Ayala Cinemas | Return to the Movies

It has been exactly two years and some few days since the last time I stepped in the cinema to watch a movie. It’s been quite a while but that changed all that with the pandemic and the emergence of streaming services. Local cinemas are slowly opening and easing restrictions, but we can’t vigilant to be careful are we? Speaking of vigilant, the first movie I’ve decided to see was “The Batman” and my expectations wasn’t as high as it used to be. But I’ve seen a handful of trailers and staving off early critical reviews and try to get to feel that ‘big screen’ atmosphere when I entered the cinema a few minutes before the actual movie played.

Bohemian Rhapsody | A Star from Mercury

11.05.2018 – The Meteoric Rise of Queen did not happen overnight it started with a few good men that were led by Freddie Mercury. “Bohemian Rhapsody” was a fitting title for a movie that almost never made possible due to the challenging process from casting who would portray Mercury and how this biopic’s narrative will come into play like the way a song is made. But there’s one thing that makes this film interesting is not about the beginning or the ending it was the challenge of the remaining members of the band to make it possible to stir the ship on the right direction focusing the life of Freddie Mercury and how history was written.

German 2006 Film Week at Ayala Cinemas!

09.23.2016 – It’s the time of the year where each month a film festival is held to encourage viewers to appreciate all forms of films. This month ushers the German 2016 Film Week featuring the best independent films for this country. This is in partnership with Ayala Malls Cinemas which opens its screens at Glorietta 4 and Trinoma for the first edition of German Film Week on September 22 – 27, presented by the Goethe-Institut Philippinen. This is one of the rare opportunities for you to be able to see the German culture in film and give you a different perspective about their country on how they make these types of films. It definitely will broaden your views about another country like Germany and its way of dealing with issues at the same time facing challenges the way the Philippines do. The German Film Week 2016, marks the first all-German film event in the Philippines in recent years. Opening the event is the premiere of “Who Am I -- No System Is Safe” (Who Am I -- Kein System ist sicher) by director Baran bo Odar on September 21 at Glorietta 4 cinemas, Ayala Center, Makati City. The film is about a gifted hacker who only feels at home in the virtual reality who finds an opportunity to demonstrate his talent to a wider audience.

Cinemalaya 2016 | Break The Surface

08.06.2016 – ‘Cinemalaya’ is a Philippine Independent Film Festival on its 12th year which is set to begin its event this month. There will be sixteen films that will be featured this year. The opening night will be at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. There will be screened in some major theatres and one of them will be in selected Ayala Mall Cinemas. They also reveal the complete line-up that will be scheduled to be shown and surely some of these masterpieces deserve a first look for this year.

U.P. Town Center Launches 4DX Cinemas!

07.30.2016 – The ever evolving movie experience continue to be relevant with state of the art cinemas giving you the same feel of what you watch. It’s a kind of entertainment that been re-invented in the past and continues to stay ahead. For those based in far places that have been out of place sometimes watching movies in well-known cinemas are difficult to come by with travel and time. But malls being developed are changing the way you see movies closer like the UP Town Center.