A new, action-packed trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania,” which opens in Philippine theaters Feb. 15, 2023, just debuted. Kicking off Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the fast-paced, big-screen adventure features the MCU’s most powerful villain to date: Kang the Conqueror. Check out the trailer, plus a new poster and images, and please share with your readers.
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible. Directed by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige, p.g.a. and Stephen Broussard, p.g.a., “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” also stars Jonathan Majors as Kang, David Dastmalchian as Veb, Katy O’Brian as Jentorra, William Jackson Harper as Quaz and Bill Murray as Lord Krylar. The sci-fi adventure opens in Philippine theaters on Feb. 15, 2023.
Horror-comedy Renfield spurts non-stop action and thrills in its latest trailer reveal featuring Nicholas Hoult taking on the titular role as Dracula’s loyal and highly-stressed servant.
“Renfield” is a modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there’s a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness. If only he can figure out how to end his codependency.
“Renfield” is directed by Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War, The LEGO Batman Movie) from a screenplay by Ryan Ridley (Ghosted series, Rick & Morty series), based on an original idea by The Walking Dead and Invincible creator Robert Kirkman.
The film co-stars Awkwafina (The Farewell, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings), Ben Schwartz (Sonic, The Afterparty) and Adrian Martinez (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Focus).
“Renfield” is a Universal Pictures International release that will open in Philippine cinemas in April.
Fans of concerts are sure in for a treat this 2023 with an exciting lineup of performers slated to hit Metro Manila venues this year! From K-Pop stars to beloved boy bands, the year has something in store for anyone who wants to have that exhilarating experience that we had to miss out on for a few years due to the pandemic.
To help you plot out your concert plans this 2023, here’s a list of the big concerts happening this year. (Note: dates are subject to change without prior notice.)
ITZY ‘The 1st World Tour: Checkmate’
January 14, 7 PM & January 15, 6 PM | SM Mall of Asia Arena Buy tickets (P3,500 – P13,500)
This is for you, MIDZY!
We’ve added a second show on January 15, 2023, for ITZY THE 1ST WORLD TOUR <CHECKMATE> in Manila.
The Nothing Like Dunkin Fan Meet with Kim Soo Hyun
January 17, 7 PM | SMART Araneta Coliseum Buy tickets
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Reunite with family and friends and indulge in an epic Chinese New Year celebration at the Grand Ballroom on January 22, 2023, 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, complete with exceptional and authentic Chinese cuisine featuring a live cooking show by our Chinese master chefs, prosperity toss, and lion dance performance in an altogether dramatic setting for an occasion to remember all year long. The Chinese New Year set menu at the Grand Ballroom starts at PHP 25,888 net for six persons.
Savor sumptuous Chinese specialties at No. 8 China House, The Grand Kitchen and The Lounge as you celebrate good fortune, good health and a propitious 2023. Delight in a bountiful feast at No. 8 China House featuring specially-curated Chinese New Year set menus starting at PHP 14,880 net for four persons, available on January 21 and 22 for lunch and dinner. Enjoy intimate gatherings in any of the restaurant’s 7 private dining rooms for families or groups ranging from 4 to 22 persons. Guests may view the special menus at bit.ly/GHMCNY2023.
Diners may opt for a grand indulgence at The Grand Kitchen offering a special Chinese New Year buffet on the eve of January 21 and for lunch on January 22 at PHP 3,488 net per person. The guest-favorite Merienda Cena at The Lounge will also be serving traditional Chinese delicacies along with an exquisite spread of culinary creations to pair with tea, coffee, or free-flow rosé available from January 20 to 22 from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM at PHP 1,950 net.
Share the gift of good fortune and send prosperity greetings with Grand Hyatt Manila’s Chinese New Year specialty cake and signature Nian Gao in traditional brown sugar flavor, which comes in exquisite gift boxes making it a perfect present for families, friends, and associates. These sweet confections are available in Florentine and through Dine at Home from January 13 to 22, 2023.
For inquiries and reservations, call (63 2) 8838 1234 or email manila.grand@hyatt.com. For updates in its latest promotions, follow Grand Hyatt Manila on Instagram @grandhyattmanilaph and Facebook, www.facebook.com/GrandHyattManilaPh.
Famous for its Never-Ending garden-fresh salad, homemade soups, and fresh-baked, soft garlic breadsticks, Olive Garden is the largest American-Italian restaurant chain in the United States, where it operates more than 900 restaurants and employs more than 96,000 people.
Greg Balogh, Darden Regional Operations director, will be in Manila to attend the restaurant’s launch. A team of trainors from the USA is also in town to prepare the local staff for the opening. “We are excited to open our 2nd branch in the Philippines in a span of 3 months, on the heels of the success of our maiden store at the Mall of Asia. We are very pleased about the enthusiastic welcome that Filipinos accorded Olive Garden and we look forward to expanding the brand in more locations soon,” Balogh said.
Christopher Maglanoc, President of the Ayala Malls; William Stelton, Chairman of The Bistro Group; RC Tiongson, COO The Bistro Group; Jean Paul Manuud, President The Bistro Group and Greg Balogh, Darden International Operations Director
For his part, The Bistro Group’s President Jean Paul Manuud, said. “What we have with Darden Restaurants, Inc., the company behind Olive Garden, is a collaboration that’s been very positive from the start. We are happy to be working with them on building the brand and growing the business locally.” After Glorietta 3, The Bistro Group will open this year another Olive Garden branch.
Olive Garden’s menu offers classics like Chicken Alfredo, Lasagna, and Chicken Parmigiana, all prepared fresh with high quality ingredients. Other equally delicious dishes such as Tour of Italy with Chicken Parmigiana, Lasagna Classico and Fettucino Alfredo, the world famous Amazing Alfredos, and an Italian classic – Shrimp Scampi. In addition, the restaurant’s familiar style allows this to be the perfect place for families, groups of friends or colleagues, to enjoy a great meal and a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere.
A rustic stone passageway, that is inherent in all Olive Garden restaurants anywhere in the world, welcomes guests to the restaurant where the vibe is comfortable, fresh, cozy and modern with warm elements and olive green accents. The design of the interiors emanates with the Italian countryside through earth tones and natural textures.
Drop by and explore Italian-American cuisine at Olive Garden Glorietta which is open daily from 10am to 9pm.
vivo Philippines knows how to kickstart the brand new year 2023 right! Following the price drop announcement on the vivo Y15A, vivo launched new special offers on various smartphones including the vivo Y02 and vivo V25 Series when purchased via vivo’s official website.
With more exclusive freebies, it is definitely the best chance to grab the Slim Yet Powerful vivo Y02 and the Night Portrait Maser vivo V25 Series, at their unbeatable offers before January ends!
Product
Promo SRP
Freebies
vivo Y02
PHP 4,949
SIM CARD and Basic Earphones
vivo V25 Pro
PHP 29,599
SIM CARD, vivo Tumbler, and football TWS
vivo V25
PHP 23,599
SIM CARD, 2n1 Clock Speaker, and BT Neckband
vivo V25e
PHP 17,599
DITO SIM CARD and TWS
The vivo Y02 is a slim, minimalist and modern smartphone armed with everything one needs for your everyday hustle, including a large and powerful battery, smooth and lag-less performance, impressive storage capacity and a reliable camera. It also packs a 5000mAh battery that is able to keep your phone juiced and running the whole day and can even support 10W fast charging so that you can power up your phone in no time. This phone is also packed with a large storage capacity that has a size of 2GB + 32GB, a 6.51-inch Halo FullView display with 1600×720 resolution, and an 8MP Main Camera with Bokeh effect that can assist you with your daily errands.
Meanwhile, one of vivo’s best-selling flagship smartphones vivo V25 Series has three variants – vivo V25 Pro, vivo V25, and vivo V25e, that can match your needs especially if you are into advanced design and high-quality photography. The vivo V25 Series highlights Photochromic 2.0 technology which is a changing colour feature that seamlessly highlights the gradient of the sunset, or the elegance of diamond black. You can explore this feature on vivo V25e and vivo V25e’s Sunrise Gold colorway and vivo V25 Pro’s Surfing Blue colorway. Other than the design, the vivo V25 Series also packs compelling features like 64MP Ultra Sensing Imaging System, 50MP Eye AF Selfie Camera, and Flagship-Level Performance brought by 20GB Dynamic RAM, whopping battery capacity and fast-charging technology.
To learn more about the vivo Y02, V25 Series, and other participating products, check out vivo Philippines’s website: https://www.vivo.com/ph.
Mansion Sports and Entertainment Group (MSEG), Asia’s newest sports and entertainment hub, conducted a soft launch opening for its first Mansion Sports Bar & Lounge, a high-end sports bar, and restaurant in the Philippines featuring celebrity entrepreneur Maria Ozawa.
The soft-launch event gathered prominent media, influencers, popular local personalities, and well-known DJs in the metro. Maria Ozawa and Chef Sean have delighted the attendees with a gastro-satisfying food-tasting event highlighting its continental social cuisine offering and an exclusive tour of the bar.
Located at the heart of Makati City’s central business district (C. Palanca, Legazpi Village, Makati), Mansion Sports Bar & Lounge is a high-end bar and lounge venue highlighting sports and bar entertainment, bringing together friends and sports enthusiasts over good food, drinks, and music.
The establishment also features a billiards bar that was constructed in coordination with Filipino world champion and legend, Efren “Bata” Reyes, Jr.
Mansion Sports Bar & Lounge exudes a relaxing and vibrant atmosphere where people from all walks of life can come together anytime for its wide variety of premium beers and spirits, as well as a hearty selection of classic and modern European dishes helmed by Chef Sean.
Get to enjoy beer and billiards at M Bar, sponsored by Budweiser; watch your favorite sports events from the gigantic TV wall at Mansion Sports Bar or the Tequila Bar, sponsored by Patron; experience an intimate evening at the M Lounge, the cocktail lounge sponsored by Chivas Regal. Two VIP rooms are also available for exclusive and private functions. VIP room 1, named after Maria Ozawa, is sponsored by Martell, and VIP room 2 is sponsored by Royal Salute.
Additionally, the bar houses a karaoke facility and other forms of entertainment, making it the go-to place for viewing parties and big celebrations. Mansion Sports Bar & Lounge also hosts popular DJs and their famous mixes for a more exciting night. Indeed, Mansion Sports Bar & Lounge is not just a sports bar. It is where food is redefined, where drinks are reconstructed, and where fun is reimagined.
As a treat to everyone, Mansion Sports Bar and Lounge opened its doors to the public for its New year countdown event last December 31, 2022. For more information, visit the Mansion Sports website at www.mansionsports.com.
Cinema One welcomes 2023 with must-watch Filipino blockbusters and Asian films to entertain you this January, so sit back and watch from the comfort of your homes! Here are some films coming to Cinema One this month to add to your binge list:
Mina-Anud
Starring Dennis Trillo and Jerald Napoles January 23, 11 PM
Paradise is upturned when 3 tons of cocaine wash up on the shores of a peaceful seaside community.
Mater Dolorosa
Starring Gina Alajar and Felix Roco January 25, 11 PM
Lourdes Lagrimas is the godmother of all illegal activities in a small district. She runs the business – carnapping, illegal gambling and drugs with her children. As the new year comes, the City Mayor launches an anti-vice campaign putting the Lagrimas’ in peril. As days pass, we see Lourdes trying to put the family together amidst an avalanche of events that will test her demeanor as a mother and as a criminal.
Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2
Starring Eugene Domingo, Jericho Rosales, and Joel Torre January 26, 1 PM
A 2016 movie by Marlon Rivera, starring Eugene Domingo, Kean Cipriano, Joel Torre, and Jericho Rosales.
Buy Now, Die Later
Starring Vhong Navarro and TJ Trinidad January 26, 11 PM
A magical store in Manila gives people items that prove to be the solution to their problems…for a price.
Talk Back and You’re Dead
Starring James Reid and Nadine Lustre January 29, 1 PM
A model student finds herself in a relationship with a delinquent gang leader. Her perfect life is soon thrown into chaos, even as she finds a measure of happiness in the romance.
Status: It’s Complicated
Starring Paulo Avelino, Jake Cuenca, and Maja Salvador January 30, 3 PM
Two roommates with opposing views on relationships decide to trade lifestyles: the more conservative of the two will try playing the field, and the playboy will try to commit to a more serious relationship.
The Debutantes
Starring Sue Ramirez and Miles Ocampo January 30, 5 PM
A story of girls aspiring for a blissful 18th birthday celebration turned bloody. A mystery will unveil from their past and the curse cast on them.
The Knight of Shadows
Starring Jackie Chan January 30, 7 PM
A legendary demon hunter investigates the disappearances of young girls from a village. When he discovers evil forces are kidnapping the girls to feast on their souls, he sets out to save humanity.
Dukot
Starring Enrique Gil and Ricky Davao January 30, 11 PM
Based on a true story, Dukot centers on the kidnapping of Carlo, the son of Charlie Sandoval, a customs official who is hounded by allegations of corruption.
He’s Into Her The Movie Cut
Starring Belle Mariano and Donny Pangilinan January 31, 7 PM
A spunky teenage girl from Mindoro, moves to Manila to live with her estranged father and study in a prestigious school. She clashes with basketball varsity captain, unaware that their one-upmanship will blossom into something beautiful.
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Netflix has dropped the full trailer for the upcoming fourth season of You. The hit series resumes with Joe Goldberg assuming yet another identity in an attempt to leave his dark past behind.
Check out the trailer for You season 4, part 1 below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0AfKViiVq4
For those unfamiliar with You, it follows the story of Joe Goldberg, a bookstore manager who becomes obsessed with and stalks a customer named Beck. The show quickly gained popularity for its twists and turns, as well as its portrayal of toxic relationships.
This season, Joe assumes yet another identity, this time as a Professor in London, as he tries to put his life as a murderer behind him. But while on the path of redemption, Joe finds himself drawn to a new obsession.
The series stars Penn Badgley, Tati Gabrielle, Lukas Gage, and Tilly Keeper. The first part of season 4 will be released this February 9 while part 2 will be released on March 9. Watch the first three seasons of You on Netflix.
The new year promises new movies that we can enjoy seeing on the big screen! On this list, we’ve rounded up the exciting titles you can catch in cinemas this month of January. Check them out below:
An AI-powered doll becomes a girl’s best friend, helping her overcome a traumatic experience in her life. But soon, M3GAN will show signs of violence, protecting the child’s well-being in her own terms.
A boy living in the dark struggles to find light as he encounters weird and eerie things when he lives with his grandfather. As he investigates the hauntings, dark secrets will be revealed.
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning.
The story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down.
A man who feels like a failure in life gets the chance of a lifetime when a mistake from his past gets corrected, changing his present life into the one he always dreamed of.
It’s been just two months since they were trapped in the game of death that is Sword Art Online, and Kirito and Asuna continue their struggle at the vanguard of progress through the game.
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[Note: release dates for movies in Philippine cinemas this January 2023 and film lineup are subject to change without prior notice. For more upcoming movies, click here.]
