Derek Basco
Biography: Derek Basco (born 29 August 1970) is an American actor, producer, director, and writer.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 29, 1970
Deathday: N/A
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Pros & Cons
1999-01-01
Pros & Cons
Overview: Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case of mistaken identity. It's the hysterical prison comedy that's so funny, it's criminal!
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Can't Buy My Love
2017-03-04
Can't Buy My Love
Overview: Lilly, a hard working EMT, is only focused on her job and getting into medical school. So when wealthy slacker Jeff enters her life it throws her off course. At first, Lilly wants nothing to do with Jeff or his sense of entitlement and lack of direction. As she spends more time with him, she starts to realize that you can’t always judge a book by its cover.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-04
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Alien Raiders
2008-09-21
Alien Raiders
Overview: It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, a grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But just before closing, a group of masked and armed to the teeth militants invades the store and take everyone hostage
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-21
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Can We Play
2022-10-14
Can We Play
Overview: Based on Emerson’s real life experience in preschool. Emmy and Ryder are best friends and love to play. However what they play is often up to debate with Ryder usually winning. That is… until Emmy makes an ultimatum.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-14
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Perfect Opposites
2004-02-06
Perfect Opposites
Overview: The story of two college graduates from the Midwest who move to Los Angeles, where their love is tested for the first time.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-06
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The Debut
2000-05-18
The Debut
Overview: Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Basco) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son--who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA--will become a doctor. The eighteenth birthday party of Ben's sister, Rose, sets off a comedic and touching series of events and family struggles that will in turn determine young Ben's future. This fresh independent production from Gene Cajayon presents a lighthearted and warm coming-of-age tale filtered through the eyes of an American subculture rarely seen on film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-18
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The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
2021-03-16
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
Overview: Written by Basco and his brothers Darion Basco and Dionysio Basco, the feature is set in the brothers’ hometown of Pittsburg, Calif., a working class suburb of Oakland. Starring Basco and his brothers (including Derek Basco), the dark romantic comedy weaves together four vignettes, narrated by their sister, Arianna Basco. The story follows the brothers and their shenanigans. One of them ventures off to a cockfight for reciprocity while one flies to old Manila where an old flame is rekindled. Another brother delves into the hidden sensuality of Filipino cuisine, while the last brother, struggles to heal deep wounds and finds love in an unexpected package. All this, leading to a shotgun wedding in the backyard of the family house.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-16
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Maggie Moore(s)
2023-06-16
Maggie Moore(s)
Overview: Bizarre back-to-back murders in an otherwise quiet Arizona desert town has rattled local Police Chief Jordan Sanders. The two dead women have no connection to each other – except they’re both named Maggie Moore. While unravelling a web of small-town lies and mysteries, the investigation gets even more complicated when Sanders begins a romantic relationship with one of the murdered women's neighbor, Rita.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-16
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Spider's Web
2002-11-12
Spider's Web
Overview: A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-12
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Matters of the Heart
1990-12-26
Matters of the Heart
Overview: A noted concert pianist in her early forties, totally obsessed with her music, retreats to a small town to be alone and to write a concerto, but there falls for a talented teenage musician and becomes consumed in an affair with him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-26
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I'm in Love with Edgar Allan Poe
2024-05-04
I'm in Love with Edgar Allan Poe
Overview: Two goth teens face an ingredient supply issue as they prepare to resurrect the soul of Edgar Allan Poe.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-04
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VS
2024-05-09
VS
Overview: Set in 1992, a Filipino kid working at his father’s liquor store seeks community through the arcade game Street Fighter II, but finds himself clashing with a local bully.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-09
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Six Days Seven Nights
1998-06-12
Six Days Seven Nights
Overview: In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An emergency work assignment in neighboring Tahiti requires Robin to hire the cantankerous pilot Quinn Harris who had flown them to Makatea on a small transport plane. While flying, a powerful storm forces Quinn to make an emergency landing on a nearby deserted island. The dissimilar pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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This Is 40
2012-12-20
This Is 40
Overview: Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-20
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Flip the Record
2017-04-28
Flip the Record
Overview: A little-known but lasting explosion of hip-hop culture grew out of the Filipino-American community of 1980s San Francisco. This film takes us into the beat of an aspiring mobile DJ crew in '84. Vanessa, sick of the the constraints and boring piano lessons in her conservative Filipino-American household.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-28
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Beverly Hood
1999-02-22
Beverly Hood
Overview: When the Washington family wins the lottery they decide to move from the poor south to the hood, Beverly Hood! When the Washington's daughter, Pam, falls for the guy next door the new neighbors really clash.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-22
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The First Purge
2018-07-04
The First Purge
Overview: To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-04
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All In
2006-03-14
All In
Overview: Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-14
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Gettin' Some Jail Time
2006-04-28
Gettin' Some Jail Time
Overview: A film about four friends of different ethnicities, beginning to take things for granted. Three of them end up in jail while one of the guys is throwing a party. While in prison, the three buddies realize what they are missing out on and make an effort to redeem themselves and get out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-28
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