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  Never in my wildest dreams did I "see this coming".  If it were up to me, I would've watched Sandara Park's ONE STEP  or Katie Holmes' TOUCHED WITH FIRE , but instead,  I found myself watching this previously X-Rated film called BLISS  with my parents at EVIA Lifestyle Mall's Vista Cinema DOLBY Atmos Theatre and I was very impressed.  The theme is disturbing indeed, but what made it lighter was the treatment and the close to seamless acting of Audie Gemora and Michael De Mesa.  I watched this film like I was watching a tennis match so the scenes did not confuse me.  Thankfully, I didn't make a mistake which scenes were real or just inside Jane's head. While we were watching we were reminded of  Gaslight ,  Misery (which was mentioned in the film) and Satoshi Kon's  Millennium Actress (I wrote about this before, but I couldn't find it) and  Perfect Blue . When I checked online, I learned that it was indeed patte...

Marty (Enzo Marcos) a comic-book artist who sees annoying people as monsters has unrequited romantic love towards his best friend Sally ( Rhian Ramos ), a gadget inventor.- Wikivisually.com Official Website Why are there lots and lots of torpes (NOT the "village idiot", but someone who could not tell the person he loves his feelings...he keeps on reeling and whenever he has the guts to tell her, something would stop him)in this world?  Why can't we just express ourselves? Why does fear of rejection have to reign? I can go on and on and on.   Sally and Marty liked each other from day one, but friendship got in the way.  I remember that scene from "With Honors"(a movie more famous for Madonna's song called "I'll Remember" than the movie itself) when Brendan Fraser's role, Monty, decided to "end the friendship" with Courtney as played by Moira Kelly, with a kiss.   The scene: Courtney: What are you doin...

( source ) DIRECTED BY : Jerrold Tarog CAST : Paulo Avelino, Lovi Poe, Benjamin Alves, Liesl Batucan, Carla Martinez, Nico Antonio, Cai Cortez, Chinggoy Alonzo, Ria Garcia, Gee Canlas,  Bong Cabrera, Nonie Buencamino and TJ Trinidad CREDITS : Director - Jerrold Tarog Screenplay - Ramon Ukit Executive Producer - Joey Abacan Producers - Daphne O. Chiu, Jerrold Tarog Cinematography - Mackie Galvez Production Design - Ericson Navarro Music - Jerrold Tarog Sound Design - Roger TJ Ladro Editor - Pats R.Ranyo (image source URL from PEP) Jerrold Tarog and Lovi Poe SANA DATI is a beautifully weaved story about love, the choices we make, letting go and so much more. I never saw any trailer of this film, but when my friend and neighbor, Jean Reyes (Tarog's classmate in UPLB), invited me to watch a Cinemalaya Directors' Showcase entry in Greenbelt 3 last night(July 31, 2013), but did not know the title of the film(she just found out ...

My rating: 5/5 100 starring Mylene Dizon, Eugene Domingo, Tessie Tomas, Ryan Eigenmann and other wonderful people Category: Movies Genre: Independent First, their recommendation: 100 A FILM BY CHRIS MARTINEZ CINEMALAYA PRESENTS A MARTINEZ RIVERA FILMS PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH STRAIGHTSHOOTERS MEDIA, INC. MYLENE DIZON, EUGENE DOMINGO, TESSIE TOMAS “100” TJ TRINIDAD, RYAN EIGENMANN, SIMON IBARRA, CECIL PAZ. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: LARRY MANDA, PRODUCTION DESIGNER : ABY JAMNAGUE-RIVERA, EDITOR: IKE VENERACION, COMPOSER FOR ORIGINAL MUSIC: RICCI CHAN, MUSICAL SCORER: BRIAN CUA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: MELVIN LEE, PRODUCTION HEAD: GRACE QUISIAS, LINE PRODUCER: MADONNA TARRAYO, CREATIVE SUPERVISOR, MARLON RIVERA, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS : MARLON RIVERA CHRIS MARTINEZ, WRITER AND DIRECTOR: CHRIS MARTINEZ. 100 chronicles the last three months of a cancer stricken woman who has a list of things to do before she dies. Her list of tasks, mostly closures and practica...