SCREAM's final trailer gets rave reviews

2022 is just getting started with more flicks and one with a big horror franchise. Scream's latest and final trailer will have viewers on the edge of their seats as teenagers were the new targets of the new killer wearing the Ghostface.

Neve Campbell as Sidney in Scream

Neve Campbell (“Sidney Prescott”), Courteney Cox (“Gale Weathers”) and David Arquette (“Dewey Riley”) return to their iconic roles in “Scream” alongside Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar.

Watch the trailer with the critics reactions below:

Opening February 2, Scream is distributed by Paramount Pictures through Columbia Pictures.

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The Matrix Resurrections takes over EDSA

Major billboards along EDSA flashed “Return to the Source” and “Follow the White Rabbit” and iconic green digital rain for a literal Matrix takeover. This “roadblock” activation is in celebration of “The Matrix Resurrections” which opens in Philippines today.

The EDSA billboards that participated in the “roadblock” are strategically located in Magallanes, Boni, Guadalupe Bridge, Shrine (Ortigas) and Cubao.

Check out the The Matrix - EDSA Takeover vignette below.

 

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New shopping experiences for the New Year with SM Appliance Center

Now is the best time to shop for you new appliances with the new and improved SM Appliances website www.smappliance.com. Customers get a better, faster and easier way of shopping online through its newly revamped website as it helps more Filipinos transition to a digital home.

The new website layout is more intuitive and allows for easier navigation through various filters. Apart from a zoom-in feature on product images, customers can examine the products better through the comprehensive and updated product features and benefits.

There is also a tab dedicated for promos where customers can quickly view special collections. The new website generally loads faster, making shopping online more fun and convenient. New payment option like installments is now also available using BDO and other selected credit cards.

As a bonus, get a chance to win exciting prizes in the Libreng Appliances Araw Araw which is now ongoing until January 15, 2022. For every P1000 purchase, get a raffle entry which makes you eligible in the raffle.

Check out new appliances and shop for your digital home anytime at the new SM Appliance at www.smappliance.com. For more updates, like us at facebook.com/smappliance or follow them at instagram.com/smappliance/ or join SM Appliance Center’s Viber community at https://bit.ly/3uNzk8V

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The amazing reunion in The Matrix Resurrections

The chemistry, the power…Watch the cast and filmmaker reflect on Neo and Trinity’s journey through the Matrix in the newly released vignette below. Don’t miss them reunite in Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action thriller “The Matrix Resurrections” in Philippine cinemas January 12.

Keanu Reeves (Neo) and Carrie-Ann Moss (Trinity)

Reeves reflects on the appeal of this new film, asking playfully, “So, what the heck is going on here? Isn’t Neo dead? Wasn’t there peace? I mean, in `Revolutions,’ the Machines stood down. They were gonna live and let live. They were gonna let people out of the Matrix. In Zion, people were dancing and cheering; everything seemed great... Well, what we’ll come to learn is that things didn’t quite go the way we thought. That was really intriguing.”

Another face fans of the films are no doubt eager to see return is that of Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity. Moss feels a certain shift in reality with regards to the project, feelings that make her question her own placement in this world, real or simulated.

“People would always ask me ‘Is there going to be another Matrix?’” Moss recalls. “And I would think ‘No, absolutely not.’ Never in a million years did I ever think we would be doing this again. Sometimes I wonder if I’m actually in the Matrix doing The Matrix. Maybe this is my dream world, because it’s such an incredible experience.”

Moss concludes, “I think that the story is going to blow people’s minds. It’s interesting because there’s a whole group of people who have already seen the first films and another group that will get to discover the world of the Matrix for the first time, the younger generation. And it’s going to be very surprising.”

Watch the final trailer below and check out The Matrix Resurrections in cinemas tomorrow. From director Lana Wachowski and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Philippines.

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Donations for women and girls hit by Typhoon Odette sought

UNFPA Philippines, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is seeking urgent donations to help provide life-saving supplies and services to communities hard hit by Super Typhoon Odette (Rai).

During natural disasters, sexual and reproductive health needs are often overlooked. Pregnant women  risk life-threatening complications without access to delivery and emergency obstetric care services. Women and girls may lose access to family planning services, exposing them to unintended pregnancy, and women and girls are also more vulnerable to sexual violence.

According to UNFPA Philippines estimates, the disaster has impacted some 4 million women and girls of reproductive age in 13 provinces. Among them, an estimated 162,000 are believed to be pregnant currently, of whom 24,000 might experience complications. An estimated 470,000 women living in the affected areas have an unmet need for family planning information and services, including contraceptives. The long-running challenge of gender-based violence, including intimate partner violence and sexual violence, escalates further.

Addressing gender-based violence and meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and girls is a key pillar of UNFPA Philippine’s humanitarian response, as seen in previous crises, including Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013.

Supporting the efforts of the Government of the Philippines and partner organizations, UNFPA Philippines is calling for donations as part of the Typhoon Odette emergency response to raise funds to help the most vulnerable women and girls, pregnant women, lactating mothers and their newborns, adolescents and young people, and women with disabilities who are currently at risk.

 

Donations raised will help support UNFPA’s three transformative results:

• No woman should die during pregnancy and childbirth
• No women and adolescent girls should have an unmet need for sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning.
• No sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls.

How can people of goodwill help? Support the efforts of UNFPA Philippines for survivors of Typhoon Odette (Rai), by visiting the UNFPA Philippines Donation Page, or donate via the Giving Hero app at UNFPA-Giving Hero Donation Page, through Paymaya at UNFPA-PayMaya Typhoon #OdettePH Response or the UNFPA-Lazada Charity Store, where people who would like to help can choose to donate through vouchers for items such as emergency birth kits, dignity kits, (Mama) Nanay kits and Go Bags for adolescents.

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Pledge good health this new year with SM Surplus

With all the stress during the holiday season, everybody will be going back to our usual routine. It also asks us to watch our health especially when all are vulnerable with all the dangers in the environment. The usual work at home set ups and more should be balanced with comfortable and neat work stations and proper rest.

SM Surplus provides affordable items that provide comfort and wellness for everybody at home. They have infrared sensors, alcohol dispensers, air revitalizers, and wooden aroma humidifiers, as well as rest easy massagers, hot compresses, and steam easy nasal and face steamers.

WFH family members and friends will love our Japanese tatami chairs and foldable laptop tables, and ring lights.

For those constantly on the go, keep them cool and hydrated anywhere with a 7-inch fan with light, water tumblers, and insulated water bottles, and carry their things around in a foldable trolley.

All these and more are available at Surplus stores, including the newly renovated store at SM Makati and those located in most SM Supermalls Nationwide.

For a more convenient shopping experience, you may check out Surplus at Lazada and Shopee just follow SurplusPH and download SM Malls Online. Surplus Order to Deliver is also now available; join their Viber community bit.ly/surpluscommunity and follow them on Facebook and Twitter @SurplusPH and Instagram @Surplus_ph for more details.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home - multi-excitement

After delaying for almost 2 weeks and avoiding detailed spoilers, I finally got to see Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters. It is worth the wait especially for Spider-Man fans of the Tom Holland starrer movie franchise.

The story picks up after the death of Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) and revealing that Peter Parker (Holland) is indeed Spider-Man to the public. In this chaotic bout, he asks Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to undo the incident unknowingly revealing a more intense merger of different universes they have never experienced before.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is a beautiful mix of action and emotions that gives audiences more than what they deserve. We will also meet a more matured Peter Parker that it's hard for us to let go. There will definitely be a lot of surprises which we all asked for, and the whole Spider-man multiverse is well-acknowledged. Since the release of trailer, the movie resolved major issues and gave us good closure.

Filipinos get a special shoutout that adds a comic relief to the movie. Give love to MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jason Batalon) as their roles are not just for sidekicks and love interest. They have played a vital role in Peter Parker's life and it would be sad that they will part ways.

The premiere night was attended by Spider-Man fans and also celebrities like James Younghusband and Michael V. Everyone posed with Spider-Man cosplayers and Doctor Octopus before entering the theater.

Cosplayers with James Younghusband

Cosplayers with Michael V

Me with Spider-Man cosplayer

Spider-Man: No Way Home is a must-see in theaters so you can laugh or make an ugly cry and it's okay. The movie is set to play in theaters January 8 following strict health protocols for everyone's safety. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Philippines, an international releasing company of Sony Pictures.

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