Known for Acting
a film by Ben Feleo.
Amanda page stars as the tightly guarded daughter of a zany but loving couple. Played by Chiquito and Elizabeth Ramsey in this comedy of errors. She can't go out on dates, she can't attend parties, and even if she's allowed to, her parents have to go along. Then she meets the man of her dreams, played in the movie by. Gary Estrada, and when he starts to court her, her overprotective parents come running to guard her. Will she be able to pull the trick that will keep her parents from aborting the romance of her lifetime?
It’s Andrew E. versus Redford White in this hilarious story of a feud between families. Despite living under one roof, Tonyo and Berto constantly argue with each other. When their relatives decide to join them in their home, things escalate into a comical rumble.
Gagay (Gelli de Belen) and her family are gathering woods which they make into coal. Though they were poor, they already saw some improvement in their lives. This is the Cinderella story for the brown-out plagued generation of this country.
A librarian's husband and mother-in-law turn out to be psychotically abusive. When the husband mistakenly thinks he has killed her, he dumps her in a river, where she is saved by a fisherman. Desperate for money and in need of help to take revenge on her husband, she hooks up with a bank robber whom she falls in love with. Together, they return to her husband's home and kill him.
A 1990 Filipino action film starring Phillip Salvador.
A simple man runs for Congress with hilarious consequences.
Dolphy and Panchito reprise the roles they made popular in the 1960s, the wacky police detectives based on comic-strip characters.
Struggling to make ends meet, John (Dolphy) decides to seek his fortune in the United States, with son Rolly (Rolly Quizon) in tow. After narrowly avoiding deportation, he takes a job in a factory, unaware that it's a front for one of the country's biggest drugs.
When his country-dwelling aunt takes to a sick bed, John (Dolphy) and the rest of the Puruntong clan head to the hinterlands for an extended stay. Can the fish-out-of-water family overcome the culture shock of rural life without killing one another? Nida Blanca, Matutina, Rolly Quizon and Maricel Soriano reprise their roles in this Filipino comedy based on the popular 1980s TV series "John and Marsha."
Baby Tsina a famous underworld figure during the 50's who acquired the nickname because of her ivory skin and slanting eyes. She led the police in a frenetic chase before she was convicted for murder. Ironically it was a crime she did not commit. While in jail though she underwent a transformation and led the other inmates in seeking for reforms in the local penal system. An engrossing film with superior performances from the entire cast.
