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( source ) Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a 27-year-old grieving after the loss of her father (Anthony Hopkins), a genius mathematician whose mind gradually deteriorated from mental illness. With her sister, Claire (Hope Davis), urging Catherine to leave their family home, and an ambitious student (Jake Gyllen haal) searching through her father's notes, Catherine struggles to keep her composure and her sanity in this drama adapted from the stage play by David Auburn. -WWW Initial release :  30 September 2005 ( USA ) Director :  John Madden Story by :  David Auburn   (This was presented first in the year 2000(May- Off Broadway- New Brunswick, New Jersey/ October-Great White Way or Broadway).  It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play) Nominations :  Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama 2006 · Gwyneth Paltrow/ Golden Lion 2005 · John Madden/ Grand Jury Prize 2005 · J...

From Google images For non-Filipino speakers, there are English Subtitles # contramundum   # defytheworld   # showlarawansomelove The 1965 movie was in full English with some Spanish and it left a deep mark in my heart.  Even if I was never deprived of love lives through the years, right now, I am over the hill and considered a spinster by a lot of condescending and "caring" people alike, so I really found Tony Javier's character deplorable.  In the musical movie that almost was not shown during the Metro Manila Film Festival 2017 even if it was critically acclaimed elsewhere, Tony Javier is still an a-hole, and that same a-hole was personified by Paulo Avelino. The Late National Artist Rolando S. Tinio's Screenplay makes the audience feel that every scene is real, so what if a character breaks into song once in a while?  There were funny and witty lines too.  Even if it was faithful to the National Artist, Nick Joaquin's origi...

#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...

30 years ago I watched the Christopher De Leon/Sharon Cuneta/Cherie Gil blockbuster hit, BITUING WALANG NINGNING , countless times.  The lines were great, most especially the ones Lavinia uttered: You are nothing but a second-rate, trying hard, copycat!  That classic line became controversial so people held their breath if Ms. Cris Villonco would be able to say it as Lavinia in BITUING WALANG NINGNING-THE MUSICAL.  The line was Ms. Gil's own and was not included in the original screenplay(not even in the comic book series).  Thank goodness, it was settled, so we were able to hear the iconic  line.  :-) (Congratulations, Ms. Cherie Gil, for winning the coveted Best Actress trophy at the Madrid Film Festival!#IFFMADRIDWINNER2015 ) In 2006 I was excited when Sarah Geronimo was given a chance to have her own interpretation of playing Dorina Pineda.   The series was a hit, but I was sad that Nico and Dorina did not end up with each other bec...