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11 Things You Never Knew About Gregorio Del Pilar The movie JERROLD TAROG directed is really an epic film with 75% facts and 25% fiction.  Well, I don't know how accurate that is, but just as it is stated at the start of the film, it is filled historical facts mixed with fiction for a narrative purpose.  Something like that. Besides the main stars, and it being a fundraiser, we were also excited to see this film, because of these two reasons: 1) My nephew, Vinni Misa, was in it(He was one of the American soldiers.); and 2) We have a painting at home of the Battle of Tirad Pass at home As photographed by my then four-year-old nephew(he's eleven now) The Battle of Tirad pass by Col. Ramon Mendoza, 1977 This is indeed a beautiful narrative based on researched facts mixed with some fictitious characters and fictitious scenes.  My family believes that it's somehow unfair to President Aguinaldo,  but MON CONFIADO acted so well that we ...

  "FOREVER may not be PERFECT but it is POSSIBLE!"-Taken from their FB page  Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min. Romance ,  Comedy ,  Special Interest Directed By: Mae Czarina Cruz Written By:     Carmi Raymundo and Charlene Grace Bernardo In Theaters: Jan 15, 2014 Whew. Finally, I'm going to write about this movie. Why did take me so long to write about this when I've even watched it two times because I enjoyed it too much?  My, oh my. I don't know why. Sigh. Perhaps it's because somehow it has hit a soft spot. Sigh. I think I'm more of Rocco than Rocky, but I also see a little bit of Rocky in me. Kim Chiu is very admirable here.  Yes, there was a screenplay, but there were scenes(directions) that gave her freedom to say anything she wanted.  Her role as Raquelita De La Cruz a.k.a. Rocky is someone most of our kababayans  can relate to.  She is hardworking, but even in dire need, she believes th...