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Families and toy lovers propelled Disney/Pixar’s “ Toy Story 3 ” to a No. 1 opening in the Philippines -- garnering a buzz-worthy P55.9-million, 4-day debut weekend gross nationwide for the June 17 to 20 period. This was announced today by Victor R. Cabrera , managing director of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Philippines which distributed the film. Powered by overwhelmingly positive word-of-mouth, “ Toy Story 3 ” broke the national, all-time biggest Saturday and Sunday box office records for an animated feature, scoring P20.2-million on Saturday, June 19 and P22-million on Sunday, June 20. (Previous record holder was “ Shrek Forever After ” with P17.5M Saturday and P19M Sunday.)

 Walt Disney Pictures has just released the character posters of its new, fantasy adventure “ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice ,” an innovative and epic adventure about a sorcerer and his hapless apprentice who are swept into the center of an ancient conflict between good and evil.

OMG! It's my new favorite movie for 2010! Toy Story 3 is sooo good! It was the first thing on my mind when I wake up this morning! If Toy Story 2 is a bigger hit compare to the first Toy movie, the 3rd Toy Story will be the biggest! This will be a big hit at the box office for sure. The movie is now showing on almost all Philippine cinemas nationwide in IMAX 3D , Digital 3D and regular format. I've watched this in IMAX 3D at SM North EDSA on it's premiere night, but I don't see something special. So I'll recommend you just watch it on it's regular format.

 IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures recently announced that “ Inception ,” directed by Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Knight”) and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, will be released to IMAX theatres in the Philippines simultaneously with the film's wide release in Digital 2D and conventional cinemas on July 15. The film marks the third IMAX project for Christopher Nolan , following the record-breaking IMAX release of “The Dark Knight,” which grossed more than $65 million at IMAX theatres. “Inception,” a contemporary sci-fi action film set within the architecture of the mind, will be digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with IMAX DMR technology.

Filipino audiences have found a new screen idol in child actor Jaden Smith as his movie, Columbia Pictures’ “The Karate Kid” becomes the week’s undisputed box-office champion, grossing a smash P59.67-million in four days (June 11 to 14), and opening at No. 1 nationwide. This was announced today by Victor R. Cabrera, managing director of local distributor, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. The film has been playing to capacity crowds in cinemas across the country, warmly received by moviegoers unanimously charmed by the new, young action star.

“ Toy Story 3 ” welcomes Woody (voice of Tom Hanks ), Buzz (voice of Tim Allen) and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and his loyal toys find themselves in…day care! But the untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it’s all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape get underway. More than a few new faces—some plastic, some plush—join the adventure, including iconic swinging bachelor and Barbie’s counterpart, Ken (voice of Michael Keaton); a lederhosen-wearing thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants (voice of Timothy Dalton); and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear (voice of Ned Beatty).

Today is the release of I'll Be There , Star Cinema's latest movie offering to celebrate the Father's Day. Topbilled by real-life father and daughter Gabby Concepcion and KC Concepcion . Other casts include Jericho Rosales, Gee-Ann Abrahan, Luz Valdez, Mickey Ferriols, Cacai Bautista, Ikey Canoy, Celia Rodriguez, and Bugoy Cariño. Directed by Maryo J. Delos Reyes.

Warner Bros. has just released the new character banners of the movie “ Inception ,” the upcoming sci-fi action-thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (the same director who brought us “The Dark Knight,” and “Batman Begins”). The character banners which you can view here , feature the 7 major individual characters led by The Extractor (played by Leonardo DiCaprio ), The Tourist (played by Ken Watanabe ), The Point Man (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt ), The Shade (played by Marion Cotillard ), The Architect (played by Ellen Page ), The Forger (played by Tom Hardy ) and The Mark (played by Cillian Murphy ).

For your every purchase of 2 tickets to the movie at IMAX Theatre in Mall of Asia or IMAX Theatre North EDSA , you can gets one 1 FREE Toy Story 3 Trading Card set. People can collect all 26 cards. Promo Period: May 28-June 16, 2010. More details at BLOG-PH.com .

I've been following Pinoy Big Brother since it begin airing back in 2005. From the regular season, the celebrity edition and the teen edition, which is my favorite. Although the show is bombarded with a lot of criticism, it still has a lot of followers. Evident in the recent TV ratings nationwide and it is also the only Pinoy reality show that entered the Top 10 trending topics on Twitter.com for several times. The current season dubbed as Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash of 2010 is also one of my favorite PBB seasons of all time. Originally I'm rooting for Fretzie but she turn out just a wall flower all through out the season. Then I turned my attention to Tricia , which is only PBB housemate that become a trending topic on Twitter on the night of her birthday. Since she is evicted last week from the Big Brother house, my bet is now Ivan Dorschner (Ivan Dorsner) .

When I heard about The Karate Kid, I said to myself, "What?! another remake!" We must admit it, almost all movie remakes sucks, only a few really managed to pull it off. The Karate Kid is definitely a classic movie, especially for us cousins. We grew up mimicking his moves known as the crane kick/bicycle kick. To do that, you must put both arms to your sides, raise your arms, and collapses your wrists over your head. Then, simultaneously raise your left knee up to about stomach level. Then wait for your opponent to come forward, then you leaps off your right foot, simultaneously dropping your left foot to the ground, and kicks your opponent with your right foot. LOL! I tried to look for details of that film online, and I'm surprised that the first film is released back in 1984 (I'm not yet born on that year) My cousin is really a huge fan of this movie saga, he has all the copy from I to III. Sadly, he's now in a place we called heaven, so he can't watch thi...

In Columbia Pictures’ The Karate Kid , 12-year-old Dre Parker ( Jaden Smith ) could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother’s (Taraji P. Henson) career takes them both to China. Dre has a hard time making friends at first but he does make a connection with his classmate Mei Ying – and the feeling is mutual – until cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre makes an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. Dre knows only a little karate, and in the land of kung fu, Cheng puts “the karate kid” on the floor with ease. Feeling alone in a foreign land, Dre has no friends to turn to except the maintenance man, named Mr. Han ( Jackie Chan ).