I am NOT a critic. I'm merely an observer. (Books, movies, plays, musicals etc.)

( source:Rappler ) Written and Directed by ROBBIE GUEVARA Music and Lyrics by DANNY JAVIER, JIM PAREDES and BOBOY GAROVILLO "EWAN" Lyrics by LOUIE OCAMPO and Music by ROWENA ARRIETA Introduction: Have you, the ones that know I love watching musicals, ever wondered why I haven't blogged about the musical that showcased the songs of the APO Hiking Society?   Well, I wondered too.   I was spellbound by the music I grew up with, and the acting was great. It featured MARK BAUTISTA(who reprised his role in 2019) who found his niche in musical theatre, and so many talented artists. The songs were of course dear to my heart, and the lyrics of most of the songs are already embedded in my system.   So why couldn't I write about it? Maybe because of the effects of Martial Law, and how people are made to believe nowadays that only subversive people were making a "spectacle" of it. After our "stint" in the US of A, and even when we alre...

( source ) Siargao is a 2017 Philippine surf romance film directed by Paul Soriano. Starring Jericho Rosales, Erich Gonzales, and Jasmine Curtis-Smith, it is produced under Soriano's own company Ten17 Productions.  Wikipedia Initial release :  25 December 2017 Director :  Paul Soriano  (Grandson of a WWCF Church Mate, Brother Gines Soriano, more popularly known as Nestor De Villa, but I never met him---Paul, I mean) Box office :  80 million PHP Screenplay :  Anjeli Pessumal Producers :  Paul Soriano ,  Mark Victor Music composed by :  Ricardo Jugo ,  Robbie Factoran  (brother of my childhood friends) By the Eraserheads Yes.  I am months late.  I watched this through the Pinoy Movies Hub  and I .  I was supposed to watch this with a movie buddy when she returned from Japan, but I got hospitalised and it took a month after I got released from the hospital b...

Crime and other evils still exist, but the innate goodness in man prevails. The ending wasn't as wild as I imagined it to be because among all Wildflower episodes, nothing beats the helicopter scene where Maja Salvador kept on convincing herself that she is NOT Maja, but Lily Cruz and she successfully made the scene more beautiful than her gorgeous face. At any rate, they were successful in making the whole week not so predictable.  The dialogues were still exaggerated, but like what they said, it was on purpose, and it works. On the Live FB feed, thousands of people watched it along with the cast. Did I like the ending? I like and love it.  It's like a quieting song and so what if the other scenes were anticlimactic?   At least we didn't get heart attacks or something. I like that Emilia had a redeeming factor and Julio got his just deserts. Kudos to EVERYONE involved in this project. All the best to you all!   #Barcelo...

Ven Abrenica, Maja Salvador, Joseph Marco and RK Bagatsing ( source ) Developed by Direk Ruel S. Bayani  Created by Willy Laconsay Writers: Carmela L. Abaygar Jones Castro Thea Magbanua Edeline Romero Carol Navarro Melchor Escarcha Arlene Tamayo Directors: Onat Diaz Raymund Ocampo Cathy Camarillo Digo Ricio Jerome Pobocan Roderick P. Lindayag Genre: Action/Drama/Romance Except for the 1960's Batman style exaggerated dialogue when they are about to kill each other(they really mean for it to be that  way...to reiterate, they do it on purpose), the story is actually a good one for prime time, but if I were to choose a time slot, I would put it around 9:30 PM, when the younger kids are sound asleep. It's not enough to put SPG(Strong/Strict Parental Guidance) because a lot of scenes are really traumatising and the truth of the matter is, whether a young kid has a television or not, he or she would have access to it if a nei...

( Source ) To publish or not to publish, that is the question. Dingdong Dantes's character, Rafael Iñigo Benitez III, is one person I could relate to. Some years back my dad and his colleagues were...let's just use the term "sued"...by the Sandiganbayan...I can't speak for everyone, but it's because dad was in one of the highest positions in his work place, and he signed certain vouchers that he wasn't supposed to because in his mind, others already signed and that they were sensible people. Anyways, I can't really expound about it, but as I watched Rafael go down in the dumps, I wondered what would happen to my very loving father whom I love and respect so much. Earlier on, he could have squandered billions, but he didn't.  He could have given us the world, but he didn't.  He could have done a lot of things, but didn't have the heart to.  I know there's no big or small thing when it comes to cases like this one.  What...