Rita Gomez
A former 'Sonny and Cher' dancer tries to pull her life together when social services threaten to take her daughter away from her.
Bomba Queen is loosely based on the story of Josephine "Yvonne" Samson one of the biggest bold stars of the 70s. Before she was Yvonne she was Rose, a provincial girl sold to one of the discreet brothels in Manila. Soon enough Rose was able to escape and make a name for herself as she became Yvonne, the bomba queen. Bomba Queen follows Rose through the successes and pitfalls of her newfound stardom and eventual descent back to poverty.
Ishmael Bernal's glittering sex comedy about a one-woman man and his playboy friend.
A lost film from Ishmael Bernal, originally released in 1976.
The poster promises visions of Satan's altar, an underground black mass, blood rituals of the undead, the birth of Satan's messiah, a dead village of the damned, the assassination of the Prince of Darkness and a zombie attack. Why isn't this available for viewing again?
A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.
A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.
A bourgeois filmmaker who sought out a stripper to act in his film, subsequently catalyzing her career as an actress. On her rise to fame, she introduced her taxi driver boyfriend to the world of showbiz with the hope of improving his downtrodden life, and he soon became her leading man on the silver screen. At the height of their stardom, glamor, and wealth, their souls became corrupt—the couple morally conflicted and wounded by the on screen façade of their love and selves.
Joey, a resident of a Manila slum, is a GI baby. He doesn't know his American father. His mother, an ex-prostitute in Olongapo City (the American Military Base), is forcing the 17-year-old boy to capitalize on his good looks and bluntly tells him to marry a rich girl so that both mother and son will have a comfortable life - an idea he detests - and becomes the object of conflict between them.
A 1958 Filipino drama starring Miss Rita Gomez, Daisy Romualdez, Barbara Perez, and Rosa Mia.
Great Gerardo de Leon fantasy, about a legendary bandit and his python-guarded treasure trove.
Two teenagers gatecrash a movie studio to see their idols who promised to choose them as their next leading lady.
