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LINLANG (Deception) Directed by Maryo J. Delos Reyes Written by Roy Iglesias Produced and Distributed by VIVA FILMS Rich, beautiful and in love, Lance (Richard Gomez) and Lyra (Pops Fernandez)  are an ideal couple. The end of their blissful marriage begins when Lance,  by accident, meets Jill (Joyce Jimenez). Ultra modern and extremely aggressive,  Jill pursues Lance and she succeeds in no time. What was a one-night stand  turns out to be an affair as Jill finds herself craving for more. Lance,  despite his guilt, is drawn to the heat of the affair, and their sexual  adventures become even more daring. But no secret can be kept forever Lyra  discovers their affair without their knowledge. Unlike most wronged wives,  Lyra chooses to keep her rage, pretending that nothing is wrong. Yet,  despite their silence, the love triangle distorts their perspective,  and ultimately, it leads to tragic death ... ( source ) ...

The movie's tagline:  "The greatest luckiest love story ever told." A young gambler named Joma Labayen believes in lucky charms that would help him win big in casinos. He crosses paths with Diane who seems to bring him luck whenever they are close to each other. However, Diane refuses to believe that she has anything to do with this so called “life charm” at first but after a while, she eventually gave in to Joma’s wishes. As they grow closer together, they develop romantic feelings for each other, but this kind of closeness might ruin the luck they’ve been enjoying together. - Fandango Directed by: Dan Villegas  Category: Romance/Comedy/Drama Theme Song composed by: Rico Blanco Theme Song sung by: Zia Quizon in a nutshell: We did not imagine that we would find ourselves watching and enjoying this movie, but we did.   Stephanie Mayo described this movie as well-acted, but flimsy, and I somehow agree with her .  As a sister of "special" people,...

Warning:  There are spoilers "BAKIT LAHAT NG GWAPO MAY BOYFRIEND?"  defies stereotypes, and it is a beautiful movie, but maybe the timing of showing was off.   It was shown after the Angel Locsin/Sam Milby/Zanjoe Marudo film called THIRD PARTY.  I think people thought that it was too soon to watch a movie of a similar theme/genre.   Bestie thinks, and I agree with her, that maybe the problem is that it was not promoted well. It is also filled with parodies of different movies and a couple of examples are MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING andTHE PROPOSAL. There were many funny scenes and dialogue.  The film was written and directed well.  It is truly a team effort, so I shrug my shoulders and pout because it truly is a pity that this is not a box office hit.  It should be.   We have set notions about certain people and their actions.  Yes, we tend to put people in boxes.  People have judged people who...

From video48.blogspot.com Director:   Ishmael Bernal Writer:   Amado Lacuesta  (story) Produced by  Vic del Rosario Jr. ... executive producer Tony Gloria ... supervising producer William C. Leary ... associate producer  Ramon Salvador ... producer Music by  Willy Cruz The first time I've seen this film, I was a very, very impressionable high school student who rarely liked Filipino Films, except for the old ones in gray scale from LVN and Sampaguita Pictures.  I did watch contemporary/modern movies with my friends, family or with our nannies, but there were only a few that made a mark.   When I watched this movie, I was quite impressed with the script and the empowerment of women, but was quite disappointed that Maria Isabel Lopez's character named Rose was not able to rise from the ashes.  Tsk, tsk, tsk! She just had to have that one last job  before getting hitched.  Yes, reality bites, but I...

https://www.facebook.com/DiaryNgPangetMovie2014 THE TRAILER We did not have plans of watching this film.  Yes, we weren't looking forward to it.  We did not even know that versatile performers like Candy Pangilian, Mitch Valdez and Gabby Concepcion were included in the supporting cast.  It just so happened that my parents are senior citizens of the City of Parañaque and were a little bored yesterday afternoon.  It was a Tuesday and they could avail of any of the "free for seniors" movie in any SM Cinema in the  City of Parañaque (Bicutan, Sucat and SM City BF  Parañaque). They've seen everything so they were forced to watch DIARY NG PANGET.  I, of course, did not mind. While the credits were shown, I saw the names of aforementioned actors, Andoy Ranay(a very respectable director) and Tara Illenberger(someone I admire greatly for her work).   "Dada, respectable people are behind this film. Don't worry. Who knows? You mi...