Andrews

Amok (2011)

The bustling and sweltering rugged intersection of Pasay Rotonda serves as the main setting for this story of interconnected fate and destiny. As a raging man's bullets strays into different directions, the fate of several different characters are sealed and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Fajardo
CAST:  Mark Gil  •  Nonie Buencamino  •  Gary Lim  •  Efren Reyes Jr.

The bustling and sweltering rugged intersection of Pasay Rotonda serves as the main setting for this story of interconnected fate and destiny. As a raging man's bullets strays into different directions, the fate of several different characters are sealed and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Fajardo
CAST:  Mark Gil  •  Nonie Buencamino  •  Gary Lim  •  Efren Reyes Jr.

Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lino Brocka
CAST:  Bembol Roco  •  Hilda Koronel  •  Lou Salvador Jr.  •  Joonee Gamboa

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lino Brocka
CAST:  Bembol Roco  •  Hilda Koronel  •  Lou Salvador Jr.  •  Joonee Gamboa

Forever and a Day (2011)

Eugene arrives in Bukidnon with only one intention: to forget his problems at work. But when he meets Raffy and as they travel and go on ridiculous and death-defying activities together, they start to form a friendship that goes beyond Euge’s original plan. Raffy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cathy Garcia-Sampana
CAST:  Sam Milby  •  KC Concepcion  •  Rayver Cruz  •  Dante Rivero

Eugene arrives in Bukidnon with only one intention: to forget his problems at work. But when he meets Raffy and as they travel and go on ridiculous and death-defying activities together, they start to form a friendship that goes beyond Euge’s original plan. Raffy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cathy Garcia-Sampana
CAST:  Sam Milby  •  KC Concepcion  •  Rayver Cruz  •  Dante Rivero

Behind Enemy Lines (1997)

An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Griffiths
CAST:  Mon Confiado  •  Spanky Manikan  •  Leon Miguel  •  Nonie Buencamino

An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Griffiths
CAST:  Mon Confiado  •  Spanky Manikan  •  Leon Miguel  •  Nonie Buencamino

Broken Marriage (1983)

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishmael Bernal
CAST:  Vilma Santos  •  Christopher de Leon  •  Orestes Ojeda  •  Lito Pimentel

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishmael Bernal
CAST:  Vilma Santos  •  Christopher de Leon  •  Orestes Ojeda  •  Lito Pimentel

Bullet (1999)

He has the mind and temper of a young child but when it comes to guns, Bullet (Cesar Montano) is as adept as a highly trained marksman. But this very special talent comes into a harrowing play when Bullet accidentally films gangsters beating up a kidnap victim and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cesar Montano
CAST:  Cesar Montano  •  Sunshine Cruz  •  Jay Manalo  •  Celia Rodriguez

He has the mind and temper of a young child but when it comes to guns, Bullet (Cesar Montano) is as adept as a highly trained marksman. But this very special talent comes into a harrowing play when Bullet accidentally films gangsters beating up a kidnap victim and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cesar Montano
CAST:  Cesar Montano  •  Sunshine Cruz  •  Jay Manalo  •  Celia Rodriguez

Kulimlim (2004)

A man takes the law into his own hands when his wife's rapists are released from prison on a technicality, only to be possessed by the spirits of the criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maryo J. de los Reyes
CAST:  Robin Padilla  •  Tanya Garcia  •  Jhong Hilario  •  Marky Lopez

A man takes the law into his own hands when his wife's rapists are released from prison on a technicality, only to be possessed by the spirits of the criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maryo J. de los Reyes
CAST:  Robin Padilla  •  Tanya Garcia  •  Jhong Hilario  •  Marky Lopez

Fatal Vacation (1990)

A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Tsang
CAST:  Eric Tsang  •  Irene Wan  •  Tang Pik-Wan  •  Victor Wong

A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Tsang
CAST:  Eric Tsang  •  Irene Wan  •  Tang Pik-Wan  •  Victor Wong

Ploning (2008)

In the picturesque island of Cuyo, Palawan, an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel docks carrying the fisherman named Muo Sei, a man looking for something or someone with the name Ploning. He has from sunrise to sundown to look for this "Ploning".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dante Nico Garcia
CAST:  Judy Ann Santos  •  Gina Pareño  •  Mylene Dizon  •  Meryll Soriano

In the picturesque island of Cuyo, Palawan, an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel docks carrying the fisherman named Muo Sei, a man looking for something or someone with the name Ploning. He has from sunrise to sundown to look for this "Ploning".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dante Nico Garcia
CAST:  Judy Ann Santos  •  Gina Pareño  •  Mylene Dizon  •  Meryll Soriano

Deathrow (2000)

A neglected and unloved orphan raised by poor relatives in the slums of Manila is wrongfully convicted of murder that resulted from a heist he was compelled to join. Unable to prove his innocence and his minor age, he is thrown into the cruel, perilous and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Lamangan
CAST:  Eddie Garcia  •  Cogie Domingo  •  Jaclyn Jose  •  Allan Paule

A neglected and unloved orphan raised by poor relatives in the slums of Manila is wrongfully convicted of murder that resulted from a heist he was compelled to join. Unable to prove his innocence and his minor age, he is thrown into the cruel, perilous and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Lamangan
CAST:  Eddie Garcia  •  Cogie Domingo  •  Jaclyn Jose  •  Allan Paule

The Strangers (2012)

A family becomes trapped in a village full of mysterious people and transforms into black dogs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Fajardo
CAST:  Enchong Dee  •  Julia Montes  •  Enrique Gil  •  JM de Guzman

A family becomes trapped in a village full of mysterious people and transforms into black dogs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Fajardo
CAST:  Enchong Dee  •  Julia Montes  •  Enrique Gil  •  JM de Guzman

Alienasyon (2014)

A retired university professor who refused to leave his home in the campus despite an administrative order for eviction. With his whole life bearing witness to Diliman estate's evolution, he is the only remaining gatekeeper of the histories of his homeland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnel Mardoquio
CAST:  Spanky Manikan  •  Jess Mendoza  •  Tessie Tomas  •  Meryll Soriano

A retired university professor who refused to leave his home in the campus despite an administrative order for eviction. With his whole life bearing witness to Diliman estate's evolution, he is the only remaining gatekeeper of the histories of his homeland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnel Mardoquio
CAST:  Spanky Manikan  •  Jess Mendoza  •  Tessie Tomas  •  Meryll Soriano

Himala Ngayon (2012)

A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest Asian films of all time. The revelations about the theory of "Who killed Elsa?" will be answered and also, the impact ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keith Sicat  •  Sari Dalena
CAST:  Nora Aunor  •  Ishmael Bernal  •  Ricardo Lee  •  Charo Santos-Concio

A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest Asian films of all time. The revelations about the theory of "Who killed Elsa?" will be answered and also, the impact ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keith Sicat  •  Sari Dalena
CAST:  Nora Aunor  •  Ishmael Bernal  •  Ricardo Lee  •  Charo Santos-Concio

Himala (1982)

When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values. Soon, Elsa is healing people with a variety of ailments. As word of this phenomenon spreads, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishmael Bernal
CAST:  Nora Aunor  •  Spanky Manikan  •  Vangie Labalan  •  Gigi Dueñas

When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values. Soon, Elsa is healing people with a variety of ailments. As word of this phenomenon spreads, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishmael Bernal
CAST:  Nora Aunor  •  Spanky Manikan  •  Vangie Labalan  •  Gigi Dueñas

Saigon Commandos (1988)

A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nosey reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin trade and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clark Henderson
CAST:  Richard Young  •  P.J. Soles  •  John Allen Nelson  •  Jimmy Bridges

A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nosey reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin trade and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clark Henderson
CAST:  Richard Young  •  P.J. Soles  •  John Allen Nelson  •  Jimmy Bridges

Dung-Aw (1975)

Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish officials to buy rice and tobacco at the price they prefer). The year is 1762 and the British invade Manila, the childless ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lino Brocka
CAST:  Armida Siguion-Reyna  •  Mario Montenegro  •  Bey Vito  •  Ven Medina

Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish officials to buy rice and tobacco at the price they prefer). The year is 1762 and the British invade Manila, the childless ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lino Brocka
CAST:  Armida Siguion-Reyna  •  Mario Montenegro  •  Bey Vito  •  Ven Medina
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