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Alabang Town Center Cinema 4 Inspired by the real stories of Special Operations soldiers in the country known as the Philippine Scout Rangers, “ Ang Araw sa Likod Mo ” is an intense film filled with raw action that introduces brothers Jamiluddin (Cabrera) and Omar (Liwag) along with Sgt. Benjie Calayan (Medina) within the terrorist infested island in southern Philippines. ( source ) Tagline: “Bawa’t Paninindigan, May Kapalit.” (Every conviction demands a sacrifice). Earth Below Productions/OverMind ANG ARAW SA LIKOD MO (The Sun Behind You), Written and Directed by Dominic Carlo P. Nuesa , is a very timely critically acclaimed and award winning film.   Nuesa is a very fair writer.  Whether he sides with anyone or not, the film shows the travails of all sides.  The actors were not acting at all.  The soldiers looked and acted like real soldiers.  Ping Medina (Sgt. Benjie Calayan), like his Father, Pen, and his brother, Alex, is a tr...

Official Site IMDb Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy. -WWW Initial release: 24 May 2017 Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Budget: 230 million USD Music composed by: Geoff Zanelli Screenplay: Jeff Nathanson Note: If you are the type who wonders if there's an after credits "thing". yes there is . Bonifacio High Street Cinemas The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack (Johnny Depp) feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain S...

My Baby Sis and I  #LAGirl Glamour need not be too expensive, but it shouldn't be too cheap too, lest we want our skin to get hurt. Thankfully, L.A. Girl is the type of cosmetics that can glam you up without spending too much.  The service is great too. Ms. Czarelle Casugbo The colours are enough(they have different colour palettes), but you can blend them too. They also have different products.  Ms. Casugbo would be happy to assist you, except on a Tuesday because it's her day off. Some of the products they offer

#GodspellMNL My mouth is still agape until now. I'm on fire to spread about #GODSPELLMNL My greatest regret is that I didn't have time to watch this sooner. My parents and I watched their penultimate show for 2017. They still have one more show this afternoon at three. (SUNDAY, 21 MAY 2017 AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON) Please catch them. You will enjoy the show and you would also be touched, I promise.   ALL the performances are effortless. Get your tickets NOW! MusicArtes, Inc.‏ @musicartesinc  BLESS THE LORD MY SOUL! GODSPELL_ One more shows to go! May21 at the RCBC PLAZA  Ticketworld 8919999 OR 8958098/09189085088 #GodspellMNL  Concept and Direction by Dr. Anton Juan 👼👼👼 Last year  I did not have the chance to watch this  masterful retelling of a famous musical I loved since the 1970s . I was in the States back then and I kept on singing Day by Day like it was composed for me. I was a little girl and some of my memories ar...

Shoko and Shoya © Futoshi Nishiya,  Kyoto Animation ,  Shochiku , Yoshitoki Ōima,  Kodansha Promotional movie poster Japanese 聲の形 Hepburn Koe no Katachi Directed by Naoko Yamada Screenplay by Reiko Yoshida Based on A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima Shoya and Shoko (Sixth Grade) 1st Manga Cover Mom and I have been wanting to watch this since it was first shown in this country, but dad was so against it.  We had a chance last Tuesday, but he claimed that we were already late so we watched Alien Covenant instead.  Today, we were supposed to watch Colossal starring Anne Hathaway, but since he was already getting impatient(he had some transactions early in the morning and we bought a small cooking appliance in place of a broken one), and Colossal was still 45 minutes away, he agreed to purchase tickets for A SILENT VOICE. We silently prayed that he would enjoy the film and thankfully he did. It might be set in Elementary and High S...

After the murder of his father, young Arthur's power-hungry uncle Vortigern seizes control of the crown. Robbed of his birthright, he grows up the hard way in the back alleys of the city, not knowing who he truly is. When fate leads him to pull the Excalibur sword from stone, Arthur embraces his tru e destiny to become a legendary fighter and leader.-WWW King Arthur has many version and one of my favorites is First Night.  Of course, I love its idyllic version called Camelot too and I sing its many songs, time and again.  The Knights of the Round Table is ideal.  Even if Arthur is a King, he listens to the opinions of his knights and they have equal rights. I watched this without reading the reviews first, and even with all the barbaric things and Arthur being a smart ass, I liked it.  I was disheartened to find out that a lot of people don't share my opinion. They call it a stinker. Why did I like it?  It's because mages did exist or probably they s...

Prequel Number 2 :-p There's another "prequel" in the offing.  It's called Alien Awakening and they say it still contains three or more of the characters from this film. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, members (Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup) of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think to be an uncharted paradise. While there, they meet David (Michael Fassbender), the synthetic survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. The mysterious world soon turns dark and dangerous when a hostile alien life-form forces the crew into a deadly fight for survival .- WWW Release date: May 19, 2017 (USA) Director: Ridley Scott Film series: Alien Music composed by: Jed Kurzel Screenplay: John Logan, D.W. Harper Argh.  We were able to walk out of "Life", but we weren't able to do so with this movie.  Why?  Because the start of the movie was quite interesting.  We knew it was a "prequel" to the Sigo...

From Jodi's Instagram.    Btw, she's one of my favourite actors because she's so versatile.  She can play any role and she definitely proved that in this movie. From Star Cinema What we are today are products of things we did in the past.  The unavoidable circumstances, the unforced errors, the decisions we make, so forth and so on.   Vanessa B. Velasco  and co-writer,  Jinky Laurel, present two situations and people have different reactions to it.  Some say it's like "Sliding Doors".  Others say it's like a mirror image or a parallel self.  Others say, since it's a "what if" film and the title says, "Dear Other Self", that one is real (the one with Xian in it) and the other one(the one with Joseph Marco in it) is not.   I guess others don't want to believe the other is not real because both situations have their own sets of triumphs and victories.   Xian and Joseph are both worthy leading men. ...