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Source Written and Directed by Joseph Abello To be completely honest, and I can only speak for myself, I was very edgy and ambivalent about this movie.  I knew I was going to watch this months even before it was shown.  At least three of my friends were...are involved in this film, one way or another, so I conditioned myself, and also managed my expectations. THE VERY FIRST MOVIE ABOUT PHILIPPINE GYMNASTICS Gymnastics is not the number one sports in the country, even if we have great gymnasts who are not given a chance to hone their craft. Other countries have good training programs.  We can't always give the lame excuse that we don't have the budget for it. Our national athletes are forced to have military training.  I saw our runners train under the heat of the sun and not eat healthy food. I'm glad it was tackled in this movie. D.I.D. Dissociative identity disorder ( DID ), also known as multiple personality disorder, is a mental disorder chara...

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 ...

From imdb This is the movie that gave the first acting recognition at the Cannes Film Festival(a.k.a Festival de Cannes/The International Film Festival) to Ms. Jaclyn Jose, one of the best in our Local Film Industry. Of course, we wanted to see what made "them" recognize her. So this is my two cents worth:  Ms. Jose's famous underacting  is really laudable and it proves that she is really a multifaceted person.  Still, I must say that she has played many other roles of international caliber, meaning, even better than how she acted in Ma' Rosa. Ms. Jaclyn Jose and her co-stars are brilliant.  The story? It's the harsh reality happening in the poverty stricken society, but it could have been...I will let the " critics " do the talking .  I just have a few comments: *Non-commercial? I get that this is not the type of film people would make a box office success(no love teams or whatever else that would brand this as "commercial"), bu...

SM Southmall Cinema One ( source ) #AMustSeeMovie #HeneralLuna2015 #KeepHeneralLunaInCinemas #JohnArcilla #JerroldTarog Heneral Luna (biopic) Wikipedia Heneral Luna Official Facebook Page Official Website We were divided, so they conquered us! A debacle with myself is what I am having.  Should I publish this is the vernacular or should I just publish this in English? I'll just let my thoughts flow.  If I think of something in the vernacular, then I would just inject it. When I was a little girl I wondered why we weren't just annexed to the US of A because a lot of my countrymen were dying to get a US Visa anyway.   My formative years were spent in the USA and I memorized "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag..." first before I learned about the " Panatang Makabayan " so I was one of those who were complaining why we didn't remain a  Commonwealth or something. There was a time that I was even ashamed to ...

filipinasinshowbiz.com "Phenomenal acting. Great story!" "Ms. Gretchen Barretto earns our respect anew!"  17 October 2014 There were many reasons why we were very apprehensive in watching this gem of a film.  We have two special people  in heaven and we did not want to undergo the pain of losing them again. We have let them go, but we did not want to subject ourselves to something that would make us dig up their graves and summon the forces to make their earthy rotted bodies come alive and become the walking dead. I'm exaggerating, of course, but... Another reason was the fact that I was not really fond of Gretchen Barretto.  Why? Let me keep that to myself, but please check what I think of her acting later.   Those two, among other things, were stopping us from seeing this masterpiece, and I'm oh so grateful that we changed our minds. The movie was seamless. Coincidences really happen in life because truth is truly stranger t...