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The latest adult spy movie  Red Sparrow , arrestingly visceral and cerebral at the same time introduces high-end assassins and spies ready to kill and destroy at all costs without the usual gun and gadgets fare typical of recent spy films. Based on the tome by Jason Matthews, Red Sparrow  is directed by Francis Lawrence that stars an impressive, international cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Charlotte Rampling, Joely Richardson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Jeremy Irons.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit Cagayan on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the earthquake at exactly 7:02:22 PM with epicenter located 119 kilometers (km) northwest of Calayan.

Action icon Bruce Willis becomes mortal grim reaper in Death Wish as his character’s life is shattered when his wife was killed and left his daughter in a coma during a robbery attempt in their home. In Death Wish , Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) has it all: A beautiful family, a lovely home and an exciting and meaningful career as a surgeon in the emergency room of a bustling hospital. But when Kersey’s wife Lucy (Elisabeth Shue) is killed during a robbery attempt at their home and his daughter Jordan (Camila Morrone) is left in a coma after fighting back against the attackers, he enters a world he never planned for. Emotionally shut down, Kersey leans on his brother Frank (Vincent D’Onofrio) for help, and on Detectives Raines and Jackson (Dean Norris and Kimberly Elise) for any updates on the arrests of the men who did this to his family. As the police show Kersey a wall of unsolved cases and become resigned to the fact that his case will also go unsolved, something clicks

Jennifer Lawrence gives the spy genre a whole new spin as she stars in her most badass, highly-sensual and R-rated movie Red Sparrow that will open February 28 in cinemas (rated R-16 in PH).   Directed by Francis Lawrence (who also directed Jennifer Lawrence in the worldwide box-office Hunger Games films), Red Sparrow is based on the novel of Jason Matthews, a former CIA operative that also stars Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Joely Richardson, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeremy Irons. Red Sparrow trails the journey of prima ballerina Dominika Egorova (Lawrence) as she faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career.

Doug Jones has made a career out of playing monsters, ghouls and creatures of myth. The former contortionist is a legend in sci-fi, fantasy and horror circles for his unique ability to morph into roles as diverse as the Thin Clown in Batman Returns , Joey in Men in Black 2 and the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer .

Exploring the universal themes of true love, identity and coming of age, the upcoming charming movie Every Day reflects very contemporary ideas about acceptance and the freedom to be whoever you are – an idea very resonant in today’s young people who increasingly reject categorization. The movie follows a teenage entity named only A, who wakes up every day in a different body.

The Shape of Water brings its audience into a mysterious government facility in Baltimore where, in the deepest recesses of the lab, an amphibious creature (played by Doug Jones) is being studied for its unusual abilities. As Agent Strickland (Michael Shannon) demands for it to be killed and autopsied, Dr. Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg) insists that the creature’s secrets can only be revealed with a lighter touch.

Bruce Willis stars in his latest action-packed movie where fury and fate will collide in Death Wish , based on Brian Garfield’s novel. A must-see with a new twist from the original film, Death Wish trails the brutal reality of Willis’ character as Dr. Paul Kersey, a surgeon who only sees the the aftermath of Chicago violence as it’s rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home.

A frustrated mother rents Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as her teenage daughter’s murder stands unsolved. The arresting messages on the billboards Mildred put up that read “Raped While Dying, And Still No Arrests? and How Come Chief Willoughby?” resulted in division, anger and moral reckoning among the townsfolk. It all begins with Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) and the three billboards she rents on Drinkwater Road. Caught in the crossfire between Mildred and Chief Willoughby (Harrelson) is the chief’s right hand man, Officer James Dixon, played by Sam Rockwell, whose role had won him this year’s Best Supporting Actor Award at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors’ Guild, Critics’ Choice and from the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Rockwell is also nominated for Best Supporting Actor category in this year’s highly-anticipated Academy Awards.

The teaser for the upcoming movie Never Not Love You has been released by Viva Films Thursday night. The movie stars the reel-to-real love team of James Reid and Nadine Lustre, and directed by Antoinette Jadaone. Last month, teaser photos were released on the movie's Facebook Page, giving us a glimpse of the characters of Nadine (who plays Joanne) and James (who plays Gio).

The much-anticipated (94% in Rotten Tomatoes) horror-thriller movie The Cured starring Ellen Page ( X-Men films, Inception , Juno ) sees a post-zombie world as an antidote is finally found and brings zombies back to life after a virus turned them into cannibals. In The Cured , the treated zombies are brought back to an unforgiving society that is not willing to give them a second chance. The movie traces back to writer-director David Freyne’s short film entitled The First Wave about an outbreak of a zombie virus that introduced a possible cure. From this short film now comes his full-length feature The Cured that follows Senan (Sam Keeley), a young man who is now haunted by the horrific acts he committed while infected. As he tries to restart his life along his widowed sister-in-law Abi (Page), Senan soon finds himself in an angry world not willing to give second chances to the cured.

Can you have a relationship with a soul who inhabits a different body every day – sometimes boy, sometimes girl, sometimes the school quarterback, sometimes the outcast? Find out the answers in the preternatural young adult movie Every Day  directed by award-winning Michael Sucsy. Every Day  is based on David Levithan’s tome that resonated so deeply with his readers that it spent months on the New York Times bestseller list and spawned online chat groups, fan art and writing. The movie tells the story of Rhiannon (Angourie Rice), a 16-year old girl who falls in love with a mysterious soul named “A” who inhabits a different body every day. Rhiannon and A work each day to find each other, not knowing what or who the next day will bring. The more the two fall in love, the more the realities of loving someone who is a different person every 24 hours takes a toll, leaving Rhiannon and A to face the hardest decision either has ever had to make.

From Steven Soderbergh, director of highly-successful heist trilogy  Ocean’s Eleven , Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s 13 comes his latest horror thriller Unsane  starring Claire Foy (Netflix’s The Crown ) about a woman who was involuntarily confined to a mental institution after failing to prove to the authorities that she is being followed by a digital stalker. Within the asylum, she gets to confront her greatest fear – is it real or is it a delusion? Director Soderbergh shot Unsane  entirely using an iPhone. It was reported that Soderbergh was greatly impressed with the quality of iPhone.

One of this year’s highly-acclaimed film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri  will finally open in the Philippines on February 14 in select cinemas – Eastwood, Shangri-La Mall, Century Mall, Commerce Mall, Festival Mall, Fisher Mall and Fora in Tagaytay. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missourib  is a darkly comedic drama from Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, commissioning three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award® nominee Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.