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It's not as great as Kita Kita, and the buildup and flow of the story is not seamless(like it was not shown how Bela and Coco fell in love etc.), but for a first directorial job for the big screen, Dennis Padilla does have a future.  Empoy Marquez and Shy Carlos are good actors.  Empoy is even very graceful and he's such a natural. Shy Carlos who is NOT in any way related to Sarah Carlos(well, at least that's what I think---they do have a great resemblance so people often mistake Sarah for Shy....Shy or Schai is Schirin Grace Sigrist in real life), is beautiful inside and out.  Regarding the many kissing scenes she had with Empoy she said, "Pogi naman si Empoy at hindi na kailangan paghandaan yun." (Empoy is charming and I don't need to prepare for it)  One newspaper even misquoted her regarding what she said about her imagining kissing Piolo Pascual.  When I heard and read her REAL quote, she was just saying that as actors it's the same when you ki...

A rich guy hires an orphaned poor girl to be his pretend girlfriend in order to escape his grandfather’s plan of marrying him off to another woman. In exchange of her service, he gives her a posh condo unit and a big weekly salary but there’s a catch: she’s not allowed to fall in love with him. Eventually, they start falling for each other and just when everything is going fine, his ex-girlfriend (and first love) resurfaces. Will he give their old love a second chance or will he choose to be with his hired girlfriend? - Viva Entertainment Viva Films is a very adventurous movie company.  They are not greedy for money, but instead, they take the risk by producing films that are beautiful, but would probably flop.  I have seen these flicks they produced of late and I must say they are all mostly beautiful.  Sad to say, not every movie has at least have broken even, but there are those blockbuster hits like the JaDine pictures. Girlfriend for Hire 's story is not...

From Wikipedia This is a poster for  Para sa Hopeless Romantic . The poster art copyright is believed to belong to  Viva Films  and  Star Cinema . Also from Wikipedia:  Becca (Nadine Lustre) thought that she had everything she could wish for in her life, until Nikko (James Reid) broke up with her. Everything in her life starts to fall apart. To recover, she started writing a story about Ryan (Inigo Pascual), a boy who harbors a secret crush on his best friend Maria (Julia Barretto). But before he can tell her his real feelings for her, he got into an accident and fell into a coma. Can all four of them find the "happy ending" that each one of them has been hoping for? A realistic, but feel good movie that proves JaDine has what it takes to be serious actors and not just a " pa-cute " love team. The two jell and their onscreen tandem is one of the most electrifying pairs there is. The story written by Marcelo Santos III is perfect for ...