Ayala Malls Cinemas’ recently concluded young adult event in line with the release of the book-to-movie “Fallen” gave the local audience and book fans a chance to meet the author and the stars up close. Dubbed as “Fallenatics,” the Pinoy fans of the book supported both Ayala Malls Cinemas events where the author and the actors gamely answered their questions, signed books and posters and gamely posed for photos with their fans. From the Meet and Greet event last November 9 at Glorietta 5 hosted by local celebrity Iya Villania, Lauren Kate and Harrison Gilbertson engaged in a series of Q&A with the members of the local press, fans of the book and lucky shoppers of Ayala Malls. The movie’s lead actress Addison Timlin, following her arrival in the country, joined Kate and Gilbertson at the red carpet premiere of “Fallen” at Glorietta 4 cinemas where fans once again were treated to another opportunity to take photos with the author and the actors. Now showing nationwide at a...

by Sam Changcoco Expectations from books turned movies have risen in the past few years. What this movie brings to the table is the unique story of a fallen angel choosing love instead of heaven or hell, which touches a sense of humanity in the highest forms of entities. The twist and turns of the story marks it recognizable among its genre in a way that it stays in the lane of young adult literature but also dissolves itself in flavors of fiction. A big challenge for the movie is the struggle of young adult fictions literature books being filmed in the closest form they can get to the written story. It's a baggage the director had to carry but was executed well in terms of leaving the audience hungry for the sequel. With the mysteries left for us to discover, the film was successful in selling the series' franchise. Being expertly written and perfectly crafted are enough reasons to tip its hats to genuinity. The timing of injections of the background of each story of Luc...

The upcoming supernatural love triangle “Fallen” sees two fallen angels competing for a young woman’s love for centuries. Based on the bestselling book of the same title by Lauren Kate, “Fallen” stars an exciting trio of up and coming talented actors - Addison Timlin (“Stand Up Guys”), Jeremy Irvine (“War Horse”) and Harrison Gilbertson (“Need For Speed”). “Fallen” is seen through the eyes of Lucinda ‘Luce’ Price (Timlin), a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men, Daniel (Irvine) and Cam (Gilbertson) to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over t...

The much anticipated feature film adaptation of Lauren Kate’s worldwide bestselling young adult novel, “Fallen” comes to the big screen with a cast of exciting young stars and directed by award-winning Australian director Scott Hicks. Starring Addison Timlin (“Stand Up Guys”), Jeremy Irvine (“War Horse”, “The Railway Man”) and Harrison Gilbertson (“Need For Speed”) alongside Joely Richardson (“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”), Lola Kirke (“Gone Girl”), Sianoa Smit-McPhee (“Hung”), Daisy Head (“Endeavour”), Hermione Corfield (“Maleficent”) and Malachi Kirby (“My Brother the Devil”), “Fallen” is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of he...