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From Startattle #SanggresUniteAgain #MystifiedOnIflix #SunshineDizon #IzaCalzado #DianaZubiri #Karylle #MarkAReyesV #WorldClass #MatthiasRhoads #JinriPark #CheskaInigo #MostafaElezali #MustafaElezali #IanIgnacio #VinceVandorpe #CapriceCayetano Without giving the whole story away I want to start this blog about MYSTIFIED by saying I'm excited to see the sequel.  Yes, you read it right.  Although the first episode can stand alone, I am sure there is at least one sequel.   Mystified left me stupefied and amazed.  OK, maybe, and I only mean maybe, it's not perfect, but it's definitely a cut above the rest. I don't know about the others, but the version I've seen didn't have subtitles(promise, I watched it for free via iFlix).  For one reason or another I kind of liked it that way.  Even if I could only guess some of the words...and I'm not talking about Latin or Spanish, but the language of sorc...

Google images The theme song Story by Mark Reyes Directed by Mark A. Reyes D.G.P.I. Screenplay by Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil A few days ago I reposted an old thing I have written about Moments of Love .  There was something about the year Moments of Love was shown. I pondered and pondered then I checked the movies I have seen that year. I wasn't able to check everything.  I did not need to for I saw it almost immediately: ETERNITY.  This was shown months after Moments of Love. Both movies tackled about the past and the present, but Eternity is about reincarnation and Moments of Love isn't. The movie showed the present and the past intermittently.  There were moments when I thought it was like DEAD AGAIN . Nora Roberts' MIDNIGHT BAYOU  was shown three years later, so I couldn't have compared this with that movie when I watched it the first time. Anyways, if you have not seen Eternity, then I wouldn't say if I was right in comparing ...

  Never in my wildest dreams did I "see this coming".  If it were up to me, I would've watched Sandara Park's ONE STEP  or Katie Holmes' TOUCHED WITH FIRE , but instead,  I found myself watching this previously X-Rated film called BLISS  with my parents at EVIA Lifestyle Mall's Vista Cinema DOLBY Atmos Theatre and I was very impressed.  The theme is disturbing indeed, but what made it lighter was the treatment and the close to seamless acting of Audie Gemora and Michael De Mesa.  I watched this film like I was watching a tennis match so the scenes did not confuse me.  Thankfully, I didn't make a mistake which scenes were real or just inside Jane's head. While we were watching we were reminded of  Gaslight ,  Misery (which was mentioned in the film) and Satoshi Kon's  Millennium Actress (I wrote about this before, but I couldn't find it) and  Perfect Blue . When I checked online, I learned that it was indeed patte...

Some time ago last year, Toni Gonzaga and Piolo Pascual started to film UNLOVE YOU, which eventually evolved into this now mega blockbuster hit, STARTING OVER AGAIN. I was supposed to watch this with my closest friends Pia, Inggie and Eise, but because of unavoidable circumstances and my being indisposed, our barkada  date was cancelled. Finally,  I was able to watch this great movie yesterday with my brother, Karl.   Honestly, even if a lot of people gave spoilers and I already knew the ending, I was still surprised with a lot of scenes.   The dialogues were well thought of and flashbacks weren't confusing. The whole ensemble's perfect .  Even if I couldn't imagine how Lito Pimentel and Yayo Aguila could conjure  Toni, it didn't matter. They were all great in playing their roles.  I don't think anyone else was thinking about that anyways.   Who did I relate with? Patty or Ginny? A part of me is Patty and a part of me is ...

This is a poster for Moments of Love. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, GMA Films, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist. Further details: Moments of love starring Iza Calzado & DingDong Dantes by GMA Films #SomewhereInTime #BirthdayTreatToMyself #TheTelephoneMystery #TheMagicalRainbow #TheAwesomeButterflies #Encantado  #SanayMaghintayAngWalangHanggan Written and Directed by Mark A. Reyes V I was born on the 16th of March.  When I chose to watch this film because I was intrigued by the trailer, I did not know my birthday was in between two vital dates (the carving and the plane crash of President Ramon Magsaysay) in the movie. The people watching the movie were aware of the different eras except for the two phone pals.  There are times when we love someone deeply not knowing that our love for that person is only a bridge for us or a preparation for us in meeting THE ONE.  Th...