Still from Block Z (2020)
The Filipino box office hits are available for rent for as little as SGD$4.98 on Cathay Cinehome. Available films include the romantic drama Unbreakable (2019) starring Angelica Panganiban and Bea Alonzo, romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe (2016) starring Gerald Anderson and Arci Muñoz, zombie thriller Block Z (2020) starring Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto, and the biographical drama Quezon’s Game (2018) starring Raymond Bagatsing. All films will be presented in the original Tagalog with English subtitles. More box office hits and favourite movies will be added regularly.
Additionally, as a special offer for the launch, the hit film Miss You Like Crazy (2010) starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, will be available FREE to all users till 30 September 2021.
Here are further details on the films:
Unbreakable (2019)
Language: Filipino w/ English subtitles
Genre: Drama
Director: Mae Czarina Cruz
Genre: Drama
Director: Mae Czarina Cruz
Cast: Angelica Panganiban, Bea Alonzo, Richard Gutierrez, Ian Veneracion
Rating: PG13
Runtime: 119 mins
Runtime: 119 mins
Synopsis: Mariel and Deena have been best friends since college. Their relationship is challenged as family obligations and a tragedy force them to re-evaluate the meaning of loyalty.
Will this friendship survive the ultimate test of love?
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| Unbreakable (2019) |
Language: Filipino (with English subtitles)
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Director: Dan Villegas
Cast: Gerald Anderson, Arci Muñoz, Tirso Cruz I II
Rating: PG
Runtime: 112 mins
Runtime: 112 mins
Synopsis: A makeup artist recovering f rom a breakup reluctantly begins a relationship with a wealthy playboy.
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| Always Be My Maybe (2016) |
Block Z (2020)
Language: Filipino (with English subtitles)
Genre: Horror
Director: Mikhail Red
Cast: Joshua Garcia, Julia Barretto, Dimples Romana
Rating: M18
Runtime: 101 mins
Runtime: 101 mins
Synopsis: A pre-med student and her friends encounter the death of a patient that exhibited symptoms of rabies. They are soon faced with an even bigger problem as their patient comes back from the dead and infects the people on campus, causing a lockdown and trapping the students inside.
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| Block Z (2020) |
Language: Filipino (with English subtitles)
Genre: Historical Drama
Director: Matthew E. Rosen
Cast: Raymond Bagatsing, Rachel Alejandro, Kate Alejandrino
Rating: PG
Runtime: 127 mins
Runtime: 127 mins
Synopsis: Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon risks it all to rescue imperiled Jews at a time when most countries are turning refugees away.
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| Quezon's Game (2018) |
Miss You Like Crazy (2010)
Language: Filipino (with English subtitles)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Cathy Garcia-Molina
Cast: John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Maricar Reyes, Jun Urbano
Rating: PG13
Runtime: 126 mins
Runtime: 126 mins
Synopsis: Mia and Allan meet on the Pasig River ferry when Allan finds one of Mia's stones where
she writes her frustrations on. The two get acquainted and their love story begins. They meet an old man who tells the couple that they will end up together but it will take 5 difficult years before that happens. Will Mia and Allan fight to be together or will they just leave everything up to chance?
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| Miss You Like Crazy (2010) |
Cathay Cinehome is the digital extension of the Cathay Cineplexes, a streaming service for video-on-demand (VOD) for movies in Singapore. The streaming service was launched in 2020 to serve as a complementary platform to the cinema exhibition business, by creating additional viewing opportunities for movie lovers.
Through this collaboration with ABS-CBN Australia Pty. Ltd., Cathay Cinehome aims to offer a channel for lovers of Filipino entertainment and film that is free of membership fees and monthly subscriptions. The platform’s pay-per-view rental model provides viewers with the choice of watching their favourite shows on smart TVs, computers, tablets, and mobile devices .
“Cathay Cinehome is honoured to partner with ABS-CBN Australia to offer more Filipino movies to film lovers in Singapore. Filipino films are some of the most creative and commercially successful films that are being made in the region and it is great that more people will be able to enjoy these films through the streaming service,” says mm2 Asia Group CEO, Mr Chang Long Jong.
“ABS-CBN focuses on reinventing how we can deliver our content to Filipinos and non-Filipinos in Southeast Asia. The pandemic has tremendously changed our lifestyles and, for our audience, that includes not being able to enjoy films in movie theatres. True to ABS-CBN's commitment to bring news and entertainment around the world, we are proud to be partnering with Cathay Cinehome with whom we share a vision of reaching as many households in Singapore,” adds Ms Maribel Hernaez, ABS-CBN Australia’s Managing Director for the Asia Pacific.